Beacon-based precision navigation and timing (PNT) system

Judd, Stephen

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Title: Beacon-based precision navigation and timing (PNT) system

Abstract

Beacon-based Precision Navigation and Timing (PNT) may use a constellation of space vehicles (e.g., small, low cost satellites) coupled to a network of ground stations and a network of beacons. Such a system be provided at a cost that is approximately 100 times lower than GPS both to build and to operate. The resulting system may also provide fast acquisition, improved SNR, improved anti-jam and anti-spoofing capabilities, and six-inch scale location determination, making it applicable to both existing PNT applications and enabling new applications.

Inventors:: Judd, Stephen

Issue Date:: 2021-01-05

Research Org.:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1805357

Patent Number(s):: 10884132

Application Number:: 15/220,497

Assignee:: U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, DC)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01S - RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING

H - ELECTRICITY H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE H04B - TRANSMISSION

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G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01S - RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING
G01S19/01 - Satellite radio beacon positioning systems transmitting time-stamped messages, e.g. GPS [Global Positioning System], GLONASS [Global Orbiting Navigation Satellite System] or GALILEO
G01S19/02 - Details of the space or ground control segments
G01S19/03 - Cooperating elements
G01S19/072 - {Ionosphere corrections}
G01S19/08 - providing integrity information, e.g. health of satellites or quality of ephemeris data
G01S19/115 - {Airborne or satellite based pseudolites or repeaters}
G01S19/12 - wherein the cooperating elements are telecommunication base stations
G01S19/42 - Determining position
G01S5/0226 - {of transmitters or network of transmitters
G01S5/14 - Determining absolute distances from a plurality of spaced points of known location

H - ELECTRICITY H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE H04B - TRANSMISSION
H04B2001/0408 - {with power amplifiers}
H04B7/18504 - {Aircraft used as relay or high altitude atmospheric platform}

H - ELECTRICITY H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE H04K - SECRET COMMUNICATION
H04K3/20 - {Countermeasures against jamming

H - ELECTRICITY H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE H04L - TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
H04L1/0056 - {Systems characterized by the type of code used
H04L5/005 - {of common pilots, i.e. pilots destined for multiple users or terminals}
H04L5/006 - {Quality of the received signal, e.g. BER, SNR, water filling}

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DOE Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 07/27/2016

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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Arrangement for suppressing echoes in a digital portable telephone
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patent, July 1995