Abstract:We study an idealized information model for Doppler-only positioning with low earth orbit (LEO) signals of opportunity from a stationary receiver. Motivated by the observation that Doppler measurements from a satellite pass provide information primarily within the associated orbital plane, we model each satellite contribution as a weighted projection onto that plane. Under this model, the combined information matrix from multiple satellites is a sum of orbital-plane projection operators. Closed-form expressions are derived for the eigenvalues, condition number, and worst-case Cramer-Rao lower bound. For two satellites, the conditioning is governed by the dihedral angle between orbital planes and the relative information strengths of the two links. Monte Carlo evaluation of pass-integrated Doppler Fisher information matrices demonstrates that the proposed surrogate captures the dominant conditioning trends associated with orbital-plane diversity. The results provide a simple geometric framework for understanding the role of constellation geometry in Doppler-only positioning systems.
From: Charles E Thornton [view email]
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