Evaluation of P2-C2 bias estimation

The availability of the second civilian code C2 created a new issue to be considered: the bias relating P2 and C2 signals. Such an issue is important when merging C2-capable and legacy receivers and when processing data collected by a C2-capable receiver with satellite clock values generated using a legacy receiver network. The P2-C2 bias is essentially a consequence from the fact that receiver and satellite hardware delays for C2 measurements may not be necessarily the same of those for P2. Knowing this bias makes possible the use of C2 as an observable for positioning using IGS clock products. We are using the PPP-based approach for P2-C2 bias estimation developed at the University of New Brunswick. For that purpose, we use GAPS, the GPS Analysis and Positioning Software. We also determine P2-C2 bias directly from the code observations. This poster presents and discusses the evaluation of P2-C2 values estimated from a sub-set of the IGS L2C Test Network. The values are applied to observations collected by C2-capable receivers in the point positioning mode. Coordinate repeatability indicate an improvement of up to 50% when using the P2-C2 bias.