Further Evaluation of CGGTTS Time Transfer Software

A new software tool for GNSS time transfer implementing the Common GNSS Generic Time Transfer Standard (CGGTTS) was developed by the time and frequency group at RISE Research Institutes of Sweden. The software is called RISEGNSS and converts RINEX observational data into CGGTTS data. It handles codes and carriers of the satellite navigation systems GPS, GLONASS, Galileo and BeiDou including the most important ranging codes for time transfer applications. The software is also prepared for single-frequency applications, and for the use of non-standard codes and carriers such as Galileo PRS and those from SBAS. The aim of the development is to provide an alternative to existing software and to support time transfer with new GNSS. This paper presents a full comparison of new versions of RISEGNSS and the well-established software R2CGGTTS, developed by the Royal Observatory of Belgium. The evaluation includes the linear combinations recommended in the CGGTTS standard for time transfer applications using GPS, GLONASS, Galileo and BeiDou. The aim of the evaluation is to support the development in making CGGTTS data compatible between different stand-alone software as well as those implemented in receivers, which is important to make Common-View (CV) time transfer results precise and accurate. The paper also presents CV time transfer results for three different baselines based on CGGTTS data obtained from the RISEGNSS software. The results include those obtained from dual-frequency code combinations of the four GNSS: GPS, Galileo, GLONASS and BeiDou. The results also include those of using standard single-frequency code observables as well as nonstandard codes and carriers such as L5 for GPS, E5b and E5 (Alt-BOC) for Galileo, G3 for GLONASS, and B3 for BeiDou. It finally studies the possibility and quality of using SBAS for time transfer.