ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,386,079, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to SRI INTERNATIONAL (Menlo Park, Calif.).
"Multi-level aiding signal to support rapid communication" was invented by Robert Sparr (Menlo Park, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are methods and systems that involve an aiding signal that can be used to acquire a long code in a. wireless signal, such as a ranging code in a wireless navigation signal transmitted by a satellite. A receiver may receive a first wireless signal and a first aiding signal transmitted by a first transmitter of a plurality of transmitters. The first wireless signal comprises a first, long code. The first...