Performance analysis of the BDSBAS-B1C message in trial operation stage

BeiDou Satellite-based Augmentation System (BDSBAS) has come into the trial operation stage since July, 2020. To evaluate the characteristic of the augmentation message in BDSBAS-B1C signal, the effectiveness of the message content was firstly analyzed, and then the validity of the broadcasting strategy was estimated. Finally, the accuracy of the user equivalent ranging error (UERE) and the single frequency positioning error with different correction parameters in BDSBAS-B1C message was evaluated. Based on the above analysis, the effectiveness of the augmentation message was preliminarily verified with the results showing that: (1) the BDSBAS-B1C message type, information content and update interval have basically met the international standard; (2) the accuracy of the UERE obtained with the augmentation message had an obvious improvement in contrast to that of the UERE obtained with the usual navigation message of the GPS satellites, and the ionospheric delay was one of the important factors which affected the accuracy of the UERE; (3) the positioning accuracy obtained with the augmentation message was also improved, and the improvement was more obvious in the service areas with high availability of the ionospheric parameters.