空时分组编码的无人机中继通信航迹规划方法

无人机(UAV)中继通信是实现远距离点对点无线通信的一种重要技术手段。为提高无人机中继通信系统链路传输的可靠性,提出基于空时分组编码的无人机放大转发中继通信传输方案,并基于双跳链路遍历容量最大化的准则给出了无人机最佳航迹规划方法,并进一步利用FM-EM算法给出了基于空时分组编码无人机中继通信系统的中断概率及遍历信道容量计算公式。计算机仿真表明:提出的方法显著优于传统的单发单收(SISO)无人机中继通信系统。     

认知协作Ad Hoc网络中分布路由跨层控制策略

认知无线电Ad Hoc网络中,吞吐量最大化是一个关键的挑战.为了实现这一目标,协同传输是前景看好的技术,利用在每个空间节点的多样性中继链路以增加性能,特别是在无线环境中由于不同的信道质量、有限的能源和带宽资源,这种想法是有吸引力的.文章在分布式动态环境下,研究了联合动态路由.中继分配和频谱分配分布式和本地算法,提出了一...     

Mobility control of unmanned aerial vehicle as communication relay in airborne multi-user systems

In this paper, a model-based adaptive mobility control method for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle(UAV) acting as a communication relay is presented, which is intended to improve the network performance in airborne multi-user systems. The mobility control problem is addressed by jointly considering unknown Radio Frequency(RF) channel parameters, unknown multi-user mobility, and non-available Angle of Arrival(AoA) information of the received signal. A Kalman filter and a least-square-based estimation algorithm are used to predict the future user positions and estimate the RF channel parameters between the users and the UAV, respectively. Two different relay application cases are considered: end-to-end and multi-user communications. A line search algorithm is proposed for the former, with its stability given and proven, whereas a simplified gradient-based algorithm is proposed for the latter to provide a target relay position at each decision time step, decreasing the two-dimensional search to a one-dimensional search. Simulation results show that the proposed mobility control algorithms can drive the UAV to reach or track the optimal relay position movement, as well as improving network performance. The proposed method reflects the properties of using different metrics as objective network performance functions.     

Relay selection in cooperative communication systems over continuous time-varying fading channel

In this paper, we study relay selection under outdated channel state information (CSI) in a decode-and-forward (DF) cooperative system. Unlike previous researches on cooperative commu-nication under outdated CSI, we consider that the channel varies continuously over time, i.e., the channel not only changes between relay selection and data transmission but also changes during data transmission. Thus the level of accuracy of the CSI used in relay selection degrades with data transmission. We first evaluate the packet error rate (PER) of the cooperative system under contin-uous time-varying fading channel, and find that the PER performance deteriorates more seriously under continuous time-varying fading channel than when the channel is assumed to be constant during data transmission. Then, we propose a repeated relay selection (RRS) strategy to improve the PER performance, in which the forwarded data is divided into multiple segments and relay is reselected before the transmission of each segment based on the updated CSI. Finally, we propose a combined relay selection (CRS) strategy which takes advantage of three different relay selection strategies to further mitigate the impact of outdated CSI.     

Relay selection based on MAP estimation for cooperative communication with outdated channel state information

In this paper, we consider an amplify-and-forward (AF) cooperative communication system when the channel state information (CSI) used in relay selection differs from that during data transmission, i.e., the CSI used in relay selection is outdated. The selected relay may not be actually the best for data transmission and the outage performance of the cooperative system will deteriorate. To improve its performance, we propose a relay selection strategy based on maximum a posteriori (MAP) estimation, where relay is selected based on predicted signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). To reduce the computation complexity, we approximate the a posteriori probability density of SNR and obtain a closed-form predicted SNR, and a relay selection strategy based on the approximate MAP estimation (RS-AMAP) is proposed. The simulation results show that this approximation leads to trivial performance loss from the perspective of outage probability. Compared with relay selection strategies given in the literature, the outage probability is reduced largely through RS-AMAP for medium-to-large transmitting powers and medium-to-high channel correlation coefficients.     

Achieving the capacity of half-duplex degraded relay channels using polar coding

In this paper, a novel transmission protocol based on polar coding is proposed for the half-duplex degraded relay channel. In the proposed protocol, referred to as the partial message relaying, the relay only needs to forward a part of the decoded source message that the destination needs according to the exquisite nested structure of polar codes. Theoretically, it is proved that the scheme can achieve the capacity of the half-duplex relay channel under the decode-and-forward （DF） cooperation strategy while enjoying low encoding/decoding complexity. Practically, in order to minimize the global transmission power, the optimization of the power allocation is performed between the source and the relay by using information theoretic tools. Furthermore, a joint iterative soft parallel interference cancellation receiver structure is developed to suit to the proposed scheme. Simulation results show that the proposed scheme outperforms the conventional scheme designed by low-density parity-check （LDPC） codes.     

无人机编队支撑网络的协同通信中继策略

针对无人机编队支撑网络优化选择中继成员进而提高编队协同通信能力问题，基于端到端技术（Device-to-Device，D2D），提出了一种同时考虑无人机编队成员的邻近域及编队成员间的社会性依存关系来优化选择中继成员的中继策略，旨在既能保证无人机编队的基本通信能力，又能同时优化提高编队的吞吐量，从而进一步提升编队支撑网络的整体性能。研究结果表明，所提的无人机编队支撑网络中继成员优化选择策略在系统吞吐量方面较已有方法具有明显优势。     

飞行器进近中的自适应协同传输与节点选择

针对单中继非再生放大转发(AF)的进近飞行器协同传输网络,在给出系统模型后,推导并分析了系统的输出信噪比(SNR)表达式,得到了中继节点参与协同传输的条件,提出了一种自适应的协同传输方案.目的节点判断是否采用中继传输并将结果发送到中继节点,中继节点根据接收到的信息调整传输模式.在此基础上,针对多节点正交性协同传输会显著...     

一种基于QoS的自适应混合协同传输方法及性能分析

理想的混合协同传输系统中,所有的中继节点都参与译码,将带来计算复杂度的提高、节点资源消耗的增加以及信息传输时延的增大。针对多节点的协同无线传输网络,提出了一种基于服务质量(Quality of Service, QoS)的自适应混合协同传输方法,并进行了性能分析,给出了系统误码率(Symbol Error Rate, SER)及中断概率的闭合表达式。该方法根据目的节点的QoS需求以及中继节点的信噪比(SNR)门限,动态地调整中继节点的传输模式,能够减小系统能耗,延长节点使用寿命。数值及仿真结果表明,基于中继节点信噪比门限的混合协同传输能够以较低的实现复杂度获得与理想的混合协同传输相近的性能,理论的性能分析结果与实际仿真结果相一致。     

基于喷泉编码的中继信道协作方案

首先给出了二进制删除中继信道下基于喷泉编码的多种协作方案,并依性能得出了最优方案,此后借鉴渐近最优喷泉编码的概念,将该最优协作方案扩展到无线中继信道中,并利用排队理论实现了中继节点的最优流量控制,给出了无线中继信道下的中继流控制协作方案。仿真结果表明,基于喷泉编码的中继信道协作方案有效地解决了中继缓存溢出问题,提高了信道的可达速率。     

Cooperative Routing for Maximizing Network Performance of Wireless Networks

To greatly increase spectral efficiency and improve network performance in wireless networks,a novel cooperative routing algorithm,namely maximum throughput cooperative routing(MTCR) algorithm,is proposed.According to cooperative link model,throughput analysis is presented to evaluate performance improvement in the process of exploiting cooperative commu-nication from physical layer to higher layer.Taking the throughput improvement as performance metric,a cooperative relay se-lection scheme is developed.Finally,based on the route constructed by adaptive forwarding cluster routing(AFCR) algorithm,each node on the route selects the optimum cooperative node from all the potential cooperative nodes to construct the coopera-tive link with maximum throughput so that cooperative route with maximum network throughput from source to destination can be set up.Simulation results show that compared with the noncooperative routing algorithm and minimum power selection de-code-and-forward(MPSDF) routing algorithm,the proposed algorithm can obviously improve network throughput in the pres-ence of low transmission power,large number of nodes and high spectral efficiency.     

Ergodic sum rate for uplink NOMA transmission in satellite-aerial-ground integrated networks

The application of Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA) technology into satellite-aerial-ground integrated networks can meet the requirements of ultra-high rate and massive connectivity for the Sixth-Generation (6G) communication systems. We consider an uplink NOMA scenario for such a satellite-aerial-ground integrated network where multiple users communicate with satellite under the help of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) as an aerial relay equipped with a phased array. Supposing that buffer-aided decode-and-forward protocol is adopted at the UAV relay, we first formulate an optimization problem to maximize Ergodic Sum Rate (ESR) of the considered system subject to individual power constraint and quality-of-service constraint of each user. Then, with known imperfect channel state information of each user, we propose a joint power allocation and robust Beam Forming (BF) iterative algorithm to maximize ESR for the user-to-UAV link. Besides, to take the advantages of Free-Space Optical (FSO) and millimeter Wave (mmWave) communications, we present a switch-based hybrid FSO/mmWave scheme and a robust BF algorithm for the UAV-to-satellite link to achieve higher rate. Moreover, a closed-form ESR expression is derived. Finally, the effectiveness and correctness of the proposed solutions are verified by numerical simulations, and the performance evaluation results show that the proposed solutions not only achieve performance enhancement and robustness, but also outperform the orthogonal multiple access significantly.     

Optimization of beamforming and path planning for UAV-assisted wireless relay networks

Recently, unmanned aerial vehicles （UAVs） acting as relay platforms have attracted considerable attention due to the advantages of extending coverage and improving connectivity for long-range communications. Specifically, in the scenario where the access point （AP） is mobile, a UAV needs to find an efficient path to guarantee the connectivity of the relay link. Motivated by this fact, this paper proposes an optimal design for beamforming （BF） and UAV path planning. First of all, we study a dual-hop amplify-and-forward （AF） wireless relay network, in which a UAV is used as relay between a mobile AP and a fixed base station （BS）. In the network, both of the AP and the BS are equipped with multiple antennas, whereas the UAV has a single antenna. Then, we obtain the output signal~to-noise ratio （SNR） of the dual-hop relay network. Based on the criterion of maximizing the output SNR, we develop an optimal design to obtain the solution of the optimal BF weight vector and the UAV heading angle. Next, we derive the closed-form outage probability （OP） expression to investigate the performance of the dual-hop relay network conveniently. Finally, computer simulations show that the proposed approach can obtain nearly optimal flying path and OP performance, indicating the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm. Furthermore, we find that increasing the antenna number at the BS or the maximal heading angle can significantly improve the performance of the considered relay network.     

多导弹齐射攻击协同制导(英文)

Cooperative guidance problems of multiple missiles are considered in this article. A cooperative guidance scheme, where coordination algorithms and local guidance laws are combined together, is proposed. This scheme actually builds up a hierarchical cooperative guidance architecture, which may provide a general solution to the multimissile cooperative guidance problems. In the case of salvo attacks which require missiles to hit the target simultaneously, both centralized and distributed coordination algorithms are derived based on the impact-time-control guidance （ITCG） law. Numerical simulations are performed to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approaches.     

频率选择性衰落信道DS-CDMA无人机中继通信系统航迹规划

无人机中继通信是实现远距离无线通信的一种重要技术手段，无人机的飞行航迹对无人机中继通信系统的链路传输可靠性存在显著的影响，在频率选择性衰落信道环境下研究了基于直序列码分多址（DS-CDMA）的无人机中继通信系统的航迹优化的问题。首先，给出了基于DS-CDMA的译码转发无人机中继通信系统的模型，并理论分析给出无人机中继通信系统的链路中断概率及平均误码率计算公式，以此为基础，基于链路中断概率最小化准则提出了中继无人机的航迹规划方法，最后通过仿真验证了所提出方法的正确性与有效性。研究表明：最大比值合并DS-CDMA无人机中继通信系统可充分获取频率选择性衰落信道提供的分集增益，显著改善链路传输的可靠性。     

基于Modbus协议的通信软件设计

分析Modbus协议的ASCII模式通信,设计ASCII信息帧的结构,采用C#语言中的SerialPort控件实现Modbus协议的串口通信软件,经过和C805lF330单片机开发板的多次运行测试,结果表明主-从机通信过程稳定性好,ASCII信息数据传输安全可靠,实现了Modbus协议的主从式通信。     

Energy-efficiency maximization for fixed-wing UAV-enabled relay network with circular trajectory

With the development of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), the applications of UAVs have been extensively explored. In the field of wireless communications, the relay nodes are often used to extend network coverage. However, traditional fixed ground relays cannot be flexibly deployed due to their low heights and fixed locations. Hence, deploying UAV as relay node is a promising solution and has become a research hotspot. In this paper, we consider an UAV-enabled relaying network in which a fixed-wing UAV is deployed between the Base Station (BS) and Ground Users (GUs). We study the energy-efficiency gap between the link “BS-UAV-GUs” and the link “BS-GUs”, and jointly optimize UAV relay transmission power and flight radius to achieve the highest energy-efficiency. Firstly, the UAV/BS-GUs channels models and the UAV energy consumption model are built. Secondly, the optimization objective function is formulated to maximize the energy-efficiency gap. Then, the solution of the optimization problem is divided into a two-step iteration process, in which the UAV relay transmission power and flight radius are adjusted to maximize the energy-efficiency gap. Finally, the experimental results under different simulation scenarios (such as cities, forests, deserts, oceans, etc.) are shown to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm. The results show that the proposed algorithm can always find the optimal UAV relay transmission power and flight radius settings, and achieve the largest energy-efficiency gap. The convergency speed of the proposed algorithm is fast, and can obtain the optimal solution within only a few iterations.     

Networks of low-Earth orbit store-and-forward satellites

A slotted multiaccess protocol is proposed for networks of low-Earth orbit store-and-forward communications satellites. Networks of this type would provide communication between low cost geographically distributed Earth stations, and would be particularly attractive in areas where conventional terrestrial communications systems were not available. Applications of this type include data acquisition and remote process monitoring. The proposed protocol incorporates time division multiplexing (TDM) on the downlink, slotted Aloha with collision resolution on the uplink, and an automatic repeat request (ARQ) algorithm. Since the network connectivity is intermittent, analysis of networks of this type is difficult. Nevertheless, relationships among the performance parameters for a general network are deduced, and performance of three particular network configurations is studied via simulation     

Effects of mutual coupling on the performance of STAP antennaarrays

The effect of mutual coupling on the performance of space-time adaptive processing (STAP) antenna arrays is investigated. A signal model that includes the effects of mutual coupling is derived and used to compute the optimum solution for the fully adaptive and a variety of partially adaptive algorithms. The simulations indicate that if the mutual coupling is not properly accounted for there is significant degradation of the signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR). In addition, the clutter notch is widened resulting in a larger minimum detectable velocity (MDV) of the target. When the mutual coupling is properly accounted for, the performance can be restored to the ideal level. However, STAP algorithms, in general, are very sensitive to errors in the mutual coupling matrix, requiring a very complete knowledge of this matrix for good performance. Of all the algorithms considered here, beam space algorithms appear to be the most robust with respect to uncertainties in the mutual coupling matrix     

Optimum selection of error control coding using neural networks

Significant performance improvements may be obtained in digital communication systems if error control coding is properly applied. However, selection of a coding scheme for specific applications is often a complicated task. The choice is affected by a set of system design goals. Some of these goals impose case-dependent conflicting requirements. Similar scheme selection problems exist in many engineering system design processes. A knowledge-combined neural network approach is developed and applied to optimum coding selection. The proposed approach utilizes a neural network trained not only by precedent examples but also by knowledge rules to draw conclusions. It is shown that artificial neural networks (ANNs) can provide effective solutions to the problems encountered in building systems that emulate a coding specialist's expertise