Analysis of the precision of determination of aircraft coordinates using EGNOS+SDCM solution

Kamil Krasuski; Marta Lalak; Paweł Gołda; Adam Ciećko; Grzegorz Grunwald; Magda Mrozik; Jarosław Kozuba

doi:10.5604/01.3001.0053.7264

Authors

Kamil Krasuski Institute of Navigation, Polish Air Force University, Dęblin Author https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9821-4450
Marta Lalak Institute of Navigation, Polish Air Force University, Dęblin Author https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5485-4720
Paweł Gołda Faculty of Aviation, Polish Air Force University, Dęblin Author https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4066-7814
Adam Ciećko Faculty of Geoengineering, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn Author https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3984-0846
Grzegorz Grunwald Faculty of Geoengineering, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn Author https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9252-7624
Magda Mrozik Silesian University of Technology, Faculty of Transport and Aviation Engineering, Gliwice Author https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4496-8331
Jarosław Kozuba Silesian University of Technology, Faculty of Transport and Aviation Engineering, Gliwice Author https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3394-4270

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0053.7264

Keywords:

aircraft, coordinates, standard deviation, precision, EGNOS, SDCM

Abstract

This paper presents an algorithm for determining the precision parameter for aircraft position coordinates based on a combined GPS/EGNOS and GPS/SDCM solution. The proposed algorithm uses a weighted average model that combines a single GPS/EGNOS and GPS/SDCM position navigation solution to determine the resulting aircraft coordinates. The weighted mean model include the linear coefficients as a function of: the inverse of the number of tracked GPS satellites for which EGNOS and SDCM corrections have been generated, and the inverse of the geometric coefficient of the PDOP (Position Dilution of Precision). The corrections between the single GPS/EGNOS and GPS/SDCM solution to the aircraft's resultant coordinates are then calculated on this basis. Finally, the standard deviation for the aircraft resultant BLh (B-Latitude, L-Longitude, h-ellipsoidal height) coordinates is calculated as a measure of precision. The research experiment used recorded on-board GPS+SBAS data from two GNSS receivers mounted on a Diamond DA 20-C1 aircraft. The test flight was carried out on the Olsztyn-Suwałki-Olsztyn route. The calculations of aircraft position based on GPS/EGNOS and GPS/SDCM solution were performed in the RTKLIB v.2.4.3 program in the RTKPOST module. Next, aircraft resultant coordinates and standard deviations were computed in Scilab v.6.0.0 software package. Based on the tests performed, it was found that for the Trimble Alloy receiver, the standard deviation values for the ellipsoidal coordinates BLh of the aircraft do not exceed 1.77 m. However, for the Septentrio AsterRx2i receiver, the values of standard deviations for the aircraft's ellipsoidal BLh coordinates do not exceed 5.04 m. The use of linear coefficients as the inverse of the number of tracked GPS satellites with SBAS corrections in the GPS/EGNOS+GPS/SDCM positioning model resulted in a reduction in standard deviations of approximately 50-51% relative to the solution with linear coefficients calculated as the inverse of the PDOP parameter. In paper, the standard deviation was also obtained using arithmetic mean model. However the values of standard deviation from weighted mean model are lower than arithmetic mean model.

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