Communications: directive radio wave systems and devices (e.g. – Directive – Including a satellite
Patent
1992-12-31
1994-10-25
Issing, Gregory C.
Communications: directive radio wave systems and devices (e.g.,
Directive
Including a satellite
342457, G01S 502, G01S 302
Patent
active
053593324
ABSTRACT:
A method for accurately determining the position of a roving receiver positioned on or above the Earth's surface, relative to the position of a reference receiver whose position is known with sufficient accuracy, using measurements of signal phase transmitted at one or more carrier frequencies and received from each of four or more satellites in a Satellite Positioning System (SPS). Phase double differences are formed, using the reference and roving receivers and any two satellites drawn from four or more satellites, using phase information obtained from either or both of the two carrier signal frequencies. Phase correction information, in the form of estimates of integer wavelength ambiguities, is then obtained from two sets of ambiguity estimates computed with the roving receiver antenna in each of two specified positions, with the reference receiver antenna lying between and being collinear with the two roving receiver-antenna positions. If the distance between the reference receiver antenna position and the two roving receiver antenna positions is sufficiently small, a set of estimates at only one of the roving receiver positions may suffice. If an azimuth angle measuring device is incorporated in the apparatus, a set of estimates at only one roving receiver position may again suffice. The method produces a set of simultaneous equations that can be solved for the coordinates of a roving receiver located at an arbitrary position. The reference receiver antenna is positioned at a fixed location and orientation while the roving antenna is correctly positioned at each of two specified locations and orientations. A Global Positioning System (GPS) or a Global Orbiting Navigational System (GLONASS) may serve as the SPS.
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Allison Michael T.
Deaver Phillip
Dreier Scott
Issing Gregory C.
Schipper John
Trimble Navigation Limited
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