Expanding Network RTK Coverage Using an Ionospheric-Free Combination and Kriging for Tropospheric Delay

Network real-time kinematic (NRTK) coverage is defined as the area inside a station network. In conventional NRTK, the distance between stations is limited to 100 km, thus restricting the coverage of NRTK. In this study, we propose the utilization of an ionospheric-free combination and the applicati...

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Main Authors: Bu-Gyeom Kim, Donguk Kim, Junesol Song, Changdon Kee
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Language:English
Published: Institute of Navigation 2024-08-01
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Online Access:https://navi.ion.org/content/71/3/navi.662
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description Network real-time kinematic (NRTK) coverage is defined as the area inside a station network. In conventional NRTK, the distance between stations is limited to 100 km, thus restricting the coverage of NRTK. In this study, we propose the utilization of an ionospheric-free combination and the application of a Kriging weighting model to mitigate tropospheric delay to extend the coverage of NRTK through network expansion. A network with station distances exceeding 100 km was constructed, and the residual errors, along with the success-fix rate of integer ambiguities, were analyzed on both sunny and rainy days to confirm the potential for network expansion using the proposed method. The results confirm that the success-fix rate increased by up to 44.3% on rainy days, compared with that of the traditional interpolation method. Furthermore, a high level of performance in integer ambiguity resolution can be maintained within the expanded network, regardless of the weather conditions.
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title Expanding Network RTK Coverage Using an Ionospheric-Free Combination and Kriging for Tropospheric Delay
title_full Expanding Network RTK Coverage Using an Ionospheric-Free Combination and Kriging for Tropospheric Delay
title_fullStr Expanding Network RTK Coverage Using an Ionospheric-Free Combination and Kriging for Tropospheric Delay
title_full_unstemmed Expanding Network RTK Coverage Using an Ionospheric-Free Combination and Kriging for Tropospheric Delay
title_short Expanding Network RTK Coverage Using an Ionospheric-Free Combination and Kriging for Tropospheric Delay
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