[time-nuts] Do GPS augmentation services improve 1pps?

Azelio Boriani azelio.boriani at gmail.com
Mon Apr 15 07:54:23 UTC 2019


When the PPS is generated by the internal free running oscillator,
there is nothing to do: the sawtooth correction must be considered.
The augmentation service will provide a better sawtooth estimate and a
better position estimate as well.

On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 4:00 AM Skip Withrow <skip.withrow at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm wondering if GPS augmentation services improve a receiver's 1pps
> output?  My specific interest is with the Novatel OEM6 series of
> receivers (but this issue is applicable to other receiver types as
> well).  With this receiver an external 10MHz oscillator can be steered
> by the GPS receiver, so there is no sawtooth correction.  But there
> are also capabilities to enable WASS corrections, and even the
> TerraStar PPP positioning service that will give centimeter
> positioning accuracy (with subscription $$$).  The question is, are
> these corrections just applied to the position solution or are they
> incorporated into the 1pps solution  somehow as well?
>
> If someone has some enlightenment it would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Skip Withrow
>
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