Determining position of a GNSS receiver using fractional signalling event period times
US9322922B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 5, 2012 |
| Grant date | Apr 26, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 11, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01S19/43
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Apparatus for calculating the position of a receiver in dependence on the time it takes signalling events to travel from a plurality of satellites to the receiver, obtains an indication of a transit time for a signalling event to travel from each satellite to the receiver, and forms an indication of an expected transit time for a signalling event to travel from the satellite to the receiver. The obtained indication of the transit time and the indication of the expected transit time for each non-reference satellite are compared with the obtained indication of the transit time and the indication of the expected transit time for the reference satellite to form residuals that are representative of a combined error in those indications of expected transit time; and the position of the receiver is calculate without calculating the integer ambiguities in the obtained transit times, in dependence on the residuals.
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