International Journal of Navigation and Observation
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 407231, 15 pages
doi:10.1155/2009/407231
Research Article

Instantaneous Triple-Frequency GPS Cycle-Slip Detection and Repair

Zhen Dai, Stefan Knedlik, and Otmar Loffeld

Center for Sensor Systems (ZESS), University of Siegen, 57076 Siegen, Germany

Received 30 October 2008; Revised 16 February 2009; Accepted 28 May 2009

Academic Editor: Gonzalo Seco-Granados

Copyright © 2009 Zhen Dai et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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