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Carrier Phase Integer Ambiguity Resolution

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Global Navigation Satellite System (GlossaryTerm

GNSS

) carrier-phase integer ambiguity resolution is the process of resolving the carrier-phase ambiguities as integers. It is the key to fast and high-precision GNSS parameter estimation and it applies to a great variety of GNSS models that are currently in use in navigation, surveying, geodesy and geophysics. The theory that underpins GNSS carrier-phase ambiguity resolution is the theory of integer inference. This theory and its practical application is the topic of the present chapter.

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Abbreviations

ADOP:

ambiguity dilution of precision

CMS:

constrained maximum success-rate

DD:

double-difference

FAR:

full ambiguity resolution

GNSS:

global navigation satellite system

GPS:

Global Positioning System

IB:

integer bootstrapping

ILS:

integer least-squares

InSAR:

interferometric synthetic aperture radar

IR:

integer rounding

LAMBDA:

least-squares ambiguity decorrelation adjustment

MMP:

minimum mean penalty

PAR:

partial ambiguity resolution

PDF:

probability density function

PMF:

probability mass function

VLBI:

very long baseline interferometry

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The author is the recipient of an Australian Research Council Federation Fellowship (project number FF0883188). This support is gratefully acknowledged.

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Teunissen, P.J. (2017). Carrier Phase Integer Ambiguity Resolution. In: Teunissen, P.J., Montenbruck, O. (eds) Springer Handbook of Global Navigation Satellite Systems. Springer Handbooks. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42928-1_23

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