Communications: directive radio wave systems and devices (e.g. – Directive – Including a satellite
Patent
1997-11-20
1999-09-21
Blum, Theodore M.
Communications: directive radio wave systems and devices (e.g.,
Directive
Including a satellite
34235716, H04B 7185, G01S 502
Patent
active
059559861
ABSTRACT:
A Low Earth Orbiting satellite system provides location and data communications to mobile users equipped with a receiver/transmitter, which acts as a transponder that responds to a query transmitted over the satellite network. The response is sent after a precisely controlled time interval after the transponder receives the query so that the ground station can estimate the propagation path length. The transponder also transmits the response at a frequency proportional to the frequency of the received query so that the ground station can estimate the first and second derivatives of the propagation path length according to the measured Doppler shift. The ground station also estimates the satellite positioning using satellite telemetry obtained from the on-board GPS receiver. The position of the user terminal relative to the satellite position is then determined from the path length measurements. Given the satellite position and velocity, the measured path length and first and second derivatives determine the angle between the direction of satellite motion and the line of bearing to the user terminal. This angle defines a cone with the satellite at the origin. The user terminal position is somewhere on the circle defined by the cone and the estimated path length. The intersection of this circle with the surface of the Earth yields two possible user positions, which ambiguity can be resolved by three techniques: (1) knowledge of which beam the signal was received in; (2) previously obtained position data; or (3) using nearby satellites to receive the signal.
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Blum Theodore M.
Eagle Eye Technologies, Inc.
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