Rapid recovery of precise position after temporary signal loss
First Claim
1. A method for providing or rapidly recovering an estimated position of a mobile receiver, the method comprising execution of the following steps at or by the mobile receiver:
- receiving a set of one or more carrier satellite signals and a correction signal encoded with correction data that is related to the one or more carrier satellite signals;
measuring the carrier phase of one or more received satellite signals a first measurement time;
estimating a wide-lane ambiguity and narrow-lane ambiguity in the measured carrier phase of the one or more received satellite signals for the first measurement time and estimating tropospheric bias for one or more of the carrier satellite signals;
storing, at regular time intervals for the first measurement time, backup data comprising a set of the following post-convergence or resolved values;
the estimated wide-lane ambiguities, the estimated narrow-lane ambiguities, the estimated tropospheric delay bias, raw measured carrier phase of the received satellite signals, and corresponding estimated receiver positions;
detecting a loss of lock on the measured carrier phase associated with loss or lack of reception of one or more of the carrier signals for a loss time period;
after the detected loss of lock once at least some carrier phase signals are reacquired, measuring the carrier phase of one or more received satellite signals at a second measurement time;
retrieving or reading the backup data and applying the backup data to a real-time kinematic (RTK) filter to provide a relative position vector between the mobile receiver at the first measurement time and the mobile receiver at the second measurement time and to provide recovery data associated with a satellite-differenced double-difference estimation for the mobile receiver between the first measurement time and the second measurement time;
applying the relative position vector, the backup data, the recovery data from the RTK filter, and the correction data with precise clock and orbit information on the satellite signals, as inputs, constraints, or both for convergence or resolution of one or more predictive filters on wide-lane and narrow-lane ambiguities in accordance with a precise positioning algorithm;
estimating a precise position of the mobile receiver based on the resolved narrow-lane ambiguities and wide-lane ambiguities that are in a converged state or fixed state, where the above steps are executable or implemented by a data processor of an electronic data processing system of the mobile receiver;
wherein the mobile receiver position at the first measurement time comprises a precise point positioning position of the mobile receiver at the first measurement time, and wherein the recovery data includes one or more of the following;
RTK double-difference (DD) wide-lane integer ambiguity, ∇
Δ
NWLij(RTK);
RTK fixed refraction-corrected (RC) double-difference (DD) ambiguity, ∇
Δ
NRCij(RTK); and
the relative position between the reference receiver and the mobile receiver, and the variance/co-variance of the relative position.
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Abstract
A real-time kinematic (RTK) filter uses the backup data to estimate a relative position vector between the mobile receiver at the first measurement time and the mobile receiver at the second measurement time and to provide recovery data associated with a satellite-differenced double-difference estimation for the mobile receiver between the first measurement time and the second measurement time. A navigation positioning estimator can apply the relative position vector, the backup data, the recovery data from the RTK filter, and received correction data with precise clock and orbit information on the satellite signals, as inputs, constraints, or both for convergence or resolution of wide-lane and narrow-lane ambiguities, and determination of a precise position, in accordance with a precise positioning algorithm.
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27 Claims
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1. A method for providing or rapidly recovering an estimated position of a mobile receiver, the method comprising execution of the following steps at or by the mobile receiver:
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receiving a set of one or more carrier satellite signals and a correction signal encoded with correction data that is related to the one or more carrier satellite signals; measuring the carrier phase of one or more received satellite signals a first measurement time; estimating a wide-lane ambiguity and narrow-lane ambiguity in the measured carrier phase of the one or more received satellite signals for the first measurement time and estimating tropospheric bias for one or more of the carrier satellite signals; storing, at regular time intervals for the first measurement time, backup data comprising a set of the following post-convergence or resolved values;
the estimated wide-lane ambiguities, the estimated narrow-lane ambiguities, the estimated tropospheric delay bias, raw measured carrier phase of the received satellite signals, and corresponding estimated receiver positions;detecting a loss of lock on the measured carrier phase associated with loss or lack of reception of one or more of the carrier signals for a loss time period; after the detected loss of lock once at least some carrier phase signals are reacquired, measuring the carrier phase of one or more received satellite signals at a second measurement time; retrieving or reading the backup data and applying the backup data to a real-time kinematic (RTK) filter to provide a relative position vector between the mobile receiver at the first measurement time and the mobile receiver at the second measurement time and to provide recovery data associated with a satellite-differenced double-difference estimation for the mobile receiver between the first measurement time and the second measurement time; applying the relative position vector, the backup data, the recovery data from the RTK filter, and the correction data with precise clock and orbit information on the satellite signals, as inputs, constraints, or both for convergence or resolution of one or more predictive filters on wide-lane and narrow-lane ambiguities in accordance with a precise positioning algorithm; estimating a precise position of the mobile receiver based on the resolved narrow-lane ambiguities and wide-lane ambiguities that are in a converged state or fixed state, where the above steps are executable or implemented by a data processor of an electronic data processing system of the mobile receiver;
wherein the mobile receiver position at the first measurement time comprises a precise point positioning position of the mobile receiver at the first measurement time, and wherein the recovery data includes one or more of the following;
RTK double-difference (DD) wide-lane integer ambiguity, ∇
Δ
NWLij(RTK);
RTK fixed refraction-corrected (RC) double-difference (DD) ambiguity, ∇
Δ
NRCij(RTK); and
the relative position between the reference receiver and the mobile receiver, and the variance/co-variance of the relative position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A mobile receiver for quickly determining a precise position based on correction data received from a correction data source, the mobile receiver comprising:
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a receiver module for receiving a set of one or more satellite signals; a measurement module for measuring the carrier phase of one or more received satellite signals for a first measurement time; a correction wireless device for receiving a correction signal related to the set of one or more satellite signals; an estimator for estimating a wide-lane ambiguity and narrow-lane ambiguity in the measured carrier phase of the one or more received satellite signals for the first measurement time and estimating tropospheric bias for one or more of the carrier satellite signals; a data storage device for storing, at regular time intervals for the first measurement time, backup data comprising a set of the following post-convergence or resolved values;
the estimated wide-lane ambiguities, the estimated narrow-lane ambiguities, the estimated tropospheric delay bias, raw measured carrier phase of the received satellite signals, and one or more corresponding estimated receiver positions;a detector for detecting a loss of lock on the measured carrier phase associated with loss or lack of reception of one or more of the carrier satellite signals for a loss time period; after the detected loss of lock once at least some carrier phase signals are reacquired, the measurement module adapted to measure the carrier phase of one or more received satellite signals at a second measurement time; a real-time kinematic (RTK) filter for using the backup data to estimate a relative position vector between the mobile receiver at the first measurement time and the mobile receiver at the second measurement time and to provide recovery data associated with a satellite-differenced double-difference estimation for the mobile receiver between the first measurement time and the second measurement time; a navigation positioning estimator for applying the relative position vector, the backup data, the recovery data from the RTK filter, and the correction data with precise clock and orbit information on the satellite signals, as inputs, constraints, or both for convergence or resolution of wide-lane and narrow-lane ambiguities in accordance with a precise positioning algorithm; and the navigation positioning estimator adapted to estimate a precise position of the mobile receiver based on the resolved narrow-lane ambiguities and wide-lane ambiguities that are in a converged state or fixed state, where the above is implemented by a data processor of an electronic data processing system of the mobile receiver;
wherein the mobile receiver position at the first measurement time comprises a precise point positioning position of the mobile receiver at the first measurement time, and wherein the recovery data includes one or more of the following;
RTK double-difference (DD) wide-lane integer ambiguity, ∇
Δ
WLij (RTK);
RTK fixed refraction-corrected (RC) double-difference (DD) ambiguity, ∇
Δ
RCij (RTK); and
the relative position between the reference receiver and the mobile receiver; and
the variance/co-variance of the relative position. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. An electronic data processing system for providing rapid position recovery of a rover navigation receiver after partial or full loss of received satellite signals, the system comprising:
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a receiver module for receiving a set of one or more satellite signals; a correction wireless device for receiving a correction signal related to the set of one or more satellite signals; a measurement module for measuring the carrier phase of each one of the satellite signals in the set with respect to a local reference carrier signal; an estimation module for estimating a wide-lane ambiguity and narrow-lane ambiguity in the measured carrier phase and tropospheric bias for each carrier signal in the set; a data storage device for storing, at regular time intervals, backup data comprising post-convergence values of the estimated wide-lane ambiguity, the estimated narrow-lane ambiguity, raw code measurements and raw carrier phase measurements, the tropospheric bias and a corresponding reference position for a first measurement time; a detector for detecting a loss of lock on the measured carrier phase associated with loss or lack of reception of one or more of the satellite signals for a loss time period; and upon the detected loss of lock after some carrier phase signals are reacquired, a recovery module for recovering an accurate current position estimate, the tropospheric bias, the current wide-lane ambiguity, the current narrow-lane ambiguity based on the stored backup data and observed measurements of the carrier phase of the one or more received satellite signals at a second measurement time to estimate a relative position vector between the mobile receiver at the first measurement time and the mobile receiver at the second measurement time. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27)
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