Patent ID: 11899118
Assignee: SMARTSKY NETWORKS LLC
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 14:
15. A method of improving global position system (GPS) position determination, the method comprising:
determining radiation characteristics associated with an antenna pattern of an antenna configured to receive GPS signals;
determining a current location of a GPS receiver comprising the antenna;
performing signal selection based on the current location responsive to eliminating reflected or indirect signals;
adjusting the antenna pattern based on the signal selection to receive a selected set of signals; and
performing GPS position determination based on the selected set of signals,
wherein performing signal selection comprises:
performing preliminary GPS position determination using multiple combinations of satellites;
ranking each combination by quality;
ranking each satellite used in the multiple combinations; and
blocking signals from a satellite ranked below a threshold, and
wherein the method further comprises utilizing the ranking of each combination and/or the ranking of each satellite to generate a GPS optimization map.