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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 30, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bernard A. Schnaufer, Marion, IA (US);
Gary A. McGraw, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Assignee:
Rockwell Collins, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/713 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/713 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for mitigating multipath interference in a spread spectrum ranging/positioning system receiver is disclosed. Improved peak tracking in the presence of multipath interference is accomplished with an improved discrimiriant. The discriminant may be developed from a curvilinear function based on a minimal number of correlators. Also disclosed is an open loop measurement compensation innovation that compensates for a multipath-induced shift of the correlation function peak. The positioning system receiver may have either one or both of the mitigation features.