The GNSS integer ambiguities: estimation and validation
The GNSS integer ambiguities: estimation and validation
The GNSS integer ambiguities: estimation and validation
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2-D example<br />
Figure 5.3 shows in black all float samples for which ā = ǎ for two different fail rates.<br />
5.3 Ratio test, difference test <strong>and</strong> projector test<br />
In section 3.5 several <strong>integer</strong> <strong>validation</strong> tests as proposed in the past were described. It<br />
was explained that the test criteria cannot be derived using classical hypothesis tests.<br />
However, it can be shown that the ratio test (3.78), the difference test (3.86), <strong>and</strong> the<br />
projector test, on which the test statistics (3.87) <strong>and</strong> (3.89) are based, are all examples<br />
of Integer Aperture estimators, cf. (Teunissen 2003e; Verhagen <strong>and</strong> Teunissen 2004a).<br />
5.3.1 Ratio test is an IA estimator<br />
<strong>The</strong> ratio test of (3.78) is a very popular <strong>validation</strong> test in practice. Instead of (3.78)<br />
the ’inverse’ of the ratio test is used here, i.e. accept ǎ if:<br />
â − ǎ 2 Qâ<br />
â − ǎ2 2 Qâ<br />
≤ µ<br />
This guarantees that the critical value is bounded as 0 < µ ≤ 1, since by definition<br />
â − ǎ 2 Qâ ≤ â − ǎ2 2 Qâ .<br />
It can now be shown that <strong>integer</strong> <strong>estimation</strong> in combination with the ratio test is an IA<br />
estimator. <strong>The</strong> acceptance region is given as:<br />
ΩR = {x ∈ R n | x − ˇx 2 Qâ ≤ µx − ˇx2 2 Qâ , 0 < µ ≤ 1} (5.13)<br />
with ˇx <strong>and</strong> ˇx2 the best <strong>and</strong> second-best ILS estimator of x. Let Ωz,R = ΩR ∩ Sz, i.e.<br />
Ωz,R is the intersection of ΩR with the ILS pull-in region as defined in (3.16). <strong>The</strong>n all<br />
conditions of (5.1) are fulfilled, since:<br />
⎧<br />
⎪⎨<br />
Ω0,R = {x ∈ R<br />
⎪⎩<br />
n | x2 Qâ ≤ µx − z2Qâ , ∀z ∈ Zn \ {0}}<br />
Ωz,R = Ω0,R + z, ∀z ∈ Zn ΩR = <br />
z∈Zn Ωz,R<br />
(5.14)<br />
<strong>The</strong> proof was given in Teunissen (2003e) <strong>and</strong> Verhagen <strong>and</strong> Teunissen (2004a) <strong>and</strong> is<br />
94 Integer Aperture <strong>estimation</strong>