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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2023
Airbus U.s. Space & Defense, Inc., Arlington, VA (US);
Clark Emerson Cohen, Washington, DC (US);
AIRBUS U.S. SPACE & DEFENSE, INC., Arlington, VA (US);
Abstract
A method is disclosed for providing a positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) service using a mesh network of interconnected nodes that includes a constellation of satellites. The method includes receiving a pseudorandom noise (PRN) code with time-registration metadata at a broadcast satellite of the constellation of satellites, the PRN code with the time-registration metadata routed to the broadcast satellite from an originating node of the mesh network. The method includes time registering the PRN code based on broadcast satellite time and the time-registration metadata. The method includes modulating the time-registered PRN code onto a carrier to produce a PNT signal for the broadcast satellite. And the method includes broadcasting the PNT signal for receipt by user equipment designed to use the PNT signal and any number of other PNT signals to calculate a geographical position and user clock solution.