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

Claim 8:
9. A system implemented in a mobile carrier for determining a position of the mobile carrier, the system comprising:
a processing and memory circuitry (PMC);
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;
the PMC is configured to:
(a) obtain data indicative of the spatial position of the SATCOM;
(b) obtain data indicative of an estimated altitude of the mobile carrier;
(c) obtain 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) determine 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.