Long Term Validation of High Precision RTK Positioning Onboard a Ferry Vessel Using the MGBAS in the Research Port of Rostock

In order to enable port operations, which require an accuracy of about 10cm, the German Aerospace Center (DLR) operates the Maritime Ground Based Augmentation Service (MGBAS) in the Research Port of Rostock. The MGBAS reference station provides GPS dual frequency code + phase correction data, which are continuously transmitted via an ultra-high frequency (UHF) modem. Up to now the validation of the MGBAS was rather limited. Either a second shore based station was used as an artificial user, or measurement campaigns on a vessel with duration of a few hours have been conducted. In order to overcome this, we have installed three separate dual frequency antennas and receivers and a UHF modem on the Stena Line ferry vessel Mecklenburg-Vorpommern which is plying between Rostock and Trelleborg. This paper concentrates on the analysis of the highly accurate phase based positioning with a Real Time Kinematic (RTK) algorithm, using correction data received by the UHF modem onboard the vessel. We analyzed the availability and accuracy of RTK fix solutions for several days, whenever the ferry vessel was inside the service area of the MGBAS..

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

TransNav: International Journal on Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation - 11(2017), 3, Seite 433-440

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ralf Ziebold [VerfasserIn]
Stefan Gewies [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Canals and inland navigation. Waterways
Global Positioning System (GPS)
High Precision RTK Positioning
Long Term Validation
Maritime Ground Based Augmentation Service (MGBAS)
Port of Rostock
Real Time Kinematic (RTK)
Transportation and communications
Ultra High Frequency (UHF)
Vessel's Damage Consequences

doi:

10.12716/1001.11.03.06

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

DOAJ043843727