System and Method For Maintaining Antenna Pointing Accuracy During Periods of GPS Outage
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May 21, 2009
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Jul 17, 2008
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Jul 18, 2007
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A method of computing an antenna pointing direction for an inertial navigation unit (INU) utilizing a global positioning system (GPS) signal during periods of GPS signal outage includes determining antenna pointing error of magnitude and phase information. The phase information is obtained by detecting the angle where a signal to noise ratio of the antenna passes through a minimum level, and wherein the magnitude information is obtained by calculating the difference between the maximum and minimum signal to noise ratio of the antenna measured over one conical cycle of rotation of the antenna about an axis that is not parallel to a vector pointing from an antenna center to a GPS signal transmitting satellite. During periods of GPS signal outage, the determined magnitude and phase information is used to cause a nominal antenna beam axis to move by an amount that depends on the determined magnitude information in a direction defined by the determined phase information.
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