Guidepost-based autonomous orbit determination method for GEO satellite

Guidepost-based navigation system is a novel autonomous orbit determination method for the GEO satellite. The system is achieved by using the camera imaging function to obtain the guidepost images and the GNSS signal receiver to obtain the pseudoranges between the GEO and the navigation satellites. Due to the high altitude of GEO satellite and the time-varying sunlight condition in the space environment, it may be difficult to obtain object image points and the distance measurements of GNSS because of the weak visibility of the guideposts. To deal with the problem, a novel integrated orbit determination system is presented. The Earth landmarks, the in-orbit spacecraft and GNSS navigation satellites whose line-of-sights and the distance can be easily obtained are used at the same time as information for the GEO satellite navigation based on the observability conditions analysis. The observability of the GEO satellite navigation system is analyzed through the physical observability, the mathematical observability and the engineering observability through the observing geometry, the rank of observability matrix and the Cramer-Rao lower bound (CRLB) respectively. Besides, the maximum correntropy unscented Kalman filter (MCUKF) algorithm is applied to improve the estimation stability of the system in the presence of non-Gaussian noises. The simulation indicates the feasibility of the proposed scheme.     

A direct position determination method with combined TDOA and FDOA based on particle filter

The localization of a stationary transmitter using moving receivers is considered. The original Direct Position Determination (DPD) methods, with combined Time Difference of Arrival (TDOA) and Frequency Difference of Arrival (FDOA), do not perform well under low Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR), and worse still, the computation cost is difficult to accept when the computational capabilities are limited. To get better positioning performance, we present a new DPD algorithm that proves to be more computationally efficient and more precise for weak signals than the conventional approach. The algorithm partitions the signal received with the same receiver into multiple non-overlapping short-time signal segments, and then uses the TDOA, the FDOA and the coherency among the short-time signals to locate the target. The fast maximum likelihood estimation, one iterative method based on particle filter, is designed to solve the problem of high computation load. A secondary but important result is a derivation of closed-form expressions of the Cramer-Rao Lower Bound (CRLB). The simulation results show that the algorithm proposed in this paper outperforms the traditional DPD algorithms with more accurate results and higher computational efficiency, and especially at low SNR, it is more close to the CRLB.     

去中心化时差频差直接定位方法

针对原始利用时差频差的直接定位(DPD)方法存在数据传输量和计算量大的瓶颈,提出了两种去中心化直接定位方法。第1种方法采用去中心化配对方案,只将各观测站截获信号在站间进行一次传输,将数据传输和计算分散到各观测站间并行计算互模糊函数(CAF),构造仅满足满秩条件的互模糊矩阵(CAM)。第2种方法根据推导的任意互模糊函数间关系公式,采用归约方式去中心化的在各观测站并行计算余下互模糊函数,补全互模糊矩阵。两种方法都降低了直接定位数据传输量,提高了计算效率。性能分析和仿真实验表明本文两种方法精度性能优于两步定位方法,在低信噪比时两种方法都可达到比较理想的精度性能,在高信噪比时第2种方法与原始直接定位方法的精度性能相当。     

一种单星仅测TOA无源定位方法

因单星测向定位体制存在系统构成复杂、对卫星载荷和姿态要求高等问题,提出 一种单个低轨卫星仅测脉冲到达时间（TOA）实现对地表静止辐射源无源定位的方法。在研 究仅测脉冲TOA估计径向加速度的基础上,提出采用网格搜索法进行定位的方法。推导得到 了该方法定位误差的克拉美-罗下限（CRLB）及对于不同位置辐射源的定位误差几何分布（G DOP）,并分析了该方法的可实现性。理论和仿真分析表明,该方法实现简单,适用范围广 ,定位性能满足实际需求。
     

基于最小熵准则的频偏估计算法研究

提出了一种基于SEM(Spectrum Entropy Minimization,频谱熵最小化)的频偏估计算法。研究发现,频偏越小,离散信号频谱的熵越小。根据这一性质建立了相关算法,通过一维搜索的方式得到使相位补偿后信号频谱熵最小的频偏估计。仿真结果表明:SEM算法的估计性能能够达到CR(Cramer-Rao,克拉美罗)下界,而且估计的稳定性和鲁棒性较好,具有一定的应用价值。     

一种频域插值变化迭代频率估计方法

针对现有频率估计算法存在的复杂度高、频率估计能力弱、估计结果均方差大等缺点,在固定迭代AM（Aboutanios—Mulgrew）无偏频率估计算法基础上,提出一种频域插值变化迭代频率估计算法,推导了不同迭代参数实现无偏估计的充分条件,证明了有偏估计时本算法的收敛性和偏离度,通过设置不同迭代参数,可以实现无偏或有偏估计。仿真分析表明：当具有较高信噪比时,在整个频率估计范围内,该方法均方误差接近CRLB（Cramer-RaoLowerBound,克拉美一罗下限）;当FFT（FastFourierTransform,快速傅里叶变换）粗估计残余频率接近0．5时,该方法的均方误差优于CRLB,为CRLB的96％。     

系统误差条件下的多运动站无源定位性能分析

 系统误差的存在可能对无源定位的性能带来较大影响。针对多运动站得到的含有系统误差的观测量信息,推导了定位误差的克拉美-罗下限(CRLB)。首先根据具体系统误差模型推导测量误差的统计信息,然后根据系统误差导致不同时刻观测量相关的特点,将非对角矩阵的误差协方差矩阵写为分块矩阵的形式,并在此基础上推导其递推计算式,最后以系统误差情况下多运动站只测角无源定位为例进行定位性能的仿真分析。仿真结果表明系统误差的存在对定位误差CRLB影响较大,在定位中需要重点考虑。     

一种基于最小流形长度的高精度线阵设计

 传统上以阵列孔径来比较各种线阵的测向性能,但这一指标没有考虑到阵元数目及阵列几何布局对阵列性能的影响。因子空间类算法需搜索阵列流形来进行测向,所以阵列流形对阵列性能有重要影响。阵列流形又是阵元数、阵列几何布局的函数,可通过阵列流形来研究阵元数、阵列几何布局与阵列测向性能的关系。在分析了线阵流形与线阵测向精度的关系的基础上,提出了一个基于线阵最小流形长度的指标来比较不同线阵的性能,该指标综合考虑了阵元数、阵列几何布局对阵列测向精度的影响。通过对此指标的讨论,给出了提高线阵测向精度的设计思路。对几个不同线阵的仿真证实了该指标的有效性,也验证了该设计思路的可行性。     

一种改进的短时数据高精度测频算法

原短时数据高精度测频算法在某些频率范围内无法实现对频率的准确估计,分析了产生这一现象的原因,并提出了一种改进的短时数据高精度测频算法。在低信噪比条件下,改进算法可以实现对采样率范围内所有频率的高精度估计,其性能接近Cramer-Rao(CR)下界。