TDOA based assisted GNSS positioning algorithm

In order to improve the location performance of User Equipment (UE) , enhance the availability of satellites navigation systems, an assisted Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) positioning algorithm based on Time Difference of Arrival (TDOA) technology is proposed for only three visible satellites in this paper. Using the structure of assisted satellite position system, UE was guaranteed to acquire navigation information of the three visible satellites rapidly, and three satellite observation equation were acquired, then the arrival time difference between UE and two adjacent base stations was used as an auxiliary, and a full-rank equation was constructed to achieve positioning by least squares method. The results showed that the algorithm had good convergence ability and positioning accuracy, and the confidence of this method’s positioning error, according to 3GPP request of assisted satellite navigation accuracy error within 50 m, reaches 94.56%, the average positioning accuracy was 16.8 m. The validity of this algorithm was demonstrated.