Performance Analysis of BDS-3 FCB Estimated by Reference Station Networks over a Long Time

Ke Qi, Yamin Dang (), Changhui Xu and Shouzhou Gu
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Ke Qi: School of College of Geodesy and Geomatics, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China
Yamin Dang: Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping, Beijing 100830, China
Changhui Xu: Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping, Beijing 100830, China
Shouzhou Gu: Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping, Beijing 100830, China

Mathematics, 2022, vol. 10, issue 19, 1-17

Abstract: The stability and validity of the BDS-3 precise point positioning ambiguity solution (PPP-AR) is becoming more and more important along with the development of BDS-3 orbit and clock products over long durations. Satellite phase fractional cycle biases (FCBs) are key in PPP-AR, so it is important to ensure the validity and stability of FCBs over a long duration. In this study, we analyzed the validity and stability of BDS-3 phase FCBs by estimating them. The BDS-3 FCB experiments showed that BDS-3 FCBs have the same stability as GPS/GAL/BDS-2. BDS-3 widelane (WL) FCBs also have stable characteristics and the maximal fluctuation value of WL FCBs was found to be 0.2 cycles in a month. BDS-3 narrowlane (NL) FCBs were found to be unstable and the maximal fluctuation value of NL FCBs was more than 0.25 cycles over one day. Analyzing the posteriori residual errors of BDS-3 WL and NL ambiguities showed that the BDS-3 FCBs had the same accuracy as GPS/GAL/BDS-2. However, the ambiguity-fixed rate of BDS-3 was about 70%, which was less than GPS/GAL/BDS-2 in PPP-AR experiments. For this reason, we analyzed the quality of data and the accuracy of orbit and clock products by using different analysis center products. The results showed that the low accuracy of the BDS-3 orbit and clock products was the main reason for the low-ambiguity fixed rate.

Keywords: BDS-3; PPP-AR; FCB; stability; validity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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