A two-step method to detect broadcast ephemeris unavailable periods caused by BeiDou satellite orbital maneuvers

The space constellation of the BeiDou navigation satellite system(BDS) is a hybrid constellation containing medium earth orbit(MEO) satellites, geostationary earth orbit(GEO) satellites, and inclined geosynchronous orbit(IGSO) satellites. Due to the geosynchronous characteristics of GEO and IGSO, GEO satellites and IGSO satellites often need to perform orbital maneuvers, which can affect the signal-inspace(SIS) availability performance of BeiDou satellites. A two-step detection method for BeiDou satellite orbital maneuvers has been proposed in this paper. The first step is to identify orbital maneuvers based on time series analysis of broadcast ephemeris, and the second step is to verify orbital maneuvers based on bidirectional orbit prediction. The two-step detection method was used to detect the orbital maneuvers of BeiDou satellites in 2019. Through the double guarantees of identification and verification,the detection accuracy of BeiDou satellite orbital maneuvers has been effectively improved. And the orbital maneuver detection results are continued to be used to assess the SIS availability of BeiDou satellites. The results show that the availability loss of GEO satellite orbital maneuvers is about 0.45%-1.07%, and the availability loss of IGSO satellite orbital maneuvers is about 0.12%-0.19%.

GPS导航电文参数表示的测距误差分析

针对在GPS现代化进程中将出现的新的CNAV/CNAV-2导航电文格式,比较了目前发播的GPS NAV导航电文与新电文在数据表达方式上的差别.为了衡量不同的数据截断方式对于导航定位的影响,引用导航数据截断测距误差的概念进行分析.利用实际的导航数据对于两种电文结构进行了仿真生成、处理,比较星历/星钟参数截断带来的测距误差影响.结果表明:相比于NAV电文,CNAV/CNAV-2由于截断所造成的测距误差更小,NAV电文对截断误差更敏感.其中星历参数截断的测距误差改善可达厘米级,星钟参数截断的测距误差改善可达分米级.因此,在带宽有限的条件下应优先考虑提高星钟参数的表示精度.改进星钟参数的表达形式可望获得更高的精度提升.

北斗卫星导航系统空间信号用户测距误差计算方法研究

按照空间信号用户测距误差(User Range Error,URE)定义,参考GPS标准定位服务性能规范中URE的计算方法,结合北斗卫星导航系统(BDS)多星混合星座类型,在考虑仰角限制情况下,详细推导了适用于BDS的瞬时URE和均方根URE计算公式。利用广播星历和精密星历计算的卫星轨道误差和卫星钟钟差,带入所推导的公式,对BDS URE进行分析评估;并使用GNSS接收机原始观测量和伪距观测方程计算BDS URE,最后将两种计算结果进行对比分析。研究结果表明,两种方法 BDS URE的计算结果基本一致,在95%置信度情况下均小于2.5m,满足北斗公开服务性能规范中对空间信号URE的基本要求。