Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc.

Konstantin Viktorovich Ebauer

Andrey Vladimirovich Veitsel

Andrey Valerievich Plenkin

Alexey Stanislavovich Lebedinsky

Sergey Vladislavovich Averin

Nikolay Nikolaevich Vasilyuk

Alexandr Vladimirovich Doronin

Sergey Ivanovich Tychinskiy

An apparatus for detecting global navigation satellite system (GNSS) spoofing, including a GNSS receiver that includes a first radio-frequency front-end (RF1) connected to antenna 1; a second radio-frequency front-end (RF2) connected to antenna 2; a digital section connected to both RF1 and RF2 and controlled with a single frequency oscillator. The digital section generates a first set of GNSS raw measurements based on signals received from antenna 1; generates a second set of GNSS raw measurements based on signals received from antenna 2; computes single differences between simultaneous raw measurements, generated with the signals received from the antenna 1 and the antenna 2 for the same GNSS satellite; compares the single differences with a threshold; and issues a spoofing alert when more than one of the single differences is below a threshold.

Method and apparatus for detecting GNSS spoofing

GNSS timing receiver with synchronization of raw GNSS measurements to an external timescale. Synchronization is achieved by using a hardware Time Interval Measurement Unit (TIMU). The TIMU measures time intervals between two pulse signals and makes additional processing of these measurements. The first pulse signal is generated inside the GNSS receiver. The second pulse signal is the external pulse signal generated by an external time reference device. This time interval is used to control the time instant when the output GNSS measurement will be taken. In the first embodiment all actual GNSS measurements are physically taken at time instants indicated by external pulse signal. These measurements are used as output GNSS measurements. In another embodiment all actual GNSS measurements are taken at their default time instants indicated by internal pulse signal. But output GNSS measurements are calculated at the time instants indicated by the external pulse signal.

GNSS receiver with synchronization to external timescale

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Konstantin Viktorovich Ebauer