Invention Grant
- Patent Title: GNSS positioning system employing a reconfigurable antenna subsystem
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Application No.: US14540502Application Date: 2014-11-13
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Publication No.: US09766341B2Publication Date: 2017-09-19
- Inventor: Ahmad Chamseddine
- Applicant: NovAtel Inc.
- Applicant Address: CA Calgary, Alberta
- Assignee: NovAtel Inc.
- Current Assignee: NovAtel Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Calgary, Alberta
- Agency: Cesari and McKenna, LLP
- Main IPC: G01S19/13
- IPC: G01S19/13 ; G01S19/21 ; G01S19/22 ; G01S19/36 ; H01Q3/24 ; H01Q21/24

Abstract:
The system includes a reconfigurable GNSS antenna subsystem that dynamically reconfigures one or more antenna parameters to change one or more operating characteristics of an antenna based on environmental conditions and/or the presence of interfering signals to improve the quality of GNSS satellite signal reception. The system analyzes the received signals to determine if the GNSS satellite signals are sufficiently above received noise, if interfering signals are present, and/or if multipath signals are adversely impacting position calculations. Based on the analysis, the reconfigurable antenna subsystem selectively and dynamically reconfigures one or more parameters to change one or more operating characteristics of the antenna. As the conditions change, the reconfigurable antenna subsystem may dynamically reconfigure one or more of the antenna parameters accordingly.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160139271A1 GNSS POSITIONING SYSTEM EMPLOYING A RECONFIGURABLE ANTENNA SUBSYSTEM Public/Granted day:2016-05-19
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