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Design and implementation of a BDS precise point positioning service

Cheng Liu, Weiguang Gao, Tianxiong Liu, Dun Wang, Zheng Yao, Yang Gao, Xin Nie, Wei Wang, Dongjun Li, Weixing Zhang, Dongxia Wang and Yongnan Rao
NAVIGATION: Journal of the Institute of Navigation December 2020, 67 (4) 875-891; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/navi.392
Cheng Liu
1Beijing Institute of Tracking and Telecommunication Technology, Beijing, China
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Weiguang Gao
1Beijing Institute of Tracking and Telecommunication Technology, Beijing, China
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Tianxiong Liu
2Beijing Institute of Spacecraft System Engineering, Beijing, China
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Dun Wang
3Space Star Technology Co., Ltd, Beijing, China
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Zheng Yao
4Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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Yang Gao
5Beijing Navigation Center, Beijing, China
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Xin Nie
2Beijing Institute of Spacecraft System Engineering, Beijing, China
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Wei Wang
1Beijing Institute of Tracking and Telecommunication Technology, Beijing, China
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Dongjun Li
3Space Star Technology Co., Ltd, Beijing, China
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Weixing Zhang
6GNSS Research Center, Wuhan University, Beijing, China
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Dongxia Wang
5Beijing Navigation Center, Beijing, China
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Yongnan Rao
7National Time Service Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an, China
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    Signal coverage of BDS-3 GEOs

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    Data processing flow of BDS PPP service

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    Phase rotation of PPP-B2b_I

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    Constellation corresponding to optimized Type-III ACE-BOC

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    PSD corresponding to optimized Type-III ACE-BOC

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    Positioning accuracy loss caused by the different update intervals of the satellite corrections

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    PPP-B2b_I navigation message frame structure

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    Test performance of LDPC(162,81) code

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    Power spectrum of GEO-1

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    Correlation function of PPP-B2b when it is independently received

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    SCB of DLL discriminator of PPP-B2b

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    Baseband signal waveform of PPP-B2b

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    Code and carrier phase consistency of PPP-B2b

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    C/N0 of PPP-B2b

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    Average positioning accuracy and convergence time in static experiment at four different stations

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    Position errors in static experiment at four different stations on April 20, 2020

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    TABLE 1

    Typical G/T of receivers*

    PerformanceReceiver TypeElevation Angle (°)
    VehicleGeodeticHand-heldPortable
    Typical G/T (dB/K)≤ –30.7≤ –32.7≤ –32.7≤ –33.9  5
    –26.2 ∼ –28.6–26.7 ∼ –30.0–28.6 ∼ –34.0≤ –30.020
    –22.7 ∼ –25.1–22.7 ∼ –24.1–24.7 ∼ –25.1–26.1 ∼ –26.450
    –20.7 ∼ –21.1–19.6 ∼ –20.7–21.0 ∼ –25.0–23.4 ∼ –25.690
    • ↵* The G/T values of the receivers are tested and provided by the manufacturers. Because of the limited number of manufacturers surveyed and the performance and test conditions of the receivers are also different, the typical G/T values in the table are only presented as reference.

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    Downlink calculation of PPP-B2b

    ItemsValues
    Maximum ERIP of PPP-B2b (dBW)    28.4
    Spatial transmission loss of L-band (dB)–186.4
    Antenna polarization and pointing loss (dB)   –1.5
    Ground received signal power (dBW)–159.5
    Broadcast data rate (bps)  500
    C/N0 threshold with BER less than 10−6 (dBHz)    37.6
    Designed coding gain (dB)      7.5
    A/D conversion and baseband processing loss (dB)      2
    VehicleGeodeticHand-heldPortable
    Typical G/T of revivers (dB/K)–30.7–32.7–32.7–33.9
    Effective C/N0 (dB-Hz)  38.3  36.3  36.3  35.1
    Demodulation margin (dB)    6.3    4.3    4.3    3.1
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    Modulation and structure of PPP-B2b

    SignalComponentCarrier frequency (MHz)ModulationSymbol rate (sps)First three GEOsSubsequent GEOs
    PPP-B2bI1207.14BPSK (10)1000availableavailable
    Q1207.14TBDTBDN/Aavailable
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    Power and multiplexing efficiency corresponding to the optimized Type-III ACE-BOC

    Power ratio of B2a-I:B2a-Q: B2b-I:B2b-QActual power*Multiplexing efficiencyPhase relationship between B2b-I and B2a-I
    Signal componentsB2a-IB2a-QB2b-IB2b-Q
    1:1:1:0Unlimited bandwidth0.23740.23740.2374071.22%45°
    Working bandwidth0.31180.31180.311893.54%
    • ↵a* The total transmission power is assumed to be 1.

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    TABLE 5

    Maximum number of visible satellites in mainland China under different GNSS combinations

    GNSS combinationBDSBDS+GPSBDS+GPS+GLOBDS+GPS+GLO+GAL
    Maximum number of visible satellites20364968
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    Correction bit Length of the BDS PPP service

    CorrectionStandard SSRBDSBAS PPP service
    Length (bit)Scale factorRangeLength (bit)Scale factorRange
    Orbit correction (R)220.1 mm±209.7151 m151.6 mm±26.2128 m
    Orbit correction (A)200.4 mm±209.7148 m136.4 mm±26.208 m
    Orbit correction (C)200.4 mm±209.7148 m136.4 mm±26.208 m
    Clock correction (C0)220.1 mm±209.7151 m151.6 mm±26.2128 m
    Clock correction (C1)210.001 mm/s±1.048575 m/s---
    Clock correction (C2)270.00002 mm/s2±1.342177 m/s2---
    Differential code bias140.01 m±81.91 m120.02 m±35.746 m
    URA  610∼7  610∼7
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    Probabilities of corrections falling within the ranges of different message formats

    GNSSMessage formatOrbit correction (%)Clock correction (%)Differential code bias (%)
    RadialCrossAlong
    BDSStandard SSR100.00  99.99100.00100.00100.00
    BDS PPP Service  99.94  99.98  99.94  99.93100.00
    GPSStandard SSR100.00  99.99  99.99100.00100.00
    BDS PPP Service100.00  99.99  99.99100.00100.00
    GLOStandard SSR  99.99  99.99  99.99100.00100.00
    BDS PPP Service  99.99  99.99  99.99100.00100.00
    GALStandard SSR100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00
    BDS PPP Service100.00  99.94  99.99  99.99100.00
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    TABLE 8

    Accuracy loss of GNSS corrections (95%)

    CorrectionUpdate interval/sBDS/mGPS/mGLO/mGAL/m
    Orbit correction (R)  300.0020.0020.0140.001
      600.0040.0040.0290.001
    1200.0070.0070.0620.002
    Orbit correction (C)  300.0110.0060.0150.001
      600.0230.0120.0300.003
    1200.0460.0250.0630.005
    Orbit correction (A)  300.0120.0040.0140.001
      600.0250.0090.0290.002
    1200.0500.0180.0620.004
    Clock correction (C0)    50.0020.0040.0050.000
      100.0040.0080.0090.001
      200.0070.0170.0180.001
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    TABLE 9

    Defined message types and their nominal validity times

    Message type (in decimal)Information contentNominal validity time (s)
    1Satellite mask        -
    2Satellite orbit correction and URA      96
    3DCB86400
    4Satellite clock correction      12
    5URA      96
    6Clock correction and orbit correction - combination 1      96
    7Clock correction and orbit correction - combination 2      96
    8–61Reserved        -
    62Reserved        -
    63Null message        -
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    TABLE 10

    Values of Pe, C/N0 and Eb/N0 (Tb = 500 bps)

    ItemsValues*
    C/N0 (dB)36.436.636.837.037.237.437.637.8
    Eb/N0 (dB)  9.41  9.61  9.8110.0110.2110.4110.6110.81
    Pe  1.47−5  9.55−6  6.10−6  3.78−6  2.32−6  1.38−6  8.05−7  4.58−7
    • ↵* ab means a × 10b.

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    Coding gain requirements

    ItemsValues
    Data rate (bps)  500
    Ground received signal power (dBW)–159.5
    C/N0 threshold with BER less than 10−6 (dB)    37.6
    Boltzmann const k (dBJ/K)–228.6
    A/D conversion and baseband processing loss (dB)      2
    Symbol rate (bps)  500
    VehicleGeodeticHand-heldPortable
    Typical G/T of revivers (dB/K)≤–30.7≤–32.7≤–32.7≤–33.9
    Effective C/N0 (dB-Hz)    33.4    31.4    31.4    30.2
    Minimum coding gain requirements (dB)      4.2      6.2      6.2      7.4
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    TABLE 12

    Antenna specifications

    ItemsSpecification
    Working frequency1190 MHz∼1270 MHz
    1521 MHz∼1615 MHz
    Support positioning signalGPS L1/L2
    GLONASS G1/G2/G3
    BDS B1/B2/B3
    Galileo E1/E5b
    Phase center deviation≤2.0 mm
    Phase center repeatability≤1.0 mm
    PolarizationRight-handed circular polarization (RHCP)
    Low noise amplification (LNA)43 ± 2 dB (Typical value)
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    TABLE 13

    The statistical results of the 7-day static positioning experiment

    StationsAccuracy (RMS,m)Convergence time (s)
    HorizontalVertical
    Beijing0.0810.121470
    Sanya0.0920.145501
    Shantou0.0830.139504
    Harbin0.1150.151614
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