Abstract:
The present invention provides GPS receivers capable of tracking very weak GPS signals particularly in an indoor environment without assistance from an external server or a network. In a preferred embodiment, a GPS receiver initially acquires and locks onto GPS satellite signals to compute receiver position outdoors. The GPS receiver then tracks at least one satellite signal indoors to maintain acquisition parameters for quick acquisition of GPS signals. To save power, the receiver automatically goes to the sleep state and periodically wakes up, i.e., powers up, to maintain the at least one satellite signal tracking. During the wakeup state, the receiver collects ephemeris data from the at least one satellite signal when the ephemeris data needs to be updated for quick acquisition of GPS signals.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for acquiring a refined carrier frequency by optimizing search areas are provided. The apparatus for acquiring a refined carrier frequency by optimizing search areas includes: a refined signal generation unit using a coarse carrier frequency and a coarse code phase extracted from a digitized signal and obtaining a refined carrier frequency approximated to the carrier frequency of an original signal from which the digitized signal is obtained by conversion; and a refined carrier frequency searching unit setting and providing a search area in which the refined signal acquisition unit can obtain the refined carrier frequency based on the coarse carrier frequency. According to the method and apparatus, as a result of the searching method reducing a search time, acquisition of a refined carrier frequency as well as fast acquisition of a signal is enabled, thereby allowing a precise initial value to be provided to a signal tracking unit.
Abstract:
The subject matter disclosed herein relates to a system and method for acquiring signal received from space vehicles (SVs) in a satellite navigation system. In one example, although claimed subject matter is not so limited, information processed in acquiring a signal from a first SV may be used in acquiring a signal from a second SV.
Abstract:
Binary Offset Carrier (BOC) is the agreed modulation for signals of next generation Global Navigation satellite systems (GNSS). Compared to current phase shift keying (PSK) modulation by a code, there is a further modulation by a sub-carrier. There is a known major difficulty with BOC called 'false lock' where early/late gates settle on the wrong peak of the multi-peaked correlation function. This invention eliminates the problem by eliminating that correlation. Instead, a two dimensional correlation is tracked independently to realise a dual estimate. An unambiguous lower accuracy estimate derived from the code phase is used to make an integer correction to a higher accuracy but ambiguous independent estimate based on the sub-carrier phase. The actual receiver may adopt a triple loop, instead of the usual double loop, where.carrier phase, sub-carrier phase and code phase are tracked independently but interactively.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method comprising receiving at least one set of data on satellite signals from at least one first GNSS receiver 22, each received set of data being associated to a particular instant of time. The method further comprises estimating data for at least one additional set of data associated to a respective additional instant of time based on the at least one received set of data. The method further comprises providing data from the at least one additional set of data in addition to data from the at least one received set of data for a determination of a position of at least one second GNSS receiver 12 relative to a position of the at least one first GNSS receiver 22.
Abstract:
The present invention provides GPS receivers capable of tracking very weak GPS signals particularly in an indoor environment without assistance from an external server or a network. In a preferred embodiment, a GPS receiver initially acquires and locks onto GPS satellite signals to compute receiver position outdoors. The GPS receiver then tracks at least one satellite signal indoors to maintain acquisition parameters for quick acquisition of GPS signals. To save power, the receiver automatically goes to the sleep state and periodically wakes up, i.e., powers up, to maintain the at least one satellite signal tracking. During the wakeup state, the receiver collects ephemeris data from the at least one satellite signal when the ephemeris data needs to be updated for quick acquisition of GPS signals.
Abstract:
A system, method and device for frequency acquisition. In particular, the embodiments allow for a mobile telephone to simultaneously receive data and/or voice signals while acquiring a GPS signal for its navigation feature. The system, method and device of the present embodiments employ a digital rotator and a local oscillator in concert to acquire the respective signals, correct any frequency errors associated with those signals, and maintain a local timing reference suitable for receiving and transmitting data through a mobile network while simultaneously providing an accurate location through a GPS system.
Abstract:
A GPS receiver uses the energy of the L1 (221) and L2 (222) GPS satellite signals to track the phase of the L1 and L2 P-code and the carrier phase of the L2 signal. The in-phase channel of the L1 signal is correlated with the P-code (316) from a P-code generator (303) in the L1 channel of the receiver. Similarly, the in-phase and quadrature channels of the received L2 P-code signal are correlated with the P-code (357, 358) in the receiver L2 channel. Polarity transitions between the two W-bits over the I & D integration (310, 311) period are detected by a threshold comparison (320) with the I & D output of the L1 punctual P-code correlation signal (312). When there is polarity change, the L1 and L2 I & D outputs are not used for L2 carrier demodulation. Otherwise, the I & D output of the L1 in-phase Punctual P-code correlation (312) is combined (347) with the L2 in-phase Punctual P-code correlation (337) in accordance with the L1 and L2 signal power ratio. This summed signal (347) is multiplied (348) with the I & D output of the L2 quadrature channel early-late P-code correlation (338) to obtain a product signal that provides an estimate of the L2 carrier phase.
Abstract:
A receiver (R) for use in a user mobile terminal (U) in a satellite positioning system having a constellation of satellites (S) in which the receiver (R) acquires data from a satellite related to the position of the mobile terminal (U). A MEMS device (M) is incorporated in the receiver (R) and is adapted for detecting the absolute value Formula (I) of the speed of the mobile terminal (U) and subsequently providing said value to the receiver (U). Means are provided for computing, by or for the receiver (R), the value corresponding to the vector components (V ux , V uy , V uz ) of the speed of the mobile terminal which in turn make possible the Doppler effect related to the users speed is obtained.
Abstract:
La présente invention concerne un procédé d'acquisition de données satellitaires par un dispositif mobile incluant un récepteur 10 de radionavigation satellitaire RNSS. Ce procédé comporte les étapes suivantes - réception par ledit récepteur 10 d'un signal S(t) émis par une pluralité de satellites, ledit signal correspondant à une somme de signaux envoyés chacun par un satellite et modulés chacun par un signal étalé spectralement et caractéristique dudit satellite, - génération d'une pluralité de répliques locales RS1, RS2, RS3 générées par ledit récepteur 10, chacune desdites répliques étant la réplique d'un signal étalé spectralement et caractéristique d'un satellite, - correction fréquentielle de chacune desdites répliques locales par compensation de l'effet Doppler de chacun desdits satellites, - sommation de ladite pluralité de répliques corrigées CD1, CD2 CD3, - détermination de la fonction F(t) de corrélation en fonction du temps entre la somme de ladite pluralité de répliques corrigées et ledit signal S(t) de données satellitaires.