The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US)
Abstract
PatentSystems, methods, and apparatuses for determining the
distance between two positions are disclosed. The system
includes a correlator, a first receiver, and a second receiver.
The first and second receivers each include: an antenna, a
steering mechanism, and a processor. The steering mechanism
steers the antenna in an azimuthal direction and an
elevation direction. The processor is configured to (i) control
the steering mechanism, (ii) receive data recorded by the
antenna from a plurality of sources, (iii) time-stamp the data
recorded by the antenna, and (iv) control the transmission of
the time-stamped data to the correlator. The correlator is
configured to receive the time-stamped recorded data from
the first receiver and the second receiver, and calculate a
distance between the first receiver and the second receiver
based thereon
