• DocumentCode
    3456313
  • Title

    Fixing integer ambiguities for GPS carrier phase time transfer

  • Author

    Delporte, J. ; Mercier, F. ; Laurichesse, D. ; Galy, O.

  • Author_Institution
    CNES -French Space Agency, Toulouse
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    May 29 2007-June 1 2007
  • Firstpage
    927
  • Lastpage
    932
  • Abstract
    GPS is widely used for time and frequency transfers between ground stations. It is well-known that the GPS carrier phase is a much more precise observable than the code and is therefore of great interest. However the carrier phase is ambiguous, only the code can provide the absolute time difference between the two stations. Here we propose a rapid method to easily resolve integer ambiguities for accurate time transfer. Using this method, several time transfer results are analyzed for different baselines (from an ultra-short one in common clock configuration to a transatlantic one) and for durations of several days. Moreover our results will be compared to TWSTFT (Two-Way Satellite Time and Frequency Transfer). Finally this method is deemed to be a reliable way to estimate integer ambiguities.
  • Keywords
    Global Positioning System; satellite ground stations; GPS carrier phase time transfer; Global Positioning System; frequency transfer; ground station; integer ambiguity fixing; Clocks; Data processing; Frequency; Global Positioning System; Phase estimation; Phase measurement; Robustness; Satellite ground stations; Space stations; Terrestrial atmosphere;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Frequency Control Symposium, 2007 Joint with the 21st European Frequency and Time Forum. IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    Geneva
  • ISSN
    1075-6787
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-0646-3
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1075-6787
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/FREQ.2007.4319215
  • Filename
    4319215