Evaluation of BDS-3 B1C/B2b Single/Dual-Frequency PPP Using PPP-B2b and RTS SSR Products in Both Static and Dynamic Applications

Abstract

The BeiDou Global Navigation Satellite System (BDS-3) can provide PPP-B2b satellite-based Precise Point Positioning (PPP) real-time service to the Asia–Pacific region via PPP-B2b signal transmitted from the three Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) satellites. This paper provides a comprehensive evaluation of the accuracies of the satellite’s precise real-time orbit and clock products, including BDS-3 PPP-B2b precise products and the precise real-time products provided by four IGS centers (CAS, DLR, GFZ, and WHU). In addition, the influences of these real-time precise satellite products on the PPP positioning accuracy with single-frequency and dual-frequencies are also studied. Furthermore, the accuracies of broadcast ephemeris and IGS ultra-rapid products are studied, as well as their impact on PPP accuracies. Results illustrate that the orbits accuracies of PPP-B2b orbits are 9.42 cm, 21.26 cm, and 28.65 cm in the radial, along-track, and cross-track components, which are slightly lower than those of real-time orbits provided by the four IGS centers. However, the accuracy of PPP-B2b clock biases is 0.18 ns, which is higher than those provided by IGS Real-Time Service (RTS). In the static positioning test, the 3D positioning accuracy of B1I+B3I dual-frequencies PPP and B1C single-frequency PPP are centimeter-level while using PPP-B2b service, which is slightly lower in horizontal components compared to those obtained based on IGS RTS products. The results of the dynamic vehicle test indicate that the positioning accuracies of B1I+B2b dual-frequency PPP are about 50 cm and 120 cm in horizontal and vertical components, which are close to those of B2b single-frequency PPP using PPP-B2b service. Generally, the PPP-B2b orbit and clock accuracies on real-time PPP present similar performance to that based on IGS RTS.