Real-time ray-based channel generation and emulation for UAV communications

A real-time ray-based hardware emulator for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) communication channels which suits for the Three-Dimensional (3D) dynamic scenarios and considers the movements of both terminals is developed in this paper. The time-variant channel parameters, i.e., ray delay, ray gain, and ray Doppler frequency are precalculated in the host by using the Ray Tracing (RT) method. Meanwhile, RT simulation dramatically increases the number of valid rays. To address the problem of resource limitation and huge computational burden in the implementation, an efficient ray coefficients generation method based on iteration is proposed and implemented. With the advantages of low cost and high flexibility, a Software Defined Radio (SDR) hardware platform is used to emulate the ray-based UAV channels by utilizing the compact architecture including the Time-Division (TD) scheme and Tapped-Delay Line (TDL) for channel convolution. Finally, hardware measurement results demonstrate that the properties of emulated channel, i.e., Power Delay Profile (PDP) and Doppler Power Spectrum Density (DPSD) consist with the simulated ones, which verifies the correctness of hardware implementation. The proposed channel emulator provides an efficient way for optimization, verification, and evaluation of UAV communication systems.     

基于卫星轨道软件平台的自主导航计算方法

为增强卫星的自主生存能力，研究了基于卫星轨道软件平台的自主导航计算方法。由星载导航部件获取导航参数，应用数值或解析法进行自主导航计算，以实时获得精确的轨道参数。理论分析和仿真结果表明，读方法正确可行，具有较高的工程应用价值。     

6G service-oriented space-air-ground integrated network: A survey

As an indispensable component of the emerging 6G networks, Space-Air-Ground Integrated Networks (SAGINs) are envisioned to provide ubiquitous network connectivity and services by integrating satellite networks, aerial networks, and terrestrial networks. In 6G SAGINs, a wide variety of network services with the features of diverse requirements, complex mobility, and multi-dimensional resources will pose great challenges to service provisioning, which urges the development of service-oriented SAGINs. In this paper, we conduct a comprehensive review of 6G SAGINs from a new perspective of service-oriented network. First, we present the requirements of service-oriented networks, and then propose a service-oriented SAGINs management architecture. Two categories of critical technologies are presented and discussed, i.e., heterogeneous resource orchestration technologies and the cloud-edge synergy technologies, which facilitate the interoperability of different network segments and cooperatively orchestrate heterogeneous resources across different domains, according to the service features and requirements. In addition, the potential future research directions are also presented and discussed.     

基于1553B总线的星载嵌入式软件在轨升级方法

针对星载嵌入式软件在轨升级难的问题,提出了基于1553B总线的星载嵌入式软件在轨(线)升级方法。通过1553B总线接收升级程序、固化程序和升级程序分区独立存储、启动程序和应用程序互相配合的方式,实现软件升级、部分传输异常时补丁升级及升级异常情况下的版本回退。在某星载固态存储设备上对方法进行了试验验证,结果表明,方法可对星载固态存储设备的软件进行在轨(线)升级,升级程序异常情况下可通过设备开关电自动回退版本,部分出错时上注补丁量少,提高了星载嵌入式软件测试维护和在轨维护的效率和可靠性。