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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2016
Applicant:
Us Department of Energy, Washington, DC (US);
Inventor:
Stephen Judd, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Assignee:
U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 19/08 (2010.01); G01S 19/12 (2010.01); H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H04L 1/00 (2006.01); H04K 3/00 (2006.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04B 1/04 (2006.01); G01S 19/01 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 19/08 (2013.01); G01S 19/12 (2013.01); G01S 19/01 (2013.01); H04B 7/18504 (2013.01); H04B 2001/0408 (2013.01); H04K 3/20 (2013.01); H04L 1/0056 (2013.01); H04L 5/005 (2013.01); H04L 5/006 (2013.01);
Abstract
Beacon-based Precision Navigation and Timing (PNT) may use a constellation of space vehicles (e.g., small, low cost satellites) coupled to a network of ground stations and a network of beacons. Such a system be provided at a cost that is approximately 100 times lower than GPS both to build and to operate. The resulting system may also provide fast acquisition, improved SNR, improved anti-jam and anti-spoofing capabilities, and six-inch scale location determination, making it applicable to both existing PNT applications and enabling new applications.