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environment. Latest techniques are used to ensure that station

antennas are co-ordinated to an absolute accuracy of better
than 5cm in all dimensions.
Reference stations are located in a manner that ensures
maximum coverage and redundancy throughout the key areas
of offshore activity.
Communications Infrastructure
Each station generates raw GPS observations and other
pertinent monitoring data, which is then sent to the NCC using
multiple, high-speed data communication networks.
Network Control Centre (NCC)
The Network Control Centre (NCC) is the central hub at which
the broadcast data products are produced. The NCC first
determines whether any communication link problems exist
followed by rectification. The station data is then processed
and the data products produced; the Veripos standard service
currently includes pseudo-range corrections derived from L1
code and phase observations for each satellite in view. Once
fully checked and validated each data set is then cleared for
broadcast.
Veripos-standard is a GNSS augmentation service that delivers
differential GPS correction data via satellite. The objective of
the service is to provide high-end GPS users with reliable,
improved position accuracy and integrity.
Based upon L1 single-frequency CA Code observations,
Veripos-standard provides metre level position accuracy by
using a single-difference technique. Position accuracy will
vary depending upon the users' distance from the reference
stations and also how many stations are being used in the
solution.
The service consists of the following key elements:
Reference stations
Communications infrastructure
Network control centre
Satellite broadcast (space segment)
Reference Station Network
At the heart of the system are the reference stations, which are
the source of the GPS measurement data. Each reference
station is fully redundant with duplicated hardware, back-up
power and sited in a secure, climatically controlled
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NCC Monitoring
The NCC, which is manned on a 24-hour basis, also monitors service availability and performance. Position solutions are
calculated using all correction sets and comprehensive performance reports produced and stored. In the event of anomalies
occurring, warning alarms are generated from which the NCC operators will inform the users.
Regularly communicating with users, the NCC passes on information pertaining to service availability, changes to the core
GNSS systems, station outages or planned maintenance operations.
NCC features:
24-hour helpdesk
Separate power feed from the main distribution to NCC
Equipment fed from independent UPS's
Emergency electrical generator.
Smoke detection
Complete PAT of NCC electrical sub-system
Secure access
Temperature stabilised environment
Backup and auto switching hub computers
System alarms
24/7 manning of NCC
Design change control procedures
Continuous integrity and performance monitoring
Satellite Broadcast (space segment)
Once NCC processing is complete, the final data products are passed to the Land-Earth Stations (LES) for uplink to the
satellites and final broadcast to the users. The reliability of this process is critical and so multiple levels of redundancy are
employed to guarantee arrival of the data at the LES.
Veripos-standard data is broadcast from the satellites at two different power levels; High-Power (HP) and Low-Power (LP).
The level of signal radiated by the high-power service means that reliable reception can be attained with a very small and
compact omni-directional antenna, whilst the low-power signal requires a bigger stabilized antenna such as that used by a
vessel's Inmarsat communications terminal. Data is received and passed to user-equipment via one of the Veripos range of
satellite demodulators.
User Segment
Veripos-standard data is broadcast in RTCM SC104 - V2.3 format to ensure compatibility with user hardware and software. To
give complete processing flexibility to the user, the correction data may be directly injected into any RTCM-compatible GPS
equipment or external processing software allowing the user maximum choice regarding the position calculation process.
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Summary of system performance
Process type: Single difference (DGPS)
Observations used: CA code + L1 carrier phase
Measurement rate: 0.6 seconds
High-power satellites: AOR-W and I25E
Standard power satellites: AOR-E
Data format: RTCM SC104 V2.1
Transmission rate: 1200 bps
Typical correction update rate: 7 seconds
Typical latency: 2 seconds
Typical average age of correction: 5 seconds
Typical availability: 99.997%
Normal accuracy -up to 1000Km: 1-3m (2DRMS)
Normal accuracy -up to 2000Km: <5m (2DRMS)