EP0162099A1 - Systeme de determination de position a haute frequence a spectre diffus et procede - Google Patents

Systeme de determination de position a haute frequence a spectre diffus et procede

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EP0162099A1
EP0162099A1 EP85900263A EP85900263A EP0162099A1 EP 0162099 A1 EP0162099 A1 EP 0162099A1 EP 85900263 A EP85900263 A EP 85900263A EP 85900263 A EP85900263 A EP 85900263A EP 0162099 A1 EP0162099 A1 EP 0162099A1
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base station
mobile station
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Edmund H. Christy
Robert E. Rouquette
Lawrence Van Doren
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
    • G01S11/00—Systems for determining distance or velocity not using reflection or reradiation
    • G01S11/02—Systems for determining distance or velocity not using reflection or reradiation using radio waves
    • G01S11/08—Systems for determining distance or velocity not using reflection or reradiation using radio waves using synchronised clocks
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
    • G01S5/00—Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more direction or position line determinations; Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more distance determinations
    • G01S5/02—Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more direction or position line determinations; Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more distance determinations using radio waves
    • G01S5/14—Determining absolute distances from a plurality of spaced points of known location

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  • the present invention relates to systems for determining the position of mobile stations relative to base stations ,. and particularly to such systems which employ pseudorandom noise code signals emitted from known base stations and received by the mobile stations.
  • Various positioning systems are known, such as, for example, radio navigation systems in which timed signals at differing frequencies are transmitted from a plurality of base stations and received by mobile stations. The received signals are compared to a locally generated reference signal on each mobile station and a range determination is made relative to each base station.
  • These systems include Loran- C, Raydist, Argo, Shoran and Transit.
  • Loran-C is a pulsed 100 KHz technique that takes advantage of the low propagation loss at low frequencies but suffers from range inaccuracies of 200 feet or more at 500 miles.
  • Raydist is a continuous wave phase measurement technique at 2000 KHz that also takes advantage of low propagation loss but with increased distance accuracy due to a higher carrier frequency relative to Loran-C. Over the horizon accuracies of a few meters are practical. This system suffers from overwhelming skywaves at long distances and at night-day transitions causing loss of ranging data without the ability to reacquire range when the signal returns.
  • Argo is a pulsed, phase comparison system at high
  • Transit is a Navy navigational satellite system which offers unlimited range but whose position fixes are intermittent due to the flyby nature of the satellite and therefore not useable for continuous precision positioning.
  • U.S. Patent No. 3,714,573 to Grossman shows a spread spectrum system capable of monitoring the positions of vehicles.
  • each vehicle contains apparatus which repeatedly transmitts a uniquely coded spread spectrum identification signal asynchronous to the repetitive identification signals transmitted by all other system vehicles.
  • the Grossman system only allows the position of each vehicle to be monitored at a central location; no provision is made for the vehicles to be able to monitor their own positions as is required in offshore navigation.
  • One object of the present invention is to provide a system which can simultaneously produce positioning data for a plurality of mobile stations relative to the position of known base stations.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a positioning system which is capable' of making range measurements up to 400 miles.
  • a further object of the present invention is to provide a positioning system which can handle boat speeds up to 20 knots.
  • Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a positioning system which is capable of producing repeatable range tolerances of + or - 20 feet.
  • a still further object of the present invention is to provide a positioning system capable of operation 24 hours a day.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a positioning system which can be operated to produce no range ambiguities within 400 miles.
  • a further object of the present invention is to provide a positioning system which has a data link
  • the present invention is a system, for enabling a plurality- of mobile stations to make position determinations relative to at least two base stations.
  • Each base station comprises a base station clock having a predetermined timing, and means synchronized with the base station clock for transmitting a spread spectrum signal having a ground wave component and a skywave component.
  • the spread spectrum signal has a repetition time which is at least as great as a maximum anticipated delay, time of the spread spectrum skywave component whereby the ground wave component of the spread spectrum signal can be distinguished from the skywave component.
  • Each of the mobile stations, for each base station comprises a mobile station clock synchronized with the base station clock and detection means for receiving the spread spectrum signal, despreading the received signal and outputing a detected despread signal.
  • Means are provided for comparing the detected, despread signal to the mobile station clock for producing a phase difference signal indicative of range from the base station.
  • Each of the base station spread spectrum signals is centered at a different frequency or makes use of a different code, so that a plurality of ranges can be determined simultaneously from the individual base stations and used to determine the location of the mobile stations.
  • the transmitting means comprises means for generating a pseudorandom noise code, means for generating a carrier signal, and means for modulating the carrier signal with the pseudorandom noise code.
  • the carrier signal is at a frequency preferably in the 1 to 4 MHz range but could be any frequency less than 60MHz .
  • the pseudorandom noise code has a repetition time which 'is greater than the expected delay time of the skywave and has a chip time which is less than the skywave delay
  • a notch filter may be included in the detection means together with a means for analyzing the received signal and matching the stop band of the notch filter to the narrow band interf rence.
  • the unambiguous length of the pseudorandom noise code should be not less than the maximum expected range to be measured. This range is approximately 400 miles. A certain level of ambiguity can be permitted and thus the ambiguous length of the pseudorandom code could be chosen to be not less than one-fourth of the maximum expected range to be measured.
  • Each base station is also able to communicate with each mobile station and includes means for adding digital communication data to the pseudorandom noise code.
  • Each detection means includes means for identifying the digital communication data.
  • the adding means is configured to:
  • the means for identifying the digital communication data comprises a phase detector.
  • Each mobile station can also include a mobile station transmitter and each base station can include a base station receiver tuned to receive signals transmitted by the mobile station transmitter.
  • the mobile station transmitter can be operative to transmit a signal to the base station receiver indicative of the timing of the mobile station clock.
  • the base station includes means for comparing the phase of the mobile station clock timing with the phase of the base station clock and generating a signal indicative of the phase difference therebetween.
  • the adding means is connected to receive the phase ' difference signal to transmit this phase difference signal to the mobile station.
  • the mobile station is able to
  • OMPI use the phase difference signal to maintain accurate synchronization between the mobile station clock and the base station clock.
  • This signal is also a redundant indication of the range between the base station and mobile station and can be used to correct any inaccuracies in the mobile station measured range.
  • Each mobile station transmitter transmits a pseudorandom noise code at a different frequency or with a different code than the pseudorandom noise codes transmitted by the base stations.
  • each base station includes means for permitting transmission of the spread spectrum signal only during transmit periods of a predetermined length, and the transmit periods are followed by receive periods during which the base station is capable of receiving signals on the base station receiver.
  • Each transmit period has a duration equal to a plurality of repetition times of the spread spectrum signal.
  • each transmit period is equal to approximately 32 repetition times of the pseudorandom noise code.
  • the mobile stations also have transmit ' and receive periods.
  • the mobile station transmit and receive periods are 180 degrees out of phase with the base station transmit and receive periods.
  • the present invention also includes the method for enabling a plurality of mobile stations to make position determinations relative to at least two base stations.
  • the method comprises the transmission by each base station of a spread spectrum signal having a predetermined timing, having a ground wave component and a skywave component, and having a repetition time at least as great as a maximum anticipated delay time of the sky wave component.
  • the method also includes each mobile station receiving the spread spectrum signal, despreading the received signal and outputing a signal indicative of the timing of the spread sprectrum signal.
  • the mobile stations also distinguish between the
  • OMPI first received spread spectrum signal and sky wave and other later received components of the spread spectrum signal and thereby can lock onto the first received signal.
  • the timing of the spread spectrum signal is compared to a local time indicative signal and the difference therebetween is used to compute a range from the base stations.
  • the method also includes a round trip ranging scheme between one mobile station and any one base station in which the mobile station transmits a signal to the base station, the signal having a predetermined timing indicative of the mobile station measured range.
  • the base station compares the timing of the received signal with its own locally generated timing signal and transmits a signal back to the mobile station indicative of the phase difference therebetween.
  • the mobile station utilizes this phase difference signal to synchronize its timing to that of the base station and to correct its own range measurements.
  • the method includes establishing transmit and receive periods at each base station and transmit and receiver periods at the mobile stations wherein the base station transmit and receive periods are synchronized and in phase with each other and the mobile station transmit and receive periods are 180 degrees out of phase with the base station transmit and receive periods.
  • the method also includes using the transmit and receive periods of a master base station as a coarse synchronization signal to lock the other base and mobile stations onto the master station transmitted signal.
  • Figure 1 is a diagrammatic view showing the base stations and mobile stations according to the present invention.
  • Figure 2 is a diagrammatic view showing the effect of the earth's atmosphere on transmitted signals and different frequency ranges
  • Figure 3 is a graphical representation in which the abscissa is time and the ordinate is relative amplitude, representing the time delay between ground waves and sky waves of a transmitted signal;
  • Figure 4 is a graphical representation showing the comparison of the frequency spectrums of a pulsed signal to a pseudorandom noise code signal
  • FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a transmitter according to the present invention.
  • Figure 6 is a .block diagram of a receiver according to the present invention.
  • Figure 7 is a timing diagram showing the transmit - and receive periods established in accordance with the present invention.
  • Figure 8 is a block diagram showing the operation of the notch filter of the present invention.
  • Figure 9 is a graphical representation in which the abscissa represents frequency and the ordinate represents db, depicting the channel assignments according to the present invention.
  • Figure 10 is a diagram showing the sequence of the clock synchronization mode of the present invention.
  • FIG 11 is a block diagram depicting the operation of the circuit in accordance with the diagram of Figure 10;
  • Figure 12 is a timing diagram showing the signals used for acquiring T/R synchronization
  • Figure 13 is a block diagram depicting the operation for acquiring T/R synchronization
  • Figure 14 is a flow diagram depicting turn-on and synchronization of the slave base station with the master base station
  • Figure 15 is a flow diagram showing the spectral analysis and trap set procedure
  • Figure 16 is a flow diagram depicting the synchronization procedure for acquiring T/R synchronization
  • Figure 17 is a flow diagram depicting turn -on and synchronization procedures for the * mobile stations.
  • Figures 18A and 18B show a flow diagram depicting the mobile clock update procedure.
  • FIG. 1 shows the basic layout of the position determination system of the present invention.
  • the system includes three base stations 100, 102, and 104. Although two base stations are adequate for providing sufficient ranging information to establish the position of a mobile station, three base stations are used in practice in order to increase the accuracy of the system. The third base station also provides a measure of redundancy in the event that one of the other base stations fails.
  • Base stations 100, 102 and 104 can provide positioning information to a large number of mobile stations depicted as ships 106 and 108. Only two ships are depicted to indicate that a plurality of ships can obtain positioning information simultaneously. Naturally, it will be understood that a great many more than two ships can be operating simultaneously.
  • FIG. 1 Various techniques are known for providing ranging information using a base station, mobile station configuration as shown in Figure 1.
  • One of the significant aspects to be considered in designing such a system is the frequency range of the transmitted signals. Radio frequency waves have different characteristics when propagated through the earth ' s atmosphere depending on their frequency.
  • Figure 2 shows schematically some of the gross differences to be - XO -
  • Figure 2 shows transmissions from one base station 100 to one mobile ship 106. If the carrier frequency of the transmitted signal is chosen to be relatively high, approximately 60 MHz or greater, the transmitted signal propagates through the atmosphere in a relatively straight line as depicted by line 110. This type of signal has a disadvantage that it does not follow the earth's-curvature and thus the maximum range of the system is determined by the line of sight between the antenna of base station 100 and the antenna of ship 106. This limits the usable range of VHF and UHF systems to 60 to 100 miles unless atmospheric ducts are present to carry the signal beyond this range.
  • Frequencies below 50 to 60 MHz contain a component shown at 112 in Figure 3 which follows the earth ' s curvature and is termed the ground wave component.
  • This component is excellent for providing longer range accuracies; however, •these frequency ranges suffer from the deleterious effects of sky wave propagation. That is, a component of the transmitted signal propagates toward the ionosphere and is reflected back to the earth's surface as depicted by propagation line 114 which indicates one reflection from the ionosphere and propagation line 116 which indicates two ionospheric reflections or hops.
  • the sky wave components of signals in these frequency ranges create multipath distortion that can limit the accuracy of a ranging system if no compensation is provided.
  • Figure 3 shows the relative arrival times at ship 106 for the ground wave component of the transmitted signal, the component designated as the first sky wave which contains a single reflection from the ionosphere, and the component referred to as the second sky wave which reflects twice from the ionosphere.
  • the transmitted signal is a pulse signal
  • Figure 3 shows the relative arrival times at ship 106 for the ground wave component of the transmitted signal, the component designated as the first sky wave which contains a single reflection from the ionosphere, and the component referred to as the second sky wave which reflects twice from the ionosphere.
  • pulsed positioning systems Another problem encountered with, for example, pulsed positioning systems is that a relatively large amount of. power is required to be transmitted for each pulse time in order to obtain a usable signal strength at a distance of 400 miles or more.
  • the high power combined with the short pulses cause considerable interferences to other users operating in the same general area of the spectrum.
  • a spread spectrum modulation system is used to both reduce required transmitter power and eliminate the effect of sky wave interference.
  • Spread spectrum modulation has statistical properties similar to random noise. Because of the low power density inherent in spread spectrum modulation, recovery of the base band information from the spread spectrum- signal can only be accomplished through correlating the received signal with an exact replica of the transmitted signal. Thus, unless the spread spectrum signal is known, the base band information cannot be demodulated. Therefore, spread spectrum systems provide signal privacy in addition to low power requirements and sky wave suppression capability.
  • the techniques to achieve spread spectrum are direct sequence pseudonoise, frequency hopping, time hopping, and any hybrid of these techniques. Of these, only direct sequence pseudonoise and frequency hopping have significant navigation implications.
  • the direct sequence pseudonoise method is described herein, it being understood that the system of the present invention may be modified to incorporate other spread spectrum techniques.
  • PN pseudonoise
  • Figure 4 shows a comparison of the time function, auto correlation, and frequency spectrum of a pseudorandom binary sequence noise code as compared to a pulse signal.
  • Graph A of Figure 4 depicts the pulse signal having a pulse time of t and pulse spacing of P and
  • Graph B depicts a PN code signal having a chip time of t and a repetition time of Nt where N is the total number of chips in each PN code sequence.
  • the auto correlation function of the pulse signal and the PN code signal are similar with peaks occurring at intervals of P for the pulse signal and Nt for the PN code signal. Even more significantly, the frequency spectrums for the pulse and PN code signals are the same having zero crossing points at 1/t.
  • the pulse signal has spectral lines at intervals of 1/P while the PN code spectral lines are spaced by 1/Nt. Accordingly, it can be seen , that by replacing a pulse signal with a PN code signal having a repetition rate Nt equal to the pulse spacing P, the same spectral distribution will be obtained.
  • the major distinction between the pulse and PN code signals is that all of the energy represented by the frequency spectrum of the pulse signal must be contained in a single pulse per cycle whereas the energy in the PN code signal is distributed over N chips.
  • the amplitude of each chip of the PN code signal can be substantially less than each pulse of the pulse signal and a transmitter having a lower power output can be used.
  • FIG. 5 shows a block diagram of a transmitter 120 which can be used to generate and transmit a spread spectrum signal according to the present invention.
  • Transmitter 120 includes an atomic clock 122 which outputs a highly accurate timing signal on line 124. This timing signal is received by timing and synchronization circuits 126 and by carrier synthesizer 128. Timing and synchronization circuits 126 also receive an external sync 130 which may be used, for example, to synchronize transmitter 120 with similar transmitters in other base stations. Circuits 126 produce a timing output on line 132 which is received by PN generator 134. Generator 134 produces a PN code signal in binary form having a number of chips and a chip rate determined by the particular application.
  • the auto-correlation function for a PN code has a base width approximately twice the width of one chip of the code.
  • the peak of the auto-correlation has a discernable width approximately equal to the chip width. Accordingly, if several auto-correlations are sensed due to the ground wave and several sky waves, as shown in Figure 3, the chip width must be less than the time delay between the ground wave and the first received sky wave in order to enable the ground wave to be distinguished from the first received sky wave. This, therefore, indicates that for a typical sky wave dela of approximately 120 microseconds, a chip rate of at least 8 KHz should be maintained. Of course, the greater the spacing between the ground wave and the first sky wave, the easier it is to distinguish the signals. Thus, in practice, a wider spreading rate of 100 KHz is more often used.
  • each PN code sequence when transmitted must have a length equal to at least the length of the maximum
  • each PN code sequence must have sufficient chips to render its auto-correlation peak high in relation to uncorrelated noise and interference.
  • a PN. code length of 2,047 chips has been found adequate to satisfy all of these criteria. This code length at a chip rate of 100 KHz produces an unambiguous PN code length of 3,800 miles, and, at a chip rate of 16 KHz produces an unambiguous PN code length of 24,000 miles. In both cases, the auto correlation peak is 2,047 times that of uncorrelated noise.
  • PN generator- 134 produces a PN code signal having code sequences with 2,047 chips at a chip rate of 100 KHz.
  • This signal is provided on line 136 to a modulo-2 adder 138 to which any available data can be supplied on line 140.
  • Adder 138 can be in the form of an exclusive-OR gate having as inputs lines 136 and 140.
  • Digital data is received on line 140 and this causes a periodic phase reversal of the data on line 136.
  • channels 1 and 2 Two transmit channels should be used, designated channels 1 and 2.
  • Channel 1 transmits the PN code with no data added while channel 2 transmits the same PN code with data added. Detection of the data is carried out by comparing the phase of the channel 1 signal with that of the channel 2 signal, as will be described below.
  • the output of adder 138 is provided on line 142 to a phase shift keying modulator 144 where the signal on line 142 modulates the carrier generated by synthesizer 128.
  • the carrier frequency is of great importance to the system since the carrier signal is compared to a locally generated clock signal on a mobile station to provide a range determination. As discussed above, most frequencies below approximately 60 MHz produce a ground wave component which when transmitted provides sufficient range. However, due to the - LS -
  • the modulated carrier signal is provided on line 146 to radio frequency amplifier 148 which amplifies the signal to a power level sufficient to reach the range accuracy required.
  • amplifier 148 can be a power amplifier having an output in the range of 1 to 10 watts.
  • the amplified signal is provided on line 150 to antenna 152.
  • Antenna 152 can be an 80 to 120 ft. tower when used on a base station or a 20 to 40 ft whip antenna if used on a mobile station.
  • FIG. 6 shows a block diagram of a receiver 160 • which can be used in the present invention.
  • Receiver 160 includes antenna 162 connected to line 164 to radio frequency amplifier 166. Again, if the antenna is on the base station, it may be an 80 to 120 ft. tower while on the mobile stations, 20 to 40ft. whip antennas are used.
  • the received, amplified signal is passed from amplifier 166 through line 168 to a despreader 170 which forms a cross correlation between the received signal and a locally generated duplicate of the PSK modulated PN code.
  • the output of despreader 170 is in the form of the despread carrier wave having a maximum amplitude when the locally generated PN code matches the received PN code. Such despreaders are well known.
  • the signal from despreader 170 is passed through line 172 -to an intermediate frequency amplifier 174.
  • the output of amplifier 174 is passed through line 176 to phase detectors 178, 179 and 180. It should be understood that receiver will have two channels to
  • phase detector 178 receives inputs from both channel 1 and channel 2, and distinguishes the phase inversions indicative of the data signal whereas phase detectors 179 and 180 measure the in phase and quadrature phase variations of the channel 1 signal indicative of ranging information.
  • the outputs of phase detectors 179 and 180 are passed, respectively, along lines
  • Phase detectors 179 and 180 output an indication of the amplitude of the signal on line 176.
  • Phase adjustment circuits 186 con-trol a range display 188 through line 189 and receive a clock signal from atomic clock 190 through line 192. Outputs from circuits 186 are passed .through lines 194 and 196.
  • the signal on line 194 controls phase reference synthesizer 198 which in turn passes inphase and quadrature phase signals to phase detectors 178 through 180.
  • the channel 2 signal is inputted from similar circuitry on line 176'. Also, the signal on line 194 is transmitted to local oscillator synthesizer 200.
  • the signal on 196 is received by timing and synchronization circuits 202 which pass a timing signal through line 204 to a PN generator 206.
  • Circuits 202 also provide a synchronization signal on line 208.
  • the output of PN generator 206 is passed through line 210 to phase shift keying modulator 212.
  • Modulator 212 also receives the output of synthesizer 200 on line 214 and produces on line 216 an output signal which is a PN code modulated 2 MHz signal equivalent to that received by antenna 162. This signal is passed to despreader 170 for cross correlation with the received signal.
  • transmitter 120 and receiver 160 The operation of transmitter 120 and receiver 160 is as follows. Assuming that atomic clocks 122 and 190 are originally in synchronism, the spread spectrum signal transmitted at antenna 152 has a known timing relationship to the atomic clock 190 of receiver 160. When this signal is received by antenna 162, despreader 170 cross correlates the received signal with the locally generated spread spectrum signal on line 216. Despreader 170 also acts as a balanced modulator so that the output of the correlator is only the carrier frequency. The amplified carrier frequency on line 176 is compared with a locally generated signal of the same frequency produced by synthesizers 198. A signal indicative of the phase difference between these two signals indicates the time of travel of the signal transmitted by the base station to the mobile station, which is indicative of range.
  • phase adjustment circuit 186 translates the phase difference into a lane count indicative of range. The lane count is incremented or decremented depending on the phase difference and displayed by range display 188.
  • tracking filter 184 In order to acquire the PN code of the received signal and synchronize it with the locally generated PN code, it is necessary to step through each chip of the PN code produced by generator 206. This is accomplished by tracking filter 184 which may be either a software or hardware block. Tracking filter 184 causes PN generator 202 to step through each chip of the PN code. This is accomplished by periodically commanding a phase change through phase adjustment circuit 186 equal to 1 PN chip time. Tracking filter 184 recognizes correlation peaks such as those shown in Figure 3 and stores an indication of the phase at which the peaks are received. After the entire PN code has been stepped through, tracking filter 184 adjusts the phase so as to lock the system onto the first correlation peak. This peak is indicative of the ground wave.
  • the lane count can be incremented or decremented as discussed above.
  • the initial lane count determination can be made either- by- acquiring the base station signal at a known location or by a.round trip ranging technique to be discussed hereinafter.
  • each of the base stations 100, 102 and 104 has its own transmitter 120.
  • the transmitter 120 of each base station transmits on two separate channels, as discussed above.
  • each base station may transmit a different PN code from the other base stations and/or transmit this code at slightly different carrier frequencies than the other stations.
  • Each of the mobile stations such as ships 106 and 108 has a plurality of receivers 160. If three base stations are used, for example, each ship has three receivers 160 with the receivers having two channels each and being tuned, respectively, to the frequencies of the base stations.
  • the receivers. are set to generate, respectively, the PN codes of the base stations. These receivers may share certain elements in common such as the atomic clock, antenna, RF amplifier, and power supplies.
  • each of the base stations 100, 102 and 104 includes a receiver 160 having two channels each. These receivers are designed to receive spread spectrum signals on individual differing frequencies associated with the mobile stations.
  • the mobile stations 106 and 108 contain transmitters each designed with two channels to communicate with the base station receivers. In this manner, two-way data communication can be established and/or maintained between the mobile stations and the base stations.
  • FIG. 7 depicts the transmit and receive periods for one transmitter in graph a) and for one receiver in Graph b).
  • the transmit and receive (T/R) periods for the base stations are synchronized with one another and the T/R periods for the mobile stations are 180 degrees out of phase with the base station T/R periods.
  • the duty cycle of the T/R periods is approximately 50 percent so that- each base station can transmit for one half of the T/R cycle and can receive for one half of the T/R cycle.
  • This cycle is established such that a plurality of PN code sequences occur during each T portion of the cycle.
  • 8 repetitions of the PN code sequence are used so that the basic T/R cycle frequency is approximately 2.38 hz and a cycle duration is approximately .4 seconds.
  • one base station is designated "master" of the other base stations and of the mobile stations and therefore the master station starts transmission first to establish network synchronism to within approximately one microsecond.
  • the master base station is usually situated in the center of the base station network and therefore would be base station 102 in
  • the base stations 100 and 104 would be situated approximately 200-300 miles on either side of base station
  • the base stations normally must have a radio propagation path between them in order to synchronize with the master station.
  • the master base station begins its T/R cycle at an arbitrary time upon turn-on. Subsequently, the slave base stations are activated and acquire sync with the T/R cycle transmitted by the master base station.
  • the slave stations following T/R sync, must invert their timing 180 degrees so that all base stations have a synchronized T/R cycle. Once synched, the atomic clock at each base station will maintain adequate T/R sync for many months.
  • the base stations may be synchronized by external means such as portable atomic clocks, satellite timing receivers, and the like.
  • Each user 's mobi le station must al so be synched to the base station T/R cycle. During this phase of operation, the mobile station R cycle must be phased to coincide with the base station 's T cycle.
  • mobile stations may acquire ranging data as they are in the " receive " mode .
  • individual mobile stations may inquire status of or direct control functions to the individual base stations. Also, they may initiate actions for direct ranging measurements, as will be discussed hereinafter.
  • T/R acquisition The process of acquiring the phase of the master station T/R cycle by either the other base station or the mobile station is referred to as "T/R acquisition.” It is important that the T/R cycles be aligned to within a few microseconds to make use of the available signal power and to maximize the number of other users. It is not sufficient to merely search for the maximum amplitude of correlation between a local replica of the PN sequence and the received signal, because frequently, the position of maximum amplitude is difficult to ascertain. For example, if after searching only 7 of the 8 PN sequences with a T/R cycle overlap, the amplitude of correlation would diminish only 12 percent while the timing error would be several milliseconds.
  • the slave base station and the mobile station can employ a specialized search pattern composed of the PN sync sequence "exclusive-OR ' d" with a locally generated T/R cycle sequence shifted 90 out of phase.
  • Figure 12 shows such a sequence.
  • Graph A of Figure 12 shows a PN code signal.
  • Graph B of Figure 12 shows a T/R cycle signal.
  • Graph C of Figure 12 shows a T/R cycle shifted 90 out of phase with the signal of Graph B.
  • Graph D shows the result of passing signals C and A through an exclusive OR gate.
  • the first half of each group of 8 PN sequences, labelled 0, is 180° out of phase with the corresponding PN sequences of graph A.
  • the second half, labelled I, is in phase with the corresponding PN sequences in graph A.
  • Graph E shows the result of correlating the graph D signal with a received PN sequence.
  • the correlation function passes through the zero axis with a positive slope when there is exact registration between the graph D signal and a received signal, which also looks like the graph A signal.
  • the graph E signal has a "discriminator” characteristic which can be used to drive a phase locked loop to track correctly on either side of NULL. If the discriminator characteristic is below zero, the locally generated signal is leading the received signal. On the other hand, if the discriminator signal is above zero, the locally generated code is lagging the received code.
  • Figure 13 shows a schematic implementation of the circuit for acquiring the phase of the master station T/R cycle.
  • a received signal is inputted to correlator 251 on line 253.
  • the output of an exclusive OR gate 255 is also inputted to correlator 251.
  • the output of correlator 251 drives discriminator 257, the output of which controls the rate of T/R cycle and PN code generator 259.
  • Generator 259 produces the PN signal of graph A of Figure 12 on line 261 and produces the T/R signal of graph C of Figure 12 on line 263. Accordingly, the circuit of Figure 13 adjusts the phase of the locally generated signal .
  • the discriminator 251 indicates that a received signal leads the locally generated signal, it steps generator 259 ahead one chip at a time until a NULL condition occurs.
  • the discriminator 251 steps generator 259 back one chip at a time in the event that the locally generated signal leads the received signal.
  • a NULL condition is communicated to the microprocessor through lead 265.
  • the microprocessor recognizes the NULL condition and, in the case of a slave base station, inverts the local T/R signal by 180 degrees to align the base station with the master station.
  • the mobile station has only to lock onto the T/R cycle by sensing the NULL. It now remains in a proper T/R relationship receiving when the base stations transmit, etc.
  • the transmitter carrier frequencies are selected such that the
  • FIG. 9 graphically depicts the portion of the frequency spectrum of a pseudorandom code between two zero crossings. The distance between the zero crossings indicates the chip repetition rate and the distance between two spectral lines indicates the code repetition rate. If 2e indicates the T/R rate, then the code repetition rate is 32e.
  • the carrier frequencies are assigned to eight channels (0-7). The channels are spaced by 4e (about 4.8 Hz). Base stations receive on individual even numbered channels and transmit on individual odd numbered channels. The mobile stations do the opposite.
  • each transmitted signal will have a frequency spectrum in which none of the spectral lines coincide with any of the spectral lines of the other transmitted signals. This greatly increases the ability of the system to distinguish between signals.
  • a notch filter 250 can be placed prior to the RF amplifier 166 of each receiver 160.
  • a spectrum analysis circuit 252 is connected to receive the output of notch filter 250 on line 254 and is connected to control the rejection band of notch filter 250 on line 256.
  • Frequency selection circuit 252 performs a spectral analysis of the signals received by antenna 162 and analyses the pattern of signals to pick out any signals exceeding a predetermined threshold. Circuit 252 accurately measures the frequency of any such strong interferring signal and sets the rejection band of notch filter 250 to block out the interferring noise.
  • several notch filters can be provided to eliminate several narrow band interferring signals.
  • frequency selection circuit 252 analyses the output of the notch filter to verify that the setting is correct. The setting can then be adjusted again and/or additional notch filters set, as necessary.
  • Figures 10 and 11 depict the manner in which round trip ranging and clock drift correction are performed.
  • mobile station 106 is shown having a transmitter 120' and a receiver 160'.
  • the transmitter and receiver utilize a single atomic clock 260.
  • the clock signal 260 is compared to the timing of a received signal to provide a phase difference signal indicative of range.
  • This phase difference is provided to a range display circuit 188' and is also used to control the internal timing of the receiver.
  • An indication of this phase difference signal is also provided on synchronization line 208' which connects to a phase adjustment circuit ' 262.
  • Phase adjustment circuit 262 also receives a signal on line 264 from phase correction circuit 266 which receives the decoded data signal from receiver 160 on line 268.
  • the two channels of each transmitter and receiver are not being referred individually. It will be understood from the foregoing discussion, however, that two channels are used to transmit data.
  • Transmitter 120'' of base station 100 operates as discussed above to transmit a pseudorandom noise code signal from antenna 152''.
  • Receiver 160'' accepts pseudorandom noise code signals on antenna 162'' and outputs on line 189 ' ' a signal indicative of the phase of the received signal relative to the phase of the base station atomic clock 270. It will be noted that a single atomic clock 270 is used for both the base station transmitter 120 ' ' and the base station receiver 160 ' ' so that these units are synchronized.
  • the phase difference signal on line 189'' is received by an encoder 272 which outputs a digital signal on line 140 ' ' indicative of the phase difference. Line 140'' supplies this digital signal to the modulo-2 adder of transmitter 120' ' so that the phase difference signal is transmitted as data on the spread spectrum signal.
  • phase adjustment circuit 262 is controlled so that the phase of a transmitted signal from mobile station 106 should be received by base station 100 in synchronism with the base station clock. Any phase difference is indicative of a phasing error in the mobile station.
  • the phase difference detected by base station 100 is transmitted as data back to mobile station 106.
  • This phase difference signal is decoded by phase correction circuit 266 which corrects the range display circuit 188' and also adjusts the phase adjustment circuit 262 until the phase of the signal transmitted by transmitter 120' is proper .
  • Figure 10 shows the operation of the circuit of Figure 11 more clearly both for acquiring an initial range indication and for correction for clock drift.
  • step a) depicts the state of the base station and mobile station at the point in time that the mobile station acquires the base station signal as indicated by arrow 300.
  • the base station clock standard is depicted by STD and phasor 302 indicates the phase of the base station transmitter.
  • Phasor 304 indicates the phase of the receiver signal at the time of lock-on.
  • Phasor 304 and phasor 302 are separated by a distance 0 which is an arbitrary mobile-base standards phase difference and also by a phase _ which is the local standard- locked receiver phase difference at lock.
  • the receiver phase 304 is then transferred to the transmitter as depicted by arrow 306 in step b) and by phasor 308.
  • the signal transmitted by the mobile station transmitter has a phase which is the same as the signal received by the mobile station receiver.
  • the base station receiver phase is indicated by phasor 310.
  • the phase difference A3 between the base station standard and phasor 310 is then encoded and transmitted as data to the mobile station.
  • phasor 310 lags the base station standard and thus, when the mobile station -receives- the data signal, as indicated by arrow 312 in step c) , the transmitter phase is advanced by A ⁇ .
  • the new signal is transmitted to the base station and Step c) is repeated until Aft is equal to zero.
  • the lane counter is at zero.
  • the transmitter phase is advanced, the lane counter is incremented by one half of the increase in the transmitter phase. In other words, for each phase advance of the transmitter of 2 o ⁇ , the lane counter should be advanced by .
  • the mobile station transmitter is turned off. At this time, the range is measured in accordance with the discussion above of Figure 6.
  • the phase of the receiver is increased, the .lane count is increased by an equal amount, and the phase of the transmitter is decreased by a similar amount.
  • the mobile station transmitter is activated to check the lane count. As long as the phase of the transmitter is decreased for each phase increase seen by the receiver, __ sensed by the base station receiver will be zero.
  • the mobile clock will drift slightly. If the mobile standard phase decreases by an amount ⁇ €. , the system will interpret the change as if position changed. Thus, the receiver phase will be incremented by ⁇ £ , the lane counter will be incremented by A £ t and the transmitter phase will- be decremented by ⁇ £ . Thus, on the next transmission of the mobile station to the base station, A ⁇ will be low by 2 ___. . Conversely, if the base standard phase decreases by __$.
  • the system will decrement the receiver phase by A ⁇ , decrement the lane counter by - , and increment the transmitter phase by , thus leaving A low by 2 , thus, in either case, for clock drift correction, if A ⁇ is low by 2 G , the lane counter is decremented by € and the transmitter
  • phase is incremented . No change is necessary for the receiver.
  • each base station may transmit an "idle" message to all users when that base station is not busy. Thus, no users will attempt to obtain control of the base station unless it is in the idle mode.
  • the system can also be designed for a single user mode of operation. When only one user exists, it is not necessary for the base station to keep its signal unperturbed. It can adjust to meet the requirements imposed by the mobile station in a round trip ranging operation.
  • the mobile transmitter phase locked to the mobile clock at a known point, transmits a signal which is in turn received by the base station.
  • the base station which is now' locked onto the mobile transmitter, measures its phase with respect to the local cesium standard. This measurement is then used by the base microprocessor to adjust the phase of the base transmitter, again referenced to the same standard, by the same amount.
  • the system may include remote control provisions and the modulo-2 adders of the transmitters may be used to establish data channels for information communication. These provisions can allow users to have knowledge of the system status, to effect control over base station operations and to exchange data with themselves or third parties. These data channels can also be used for supplemental navigation information, e.g. , satellite trans location data provided by the GPS system when it becomes available, or other navigation systems .
  • supplemental navigation information e.g. , satellite trans location data provided by the GPS system when it becomes available, or other navigation systems .
  • FIG 14 shows a flow diagram for turning on the master and slave base stations and synchronizing the base stations.
  • Step 301 indicates turning on of the master base station and is followed by step 303 in which the parameters are initialized. This includes setting the frequency of the various channels to their assigned frequencies, as discussed above, setting the band width of the transmitters and receivers, etc.
  • Step 305 comprises setting the traps of the master station receivers by performing spectral analysis and setting the parameters of the associated notch filters, as discussed above with regard to Figure 8. This procedure will be discussed in further detail herein below.
  • Step 307 comprises synchronizing the master station receiver to the master station transmitter. This comprises setting the T/R cycle so that the transmitter and receiver operate 180 degrees out of phase in accordance with the predetermined T/R cycle, as discussed above. Control then passes to step 309 in which the transmitter is turned on.
  • Channel 1 of the transmitter is set to transmit the range code and channel 2 is set to transmit the acquisition code.
  • the range code is the 2047 bit code discussed above. For the slave base stations and the mobile station to lock on to this code directly would take an inordinate length of time. Accordingly, channel 2 transmits an acquisition code.
  • the acquisition code is a 63 bit code which is substantially coarser than the range code so as to signi icantly reduce the time required to search and lock on to the range code.
  • the 63 bit acquisition code is transmitted 8 times during each T cycle.
  • Step 400 indicates the turn-on of a slave base station. It should be noted that the sequence to follow will be performed by each of the slave base stations.
  • Step 402 indicates initialization of the parameters, as was done in step 303 for the master base station.
  • the slave base station performs spectral analysis and sets its traps, and at step 406 the slave base station acquires the T/R synchronization from the master base station as discussed above. The flow diagram for this procedure will be discussed further herein below.
  • the T/R synchronization of the slave base station is inverted so that the transmit period of the slave base station will coincide with the transmit period of the master base station.
  • the slave station turns on its transmitter with channel 1 transmitting the range code of that particular base station and channel 2 transmitting the acquisition code assigned to that base station.
  • the receiver of that base station listens for signals from the mobile stations.
  • Figure 15 sets forth the spectral analysis and trap set procedures carried out in steps 305 and 404 of Figure
  • step 500 the parameters are initialized.
  • these parameters include the sweep width, number' of steps, step rate, etc. of the frequency band to be analyzed.
  • the spectrum of the signals received on the antenna is analyzed and data is stored relative to spectral peaks.
  • the five highest spectral peaks which exceed -50 dbm are selected and at step 508, the traps, in the form of notch filters, are set to eliminate these peaks.
  • step 510 the spectrum of the received signal is again measured and information relating to the peaks is again stored.
  • step 512 the data stored in step 512 is compared is to the data stored in step 504. If the five highest peaks have not been eliminated, control passes to step 514 where the traps are readjusted. Thereafter, control returns to step 510 where the spectrum is again measured and the results compared at step 512. This loop is
  • the routine exits at step 516. It will be understood that the selection of five peaks is arbitrary. More or less peaks can be eliminated, as desired.
  • Figure 16 sets forth the routine for acquiring T/R synchronization as performed in step " 406 in Figure 14.
  • the synchronization acquire routine is entered at step 600.
  • the slave base station is set to receive the acquisition code transmitted on channel 2 of the master base station.
  • Figure 1 ' 6 is a general flow chart for T/R synchronization which applies to both the slave base station and the mobile base stations.
  • the acquisition signal from each of the base stations is measured at step 602 and the strongest signal is chosen at step 604.
  • the signal strength is compared to a threshold level which indicates that the signal strength is adequate to proceed. If the signal strength is not sufficient, the T/R timing of the receiving station is flipped by 180 degrees at step 608.
  • the reason for this is that, clearly, if the transmit portion of the T/R cycle of the receiving station is no more than 90 degrees out of phase with the transmit portion of the T/R cycle of the transmitting station, the average received signal will be weak. Therefore, inverting the T/R cycle ' of the receiving station will increase the overlap between the receive portion of the T/R cycle of the receiving station and the transmit portion of the T/R cycle of the transmitting, station, thereby enhancing the average received signal strength.
  • Control passes from step 608 to 'step 602 where each mobile station again checks the signal strength of the acquisition signal of each base station.
  • Step 604 causes the strongest base station to be sensed, the signal of which should now be greater than the threshold set in step 606.
  • step 610 the local signal is modified as discussed above in connection with figure 12. That is, the locally generated acquisition code at the T/R cycle is •exclusively OR'd with a T/R signal' shifted by 90 degrees. This signal is then cross-correlated with the received signal in a phased locked loop comprising steps 612 and 614. The sequence is equivalent to that discussed above relative to figure 13.
  • step 614 the locally generated signal is cross-correlated with the received signal and the result is checked to see if a NULL condition exists. If a NULL does not exist, control is passed to step 612 where, depending on whether the result of the cross-correlation is above or below the NULL point, the locally generated signal is stepped either forward or backward.
  • step 616 T/R synchronization has been achieved and any other receivers at the receiving station are similarly synchronized. The control then passes to step 618 - 12 -
  • FIG 17 shows the basic control routine for starting up a mobile station. It will be understood that these same procedures are to be followed for each mobile station.
  • the mobile station is turned on at step 700 and its parameters are initialized at step 702. Spectral analysis and trap setting procedures are performed at step 704 in accordance with the routine shown in Figure 15.
  • T/R synchronization is acquired in accordance with the routine in Figure 16.
  • the acquisition code for each base station is acquired. The pur-pose of this step is to obtain a rough estimate of the timing of the ranging code. It will be recalled that each base station has two transmitting channels.
  • the range code is transmitted and on the other channel the acquisition code is transmitted. These codes are in phase with each other so that acquisition of the acquisition code provides an estimate of the timing of the range code.
  • the acquisition code is acquired by cross-correlating the received acquisition code with a locally generated duplicate of the acquisition code for the base station being received.
  • a cross-correlation peak indicates that the locally generated acquisition code is in phase with the received acquisition code. This is accomplished for each base station and, when step 708 is completed, control passes to step 710 where the range code for each base station is acquired.
  • Each mobile station produces a locally generated duplicate of the range code of each base station.
  • These locally generated signals are in phase with the locally generated acquisition signals so that, after step 708, the local range codes are roughly in phase with the received range codes.
  • Cross-correlation is performed to obtain exact coincidence.
  • a cross-correlation peak indicates that coincidence is achieved. ' Again, this step is repeated for the range code from each base station.
  • step 710 control passes to step 712 where the range tracking. routines are initiated.
  • the range tracking routines produce in-phase and quadrature-phase detection of each received carrier signal relative to a corresponding locally generated signal.
  • the locally generated signals are phase adjusted to be in phase with the corresponding received carrier signal.
  • Phase detectors and phase lock loop systems are well known to those with ordinary skill in the art.
  • An initial range for each base station may be made by positioning the mobile station in a known location and inputting the coordinates of that known location. Alternatively, a round trip ranging procedure may be- initiated, as discussed below. Once the initial ranges are known, these ranges are updated in accordance with the phase adjustments produced in the range tracking routines of step 712, as discussed above with reference to Figures 6 and 10. For each phase difference detected, the lane counter is increased or decreased by a corresponding amount. Furthermore, in order to prepare for a round trip ranging procedure, the phase of the associated transmitter channel is adjusted also. If an increase in phase difference is detected by the tracking routines of step 712, the lane counter is incremented and the transmitter channel phase is decremented.
  • routines for determining the exact position of a mobile station based on the ranges from the base stations are carried out. These routines are also well known to those of ordinary skill in the art and will not be discussed here. The results of these calculations are displayed and passed to a printer where a hard copy is produced at step 718.
  • the mobile station (any mobile station) will normally be performing the navigating routines discussed in Figure 17.
  • an operator requests an update by inputting an update request signal to the system.
  • the mobile station listens for activity from the base station which is to be communicated with in order to determine whether that base station is communicating with another mobile station. If the base station is free, as indicated by transmission of its acquisition code, control passes to step 722 where the update is initiated. Next, control passes to step 724 where the transmitter and receiver channels to be utilized are synchronized. Once synchronization is complete, step 726 is carried out where the phase ' of the transmitted signal is advanced by two times the current lane count. Next, at step 728 the transmitter is turned on with both channels transmitting range codes to enable 'data transmission to be carried out. At step 730, the mobile station waits two minutes for the base station to lock on.
  • the base station (any base station) listens for mobile activity at step 310 as discussed in connection with the master base station in Figure 14.
  • the base station senses the range code transmitted by the mobile station and locks on to the code.
  • the base station synchronizes its transmitter and receiver channels to be used.
  • channel 2 of the base station is set to transmit the range code.
  • the mobile station transmits a unique identity code and an update command indicating that the round trip ranging mode should be initiated.
  • the base station receives the identification data and the update command information and at step 320, the base station determines that the received command is an update command and passes control to step 322 where the phase of the received signal is compared to the phase of the signal being transmitted. Due to the mobile station advancing its transmitter phase by - -
  • the signal received by the base station should be exactly that of the signal being transmitted by the base station unless the lane count of the mobile station is in error.
  • the base station encodes data indicative of the measured phase difference obtained in step 322 and encodes this data as A ⁇ .
  • the transmitter transmits its pseudorandom code with the ⁇ b data as well as the mobile station ID code and then returns channel 2 to the acquisition code at step 328 and resumes listening at step 330.
  • the mobile station receives the signal from the base station and decodes the data.
  • the mobile station transmitter is turned off.
  • the data is formatted and displayed to the operator. The data indicates the phase error of the mobile station lane count, if any.
  • the A ⁇ data which has been decoded is compared to zero. If ⁇ equals zero, control is passed to step 742 where the routine is repeated for each ⁇ base station. If ⁇ does not equal zero, the lane counter is updated at step 742 and the routine is entered again at step 744. This procedure continues- until Ap equals zero.
  • step 742 If, at step 742, the error in ⁇ is so small that updating the lane counter is not necessary, the operator may command that control passes back to step 742.
  • a display and manual input may be provided for this purpose.
  • step 742 the control passes out of the subroutine at step 744.

Abstract

Le système comprend un procédé et un dispositif de transmission d'un signal de spectre diffus à partir de chaque station d'une pluralité de stations de base. Le signal de spectre diffus possède une synchronisation prédéterminée, ainsi qu'une composante d'onde terrestre et une composante d'onde céleste. Le signal est transmis avec un temps de répétition au moins aussi long qu'un temps de retard maximum prévu de la composante d'onde céleste, de manière à permettre de distinguer la composante d'onde terrestre de la composante d'onde céleste dans le signal de spectre diffus transmis. Le signal est détecté à chaque station d'une pluralité de stations mobiles et la synchronisation du signal détecté est comparée à un signal de synchronisation local. La différence de phase entre ces signaux indique la distance entre la station de base et la station mobile.
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