Pseudorange Fusion Algorithm for GPS/BDS Software Receiver

The multi-mode positioning of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) could improve the positioning accuracy compared with the traditional single-mode positioning, as the number of observed satellites is increased and the geometry distribution of visual satellites is improved. In this paper, pseudorange fusion algorithm is proposed to combine the pseudorange observations of both Global Positioning System (GPS) and BeiDou Navigation System (BDS) to obtain the position equation for dual-mode positioning. Then the weighted least square method is used to solve this position equation. Besides that, the proposed pseudorange fusion algorithm is implemented in a GPS/BDS software receiver. According to positioning result comparison of single-mode and dual-mode positioning, it is concluded that the dilution of precision (DOP) of the dual-mode positioning is smaller and the positioning accuracy is more precision.