High level testing to test and recover the damaged differential corrections
First Claim
1. A method of high level testing of differential corrections, said differential corrections being used in a GPS receiver for determining a differential solution to a navigational problem, said method comprising the steps of:
- computing a Correction Quality Indicator CQI=PRCt2 -[PRCt1 +RRCt1 * (t2-t1)];
wherein a current pseudo range correction PRCt2 is taken at a time t2; and
wherein said time t2 is the Modified Z-Count of the current correction received for that satellite; and
wherein the Modified Z-Count is defined as the time of the start of the frame as well as the reference time for the message parameters; and
wherein the Modified Z-Count provides the time into the hour (0 through 3599.4 seconds) and is sent in units of 0.6 seconds; and
wherein said previous pseudo range correction PRCt1 taken at a time t1 is projected to a current time tag; and
wherein said time t1 is synchronized with the Modified Z-Count for a current pseudorange correction (PRC) which was generated at t1; and
comparing said computed CQI value with a threshold value T(FAR);
wherein said threshold value T(FAR) is based on a false alarm rate and on a confidence interval;
and wherein if said CQI exceeds said threshold value T(FAR) said differential corrections are marked as invalid for further use in said GPS receiver differential solution.
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Abstract
The method and apparatus for high level testing are disclosed. The high level testing is used to test and recover the damaged differential corrections. The high level test measures the Correction Quality Indicator (CQI) and is based on the information included in the current pseudorange correction (PRC), in the previous range rate correction (RRC), and in the previous PRC projected to a time tag of a current PRC. The method computes CQI and compares the computed CQI value with the threshold value T(FAR), wherein the T(FAR) is the threshold value based on a false alarm rate and confidence interval. If the CQI does not exceed the threshold value T(FAR) the corrections for the tested satellite or a combination of tested satellites are marked as valid for further use in the user receiver differential solution.
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1. A method of high level testing of differential corrections, said differential corrections being used in a GPS receiver for determining a differential solution to a navigational problem, said method comprising the steps of:
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computing a Correction Quality Indicator CQI=PRCt2 -[PRCt1 +RRCt1 * (t2-t1)];
wherein a current pseudo range correction PRCt2 is taken at a time t2; and
wherein said time t2 is the Modified Z-Count of the current correction received for that satellite; and
wherein the Modified Z-Count is defined as the time of the start of the frame as well as the reference time for the message parameters; and
wherein the Modified Z-Count provides the time into the hour (0 through 3599.4 seconds) and is sent in units of 0.6 seconds; and
wherein said previous pseudo range correction PRCt1 taken at a time t1 is projected to a current time tag; and
wherein said time t1 is synchronized with the Modified Z-Count for a current pseudorange correction (PRC) which was generated at t1; andcomparing said computed CQI value with a threshold value T(FAR);
wherein said threshold value T(FAR) is based on a false alarm rate and on a confidence interval;and wherein if said CQI exceeds said threshold value T(FAR) said differential corrections are marked as invalid for further use in said GPS receiver differential solution. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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