G01S19/258

Detection and elimination of GNSS spoofing signals with PVT solution estimation
11585943 · 2023-02-21 · ·

A GNSS spoofing signal detection/elimination includes tracking acquired candidate GNSS signals for each target GNSS signal, identifying the acquired candidate GNSS signals as authentic, unauthenticated, or counterfeit, removing the counterfeit GNSS signal(s) from tracking, generating a first list of the authentic GNSS signals and a second list of unauthenticated candidate GNSS signals, creating a plurality of sets of GNSS signals by selecting at least four GNSS signals from among the first list and the second list, such that each set includes all of the authentic GNSS signals, if any, and at least one unauthenticated candidate GNSS signal such that each set includes only one candidate signal per target GNSS signal, calculating PVT solutions and post-fit residuals for each set, thereby obtaining a plurality of estimated solutions, estimating authenticity of unauthenticated GNSS signals by analyzing the plurality of estimated solutions.

Multi-staged pipelined GNSS receiver
11493640 · 2022-11-08 · ·

Sets of digital samples associated with received wireless signals are received, each of the sets of digital samples corresponding to a particular RF path. The sets of digital samples are provided to a plurality of pipelines, each of the plurality of pipelines including a plurality of stages, each of the plurality of stages including one or more digital logic circuits. Sets of interconnect data are generated by the plurality of pipelines based on the sets of digital samples, the sets of interconnect data including at least one accumulating value. The sets of interconnect data are passed between adjacent pipelines of the plurality of pipelines along a direction. A result is generated by a last pipeline of the plurality of pipelines based on the at least one accumulating value.

Systems and methods for leveraging global positioning repeaters to locate devices and to obfuscate device location
11480687 · 2022-10-25 · ·

A method for using global positioning system (GPS) repeaters to obfuscate a location of a mobile device operating in an area of a communications network, the communication network including a monitoring system, includes receiving an indication that the mobile device enters the communications network; requesting a GPS location from the mobile device; receiving repeated GPS information from the mobile device; calculating a obfuscated location of the mobile device; mapping the obfuscated location of the mobile device to a table of defined locations to produce an actual mobile device location; and reporting the actual location of the mobile device.

Wearable device location systems architecture

Systems, methods, devices, computer readable media, and other various embodiments are described for location management processes in wearable electronic devices. Performance of such devices is improved with reduced time to first fix of location operations in conjunction with low-power operations. In one embodiment, low-power circuitry manages high-speed circuitry and location circuitry to provide location assistance data from the high-speed circuitry to the low-power circuitry automatically on initiation of location fix operations as the high-speed circuitry and location circuitry are booted from low-power states. In some embodiments, the high-speed circuitry is returned to a low-power state prior to completion of a location fix and after capture of content associated with initiation of the location fix. In some embodiments, high-speed circuitry is booted after completion of a location fix to update location data associated with content.

GNSS FORECAST IMPACTING RECEIVER STARTUP

Disclosed is reducing starting time for a GNSS receiver that has an imprecise initial starting location by requesting starting assistance from a CDN that caches predictive data including first data indicated predicted LOS visibility from the receiver to individual satellites, wherein the request includes the imprecise initial staring location, receiving, from the CDN, data that includes a first block of the predictive data for the imprecise initial staring location and further adjoining second blocks of predictive data for areas surrounding the imprecise staring location, determining, by the GNSS receiver, commonly available satellites that have visibility from locations in both the first block and the second block, and calculating a first starting position using weighted values for the satellites, the commonly available satellites having higher weighted value than satellites without visibility in both locations, whereby position uncertainty of the first starting position is reduced from the imprecise initial starting location.

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING PREDICTED NAVIGATION-DATA PARAMETERS WITH EMBEDDED CORRECTION DATA
20230126539 · 2023-04-27 · ·

A method, apparatus and computer program product provide one or more of navigation-data parameters or correction-model parameters for one or more navigation satellites. In the context of a method, the method includes receiving (i) navigation data regarding one or more of a position of a respective navigation satellite or a clock offset of a clock of the respective navigation satellite and (ii) correction data regarding corrections to one or more of the position or the clock offset of the respective navigation satellite. The method also includes predicting an orbit and the clock of the respective navigation satellite based on the navigation data and the correction data. The method further includes fitting at least one of the navigation-data parameters or the correction-model parameters to the predicted data and, following the fitting, providing the at least one of the navigation-data parameters or the correction-model parameters to one or more navigation devices.

SATELLITE CONSTELLATION SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING ENHANCED POSITIONING AND NODES FOR USE THEREWITH

A node of a satellite constellation system includes a global positioning receiver configured to receive first signaling from a first plurality of non-LEO navigation satellites of a constellation of non-LEO navigation satellites in non-LEO around the earth. A transceiver is configured to send and receive inter-node communications with other nodes of the satellite constellation system. At least one processor is configured to execute operational instructions that cause the at least one processor to perform operations that include: determining a state of the node of the satellite constellation system based on applying precise point positioning (PPP) correction data to the first signaling, wherein the PPP correction data is received separately from the first signaling; and generating a navigation message based on the state of the node. A navigation signal transmitter is configured to broadcast the navigation message to at least one client device, wherein the client device is space-based, the navigation message facilitating the at least one client device to determine an enhanced position of the at least one client device based on the navigation message.

Interferometry-based satellite location accuracy

According to one or more embodiments herein, interferometry-based satellite location accuracy is provided. In one embodiment, a method comprises: determining, generally at a substantially given time, a reference satellite having a known accurate location within angular proximity of a communication satellite having a known general location; determining an accurate angular position of the communication satellite with relation to the reference satellite from the perspective of at least one ground station antenna of a known accurate location; determining an additional location reference measurement of the communication satellite; determining an accurate location of the communication satellite at the substantially given time based at least in part on the accurate angular position of the communication satellite with relation to the reference satellite from the perspective of the at least one ground station antenna and the additional location reference measurement of the communication satellite; and utilizing the accurate location of the communication satellite.

ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE AND INFORMATION ACQUISITION METHOD
20230063308 · 2023-03-02 · ·

An electronic timepiece includes a radio wave receiver which receives radio waves from a positioning satellite, a communicator which performs communication with an external device, a storage which stores predicted positional information of the positioning satellite acquired from a source other than the positioning satellite, and a processor configured to update the predicted positional information stored in the storage by causing the communicator to acquire the predicted positional information from the external device at or after a specified timing corresponding to an update period of the predicted positional information, the specified timing being a timing before an end of an effective period of the stored predicted positional information, and the update period being determined in advance in the external device.

GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEM INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND ASSOCIATED COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED IDENTIFICATION AND POSITIONING METHOD
20220326388 · 2022-10-13 · ·

An embodiment of the present application discloses a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) integrated circuit (IC). The GNSS IC includes a GNSS module, a memory and a processor. The GNSS module is arranged operably to receive a to-be-identified broadcast GNSS signal. The memory is arranged operably to store a plurality of ephemeris aiding data candidates, wherein the ephemeris aiding data candidates are not provided by the GNSS module. The processor is arranged operably to determine whether the to-be-identified broadcast GNSS signal is a spoofing signal based on an ephemeris aiding data reference in the ephemeris aiding data candidates.