<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In this pilot study, availability of the Advanced Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring (ARAIM) when integrating various combinations of satellite constellations including; Galileo, GLONASS and BeiDou with GPS is investigated. The Multiple Hypothesis Solution Separation method was applied using one month of real data. The data was collected at stations of known positions, located in regions that have different coverage levels by the tested constellations. While most previous studies used simulated data, the importance of using real data is twofold. It allows for the use of actual User Range Accuracy (URA) received within the satellite navigation message, which is a fundamental component for computation of the integrity protection level; and the computation of vertical position errors to validate the integrity approach. Results show that the vertical position error was always bounded by the protection level during the test period and the ARAIM availability can reach 100% of the time when using all constellations even though some constellations are yet incomplete.</p></abstract>

In this pilot study, availability of the Advanced Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring (ARAIM) when integrating various combinations of satellite constellations including; Galileo, GLONASS and BeiDou with GPS is investigated. The Multiple Hypothesis Solution Separation method was applied using one month of real data. The data was collected at stations of known positions, located in regions that have different coverage levels by the tested constellations. While most previous studies used simulated data, the importance of using real data is twofold. It allows for the use of actual User Range Accuracy (URA) received within the satellite navigation message, which is a fundamental component for computation of the integrity protection level; and the computation of vertical position errors to validate the integrity approach. Results show that the vertical position error was always bounded by the protection level during the test period and the ARAIM availability can reach 100% of the time when using all constellations even though some constellations are yet incomplete.

Pilot Evaluation of Integrating GLONASS, Galileo and BeiDou with GPS in Araim

Department of Spatial Sciences, Curtin University, Australia

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In this pilot study, availability of the Advanced Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring (ARAIM) when integrating various combinations of satellite...

Pilot Evaluation of Integrating GLONASS, Galileo and BeiDou with GPS in Araim

Published Online: Feb 22, 2016

Page range: 31 - 44

Received: Dec 08, 2015

Accepted: Jan 22, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/arsa-2016-0003

Keywords
1. ARAIM, 2. GNSS, 3. Integrity Monitoring, 4. LPV-200

© 2016 Artificial Satellites

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Pilot Evaluation of Integrating GLONASS, Galileo and BeiDou with GPS in Araim

Published Online: Feb 22, 2016

Page range: 31 - 44

Received: Dec 08, 2015

Accepted: Jan 22, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/arsa-2016-0003

Keywords1. ARAIM, 2. GNSS, 3. Integrity Monitoring, 4. LPV-200

© 2016 Artificial Satellites

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
1. ARAIM, 2. GNSS, 3. Integrity Monitoring, 4. LPV-200