Controlling power dissipation in a base station of a navigation satellite system (nss)

A power dissipation controller for a base station of a navigation satellite system (NSS) comprising:

• a base station component sensor;
• a bit rate transmission adjuster for adjusting a bit rate transmission for an NSS message transmitted from said base station based on an output from said sensor, said bit rate transmission adjusted from an initial bit rate to an increased bit rate;
• a duty cycle reducer for reducing a duty cycle of one or more transmission components of said base station without adjustment to a transmission power level of said base station;
• and
• a periodic rover update transmitter for providing a periodic signal at the initial bit rate after the bit rate transmission has been adjusted, said periodic signal providing the increased bit rate at which the NSS message is being transmitted.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions thereon, said instructions causing a processor to perform a method for utilizing a sensor monitoring one or more components of a base station of a navigation satellite system (NSS) to maintain a transmission power level for said base station, said method comprising:

• increasing a transmission bit rate from a pre-defined bit rate to an increased transmission bit rate for an NSS message transmitted from said base station;
• reducing a duty cycle for one or more transmission components of said base station without reducing a transmission power level of said base station, said increasing of said transmission bit rate and said reducing of said duty cycle performed when one or more of components of said base station reach a sensor threshold;
• and
• periodically providing a bit rate update signal at said pre-defined bit rate, said bit rate update signal informing a rover utilizing said base station of said increased transmission bit rate for the NSS message transmitted from said base station.