Acta Geodaetica et Cartographica Sinica ›› 2021, Vol. 50 ›› Issue (8): 1006-1012.doi: 10.11947/j.AGCS.2021.20210051

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PNT intelligent services

YANG Yuanxi1,2, YANG Cheng3, REN Xia1,2   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Geo-Information Engineering, Xi'an 710054, China;
    2. Xi'an Research Institude of Surveying and Mapping, Xi'an 710054, China;
    3. School of Land Science and Technology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
  • Received:2021-01-23 Revised:2021-04-27 Published:2021-08-24
  • Supported by:
    The National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 41931076;L1924033);The National Natural Science Foundation for Young Scholars of China (Nos. 41804036;41904042)

Abstract: The important research direction of positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) is PNT intelligent services or smart PNT services. The most significant function of the PNT intelligent services is to sense the environment and the user requirements, to realize the intelligent integration of PNT information, intelligent modification of observation model and the intelligent fusion of multi-PNT information, and then to deliver the PNT service accordingly. This paper describes and analyzes the key techniques of intelligent PNT in different aspects, including the intelligent sensing, intelligent model, intelligent data integration and intelligent service. Additionally, the criteria for the PNT intelligent services are proposed, that is, the "availability criterion" for the intelligent PNT information integration, the "reliability criterion" for the intelligent functional model optimization, the "uncertainty criterion" for the stochastic model intelligent modification, the "accuracy criterion" for the intelligent PNT data fusion, and the "efficiency criterion" for the smart PNT services, as well as the "continuity criterion" for high dynamic users. The study further indicates that the comprehensive (or integrated) PNT is the foundation of the resilient PNT, the resilient PNT is the foundation of the intelligent PNT, and the intelligent PNT is the key development direction of PNT services.

Key words: positioning, navigation and timing, intelligent sensing, intelligent model, intelligent fusion, intelligent services

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