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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 1997
Filed:
Feb. 16, 1995
Hanoch Yokev, Ramat-Gan, IL;
Shimon Peleg, Hod Hasharon, IL;
Yehouda Meiman, Rishon Letzian, IL;
Boaz Porat, Haifa, IL;
Nexus Telecommunication Systems Ltd., Givatayim, IL;
Abstract
A differential ranging location system is described which uses a modified time-of-arrival technique to determine the location of a frequency hopped spread spectrum radio signal. The transmitter simultaneously transmits two radio frequency carriers having different frequencies such that a phase difference is observed between the two carriers at a distance from the transmitter. The phase difference is proportional to the range from the transmitter that the carrier signals are observed. The two carrier signals from the single transmitter are received by at least three and in special cases four base stations which calculate the differential time of arrival based on the phase differences of the received carriers. The calculated phase differences are then sent to a central location which locates the position of the transmitter based upon a planer hyperbolic location algorithm. Since a large number of narrow band frequencies across a wide spectrum are used in a frequency hopping transmission protocol, the accuracy in determining the phase differences between the two carriers is increased and the immunity to interference is also increased.