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Statistical analysis and effects of radio frequency interference in GPS signal quality in Thailand
(2024-10-01)
Sophan, Somkit
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Supnithi, Pornchai
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Myint, Lin M.M.
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Budtho, Jirapoom
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Saito, Susumu
The radio frequency interference (RFI) in global navigation satellite system (GNSS) signals has recently received much attention in the GNSS community because of frequent jamming issues. The carrier-to-noise density ratio (C/N<inf>0</inf>) is one of the common parameters to indicate the signal quality. In this work, we propose a real-time RFI analysis based on windowing and normalization of C/N<inf>0</inf> observations. Specifically, the percentage of RFI values are analyzed based on the modified RFI detection. The steps to analyze the RFI levels (low, medium, high) are highlighted. In addition, we analyzed the occurrences of local RFI effects in areas surrounding the Suvarnabhumi International Airport as well as remote areas. We validate the modified RFI detection by using the GNSS reference stations at the urban, suburban, and outside the capital city in Thailand. The user positioning errors with the high (severe) RFI levels are investigated based on the single point positioning (SPP) and real-time kinematics (RTK). From the experimental simulations, the high RFI levels at the urban are higher than those at the suburban. As expected, the statistical analysis covering COVID-19 (2019 to 2023) shows that the high RFI levels in June 2023 (post COVID-19) are more than those in June 2020 and 2021 (lockdown COVID-19) by about twofold. Additionally, the SPP positioning errors with the medium/high RFI levels are clearly seen. There are more floating solutions in the RTK system in the year with more RFI presence.
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Local mitigation of higher-order ionospheric effects in DFMC SBAS and system performance evaluation
(2024-04-01)
Sophan, Somkit
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Supnithi, Pornchai
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Myint, Lin M.M.
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Saito, Susumu
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Hozumi, Kornyanat
Dual-frequency multi-constellation (DFMC) satellite-based augmentation system (SBAS) is a new SBAS standard for aeronautical navigation systems. It supports aircraft navigation from the enroute to approach phases via the L1 and L5 frequencies (1575.42 and 1176.45 MHz). Although the ionosphere-free (IF) combination in the DFMC SBAS operation removes the first-order ionospheric delays in the pseudorange measurement, remaining terms including the satellite-clock offset errors and higher-order ionospheric (HOI) delays are still unaccounted for. The DFMC SBAS accuracy and integrity can be affected by the HOI effects, especially during severe ionospheric disturbances. In this work, we present the local DFMC SBAS corrections with and without the mitigation of HOI delays. We first estimate the HOI delay terms using the received pseudorange followed by separate satellite and receiver bias estimations based on the minimum sum-variance technique. The integrity terms can then be obtained. The performances of DFMC SBAS using the global navigation satellite system (GNSS) data including GPS, Galileo, and QZSS are evaluated using obtained GNSS data at stations in Thailand on the ionospheric quiet and disturbed days. The results show that with the HOI mitigation, the vertical positioning errors (VPE) on the quiet and disturbed days can be improved by 12% and 9%, whereas the vertical protection levels (VPL) are improved by 16% and 21%, respectively. In addition, we perform a preliminary assessment of DFMC SBAS based on the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) requirements of two categories: Localizer Performance with Vertical guidance (LPV-200) and Category I precision approach (CAT-I) showing promising results.
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Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) Analysis on GNSS Signals and Effects on Positioning Errors
(2024-01-01)
Sophan, Somkit
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Supnithi, Pornchai
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Myint, Lin M.M.
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Budtho, Jirapoom
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Saito, Susumu
Radio frequency interference (RFI) frequently exists in the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signals. Conventionally, the monitoring of carrier-to-noise density ratio (C/N0) values can be used to detect the RFI levels. Since RFI affects the quality of GNSS signals and applications, we determine three RFI levels (low, moderate, and high) based on C/N0 then statistically analyze the RFI occurrences in Bangkok, Thailand. The percentage of RFI occurrences is computed based on the average C/N0 technique. We compare the RFI occurrence statistics of 2 GNSS stations in the urban (DPT9) and suburban (KMIT) areas in Bangkok in June 2021 (COVID-19 lockdown period) and 2023 (Post COVID-19 period). The results show that during the COVID-19 period, the RFI occurrences are much reduced at the DPT9 station in the center of the city. The high (severe) RFI levels at DPT9 (urban) are mostly higher than those at KMIT station (suburban). In addition, we investigate the effects of high (severe) RFI events on single-point and real-time kinematics (RTK) positioning errors.
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Investigations of User Positioning Errors by Using Local DFMC SBAS Correction with Higher-Order Ionospheric Delay Mitigation in Thailand
(2024-01-01)
Sophan, Somkit
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Supnithi, Pornchai
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Myint, Lin M.M.
Dual-frequency multi-constellation (DFMC) satellite-based augmentation system (SBAS) is essential to support airplane navigation. Typically, the global navigation satellite system (GNSS) with the L1 (1575.42 MHz) and L5 (1176.45 MHz) frequencies are utilized to remove the ionospheric delays based on the ionosphere-free (IF) combination (L1-L5), nevertheless, the errors due to higher-order ionospheric (HOI) delays still need to be corrected. With the local DFMC SBAS correction with a HOI mitigation in Thailand had not been considered and investigated yet. Therefore, we investigate local DFMC SBAS corrections with the HOI mitigation which are generated from the base stations in Thailand. The corrections are approximated from the local total electron content (TEC) values based on the Klobuchar model. Firstly, the local HOI days are estimated by using the observed pseudorange, and consequently, the local DFMC SBAS corrections are generated based on the minimum sum-variance technique with the IF carrier smoothing code. The GPS, Galileo, and QZSS data from the reference stations network in Thailand are utilized. In the preliminary study, the user positioning errors on the quiet days are evaluated based on the single point positioning (SPP) algorithm. The results show that both horizontal and vertical position errors are reduced by the local DFMC SBAS corrections with the HOI mitigation. The position error improvements on the quiet days can be experienced by 11%.
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Performance improvement of the GAGAN satellite-based augmentation system based on local ionospheric delay estimation in Thailand
(2022-10-01)
Sophan, Somkit
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Myint, Lin M.M.
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Saito, Susumu
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Supnithi, Pornchai
Satellite-Based Augmentation System (SBAS) is essential to support aircraft navigation. L1 SBAS operates on the L1 frequency (1575.42 MHz) and is currently still of interest since all GNSS satellites and receivers do not fully support additional frequencies such as L5 (1176.45 MHz). Although the Global Positioning System (GPS) aided Geo Augmented Navigation (GAGAN) SBAS is available, the performances are degraded due to the discrepancies of the ionospheric correction over Thailand and surrounding areas. Hence, in this work, we propose a new method based on the geometry-free ionospheric delay estimation with a single frequency (L1) and a single reference station requirement. The local ionospheric delays are estimated based on the proposed method with the observed GPS and GAGAN data in Thailand. Then the ionospheric corrections are obtained from the estimated local ionospheric delays. The analysis shows that using the estimated corrections, the positioning errors are reduced both on quiet days and locally disturbed days in 2019. More reductions in the positioning errors are found in September and December than other months. In addition, we perform a preliminary availability assessment of two critical phases of flights. The GAGAN performances with the proposed method for the APV-I and LPV-200 categories are improved up to 57% and 53%, respectively, in comparison with the baseline method of the IGP correction.
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Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) data observation and quality assessment in Thailand
(2021-06-27)
Ninkaesorn, Waris
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Poolgate, Sarut
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Lunzear, Ittipat
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Sophan, Somkit
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Phakphisut, Watid
Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) technology provides positions and other important parameters for aircraft during phases of flight. As ADS- B technology is required for all aircraft flying in the US as well as Europe, numerous countries are considering the similar adoption. However, its quality will need to be assessed in each region to ascertain the availability. Since King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL) is located near the Suvarnabhumi International Airport, an ideal location for ADSB study, in this work, we develop an ADS-B aircraft tracking system using a software receiver on the Raspberry Pi board to obtain the raw ADS-B data and analyze its qualities. Preliminary results show that the Navigation Uncertainty Category position (NUCp) values are in the level 7 at 81.93% of entire messages.
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Improvement of single point positioning accuracy by using GAGAN satellite-based augmentation system in Thailand Region
(2021-05-19)
Sophan, Somkit
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Phakphisut, Watid
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Myint, Lin M.M.
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Supnithi, Pornchai
Although GAGAN satellite-based augmentation system (SBAS) provides ionospheric correction service to India and surrounding areas, the correction values do not cover the entire region of Thailand and even at provided grids, they may not be sufficiently accurate. Hence, this work, we propose a local ionospheric delay estimation method based on the geo-free ionospheric delay estimation. Then the estimated ionospheric delays are applied together with the fast and long-term corrections of GAGAN SBAS to improve the positioning errors. The results show that the estimated ionospheric delays can improve the user positioning errors in terms of horizontal and vertical errors up to 0.5 and 1 meter, respectively.
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Performances of GAGAN Satellite-Based Augmentation System in Thailand Region
(2020-07-01)
Sophan, Somkit
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Phakphisut, Watid
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Myint, Lin M.M.
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Supnithi, Pornchai
The ASEAN IVO project currently supports the research related to GNSS and ionospheric data products for disaster prevention and aviation in low-latitude regions. Satellite-Based Augmentation System (SBAS) is vital to air navigation in many regions around the world. In Thailand, the L1-frequency SBAS corrections can be received from the GPS Aided Geo Augmented Navigation (GAGAN) system which is intended for use over Indian airspace. In this work, we analyze the performances of the GAGAN system in Thailand on quiet and disturbed days in March 2019 by applying the entire corrections received at King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang station. The 95-percent horizontal and vertical accuracies on quiet days are 1.52 and 3.18 meters, respectively. In contrast, on disturbed days they are 1.97 and 3.41 meters, respectively.

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