Multi-antenna synchronized global navigation satellite system receiver and its advantages in high-precision positioning applications

Abstract

The multi-antenna synchronized global navigation satellite system receiver is a high precision, low cost, and widely used emerging receiver. Using this type of receiver, the satellite and receiver clock errors can be eliminated simultaneously by forming between antenna single-differences, which is equivalent to the conventional double-difference model. However, current multi-antenna synchronized global navigation satellite system receiver products have not fully realized their potential to achieve better accuracy, efficiency, and broader applications. This paper introduces the conceptual design and derivable products of multi-antenna synchronized global navigation satellite system receivers involving the aspects of attitude determination, multipath effect mitigation, phase center variation correction, and ground-based carrier phase wind-up calibration. Through case studies, the advantages of multi-antenna synchronized global navigation satellite system receivers in high-precision positioning applications are demonstrated.

Keywords

multi-antenna synchronized global navigation satellite system receiver / high-precision positioning / attitude determination / multipath effect mitigation / phase center variation correction / ground-based carrier phase wind-up calibration

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Acknowledgements

This work is sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61372086, 11373017, 41201380, 41171327, and 41201379), Foundation of Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai (Nos. 13511500300 and 15511101602), Open Research Funding of the　Key　Laboratory　of　Embedded　System　and　Service　Computing (No. 48505280) and Open Research Funding Program of KLGIS (No. KLGIS2014A02).

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