Patent ID: 8487812
Filing Date: 2013-07-16
Classification: H01Q

Abstract:
1. A method for aligning a beamforming system relative to a platform, said beamforming system being positioned on-board the platform, said method comprising: receiving an input for placing the beamforming system in an auto-alignment mode; acquiring, via the beamforming system, a set of satellite navigation system signals; tracking the set of satellite navigation signals via a plurality of antenna elements of an antenna system of the beamforming system, said set of satellite navigation signals being tracked by the beamforming system subsequent to the acquisition of the set of satellite navigation signals; and adaptively processing the tracked satellite navigation signals via a processor of the beamforming system, said processing including: coherently combining the signals from the antenna system; determining relative carrier-to-noise density ratios for the tracked satellite navigation signals for various combinations of the tracked satellite navigation signals; and determining a plurality of orientations of interest in body axes values of the platform based upon said determining of the relative carrier-to-noise density ratios.