Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multi-level/multi-threshold/multi-persistency GPS/GNSS atomic clock monitoring
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Application No.: US14313705Application Date: 2014-06-24
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Publication No.: US09846240B2Publication Date: 2017-12-19
- Inventor: Rongsheng Li , Kamran Ghassemi
- Applicant: The Boeing Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC
- Main IPC: G01S19/20
- IPC: G01S19/20 ; H03L7/087 ; H03L7/099 ; G01S19/23 ; H04L27/00 ; G01S19/42 ; G01S19/40 ; G04F5/14 ; G01S19/02

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus to monitor GPS/GNSS atomic clocks are disclosed. An example method includes establishing a measured difference between an atomic frequency standard (AFS) and a monitoring device. The method also includes modeling an estimated difference model between the AFS and the monitoring device, and computing a residual signal based on the measured difference and the estimated difference model. In addition, the method includes analyzing, by a first detector, the residual signal at multiple thresholds, each of the thresholds having a corresponding persistency defining the number of times a threshold is exceeded before one or more of a phase jump, a rate jump, or an acceleration error is indicated. Furthermore, the method includes analyzing, by a second detector, a parameter of the estimated difference model at multiple thresholds, each of the thresholds having a corresponding persistency defining the number of times a drift threshold is exceeded before a drift is indicated.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160245921A1 MULTI-LEVEL/MULTI-THRESHOLD/MULTI-PERSISTENCY GPS/GNSS ATOMIC CLOCK MONITORING Public/Granted day:2016-08-25
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