Radio frequency device for receiving TV signals and GPS satellite signals and performing positioning

摘要

An apparatus and method for determining the position of a user terminal comprise an antenna subsystem which is able to receive signals of GPS and TV, a receiver front end which converts the frequency of the incident signals and filters out unwanted signals so that the desired signals can be sampled, a digital processing component which accommodates the imperfections of the front end and converts the measured signals into a position information. The apparatus is capable of receiving at the user terminal, broadcast television signals from television signal transmitters; determining a first set of pseudo-ranges between the user terminal and the television signal transmitters based on a known component of the broadcast television signals; receiving at the user terminal global positioning signals from a global positioning satellites; determining a second set of pseudo-ranges between the user terminal and the global positioning satellites based on the global positioning signals; and determining a position of the user terminal based on the first and second sets of pseudo-ranges, locations of the television signal transmitters, and locations of the global positioning satellites.