Disruption detection of a positioning measurement differential correction message of a satellite geolocation device

• US 9,977,130 B2
• Filed: 10/21/2015
• Issued: 05/22/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/21/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Thales SA
• Original Assignee: Thales SA
• Inventors: Corazza, Stphane, Rollet, Stphane, Papin, Laurent, Guilloton, Audrey, Montagne, Bruno
• Primary Examiner(s): Gregory, Bernarr E
• Assistant Examiner(s): Mull, Fred H
• Application Number:
  US14/918,795
• Publication Number:
  US 20160109578A1
• Time in Patent Office: 944 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/20 Integrity monitoring, fault detection or fault isolation of space segment
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/215 issues related to spoofing
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/396 Determining accuracy or reliability of position or pseudorange measurements
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/41 Differential correction, e.g. DGPS [differential GPS]

Abstract

The invention relates to a disruption detection method and device for a positioning measurement correction message of a satellite geolocation device, able to receive a composite radio signal including a plurality of signals each emitted by a satellite in view of the geolocation device, and a positioning measurement differential correction message (MC) emitted by a satellite geolocation precision augmentation system. The device (20) according to the invention includes modules (32) computing, for each of the satellites in view, at least one differential correction coherence metric depending on a positioning measurement differential correction (C_AS) extracted from the received differential correction message (MC). The device (20) also includes a module (34) detecting a disruption of the correction message when the number of satellites for which the differential correction coherence metric is above a predetermined threshold exceeds a predetermined number of satellites (N₀), strictly greater than one.

Claims

1. A method for detecting a disruption of a positioning measurement correction message of a satellite geolocation device, able to receive a composite radio signal including a plurality of signals each emitted by a satellite in view of the geolocation device, and a positioning measurement differential correction message emitted by a satellite geolocation precision augmentation system, comprising:

computing, for each of the satellites in view, at least one differential correction coherence metric associated with said satellite in view and depending on a positioning measurement differential correction extracted from the received differential correction message, the computation of at least one differential correction comprising;

computing, from the received composite radio signal, a first difference between a measured distance and an estimated distance between the geolocation device and the satellite in view;

computing, using said received positioning measurement differential correction message, a second difference between a measured distance and an estimated distance between the geolocation device and the satellite in view; and

computing an absolute value of a deviation between said first difference and said second difference;

detecting a disruption of the correction message when the number of satellites in view for which the associated differential correction coherence metric is above a predetermined threshold exceeds a predetermined number of satellites, strictly greater than one; and

if a disruption is detected, raising an alarm.

2. The disruption detection method according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined number of satellites is greater than or equal to three.

3. The disruption detection method according to claim 1, wherein two differential correction coherence metrics are computed.

4. The disruption detection method according to claim 1, wherein the first difference between a measured distance and an estimated distance depends on a first correction term obtained from the received composite signal, and

wherein the second difference between a measured distance and an estimated distance depends on a second correction term obtained from the received differential correction message.

5. The disruption detection method according claim 1, wherein the absolute value of the deviation between the first difference and the second difference is compared to a threshold depending on said satellite in view, as a function of the first correction term applicable to said satellite in view.

6. The disruption detection method according to claim 1, wherein the computation of at least one differential correction coherence metric further includes computing a differential correction coherence metric equal, for each satellite in view, to the absolute value of the positioning measurement differential correction extracted from the received differential correction message.

7. The disruption detection method according to claim 1, wherein the satellite geolocation precision augmentation system is a satellite-based augmentation system (SBAS) system.

8. A device detecting a disruption of a positioning measurement correction message of a satellite geolocation device, able to receive a composite radio signal including a plurality of signals each emitted by a satellite in view of the geolocation device, and a positioning measurement differential correction message emitted by a satellite geolocation precision augmentation system, comprising a processor configured to:

compute, for each of the satellites in view, at least one differential correction coherence metric associated with said satellite in view and depending on a positioning measurement differential correction extracted from the received differential correction message, the computation of at least one differential correction comprising;

computing, from the received composite radio signal, a first difference between a measured distance and an estimated distance between the geolocation device and the satellite in view;

computing, using said received positioning measurement differential correction message, a second difference between a measured distance and an estimated distance between the geolocation device and the satellite in view; and

computing an absolute value of a deviation between said first difference and said second difference;

detect a disruption of the correction message when the number of satellites in view for which the associated differential correction coherence metric is above a predetermined threshold exceeds a predetermined number of satellites, strictly greater than one; and

raise an alarm if a disruption is detected.

9. A method for detecting a disruption of a positioning measurement correction message of a satellite geolocation device, able to receive a composite radio signal including a plurality of signals each emitted by a satellite in view of the geolocation device, and a positioning measurement differential correction message emitted by a satellite geolocation precision augmentation system, comprising:

computing, for each of the satellites in view, at least one differential correction coherence metric associated with said satellite in view and depending on a positioning measurement differential correction extracted from the received differential correction message, the computation of at least one differential correction comprising;

computing a differential correction coherence metric equal, for each satellite in view, to an absolute value of the positioning measurement differential correction extracted from the received differential correction message;

detecting a disruption of the correction message when the number of satellites in view for which the associated differential correction coherence metric is above a predetermined threshold exceeds a predetermined number of satellites, strictly greater than one; and

if a disruption is detected, raising an alarm.

10. The disruption detection method according to claim 9, wherein the predetermined number of satellites is greater than or equal to three.

11. The disruption detection method according to claim 9, wherein the satellite geolocation precision augmentation system is a satellite-based augmentation system (SBAS) system.

12. A device detecting a disruption of a positioning measurement correction message of a satellite geolocation device, able to receive a composite radio signal including a plurality of signals each emitted by a satellite in view of the geolocation device, and a positioning measurement differential correction message emitted by a satellite geolocation precision augmentation system, comprising a processor configured to:

compute, for each of the satellites in view, at least one differential correction coherence metric associated with said satellite in view and depending on a positioning measurement differential correction extracted from the received differential correction message, the computation of at least one differential correction comprising;

computing a differential correction coherence metric equal, for each satellite in view, to an absolute value of the positioning measurement differential correction extracted from the received differential correction message;

detect a disruption of the correction message when the number of satellites in view for which the associated differential correction coherence metric is above a predetermined threshold exceeds a predetermined number of satellites, strictly greater than one; and

raise an alarm if a disruption is detected.