The invention belongs to the technical field of
satellite navigation, and in particular relates to an apparatus for time
synchronizing based on multi-
satellite common view and a [alpha]-[beta] filtering and a method thereof. The apparatus includes connected time synchronous modules which are mounted inside two pseudo satellites, wherein the time synchronous module includes: a multi-channel
receiver module, a communication module, an
information processing and
clock correcting module. The method includes: through collection data of the two pseudo satellites, obtaining the position of the
satellite tested and pseudo ranges with respect to the pseudo satellites A and B, obtaining an
elevation angle of the satellite through calculation, and conducting weighting and averaging with the sine value of the
elevation angle as the weight, conducting the [alpha]-[beta] filtering in combination with the
mathematical model for
clock error, further correcting
clock errors, eventually obtaining a more accurate
clock error estimation value, correcting the
clock error of the pseudo satellite which needs synchronization based on the
clock error estimation value, and at last achieving the
time synchronization between the two pseudo satellites. The embodiments of the invention can eliminate
random error in observed quantity, increase precision of
time synchronization, and have a stronger ability than single channel common-view
time synchronization method in terms of anti-interference.