Patent ID: 7589671
Filing Date: 2009-09-15
Classification: G01S

Abstract:
1. A method for determining a global navigation satellite system (GNSS)-based location of a remote node, comprising: receiving GNSS signal samples through a communication network from said remote node for offloading computation from said remote node to a processor location, said communication network having an intermediate node not co-located with said remote node, all said GNSS signal samples corresponding to digitized samples of a GNSS signal, said GNSS signal received by said remote node and digitized in said remote node to convert said GNSS signal to said digitized samples, wherein said GNSS signal samples are not pseudoranges; geolocating a node ID associated with said intermediate node for determining a geographical location of said intermediate node; and determining, at said processor location separate from said remote node and said intermediate node, a GNSS-based geographical location of said remote node based on said GNSS signal samples and said intermediate node location.