弱GPS信号捕获算法的仿真实验研究

针对低信噪比环境下导航的需要,文章对低信噪比环境下弱GPS信号捕获算法进行了分析,重点对相关累加、非相关累加以及多重数据位循环相关累加捕获算法的信号处理流程和算法捕获性能进行讨论。通过特定的硬件装置获得真实的GPS信号,利用Matlab对上述3种常用的弱GPS信号捕获算法进行计算机仿真研究。根据理论分析和仿真结果可以看出,多重数据位循环相关捕获算法更适合检测低信噪比环境下的GPS信号。     

北斗非GEO卫星信号码并行捕获

2012年12月,北斗二代的接口控制文件正式公布。北斗B1I频点的非GEO卫星上调制20bit的NH码,因此每1ms信号可能存在比特跳变。借鉴传统GPS并行码相位捕获算法,本文研究一种基于补零FFT的并行码相位算法。该算法能够实现1-20ms相干积分,利用非相干累加提高信噪比,并采用一种对信号强度和采样率不敏感的判决变量。仿真表明,通过相干积分和非相干累加,该算法使用400ms数据可以捕获24dBHz的弱信号。     

改进差分相干累加算法的北斗卫星导航弱信号捕获

以提升北斗卫星导航能力为目的,设计了改进差分相干累加算法的北斗卫星导航弱信号捕获方法。该方法通过构建北斗卫星信号模型,利用该模型获得北斗卫星导航中频信号;然后以改进差分相干累加算法为基础,建立北斗卫星导航弱信号捕获模型,将北斗卫星导航中频信号作为该模型的输入,经过北斗卫星导航弱信号捕获模型对中频信号块实施累加处理和多普勒圆周位移搜索,以及快速傅里叶变换和反傅里叶变换等步骤后,通过判断北斗卫星导航弱信号捕获判决,输出北斗卫星导航弱信号捕获结果。实验结果表明：该方法在捕获北斗卫星导航弱信号时的运算量较小,可有效捕获-36 dB的北斗卫星导航弱信号,同时其捕获概率较高,应用效果较为显著。     

北斗B1C信号联合捕获策略

目前对含有导频通道的新信号的捕获研究,主要是设计联合捕获算法,提高功率利用率以提升接收性能,分为等长与非等长相干积分联合算法两类. 本文针对北斗B1C信号,深入分析了三种等长相干积分联合算法的加权问题,并解释了相干联合与差分联合算法的联系. 理论和仿真结果表明,相干联合算法具有更优的性能;进一步,本文结合最优相干积分时间理论给出捕获参数设计方案,对比了不同场景条件下等长与非等长相干积分联合算法的性能,给出了捕获B1C信号的优化策略.      

GPS中频信号快速捕获技术分析

为解决GPS中频信号快速捕获问题,在介绍GPS码相位和载频信号捕获原理的基础上,重点阐述了基于FFT的并行GPS中频信号快速捕获方法,同时在非相干累加、接收信噪比、先验信息等方面分析了提高中频信号快速捕获的可能性,最后利用一组GPS实测数据对上述分析进行了的仿真计算。仿真结果表明基于FFT技术的中频信号快速捕获方法具有抗干扰、捕获速度快和检测低信噪比信号的能力,可以满足GPS软件接收机定位的要求。     

应用延迟累加的微弱GPS信号捕获算法

针对在弱信号环境下传统算法无法进行捕获的问题,提出了一种改进算法。该算法在双块零拓展(double block zero padding,DBZP)算法的基础上,采用延迟累加的方法,首先将DBZP算法相关运算结果中被舍弃的部分暂存,然后对延迟1ms的接收信号进行相关运算,得到相应的相关运算结果,将其与存储的运算结果进行相干累加,并将相干累加结果作为捕获模块输出与门限值进行比较。改进算法在增加极少运算量的前提下,通过提高相关运算结果的利用率,增加了数据观测量。仿真结果表明,改进算法能够提高捕获算法处理增益,在捕获载噪比为17dB-Hz的信号时,检测概率能够达到91%。     

一种基于FFT的GPS中频信号捕获方法

本文针对GPS导航接收机对定位信号快速捕获的要求,给出了基于FFT并行运算的GPS中频信号快速捕获方法,同时在非相干累加、接收信噪比、先验信息、弱信号等方面分析了提高中频信号快速捕获的关键技术。数据实验表明：基于FFT的快速捕获方法具有抗干扰、捕获速度快和可捕获低信噪信号的能力,满足GPS接收机快速定位的要求。     

空中目标探测系统信号处理增益分析

针对利用全球导航卫星反射信号(GNSS-R)进行空中目标探测时,信号微弱无法可靠接收的问题,该文提出了一种计算信号处理增益的方法。通过合理设置信号处理算法参数,保证了对微弱信号的后续处理。首先对GNSS-R信号接收链路进行了分析,计算得到了当目标的雷达散射截面(RCS)变化时对应的目标回波功率范围;然后对空中目标上升、平飞和下降三种飞行状态双基地雷达系统几何模型进行了研究,给出了3种飞行状态下对应的有效探测时间,为接收机后续相干/非相干累加算法的处理时间提供阈值限制;最后在阈值范围内,选定合适相关时间,分析了经过相干/非相干累加处理后的反射信号输出信噪比范围。结果表明:在有效探测时间的限制下,相关处理时间取0.6s时,处理后的信噪比在10dB左右,满足一般码跟踪环所需的门限要求,可以保证接收机后续数据处理的顺利进行。     

弱GPS/GLONASS信号捕获算法研究

本文给出了GPS/GLONASS双模接收机的总体设计方案,重点对弱信号环境下的接收机信号捕获进行了讨论,采用并行码相位搜索方法和改进的循环相关算法分别对GLONASS信号和GPS信号进行捕获;并利用真实数据对双模接收机性能进行了仿真研究,重点对接收机捕获弱信号的能力,以及在不同信噪比和不同累加数据长度下的捕获概率进行了讨论,结果表明该双模接收机在不需要较长数据长度的情况下能够捕获低信噪比环境下的卫星导航信号,提高了接收机的灵敏度。     

GNSS双频兼容互操作接收机信号捕获方法

随着我国北斗导航系统“全球组网”序幕的拉开,设计实现接收机的兼容互操作功能已变成接收机设计领域的一个研究热点。文中针对GNSS双频兼容互操作接收机信号捕获环节设计中遇到的处理时间长、捕获精度低、硬件资源消耗大、兼容性差等问题,设计一种基于频域处理的信号捕获算法。该算法在传统频域捕获的基础上,优化频域转换资源利用与遍历方式,在能量累加方面加入相干与非相干累加方式,达到微弱信号捕获。借助Xilinx软件Vivado及其仿真工具,对整个捕获系统进行了仿真实现,验证了算法设计的准确性,本算法可以捕获信号功率-135 dB以上的信号,可捕获的载波多普勒频率范围满足实际工程需求。在实际工程验证中,本算法能较好地满足工程应用性能要求。      

弱GPS信号捕获算法及其仿真研究

为满足低信噪比环境下的导航需要,介绍了一种基于改进循环相关的GPS基带信号捕获算法。本文借助于GPS信号基带数学模型以及FFT技术,从理论层面上对捕获算法的信号处理流程以及捕获性能进行了分析;并利用真实GPS基带数据对算法在低信噪比环境下的检测概率和捕获能力进行了重点仿真,仿真结果显示算法在低信噪比环境下是有效的,能够提高低信噪比环境下的检测概率和提高GPS接收机的检测灵敏度。     

BOC信号改进码相位捕获算法研究

BOC(binary offset carrier)信号自相关函数存在多值性,BOC信号的捕获不能简单地移植GPS信号捕获算法。在分析经典并行码相位算法和BOC信号互相关特性基础上,仿真分析了并行码相位搜索算法对BOC信号进行捕获的有效性,并针对经典算法在低信噪比条件下捕获信号存在的不足,对经典算法进行了改进设计,并利用改进算法对多种BOC信号进行了仿真分析。结果表明,本文提出的改进捕获算法适用于BOC(pn,n)信号(p为整数),扩展了经典算法的适用范围,且与经典算法相比,改进捕获算法对所给定BOC信号能够改善捕获信噪比10dB,可显著提高接收机捕获灵敏度,对接收机BOC信号捕获算法设计具有重要意义。     

Characterization of the effects of high multipath phase rates in GPS

GPS multipath has been studied since the early 1970s. Prior to the investigation described in this paper, however, the effects due to the relative Doppler shift between the direct and multipath signal components have received scant attention. The single previous study that did address the issue indicated coherent receivers had significant performance advantages over noncoherent receivers. Specifically, it was stated that under the condition of fast-fading multipath, noncoherent receivers would yield a bias error, whereas coherent receivers would not. After reviewing the background theory, this paper describes a revised model of the phenomenon and shows the results of hardware simulations which validate the existence of the bias in both receiver types and offer support for the new model. A case study of a specific commercial receiver is presented. Electronic Publication     

A JTIDS/INS/DGPS navigation system with pseudorange differential information transmitted over Link-16: design and implementation

As the battle environment becomes more complicated, the demand for higher accuracy and better anti-jam capacity of navigation has been increasing. The conventional JTIDS/INS/GPS integrated navigation cannot meet the demands of certain situations such as precision strike and formation flight. A new system that introduces the differential GPS into JTIDS/INS/GPS integration system is proposed to improve the navigation performance in the modern combined operations. In this system, the differential information of DGPS is transmitted through the communication data link of Link-16. As a result, the system resources are efficiently utilized and the controllability and anti-jam performance of the system are significantly enhanced. A hybrid slot allocation protocol (HSAP) that combines a static slot allocation algorithm and a dynamic slot allocation algorithm and the corresponding source-chosen mechanisms are proposed. The performance of the JTIDS/INS/GPS integration navigation using the differential GPS information from one or multiple base stations is studied and compared with that of the system without using the differential GPS information. Furthermore, the performance of the integration navigation using HSAP is compared with that of the system using static slot allocation algorithm. We show that navigation accuracy based on the differential GPS is improved, and using HSAP also leads to higher localization accuracy.     

高灵敏度GPS和Galileo信号联合捕获方法

针对传统接收机无法同时捕获两种不同卫星系统信号Galileo E1或GPS C/A的问题,该文提出E1和C/A相干联合捕获和E1-C和C/A相干联合捕获两种新算法。基于E1和C/A联合相干捕获算法,利用E1的数据信号和导频信号与C/A进行联合相干捕获,推导出了捕获灵敏度的计算式,实现了对两种信号的同时捕获。采用E1-C和C/A相干联合捕获算法,仅利用E1的导频信号E1-C和C/A进行捕获,简化了联合捕获的推导过程。仿真结果显示,两种联合捕获均比单独捕获E1或C/A的灵敏度高,为新一代GNSS接收机提供了新的卫星信号捕获方法。     

A new algorithm for fine acquisition of GPS carrier frequency

Design of a GPS signal acquisition algorithm is a trade-off between improvement of the acquisition frequency resolution and reduction in the acquisition time. A new algorithm is proposed to acquire the carrier frequency accurately by correlation of the GPS signal after completion of the coarse acquisition of the signals. The CA code in a period of 1 ms is stripped off first. Then, several local replica carriers are generated and mixed with the CA-code-stripped data. Finally, the mixed data are integrated to detect the carrier frequency accurately. By analyzing the correlated integration result, the algorithm performance is evaluated on the aspects of the computational load, the effects of the carrier-to-noise ratio, and the navigation data transition. Performance of the proposed method is verified by simulations and experiments.