Navigation receiver with coupled signal-tracking channels

Communications: directive radio wave systems and devices (e.g. – Directive – Including a satellite

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342386, 342450, 364443, G01S 502, G01S 108, G01C 2100

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ABSTRACT:
The navigation receiver with coupled-tracking channels is intended for use in radio navigation systems based on trilateration wherein the times of arrival of radio signals transmitted by a plurality of ground- or space-based terminals are measured by a user terminal and utilized by the user terminal in calculating its position and orientation. The coupled-tracking navigation receiver periodically measures carrier phase, carrier frequency, modulation phase, and carrier amplitude for all of the signals arriving at the receiving ports of the receiver and periodically estimates the present values of carrier phase, carrier frequency, and modulation phase for all of the received signals, the estimating process utilizing for each parameter estimate the parameter measurements for a plurality of the received signals properly combined in a statistically appropriate manner by taking into account the relative geometry of the line-of-sight paths, receiver clock time dynamics, and dynamics and motion constraints of the receiver platform, thereby obtaining better performance under poor signal reception conditions and more accurate estimates of carrier phase, carrier frequency, and modulation phase for each of the received signals than independent measurements alone could provide. It follows that these more accurate estimates of the basic signal parameters lead to more accurate estimates of platform position and attitude and the rates of change of these quantities.

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