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Triple-frequency signals can be transmitted by the GPS Block IIF satellites. With triple-frequency integration, more choices are available for the implementation of precise point positioning (PPP), namely the PPP using L1/L2 and L1/L5 dual-frequency ionospheric-free (IF) combinations (IF-PPP1), the PPP using the triple-frequency IF combination (IF-PPP2), and the PPP with uncombined (UC) measurements (UC-PPP). A comprehensive comparison of the three GPS triple-frequency PPP models is carried out in this study. A total of 197 3-h datasets with pure triple-frequency observables are used for analysis in the static situation. The mathematical equivalence among the three PPP models in the converged stage is proven. Only an accuracy difference of smaller than 6 mm exists among the three triple-frequency PPP models. For all the three models, the positioning accuracies are 37.2–42.9, 11.6–13.0 and 36.2–40.6 mm in east, north and vertical directions, respectively. As to the average convergence time, IF-PPP2 shows the best performance, which is 29.7, 11.0 and 29.9 min in the three directions, respectively. The improvement for IF-PPP2 on the average convergence time is 6%, 3% and 1% over IF-PPP1, and 17%, 13% and 20% over UC-PPP in the three directions, respectively. These numerical differences may be attributed to the different parameterization and noise levels for the three triple-frequency PPP models.
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The contribution of data from IGS is appreciated. This research was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 41904030 and 41474025).
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Pan, L., Zhang, X. & Liu, J. A comparison of three widely used GPS triple-frequency precise point positioning models. GPS Solut 23, 121 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10291-019-0914-3
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