顾及接收机钟差预测与行人步道约束的城市GNSS定位技术

An Urban GNSS Positioning Technique Incorporating Receiver Clock Error Prediction and Pedestrian Sidewalk Constraints

  • 摘要: 全球导航卫星系统(global navigation satellite system,GNSS)已在日常生活中得到广泛应用。然而,在城市峡谷环境中,卫星信号遮挡与多路径效应严重影响观测几何,GNSS定位误差可达数十米,难以满足网约车服务、行人导航等对高精度定位的需求。为应对城市峡谷环境下GNSS定位挑战,提出一种基于接收机钟差建模与行人空间约束约束的城市GNSS定位技术,分别从时间和空间两种维度约束GNSS方程的解算。一方面采用芯片级原子钟(chip-scale atomic clock,CSAC)作为本地时频基准,并对接收机中误差进行精确建模与预测;另一方面,针对典型行人导航场景,引入行人步道约束,控制跨街道方向定位误差,从而有效改善GNSS定位精度。基于实测数据的实验结果表明,该技术能够显著提升城市峡谷环境下的 GNSS 定位精度。与无约束条件下 28.19 m 的平均 RMSE 相比,基于 CSAC 的钟差约束和步道约束分别将平均 RMSE 降低至 5.82 m 和 3.69 m。结果说明,所提出的时空约束方法可将城市峡谷环境下的定位误差由数十米级降低至米级水平。提出的基于接收机钟差建模与行人空间约束的城市GNSS定位技术,用于改善城市峡谷定位精度,可为复杂环境下GNSS性能的提升提供理论支持与技术途径,具有重要的应用价值与推广前景。

     

    Abstract: Objectives: Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) are widely used in everyday positioning applications. However, in dense urban canyon environments, severe signal blockage and multipath propagation significantly degrade satellite visibility and observation geometry, leading to large positioning errors. Under such conditions, conventional GNSS positioning solutions often fail to meet the accuracy requirements of demanding applications such as ride-hailing services and pedestrian positioning. To address these challenges, an urban GNSS positioning technique based on receiver clock error modeling and pedestrian spatial constraints is developed to improve pedestrian positioning accuracy and robustness in dense urban environments. Methods: In the temporal domain, a chip-scale atomic clock (CSAC) is employed as a local time-frequency reference. Benefiting from the high stability of CSAC, the receiver clock error is accurately modeled and predicted, and the predicted clock error is incorporated into the GNSS positioning model as a temporal constraint, thereby enhancing positioning stability. In the spatial domain, sidewalk constraints are introduced to control positioning errors in the cross-street direction. By exploiting the asymmetric characteristics of GNSS signal reception on both sides of urban streets and integrating pedestrian sidewalk network data, the sidewalk on which the pedestrian is located is identified. Corresponding sidewalk constraints are then applied to restrict the GNSS positioning solution to feasible pedestrian motion space. The effectiveness of the technique is evaluated using real-world measurement data collected in urban canyon environments. Results: The proposed technique significantly improves positioning accuracy in urban canyon environments. Compared with conventional GNSS positioning solutions, the positioning error is reduced from approximately 20 m to 5-10 m. Compared with the unconstrained solution with an average RMSE of 28.19 m, the CSAC-based clock-plus-height constraint and the sidewalk-plus-height constraint reduced the average RMSE to 5.82 m and 3.69 m, respectively. The incorporation of CSAC-based receiver clock error constraints substantially enhances positioning stability and accuracy. Furthermore, the introduction of sidewalk constraints yields the best positioning performance by effectively suppressing cross-street positioning errors caused by signal blockage and multipath effects. Conclusions: The urban GNSS positioning technique based on receiver clock error modeling and pedestrian spatial constraints effectively improves positioning performance under challenging urban canyon conditions. By exploiting receiver clock stability enabled by chip-scale atomic clock (CSAC) technology and incorporating sidewalk constraints, the proposed approach reduces solution dimensionality, improves robustness, and enhances positioning accuracy without relying on complex environmental models. The results indicate that receiver clock error modeling and pedestrian spatial constraints modeling provides a feasible and effective technical pathway for improving pedestrian GNSS positioning performance in dense urban environments.

     

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