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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2004
Amites Sarkar, Crawley, GB;
Andrew T. Yule, East Grinstead, GB;
Amites Sarkar, Crawley, GB;
Andrew T. Yule, East Grinstead, GB;
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A method of determining a GPS position fix is disclosed together with a corresponding GPS receiver and server for the same. The method comprising the steps of: (i) providing standard GPS ephemeris corresponding to that transmitted by a GPS satellite; (ii) providing supplemental GPS ephemeris including at least one parameter describing the fluctuation over time of at least one satellite orbit parameter of standard GPS ephemeris; (iii) measuring psuedoranges to GPS satellites; and (iv) determining a GPS position fix from both the standard and supplemental GPS ephemeris provided in steps (i) and (ii) respectively and the psuedoranges measured in step (iii).