Global navigation satellite system receiver system with radio frequency hardware component
First Claim
1. A Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver system comprising:
- a radio frequency hardware component comprising;
a first antenna configured for receiving, over-the-air, a first analog GNSS signal in a first frequency band;
a second antenna configured for receiving, over-the-air, at least a second analog GNSS signal in a second frequency band, wherein said first frequency band and said second frequency band are separate and distinct;
a digitizer configured for digitizing said first analog GNSS signal into a first digitalized GNSS signal and for digitizing said second analog GNSS signal into a second digitized GNSS signal; and
a communication device configured to wirelessly receive said first digitized GNSS signal and said second digitized GNSS signal wirelessly transmitted from said radio frequency hardware component, said communication device comprising;
an internal GNSS receiver chipset; and
a processor, located outside of said internal GNSS receiver chipset, said processor configured for operating a software-defined GNSS receiver to determine a position using at least first information obtained by said processor from said first digitized GNSS signal and second information obtained by said processor from said second digitized GNSS signal.
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Abstract
A stand-alone radio frequency (RF) hardware component comprises first and second antennas, a digitizer, a serializer, and a serial output. The first antenna receives, over-the-air, a first analog Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signal in a first frequency band. The second antenna receives, over-the-air, at least a second analog GNSS signal in a second frequency band, wherein the first frequency band and the second frequency band are separate and distinct. The digitizer digitizes the first analog GNSS signal into a first digitalized GNSS signal and digitizes the second analog GNSS signal into a second digitized GNSS signal. The serializer serializes the digitized GNSS signals into a serialized output signal. A wireless transmitter for wirelessly transmitting the digitized GNSS signals, as the serialized output signal, from the radio frequency hardware component to a separate communication device.
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27 Claims
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1. A Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver system comprising:
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a radio frequency hardware component comprising; a first antenna configured for receiving, over-the-air, a first analog GNSS signal in a first frequency band; a second antenna configured for receiving, over-the-air, at least a second analog GNSS signal in a second frequency band, wherein said first frequency band and said second frequency band are separate and distinct; a digitizer configured for digitizing said first analog GNSS signal into a first digitalized GNSS signal and for digitizing said second analog GNSS signal into a second digitized GNSS signal; and a communication device configured to wirelessly receive said first digitized GNSS signal and said second digitized GNSS signal wirelessly transmitted from said radio frequency hardware component, said communication device comprising; an internal GNSS receiver chipset; and a processor, located outside of said internal GNSS receiver chipset, said processor configured for operating a software-defined GNSS receiver to determine a position using at least first information obtained by said processor from said first digitized GNSS signal and second information obtained by said processor from said second digitized GNSS signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of position determination, said method comprising:
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receiving, over-the-air with a first antenna of a radio frequency hardware component, a first analog Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signal in a first frequency band; receiving, over-the-air with a second antenna of said radio frequency hardware component, at least a second analog GNSS signal in a second frequency band, wherein said first frequency band and said second frequency band are separate and distinct; digitizing said first analog GNSS signal into a first digitalized GNSS signal with a digitizer of said radio frequency hardware component; digitizing said second analog GNSS signal into a second digitized GNSS signal with a said digitizer of said radio frequency hardware component; wirelessly receiving said first digitized GNSS signal and said second digitized GNSS signal at a communication device located proximate to said radio frequency hardware component, said communication device comprising an internal GNSS receiver chipset; and using a software-defined GNSS receiver operating on a processor of said communication device to obtain first information from said wirelessly received first digitized GNSS signal, obtain second information from said wirelessly received second digitized GNSS signal, and determine a position using at least both of the first information and the second information, wherein the processor is located outside of the GNSS receiver chipset. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver system comprising:
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a radio frequency hardware component comprising; a first antenna configured for receiving, over-the-air, a first analog GNSS signal in a first frequency band; a second antenna configured for receiving, over-the-air, at least a second analog GNSS signal in a second frequency band, wherein said first frequency band and said second frequency band are separate and distinct; a digitizer configured for digitizing said first analog GNSS signal into a first digitalized GNSS signal and for digitizing said second analog GNSS signal into a second digitized GNSS signal; and a communication device configured to wirelessly receive said first digitized GNSS signal and said second digitized GNSS signal from said radio frequency hardware component, said communication device comprising; a processor configured for operating a software-defined GNSS receiver to determine a position using at least first information obtained by said processor from said first digitized GNSS signal and second information obtained by said processor from said second digitized GNSS signal. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method of position determination, said method comprising:
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receiving, over-the-air with a first antenna of a radio frequency hardware component, a first analog Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signal in a first frequency band; receiving, over-the-air with a second antenna of said radio frequency hardware component, at least a second analog GNSS signal in a second frequency band, wherein said first frequency band and said second frequency band are separate and distinct; digitizing said first analog GNSS signal into a first digitalized GNSS signal with a digitizer of said radio frequency hardware component; digitizing said second analog GNSS signal into a second digitized GNSS signal with a said digitizer of said radio frequency hardware component; wirelessly receiving said digitized GNSS signals at a communication device located proximate to said radio frequency hardware component; and using a software-defined GNSS receiver operating on a processor of said communication device to obtain first information from said wirelessly received first digitized GNSS signal, obtain second information from said wirelessly received second digitized GNSS signal, and determine a position using at least both of the first information and the second information. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27)
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