Satellite integrity monitoring with crowdsourced mobile device data
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsZoltan Biacs, Ning Luo
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Abstract
Disclosed are a system, apparatus, and method for monitoring integrity of satellites, and global navigation satellite systems (GNSS). One or more satellites in one or more GNSS are monitored based on a reference crowdsourced integrity report. One or more satellite integrity metrics are determined for the one or more satellites based at least on signals from the one or more satellites. A position of the mobile device is estimated. The position of the mobile device and the one or more satellite integrity metrics are provided.
Claims30
A method of monitoring satellite integrity, the method comprising, by a server:
- receiving, via a transceiver, from a mobile device, a position of the mobile device and one or more satellite integrity metrics for one or more satellites;
- combining by one or more processing units of the server, the position of the mobile device and the one or more satellite integrity metrics for the one or more satellites with existing crowdsourced integrity metrics and associated positions to generate combined data;
- and
- creating or updating, by the one or more processing units of the server, based on the combined data, a crowdsourced integrity report of a plurality of satellites that includes the one or more satellites.
A server for monitoring satellite integrity, the server comprising:
- a transceiver;
- a memory;
- and
- one or more processing units communicatively coupled with the transceiver and the memory, the one or more processing units configured to:
- receive, via the transceiver and from a mobile device, a position of the mobile device and one or more satellite integrity metrics for one or more satellites;
- combine the position of the mobile device and the one or more satellite integrity metrics for the one or more satellites with existing crowdsourced integrity metrics and associated positions to generate combined data;
- and
- create or update, based on the combined data, a crowdsourced integrity report of a plurality of satellites that includes the one or more satellites.
An apparatus for monitoring satellite integrity, the apparatus comprising:
- means for receiving, via a transceiver, from a mobile device, a position of the mobile device and one or more satellite integrity metrics for one or more satellites;
- means for combining the position of the mobile device and the one or more satellite integrity metrics for the one or more satellites with existing crowdsourced integrity metrics and associated positions to generate combined data, wherein the means for the combining includes one or more processing units;
- and
- means for creating or updating, based on the combined data, a crowdsourced integrity report of a plurality of satellites that includes the one or more satellites, wherein the means for the creating or updating includes one or more processing units.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions for monitoring satellite integrity, the instructions, when executed by one or more processing units, cause the one or more processing units to perform operations including:
- receiving, via transceiver, a position of a mobile device and one or more satellite integrity metrics determined by the mobile device for one or more satellites;
- combining the position of the mobile device and the one or more satellite integrity metrics for the one or more satellites with existing crowdsourced integrity metrics and associated positions to generate combined data;
- and
- creating or updating, based on the combined data, a crowdsourced integrity report of a plurality of satellites that includes the one or more satellites.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.