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Hyperbolic navigation refers to a class of navigation system based on the
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erence in timing between the reception of two signals, without reference
to. a. common clock.
Thus timing reveals the difference in'distance from the receiver to the two
| sistions Plotting all of the potential locations of the receiver for the
| measured delay produces a series of hyperbolic lines on a chart.
Taking two such measurements and. looking for the intersections of the
hyperbolic lines reveals the receiver location to be in one of two locations.
+ The earliest known hyperbolic system was used during world war.I as an
acoustic location system for locating enemy artillery.
* The sound of a shell being fired. was received by several microphones, and
the time of reception sent to a computing center to plot the location, These
systems were used in world war SI. By that time, however, radio’ techniques
were becoming much more capable, and:most hyperbolic systems aré based |: -
‘on radio means. ; . .
Timing based navigation
Consider:two ground-based. radio, stations located at.a’set distance ftom
each other, say 300 km so. that they are exactly lms apart at light speed,cific frequency.
stations, called the “secondary” is also equipped with, Tadio
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One of - this receiver hears the signal from the other station, teferreg
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a “master”, it triggers its own broadcast. The mast
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broadcast any series of pulses, with the secondary
generating the same series after | ms delay,
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Consider a portable -receiver located on. the midpoint of the line
drawn,
between the two stations,
known as the baseline.: In this case, the signal
will, necessarily, take 0.5 ms to reach the receiver. By Measuring this time,
they could determine that they are Precisely 150 km from both Stations, an
thereby exactly determine their location along the line, th
signals would change.
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In the receiver moves to the side of the baseline, they delay line from both
Stations will grow. At some Point, for instance, the;
Y will measure a delay of
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which implies the receiver is 300 km from one. station and
450 from the other. If one draws circuit of 300 and 450 km tadius around
the two stations on.a chart, the circles will intersect at two poihts.
Absolute-Vs Differential Timing
There is a serious Practical problem with this approach in order to measure
the time it took for the signals to reach the Teceiver,
knovin the Precise time thai the signal was originally
electronics this is. a trivial exercise,
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sent. With modem
and forms the basis of all modern.
navigation systems, including GPS. In the 1930s, however such precise time
Measurements simply weren't possible;
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a clock of the required accuracy
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