18605396. POSITIONING AND TRACKING USING LOW-EARTH ORBIT (LEO) SATELLITES (TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA)
POSITIONING AND TRACKING USING LOW-EARTH ORBIT (LEO) SATELLITES
Organization Name
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Inventor(s)
Takayuki Shimizu of Santa Clara CA US
Akila C. Ganlath of Fremont CA US
POSITIONING AND TRACKING USING LOW-EARTH ORBIT (LEO) SATELLITES
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18605396 titled 'POSITIONING AND TRACKING USING LOW-EARTH ORBIT (LEO) SATELLITES
Original Abstract Submitted
Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to using non-terrestrial network (NTN) nodes, such as low-earth orbit (LEO) satellites, to provide location services. In one embodiment, a method includes establishing a communication link from a device to a non-terrestrial network (NTN) node. The method includes acquiring environmental characteristics associated with the device and the NTN node. The method includes determining whether a signal from the NTN node is a non-line-of-sight (NLOS) signal according to the environmental characteristics. The method includes computing a position of the device using the signal and a compensation parameter when the signal is NLOS. The method includes providing the position.