Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus for multilateration and method
- Patent Title (中): 多边测量装置及方法
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Application No.: US11802551Application Date: 2007-05-23
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Publication No.: US07830308B2Publication Date: 2010-11-09
- Inventor: David Herbert Brandwood , Timothy John Quilter
- Applicant: David Herbert Brandwood , Timothy John Quilter
- Applicant Address: GB Romsey
- Assignee: Roke Manor Research Limited
- Current Assignee: Roke Manor Research Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Romsey
- Agency: Crowell & Moring LLP
- Priority: GB0613083.5 20060703
- Main IPC: G01S5/12
- IPC: G01S5/12

Abstract:
To cater for the positioning of an aircraft in a boundary zone between two adjacent multilateration systems, the controller (14) in one system receives Time Difference of Arrival data provided by the controller (15) in the second system. The controller (15) derives the TDoA data from time of arrival data provided by its receiver stations (9-13). By furnishing TDoA data the timings of the two systems do not need to be synchronised. The controller (14) uses the TDoA data and also time of arrival data from its local receiver stations (4-8) to perform a multilateration to determine the location of the aircraft (16).
Public/Granted literature
- US20080042902A1 Apparatus for multilateration and method Public/Granted day:2008-02-21
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