Abstract
Compared with common near space satellite Telemetry, Telecommand, and Communication (TT&C), deep space TT&C presents a more challenging environment such as long distance, very low Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR). How to acquire main carrier exactly becomes a hot focus for deep space communications. Already there emerged some main carrier acquisition algorithms, but they all require high SNR and small modulation index. In this paper, we develop a new acquire algorithm. First we use the spectral energy center algorithm to shorten the original sequence, filter out some noise and make the spectral more symmetric. Then we adopt the spectral symmetry algorithm to make full use of the whole spectrum information, and utilize FFT to reduce computation complexity. Simulation results show that our algorithm can acquire main carrier successfully under large modulation index and get good performance with low Carrier to Noise Ratio (CNR).
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Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 61032003 and No. 61021001).
Communication author: Zhang Ruyuan, born in 1987, male, Ph.D. candidate.
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Zhang, R., Zhan, Y. & Lu, J. A new algorithm for main carrier acquisition in deep space communications. J. Electron.(China) 28, 169–173 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11767-011-0588-7
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11767-011-0588-7
Key words
- Deep space Telemetry Telecommand and Communication (TT&C)
- Main carrier acquisition
- Low Carrier to Noise Ratio (CNR)
- Modulation index