IP Library Granted Patent US 11,366,232
Granted Patent B2
US 11,366,232 · App. 16/833,873 · Granted Jun 21, 2022

Dynamic mode forming for GPS anti-jam controlled reception pattern arrays

Inventor: Martin F. Ryba (Acton, MA)
Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
G01S19/21G01S19/18G01S19/14
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Patent No.
US 11,366,232
App. No.
16/833,873
Granted
Jun 21, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The system and method for dynamic mode forming for a global positioning/global navigation system. The system having a controlled reception pattern antenna (CRPA) mounted on a platform; an antenna electronics subsystem configured for dynamically maximizing gain in the controlled reception pattern antenna; and a global positioning/global navigation receiver subsystem configured for null processing, wherein a state of the platform is used to modify a reference mode and a plurality of auxiliary modes for the controlled reception pattern antenna in real-time based on an apriori look up table (LUT) to dynamically maximize a gain of the controlled reception pattern antenna.

Claims (20)

1. A system for dynamic mode forming for a global positioning/global navigation system, comprising:

a controlled reception pattern antenna (CRPA) mounted on a platform;

an antenna electronics subsystem configured for dynamically maximizing gain in the controlled reception pattern antenna; and

a global positioning/global navigation receiver subsystem configured for null processing, wherein a state of the platform is used to modify a reference mode and a plurality of auxiliary modes for the controlled reception pattern antenna in real-time based on an apriori look up table (LUT) to dynamically maximize a gain of the controlled reception pattern antenna.

2. The system for dynamic mode forming for global positioning/global navigation systems according to claim 1 , wherein the platform state comprises an attitude of the platform.

3. The system for dynamic mode forming for global positioning/global navigation systems according to claim 1 , wherein the platform is a guided projectile.

4. The system for dynamic mode forming for global positioning/global navigation systems according to claim 1 , wherein given N antenna inputs, up to N modes can be formed.

5. The system for dynamic mode forming for global positioning/global navigation systems according to claim 1 , wherein a N×N complex matrix consisting of orthonormal vectors is used to create the look up table (LUT) such that the result is an N-dimensional rotation.

6. The system for dynamic mode forming for global positioning/global navigation systems according to claim 5 , wherein linear algebra is used to show that every orthonormal basis set can represent the instantaneous array signal vector with equal validity.

7. A method of dynamic mode forming for global positioning/global navigation systems, comprising:

providing a controlled reception pattern array (CRPA) mounted on a platform;

providing antenna electronics configured for dynamically maximizing gain in the controlled reception pattern array;

modifying a reference mode and a plurality of auxiliary modes for the controlled reception pattern array (CRPA) in real-time as a function of the platform's state using a created look up table (LUT);

performing null processing on the reference mode and the plurality of auxiliary modes; and

providing the output from null processing to a global positioning/global navigation receiver subsystem for use in global positioning/global navigation for the platform.

8. The method of dynamic mode forming for global positioning/global navigation systems of claim 7 , wherein given N antenna inputs, up to N modes can be formed.

9. The method of dynamic mode forming for global positioning/global navigation systems of claim 7 , further comprising using an N×N complex matrix consisting of orthonormal vectors to create the look up table (LUT) such that the result is an N-dimensional rotation.

10. The method of dynamic mode forming for global positioning/global navigation systems of claim 9 , further comprising using linear algebra to show that every orthonormal basis set can represent the instantaneous array signal vector with equal validity.

11. The method of dynamic mode forming for global positioning/global navigation systems of claim 7 , wherein the platform's state comprises the platform's attitude.

12. The method of dynamic mode forming for global positioning/global navigation systems of claim 7 , wherein the platform is a guided projectile.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 30, 2020
From: RYBA, MARTIN F.
To: BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION INC.
Reel/Frame 052259/0314 →
Continuity (1)
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