Blind despreading of civil GNSS signals for resilient PNT applications
US10775510B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 5, 2017 |
| Grant date | Sep 15, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 21, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01S19/215
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method, system and apparatus are claimed for receiving, blindly despreading, and determining geo-observables, of true civil Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) navigation signals generated by any of the set of satellite vehicles and ground beacons, amongst false echoes and malicious GNSS signals from spoofers and repeaters; for identifying malicious GNSS signals, and preventing those signals from corrupting or capturing Positioning, Navigation, and Timing tracking operations; and for geolocating malicious GNSS signals. The invention also provides time-to-first-fix over much smaller time intervals than existing GNSS methods and can operate both in the presence of signals with much wider disparity in received power than existing techniques, and in the presence of arbitrary multipath. Further embodiments employing spatial/polarization diverse receivers that remove non-GNSS jammers received by the system, as well as targeted GNSS spoofers that can otherwise emulate GNSS signals received at victim receivers, are also claimed.
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