METHOD FOR MONITORING AND CONSOLIDATING A SATELLITE NAVIGATION SOLUTION

• Main Authors: MEHLEN, Christian, BOUVET, Denis, BONEL, Roland
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 25.10.2023
• Subjects: ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; MEASURING; MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; NAVIGATION; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY; PHYSICS; RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; SURVEYING; TESTING

A consolidation method implementing: a first sensor able to determine a computed position {circumflex over (x)}(1) of the aircraft, a characterization of the positioning error and a horizontal protection level HPL(1), a second sensor, with a different design and with a design level equivalent to the first sensor, able to determine a second position {circumflex over (x)}(2) of the aircraft and a characterization of the positioning error of the second position {circumflex over (x)}(2), and comprising the steps: a. estimating a horizontal deviation between the computed position {circumflex over (x)}(1) and the second position {circumflex over (x)}(2), b. comparing the horizontal deviation with a detection threshold, c. if the horizontal deviation is below the detection threshold, computing an additional horizontal protection level HPL(MON) of the computed position {circumflex over (x)}(1), d. estimating a consolidated horizontal protection level HPL(CON), e. comparing the consolidated horizontal protection level HPL(CON) and a horizontal alert limit HAL, f. if the consolidated horizontal protection level HPL(CON) is less than the horizontal alert limit HAL, horizontally confirming the computed position {circumflex over (x)}(1).