A measurement domain receiver autonomous integrity monitoring algorithm

One of the key approaches to monitor the integrity of Global Satellite Navigation Systems (GNSS) is receiver autonomous integrity monitoring (RAIM). Existing RAIM algorithms utilise two tests in the position domain (for RAIM availability) and measurement domain (for failure detection). This paper proposes an alternative RAIM algorithm, which is based entirely in the measurement domain. This algorithm can be used for sensitivity analyses to support performance specification and system design. It can also be used during actual flight operations where the trigger is the phase of flight and its required navigation performance (RNP) parameters. This is made possible by computationally efficient calculation of the chi-squared parameters. The algorithm reverts to the current approach if the phase of flight is unknown. Simulation results for non-precision approach (NPA) have been used to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.