Performance improvement of licklider transmission protocol in complex deep space networks based on parameter optimization

A reasonable parameter configuration helps improve the data transmission performance of the Licklider Transmission Protocol (LTP). Previous research has focused mainly on parameter optimization for LTP in simplified scenarios with one to two hops or multihop scenarios with a custody mechanism of the Bundle Protocol (BP). However, the research results are not applicable to communications in Complex Deep Space Networks (CDSNs) without the custody mechanism of BP that are more suitable for deep space communications with LTP. In this paper, we propose a model of file delivery time for LTP in CDSNs. Based on the model, we propose a Parameter Optimization Design Algorithm for LTP (LTP-PODA) of configuring reasonable parameters for LTP. The results show that the accuracy of the proposed model is at least 6.47% higher than that of the previously established models based on simple scenarios, and the proposed model is more suitable for CDSNs. Moreover, the LTP parameters are optimized by the LTP-PODA algorithm to obtain an optimization plan. Configuring the optimization plan for LTP improves the protocol transmission performance by at least 18.77% compared with configuring the other parameter configuration plans.     

Green UAV communications for 6G: A survey

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have received a wide range of attention for military and commercial applications. Enhanced with communication capability, UAVs are considered to play important roles in the Sixth Generation (6G) networks due to their low cost and flexible deployment. 6G is supposed to be an all-coverage network to provide ubiquitous connections for space, air, ground and underwater. UAVs are able to provide air-borne wireless coverage flexibly, serving as aerial base stations for ground users, as relays to connect isolated nodes, or as mobile users in cellular networks. However, the onboard energy of small UAVs is extremely limited. Thus, UAVs can be only deployed to establish wireless links temporarily. Prolonging the lifetime and developing green UAV communication with low power consumption becomes a critical challenge. In this article, a comprehensive survey on green UAV communications for 6G is carried out. Specifically, the typical UAVs and their energy consumption models are introduced. Then, the typical trends of green UAV communications are provided. In addition, the typical applications of UAVs and their green designs are discussed. Finally, several promising techniques and open research issues are also pointed out.     

基于极化神经网络的雷达舰船检测识别方法

相参雷达捕获的全极化海面目标距离-多普勒(RD)回波数据中，目标区域占比小、信噪比低，且海况环境与干扰种类多变，使得经典的深度神经网络在此种条件下检测识别精度较低。为此，本文提出了一种基于极化深度神经网络的全极化相参雷达海面目标检测识别算法。首先，引入极化特征提取模块挖掘目标与干扰的差异化特征;其次，通过特征金字塔网络解决小目标检测识别的问题;最后，使用级联结构进一步提升算法性能。在全极化相参雷达回波数据集上的测试结果表明:基于特征值与特征矢量的极化特征对于数据集中两类舰船目标的平均精度分别达到0.907 9与1.0，相比不采用极化特征有着显著提高。     

一种可配置的通用航电数据通信转发装置的设计与实现

采用可编程逻辑方法，设计一种可配置的通用数据通信转发装置、利用高速串行接口转接支持多种类型的并行总线接口航电设备，能够以较低的成本实现新老设备的兼容互联，对于系统的升级换代和国产化设计也具有较大的实用价值。     

面向火箭构型论证的运载能力快速分析方法

针对不同构型与任务条件下的运载能力快速计算问题，提出了基于高斯函数和组合神经网络的速度损失计算方法，并基于此对运载能力进行了快速分析。首先，基于状态量解析解计算分析，采用高斯函数对核心的重力速度损失项进行拟合计算；同时，为提高多构型与多任务样本的采样密度、简化数据建模过程并增强方法适应性，采用径向基网络(RBF)与深度神经网络(DNN)的组合形式进行状态量的提取与回归分析；然后将任务约束转化为需要速度增量，通过数值迭代得到运载能力。仿真结果表明，此运载能力分析方法精度偏差约为0.35%，计算耗时小于2 s，可为运载火箭总体参数快速论证与任务规划研究提供理论支撑。     

Reinforcement learning based dynamic distributed routing scheme for mega LEO satellite networks

Recently, mega Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Satellite Network (LSN) systems have gained more and more attention due to low latency, broadband communications and global coverage for ground users. One of the primary challenges for LSN systems with inter-satellite links is the routing strategy calculation and maintenance, due to LSN constellation scale and dynamic network topology feature. In order to seek an efficient routing strategy, a Q-learning-based dynamic distributed Routing scheme for LSNs (QRLSN) is proposed in this paper. To achieve low end-to-end delay and low network traffic overhead load in LSNs, QRLSN adopts a multi-objective optimization method to find the optimal next hop for forwarding data packets. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed scheme can effectively discover the initial routing strategy and provide long-term Quality of Service (QoS) optimization during the routing maintenance process. In addition, comparison results demonstrate that QRLSN is superior to the virtual-topology-based shortest path routing algorithm.     

基于热电制冷的机载电子设备冷却舱内自然对流特性研究

通过实验研究和数值模拟的方法探讨了热电制冷器（Thermoelectric cooler, TEC）的排布方式对机载电子设备冷却舱内空气自然对流特性的影响。结果表明：空气遇冷后，温度降低，密度变大，并以缓慢的速度开始下沉，其运动形式由变形运动逐渐过渡到旋转运动。在舱内顶部布置TECs更有利于流场的发展，但空气下沉到冷却舱底部时易产生振荡解，出现分岔流和二次流，流动进入混沌状态。通过6种设计案例的对比分析，给出了具有最小的温度不均匀系数和最低的平均空气温度的最佳机载电子设备冷却舱内TEC排布方式。     

Pose matters: Pose guided graph attention network for person re-identification

Person re-Identification (reID), aiming at retrieving a person across different cameras, has been playing a more and more important role in the construction of smart city and social security. For deep-learning-based reID methods, it has been proved that using local feature together with global feature could help to give robust representation for person retrieval. Human pose information can provide the locations of human skeleton to effectively guide the network to pay more attention to these key areas, and can also help to reduce the noise distractions from background or occlusions. Based on human pose, a Pose Guided Graph Attention (PGGA) network is proposed in this paper, which is a multi-branch architecture consisting of one branch for global feature and two branches for local key-point features. A graph attention convolution layer is carefully designed to re-assign the contribution weight of each extracted local feature by modeling the similarity relations. The experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach on discriminative feature learning. Our model achieves the state-of-the-art performance on several mainstream evaluation datasets. A plenty of ablation studies and different kinds of comparison experiments are conducted to prove the effectiveness of this work, including the tests on occluded datasets and cross-domain datasets. Moreover, we further design supplementary tests in practical scenario to indicate the advantage of our work in real-word applications.     

Vulnerability analysis of the Chinese coupled aviation and high-speed railway network

The integrated aviation and High-Speed Railway (HSR) transportation system plays a vital role for today’s inter-city transportation services. However, an increasing number of unexpected disruptions (such as operation failures, natural disasters, or intentional attacks) pose a considerable threat to the normal operation of the system, especially on ground transfer, leading to the extensive research on its vulnerability. Previous approaches mainly focus on interruptions within a single transportation mode, neglecting the role of ground transfer which serves as a coupled connection between aviation and High-Speed Railway. This paper proposes a network-based framework for evaluating the vulnerability of the Chinese Coupled Aviation and High-Speed Railway (CAHSR) network from the viewpoint of ground transfer interruption. Taking the end-to-end travel time and passenger flow information into consideration as an evaluation measure and analyzing from the perspective of urban agglomerations, an adaptive method is developed to identify the critical cities and further investigate their failure impacts on the geographic distribution of vulnerability. In addition, the proposed model explores variations of vulnerability under different failure time intervals. Based on the empirical study, some major conclusions are highlighted as follows: (A) Only a few cities show significant impacts on the network’s vulnerability when ground transfer interruptions occurred. (B) The distribution of vulnerability is not proportional to the distance between failure city and influenced city. (C) The vulnerability is more serious in the morning and evening when the ground transfer is disconnected. Our findings may provide new insights for maintenance and optimization of the CAHSR network and other real-world transportation networks.     

A hybrid deep neural network based on multi-time window convolutional bidirectional LSTM for civil aircraft APU hazard identification

Safety is one of the important topics in the field of civil aviation. Auxiliary Power Unit(APU) is one of important components in aircraft, which provides electrical power and compressed air for aircraft. The hazards in APU are prone to cause economic losses and even casualties. So,actively identifying the hazards in APU before an accident occurs is necessary. In this paper, a Hybrid Deep Neural Network(HDNN) based on multi-time window convolutional neural network-Bidirectional Long Short-Term M...