Space navigation receiver operating with the assistance of navigation information
AssigneeAlcatel Lucent
InventorsNicolas Wilhelm, Michel ` Monnerat, Henri Favaro
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AssigneeAlcatel Lucent
InventorsNicolas Wilhelm, Michel ` Monnerat, Henri Favaro
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A space navigation receiver (NR) comprises i) a radiofrequency processing module (PM1) tasked both with converting radio navigation signals transmitted by a satellite navigation system into digital navigation signals, and with converting auxiliary radio signals representative of navigation information about said system into auxiliary digital signals, ii) a digital processing module (PM2) tasked with periodically acquiring the digital navigation signals by sub-sampling the received radio signal, then processing the acquired signal samples (resulting from this sub-sampling) in order to produce raw measurements from these samples, from auxiliary digital signals, and from location points, and iii) a location module (LM) tasked with determining location points based on raw measurements, demodulated navigation data initially contained within the digital navigation signals in a modulated form, and orbital force models.
A space navigation receiver (NR), comprising i) a radiofrequency processing module (PM1) configured to convert radio navigation signals transmitted by a satellite navigation system into digital signals, ii) a digital processing module (PM1) configured to produce raw measurements based on said navigation digital signals, and iii) a location module (LM) configured to determine location points from said raw measurements, demodulated navigation data initially contained within said digital navigation signals in a modulated form, and orbital force models, characterized in that said radiofrequency processing module (PM1) is also configured to convert auxiliary radio signals representative of navigation information about said system into auxiliary digital signals, and in that said digital processing module (PM2) is configured to periodically acquire said digital navigation signals by sub-sampling the received radio signal, then processing the acquired signal's samples resulting from said sub-sampling so as to deduce said raw measurements from these samples, from said auxiliary digital signals, and from said location points.
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