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    On the estimability of parameters in undifferenced, uncombined GNSS network and PPP-RTK user models by means of S-system theory

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    Authors
    Odijk, Dennis
    Zhang, Baocheng
    Khodabandeh, Amir
    Odolinski, R.
    Teunissen, Peter
    Date
    2015
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Odijk, D. and Zhang, B. and Khodabandeh, A. and Odolinski, R. and Teunissen, P. 2015. On the estimability of parameters in undifferenced, uncombined GNSS network and PPP-RTK user models by means of S-system theory. Journal of Geodesy. 90 (1): pp. 15-44.
    Source Title
    Journal of Geodesy
    DOI
    10.1007/s00190-015-0854-9
    ISSN
    0949-7714
    School
    Department of Spatial Sciences
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/47889
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    • Curtin Research Publications
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    © 2015 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg The concept of integer ambiguity resolution-enabled Precise Point Positioning (PPP-RTK) relies on appropriate network information for the parameters that are common between the single-receiver user that applies and the network that provides this information. Most of the current methods for PPP-RTK are based on forming the ionosphere-free combination using dual-frequency Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) observations. These methods are therefore restrictive in the light of the development of new multi-frequency GNSS constellations, as well as from the point of view that the PPP-RTK user requires ionospheric corrections to obtain integer ambiguity resolution results based on short observation time spans. The method for PPP-RTK that is presented in this article does not have above limitations as it is based on the undifferenced, uncombined GNSS observation equations, thereby keeping all parameters in the model. Working with the undifferenced observation equations implies that the models are rank-deficient; not all parameters are unbiasedly estimable, but only combinations of them. By application of (Formula presented.)-system theory the model is made of full rank by constraining a minimum set of parameters, or S-basis. The choice of this S-basis determines the estimability and the interpretation of the parameters that are transmitted to the PPP-RTK users. As this choice is not unique, one has to be very careful when comparing network solutions in different (Formula presented.)-systems; in that case the S-transformation, which is provided by the (Formula presented.)-system method, should be used to make the comparison. Knowing the estimability and interpretation of the parameters estimated by the network is shown to be crucial for a correct interpretation of the estimable PPP-RTK user parameters, among others the essential ambiguity parameters, which have the integer property which is clearly following from the interpretation of satellite phase biases from the network. The flexibility of the (Formula presented.)-system method is furthermore demonstrated by the fact that all models in this article are derived in multi-epoch mode, allowing to incorporate dynamic model constraints on all or subsets of parameters.

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