Regional triple-frequency integer clock estimation for augmented real-time positioning services
摘要
This study addresses the frequent convergence issues of satellite clocks within regional network, with a particular focus on the multifrequency advantages using data from 25 uniformly distributed reference stations across China. Experimental results demonstrate that incorporating the third frequency significantly enhances the accuracy of BDS-3 clock solutions, reducing the root mean square (RMS) by 44.5%. Additionally, employing a 2-min smoothing interval, multifrequency inclusion increases the wide-lane (WL) fixing rate by 30.4% at low elevation angles, which in turn leads to a marked improvement in narrow-lane (NL) ambiguity resolution. By leveraging phase-wide-lane observations, the stable wide-lane phase bias enables the continuous generation of inter-frequency clock bias (IFCB), ensuring reliable cyclic sequence construction even when satellites exit the observed region. The effectiveness of regional observable specific bias (OSB) on ambiguity resolution at the user level is highlighted, and over 95% of GPS, BDS-3, and Galileo NL fractional biases below 0.15 cycles could be achieved. Furthermore, the single-epoch convergence rates of multi-constellation precise point positioning (PPP) reach horizontal 91.9% and vertical 84.5% for multifrequency, a substantial improvement over the dual-frequency, which does not exceed 25%.