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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
David M. Lin, Beavercreek, OH (US);
James B. Y. Tsui, Dayton, OH (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/185 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/185 ;
Abstract
An improved global positioning system satellite signal acquisition method. The method of the invention reduces the number of operations in the block correlation used in determining Doppler frequency and time of the received GPS C/A or P(Y) codes. Reducing the number of operations in block correlation increases acquisition speed making it conducive to commercial and military GPS receivers