一种通用的卫星导航信号码时延估计误差评估方法

卫星导航信号的码时延估计误差是决定系统服务性能的关键因素,迫切需要对多种不同调制与复用方式的导航信号进行全面的码时延估计误差性能评估,从而为后期的系统应用提供重要的选择依据.为此,本文提出了通用的码时延估计误差评估方法.首先,概括了导航接收机的码跟踪环路模型,根据是否匹配接收以及是否相干处理,将目前的导航接收机归纳为四种类型.其次,在假设码时延估计误差非常小的条件下,分别给出了匹配接收下相干处理和非相干处理时的估计误差以及相互之间的关系;推导了非匹配接收下非相干处理时的估计误差,并讨论了与相干处理时的关系.最后,推导了码时延估计误差的齐夫-扎凯界限,解决了估计误差不满足非常小这一假设条件时的评估.本文提出的评估方法均以导航信号的功率谱密度表示,为信号设计和接收机的研制提供了重要的理论指导,同时也给具体信号的评估带来了极大便利.仿真实验中对新一代典型导航信号的码时延估计误差做了有效评估.     

Selection of satellite constellation framework of CAPS

Based on the idea of transmitting the satellite navigation and positioning system, taking the distribution and variation of the Position Dilution of Precision factor (PDOP), which is closely related with the precision of navigation and positioning, within the China area as the primary criterion, we analyze and discuss the tentative plan of constellation configuration consisting of geosynchronous orbit (GEO) communication satellites and inclined geosynchronous orbit (IGSO) satellites for the transmitting Chinese Area Positioning System (CAPS). We emphatically consider the effect on the PDOP by the three major orbit parameters including the inclination, eccentricity and right ascension of the ascending node (RAAN) of IGSO satellites, to research the strategies of the constellation configuration of CAPS through software emulation. Various constellation configurations are analyzed and compared and the results show that the constellation configuration, consisting of three IGSO communication satellites in three orbits with the same inclination as 50°, the difference in RAAN as 120° and the same “8” shaped ground track centered near 115°E and four or five GEO communication satellites within 60°E to 150°E, can satisfy the requirement that Chinese domain is availably covered and the navigation and positioning with high precision could be obtained. Three relatively excellent constellation configurations are initially suggested and some concerned issues are discussed in this work. Supported by the National Basic Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2007CB815501) and the Chinese National Programs for High Technology Research and Development (Grant No. 2007AA12z343)     

The principle of the positioning system based on communication satellites

It is a long dream to realize the communication and navigation functionality in a satellite system in the world. This paper introduces how to establish the system, a positioning system based on communication satellites called Chinese Area Positioning System (CAPS). Instead of the typical navigation satellites, the communication satellites are configured firstly to transfer navigation signals from ground stations, and can be used to obtain service of the positioning, velocity and time, and to achieve the function of navigation and positioning. Some key technique issues should be first solved; they include the accuracy position determination and orbit prediction of the communication satellites, the measuring and calculation of transfer time of the signals, the carrier frequency drift in communication satellite signal transfer, how to improve the geometrical configuration of the constellation in the system, and the integration of navigation & communication. Several innovative methods are developed to make the new system have full functions of navigation and communication. Based on the development of crucial techniques and methods, the CAPS demonstration system has been designed and developed. Four communication satellites in the geosynchronous orbit (GEO) located at 87.5°E, 110.5°E, 134°E, 142°E and barometric altimetry are used in the CAPS system. The GEO satellites located at 134°E and 142°E are decommissioned GEO (DGEO) satellites. C-band is used as the navigation band. Dual frequency at C1=4143.15 MHz and C2=3826.02 MHz as well as dual codes with standard code (CA code and precision code (P code)) are adopted. The ground segment consists of five ground stations; the master station is in Lintong, Xi’an. The ground stations take a lot of responsibilities, including monitor and management of the operation of all system components, determination of the satellite position and prediction of the satellite orbit, accomplishment of the virtual atomic clock measurement, transmission and receiving navigation signals to and from each satellite. In the north, the south, the east, the west and the center of Chinese main land, the function of CAPS demonstration system is checked and measured. In cars and on board the system is also checked and measured. The results are as follow: CA-code, horizontal positioning accuracy, 15–25 m (1 σ), vertical, 1–3 m; P-code, horizontal positioning accuracy, 8–10 m (1 σ), vertical, 1–3 m; velocity accuracy, CA-code, 0.13–0.30 m/s, P-code, 0.15–0.17 m/s; time accuracy, CA-code, 160 ns, P-code, 13 ns; determination accuracy of orbit ≤2 m. About 20 million US $ and two years are spent for the development of demonstration. A complete CAPS system is now being established. Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10453001), the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2007CB815500), the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2004AA105030), and the Funds of the Chinese Academy of Sciences for Key Topics in Innovation Engineering (Grant No. KGCXI-21)     

Functions of retired GEO communication satellites in improving the PDOP value of CAPS

This paper briefly introduces the maneuverable feature of the slightly inclined geosynchronous orbit (SIGSO) satellites under a new control model degraded from the geosynchronous orbit (GEO) communication satellites which will retire as most of the fuel in these satellites has been consumed. Basing on the transmitting Chinese Area Positioning System (CAPS), the authors, by analyses, indicate that such satellites can make an improvement to CAPS constellation configuration, especially to the PDOP value from simulation. The results show that the use of SIGSO satellites can (1) actualize three-dimensional (3D) navigation and positioning compared with the situation, which, only using GEO satellites, cannot be carried out, and improve navigation and positioning accuracy to some extent; (2) reuse the communication services of these satellites for more years, and GEO communication satellites will be retired at a later time and delay their time to become space debris and reduce their pollution of the space environment, so that valuable space resources are maximally used. As for the use of these satellites in the transmitting positioning system, the authors present some views and suggestions in this work. Supported by the National Basic Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2007CB815501) and the Chinese National Programs for High Technology Research and Development (Grant No. 2007AA12z343)     

Multi-life cycles utilization of retired satellites

Retired geosynchronous (GEO) communication satellites affect the GEO orbit environment in outer space. According to the new concept of modern design, the authors propose creatively a method of reusing retired GEO communication satellites, through adjusting retired GEO satellites to slightly inclined orbit geosynchronous (SIGSO) satellites. After these retired satellites are applied to the navigation and communication system, integrity of navigation system and positioning accuracy of the system is improved. Meanwhile, some transponders on these retired satellites can be used to establish a new satellite communication service, and initiate the study and utilization of the multi-life cycle for retired satellites. Experimental results show that this project has significant social value and can make remarkable economic benefit. Supported by the National Basic Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2007CB815501) and the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2007AA12z343)     

空间弥散X射线对脉冲星导航精度的影响

基于RXTE卫星天基数据,建立了时空坐标系转换、时间修正及历元折叠方法,构建了用于提取导航信息的Crab脉冲星轮廓,剖析了该天基载荷结构及特性,对卫星运行空间背景辐射进行了模拟计算。结果表明,在设定导航条件下,空间弥散X射线对航天器单星定轨及多星定位影响在km量级以上。同时阐述了实用化脉冲星导航探测中,改进导航定位精度急需注意的技术问题。     

小动物正电子断层成像仪性能测试

设计了一系列实验对Concorde MicroPET Rodent R4小动物正电子断层成像系统(该系统是Concorde Microsystems公司开发的小动物专用PET扫描仪，该扫描仪具有32层探测器环，动物入口孔径为120mm，横向视野为100mm，轴向深度为78mm，标称的视野中央处的空间分辨率可达1.8mm以下)的空间分辨率、灵敏度、散射率等性能参数进行了测试，测试结果显示该扫描仪视野中心的横向空间分辨率为1.9mm, 轴向空间分辨率为1.88mm, 在能窗设定为250—750keV时系统的绝对灵敏度为39.88 cps/kBq, 同样能窗下二维重建散射分数为50.6%,三维重建散射分数为32.3%. 关键词： 正电子断层成像仪 性能测试     

The transmission link of CAPS navigation and communication system

The Chinese Area Positioning System (CAPS) is based on communication satellites with integrated capability, which is different from the Global Positioning System (GPS), the International Maritime Satellite Organization (Inmarsat) and so on. CAPS works at C-band, and its navigation information is not directly generated from the satellite, but from the master control station on the ground and transmitted to users via the satellite. The slightly inclined geostationary-satellite orbit (SIGSO) satellites are adopted in CAPS. All of these increase the difficulty in the design of the system and terminals. In this paper, the authors study the CAPS configuration parameters of the navigation master control station, information transmission capability, and the selection of the antenna aperture of the communication center station, as well as the impact of satellite parameters on the whole communication system from the perspective of the transmission link budget. The conclusion of availability of the CAPS navigation system is achieved. The results show that the CAPS inbound communication system forms a new low-data-rate satellite communication system, which can accommodate mass communication terminals with the transmission rate of no more than 1 kbps for every terminal. The communication center station should be configured with a large-aperture antenna (about 10–15 m); spread spectrum communication technology should be used with the spreading gain as high as about 40 dB; reduction of the satellite transponder gain attenuation is beneficial to improving the signal-to-noise ratio of the system, with the attenuation value of 0 or 2 dB as the best choice. The fact that the CAPS navigation system has been checked and accepted by the experts and the operation is stable till now clarifies the rationality of the analysis results. The fact that a variety of experiments and applications of the satellite communication system designed according to the findings in this paper have been successfully carried out confirms the correctness of the study results. Supported by the National Basic Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2007CB815504) and the Technology Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2007AA12z343)     

Optimizing the Gabor Bandwidth of satellite navigation signals by MCS signal expression

Satellite navigation is playing an important role in social life.The performances of the services a navigation system provides are the concern of the builders and users.The signal structure determines the inherent ability of a satellite navigation system to provide these services.Therefore,it is necessary and reasonable to optimize the signal in the initial design.The waveforms of signals in satellite navigation chips are an important aspect of the signal's structure,which impact the characteristics of the ...     

转发式北斗导航卫星信号性能评估的研究与实现

北斗一代在使用过程中存在隐蔽性不良,定位实时性差等问题,为了实现北斗导航信号的性能评估,相对于以往的硬件形式,如硬件接收机、频谱分析仪、矢量网络分析仪等,提出了以软件接收机的方法对北斗导航信号进行性能评估。首先分析了转发式北斗导航信号评估的意义、内容与方法,并采用软件接收机的形式进行评估;然后研究了转发式北斗导航的信号性能评估关键技术,给出了捕获、跟踪、评估参数计算的程序流程;最后根据实测数据在Linux高性能集群系统上进行了测试验证,实现了北斗导航信号的捕获、跟踪以及评估中的评估参数计算。测试结果表明,文章中的设计方法可实现北斗导航信号性能的评估,效果良好,评估内容、指标易于调整,便于软件算法参数的测试、升级,可为后续的卫星导航信号评估以及算法测试等提供了一定的依据。     

An analysis of the wide area differential method of geostationary orbit satellites

This work aims to obtain a wide area differential method for geostationary orbit (GEO) constellation. A comparison between the dilution of precision (DOP) of four-dimensional (4D) calculation including satellite clock errors and ephemeris errors and that of three-dimensional (3D) calculation only including ephemeris errors with the inverse positioning theory of GPS shows the conclusion that all the 3D PDOPs are greatly reduced. Based on this, a basic idea of correcting satellite clock errors and ephemeris errors apart is put forward, and moreover, a specific method of separation is proposed. Satellite clock errors are separated in a master station with time synchronization, and all the remaining pseudo-range errors after the satellite clock errors have been deducted are used to work out ephemeris corrections of all GEO satellites. By a comparative analysis of user positioning accuracy before and after differential, the wide area differential method is verified to be quite valid for GEO constellation. Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10778715), the National Key Basic Research Development Program of China (Grant No. 2007CB815502), and the Scientific Research Fund of Hunan Provincial Education Department (Grant No. 08B039)     

Compact and broadband circularly polarized ring antenna with wide beam-width for multiple global navigation satellite systems

A compact and broadband circularly polarized (CP) annular ring antenna with wide beam-width is proposed for multiple global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) in the L1 band. The annular ring is excited by two modified L-probes with quadrature phase difference. It has a 36.3% 10-dB return loss bandwidth and a 13% 3-dB axial ratio bandwidth, because of the orthogonal L-probes with 90° phase difference. The measured peak gain of the antenna is 3.9 dBic. It can detect the satellites at lower elevation as its half power beam-width (HPBW) is 113° in both the x-z and y-z planes, achieving a cross-polarization level of larger than 25 dB. Noticeably, the antenna achieves 89% size reduction compared with the conventional half wavelength patch antennas. It can be used in hand-held navigation devices of multiple GNSS such as COMPASS, Galileo, GPS and GLONASS.     

Time synchronization and carrier frequency control of CAPS navigation signals generated on the ground

The Chinese Area Positioning System (CAPS) works without atomic clocks on the satellite, and the CAPS navigation signals transmitted on the ground may achieve the same effect as that with high-performance atomic clocks on the satellite. The primary means of achieving that effect is through the time synchronization and carrier frequency control of the CAPS navigation signals generated on the ground. In this paper the synchronization requirements of different time signals are analyzed by the formation of navigation signals, and the theories and methods of the time synchronization of the CAPS navigation signals generated on the ground are also introduced. According to the conditions of the high-precision satellite velocity-measurement signal source, the carrier frequency and its chains of the navigation signals are constructed. CAPS velocity measurement is realized by the expected deviation of real time control to the carrier frequency, and the precision degree of this method is also analyzed. The experimental results show that the time synchronization precision of CAPS generating signals is about 0.3 ns and the precision of the velocity measurement signal source is about 4 cm/s. This proves that the theories and methods of the generating time synchronization and carrier frequency control are workable. Supported by the Major Knowledge Innovation Programs of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. KGCX1-21), the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (Grant Nos. 2004AA105030 and 2006AA12Z314), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10453001), and the Major State Basic Research Development Program of China (Grant No. 2007CB815502)     

不同传感器精度下的地磁轮廓匹配定位性能分析

地磁基准图、地磁传感器和惯导系统的精度是影响地磁匹配系统可靠性的关键因素. 为提高地磁匹配系统的可靠性, 研究了传感器精度对地磁匹配成功率的影响; 针对不同地磁基准图, 分析了地磁传感器误差、速度误差和航向角误差对地磁匹配成功率影响的物理机理, 根据实际要求通过仿真确定了地磁匹配系统中各传感器的误差范围, 并进行了实验测试. 测试结果表明, 在地磁匹配成功率大于90%时, 速度误差<0.14 m/s, 航向角误差<0.6°, 地磁传感器标准差 <11 nT. 关键词： 地球物理场导航 地磁场 地磁轮廓匹配 性能分析     

Satellite-station time synchronization information based real-time orbit error monitoring and correction of navigation satellite in Beidou System

Satellite-station two-way time comparison is a typical design in Beidou System(BDS)which is significantly different from other satellite navigation systems.As a type of two-way time comparison method,BDS time synchronization is hardly influenced by satellite orbit error,atmosphere delay,tracking station coordinate error and measurement model error.Meanwhile,single-way time comparison can be realized through the method of Multi-satellite Precision Orbit Determination(MPOD)with pseudo-range and carrier phase of monitor receiver.It is proved in the constellation of 3GEO/2IGSO that the radial orbit error can be reflected in the difference between two-way time comparison and single-way time comparison,and that may lead to a substitute for orbit evaluation by SLR.In this article,the relation between orbit error and difference of two-way and single-way time comparison is illustrated based on the whole constellation of BDS.Considering the all-weather and real-time operation mode of two-way time comparison,the orbit error could be quantifiably monitored in a real-time mode through comparing two-way and single-way time synchronization.In addition,the orbit error can be predicted and corrected in a short time based on its periodic characteristic.It is described in the experiments of GEO and IGSO that the prediction accuracy of space signal can be obviously improved when the prediction orbit error is sent to the users through navigation message,and then the UERE including terminal error can be reduced from 0.1 m to 0.4 m while the average accuracy can be improved more than 27%.Though it is still hard to make accuracy improvement for Precision Orbit Determination(POD)and orbit prediction because of the confined tracking net and the difficulties in dynamic model optimization,in this paper,a practical method for orbit accuracy improvement is proposed based on two-way time comparison which can result in the reflection of orbit error.     

用于微光夜视系统性能评估的新方法

为了全面、科学、合理地评价夜视系统的性能指标和作战效能，避免在野外实测微光夜视仪的过程中投入大量的人力、物力和财力，在微光成像夜视系统阈值探测理论和视景仿真技术的基础上，开发了一个集计算和仿真功能于一体的应用软件，提出了采用三维视景仿真软件作为夜视系统性能评估工具的新方法。该软件可以实现对微光夜视系统夜间成像的仿真和视距的评估。以三代微光夜视观瞄系统为试验对象，对其在不同夜间环境下进行了性能评估和野外测试。通过对结果的分析和比较，证实了该评估方法是实用的。     

捷联惯性导航系统误差工程化分析方法

针对设计捷联惯性导航系统时系统指标要求合理选择惯性传感器的问题,提出一种捷联惯性导航系统误差分析方法,建立了系统在不同工作条件下的误差模型,给出了在设计捷联惯性导航系统时,纯惯性导航时间小于2 min、位置误差小于100 m时选择陀螺和加速度计的方法。     

制冷红外焦平面和热像仪的性能评价与验收

在对进口的制冷红外焦平面和红外热像仪进行性能评价与验收中,针对存在的问题,提出了一种新的基于制冷红外焦平面工作温度的简单易行的评价方法。通过测试制冷红外热像仪的两个关键指标,即制冷时间和探测器的工作温度,可以判断制冷红外热像仪是否合格,解决了在制冷红外热像仪验收过程中出现的问题。     

具有多物理特性的X射线脉冲星导航地面验证系统

导航地面验证是X射线脉冲星导航研究必不可少的环节.针对导航算法验证需要真实连续的脉冲星信号的需求,同时避免X射线调制及探测难度大、成本高的问题,提出了一种基于可见光源的X射线脉冲星导航地面验证系统.该系统利用太阳系质心处脉冲星信号模型和航天器轨道信息,建立航天器处实时光子到达速率函数,再通过硬件系统转换成电压信号,利用该电压控制线性光源输出,最后经衰减、探测及甄别后获得航天器处的实时光子到达时间序列.该时间序列不仅具有导航脉冲星的轮廓特性、自转特性,还包括空间传播时间效应及宇宙X射线背景.本系统利用半物理装置对可见光进行调制及衰减,实时判断轨道各位置处导航脉冲星的可见性,实现X射线脉冲星信号传播过程的模拟.该系统提供四路可控输出信号,支持多种导航模式的验证.仿真系统的性能分析和功能验证结果表明,该系统具有良好的性能,可提供真实便捷的地面验证环境.