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  • Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering
  • Satellite Navigation Systems

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  • Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) multipath remains a significant challenge limiting positioning accuracy.
  • Existing mitigation techniques require further development due to the environment-specific nature of multipath effects.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the application of Fresnel zones for mitigating GNSS multipath errors.
  • To enhance the understanding of multipath effects by analyzing signal diffraction and reflection.

Main Methods:

  • Determining Fresnel zones for satellite-receiver line-of-sight transmission.
  • Utilizing an obstruction-adaptive elevation mask to identify and exclude diffracted signals.
  • Analyzing multipath induced by reflectors using Fresnel zone overlap with signal-to-noise (SNR) observations.

Main Results:

  • Excluding potentially diffracted signals using Fresnel zone boundaries and an adaptive elevation mask increased positioning accuracy and fixed ambiguity epochs.
  • A 50% overlap between the Fresnel zone and a reflector was found sufficient to induce multipath effects, challenging existing theoretical assumptions.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed Fresnel zone-based method effectively mitigates GNSS multipath, improving positioning performance.
  • The findings provide new insights into multipath theory, particularly regarding reflector characteristics and their impact on signal propagation.