Acta Geodaetica et Cartographica Sinica ›› 2025, Vol. 54 ›› Issue (12): 2153-2167.doi: 10.11947/j.AGCS.2025.20250057

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Single-epoch RTK positioning optimization method based on BDS-3/Galileo multi-frequency ionosphere-reduced combinations

Jian CHEN1,2,3(), Jiahui WANG1,2,3, Xingwang ZHAO1,2,3, Chao LIU1,2,3(), Chunyang LIU1,2,3, Xuexiang YU1,2,3   

  1. 1.School of Spatial Information and Surveying Engineering, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan 232001, China
    2.Key Laboratory of Aviation-aerospace-ground Cooperative Monitoring and Early Warning of Coal Mining-induced Disasters of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan 232001, China
    3.Engineering Center of Mining Area Environmental and Disaster Cooperative Monitoring, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan 232001, China
  • Received:2025-02-14 Revised:2025-10-28 Online:2026-01-15 Published:2026-01-15
  • Contact: Chao LIU E-mail:cj_19930815@163.com;chliu1@aust.edu.cn
  • About author:CHEN Jian (1993—), male, PhD, lecturer, majors in multi-frequency multi-system GNSS satellite precise positioning. E-mail: cj_19930815@163.com
  • Supported by:
    The Fundamental Research Funds of the AUST(2024JBQN0026);Anhui Provincial Natural Science Foundation(2408085MD100; 2208085MD101);Anhui Provincial Major Science and Technology Project(202103a05020026)

Abstract:

To address the issue that medium-long baseline single epoch solutions are easily affected by ionospheric delays, which reduces the reliability of narrow-lane ambiguity resolution, the characteristics of multi-frequency phase combination observations of BDS-3 and Galileo, which feature low total noise levels and ionosphere-reduced (IR) delays, are systematically analyzed. Based on this analysis, a single-epoch real-time kinematic (RTK) positioning optimization method based on the BDS-3/Galileo multi-frequency IR combination is proposed and validated using measured data. The experimental results indicate that the optimal multi-frequency IR combinations for the proposed method are obtained, namely the quad-frequency combination of BDS-3 (2,2, -3,0) and Galileo (4,0, -2, -1) and the penta-frequency combination of BDS-3 (2,2, -3,0,0) and Galileo (4, -2,0, -1,0). The positioning accuracy using BDS-3, Galileo, and BDS-3/Galileo combined systems is superior to that of conventional methods. Specifically, the 3D positioning accuracy for the quad- and penta-frequency combinations improved on average by 18.87%/24.84%/41.47% and 12.97%/25.52%/42.07%, respectively. Additionally, the ambiguity fixing success rate of the BDS-3/Galileo penta-frequency IR combination can maintain over 99.00% in active ionospheric regions. When the cut-off elevation angle is 30°, the positioning availability of BDS-3/Galileo remains at 100%. Therefore, the combined BDS-3/Galileo multi-frequency observations effectively improve positioning availability and reliability.

Key words: BDS-3/Galileo, ionosphere-reduced combinations, multi-frequency signals, ambiguity resolution, single-epoch RTK

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