Patent ID: 11947028
Assignee: ISRAEL AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES LTD.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. In a mobile carrier, the mobile carrier comprising a processing and memory circuitry (PMC) and a satellite communications on the move (SOTM) antenna system that includes an antenna and being configured to maintain a communications link from a satellite communications (SATCOM) having a spatial position, a method for determining a position of the mobile carrier, the method comprising, by the PMC:
(a) obtaining data indicative of the spatial position of the SATCOM;
(b) obtaining data indicative of an estimated altitude of the mobile carrier;
(c) obtaining data indicative of an angle of the antenna, wherein the angle is representative of a direction of the antenna towards the SATCOM spatial position; and
(d) determining the position of the mobile carrier, based on the obtained data indicative of the spatial position of the SATCOM, the obtained data indicative of the estimated altitude, and the obtained data indicative of the angle.