TRACKING CIRCUIT FOR TRACKING A FREQUENCY OF A SWEEPING SIGNAL COMPONENT IN AN INPUT SIGNAL, FILTER CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING A SWEEPING SIGNAL COMPONENT IN AN INPUT SIGNAL

    公开(公告)号:US20240364311A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-31

    申请号:US18641111

    申请日:2024-04-19

    申请人: u-blox AG

    发明人: Olivier Julien

    摘要: In one embodiment a tracking circuit for tracking a frequency of a sweeping signal component in an input signal comprises an input (9) for receiving the input signal (Sin) comprising the sweeping signal component and a noise component, a mixer (10) coupled to the input and configured to mix the input signal (Sin) with a replica signal (Srep) and therefrom provide a residual input signal (Sinr), a low-pass filter (20) coupled downstream of the mixer (10), a discriminator circuit (30) coupled downstream of the low-pass filter (20), a loop filter (40) coupled downstream of the discriminator circuit (30) and configured to provide a frequency control value (Sfc), and a replica signal generator circuit (50) coupled downstream of the loop filter (40) and configured to provide the replica signal (Srep) with a frequency adjusted based on the frequency control value (Sfc), wherein the frequency of the replica signal (Srep) represents an estimation of a frequency of the sweeping signal component propagated to a current time unit of the input signal (Sin).

    WIRELESS MOBILE DEVICE AND LOCATOR DEVICE FOR LOCATING A TARGET WIRELESS MOBILE DEVICE IN A GROUP OF WIRELESS MOBILE DEVICES

    公开(公告)号:US20240259991A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-01

    申请号:US18422430

    申请日:2024-01-25

    申请人: u-blox AG

    摘要: A wireless mobile device in a group of wireless mobile devices, configured for wireless communication with a locator device and one or more neighbor wireless mobile devices in the group, configured to obtain a neighbor information list comprising positioning information relative to the neighbor wireless mobile devices, and broadcast a location data message comprising an identity of the wireless mobile device, the neighbor information list and a message authentication code. A locator device, configured for wireless communication with a group of wireless mobile devices and for locating a target wireless mobile device in the group, configured to determine that the target wireless mobile device is not in wireless communication with the locator device, and search for the target wireless mobile device based on the neighbor information lists in the location data messages received from the wireless mobile devices in the group until positioning information of the target wireless mobile device is found.

    LOCALIZED REMOTE GNSS POSITIONING
    3.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240230915A9

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-11

    申请号:US18486497

    申请日:2023-10-13

    申请人: u-blox AG

    IPC分类号: G01S19/08 G01S19/55

    CPC分类号: G01S19/08 G01S19/55

    摘要: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for gathering raw Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) phase measurements at a GNSS receiver and making them available to a remote device for processing to calculate a position fix for the GNSS receiver. The measurements are arranged in a first subset and a second subset. First bits of the first subset and second bits of the second subset are embedded in one or more data messages for transmission to the remote device. The first bits include a coarse part and a fine part of the respective phase measurement. In contrast, the second bits describe at least a portion of the fine part, but none of the coarse part, of the respective phase measurement.

    METHOD FOR PROTECTING PAYLOAD DATA
    4.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240031144A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-25

    申请号:US18356605

    申请日:2023-07-21

    申请人: u-blox AG

    IPC分类号: H04L9/08 H04L9/30

    CPC分类号: H04L9/0869 H04L9/30

    摘要: In a method for protecting payload data transmitted via a one-to-many communication channel from a provider device to at least one receiver device a public key set (PK) supporting asymmetric bilinear pairings is generated. A number of receiver device keys (DKi) that are generated based on the public key set (PK) are distributed to respective devices including the at least one receiver device. A provider key (K) is generated based on the public key set (PK) and inter alia on an encryption random number (t) and stored in the provider device. An envelope (ENV) is generated based on the public key set (PK) and on the encryption random number (t) and is distributed, via the one-to-many communication channel, to the respective devices including the at least one receiver device. The at least one receiver device generates a receiver key, which corresponds to the provider key, based on the distributed envelope (ENV) and the distributed receiver device key (DKi). The provider device encrypts and/or signs the payload data employing the provider key (K) for producing protected payload data and distributes them via the one-to-many communication channel to the respective devices. The at least one receiver device processes, e.g. by decrypting and/or authenticating, the protected payload data employing the receiver key.

    DETECTING GNSS SIGNAL LOCK
    5.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230266477A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-24

    申请号:US18156150

    申请日:2023-01-18

    申请人: u-blox AG

    发明人: Zhenlan Cheng

    IPC分类号: G01S19/29 G01S19/07 G01S19/25

    摘要: A method and apparatus are provided for detecting GNSS signal lock. An example method includes tracking a plurality of signals received from a respective plurality of satellites in the GNSS, and calculating an individual frequency spectrum for each tracked signal in the plurality, to produce a plurality of individual frequency spectra. The example method further includes combining one or more values from several of the individual frequency spectra, to produce one or more combined values; and detecting an ensemble signal lock condition based at least in part on the one or more combined values.

    METHOD FOR CALIBRATING AN ANCHOR POINT AND DEVICE FOR A POSITIONING SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20230184872A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-15

    申请号:US18079260

    申请日:2022-12-12

    申请人: u-blox AG

    IPC分类号: G01S5/02 H04W64/00

    CPC分类号: G01S5/021 H04W64/003

    摘要: Calibrating an anchor point in a positioning system includes, in an example implementation, transmitting a localization signal between a mobile device and the anchor point, determining a first direction between the mobile device and the anchor point in a local coordinate system based on the transmitted localization signal, and determining a second direction between the mobile device and the anchor point in a global coordinate system based on the determined first direction and a stored anchor orientation of the anchor point, the anchor orientation defining the local coordinate system of the anchor point with respect to the global coordinate system. Calibrating the anchor point further includes acquiring a target position of the mobile device, the target position being associated with the transmitted localization signal, determining a third direction between the mobile device and the anchor point in the global coordinate system based on a known anchor position and the target position, and adjusting the stored anchor orientation based on the first direction and a difference between the second and the third direction.

    METHOD FOR ENABLING COHERENT RECEPTION OF A RADIO SIGNAL AND RADIO RECEIVER FOR COHERENT RECEPTION OF A RADIO SIGNAL

    公开(公告)号:US20230078300A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-16

    申请号:US17940427

    申请日:2022-09-08

    申请人: u-blox AG

    摘要: An example method for enabling coherent reception of a radio signal includes, in some implementations, tuning a radio receiver to a first receiver frequency, generating within the radio receiver a test signal having a first test frequency, and measuring a first phase of the test signal while the radio receiver is tuned to the first receiver frequency. The example method also includes tuning the radio receiver to a second receiver frequency, which is different from the first receiver frequency, measuring a second phase of the test signal while the radio receiver is tuned to the second receiver frequency, and calculating a phase relationship depending on the first and second phases of the test signal. A radio receiver for coherent reception of a radio signal also is disclosed.

    Method of and receiver for mitigating multipath interference in a global navigation satellite system

    公开(公告)号:US11585944B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-21

    申请号:US17090688

    申请日:2020-11-05

    申请人: u-blox AG

    IPC分类号: G01S19/22 G01S19/29 G01S19/32

    摘要: A method of and a receiver for mitigating multipath interference in a global navigation satellite system. In accordance with an embodiment, GNSS signals are received from a plurality of satellites in at least two frequency bands. A likelihood indicator is determined which is indicative of how likely the received GNSS signals are affected by multipath interference. In response to the likelihood indicator, all GNSS signals from at least one frequency band of the at least two frequency bands are discounted. The received GNSS signals are processed by taking into account said discounting of all GNSS signals in the at least one frequency band. The discounting may include assigning less weight to the discounted frequency bands or disregarding each of the discounted frequency bands in their entirety.

    GNSS POSITIONING WITH FIXING OF CARRIER RANGE AMBIGUITIES

    公开(公告)号:US20230015483A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-19

    申请号:US17861372

    申请日:2022-07-11

    申请人: u-blox AG

    IPC分类号: G01S19/44

    摘要: A method and apparatus are provided for calculating a position based on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) signals. The method includes estimating a first state vector comprising a first set of float carrier range ambiguities using a first estimator, basedon first observations of the GNSS signals; and estimating a second state vector comprising a second set of float carrier range ambiguities using a second estimator, based on second observations of the GNSS signals. It further comprises fixing one or more first carrier range ambiguities, using a first strategy, based on the first set of float carrier range ambiguities; and fixing one or more second carrier range ambiguities, using a second strategy, based on the second set of float carrier range ambiguities. The first strategy for fixing the one or more first carrier range ambiguities is different from the second strategy for fixing the one or more second carrier range ambiguities. The method further includes: selecting a set of fixed carrier range ambiguities from among a plurality of different sets of fixed carrier range ambiguities, the plurality including at least the one or more fixed first carrier range ambiguities and the one or more fixed second carrier range ambiguities; and estimating the position based on the selected set of fixed carrier range ambiguities.