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While using CS prone measurement data, positioning reliability is an area of concern for RTK users. Reliability can be linked with the CS detection scheme through a least squares (LS) adjustment process. This paper proposes a CS detection framework for reliable RTK positioning using single-frequency GNSS receivers. The scheme uses double differenced measurements for CS detection via LS adjustment using a detection, identification, and adaptation approach. For reliable positioning, the procedure to link the detection and identification stages is described. Through tests conducted on kinematic data, internal and external reliability are theoretically determined by calculating minimal detectable bias (MDB) and marginally detectable errors, respectively. After introducing CS, the actual values of MDB are found to be four cycles, which are higher than the theoretically obtained values of one and two cycles. Although CS detection for reliable positioning is implemented for single-frequency RTK users, the proposed procedure is generic and can be used whenever CS are detected through statistical tests during LS adjustment.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s20010304","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,1,6]],"date-time":"2020-01-06T10:34:46Z","timestamp":1578306886000},"page":"304","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["A Cycle Slip Detection Framework for Reliable Single Frequency RTK Positioning"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"20","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5231-1925","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Salma Zainab","family":"Farooq","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Beihang University (BUAA), Beijing 100191, China"},{"name":"Department of Electrical Engineering, Institute of Space Technology, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Dongkai","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Beihang University (BUAA), Beijing 100191, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Echoda Ngbede Joshua","family":"Ada","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Beihang University (BUAA), Beijing 100191, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,1,6]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Teunissen, P.J.G., and Montenbruck, O. 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