METHOD OF COLLABORATIVE DETERMINATION OF POSITIONING ERRORS OF A SATELLITE-BASED NAVIGATION SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A method of determination by a computer server of errors in calculating a position calculated by user receivers of positioning signals received from at least one constellation of satellites in a determined geographical zone, said method comprising:
- determining a list of contributing receivers of positioning signals situated in said geographical zone, a position of said contributing receivers not being known a priori;
extracting, for each of the contributing receivers Ri, code Ci and phase Φ
i data of at least one channel of the contributing receiver;
calculating an atmospheric error Ii applicable to each contributing receiver Ri on the basis of said code Ci and phase Φ
i data;
calculating an atmospheric error I(Zj) applicable in the zone Zj, on the basis of the errors Ii applicable to the contributing receivers Ri.
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Abstract
The positioning signals broadcast by GNSS constellations are affected by significant errors, notably due to the crossing of the ionospheric layer or of the tropospheric layer. Several unwieldy means have been deployed to provide professional users with corrections of said errors. These means, however, all require the knowledge of at least one precise reference point at a given distance. According to the invention, positioning receivers that are not very precise, such as smartphones, present in a geographical zone, of unknown precise position, can contribute to the production of precise atmospheric error corrections if said receivers are sufficiently numerous.
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28 Claims
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1. A method of determination by a computer server of errors in calculating a position calculated by user receivers of positioning signals received from at least one constellation of satellites in a determined geographical zone, said method comprising:
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determining a list of contributing receivers of positioning signals situated in said geographical zone, a position of said contributing receivers not being known a priori; extracting, for each of the contributing receivers Ri, code Ci and phase Φ
i data of at least one channel of the contributing receiver;calculating an atmospheric error Ii applicable to each contributing receiver Ri on the basis of said code Ci and phase Φ
i data;calculating an atmospheric error I(Zj) applicable in the zone Zj, on the basis of the errors Ii applicable to the contributing receivers Ri. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 28)
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22. A collaborative system for aiding the positioning of user receivers of positioning signals received from at least one constellation of satellites in at least one geographical zone, said system comprising a plurality of hardware and computer code elements configured to:
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determine a list of contributing receivers of positioning signals situated in said geographical zone, a position of said contributing receivers not being known a priori; extract, for each of the contributing receivers Ri, code Ci and phase Φ
i data of at least one channel of the receiver;calculate an atmospheric error Ii applicable to the contributor receivers Ri from said code Ci and phase Φ
i data;calculate an atmospheric error I(Zj) applicable in the zone Zj, from the errors Ii of the contributor receivers Ri; make available to the user receivers at least one result of the calculation of atmospheric error in said at least one geographical zone. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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25. A server of positioning data, said server comprising:
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circuit logic configured to determine a list of contributing receivers situated in a geographical zone; processing logic configure to acquire with a determined frequency temporal sequences of data transmitted by the contributing receivers Ri of said list, said temporal sequences comprising one or more of; code and phase of at least one channel of each of the contributing receivers Ri, or a datum calculated from said code and said phase data logic configured to calculate a temporal sequence of atmospheric errors applicable in said geographical zone; a link to make available to user receivers said temporal sequence of atmospheric errors.
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26. A contributing receiver of positioning signals, comprising:
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a memory for storing temporal sequences of data comprising; one or more of code and phase of at least one channel of the receiver, or a datum calculated from the code and of the phase, and at least one quality index of said data, said index being chosen from a group comprising a signal-to-noise ratio of the channel, an elevation of a satellite axis corresponding to said channel, and a number of satellite axes acquired; a communication link configured to teletransmit said temporal sequences stored in a memory of the receiver to a preidentified remote server with a predetermined frequency. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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