Patent ID: 9285479
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: G01S

Claim Text:
1. A method for operating a navigation receiver by generating an optimum measurement subset from a set of input global navigation satellite system (GNSS) measurements, wherein the number of input GNSS measurements in the set of input GNSS measurements is a first integer, wherein the number of input GNSS measurements in the optimum measurement subset is a specified second integer, and wherein the specified second integer is less than the first integer, the method comprising the steps of: receiving, by the navigation receiver, the set of input GNSS measurements; generating, by the navigation receiver, a design matrix, wherein the design matrix is based at least in part on partial derivatives of the set of input GNSS measurements with respect to at least one target parameter, wherein the at least one target parameter is selected from the group consisting of: generating, by the navigation receiver, a weight matrix, wherein the weight matrix is based at least in part on measurement errors associated with the set of input GNSS measurements; calculating, by the navigation receiver, values of a set of coefficients, wherein each specific coefficient in the set of coefficients corresponds to a specific input GNSS measurement in the set of input GNSS measurements, and wherein the step of calculating values of a set of coefficients comprises the steps of, for each specific input GNSS measurement in the set of input GNSS measurements: selecting, by the navigation receiver, the optimum measurement subset based at least in part on the values of the set of coefficients.