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Method for obtaining PPS accuracy using an unclassified GPS receiver measurement interface

US6018314A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 19, 1998
Grant dateJan 25, 2000
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Expiry dateFeb 19, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01S19/21
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Disclosed are methods for minimizing the security boundary of PPS GPS receivers. The primary disclosure is a lump sum SA correction method. This method can be used to limit the security boundary to the portion of the GPS receiver that generates the lump sum SA correction, allowing all PPS measurement processing (within the receiver or across a PPS measurement interface) to reside outside the security boundary. In addition, two methods are disclosed (passive residual method and active residual method) by which the data content of the PPS measurement interface is entirely unclassified when keyed, thereby limiting the security boundary to the GPS receiver itself.

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