Use of geo-stationary satellites to augment widearea multilateration synchronization
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G01S-003/02
G01S-001/24
G01S-001/00
출원번호
US-0343079
(2006-01-30)
등록번호
US-7375683
(2008-05-20)
발명자
/ 주소
Smith,Alexander E.
Breen,Thomas J.
출원인 / 주소
ERA Systems Corporation
대리인 / 주소
Bell,Robert Platt
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96
초록▼
The present invention improves WAMLAT Timing Availability by using timing from one or more of a variety of sources. These sources include unaugmented SATNAV timing, from GPS or/and GALILEO, GEO timing from pseudo SATNAV signals, additional GEO timing for non SATNAV applications, timing derived from
The present invention improves WAMLAT Timing Availability by using timing from one or more of a variety of sources. These sources include unaugmented SATNAV timing, from GPS or/and GALILEO, GEO timing from pseudo SATNAV signals, additional GEO timing for non SATNAV applications, timing derived from both terrestrial and satellite television and radio transmissions, and stable on board oscillators to withstand short term interruptions in satellite timing. The use of one or more of these multiple sources of timing improves accuracy and reliability of wide area multilateration systems.
대표청구항▼
We claim: 1. A tracking apparatus, comprising: a satellite receiver for receiving, from at least one satellite, at least one timing source, at least one of a television receiver for receiving television signals from a plurality of stationary transmitters or satellites for timing purposes and a broa
We claim: 1. A tracking apparatus, comprising: a satellite receiver for receiving, from at least one satellite, at least one timing source, at least one of a television receiver for receiving television signals from a plurality of stationary transmitters or satellites for timing purposes and a broadcast radio receiver for receiving radio signals from a plurality of stationary transmitters or satellites for timing purposes, at least one radio receiver for receiving from a vehicle, a radio signal at a plurality of radio receiver locations, at least one time-stamp generator, each at a corresponding at least one radio receiver, for timer-stamping the received radio signal with a time-stamp derived at least in part from the at least one timing source, and a tracking computer for determining a position of a radio signal source from the time difference of arrival of the radio signal time stamps. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein at least one of the at least one satellite is a geostationary navigation satellite. 3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein at least one of the at least one satellite is a commercial, non navigation geostationary satellite. 4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one satellite includes at least one standard navigation satellite, and at least one geostationary satellite, wherein the timing source comprises timing sources provided from the at least one standard navigation satellite and the at least one geostationary satellite. 5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said time-stamp generator time-stamps the received radio signal with a time-stamp derived from the at least one timing source further supplemented by highly stable local clocks at each of the plurality of receiver locations. 6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein said time-stamp generator time-stamps the received radio signal with a time-stamp derived from the at least one timing source further supplemented by highly stable local clocks and synchronization data from a plurality of television and radio transmitters at each of the plurality of receiver locations. 7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one satellite comprises one or more of WAAS, EGNOS, MSAS satellites, wherein the time-stamp is derived from timing from one or more of WAAS, EGNOS, MSAS satellites. 8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one satellite comprises one or more of WAAS, EGNOS, MSAS satellites, wherein the time-stamp is enhanced by timing from one or more of WAAS, EGNOS, MSAS satellites. 9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one satellite comprises an orbiting satellite and GEO satellite, and wherein the time stamp is derived from orbiting satellite timing and GEO satellite timing, local timing, and reference transponder timing. 10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the time stamp is derived by using GEO satellite timing to enhance and extend local and reference transponder timing. 11. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein at least one television transmitter comprises at least one of an ATSC, DVB, or ISDB system, and wherein the time stamp is generated from the signals generated by these transmitters. 12. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein at least one broadcast radio transmitter comprises at least one of a XM, Sirius, or DAB system, and wherein the time stamp is generated from the signals generated by these transmitters.
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