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> a more popular idea seem to be to piggy back onto GNSS signals Don’t all GNSS systems provide a highly accurate time signal (maybe needed for computing the d
by morpheuskafka 2y ago
> a more popular idea seem to be to piggy back onto GNSS signals
Don’t all GNSS systems provide a highly accurate time signal (maybe needed for computing the distance to satellite)? I know GPS does at least.
- BenjiWiebe 2y agoYes, it is needed to compute a location. More accurate time = more accurate location.
- lxgr 2y agoYes, the GPS signal in a way is primarily a very precise time signal :) It’s a TDOA system! I was referring to piggying back an emergency signal onto that!
- stkdump 2y agoAs mentioned somewhere else, these time signals also carry information about DST and adapt for leap seconds, both of which GPS doesn't do as far as I know. I remember that earlier versions of Android always set the phone clock to GPS which was then off by a number of seconds.
- kqbx 2y agoGPS navigation messages do include information about leap seconds and other stuff necessary to convert between GPS time and UTC. See GPS Interface Specification IS-GPS-200, 30.3.3.6.2 - UTC and GPS Time