LEO Enhanced Global Navigation Satellite System (LeGNSS): progress, opportunities, and challenges

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Title: LEO Enhanced Global Navigation Satellite System (LeGNSS): progress, opportunities, and challenges
Authors: Haibo Ge, Bofeng Li, Song Jia, Liangwei Nie, Tianhao Wu, Zhe Yang, Jingzhe Shang, Yanning Zheng, Maorong Ge
Source: Geo-spatial Information Science, Vol 0, Iss 0, Pp 1-13 (2021)
Publisher Information: Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.
Publication Year: 2021
Collection: LCC:Mathematical geography. Cartography
LCC:Geodesy
Subject Terms: leo enhanced global navigation satellite system (legnss), orbit determination, precise point positioning (ppp), convergence time, global ionosphere modeling, Mathematical geography. Cartography, GA1-1776, Geodesy, QB275-343
More Details: With the completion of Chinese BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS), the world has begun to enjoy the Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) services of four Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS). In order to improve the GNSS performance and expand its applications, Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Enhanced Global Navigation Satellite System (LeGNSS) is being vigorously advocated. Combined with high-, medium-, and low- earth orbit satellites, it can improve GNSS performance in terms of orbit determination, Precise Point Positioning (PPP) convergence time, etc. This paper comprehensively reviews the current status of LeGNSS, focusing on analyzing its advantages and challenges for precise orbit and clock determination, PPP convergence, earth rotation parameter estimation, and global ionosphere modeling. Thanks to the fast geometric change brought by LEO satellites, LeGNSS is expected to fundamentally solve the problem of the long convergence time of PPP without any augmentation. The convergence time can be shortened within 1 minute if appropriate LEO constellations are deployed. However, there are still some issues to overcome, such as the optimization of LEO constellation as well as the real time LEO precise orbit and clock determination.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 1009-5020
1993-5153
10095020
Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1009-5020; https://doaj.org/toc/1993-5153
DOI: 10.1080/10095020.2021.1978277
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/9a23ffc242754ee49af4588f72e7b640
Accession Number: edsdoj.9a23ffc242754ee49af4588f72e7b640
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:10095020
19935153
DOI:10.1080/10095020.2021.1978277
Published in:Geo-spatial Information Science
Language:English