深空星间链路信道建模及硬件模拟器研制

针对深空通信信道距离长、信噪比低、链路损耗巨大等特点，提出了太阳闪烁与多径效应影响下的深空星间链路信道理论模型。在此基础上，构建了一个基于硬件现场可编程门阵列和控制计算机的深空星间链路信道模拟器，有效模拟了深空星间通信的多径衰落、传播路径损耗和信道延迟，规避了投入高、风险高、耗时长的实地通信实验。实测结果表明，该深空星间链路模拟器输出的载噪比及误比特率波形与理论结果吻合，可用于实验室条件下对深空星间链路的实时模拟复现。     

美国深空网的发展及其未来规划

1引言□□深空探测是指对月球和月球以远的天体和空间进行的探测,对实施深空探测的航天器进行测控通信的系统称为深空测控通信系统,它包括深空测控通信地面站和空间应答机两大部分。行星探测始于20世纪50年代末,美国和苏联/俄罗斯是行星探测的主要力量,它们通过发射无人行星探测器对太阳系内行星进行了大量的探测,极大地提高了对太阳系的认识程度。近些年来,深空探测再次成为航天技术发展的热点。目前,美国、欧洲航天局和俄罗斯等国家和组织已经建立了深空测控系统或测控网。法国、意大利和印度等国也在计划建立自己的深空站(DSS),用于对…     

北驼峰区电离层GPS卫星闪烁事件时空特征及对通信的影响

基于子午工程北大深圳站（22.59°N,113.97°E）电离层GPS双频接收机在2011年1月1日至2017年12月31日连续7年的长时间序列闪烁和TEC观测数据,分析不同太阳活条件下华南赤道异常北驼峰区观测到的GPS卫星L波段电离层闪烁事件时空分布特征及其对通信的影响.结果表明:GPS闪烁事件几乎都发生在夜间,且主要发生在春秋分月份;在不同太阳活动条件下,夜间GPS闪烁事件都主要发生在北驼峰区域靠近磁赤道的一侧,且GPS闪烁事件存在明显的东-西侧天区不对称性,即在台站西侧天区发生的闪烁事件明显偏多;在不同太阳活动条件下,弱闪烁事件伴随的TEC耗尽和卫星失锁事件比例相对较低,强闪烁事件则大部分都伴随着TEC耗尽和卫星失锁事件的发生.      

深空探测低信噪比通信研究

与传统无线通信相比, 深空通信由于传输损耗巨大、探测器能量受限且轨道多变等因素, 须解决信噪比(Signal to Noise Ratio, SNR)极低、数据接收不连续及信道参数多变等难题. 针对这些问题, 论述了在深空探测极低SNR下需重点研究的深空天线组阵、编码与调制、联合解调译码、喷泉码以及其自主无线电实现等关键技术, 以有效协助解决上述深空通信难题. 同时, 讨论了这些关键技术的发展趋势及其在未来深空通信中的应用.      

2006年12月13日太阳射电暴对GPS观测的影响

日地空间环境不仅影响航天器运行和安全, 也是导航、定位和通信等无线 电应用系统主要的误差源. 其中来自太阳L波段的射电暴被认为是全球导航卫星 系统(GNSS)稳定和性能的潜在威胁因素, 当L波段射电爆发达到一定阈值时, 将给用户带来不同程度的射电噪声干扰, 严重时会引起接收机失锁和定位服务 中断. 本文对2006年12月13日太阳射电暴对GPS造成的影响进行了研究, 利用太阳射电 观测数据、L波段闪烁观测数据和向阳面不同区域的GPS观测网数据, 分析 GPS观测对射电暴的响应. 结果表明, 此次事件对GPS观测产生了明显的影响, 射 电暴期间GPS发生幅度闪烁事件和明显失锁现象, 多个台站上空的多颗GPS 卫星 信号完全中断长达6min左右, 且多个台站上空锁定的卫星数目小于4颗, 使 得GPS定位完全失效. 相对而言, 射电暴期间日下点附近的GPS台站受到的影响 比远离日下点的大.      

AWGN信道中一维调制与二维调制的信道容量

卫星通信和深空通信信道都可近似为加性高斯白噪声信道,所以研究这种信道中常用调制方式下的信道容量有重要意义.从香农信息论出发,推导出了一维调制和二维调制下的信道容量.在此基础上,阐明了在不同信噪比条件下应采用的调制方式,以及编码调制能够在不牺牲频谱利用率的前提下,得到编码增益的本质.讨论了无带宽约束下AM调制和PSK调制的香农限和在高信噪比条件下PSK的近似容量.      

第四届月球与深空探测国际会议(LDSE)

中国国家航天局拟于2019年7月22日至24日在中国珠海举办第四届月球与深空探测国际会议.旨在推进月球与深空探测领域的广泛交流,展示最新研究成果,开发科学研究新思路,并为全球行星科学界建立密切联系,会议主题包括:月球科学与行星科学的前沿,月球与深空探测技术及有效载荷新技术,未来月球与深空探测的科学愿景.     

复杂深空通信网络的LTP传递时延建模及验证

针对简化场景下建立的LTP（Licklider Transmission Protocol）传递时延模型无法直接应用于复杂场景的问题，提出了一种复杂深空通信网络的LTP传递时延理论模型。已有研究多关注于一到两跳的简化场景或 bundle 保管开启状态下多跳场景数据传输模型的建立，然而其结果在复杂深空通信网络中，对于在 bundle 保管关闭状态下的深空通信并不适用。本文对LTP在复杂深空通信网络中的传输机制进行了分析，基于此分析对LTP在复杂深空通信网络中的传递时延进行了理论建模，搭建了仿真验证平台，仿真分析了模型的正确性及优势。结果表明，该模型计算结果与实验结果较为吻合，相比基于简化场景建立的理论模型，本文所提出的模型更加适用于复杂深空通信网络。      

空间探索

编者按:从1958年美国和苏联启动探月计划开始,一些航天大国都先后开展了多种类型的深空探测活动,成为人类了解地球、太阳系和宇宙的一个重要手段。1959年1月2日苏联成功发射了世界上第一个空间探测器—月球-1以来,人类已相继发射了拜访月球、太阳系各大行星以及小行星和彗星等多种空间探测器,有的空间探测器甚至还飞到太阳系以外去揭示更遥远的深空奥秘。通过深空探测,可以帮助人类了解太阳     

深空探测与行星际互联网

深空探测是指对太阳系内除地球之外的行星及其卫星、小行星和彗星等的探测,以及太阳系以外的银河系乃至整个宇宙的探测。行星际互联网(IPN)作为一种通用的空间信息网络架构,旨在为深空探测任务提供科学数据传递的通信服务及探测器和深空轨道器的导航服务。首先给出了深空探测和行星际互联网的概念,介绍了深空探测的发展现状,然后对行星际互联网体系架构进行了详细介绍,最后给出了行星际互联网的关键技术。     

Solar wind velocity measurements near the sun using Ulysses radio amplitude correlations at two frequencies

Measurements of solar wind velocity have been derived from simultaneous coronal sounding observations of radio amplitude scintillations at both S-band and X-band during the solar conjunction of the Ulysses spacecraft in August 1991. The signal amplitude was recorded with an averaging time of 1 s. A cross-correlation analysis between S- and X-band amplitude fluctuations shows that the fluctuation signature at S-band appears to be shifted to earlier times with respect to the X-band recording. The time difference is proportional to the coronal separation of the ray paths and inversely proportional to the apparent velocity of plasma inhomogeneities across the ray paths. Preliminary estimates of solar wind speed obtained using model calculations of the differential refraction are found to lie near the expected transition from subsonic to supersonic velocities at solar offset distances of the order of 6–8 R. As a byproduct of the investigation, we find that the transition from weak to saturated scintillation occurs at about 16 R for S-band and 7 R for X-band.     

行星际闪烁功率谱的Fresnel现象与太阳风速度

讨论了弱散射条件下行星际闪烁(IPS)功率谱的Fresnel现象。数值计算结果表明,无行星际扰动存在时,IPS功率谱的膝点频率仍是Fresnel频率,在日张角。ε≤35°的范围内,Fresnel振荡现象仍然存在,极小值所在频率与太阳风电子密度为一维结构薄屏近似的解析结果相差不大。行星际扰动存在时,功率谱的膝点频率并未改变,扰动区太阳风速度决定着Fresnel振荡出现的频率。      

Characterization of GNSS scintillations over Lagos,Nigeria during the minimum and ascending phases (2009–2011) of solar cycle 24

This study characterizes equatorial scintillations at L-band frequency over Lagos, Nigeria during the minimum and ascending phases of solar cycle 24. Three years (2009–2011) of amplitude scintillation data were used for the investigation. The data were grouped on daily, monthly, seasonal, and yearly scales at three levels of scintillation (weak (0.3 ? S₄ < 0.4), moderate (0.4 ? S₄ < 0.7), and intense (S₄ ? 0.7)). To ensure reliable statistical inferences, three data cut-off criteria were adopted. Scintillations were observed to have a daily trend of occurrence during the hours of 1900–0200 LT, and higher levels of scintillations were localized within the hours of 2000–2300 LT. On monthly basis, September and October recorded the highest occurrences of scintillation, while January recorded the least. Scintillations were recorded during all the months of 2011, except January. Surprisingly, pockets of scintillation events (weak levels) were also observed during the summer months (May, June, and July). Seasonally, equinoxes recorded the highest occurrences of scintillation, while June solstice recorded the least occurrences. Scintillation activity also increases with solar and geomagnetic activity. On a scintillation active day, the number of satellites available to the receiver’s view reduces as the duration of observation reduces. These results may support the development of future models that could provide real-time predictability of African equatorial scintillations, with a view to supporting the implementation of GNSS-based navigation for aviation applications in Africa.     

On the occurrence and strength of multi-frequency multi-GNSS Ionospheric Scintillations in Indian sector during declining phase of solar cycle 24

This study presents unique perspectives of occurrence and strength of low latitude ionospheric scintillations on multiple signals of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) and its frequency dependence using continuous observation records of 780 nights. A robust comparative analysis is performed using scintillation index, S4 and its variation during pre-midnight and post-midnight duration from a GNSS receiver located at Waltair (17.7°N, 83.3°E), India, covering period from July 2014 to August 2016. The results, generally exhibit the impact of declining phase of solar cycle 24 on occurrence and strength of scintillations, which, however, is evidently different over different frequencies transmitted from different GNSS systems. A deeper quantitative analysis uniquely reveals that apart from the solar cycle and seasonal effects, the number of visible satellites of a selected GNSS markedly affect the occurrence and also the strength. Processing scheme of adopting 6 hourly time windows of pre-midnight and post-midnight brought a novel result that the strength and occurrence of strong scintillations decrease with declining solar activity during pre-midnight hours but remarkably increase for moderate and weak scintillations during post-midnight. The physical processes that dominate the post-midnight equatorial ionosphere are invoked to explain such variations that are special during declining solar activity. Finally, inter-GNSS signal analysis in terms of the effect of strong, moderate and weak scintillations is presented with due consideration of number of satellite passes affected and frequency dependence of mean S4. The quantitative results of this study emphasize for the first time effect of low latitude scintillation on GNSS signals in Indian zone under changing background solar and seasonal conditions.     

Relation between solar wind velocity and properties of its source region

Different kinds of coronal holes are sources of different kind of solar winds. A successful solar wind acceleration model should be able to explain all those solar winds. For the modeling it is important to find a universal relation between the solar wind physical parameters, such as velocity, and coronal physical parameters such as magnetic field energy. To clarify the physical parameters which control the solar wind velocity, we have studied the relation between solar wind velocity and properties of its source region such as photospheric/coronal magnetic field and the size of each coronal hole during the solar minimum. The solar wind velocity structures were derived by using interplanetary scintillation tomography obtained at Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Japan. Potential magnetic fields were calculated to identify the source region of the solar wind. HeI 1083 nm absorption line maps obtained at Kitt Peak National Solar Observatory were used to identify coronal holes. As a result, we found a relation during solar minimum between the solar wind velocity and the coronal magnetic condition which is applicable to different kind of solar winds from different kind of coronal holes.     

GPS scintillation and TEC depletion near the northern crest of equatorial anomaly over South China

This study presents a statistical analysis of GPS L-band scintillation with data observed from July 2008 to March 2012 at the northern crest of equatorial anomaly stations in Guangzhou and Shenzhen of South China. The variations of the scintillation with local time, season, solar activity and duration of scintillation patches were investigated. The relationship between the scintillation and TEC depletion was also reported. Our results revealed that GPS scintillation occurred from 19:30 LT (pre-midnight) to 03:00 LT (post-midnight). During quiet solar activity years, the scintillation was only observed in pre-midnight hours of equinox months and patches durations were mostly less than 60 min. During high solar activity years, more scintillation occurred in the pre-midnight hours of equinox and winter months; and GPS scintillation started to occur in the post-midnight hours of summer and winter. The duration of scintillation patches extended to 180 min in high solar activity years. Solar activity had a larger effect to strong scintillations (S₄ > 0.6) than to weak scintillations (0.6 ? S₄ > 0.2). Strong scintillations were accompanied by TEC depletion especially in equinox months. We also discussed the relationship between TEC depletion and plasma bubble.     

太阳活动低年广州地区地磁扰动与电离层闪烁的统计特征分析

基于肇庆地磁台的地磁监测数据和广州气象卫星地面站建立的华南地区GPS电离层闪烁监测网的监测数据, 统计分析了2008年7月至2010年7月太阳活动低年期间广州地区地磁扰动与电离层闪烁的关系. 用肇庆台地磁水平分量H的变化量换算出肇庆地磁指数K, 以此来代表广州地区地磁扰动情况.分析结果表明, 磁暴/强地磁扰动对广州地区电离层闪烁的发生总体表现为抑制作用, 电离层闪烁主要发生在低K值期间, 而在K ≥ 4时电离层闪烁的发生呈下降趋势. 电离层闪烁发生率随季节和地磁活动的变化规律表现在, 春季的弱闪烁发生率、夜间中等以上闪烁发生率和夏季中等以上闪烁的发生率明显与地磁活动指数K相关, 即随$K$指数的增大而减小; 在秋季和冬季闪烁发生率与K指数变化无明显关系. 同时还综合分析了地磁与太阳活动的变化对电离层活动的影响, 广州地区闪烁主要发生在太阳活动较低的磁静日期间.      

The characteristics of valley phase as predictor of the forthcoming solar cycle

Is Solar Cycle 24 anomalous? How do we predict the main features of a forthcoming cycle? In order to reply such questions, this work partitions quantitatively each cycle into valley, ascend, peak, and descend phases, statistically investigate the correlations between valley phase and the forthcoming cycle. We find that the preceding valley phase may dominate and can be predictor of the forthcoming cycle: (1) The growth rate in ascend phase strongly negatively correlates to valley length and strongly positively correlates to cycle maximum. (2) The cycle maximum strongly negatively correlates to valley length, and strongly positively correlates to cycle minimum. (3) The cycle period strongly negatively correlates to the valley variation. Based on these correlations, we conclude that the solar cycle 24 is a relatively weak and long cycle which is obviously weaker than Cycle 23. The similarity analysis also presents the similar result. The Cycle 25 is also inferred possibly to be a weak cycle. These results can help us understanding the physical processes of solar cycles.     

太阳活动变化分析

利用Morlet小波变换方法对太阳黑子相对数进行了分析,对太阳活动变化得出了一些有意义的结果.太阳活动存在10.7 a和101 a的变化周期,以10.7 a周期最为显著.太阳活动强弱变化存在一定的阶段性,在1950年发生了气候突变,之后太阳活动明显加强,未来一段时间太阳活动较弱.