Title
A Robust Nonlinear Filter Strategy Based on Maximum Correntropy Criterion for Multi-GNSS and Dual-Frequency RTK
Abstract
The multi-constellation, multi-frequency Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) has the potential to empower precise real-time kinematics (RTK) with higher accuracy, availability, continuity, and integrity. However, to enhance the robustness of the nonlinear filter, both the measurement quality and efficiency of parameter estimation need consideration, especially for GNSS challenging or denied environments where outliers and non-Gaussian noise exist. This study proposes a nonlinear Kalman filter with adaptive kernel bandwidth (KBW) based on the maximum correntropy criterion (AMC-KF). The proposed method excavates data features of higher order moments to enhance the robustness against noise. With the wide-lane and ionosphere-free combination, a dual frequency (DF) data-aided ambiguity resolution (AR) method is also derived to improve the measurement quality. The filtering strategy based on the DF data-aided AR method and AMC-KF is applied for multi-GNSS and DF RTK. To evaluate the proposed method, the short baseline test, long baseline test, and triangle network closure test are conducted with DF data from GPS and Galileo. For the short baseline test, the proposed filter strategy could improve the positioning accuracy by more than 30% on E and N components, and 60% on U. The superiority of the proposed adaptive KBW is validated both in efficiency and accuracy. The triangle network closure test shows that the proposed DF data-aided AR method could achieve a success rate of more than 93%. For the long baseline test, the integration of the above methods gains more than 40% positioning accuracy improvement on ENU components. This study shows that the proposed nonlinear strategy could enhance both robustness and accuracy without the assistance of external sensors and is applicable for multi-GNSS and dual-frequency RTK.
Year
DOI
Venue
2022
10.3390/rs14184578
REMOTE SENSING
Keywords
DocType
Volume
multi-GNSS, real-time kinematic, maximum correntropy criterion, Kalman filter, wide-lane, ionosphere-free
Journal
14
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
18
2072-4292
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
8
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jian Liu130924.60
Tong Liu202.70
Yuanfa Ji315.09
Mengfei Sun400.68
Mingyang Lyu500.34
Bin Xu613323.23
Zhiping Lu700.34
Guochang Xu867.11