Squaring loss inhibition for low signal levels in positioning systems

• US 8,547,950 B2
• Filed: 05/04/2009
• Issued: 10/01/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/04/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
• Original Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
• Inventors: Hjelm, Mikael, Landmark, Joakim, Schmid, Andreas
• Primary Examiner(s): Kizou, Hassan
• Assistant Examiner(s): NGUYEN, TOAN D
• Application Number:
  US12/434,802
• Publication Number:
  US 20100279732A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,611 Days
• Field of Search: 370/320, 370/342, 370/328, 370/343, 370/345, 342/357, 342/357.02, 342/357.06, 375/147, 375/142, 455/456, 368/14
• US Class Current: 370/342
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/06 employing an initial estimate of the location of the receiver as aiding data or in generating aiding data
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/246 involving long acquisition integration times, extended snapshots of signals or methods specifically directed towards weak signal acquisition
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/25 involving aiding data received from a cooperating element, e.g. assisted GPS
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/27 creating, predicting or correcting ephemeris or almanac data within the receiver
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/30 code related G01S19/246 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/7075 with code phase acquisition
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2201/70715 with application-specific features

Abstract

Embodiments related to acquisition, detection, and processing of a high-frequency signal in a global positioning system are described and depicted.

Claims

1. A receiver, comprising:

a data source configured to produce a replica of a data bit sequence and modulate the replica of the data bit sequence with a CDMA (“

code division multiple access”

) signal received from a first wireless signal source; and

a coherent integration stage configured to coherently integrate the CDMA signal over a first period of integration employing the replica of the data bit sequence, wherein the data source is configured to produce the replica of the data bit sequence based on data received from an external wireless source different from the first wireless signal source, and wherein the replica of the data bit sequence is based on assist data comprising satellite almanac data and a timing reference received from the external wireless source.

2. The receiver as claimed in claim 1, wherein the signal received from the external wireless source is received on a frequency different from a carrier frequency of the CDMA signal.

3. The receiver as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a downconversion stage configured to convert the CDMA signal to a baseband signal; and

a frequency estimation stage configured to produce a frequency correction signal for a local oscillator to produce a frequency-corrected local oscillator signal, wherein the coherent integration stage is configured to coherently integrate the CDMA signal over a second period of integration employing the replica of the data bit sequence modulated on the CDMA signal and the frequency-corrected local oscillator signal.

4. The receiver as claimed in claim 3, wherein the coherent integration stage is configured to coherently re-integrate the CDMA signal over the first period of integration employing the replica of the data bits and the frequency-corrected local oscillator signal.

5. The receiver as claimed in claim 1, wherein the receiver is a global navigation satellite system receiver.

6. The receiver as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first wireless signal source is a navigation satellite and the external wireless source is a slave satellite data transmitter.

7. The receiver as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first wireless signal source is a satellite and the external wireless source is terrestrial signal source.

8. A method comprising:

producing a replica of a data bit sequence modulated on a CDMA signal received from a first wireless source, wherein the replica of the data bit sequence is based on assist data comprising satellite almanac data and a timing reference received from an external wireless source different from the first wireless signal source; and

coherently integrating the CDMA signal over a first period of integration employing the replica of the data bit sequence.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the replica of the data bit sequences is modulated with data bits received from the first wireless source.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the signal received from the external wireless source is received on a frequency different from a carrier frequency of the CDMA signal.

11. The method as claimed in claim 8, further comprising:

converting the CDMA signal to a baseband signal;

producing a frequency correction signal for a local oscillator; and

coherently integrating the CDMA signal over a second period of integration employing the replica of the data bit sequences and a local oscillator signal with a frequency corrected by the frequency correction signal.

12. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the CDMA signal is a global navigation satellite system signal.

13. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the first wireless signal source is a navigation satellite and the external wireless source is a slave satellite data transmitter.