Precise positioning for intermittently operated gnss devices

Abstract

A method for operating an intermittently operating Internet of Things (IoT) device having a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) that includes an analog receiver coupled to a GNSS measurements engine, a processing circuit, and a communications interface, comprising: under control of the processing circuit, starting operation of the GNSS to collect GNSS measurements; under control of the processing circuit, once a first prescribed quantity of measurements are collected, enabling operation of the communications interface; after the communications interface is enabled, transmitting, via the communications interface, ones of a total prescribed quantity of the collected GNSS measurements, wherein the total prescribed quantity includes the first prescribed quantity; and under control of the processing circuit, turning off the GNSS once a prescribed condition has been met, wherein the prescribed condition a total prescribed quantity of GNSS measurements have been collected or a total prescribed quantity of GNSS measurements have been transmitted.

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