A Pseudolite-Based Positioning System for Legacy GNSS Receivers

Sensors

Chongwon Kim³  Hyoungmin So²  Taikjin Lee¹ 

[1] Sensor System Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Hwarang-ro 14-gil 5, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136-791, Korea; E-Mail:;Agency for Defense Development, The 3rd R&D Institute-4, ADD, Yuseong P.O. Box 35-3, DAEJEON 305-600, Korea; E-Mail:;School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the Institute of Advanced Aerospace Technology, Seoul National University, Daehak-dong, Kwanak-gu, Seoul 151-744, Korea; E-Mail:

关键词: GPS;    pseudolite;    indoor navigation;   

DOI  :  10.3390/s140406104

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

The ephemeris data format of legacy GPS receivers is improper for positioning stationary pseudolites on the ground. Therefore, to utilize pseudolites for navigation, GPS receivers must be modified so that they can handle the modified data formats of the pseudolites. Because of this problem, the practical use of pseudolites has so far been limited. This paper proposes a pseudolite-based positioning system that can be used with unmodified legacy GPS receivers. In the proposed system, pseudolites transmit simulated GPS signals. The signals use standard GPS ephemeris data format and contain ephemeris data of simulated GPS satellites, not those of pseudolites. The use of the standard format enables the GPS receiver to process pseudolite signals without any modification. However, the position output of the GPS receiver is not the correct position in this system, because there are additional signal delays from each pseudolite to the receiver. A post-calculation process was added to obtain the correct receiver position using GPS receiver output. This re-estimation is possible because it is based on known information about the simulated signals, pseudolites, and positioning process of the GPS receiver. Simulations using generated data and live GPS data are conducted for various geometries to verify the proposed system. The test results show that the proposed system provides the desired user position using pseudolite signals without requiring any modifications to the legacy GPS receiver. In this initial study, a pseudolite-only indoor system was assumed. However, it can be expanded to a GPS-pseudolite system outdoors.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
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