METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION OF A SATELLITE NAVIGATION SYSTEM RECEIVER, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEM

• US 20150316656A1
• Filed: 04/29/2015
• Published: 11/05/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Thales SA
• Original Assignee: Thales SA
• Inventors: KUBRAK, Damien, CALMETTES, Thibaud, CARRIE, Guillaume
• Application Number:
  US14/699,275
• Publication Number:
  US 20150316656A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/42 Determining position
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/428 using multipath or indirect path propagation signals in position determination

Abstract

A method is provided for determining the position of a satellite navigation system receiver in which use is made of a probabilistic weighting of the signals received, the weighting using a coefficient K_i, for each satellite of index i, the coefficient K_i being a product of factors each comprising a probability of existence of a disturbance, the coefficient K_i, for each satellite of index i, comprising at least one factor of the form (1−P_jⁱ)^ai.

Claims

1. A method for determining the position of a satellite navigation system receiver in which use is made of a probabilistic weighting of the signals received, the said weighting using a coefficient K_i, for each satellite of index i, the said coefficient K_i being a product of factors each comprising a probability of existence of a disturbance, the said coefficient K_i, for each satellite of index i, comprising at least one factor of the form (1−

P_jⁱ)^ai, j varying from 1 to 6 in which;

P₁ⁱ represents, for the satellite of index i, a first probability that the signal received comprises a combination of a non-reflected signal component and of a multi-path signal component,

P₂ⁱ represents, for the satellite of index i, a second probability that the signal received comprises solely a multi-path signal component,

P₃ⁱ represents, for the satellite of index i, a third probability that the signal received is jammed by terrestrial interference,

P₄ⁱ represents, for the satellite of index i, a fourth probability that the signal received comprises a combination of a component of a signal generated by a jammer on the ground and of a component of the nominal signal,

P₅ⁱ represents, for the satellite of index i, a fifth probability that the signal received is not in coherence with previous conditions of reception of the said signal,

P₆ⁱ represents, for the satellite of index i, a sixth probability that the signal received is not in coherence with a mapping of the environs, and

a_i represents a positive real.

2. The method according to claim 1, in which, when a coefficient K_i is below a first threshold (S₁), the said determination of the position of the satellite navigation system receiver discards the signals received from the satellite of index i.

3. The method according to claim 1, in which the said determination of the position of the satellite navigation system receiver uses a weighting of the measurements of the signals emitted by the said satellites of respective value 1/K_i.

4. The method according to claim 1, in which the first probability P₁ⁱ, for the satellite of index i, that the signal received comprises a combination of a non-reflected signal component and of a multi-path signal component, simultaneously uses a delay tracking loop based on a narrow separation early/late discriminant, a delay tracking loop based on a normal separation early/late discriminant, and a discrepancy between the lags evaluated by the said loops.

5. The method according to claim 1, in which the second probability P₂ⁱ, for the satellite of index i, that the signal received comprises solely a multi-path signal component, simultaneously uses a delay tracking loop based on a narrow separation early/late discriminant, a delay tracking loop based on a normal separation early/late discriminant, and a temporal variation of a discrepancy between the lags evaluated by the said loops.

6. The method according to claim 1, in which the third probability P₃ⁱ, for the satellite of index i, that the signal received is jammed by terrestrial interference uses a discrepancy between a measurement of the ratio of the power of the signal received to the power of the noise in the signal received and an expected estimation of the ratio of the power of the signal received to the power of the noise in the signal received.

7. The method according to claim 1, in which the fourth probability P₄ⁱ, for the satellite of index i, that the signal received comprises a combination of a component of a signal generated by a jammer on the ground and of a component of the nominal signal uses a discrepancy between a measurement of pseudo-distance residual and an expected estimation of pseudo-distance residual.

8. The method according to claim 1, in which the fifth probability P₅ⁱ, for the satellite of index i, that the signal received is not in coherence with previous conditions of reception of the said signal uses a variation of the variance of the residuals of the pseudo-distances of the said satellites.

9. The method according to claim 1, in which the sixth probability P₆ⁱ, for the satellite of index i, that the signal received is not in coherence with a mapping of the environs uses a discrepancy between the measured power of the signal received from the satellite of index i and an expected estimation of the power of the signal received from the satellite of index i.

10. A system for determining the position of a system receiver of a satellite navigation system, adapted for implementing the method according to claim 1.