Patent ID: 6466164
Filing Date: 2002-10-15
Classification: G01S

Abstract:
A method for measuring a pseudorange from a ranging receiver to a beacon, the ranging receiver for receiving a ranging signal transmitted by the beacon, the ranging signal including a target ranging signal fragment that arrives at the ranging receiver at the time the pseudorange measurement is being made, the ranging signal having a code component including a sequence of chips having a predetermined epoch and also having an information component including a sequence of information elements, the method comprising the steps of:a) evaluating the quality of the ranging signal; b) if the quality of the ranging signal allows a determination of the occurrence in the ranging signal of the start of the information element received just prior to the target ranging signal fragment, then determining the time of transmission of the target ranging signal fragment based on an estimate of the start time for the information element beginning just before the target ranging signal fragment, and also based on the epoch count between the last information element and the target ranging signal fragment and the integer and fractional chip count between the end of the last code epoch and the target ranging signal fragment; or c) determining the time of transmission of the target ranging signal fragment based on an estimate of the time corresponding to the start of the code epoch that just precedes the target ranging signal fragment, and also based on the integer and fractional chip count between the end of the last code epoch and the target ranging signal fragment.