Predicting ionospheric scintillation for satellite communications

An ionospheric scintillation prediction model and display were developed for the Command Post Modem/Processor (CPM/P) for demonstration purposes. The CPM/P equations were then incorporated in a Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet to allow predictions to be made using a desktop computer instead of the CPM/P equipment. Using this information, the operator can improve the message throughput of a UHF satellite communications system     

Medium frequency broadcast of differential GPS data

The broadcast performance of DGPS (differential global positioning systems)/radio beacons is studied. It is found that a combination of receiver limiting and forward error corrections is very effective against the atmospheric noise which characterizes the MF band. This combination significantly reduces the probability of bit error and the average time between differential updates. The authors compute the probability of link outage versus range, and find that forward error correction significantly increases DGPS/radio beacon coverage. It is found that groundwave/skywave interference slightly increases the probability of outage at moderate ranges. An estimate is made of the expected duration of outage for the DGPS/radio beacon signal. All results are based on analytical and experimental results     

Orbit ephemeris monitors for local area differential GPS

Methodologies sufficient to monitor GPS satellite orbit ephemeris for category I aircraft precision approach navigation are described. In the absence of a satellite maneuver, it is shown that a monitor based on the projection of previously validated ephemeris parameters is adequate to meet navigation integrity and availability requirements. After scheduled stationkeeping maneuvers, no previously validated ephemerides are available, so a measurement-based method is required. The feasibility of such a monitor is also established.     

Theoretical models of ionospheric storms

Summary Precipitations of soft particles at the polar region will enhance the electron density in the oval shaped region surrounding the pole and their effects are marked at winter night.Reduction in the electron density in the sunlit polar region and at the trough may be caused by polar atmospheric heating through two processes; one is the increased chemical reaction coefficients controlling the loss rate of electron density and the other is the decrease in atmospheric density ratio O/N₂ near the turbopause caused by enhanced mixing by atmospheric gravity waves or by convective motion of the upper atmosphere.Positive disturbances of the ionosphere appearing in the evening or around noon at mid-latitudes on the storm developing stage, may be caused by equatorward meridional wind arising from a pressure gradient in the upper atmosphere, though the effects of electric fields cannot be ruled out.The Dst part of ionospheric storms persisting over several days may be caused by changes in atmospheric composition arising from global convective motion of the upper atmosphere.Equatorial ionospheric storms are probably caused by changes in east-west electric fields in the equatorial ionosphere arising probably from disturbance electric currents flowing at the polar region.     

Polar ionospheric disturbance effects on NNSS satellite positioning

From the analysis of the United States Navy navigation satellite system (NNSS) positioning data of about 10000 passes, it is clearly found that polar ionospheric disturbance affects the positioning. The positioning error increases with increasing geomagnetic disturbance level (local K-index), and the pass number of position fixes decreases by one or two per day when the K-index is large. These effects may arise from the spatial gradients of electron density and/or the radio wave scattering due to well-developed ionospheric irregularities inherent to the disturbed auroral ionosphere     

FSK调制与解调在C54 DSP上的实现

数据通信的发展，对相应的传输设备提出了更高要求，尤其是速度方面。DSP的运算速度快的优点正好能满足FSK调制解调器在速度方面的要求。本文通过对FSK调制与解凋原理的分析，提出了用DSF实现FSK调制与解调的方法，重点讨论该方法的软件设计。通过实验证明，本方法设计的FSK调制解调器具有调制相位连续、解调无相位抖动、传输速率快等特性。     

依靠GPS实现反劫机

“9.11”事件一周年的日子即将到来。一年来,美国的FAA、飞机和航空电子设备制造商、航空公司以及航空研究中心等部门纷纷行动起来,提出了不少具有独创性的方法,以防止“9.11”灾难性事件重现     

π/4 D-QPSK基带调制解调的DSP实现

在以前的数字蜂窝系统中，往往采用FSK、ASK、PSK等调制方式。随着数字蜂窝系统的发展，对调制和数字蜂窝系统的技术要求也越来越高了。利用DSP手段，实现的π／4D—QPSK基带调制解调在技术要求方面要优于FSK、ASK、PSK等调制方式，更能满足数字蜂窝系统的要求。该技术的实现，提高了调制与解调的速度，为数字蜂窝系统的发展提供了更大的发展空间。     

Multi-sensor optimal data fusion for INS/GPS/SAR integrated navigation system

INS/GPS/SAR integrated navigation system represents the trend of next generation navigation systems with the high performance of independence, high precision and reliability. This paper presents a new multi-sensor data fusion methodology for INS/GPS/SAR integrated navigation systems. This methodology combines local decentralized fusion with global optimal fusion to enhance the accuracy and reliability of integrated navigation systems. A decentralized estimation fusion method is established for individual integrations of GPS and SAR into INS to obtain the local optimal state estimations in a parallel manner. A global optimal estimation fusion theory is studied to fuse the local optimal estimations for generating the global optimal state estimation of INS/GPS/SAR integrated navigation systems. The global data fusion features a method of variance upper finiteness and a method of variance upper bound to ensure that the global optimal state estimation can be achieved under a general condition. Experimental results demonstrate that INS/GPS/SAR integrated navigation systems achieved by using the proposed methodology have a better performance than INS/GPS integrated systems.     

GPS定位技术在个人数字助理上实现技术的研究

GPS全球定位系统是全球性的卫星导航定位系统,可以提供实时的经纬度位置和时间等信息。本文叙述了利用GPS定位信息在个人数字助理上实现显示持有此个人数字助理人位置的技术。首先介绍了实现定位功能的个人数字助理的硬件配置和利用GPS接收板接收定位信息的方法;然后详细介绍了实现嵌入式地理信息系统用到的地理数据的组织,显示模块的设计和电子地图的分块处理;最后介绍了采用直线优化Dijkstra算法实现最短路径搜索。     

Interplanetary scintillation of radio sources during August 1972

The observations of interplanetary scintillation of radio sources in early August 1972 are reviewed. Three-site measurements of solar wind speed were made at University of California, San Diego (73.8 MHz) and at Nagoya University, Toyokawa (69.3 MHz). Single-site measurements of scintillation index were made at Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory, Cambridge (81.5 MHz) and at University of Adelaide (111.5 MHz). The enhancements in solar wind speed and scintillation index associated with three shock waves were detected. The extent in both longitude and latitude of the shock wave associated with the solar flare on 7 August, the anisotropic expansion of shock waves and the detection of the corotating high-speed streams are main results deduced from the observations.     

Interplanetary scintillation observations of the high-latitude solar wind

Until the ULYSSES spacecraft reached the polar regions of the solar wind, the only high-latitude measurements available were from indirect techniques. The most productive observations in regions of the solar wind between 5R and 200R have been the family of radio scattering techniques loosely referred to as Interplanetary Scintillation (IPS) (Coles, 1978). Useful observations can be obtained using a variety of radio sources, for example spacecraft beacons, planetary radar echoes and compact cosmic sources (quasars, active galactic nuclei, pulsars, galactic masers, etc.). However for measurement of the high-latitude solar wind cosmic sources provide the widest coverage and this review will be confined to such observations. IPS observations played a very important role in establishing that polar coronal holes (first observed in soft x-ray emission) were sources of fast solar wind streams which occasionally extend down to the equatorial region and are observed by spacecraft. Here I will review the IPS technique and show the variation of both the velocity and the turbulence level with latitude over the last solar cycle. I will also outline recent work and discuss comparisons that we hope to make between IPS and ULYSSES observations.     

Conditional self-attention generative adversarial network with differential evolution algorithm for imbalanced data classification

Imbalanced data classification is an important research topic in real-world applications, like fault diagnosis in an aircraft manufacturing system. The over-sampling method is often used to solve this problem. It generates samples according to the distance between minority data. However, the traditional over-sampling method may change the original data distribution, which is harmful to the classification performance. In this paper, we propose a new method called Conditional Self-Attention Generative Adversarial Network with Differential Evolution (CSAGAN-DE) for imbalanced data classification. The new method aims at improving the classification performance of minority data by enhancing the quality of the generation of minority data. In CSAGAN-DE, the minority data are fed into the self-attention generative adversarial network to approximate the data distribution and create new data for the minority class. Then, the differential evolution algorithm is employed to automatically determine the number of generated minority data for achieving a satisfactory classification performance. Several experiments are conducted to evaluate the performance of the new CSAGAN-DE method. The results show that the new method can efficiently improve the classification performance compared with other related methods.     

基于GPS的弹射试验测试技术研究

该课题将GPS差分定位技术引入到弹射救生试验测试中,产生了新的弹射试验测试方法,提高了测试水平和测试的自动化程度.该方法将静态差分定位的后处理手段和动态差分定位测试有机结合,解决了动态精确定位、测速问题.在后处理中同时使用纵向平滑和横向平滑的滤波算法,建立了加速度"当前"统计模型的卡尔曼自适应滤波算法,有效提高了测试数据的后处理的抗干扰能力和测试精度.并通过大量的试验研究对系统进行了验证和分析.结果表明将GPS用于弹射试验测试是一种可行的方法,同时该课题的研究成果可推广到空降空投的试验测试中.     

Impact of GPS Acquisition Strategy on Decision Probabilities

The first stage of processing within a GPS receiver consists of the signal acquisition process, the output of which provides a rough estimation of code delay and Doppler frequency. The strong dependence of the acquisition performance on the decision strategy is shown, establishing the role of decision probabilities. Three acquisition strategies are analyzed and a new model describing the performance of a hybrid acquisition system is developed. The theoretical models are validated by simulations, and secondary phenomena, generally neglected in the literature, are also discussed.     

基于单天线GPS的伪姿态测量算法研究

介绍了根据单天线GPS速度测量值测定载体伪姿态的基本算法原理,建立了卡尔曼滤波方程,改进了伪航向角的计算和卡尔曼滤波模型,并进行了算法仿真。结果表明,在载体进行中高速飞行时,单天线测姿算法具有较高的精度,基本满足常规姿态测量要求。     

Evaluation and reduction of multipath-induced bias on GPS time-of-arrival

New expressions are presented for the multipath-induced pseudorange error (i.e. bias) and variance introduced by multipath onto the time-of-arrival estimate obtained using a noncoherent early-late gate discriminator. The results include the effect of front-end bandwidth and early-late gate spacing. We also investigate a blind method for cancelling the multipath, in order to improve the time-of-arrival estimate. Our approach uses early-late gate processing on an objective function derived from an adaptive finite impulse response (FIR) filter that attempts to match the crosscorrelation of the received signal with a multipath-free replica of the desired crosscorrelation. This method performs reasonably well, and decreases the multipath-induced pseudorange error by approximately a factor of 2, even in very stressing multipath environments.     

相敏检波法在硬支承动平衡检测中的应用

为了检测硬支承情况下转子的不平衡量,针对目前常用相敏检波电路的缺点,提出了一种模拟乘法器式检测转子旋转过程中不平衡量大小和相位的相敏检波法。描述了此方法的原理,运用此方法设计了检测电路,实现了预期的目的。