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Article

Partial Ambiguity Resolution Strategy for Single-Frequency GNSS RTK/INS Tightly Coupled Integration in Urban Environments

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College of Surveying and Geo-Informatics, Shandong Jianzhu University, Jinan 250101, China
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School of Transportation Engineering, Shandong Jianzhu University, Jinan 250101, China
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Electronics 2025, 14(13), 2712; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics14132712
Submission received: 30 April 2025 / Revised: 27 June 2025 / Accepted: 3 July 2025 / Published: 4 July 2025

Abstract

Single-frequency global navigation satellite system/inertial navigation system (GNSS/INS) integration has wide application prospects in urban environments; however, correct integer ambiguity is the major challenge because of GNSS-blocked environments. In this paper, a sequential strategy of partial ambiguity resolution (PAR) of GNSS/INS for tightly coupled integration based on the robust posteriori residual, elevation angle, and azimuth in the body frame using INS aids is presented. First, the satellite is eliminated if the maximum absolute value of the robust posteriori residuals exceeds the set threshold. Otherwise, the satellites with a minimum elevation angle of less than or equal to 35° are successively eliminated. If satellites have elevation angles greater than 35°, these satellites are divided into different quadrants based on their azimuths calculated in body frame. The satellite with the maximum azimuth in each quadrant is selected as the candidate satellite, the candidate satellites are eliminated one by one, and the remaining satellites are used to calculate the position dilution of the precision (PDOP). Finally, the candidate satellite with the lowest PDOP is eliminated. Two sets of vehicle-borne data with a low-cost GNSS/INS integrated system are used to analyze the performance of the proposed algorithm. These experiments demonstrate that the proposed algorithm has the highest ambiguity fixing rates among all the designed PAR methods, and the fixing rates for these two sets of data are 99.40% and 98.74%, respectively. Additionally, among all the methods compared in this paper, the proposed algorithm demonstrates the best positioning performance in GNSS-blocked environments.
Keywords: GNSS/INS; tightly coupled integration; partial ambiguity resolution; urban environment GNSS/INS; tightly coupled integration; partial ambiguity resolution; urban environment

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Chai, D.; Wang, X.; Ning, Y.; Sang, W. Partial Ambiguity Resolution Strategy for Single-Frequency GNSS RTK/INS Tightly Coupled Integration in Urban Environments. Electronics 2025, 14, 2712. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics14132712

AMA Style

Chai D, Wang X, Ning Y, Sang W. Partial Ambiguity Resolution Strategy for Single-Frequency GNSS RTK/INS Tightly Coupled Integration in Urban Environments. Electronics. 2025; 14(13):2712. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics14132712

Chicago/Turabian Style

Chai, Dashuai, Xiqi Wang, Yipeng Ning, and Wengang Sang. 2025. "Partial Ambiguity Resolution Strategy for Single-Frequency GNSS RTK/INS Tightly Coupled Integration in Urban Environments" Electronics 14, no. 13: 2712. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics14132712

APA Style

Chai, D., Wang, X., Ning, Y., & Sang, W. (2025). Partial Ambiguity Resolution Strategy for Single-Frequency GNSS RTK/INS Tightly Coupled Integration in Urban Environments. Electronics, 14(13), 2712. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics14132712

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