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US 12,554,021 · App. 17/971,839 · Granted Feb 17, 2026

Method and apparatus for detecting deception signal in global navigation satellite system

Inventor: Tae Hee Kim (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
G01S19/215G01S19/29G01S19/30
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Patent No.
US 12,554,021
App. No.
17/971,839
Granted
Feb 17, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of operating a satellite navigation receiver in a global navigation satellite system may include: receiving a satellite navigation signal; performing a first signal acquisition process with respect to at least one left-handed circular polarization (LHCP) signal included in the satellite navigation signal; and determining presence of a deception signal when at least one first satellite number, at least one first code position, and at least one pieces of first Doppler information are acquired with respect to the at least one LHCP signal through the first signal acquisition process.

Claims (53)

1 . A method of operating a satellite navigation receiver in a global navigation satellite system, the method comprising:

receiving a satellite navigation signal;

performing a first signal acquisition process through a two-dimensional search for a code delay and a Doppler frequency with respect to at least one left-handed circular polarization (LHCP) signal only included in the satellite navigation signal, while excluding at least one right-handed circular polarization (RHCP) signal from the first signal acquisition process;

confirming that acquisition of at least one first satellite number, at least one first code position, and at least one pieces of first Doppler information corresponding to the at least one LHCP signal has been successfully performed through the first signal acquisition process; and

confirming presence of a deception signal based on the confirmed acquisition.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the performing the first signal acquisition process through the two-dimensional search for the code delay and the Doppler frequency with respect to the at least one LHCP signal included in the satellite navigation signal comprises:

sampling the at least one LHCP signal included in the satellite navigation signal into a digital LHCP signal;

generating a satellite navigation pseudo random noise (PRN) code and carrier table information; and

detecting the at least one first satellite number, the at least one first code position, and the at least one piece of first Doppler information in the digital LHCP signal based on the satellite navigation PRN code and the carrier table information through the two-dimensional search for the code delay and the Doppler frequency.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

performing a second signal acquisition process with respect to the at least one right-handed circular polarization (RHCP) signal included in the satellite navigation signal;

detecting at least one second satellite number, at least one second code position, and at least one pieces of second Doppler information through the second signal acquisition process;

calculating at least one navigation solution based on the at least one second satellite number, the at least one second code position, and the at least one piece of second Doppler information; and

estimating a location based on a navigation solution obtained by excluding a navigation solution, which is calculated from the RHCP signal corresponding to the at least one first satellite number, from the at least one navigation solution.

4 . A method of operating a satellite navigation receiver in a global navigation satellite system, the method comprising:

receiving a satellite navigation signal;

estimating presence of at least one deception signal based on at least one right-handed circular polarization (RHCP) signal included in the satellite navigation signal; and

in response to the estimating indicating the presence of the at least one detection signal, determining whether the at least one deception signal is present based on at least one left-handed circular polarization (LHCP) signal included in the satellite navigation signal,

wherein the estimating of the presence of the at least one deception signal is performed before the determining of the presence of the at least one deception signal.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the estimating the presence of the at least one deception signal based on the at least one RHCP signal included in the satellite navigation signal comprises:

acquiring measurement information with respect to each of the at least one RHCP signal included in the satellite navigation signal; and

estimating the presence of the at least one deception signal by determining whether the acquired measurement information is abnormal.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the measurement information comprises at least one of a carrier-to-noise density ratio (C/No), a reception signal strength, a code position, a Doppler frequency, a carrier phase, or a pseudorange.

7 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the estimating the presence of the at least one deception signal based on the at least one RHCP signal included in the satellite navigation signal comprises:

acquiring each code position and each Doppler frequency with respect to the at least one RHCP signal included in the satellite navigation signal;

calculating each navigation solution error based on each code position and each Doppler frequency; and

estimating the presence of the at least one deception signal by determining whether the calculated navigation solution error is abnormal.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the calculating each navigation solution error based on each code position and each Doppler frequency comprises:

calculating each piece of bit information based on each code position and each Doppler frequency;

generating each navigation message based on each piece of bit information;

calculating each piece of pseudorange measurement information based on each code position and each Doppler frequency;

calculating each navigation solution based on each piece of bit information and each navigation message; and

calculating each navigation solution error based on each navigation solution.

9 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the estimating the presence of the at least one deception signal based on the at least one RHCP signal included in the satellite navigation signal comprises:

acquiring each piece of measurement information with respect to at least one RHCP signal included in the satellite navigation signal;

estimating the presence of the at least one deception signal based on the acquired measurement information;

acquiring each code position and each Doppler frequency with respect to at least one RHCP signal included in the satellite navigation signal when the presence of the at least one deception signal is estimated as a result of the estimating;

calculating each navigation solution error based on each code position and each Doppler frequency; and

estimating the presence of the at least one deception signal again based on the calculated navigation solution errors.

10 . A satellite navigation receiver comprising:

a processor,

the processor being configured to control the satellite navigation receiver to:

receive a satellite navigation signal;

estimate presence of at least one deception signal based on at least one right-handed circular polarization (RHCP) signal included in the satellite navigation signal; and

determine whether the at least one deception signal is present based on at least one left-handed circular polarization (LHCP) signal included in the satellite navigation signal when the presence of the at least one deception signal is estimated,

wherein the presence of the at least one deception signal is performed before the presence of the at least one deception signal.

11 . The satellite navigation receiver of claim 10 , wherein, when the presence of the at least one deception signal is estimated based on the at least one RHCP signal included in the satellite navigation signal, the processor is configured to control the satellite navigation receiver to:

acquire measurement information with respect to each of the at least one RHCP signal included in the satellite navigation signal; and

estimate the presence of the at least one deception signal by determining whether the acquired measurement information is abnormal.

12 . The satellite navigation receiver of claim 10 , wherein, when the presence of the at least one deception signal is estimated based on the at least one RHCP signal included in the satellite navigation signal, the processor is configured to control the satellite navigation receiver to:

acquire each code position and each Doppler frequency with respect to the at least one RHCP signal included in the satellite navigation signal;

calculate each navigation solution error based on each code position and each Doppler frequency; and

estimate the presence of the at least one deception signal by determining whether the calculated navigation solution error is abnormal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 24, 2022
From: KIM, TAE HEE
To: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Reel/Frame 061512/0859 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2021-0149139 · Nov 2, 2021 · national
KR 10-2022-0126071 · Oct 4, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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