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    Surveys and Reviews
  • Shuai HAN , Hang GUO , Weixiao MENG , Yaqi JIANG
    doi: 10.12347/j.ycyk.20231031002

    With the continuous progress of satellite internet and China's aerospace TT&C technology, aerospace TT&C networks are developing towards intelligence and integration, making great progress in autonomous TT&C, resource allocation, and other aspects. Therefore, establishing an intelligent space-ground integrated network is an important goal for the future development of China's aerospace industry. In this paper, the relevant principles and technologies of tracking orbit, telemetry, and telecommand in intelligent space TT&C network are introduced. At the same time, combined with the space data link standard protocol proposed by CCSDS, TM, TC, AOS, Proximity-1, and USLP standards are introduced in detail, and the technology and practical application of different standards are analyzed. This paper introduces the working principle and technical requirements of space TT&C system from the view of the data link layer and physical layer, and provides reference and prospects for the research of the intelligent space-ground integrated satellite TT&C communication network in China.

  • Surveys and Reviews
  • Yuanhua TANG , Zhengpeng WANG
    doi: 10.12347/j.ycyk.20230922002

    Phased array calibration is crucial to ensure accurate array beam direction and radiation pattern. The calibration method can be divided into farfield calibration and near-field calibration according to the measurement distance. With the development trend of largescale array antennas, it is increasingly difficult for the anechoic chambers to meet the far-field requirements of array antennas. The applicability of far-field calibration methods gradually weakens, while the demand for nearfield calibration methods gradually increases. This article combs traditional near-field calibration methods and discusses the latest near-field calibration methods. The principles and features of different calibration methods are analyzed and compared, and finally an outlook for future development directions is proposed.

  • TT & C Communication and Navigation
  • Sijia LI , Shengli LIU , Jinrong ZHANG , Lei ZHANG , Ying ZHU , Jianjun ZHENG
    doi: 10.12347/j.ycyk.20230905002

    Digital beam forming technology is a key in the field of communication countermeasures. By controlling the signal amplitude and phase in the digital domain, multiple independent and controllable beams can be formed, with high precision and flexibility in beam pointing, and theoretically not limited by the number of beam forming. The article focuses on the requirements of large phased arrays, utilizes the principle of digital beam forming, and combines large-scale arrays signal synchronization technology and phased arrays amplitude-phase calibration technique, implements a multi-wave position beam search system that can simultaneously generate 180 biased beams. It can utilize the real-time scanning function of the beam group to achieve large-scale beam search and faster target angle positioning. The system has been applied in engineering and successfully executed a large-scale measurement and control task, achieves complete success.

  • TT & C Communication and Navigation
  • Mengshuang WANG , Shijing WEI , Gang LI , Lei XU , Yanping GUO , Yuedong LIU
    doi: 10.12347/j.ycyk.20231007002

    With the increasing demand for multi-function and multiband operation, more antennas have been employed in different electronic systems, which inevitably results in difficulties in antenna arrangement and severe interference. As a key technique of radio-frequency aperture integration, ultrawideband (UWB) antennas provide an effective solution to this problem. A novel miniaturized UWB H-plane ridged horn antenna with end-fire radiation property is proposed in this paper. In order to broaden the operating bandwidth, an exponential ridge is employed and the cutting-off frequency of the rectangle waveguide is significantly reduced. By extending a hyperbola-shaped dielectric lens from the horn aperture, nearly uniform aperture phase distribution is achieved along the Hplane, which leads to a significant enhancement of the end-fire gain. This antenna has a compact form factor of only 0.57 λL×0.45 λL×0.11 λL and it maintains a wide operating bandwidth ranging from 0.8 GHz to 18 GHz. Moreover, the simulated cross polarization discrimination across the operating bandwidth is better than 30 dB. The antenna structure features a low profile, good stability, and easy fabrication, which can greatly facilitate its integration with metallic structures and missiles. Compared with other reported end-fire antennas, the proposed design shows remarkable superiority in terms of its electrical size and performance.

  • TT & C Communication and Navigation
  • Yong YU , Jianxue ZHENG , Ruisong ZHANG , Yaguang He , Songyan XU
    doi: 10.12347/j.ycyk.20230927001

    In order to ensure the communication security of users and improve the high latency of traditional solutions in the integrated network of space and ground. In this paper, we propose a lightweight certificateless key agreement scheme. Firstly, we analyze the certificateless key agreement protocol system model. Based on the characteristics of the integrated network of space and ground, it is proposed that the protocol needs to satisfy some security requirements such as two-way authentication, anti-replay, and integrity. Then, we choose a lightweight certificateless encryption scheme. Base on the encryption scheme, we propose a key agreement protocol to meet the resource and security requirements of the integrated network of space and earth. Finally, we prove the proposed key agreement protocol security conducted on the BAN logical analysis, and compare the protocol performance with software simulation. The results show that the solution not only meets the network security requirements, but also provides fast and efficient negotiation.

  • TT & C Communication and Navigation
  • Zhe CHANG , Pengyun CHEN , Jiacheng LI , Shangyao SHI
    doi: 10.12347/j.ycyk.20231006001

    For the quadrotor UAV attitude adjustment process, the existence of parameter uncertainty and external environmental interference often cause certain difficulties to the attitude control. This paper studies and proposes a quadrotor attitude control method based on cascade linear active disturbance rejection. First, the dynamic attitude model of the quadrotor UAV was established, and a cascade PID dualloop control architecture was proposed to decompose the attitude control task into two internal and external loops. The Levant differentiator is used to extract control parameters to enhance tracking capabilities. In addition, the original linear active disturbance rejection controller is optimized to better eliminate the impact of external random disturbances on the system. The MATLAB Simulink environment was used to simulate the proposed control method. The results show that compared with traditional method, this method can better suppress the influence of the system caused by perturbations and enhance the tracking ability of the system to the desired signals, which significantly improves the precision and stability of the attitude adjustment of the quadcopter UAV, and improves the precision and robustness of the attitude control of the quadcopter UAV.

  • TT & C Communication and Navigation
  • Zhuoteng LIU , Chaoxing YAN , Lingang FU , Shibao LI
    doi: 10.12347/j.ycyk.20230911001

    Addressing the airsea information collaboration and sharing requirements for UAVs in distant maritime operations, a dynamic priority-based transmission protocol is proposed for random access. Firstly, this protocol is designed to ensure stable telemetry and remote control information transmission within the cluster measurement and control communication adhoc network through efficient cluster networking signaling. Secondly, combines an improved TDMA network timeslot structure for fast node enrollment and dynamic time slot allocation. Finally, an OPNET network simulation is used to analyze the random access, low latency,high throughput, and low end-to-end latency performance of the designed cluster airsea self-organizing network system. The results indicate that the network establishment time under this signaling scheme requires only 2-3 flight control cycles. In a scenario with 32 nodes, the average delay for nodes to complete random Aloha network access is less than 0.6 seconds. Additionally, the improved TDMA protocol reduces end-to-end latency by 1/3 compared to traditional TDMA protocols.

  • TT & C Communication and Navigation
  • Zhigang GAO , Lichao GAO
    doi: 10.12347/j.ycyk.20221008001

    The traditional satellite navigation antijamming high-precision algorithm is only suitable for processing stable interference signals, which is difficult to adapt to the multiple disordered pulsed flicker interferences environment. Based on the idea of interference covariance matrix reconstruction, this paper proposes a new highprecision antiinterference algorithm that is suitable for multiple flicker interferences environment and carries out simulation analysis. Firstly, the direction of interferences is calculated by using compress sensing with one snapshot. Secondly, the interference plus noise covariance matrix is reconstructed. Thirdly, antenna array beamforming with one snapshot is realized by using an adaptive beam constraint algorithm. Finally, the new algorithm forms nulls in the direction of interferences and forms a beam in the direction of satellite navigation signals. Compared with the traditional algorithm, the new algorithm calculates antiinterference weight with only one snapshot and is suitable for fast timevarying multiple flicker interferences environment. The simulation results show that the new algorithm can effectively reduce multiple flicker interferences and maintain a beam in the direction of satellite navigation signals to ensure the observation accuracy meets the requirements of highprecision satellite navigation.

  • TT & C Communication and Navigation
  • Jiacheng OU , Xiaohai LIAO , Xianhui ZHANG , Hui WANG , Yang XU
    doi: 10.12347/j.ycyk.20231023002

    Doppler estimation is a key link in the synchronization process of GMSK spread spectrum communication system receivers in the context of burst transmission. Given the extremely short information transmission time associated with short-duration burst GMSK spread spectrum communication systems, the synchronization segment structure of the system receiver is built. Based on this, a Doppler estimation algorithm adapted to the short-time burst synchronization segment structure is designed. The short-time burst Doppler estimation algorithm model is established. The algorithm formula is derived and the algorithm model is theoretically analyzed. The implementation process of the algorithm for Doppler estimation is described in detail, and the algorithm is simulated. The experimental results demonstrate that the Doppler estimation accuracy of the algorithm can reach 97.2% when the signal-to-noise ratio is 1 dB, and it exceeds 99% when the signal-to-noise ratio is greater than or equal to 3 dB. These findings validate the effectiveness and feasibility of the algorithm in GMSK spread spectrum communication systems within the context of burst transmission. It also shows that the Doppler estimation algorithm can still achieve superior accuracy even under weak signal conditions within the communication system.

  • TT & C Communication and Navigation
  • Yuanzheng LYU , Zhifu YANG , Mingming ZHAO , Shoulan LIU
    doi: 10.12347/j.ycyk.20230927002

    Top hypersonic aerodynamic heat simulation technology is one of the important supports for improving the heat protection capability of antennas. To further shorten the development cycle and save costs, this article proposes an engineering algorithm that uses cold wall heat flux and wall surface recovery enthalpy as input conditions, and utilizes MATLAB and CFD joint iterative rapid solution method to quickly solve the antenna temperature field in high-speed airflow. After confirming the high consistency between simulation results and experimental data through aerodynamic heat tests, this simulation method was used to perform heat insulation optimization design for an antenna with a high-speed aerodynamic heating duration of 500 seconds. Based on the primary and secondary factors identified through simulation that cause temperature rise of the core device, targeted improvement measures were proposed. The final target printed circuit board temperature was reduced from 320 ℃ to 142 ℃ with significant thermal control effects.

  • TT & C Communication and Navigation
  • Wenchao MA , Yuliang LI , Feima YUAN , Rong Nie
    doi: 10.12347/j.ycyk.20231025001

    For a long time, the modular design has been the mainstream implementation method of missile-borne telemetry and control equipment. However, there is no uniform standard for information interaction between modules. The development unit defines it according to its own technical and signal characteristics. The way of definition directly affects or determines the difficulty of implementing missile-borne telemetry and control equipment. In order to develop an efficient internal interconnection technology for missile-borne telemetry and control equipment, so that the connection of modules is simpler and more efficient, and the degree of generalization is higher when the performance requirements of missile-borne telemetry and control equipment become more complex, this paper divides the missile-borne telemetry and control equipment into three core modules and function expansion modules,and defines an efficient module-level bus interface form and protocol. The bus includes the input and output of primary power supply, secondary power supply, and internal cross-linked signals. The signal interaction adopts the form of a half-duplex bus. Each module can access the bus online and edit the bus online. Through design and experimental verification, the bus design method simplifies the external interface of the missile-borne telemetry and control equipment, and enables convenient and efficient online generation of telemetry PCM (Pulse Code Modulation) code stream. The function expansion module can be freely added or reduced without increasing the hardware burden of the bus interface, making the missile-borne telemetry and control equipment highly versatile.

  • TT & C Communication and Navigation
  • Jiawei ZHANG , Jun XIA , Yunheng SUN , Changwen ZHU , Li QIN
    doi: 10.12347/j.ycyk.20231007001

    TT&C communication link of sun pointing satellite in sun-synchronous orbit is easy to be interrupted due to the gain pattern interference area of the satellite’s TT&C antennas which are placed in traditional way. In order to reduce this kind of communication link interruption, the antennas’ placement on the satellite should be optimized by taking advantage of the characteristic that the orbital plane of the sun-synchronous orbit and the solar vector maintain a relatively fixed. In this paper, the concrete realization process of TT&C antennas’ placement for sun pointing satellite in sun-synchronous orbit is given through a simulation example, and the recommended installation angle of the TT&C antennas for sun pointing satellites in different sun-synchronous orbit are also provided as a reference.

  • TT & C Communication and Navigation
  • Peng WU , Qifu ZHANG , Pengfei WEI , Yuan YAO , Jing YE
    doi: 10.12347/j.ycyk.20230718001

    The living environment of satellite navigation and positioning equipment is increasingly complex and severe,all kinds of electronic countermeasures,interference and deception are very fierce,and man-made interference has become the focus of satellite navigation and positioning security and confrontation. In view of the shortcomings of traditional means to effectively deal with the complexity, comprehensiveness and systematization of interference,the paper ,based on the analysis of OODA ring theory and practice transformation, combined with the overall counter process of interference and anti-interference in complex environment, optimized operation, coupled with satellite navigation and positioning security and counter, innovative satellite navigation and positioning security and counter non-directional circular link which is based on environment awareness, screening isolation, detection and recognition, performance evaluation, strategic planning, counter attack-return visit feedback, reperception. The seven links of expansion and mapping are analyzed and demonstrated. By introducing the concepts of loop and undirected, the operation mechanism of nested iteration and guided transmission of cyclic outer loop and loop in link is not only realized, but also the freedom of the inner loop is optimized, so that links are interconnected and independent, and loop but not directed, effectively enhance the safety of satellite navigation and positioning and the robustness of confrontation. The design idea of the paper can accelerate the realization of the dynamic closed-loop loop of cyclic link, improve the overall efficiency of countermeasure, and has certain reference value in practical application and technology demonstration.

  • TT & C Communication and Navigation
  • Shangman KONG , Jing DAN , Jianyou CHEN , Fan ZHAO
    doi: 10.12347/j.ycyk.20230704001

    The sum and difference channels of Kaband dual channel telemetry equipment have phase differences, which can vary with environmental changes. Phase correction is required at the baseband terminal to achieve phase difference correction and ultimately achieve autonomous tracking of the target. In the shooting range, baseband phase calibration was usually achieved by setting up calibration rods, which can achieve the purpose of phase calibration. However, with the expansion of telemetry equipment in the field of combat, it has expanded to areas such as deep sea and plateau. Due to the various limitations of these special location environments on setting up calibration rods, this article focuses on studying how to achieve the purpose of calibrating the phase zero value of the differential channel, without setting up calibration rods, transmit signals through biased antennas in plateau environments. This article presents the principle and method of rodless calibration based on biased antennas, and verifies the effectiveness of the proposed method through experiments.

  • Radar and Countermeasures
  • Feicheng RONG , Junmin MENG , Yonggang JI
    doi: 10.12347/j.ycyk.20231115002

    Accurate measurement of underwater terrain in coastal areas is the key to human activities in the ocean. Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) provides a new means for the detection of shallow sea terrain. TerraSAR-X bunching mode can obtain highresolution SAR data with a long integration time, so that the seabed terrain of shallow sea can be inverted more accurately. Traditional SAR image underwater terrain detection is based on the assumption of constant wave period, which not only needs to know the initial water depth to solve the wave period, but also brings some errors to the detection results. In this paper, an underwater terrain detection method based on subaperture images is proposed. A SAR image is decomposed into subaperture images with fixed multiscene time intervals, and the time interval between subaperture images is used to solve the changing wave period, so as to obtain more accurate underwater terrain. The TerraSAR-X data of Wuzhizhou Island in Hainan Province was used to verify the feasibility of this method. The results obtained by inversion of this method were compared with the GEBCO data, and it was found that the two were in good agreement(the MAE was 2.8m and the MRE was 23.91%). It is proved that this method has great potential for retrieving water depth in shallow sea.

  • Radar and Countermeasures
  • Tianyi XIE , Qianqian HAN , Hongli MIAO , Lei CAO , Bosen JIANG , Zhenhua ZHANG
    doi: 10.12347/j.ycyk.20231103001

    The phased array wave spectrometer is a Ku-band real aperture radar that illuminates the sea surface at small incidence angles to receive sea surface echo power. It extracts three-dimensional sea surface information by removing radar-related factors like EIRP(Effective Isotropically Radiated Power), antenna patterns, and system loss, which can be measured in a microwave anechoic chamber. However, the antenna pattern's precision is limited, leading to the 'concave' anomaly in the backscatter coefficient profile that hinders wave spectrum inversion. To address this, the paper uses particle swarm optimization to correct integral antenna gain. Validation with flight test data shows a 12% improvement in data reliability, supporting operational wave spectrum production.

  • Radar and Countermeasures
  • Tiezhu QIAO , Shang SHANG , Yishan SHI , Qiang LIU
    doi: 10.12347/j.ycyk.20231116002

    Accurate prediction of ionospheric clutter is of great significance in improving the target detection performance of high-frequency surface wave radar. This paper proposes a short-term prediction model of ionospheric clutter using the Opposite Artificial Rabbits Optimization optimized Gated Recurrent Unit (OARO-GRU) network. Firstly, based on the a priori knowledge that ionospheric clutter received by high-frequency surface wave radar has chaotic characteristics, the input and output sample sets of the GRU network are constructed using the phase space reconstruction technique. Then, two improvement strategies, namely, the opposition-based learning and the Cauchy-based mutation, are incorporated to enhance the optimization capability of the original ARO, which is used to optimizthe GRU network with the values of three hyperparameters including the number of hidden layer nodes, the initial learning rate, and the maximum number of iterations. Finally, the optimized GRU network is retrained and fed into the test sample set for testing. The model is evaluated based on the given evaluation metrics. The experimental results show that compared with the other seven comparison forecast models, the proposed OARO-GRU network model has obvious superiority in prediction accuracy and reliability, and provides a new idea and method for effectively improving the target detection performance of high-frequency surface wave radar.