Methods and apparatus for real-time kinetic positioning with a mobile base station
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsRichard James Gritter, Samuel Schweighart
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Abstract
Method and apparatus for real-time kinetic (RTK) positioning with a mobile base station are disclosed. An example apparatus to generate virtual reference station (VRS) observations includes interface circuitry communicatively coupled to a receiver of a mobile base station, machine-readable instructions, and at least one processor circuit to be programmed by the machine-readable instructions to determine a variation in reception of global navigation satellite system (GNSS) signals between the mobile base station and a VRS, generate the VRS observations based on the determined variation, and cause transmission of the VRS observations to a rover platform for RTK navigation thereof.
Claims20
An apparatus to generate virtual reference station (VRS) observations for navigation of a rover platform, the apparatus comprising:
- interface circuitry communicatively coupled to a receiver of the mobile base station;
- machine-readable instructions;
- and
- at least one processor circuit to be programmed by the machine-readable instructions to:
- determine a variation in reception of global navigation satellite system (GNSS) signals between the mobile base station and a VRS;
- generate the VRS observations based on the determined variation;
- and
- cause transmission of the VRS observations to the rover platform for navigation thereof.
At least one non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising machine-readable instructions to cause at least one processor circuit to at least:
- determine a variation in reception of global navigation satellite system (GNSS) signals between a mobile base station and a virtual reference station (VRS);
- generate VRS observations based on the determined variation;
- and
- cause a transmitter to provide the VRS observations to a rover platform for navigation thereof.
A method comprising:
- determining a variation in reception of global navigation satellite system (GNSS) signals between a mobile base station and a virtual reference station (VRS);
- generating VRS observations based on the determined variation;
- and
- transmitting the VRS observations to a rover platform for navigation thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.