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Towards Sub-10-16 Trans-Continental GPS Carrier-Phase Frequency Transfer: a Simulation Study

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Author(s)

C Hackman, Judah Levine

Abstract

A simulation study is performed using GIPSY software in order to determine the impact of site-based and satellite-based systematic errors on the accuracy of between-site GPS carrier-phase frequency comparisons. The data are analyzed using both the precise point positioning (ppp) and network methods: in the former, the time differences between the satellite clocks and system time are fixed to pre-determined values. In the latter, the time differences of both the satellite clocks and the receiver clocks are estimated relative to some reference clock (usually a ground-based receiver clock). We also analyze data both with and without the added constraint of double-difference ambiguity fixing. We find that between-site frequency comparisons are unaffected by site-based and satellite-based systematic errors when 100% of the double-difference ambiguities are fixed. We also find that in the ppp method, although fixing ambiguities removes between-site frequency errors, it can cause errors in the values of the individual receiver clocks relative to system time. Finally, we find that when a network solution is performed and ambiguities are not fixed, an error made at site A may adversely affect frequency comparisons between sites B and C.
Proceedings Title
Proc. Freq. Cont. Symp
Conference Dates
June 5-7, 2006
Conference Location
Miami, FL
Conference Title
IEEE Intl. Freq. Cont. Symp.

Keywords

carrier phase frequency transfer, carrier phase time transfer, frequency comparisons, frequency transfer, GPS, GPS carrier phase time transfer, GPSCPFT, GPSCPTT, time transfer

Citation

Hackman, C. and Levine, J. (2006), Towards Sub-10<sup>-16</sup> Trans-Continental GPS Carrier-Phase Frequency Transfer: a Simulation Study, Proc. Freq. Cont. Symp, Miami, FL, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=50383 (Accessed December 11, 2024)

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Created June 5, 2006, Updated January 27, 2020