Noise in wireless systems from solar radio bursts

Solar radio bursts were first discovered as result of their interference in early defensive radar systems during the Second World War (1942). Such bursts can still affect radar systems, as well as new wireless technologies. We have investigated a forty-year record of solar radio burst data (1960–1999) as well as several individual radio events in the 23rd solar cycle. This paper reviews the results of a portion of this research. Statistically, for frequencies f  1 GHz (near current wireless bands), there can be a burst with amplitudes >10³ solar flux units (SFU; 1 SFU = 10⁻²² W/m²) every few days during solar maximum conditions, and such burst levels can produce problems in contemporary wireless systems.     

基于器间测量的火星进入过程实时高精度导航

精确着陆于火星特定目标区域是未来火星着陆探测的关键技术。面向火星精确着陆需求,研究火星进入过程中基于器间测量的实时高精度导航方法具有重要意义。该方法利用火星已有的环绕探测器,在着陆器接近进入过程中,通过无线电链路获得量测信息,结合器上滤波算法实时估计着陆器的位置与速度状态。仿真结果显示该导航方法可有效提高进入过程中的导航精度。     

太阳10.7cm射电流量中期预报模型研究(Ⅰ)

采用时间序列模型中的自回归方法开展了F_(10.7)中期预报研究.预报试验和误差分析结果表明,在太阳活动水平较低、F_(10.7)的27天周期性明显时自回归预报方法的预报精度高,具有较为理想的预报效果,但在日面有大活动区产生和消亡时预报效果不理想.这说明时间序列模型中的自回归方法能够较好地反映太阳F_(10.7)的27天周期性特征,对F_(10.7)中期预报模型的建立有一定适用性.通过对2005年9月21日至2007年6月7日期间预报结果的比较可以看出,自回归分析方法预报的精度与美国空军预报的相当。     

改进 K-均值算法在雷达辐射源信号预分选中的应用

雷达辐射源信号分选是电子对抗领域一个关键技术,随着电子技术的发展,电磁环境日趋复杂,信号分选的难度越来越大,在这样的条件下,我们应该寻求新的解决问题的方法.本文首先概述了雷达辐射源信号分选意义、系统组成和分选流程,然后介绍了改进 K-均值算法.为了有效实现信号分选,提出了基于改进K-均值算法的信号分选方法,该方法可对到达角、载频和脉宽参数进行分选.最后进行了仿真实验,结果表明该方法实现简单,分选效果较好     

An alternative Shell inversion technique - Analysis and validation based on COSMIC and ionosonde data

Multi-channel Global Positioning System (GPS) carrier phase signals, received by the six low Earth orbiting (LEO) satellites from the Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate (COSMIC) program, were used to undertake active limb sounding of the Earth’s atmosphere and ionosphere via radio occultation. In the ionospheric radio occultation (IRO) data processing, the standard Shell inversion technique (SIT), transformed from the traditional Abel inversion technique (AIT), is widely used, and can retrieve good electron density profiles. In this paper, an alternative SIT method is proposed. The comparison between different inversion techniques will be discussed, taking advantage of the availability of COSMIC datasets. Moreover, the occultation results obtained from the SIT and alternative SIT at 500 km and 800 km, are compared with ionosonde measurements. The electron densities from the alternative SIT show excellent consistency to those from the SIT, with strong correlations over 0.996 and 0.999 at altitudes of 500 km and 800 km, respectively, and the peak electron densities (N_mF₂) from the alternative SIT are equivalent to the SIT, with 0.839 vs. 0.844, and 0.907 vs. 0.909 correlation coefficients when comparing to those by the ionosondes. These results show that: (1) the N_mF₂ and h_mF₂ retrieved from the SIT and alternative SIT are highly consistent, and in a good agreement with those measured by ionosondes, (2) no matter which inversion technique is used, the occultation results at the higher orbits (∼800 km) are better than those at the lower orbits (∼500 km).     

一种航天器单脉冲差模角跟踪系统的标定及测试方法

介绍了航天器单脉冲差模角跟踪系统的组成和基本原理;针对捕获跟踪系统性能与射频通道相位特性的相关性,提出了在无线状态下通过用户目标在一定范围内按一定轨迹运动进行射频通道相位标定及跟踪性能测试的方法;在此基础上进一步提出了利用信号源模拟用户目标在角跟踪系统天线坐标系下不同位置时天线输出的射频信号,进行有线状态下射频通道性能的测试方法。标定及测试方法通过地面试验验证了可行性和有效性,可用于航天器单脉冲差模角跟踪系统在地面的通道相位标定、跟踪性能测试和射频通道性能测试,以实现角跟踪系统对用户目标高精度、稳定的跟踪。     

Low-latitude ionospheric scintillations and total electron content obtained with the CITRIS instrument on STPSat1 using radio transmissions from DORIS ground beacons

The primary objective of the Scintillation and Tomography Receiver in Space (CITRIS) is to detect ionospheric irregularities from space at low latitude. For this purpose, the satellite receiver uses the UHF and S-Band transmissions of the ground network of Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite (DORIS) beacons. CITRIS, developed at the Naval Research Laboratory, differs from the normal DORIS receiver by being able to capture and store the complex amplitude of the 401.25 and 2036.25 MHz transmissions at 200 Hz sample rate. Ground processing of the CITRIS data yields total electron content (TEC) and both phase and amplitude scintillations. With CITRIS flying on the US Space Test Program (STP) satellite STPSat1, 2 years of data were collected and processed to determine the fluctuations in ionospheric TEC and radio scintillations associated with equatorial irregularities. CITRIS flights over DORIS transmitters yield direct measurements of the horizontal plasma density fluctuations associated with equatorial plasma bubbles. Future flights of CITRIS can provide valuable complements to other satellite instruments such as GPS occultation receivers used to estimate vertical electron density profiles in the ionosphere.     

Height of shock formation in the solar corona inferred from observations of type II radio bursts and coronal mass ejections

Employing coronagraphic and EUV observations close to the solar surface made by the Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) mission, we determined the heliocentric distance of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) at the starting time of associated metric type II bursts. We used the wave diameter and leading edge methods and measured the CME heights for a set of 32 metric type II bursts from solar cycle 24. We minimized the projection effects by making the measurements from a view that is roughly orthogonal to the direction of the ejection. We also chose image frames close to the onset times of the type II bursts, so no extrapolation was necessary. We found that the CMEs were located in the heliocentric distance range from 1.20 to 1.93 solar radii (Rs), with mean and median values of 1.43 and 1.38 Rs, respectively. We conclusively find that the shock formation can occur at heights substantially below 1.5 Rs. In a few cases, the CME height at type II onset was close to 2 Rs. In these cases, the starting frequency of the type II bursts was very low, in the range 25–40 MHz, which confirms that the shock can also form at larger heights. The starting frequencies of metric type II bursts have a weak correlation with the measured CME/shock heights and are consistent with the rapid decline of density with height in the inner corona.     

认知无线网络及其频谱管理技术

认知无线网络通过不同种类的无线网络体系结构之间的并存和动态频谱接入技术可以为移动用户提供高带宽的服务。高效的频谱管理技术是这一新型网络面临的主要挑战之一。为了更好的理解认知无线网络,文章简单回顾了认知无线电技术,对认知无线网络的结构及特点进行了深入研究,明确了认知无线网络频谱管理的主要任务,并结合认知无线电当前的发展状况对认知无线网络频谱管理技术进行了总结分析。