Performance evaluation of geodetic real time kinematic units under various signal reception conditions

authored by: Rebekka Handirk, Andreas Piter, Andre Jensen, Vanessa Koppmann, Julia Mainz, Christopher Nagel, Yannick Breva, Lucy Icking, Johannes Kröger, Steffen Schön
Abstract: Real Time Kinematic (RTK) GNSS is an important positioning technique not only for classic surveying tasks, but has become a part of everyday life as new fields of application such as autonomous driving arise. Especially for kinematic applications hardly any research about the performance of geodetic RTK systems has been carried out so far. In most cases only the manufacturers themselves have evaluated their own products. By testing two RTK systems under various signal reception conditions for static and kinematic applications we strive to investigate their accuracy and precision. Our experiments show that results obtained by static measurements under good signal reception conditions yield an accuracy better than 3 cm as can be expected for standard RTK measurements, whereas the tested systems perform significantly worse under unfavourable conditions. Cumulative histograms show the reduced accuracy obtained from kinematic measurements.
Organisation(s): Institute of Geodesy
External Organisation(s): European Space Operation Center (ESOC)
Type: Conference contribution
Publication date: 2020
Publication status: Published
Peer reviewed: Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas: Computer Networks and Communications, Signal Processing, Aerospace Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Control and Optimization, Instrumentation
Electronic version(s): https://doi.org/10.23919/ENC48637.2020.9317459 (Access: Closed)
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BibTeX

@inproceedings{4dd361df1f064bea9bec1b5e3f86620e,
title = "Performance evaluation of geodetic real time kinematic units under various signal reception conditions",
abstract = "Real Time Kinematic (RTK) GNSS is an important positioning technique not only for classic surveying tasks, but has become a part of everyday life as new fields of application such as autonomous driving arise. Especially for kinematic applications hardly any research about the performance of geodetic RTK systems has been carried out so far. In most cases only the manufacturers themselves have evaluated their own products. By testing two RTK systems under various signal reception conditions for static and kinematic applications we strive to investigate their accuracy and precision. Our experiments show that results obtained by static measurements under good signal reception conditions yield an accuracy better than 3 cm as can be expected for standard RTK measurements, whereas the tested systems perform significantly worse under unfavourable conditions. Cumulative histograms show the reduced accuracy obtained from kinematic measurements.",
author = "Rebekka Handirk and Andreas Piter and Andre Jensen and Vanessa Koppmann and Julia Mainz and Christopher Nagel and Yannick Breva and Lucy Icking and Johannes Kr{\"o}ger and Steffen Sch{\"o}n",
year = "2020",
doi = "10.23919/ENC48637.2020.9317459",
language = "English",
editor = "Galina Lange",
booktitle = "2020 European Navigation Conference, ENC 2020",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
address = "United States",
note = "2020 European Navigation Conference, ENC 2020 ; Conference date: 23-11-2020 Through 24-11-2020",
}