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Patent No.:

US 9213083 B1

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Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015

Filed:

Sep. 04, 2014
Applicant:

The United States of America As Represented BY the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);

Inventors:

Kaylene L. Carter, San Diego, CA (US);

Rohan Ramlall, Brentwood, CA (US);

John McEachen, Carmel, CA (US);

Murali Tummala, Monterey, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/10 (2006.01); G01S 5/10 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 5/10 (2013.01); H04W 4/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method involve determining a time difference of arrival between two robust broadcast digital television (DTV) signals received at a mobile receiver and a monitor receiver from at least two DTV transmitters, determining a pseudorange between the mobile receiver and each of the DTV transmitters, and determining a position of the mobile receiver using the determined pseudoranges and the distance between the monitor receiver and the mobile receiver.


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