EGNOS: project status overview

The European Geostationary Navigation Overlay System (EGNOS) is being developed in Europe to provide GPS and GLONASS satellite-based augmentation services to aviation, maritime and land users. EGNOS is a major element of the European Satellite Navigation Programme which is jointly being implemented by the European Union, the European Space Agency (ESA) and EUROCONTROL.     

ASPeCT: Unambiguous sine-BOC(n,n) acquisition/tracking technique for navigation applications

This article presents a new tracking technique for sine-BOC(n,n) (or Manchester encoded) ranging signals, which is most likely to be a part of the new European Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), Galileo, signal plan. When traditional sine-BOC(n,n) tracking is considered, although offering excellent performance compared with current signals, it has the main drawback of potentially giving biased measurements. The new method presented herein allows the removal of this threat while maintaining the same level of performance. An adapted version of this technique can also be used for acquisition purposes     

European strategic dependence as related to space technology: navigation

In 1998, EUROSPACE, the Association of the European Space Industry, has conducted a study, the purpose of which was to analyse strategic dependence in the context of space technology. Among the space vulnerability domains, Navigation appears as a quite essential one. The present article reproduces the chapter of the EUROSPACE study related to Satellite navigation and positioning technology.     

Conference report - 15t1h saint petersburg international conference on integrated navigation systems

The 15th Saint Petersburg International Conference on Integrated Navigation Systems was held by the Scientific Research Center of Russia - CSRI Elektropribor - co-sponsored by the Scientific Council of the Russian Academy of Sciences on Motion Control and Navigation Problems, the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, the International Public Association - the Academy of Navigation and Motion Control, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (USA), L'Association AMronautique et Astronautique de France, L'institut Franqais de Navigation, and the German Institute of Navigation. Conference topics included: Integrated Systems, Satellite Systems, Inertial Systems, and Sensors.     

A novel optimal data fusion algorithm and its application for the integrated navigation system of missile

For Inertial Navigation System(INS)/Celestial Navigation System(CNS)/Global Navigation Satellite System(GNSS) integrated navigation system of the missile, the performance of data fusion algorithms based on the Cubature Kalman Filter(CKF) is seriously degraded when there are non-Gaussian noise and process-modeling errors in the system model. Therefore, a novel method is proposed, which is called Optimal Data Fusion algorithm based on the Adaptive Fading maximum Correntropy generalized high-degree...     

导航显示管理计算机的设计及关键技术

导航信息显示管理计算机通过人机交互向飞机驾驶人员提供各种飞行状态及飞行指引参数,本文以某飞机测控平台辅助导航显示管理计算机设计实现为例,介绍了导航信息显示管理计算机的工作方式、工作流程并探讨了导航信息显示管理计算机的设计特点和关键技术。     

地地导弹天文导航的一种建模方法

介绍了远程地地弹道式导弹采用惯性／天文组合制导方案的优点。提出了以惯性导航为主、天文导航为辅的一种导航方法，推导出该方法对应的导航基准参数计算模型、导航参数计算模型及天文导航系统的横向导引方程。最后通过仿真计算，给出了所提供的天文导航方法和计算模型对提高导弹命中精度的效能。     

GPS/BDS/INS tightly coupled integration accuracy improvement using an improved adaptive interacting multiple model with classified measurement update

An Extended Kalman Filter (EKF) is commonly used to fuse raw Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) measurements and Inertial Navigation System (INS) derived measurements. However, the Conventional EKF (CEKF) suffers the problem for which the uncertainty of the statistical properties to dynamic and measurement models will degrade the performance. In this research, an Adaptive Interacting Multiple Model (AIMM) filter is developed to enhance performance. The soft-switching property of Interacting Multiple Model (IMM) algorithm allows the adaptation between two levels of process noise, namely lower and upper bounds of the process noise. In particular, the Sage adaptive filtering is applied to adapt the measurement covariance on line. In addition, a classified measurement update strategy is utilized, which updates the pseudorange and Doppler observations sequentially. A field experiment was conducted to validate the proposed algorithm, the pseudorange and Doppler observations from Global Positioning System (GPS) and BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) were post-processed in differential mode. The results indicate that decimeter-level positioning accuracy is achievable with AIMM for GPS/INS and GPS/BDS/INS configurations, and the position accuracy is improved by 35.8%, 34.3% and 33.9% for north, east and height components, respectively, compared to the CEKF counterpart for GPS/BDS/INS. Degraded performance for BDS/INS is obtained due to the lower precision of BDS pseudorange observations.     

SINS/GNSS integrated navigation system based on maximum versoria filter

In the missile-borne Strapdown Inertial Navigation System/Global Navigation Satellite System (SINS/GNSS) integrated navigation system, due to the factors such as the high dynamics, the signal blocking by obstacles, the signal intefereces, etc., there always exist pulse interferences or measurement information interruptions in the satellite receiver, which make nonstationary measurement process. The traditional Kalman Filter (KF) can tackle the state estimation problem under Gaussian white noise, but its performance will be significantly reduced under non-Gaussian noises. In order to deal with the non-Gaussian conditions in the actual missile-borne SINS/GNSS integrated navigation systems, a Maximum Versoria Criterion Extended Kalman Filter (MVC-EKF) algorithm is proposed based on the MVC and the idea of M-estimation, which assigns a smaller weight to the anomalous measurements so as to suppress the influence of anomalous measurements on the state estimation while maintaining a relatively low calculation cost. Finally, the integrated navigation simulation experiments prove the effectiveness and robustness of the proposed algorithm.     

卫星授时与时间传递技术进展

近年来,卫星导航技术发展迅速.卫星导航系统以精密时间测量技术为基础,实现了伪距测量,进而实现定位.同时,卫星导航系统还提供了高精度授时功能.综述了卫星导航系统的授时和时间频率传递技术、基于通信卫星的授时技术以及双向卫星时间频率传递(TWSTFT)技术等.随着我国北斗卫星导航系统(BDS)的建成和提供服务,BDS授时应用研究正在快速发展.基于BDS/GNSS多系统的精密单点定位(PPP)时间传递技术已成为重点研究方向,未来将会应用于国际时间比对.同时,随着卫星通信技术尤其是低轨通信卫星技术的快速发展,低轨通信卫星授时会成为一个有潜力的研究方向.     

2020年国外惯性技术发展与回顾

通过对IEEE惯性传感器与系统会议、MEMS国际会议、圣彼得堡组合导航会议、PLANS会议和DGON ISS会议等惯性技术相关会议文献,以及惯性技术相关机构发布的一些动态信息进行梳理,总结分析了惯性技术领域的最新发展动态,并重点介绍了光学陀螺、微机电(MEMS)陀螺和加速度计等惯性器件的发展现状,以及美国为增强定位、导航与授时(PNT)能力采取的一系列举措和惯性相关组织机构的发展变化,最后对惯性技术领域的发展动向进行了分析和展望.     

北斗卫星导航( 区域) 系统星座对中国载人航天器的服务能力仿真分析

载人航天器可以利用北斗卫星导航系统实现自主导航定位和相对测量以支持轨道确定和交会对接任务。为了评估当前星座条件下北斗卫星导航(区域)系统对中国载人航天器的服务能力,建立了当前北斗卫星导航(区域)系统的星座仿真场景。利用载人航天器轨道参数,对其轨道处北斗区域星座的覆盖特性和服务能力进行了仿真,分析了可以用于载人航天器绝对定位和相对定位的时间长度、可见卫星情况、位置精度因子等特性。分析结果表明,在载人航天轨道的一些持续时间段内,航天器可以利用北斗(区域)系统完成绝对和相对定位功能。     

INS/GPS/TAN系统中的联邦卡尔曼滤波信息融合方法

在分析联邦卡尔曼滤波原理和结构的基础上,提出了一个适合惯性导航系统／全球定位系统／地形辅助导航（ＩＮＳ／ＧＰＳ／ＴＡＮ）子系统状态向量维数不同这一特点的联邦卡尔曼滤波方法,并构造了一种具有较强容错性能和适应性的联邦卡尔曼子系统滤波器结构。由于采用了局部状态扩展、局部状态压缩、智能的不等间隔滤波、多级故障检测、阈值控制等信息融合技术,在保证精度的前提下,联邦卡尔曼滤波器的可靠性、适应性得到了明显提高。     

基于DKF的IMU误差预测算法

作为导航领域常用的组合导航方式,全球导航卫星系统(GNSS)/惯性导航系统(INS)组合导航在GNSS信号失锁后,由于惯性测量单元(IMU)误差随时间迅速积累,其定位结果会偏离载体真实位置,导航精度下降.针对此问题,提出了一种长短期记忆网络(LSTM)辅助的算法,称之为深度卡尔曼滤波(DKF)算法.DKF算法的核心思想是使用LSTM训练IMU误差模型,然后通过训练出的模型预测IMU误差,最后将预测的IMU误差代入IMU数据以校正导航结果.仿真结果表明:在200s测试数据上,DKF算法将误差从1.1537m/s降低到0.3746m/s.与平均预测、卡尔曼预测和最小二乘估计等方法相比,DKF算法的误差最小,具有更优越的导航性能.     

DTFT-based frequency lock loop for GNSS applications

A frequency lock loop (FLL) for Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) applications is described here. The core element is the discrete time Fourier transform (DTFT), that leads to a maximum likelihood (ML) frequency estimation and can be conveniently implemented in a software defined radio (SDR) HW platform. The algorithm is based on the iterative evaluation of DTFTs in a single frequency until the incoming frequency is locked.     

First spaceborne demonstration of BeiDou-3 signals for GNSS reflectometry from CYGNSS constellation

The full constellation of Chinese Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) BeiDou-3 has been deployed completely and started fully operational service. In addition to providing global Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) services, the BeiDou-3 satellites transmissions can also be used as the sources of illumination for Earth Observation (EO) with a bistatic radar configuration. This innovative EO concept, known as GNSS reflectometry (GNSS-R), allows to measure the Earth surface characteristics at high resolution via the reflected L-band radar signals collected by a constellation of small, low cost and low Earth orbiting satellites. For the first time in orbit, earth reflected BeiDou-3 signal has been detected from the limited sets of raw data collected by the NASA’s Cyclone GNSS (CYGNSS) constellation. The feasibility of spaceborne BeiDou-3 reflections on two typical applications, including sea surface wind and flooding inundation detection, has been demonstrated. The methodology and results give new strength to the prospect of new spaceborne GNSS-R instruments and missions, which can make multi-GNSS reflectometry observations available to better capture rapidly changing weather systems at better spatio-temporal scales.     

基于纯比例导引的拦截碰撞角约束制导策略

拦截碰撞角约束制导是当前导弹制导研究的关键问题之一。首先基于理想比例导引（IPN）律拦截非机动目标的解析解,推导了纯比例导引律（PPN）拦截固定目标的解析解,得到了弹目相对距离、制导指令加速度和导弹前置角的显示表达式,并进一步得到了拦截碰撞角与弹目相对运动状态和比例导引系数之间的解析表达式。其次,基于该解析表达式,提出了基于PPN的拦截碰撞角约束制导策略（PPNIACG）,并探讨了在铅垂面内进行落角约束打击和水平面内进行拦截碰撞角约束打击的2种实现方式。最后,以弹道成型制导律（TSG）和最优碰撞角约束制导律（OIACG）为参考,通过数值仿真算例,对PPNIAC的拦截性能进行了对比分析,验证了所提出制导策略的有效性和正确性。     

捷联式惯导系统动态误差特性研究

根据载体运动状态下捷联惯性导航系统(SINS)的误差方程时变的特点,推导出捷联惯性导航系统动态误差模型,并对其在几种动态环境下的误差特性进行了仿真研究。     

一种无陀螺捷联惯导系统角速度解算组合算法

无陀螺捷联惯导系统仅利用加速度计就可完成惯性测量与导航,然而采用积分法解算载体的角速度时误差积累严重,发散迅速。文章采用一种常用的九加速度计配置方案,设计一种积分法补偿算法,并针对其初始时段误差过大的问题提出了一种组合算法。仿真验证能有效地抑制解算误差的发散,提高了解算精度。     

Fast alignment and calibration algorithms for inertial navigation system

Algorithms for fast estimating the azimuth misalignment angle and calibrating gyro drift rates are approached from the point of view of control theory. By introducing the Lyapunov transformation, the equivalence of Strapdown Inertial Navigation System (SINS) and Gimbaled Inertial Navigation System (GINS) is discussed, and it shows that the analysis results of GINS can be applied to SINS directly by using such kind of equivalence. A similar transformation that based on physical essence is introduced, so that the true states can be replaced by the so-called pseudo-states, and then the observable states of INS can be dynamically decoupled with the unobservable states. Consequently, the best completely observable subsystem model of INS can be obtained. Based on the simplified subsystem model of INS, the algorithms for fast estimating the azimuth misalignment angle and calibrating gyro drift rates are proposed. The proposed algorithms show that the azimuth misalignment angle and gyro drift rates can be estimated from the rates of leveling misalignment angles without using the gyro output signals.