IonosphereFreeCombination.java

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package org.orekit.estimation.measurements.gnss;

import org.hipparchus.util.ArithmeticUtils;
import org.hipparchus.util.MathArrays;
import org.orekit.gnss.GnssSignal;
import org.orekit.gnss.MeasurementType;
import org.orekit.gnss.SatelliteSystem;

/**
 * Ionosphere-free combination.
 * <p>
 * This combination removes the first order (up to 99.9%)
 * ionospheric effect.
 * </p>
 * <pre>
 *             f1² * m1 - f2² * m2
 *    mIF =  -----------------------
 *                  f1² - f2²
 * </pre>
 * With:
 * <ul>
 * <li>mIF: Ionosphere-free measurement.</li>
 * <li>f1 : Frequency of the first measurement.</li>
 * <li>m1 : First measurement.</li>
 * <li>f2 : Frequency of the second measurement.</li>
 * <li>m1 : Second measurement.</li>
 * </ul>
 * <p>
 * Ionosphere-free combination is a dual frequency combination.
 * The two measurements shall have different frequencies but they must have the same {@link MeasurementType}.
 * </p>
 * @author Bryan Cazabonne
 * @since 10.1
 */
public class IonosphereFreeCombination extends AbstractDualFrequencyCombination {

    /**
     * Package private constructor for the factory.
     * @param system satellite system for which the combination is applied
     */
    IonosphereFreeCombination(final SatelliteSystem system) {
        super(CombinationType.IONO_FREE, system);
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    @Override
    protected double getCombinedValue(final double obs1, final GnssSignal s1,
                                      final double obs2, final GnssSignal s2) {
        // Get the ration f/f0
        final double ratioF1   = s1.getRatio();
        final double ratioF2   = s2.getRatio();
        final double ratioF1Sq = ratioF1 * ratioF1;
        final double ratioF2Sq = ratioF2 * ratioF2;
        // Perform combination
        return MathArrays.linearCombination(ratioF1Sq, obs1, -ratioF2Sq, obs2) / (ratioF1Sq - ratioF2Sq);
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    @Override
    protected double getCombinedFrequency(final GnssSignal s1, final GnssSignal s2) {
        // Get the ratios f/f0
        final double ratioF1   = s1.getRatio();
        final double ratioF2   = s2.getRatio();
        // Get the integer part of the ratios
        final int ratioF1Int = (int) ratioF1;
        final int ratioF2Int = (int) ratioF2;
        // Multiplication factor used to compute the combined frequency
        final int k = (ratioF1 - ratioF1Int > 0.0 || ratioF2 - ratioF2Int > 0.0) ? 1 : ArithmeticUtils.gcd(ratioF1Int, ratioF2Int);
        // Combined frequency
        return MathArrays.linearCombination(ratioF1, ratioF1, -ratioF2, ratioF2) * (GnssSignal.F0 / k);
    }

}