An Automatic Timing Receiver System Based on the Loran-C Navigational Network

This paper describes some new concepts in dealing with the circuitry for Loran-C automatic timing systems. The conventional analog techniques associated with phase-adjusting networks have been replaced by an incremental digital phase-shifting device. The Loran-C period generator includes facilities for delay compensation by means of an epoch monitor producing a 1-Hz output coincident with the master station TOC (time of coincidence). The required initial time information has to be accurate within ± 20 ms. The automatic format identification and decoding equipment together form a system which takes into account the information of every Loran-C pulse. Owing to the use of digital signal treatment, the synchronization accuracy is limited only by the resolution of the incremental phase shift. The automatic cycle selection device is based on sampling techniques where the derivative of the envelope is calculated. The time of coincidence has to be precalculated and fed into the thumbwheel memory of the epoch monitor, which is automatically initiated when the synchronizing operations are concluded. For VLBI purposes and transcontinental use, the accuracy of this system will be better than 1 ?s when post corrections, supplied by the U.S. Naval Observatory, are taken into account.     

船用时统设备NTP网络授时服务的实现

为了满足船用入网设备多样化的用时需求,并保证船舶系统内部时间的一致性和准确性,在满足船用时间统一系统特点的基础上,设计了一种具有NTP网络授时功能的船用时统设备,增强了船用时统设备的通用性。时统设备作为船舶系统的NTP 1级授时服务器,基于NTP向用时用户同步时间。根据实际使用环境,给出了NTP网络授时最简方案,并对NTP授时精度进行了实验验证。实验结果表明,该设备NTP授时方式满足船舶用时设备需求,授时精度优于450μs。     

Radar Altimeter Optimization for Geodesy Over the Sea

The optimum processor and its accuracy limit for radar altimetry for geodetic use over the sea are studied with a model accounting for random surface reflectivity, sea height variation, additive noise, and pointing errors, and allowing for arbitrary antenna patterns, signal modulations, and other system parameters. The ?threshold? case solution (which can have any specified accuracy) dictates a signal modulation bandwidth just shy of resolving the sea height variation and/or illuminated sea area (as scaled into time delay and ?smeared? by pointing errors). For such a modulation a relatively complete solution is obtained. These results are used to determine practical radar altimeter designs, additionally accounting for antenna size, stability, and peak power restraints. Conditions allowing neglecting of limiting or complicating effects due to temporally varying reflectivity, sea height, and vehicle position are given and shown to be satisfied for a typical satellite.     

GNSS多系统RTK授时性能分析

RTK授时不依赖实时精密星历，精度高、实现简单，在短距离精密授时与时间同步中具有突出的应用潜力。针对城域环境下单系统RTK授时可能面临可用卫星数量较少、收敛时间较长等问题，验证分析了GNSS多系统RTK授时性能。基于中国科学院国家授时中心时间频率资源和3个GNSS跟踪站的BDS-3、GPS和Galileo观测数据开展多系统RTK授时试验，涉及动态、静态和固定站坐标3种模式，并从授时精度、收敛时间和稳定度3个方面展开分析。两条基线的试验结果表明：与光纤双向时间频率传递结果相比，动态模式下，多系统单频授时差异STD较GPS单系统分别提高9.13%和9.01%，静态模式分别提高6.09%和11.76%，固定站坐标模式分别提高3.04%和5.79%，多系统单频RTK授时的授时结果差异STD优于0.25 ns，双频优于0.15 ns；多系统融合使得RTK授时的收敛时间与GPS单系统相比至少缩短25%以上，静态模式下双频RTK收敛时间缩短最多，两条基线分别缩短66.9%和67.8%；3种模式多系统站间钟差的万秒稳均进入10-15量级，动态模式和静态模式下短期稳定度相比GPS单系统有明显改善，但随着平均时间的增长，这种改善也在逐渐减弱。试验结果可为城域环境下GNSS多系统RTK授时的应用推广提供一定的参考。     

基于AFDX网络的时间同步分析与实现

时间同步技术对分布式网络是不可缺少的。根据AFDX网络的完整性、冗余性等特点,提出一种AFDX网络时间同步模型和实现方法。分析了时间同步过程中产生的时间延迟,并提出两种延迟补偿方法,分别为一次性补偿法和分段补偿法。对两种时间延迟补偿方法进行对比后,采用较为理想的分段补偿法给出AFDX网络的时间同步实现。提出一种时间同步精度的测量方法,并对AFDX网络的时间同步进行了实验和测量。结果表明,方法具有较高的同步精度,能够满足AFDX网络的使用要求。     

电离层对单频卫星导航系统伪距差分定位的影响

用计算机仿真方法 ,给出了单频卫星导航系统伪距差分后 ,定位误差受电离层影响的一些结果。伪距差分定位能够校正电离层时延误差 ,但校正精度随用户与基准站到同一颗卫星倾斜因子的不同而不同。为此 ,提出了一种改进的伪距差分方法。仿真结果表明 ,改进后有明显效果     

甚高频空地数据链信道访问模型及性能分析

在建立甚高频空地数据链信道访问状态模型的基础上,利用连续时间的马尔可夫链模型和ＣＳＭＡ矩阵分析方法,分析了空地数据包试图发送率、信道传输检测时间对数据链性能的影响,对不同用户访问规律、不同的数据包发送用户数下的信道吞吐量和报文数据延时等性能指标进行数值模拟,结果表明,用户数目、重传率及信道检测时间对数据链性能有显著影响。     

Real Time Satellite Position Determination for TDMA Systems

A real time satellite position determination method using a single reference station is presented. The satellite position is determined from these three parameters: the distance between the reference station and the satellite that can be obtained by a single-hop measurement, the elevation angle, and the azimuth angle obtained from the antenna encoder. The error of the transmit frame delay is determined from the position equations, together with other possible errors. The accuracy is about ± 42 symbols for a 90 Mbit/s timedivision multiple access (TDMA) system using an encoder with a ± 0.001 ? resolution.     

Frequency steering of spaceborne clocks based on XPNAV-1 observations

Due to high stable rotations, timing of pulsars provides a natural tool to correct the frequency deviation of spaceborne atomic clocks. Based on processing the observational data about a year of Crab pulsar given by XPNAV-1 satellite, we study the possibility of correcting the frequency deviation of spaceborne atomic clocks using pulsar timing. According to the observational data in X-ray band and the timing model parameters from radio observations, the pre-fit timing residuals with a level of 6...     

数字卫星电视授时方法及其研究进展

为丰富和完善国家时间频率体系建设,提高现有定位导航与授时(PNT)体系的服务能力,中国科学院国家授时中心开展了基于数字卫星电视信号的授时方法研究,并搭建了一套数字卫星电视授时系统,实际测试结果表明其定时精度优于50ns(均方根).首先综述了数字卫星电视授时方法中的理论框架及其若干关键技术问题,然后介绍了在提高授时精度方面的研究进展,最后指出了数字卫星电视授时方法的应用场景和由此方法衍生出的电视卫星测定轨、目标定位等应用前景,并展望了未来的研究方向.     

卫星双向时间比对的设备时延标定方法

卫星双向时间比对的设备时延包含在伪码测距的测量值之中,精确标定设备时延是提升卫星双向时间比对精度的关键。针对卫星双向时间比对中的设备时延标定问题,提出了一种基于同源零基线测量的设备时延标定方法,将中国科学院国家授时中心的1套3.7m天线地面站和2套5m天线地面站并址安装,3套地面站同时进行卫星双向时间比对模式的观测,以此来标定3套地面站之间的设备时延相对值。试验结果表明,该方法可使设备时延标定的精度达到亚ns量级,能有效减小设备时延对卫星双向时间比对精度的影响,对于多个地面站站间时间比对具有一定的实际意义。     

陆基无线电授时系统信号分析与解算

时间应用的广泛性以及授时战的提出，使国家更加重视授时服务体系的完备性以及灵活性。为顺应授时战要求，从我国整体授时体系出发，简单介绍授时系统的工作原理，从多方面对比各类授时系统；主要分析了我国陆基无线电授时系统的发播程序以及信号格式等，对BPM短波呼号以及时码结构进行补充与修正，并讲解对陆基无线电授时信号的解算过程，利用实际试验验证解算方法的可行性；最后根据我国目前授时体系的现状以及授时战的要求，给出应对授时战的技术路线，对未来我国授时体系发展方向提出建议。     

Real-Time Motion Desmearing of Airborne Imagery

This paper considers the real-time ?desmearing? of motion- ?smeared? imagery telemetered from an airborne platform. The specific configuration considered is the direct raster scan readout of a satellite-mounted vidicon. Three types of smearing are considered: 1) linear uniform smearing, 2) linear nonuniform smearing, and 3) nonlinear smearing. The simplest type of smearing, linear uniform, has as its desmearing or inverse filter a circulating delay line (CDL) cascaded with a differentiator. An error analysis of this filter is presented along with an experimental simulation. Linear, non-uniform smearing characterized by the operator begin{equation*}int^{t}_{t-delta(t)}I(tau){ }{dtau}end{equation*} is considered next. Two possible realizations for the inverse filter are discussed as to accuracy and practicality. Finally, an error analysis is performed for the nonlinear smearing that results from a skewing of the raster scan.     

基于人工神经网络的多模型目标跟踪算法

针对在目标跟踪中单模型跟踪算法难以应对目标运动形式的变化,而多模型跟踪算法存在结构固定、跟踪精度被非匹配模型削弱且模型切换缓慢的矛盾,文章提出了一种基于人工神经网络的多模型目标跟踪算法。通过分析目标几种基本运动模式的轨迹特点,归纳出目标运动轨迹的特征向量。利用训练好的BP神经网络对滑窗里的轨迹段进行运动模型识别,按结果进行跟踪模型切换,达到使跟踪算法实时适应目标运动状态的目的。仿真结果证明了该算法的有效性,且与传统的多模型算法相比,具有结构更加简单、更强的灵活性和拓展性的特点。     

Quick position determination using 1 or 2 LEO satellites

We describe an approach for a medium accuracy position determination of a user terminal (UT) on the Earth surface, using one or two low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites. The positioning approach is intended to meet the requirements of a worldwide personal communications system using LEO satellites. The basic two requirements are: (1) immediate positioning, and (2) horizontal position accuracy of the order of 10 km. Those requirements stem from the need of the system to know the user's approximate location before it connects his call. The approach makes use of the two-way communication with the UT, which can receive, transmit, and make its own measurements. Delay and Doppler measurements are used in order to enable instantaneous positioning with one satellite, and in order to achieve unambiguous positioning with two satellites. A simplified Globalstar satellite constellation and the expected Globalstar delay and frequency measurement accuracy are used to demonstrate the concept and to evaluate its performances     

差分码偏差对PPP授时精度影响的研究

论文分析了不同机构差分码偏差(DCB)产品的天稳性.选取了2个外接氢原子钟的测站进行实验,以国际GNSS服务组织(IGS)发布的接收机钟差为参考值,分析了不同机构DCB产品对2个测站PPP授时精度的影响.实验结果表明:1)不同机构DCB产品的天稳性差异不大,中国科学院天稳性略优于德国宇航中心;2)2个测站使用不同机构的DCB产品估计钟差的均方差(RMS)和时间偏差(Bias)均优于0.4ns,其中中国科学院产品精度最高,RMS和Bias均优于0.2ns;德国宇航中心和欧洲定轨中心精度略差,但也能够达到亚纳秒级,可为下一步推广PPP授时应用提供一定的参考.     

Analysis of Warning Times For Collision Avoidance Systems

The time required to execute a successful escape maneuver must be deduced from considerations of the following times: time required to gain adequate altitude separation, delay time due to pilot reaction, aircraft servo-system delay, delay due to missed data, delay due to data arrival time, alarm delay due to ? errors, time to stop turning, and time to level off. Since each of these times is a random variable, the required escape time must be determined in a probabilistic sense. By assigning appropriate probability density functions to each of the times involved, formulas are derived for the escape times required by the CAS hazard logic. The results of a simulation of 10 000 aircraft encounters verify the suitability of the formulas.     

导航辅助下基于LAS码的天基多目标测控

中继卫星的天基测控是解决中低轨道航天器大范围、长时间、多目标测控的有效途径,但用户星到中继卫星的时延误差、多普勒频移校正误差等参数会对多目标测控带来干扰。针对该问题,首先分析了定位误差引起的时延误差、多普勒频移校正误差等因素,设计了天基多目标前向链路遥控SMA(S-band Multiple Access,S频段多址)信号形式和反向遥测链路SMA信号形式,选择与时延校正误差相匹配的LAS(Large Area Synchronous,大区域同步)码作为反向遥测信息的扩频码,建立了导航辅助的终端时延和频率预校正方案模型,可以有效消除多用户干扰。仿真表明,当Eb/N0≥10.5dB时,前向遥控信息误码率pe≤1×10~(-6),反向遥测信息误码率pe≤1×10~(-6),使用LAS码比Gold序列约有2dB性能改善,为基于我国天链卫星的中低轨道卫星稳定运行、载人航天交会对接以及后续空间站建设等任务的测控提供重要参考。     

Satellite inclination effects on UHF Satcom operation

The cause, magnitude, and time variance of satellite inclination are examined in light of the effects on military UHF SATCOM operation. The effects on required demodulator acquisition range, earth coverage footprint, and user terminal antenna pointing accuracy are considered. It is shown that the allowable satellite inclination to maximize on-orbit lifetime is not based on earth-terminal antenna pointing accuracy, but on allowable loss of high-latitude satellite coverage area. Worst-case Doppler shift for a UHF military satellite is 85-Hz uplink and 67-Hz downlink for a 5° SATCOM user elevation angle and 10° of satellite inclination. This amount of inclination is a reasonable allowance for station-keeping, to minimize thruster fuel and thus maximize satellite life. It is also shown that uplink Doppler frequency shift due to satellite inclination may be corrected based on satellite ephemeris data and rough user terminal location data     

基于北斗三号的多区域实时动态授时服务系统

面向新一代移动通信和物联网等领域对高精度、低成本授时的需求,针对典型的实时动态授时服务只能单区域覆盖的问题,提出了一种基于北斗的多区域实时动态精密授时服务系统.该系统由标准时间、时间基准站、高精度时间频率实时传递链路、数据中心和时间用户等部分组成,可实现标准时间实时动态授时服务的全国多区域覆盖.依托中国科学院国家授时中心时间频率和卫星导航平台建立了原型系统,并基于多天的北斗三号新体制信号观测数据开展了试验验证.试验结果表明,短基线授时精度优于0.2ns,频率稳定度万秒稳在10-15量级;零基线授时精度可达0.02ns,频率稳定度万秒稳在10-16量级.基于北斗的多区域实时动态精密授时服务系统具备技术可行性,可为北斗精密时间应用提供参考.