The ambiguity-resolved detector

a detector for the mixed-integer GNSS model

Journal Article (2024)
Author(s)

P. J G Teunissen (Curtin University, University of Melbourne, TU Delft - Mathematical Geodesy and Positioning)

Research Group
Mathematical Geodesy and Positioning
DOI related publication
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00190-024-01885-8
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Publication Year
2024
Language
English
Research Group
Mathematical Geodesy and Positioning
Issue number
9
Volume number
98
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Abstract

In this contribution, we introduce the ambiguity-resolved (AR) detector and study its distributional characteristics. The AR-detector is a new detector that lies in between the commonly used ambiguity-float (AF) and ambiguity-known (AK) detectors. As the ambiguity vector can seldomly be known completely, usage of the AK-detector is questionable as reliance on its distributional properties will then generally be incorrect. The AR-detector resolves the shortcomings of the AK-detector by treating the ambiguities as unknown integers. We show how the detector improves upon the AF-detector, and we demonstrate that the, for ambiguity-resolved parameter estimation, commonly required extreme success rates can be relaxed for detection, thus showing that improved model validation is also possible with smaller success rates. As such, the AR-detector is designed to work for mixed-integer GNSS models.