Abstract—To solve the question of satellite signal volatile lock
under high dynamic condition, an improved fast acquisition
algorithm is proposed for high dynamic BDS satellite signal.
This algorithm combines the advantages of FFT technology,
coherent average method and average correlation method, and
simplifies traditional two-dimensional detecting process into two
one-dimension detecting process. Firstly, the traditional
coherent averaging method is improved to enhance the
signal-to-noise ratio of the signal by directly compensating the
frequency of the intermediate frequency signal. Then, the carrier
Doppler frequency shift is determined by the FFT algorithm and
the pseudo-code phase is determined by the average correlation
algorithm. Finally, complete two experiments, intermediate
frequency measured date processing experiment and high
dynamic simulation data processing experiment. Experimental
results show that this method reduces acquiring time and
improves acquiring precision, and its calculation is just several
tenths of traditional FFT algorithm. The proposed algorithm has
an excellent high dynamical adaptability. At the high dynamic
condition with a speed 3500m/s, an accelerated speed of 25g, it is
able to acquire BDS signal quickly. Besides, the proposed
algorithm has a good applicability under the order low SNR
conditions.
Keywords
:
high dynamic; near space; satellite navigation; fast
acquisition; coherent average
I. INTRODUCTION
At present, the military powers are competing to develop
hypersonic space vehicle technology, in order to win strategic
air supremacy in the adjacent space area. Hypersonic near
space vehicle technology involves many key technologies,
among which the navigation technology with high accuracy
and high reliability is an important guarantee for the near
space vehicle to realize the long-range combat mission. At
present, satellite navigation is still one of the irreplaceable
navigation methods for this kind of aircraft
[1]
. However, the
high dynamic and complex near space flight environment
makes the satellite signal difficult to acquire, which greatly
affects the effective performance of satellite navigation
[2]
.
The main purpose of satellite signal acquisition is to
roughly determine the pseudo code phase and carrier Doppler
frequency, thus providing the initial value for the tracking
*Resrach supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China
grant No. 61503393 and No. 11602296.
Xin Zhao, Ph. D., lecturer at the Rocket Force University of Engineering,
Xi’an, 710025, China (corresponding author to provide phone:
029-84743451; e-mail: zhaoxin20062111@163.com).
Shaowen Ji, is with School of Instrumentation Science and
Opto-electronics Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191 China.
(e-mail: 1399464967@qq.com).
Xunliang Yan, Ph. D., lecturer at the Northwestern Polytechnical
University, Xi’an, 710072, China (e-mail: xly_nwpu@126.com).
process. As shown in figure 1, satellite signal acquisition is a
three-dimensional search process.
A Doppler frequency search unit
Figure 1. Schematic diagram of signal acquisition process
The first dimension is along the direction of the PRN
(Pseudo Random Noise) code, that is, to determine the
satellite number corresponding to the signal. The second
dimension is the direction of the pseudo code, that is, to
determine the value of the phase of the pseudo code. And the
third dimension is the direction of the Doppler frequency, that
is, to determine the Doppler frequency of the signal
[3, 4]
.
Under high dynamic conditions, due to the high velocity
and acceleration of the carrier, unknown Doppler frequency
shift and dynamic delay will be added to the satellite signal,
which makes the code of ordinary receiver delay locking loop
and carrier phase locked loop be easy to lose lock. And if there
is a long reacquisition time, it is difficult to ensure the
convergence of navigation during this period, which results in
the receiver not working properly
[5, 6]
. Therefore, it is
necessary to solve the problem of satellite signal acquisition in
high dynamic flight environment and improve the fast
acquisition performance of the algorithm as much as possible.
At present, BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (
BeiDou
System,
BDS), which is China's intellectual property, has
realized the navigation service in Asia Pacific region, and it is
expected to realize the global positioning service in 2020
[7, 8]
.
For the sake of the military security, this article will focus on
BDS. A fast acquisition algorithm of BDS signals for
hypersonic near space vehicle will be proposed to solve the
problem of satellite signal acquisition in high dynamic flight
environment.
Fast acquisition algorithm based on improved coherent average
method for high dynamic BDS signal
Xin Zhao, Shaowen Ji, Xunliang Yan, Gang Liu, Bing He and Weiwei Qin
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2018 IEEE/CSAA Guidance, Navi
ation and Control Conference
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ust 10-12, 2018 Xiamen, China
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