A Comparison of Binary Delay-Lock Tracking-Loop Implementations

The delay-lock loop is a device for tracking the delay difference between two correlated waveforms. It is used as a synchronizing loop for binary communications and tracking. The delay tracking performance is derived for various radio-frequency implementations of the binary delay-lock loop. Amplitude and biphase modulation by pseudorandom sequences are considered. Three types of receivers are analyzed for each modulation: envelope correlation, phase-coherent correlation, and phase-lock demodulation followed by video correlation.     

The Effect of Hard Limiting an Angle-Modulated Signal Plus Noise

The effect of hard limiting an angle-modulated signal plus narrow-band Gaussian noise is analyzed. Several examples are considered?sinusoidal angle modulation, Gaussian angle modulation, and biphase angle modulation. The general conclusion is that when a zonal band-pass filter is used, which rejects dc and second harmonics, an angle-modulated signal plus Gaussian noise provides the same output signal-to-noise ratio as shown by Davenport for a CW signal plus Gaussian noise. However, when a narrow bandpass filter is used, which has a bandwidth approximately equal to the input angle-modulated signal, an angle-modulated signal plus Gaussian noise has a better output signal-to-noise ratio than a CW signal plus Gaussian noise.     

Cyclic code shift keying: a low probability of intercept communication technique

A low probability of intercept (LPI), or low probability of detection (LPD) communication technique known as cyclic code shift keying (CCSK) is described. We discuss the basic concepts of CCSK and describe a system based on the use of random or pseudorandom codes for biphase modulation. We use simulation to show that the bit error rate (BER) for CCSK can be closely estimated by using existing equations that apply to M-ary orthogonal signaling (MOS). Also, we show that significantly fewer computations are required for CCSK than for MOS when the number of bits per symbol is the same. We show that using biphase modulation results in waveforms that have a large time-bandwidth product and very low input signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and thus inherently have an LPI by a radiometer. We evaluate detection by a radiometer and show that LPI can be achieved by using codes of lengths greater than about 2/sup 12/ (i.e., by transmitting more than about 12 bits per symbol). Results illustrate the effect that the CCSK symbol length and error probability, and the radiometer integration time and probability of false alarm (PFA), have on detection by a radiometer. We describe a variation of CCSK called truncated CCSK (TCCSK). In this system, the code of length 2/sup k/ is cyclically shifted, then truncated and transmitted. Although shortened, the truncated code still represents k bits of information, thus leading to an increased data rate. We evaluate radiometer detection of TCCSK and it is shown that the probability of detection is increased compared with the detection of CCSK.     

基于二相编码的探测干扰一体化信号波形设计与仿真

如今,在信号处理技术飞速发展的背景下,针对传统的雷达信号设计暴露出的功能单一、低截获性能差以及距离速度分辨力较低等问题,构建了 1种基于十三位巴克码的探测干扰一体化信号波形。文中对其调制原理进行了分析,对其中的二相编码序列分量、伪随机码序列分量进行自相关函数特征分析,并分别从模糊函数、功率谱角度分析其探测特性和干扰特性。仿真实验证明,探测干扰一体化信号样式相较于单一调制的十三位巴克码信号具有较好的模糊函数和功率谱特性,在保持二相编码信号良好的多普勒敏感特性基础上,具有更好的距离分辨力以及更 大的干扰带宽。     

Effects of Doppler Mismatch on Combined Barker Codes

The output response of a matched filter for several cases of combined Barker codes is computed for various amounts of Doppler mismatch. It is shown that combined Barker codes, like conventional Barker codes, are extremely sensitive to Doppler shift.     

Spectral Energy Requirements and Adjacent-Channel Crosstalk in CAS

Four-frequency channels avoid the prior slot interference that handicaps single-frequency collision avoidance systems of equal message-slot capacity. Crosstalk between adjacent frequency channels is adequately limited If the receiver response to adjacent-channel signals is attenuated at least 52 dB. With 5-MHz channel separation, 48-dB crosstalk rejection was achieved in a test receiver by restricting the RF pulse rise time and decay time to 0.2 ?s minimum. Crosstalk resulting from biphase modulation can be effectively attenuated by limiting the minimum envelope transition time to 0.2 ?s. The effect of pulse rise time and decay time on the energy density spectrum is discussed.     

Range Sidelobe Suppression for Barker Codes

The utility of Barker-type phase-reversal codes is extended by the use of sidelobe suppression techniques that can be easily implemented in digital form. It is shown that sidelobe suppression techniques can be found where the tapped delay line used to reduce the sidelobes has only a few distinct tap weights, in which case the complexity of the digital processor is greatly reduced. An example is given where the technique is applied to Barker codes with positive sidelobes, specifically, the 13-element Barker code. If higher pulse compression factors are desired than are obtainable with Barker codes, multistage Barker codes may be used. The sidelobes then may be suppressed for any one or all of the different coding stages.     

基带滤波调制技术深空测控应用性能分析

深空测控的下行链路包括测控和数传2种典型的传输信道,其中数传信道一般具有发射功率大和数据传输速率高的特点,其带外辐射容易对测控信道产生干扰。以典型月球探测器为例,分析比较了数传信道采用常规BPSK（二进制相移键控）调制和基带滤波BPSK调制时,对测控信道的带外辐射影响,并对基带滤波BPSK调制的误码率性能进行了仿真分析,相应结论对未来深空探测任务测控系统总体设计具有十分重要的参考意义。     

A Delay-Lock Loop for Tracking Pulsed-Envelope Signals

A sampled-data delay-lock loop (SDDLL) which tracks the arrival time of a biphase modulated, pulsed-envelope RF signal is described. A pseudo-noise (PN) code generator is used as the modulation source as in conventional delay-lock loop tracking devices. Time base shifting of the loop's local clock is performed by digital means. The technique permits the use of a stable-frequency clock to maintain accurate timing between timing correction instants. An expression is derived for the standard deviation of the timing error due to additive Gaussian noise at the SDDLL input. Experimental results are then given which include the effects of control-system quantization error on timing jitter. Assuming that the errors due to input noise and quantized timing corrections are independent and additive, the theoretical and experimental results agree to within approximately one decibel.     

空地数据链自适应编码调制方法研究

针对空地数据链高效可靠的传输要求,本文研究了空地数据链自适应编码调制方法。该方法基于码率可变的Turbo码,传输信道模型解算与加栽,最大似然信道估计,自适应判决门限的确定等技术,在微波暗室环境内模拟了空地数据链的通信。仿真结果表明：在误码率为10^-5时,自适应编码调制方法能够根据信道状况自适应调整编码与调制模式,较大...     

CAS Message Format

The collision avoidance system (CAS) defined by the ATA provides for the exchange of range, range-rate, and altitude data, as well as the less significant items of altitude rate and north-south and east-west velocity vector data. This paper discusses the CAS message format and presents data (based on McDonnell-Douglas in-flight experience with its EROS system) on the accuracy of gathering the CAS data.     

ACARS原理分析

本文着重分析了 ACARS 工作原理,论证了调制体制的优越性,对微机控制下链信息发射的软件流程进行了模拟设计。     

飞船测控跟踪功能备份方案设计与实现

针对＂神舟＂飞船测控跟踪功能没有备份的难题,首次提出利用FM（调频）跟踪接收机跟踪接收数传信号来实现跟踪功能备份。从数传信号调制特性、FM跟踪接收机组成及载波接收解调3个方面进行了理论分析,并通过FM跟踪接收机的数传信号接收解调、静态跟踪和动态跟踪试验验证了该方案的可行性和有效性。该技术在不增加辅助设备功能的基础上,通过船载测控设备中FM跟踪接收机来实现对飞船跟踪功能的备份,显著降低对飞船目标跟踪失效的风险。     

基于C8051单片机的多路温度无线遥测系统

基于C8051F020单片机和DTD465无线数传模块设计了多路温度双向无线遥测系统.温度测量采用铂电阻;无线数传模块基于FSK调制,采用高效前向纠错信道编码技术;系统为低功耗设计.介绍了测量站和主控站的软件,以及数据通信协议.系统已成功地应用于汽车导航实验中,使用结果表明,本系统软硬件设计完善,可靠性高,使用方便.     

Modified Barker and Huffman Sequences in Combination Codes

lt is possible that usable combination codes can be obtained if Barker and Huffman sequences are chosen as the inner and outer codes. lt is shown that an improvement in either energy efficiency or time sidelobe structure will result either from a modification of a Huffman sequence or from a modification of a Barker sequence. Results are given for a combination code of length 91, with inner and outer codes of length 7 and 13.     

瘤状冰结冰过程的数值模拟

提出了一种可考虑粗糙度影响的瘤状冰结冰过程数值模拟方法。结合欧拉坐标系下空气-过冷水滴两相流动控制方程的计算,对飞机机翼在不同温度下的瘤状冰结冰过程进行了数值模拟,得到了NACA0012翼型4°攻角下结冰表面的瘤状冰冰形。通过与实验数据对比,表明该的方法是有效的。      

Optimum Mismatched Filters for Sidelobe Suppression

This paper discusses the application of least-mean-squares approximate inverse filtering techniques to radar range sidelobe reduction. The method is illustrated by application to the 13-element Barker code. The performance of the least-mean-square inverse filter is compared with the matched filter and with the simplified sidelobereducing filters of Rihaczek and Golden. A filter which completely suppresses the range sidelobes of a 13-element Barker sequence is only 0.2 dB worse than a matched filter in noise.     

Optimum Power Division for Phase-Modulated Deep-Space Communications Links

Optimum power division is required in deep-space communications links to maximize transmission range or data rate and to permit efficient performance of both carrier tracking and data reception functions. A simple, graphical technique has been developed for phase-modulated links to determine the particular set of peak phase deviations, or modulation indexes, which results in an optimum power division between the carrier and any combination of sine-wave and square-wave subcarriers. Whereas previous methods for the selection of modulation indexes generally necessitated either lengthy solutions of simultaneous equations or complex computer programs, the methods developed in this paper involve simplified graphical procedures, using the trigonometric and Bessel function expressions which describe the power balance between carrier and subcarriers. The optimization procedure is a valuable tool for preliminary design analysis and should be of interest to communications-system engineers, The techniques developed here are particularly applicable when subcarriers have wide differences in data rates, since under these conditions, it becomes increasingly difficult to select arbitrarily the proper modulation indexes. Channel optimization is developed for both nominal and worst-case link conditions and examples are presented to demonstrate the techniques involved.     

A new algorithm to optimize Barker code sidelobe suppressionfilters

The authors suggest a new algorithm for binary coding waveform sidelobe reduction after matched filtering and present a general method by which optimized sidelobe suppression filters for Barker codes can be obtained with a peak output sidelobe 2.62 dB lower than the results found in the literature (for 13-b Barker code). This optimization algorithm is also promising for other binary coding waveforms, such as truncated pseudonoise (PN) sequences and concatenated codes. This new approach can readily be applied to sidelobe-reduction filter design for other binary coding waveforms, such as truncated PN sequences, concatenated codes, etc., which often find their applications in radar systems and spread spectrum communication systems