Satellite-based vehicle communication/position determination system

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NEC Corporation

33-1, Shi ba 5-chome

Minato-ku Tokyo JAPAN

Address for Service:

Spruson &amp; Ferguson, Patent Attorneys

Level 33 St Martins Tower, 31 Market Street Sydney, New South Wales, 2000, Australia

O A 4 O 0 ”Complete Specification for the invention entitled:

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Satellite-based Vehicle Communication/Position Determination System • » ·» a o · ’“’’The following statement is a full description of this invention, including the •““““best method of performing it known to me/us

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Spec i f i e-at-i-on-

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Satellite-based Vehicle Communication/Position

Determination System

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Background of the Invention

The present invention relates to a satellite-based vehicle communication/position determination system which performs two-way communication between a base station and a vehicle station using three or more geostationary satellites, and in which the base

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station performs position determination of the vehicle station.

Along with developments in satellite communication techniques, the advent of a satellite-based vehicle communication system is expected much. When a satellite-based vehicle communication system is constituted, one important issue is how to realize a communication/position determination function capable of determining the position of a vehicle station as well as a communication with the vehicle station by utilizing a wide areal property of the satellite communication. It is known that the position of a vehicle station can be accurately determined if at least three geostationary satellites are used.

More specifically, as shown in Fig. 1, satellite-based vehicle communication/position

- 1 fl iMJWW determination system capable of achieving both communication and position determination functions is constituted by three geostationary satellites S^, S₂, and S^, a vehicle station M having a low-directivity antenna 31 for performing radio-wave exchange with the geostationary satellites S^ S₂, and S3, and a base station B having high-directivity antennas 32a, 32b, and 32c for independently performing radio-wave exchange with the three geostationary satellites S^, S₂, and S3. A signal generated by the vehicle station M is transmitted to the base station B through three different transmission paths β ft ft O

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A satellite-based vehicle communication/position

It it t♦ « « « t &lt; *4 * it » ϊt determination system as described in an article entitled

Analysis of the GEOSTART Position Determination System (L.O. Snively, W.P. Osborne: AIAA, 1986, pp. 50-58) is conventionally known. Although a detailed description is omitted, the conventional system utilizes a spread spectrum modulated signal which is expanded in all the bandwidth of a satellite network, as shown in Fig. 3.

In this system, as shown in Fig. 4(A), a vehicle station called from the base station transmits a spread spectrum modulated signal which is diffusion-modulated by a high-speed pseudo random signal within a time interval of a predetermined frame period (T) designated by the base station. The base station receives vehicle signals via the three different transmission paths #1, #2, and #3 at separate antennas 32a,

32b, and 32c, and reproduces and outputs spread spectrum t · &lt; i * * *ft *ft ft « ft ft ft « ft € ft codes using a matching filter, as shown in Fig.

base station detects time differences among the

4(B). The reproduced spread spectrum codes, and determines the position of the vehicle station.

In the conventional system described above, since all the bandwidth of the satellite network is used, satellite power can be fully utilized. Since the high-speed spread spectrum modulated signal is received and processed by the matching filter, position determination can be performed with high precision. Thus, the conventional system can be an excellent position determination system. However, in view of communication, since a burst transmitting signal can only be transmitted, a communication mode is limited to a message communication mode, and a speech communication mode is impossible to realize. Since a spread spectrum system essentially requires high-speed modulation/demodulation operations,

I «Sri both the vehicle and base stations must have large-scale circuits.

Since an non-spread spectrum circuit normally utilizes a Delay Lock Loop, it takes much time to establish synchronization, resulting in a long processing time.

Summary of the Invention

It is an object of the present invention to provide a satellite-based vehicle communication/position determination system which is free from conventional drawbacks, and can achieve both two-way communication and a quick, high-precision position determination operation without increasing the circuit scale.

A satellite-based vehicle communication/position determination system according to the present invention vehicle station, and a base station, each vehicle station comprising: a low-directivity antenna for performing o a o © © o o A « « «o o o *

Ο β A radio-wave exchange with the N geostationary satellites;

vehicle station FDM (frequency division multiplex)

A 4 « « * ‘20 ♦ f receiving means for frequency-selectively receiving a signal in a communication frequency channel assigned to the « e « « • « i»44 « » C 4 &lt; 4 1 self station from signals in a plurality of communication frequency channels received at the low directivity antenna;

vehicle station receiving control means for transmitting the signal output from the vehicle station FDM receiving means as a receiving signal to a following circuit, and detecting a base station control signal from the signal;

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chirp signal generating means for generating a chirp signal for performing frequency sweep over all the bandwidth of a satellite network at a predetermined sweep rate for a predetermined period of time in response to a frame sync signal detected and formed by the vehicle station FDM receiving means; and vehicle station transmitting means for transmitting a communication signal including a position determination start signal from the low-directivity antenna to the N geostationary satellites in the communication frequency channel assigned to the self station, interrupting the transmission of the communication signal * t « «« :r t Jt ί I t t

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communication frequency channels in which the communication ft ft ft ft ft ft ftft ft* ft ft ft ft ft signal including the base station control signal for designating a time period for which the chirp signal is to be transmitted is inserted; base station FDM receiving means for receiving and demodulating signals in one or a plurality of communication frequency channels received at one of the N high-directivity antennas; base station

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reception control means for transmitting the signal output from the base station FDM receiving means to a following circuit as a receiving signal, and detecting a start signal from the signal; N chirp signal receiving meant? including

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os a· ft « « &amp; » chirp filters for performing pulse compression processing of the chirp signals received at the N high-directivity antennas; and time difference detecting means for detecting time differences among N compressed pulses sent from the N chirp signal receiving means in response to the detection of the start signal, and forming a position determination signal for calculating the position of the vehicle station. Brief Description of the Drawings , Fig. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic arrangement of a satellite-based vehicle communication/position detection system, which is applied to both the descriptions of the prior art and the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a view showing the principle of a vehicle position determination operation;

Fig. 3 is a view showing a spectrum of a transmitting signal in a conventional system;

Figs. 4(A) and 4(B) are views showing the operation of the conventional system;

Fig. 5 is a view showing a spectrum of a transmitting signal in the present invention;

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Fig. 6 is a block diagram showing an arrangement of an embodiment of a base station of a system according to the present invention;

Fig. 7 is a block diagram showing an arrangement of an embodiment of a vehicle of the system according to the present invention; and

Figs. 8(A) and 8(B) are views for explaining the operation of the base station and the vehicle shown in Figs. 6 and 7, respectively.

Description of the Preferred Embodiment ./

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A preferred embodiment of the present will be described hereinafter with reference to accompanying drawings.

As shown in Fig. 5, a satellite-based communication/position invention realizes the system shown in Fig. 1 invention the vehicle determination system of the present communication/position determination on the basis of a satellite-based vehicle communication system of a conventional SCPC (Single

Channel Per Carrier)-FDMA type for frequency-dividing all the bandwidth (bandwidth W) of the satellite network into a plurality of communication frequency channels (CHI,

CH2,..., CHn). Position determination is performed by a base station.

Fig. 6 shows an arrangement of a reception/position determination section of the base station. Although not shown, a transmission section of the base station B is the same as that of the conventional p

arrangement. The transmission section includes a data modulator, an up converter, a high-power amplifier, and the like, and one of three high-directivity antennas 32a, 32b, and 32c is used as a transmitting antenna. '

In Fig. 6, signals received at the antennas 32a,

32b, and 32c are respectively input to a separator 1 and chirp signal receivers 4b and 4c. The separator 1 separates the input signal into a communication signal and a chirp signal, and supplies the communication signal to a demodulator 2 and the chirp signal to a chirp signal receiver 4a. The demodulator 2 demodulates the input signal, and outputs the demodulated signal to a control »’*« · circuit 3. The control circuit 3 outputs the demodulated \,^r . signal as a reproduced signal Sa, and detects a position st· ' ’»?15 determination start signal (to be described later),, The

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¹ control circuit 3 outputs the start signal to a time difference detector 5 as a control signal E.

β 4 * » »·’ The chirp signal receivers 4a, 4b, and 4c receive « «ft ft S i * “ chirp signals, and generate compressed pulses using '*‘‘‘20 internal chirp filters, respectively. The receivers 4a,

4b, and 4c output the compressed pulses to the time difference detector 5. The time difference detector 5 £:

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i*. detects time differences· among the compressed pulses at a &lt;4 timing determined by the control signal E from the control circuit 3, and outputs a position determination signal Sp indicating the position of the vehicle station based on the detected time differences.

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Fig. 7 shows an arrangement of an embodiment of a vehicle station M.

In Fig. 7, a signal received at an antenna 31 is demodulated by a demodulator 21. The output signal from the demodulator 21 is input to a frame sync detector 22.

The frame sync detector 22 outputs the input signal to a control circuit 23, and detects a frame sync signal A from the input signal. The control circuit 23 outputs a receiving signal

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signal S_n, and detects a base station control

The control circuit 23 outputs the control signal

B to a switching circuit 25 and an inverter 27.

A chirp signal generator 24 generates a chirp signal

C based on the frame sync signal A supplied from the frame sync detector 22, and outputs it to the switching circuit 25. The switching circuit 25 outputs the chirp t

signal C received from the chirp signal generator to a » «v t

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selector 28 when the control signal B output from the control circuit 23 is at logic 1.

Meanwhile, a switching circuit 26.

transmitting signal S_T is input to a

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1. The selector 28 selects the transmitting signal S_T or signal C, and outputs the. selected signal to a modulator the chirp

29. The output from the modulator 29 is transmitted through the antenna 31.

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The base station repetitively transmits a frame sync signal for giving a time reference for position determination at predetermined time periods T) like in the conventional period T, position determination of intervals (frame system. In one frame one vehicle station is performed. In other words, the position determination is time-divisionally performed. The frame sync signal is detected by the frame sync detector 22 of the vehicle, and the detected frame sync signal A is supplied to th©, chirp signal generator 24.

The chirp signal generator 24 generates the chirp signal C for performing frequency sweep over all the bandwidth W of the satellite network for a predetermined period of time and at a predetermined sweep rate in response to the frame sync signal A, and supplies the signal to the switching circuit 25.

The above-mentioned operation is performed during vehicle FDM receiving a assigned to receiving operations for frequency-selectively signal in the communication frequency channel the self station from signals communication frequency channels low-directivity antenna, and the frequency-selected communication received received in a plurality of at a signal in the frequency channel is sent to a following circuit through the control circuit 23 as the receiving signal S_R in a normal communication mode. In this case, since the control circuit 23 detects no base station control signal (to be described later) from the '1

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input signal, it sets the control signal B at 0 level.

Therefore, the control signal supplied to the switching circuit 26 is at 1 level, and the transmitting signal S_Tis transmitted through the switching circuit 26, the selector 28, the modulator 29, and the antenna 31.

Fig. 8(A) shows the transmitting signals in the channels

CHI to CHn in this state. That is, an operation in this state is the same as in the conventional SCPC-FDMA system.

When the base station selects a predetermined vehicle station as an object to be position-determined, or when the base station receives a position determination e ο © « ^e request signal from the vehicle station requesting the © 0 © © ©&amp;

position determination, the base station transmits a base o station control signal including a message indicating that ₀^e_e ;15 position determination is to be performed and a frame &amp; » O period to be used to the vehicle station as a communication

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I» &amp; ® signal. In the vehicle station, the base station control signal is detected by the control circuit 23, and is sent

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to a transmitting signal S_T generator (not shown). The generator transmits the transmitting signal including a

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response signal as the position determination start signal βιώββ o &amp;

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selector 28. As a transmitted to the

Fig. 8(A), a given signal C during a to T) and another signal C during a result, the chirp signal C is satellite network. As shown in vehicle station transmits the chirp time interval of a first frame period (0 vehicle station transmits time interval of a second the chirp frame period (T to 2T).

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antennas 32a, 32b, and chirp signal receivers

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32c are respectively input to the

4a, 4b, and 4c, and are subjected to pulse compression processing by the corresponding chirp filters.

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The compressed pulses obtained to the time difference detector

The time difference detector 5 from the chirp in this manner are

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overall operation of the satellite-based vehicle communication/position determination system according to the present invention will be described below.

For example, two-way communication and ’osition determination in a system using the three geostationary

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satellites S^, 83, and S3, as shown in Fig. 1 are performed as follows.

The vehicle station transmits a communication

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signal to the geostationary satellites S^, S^, and S^ from the low-directivity antenna using a communication frequency channel assigned to the vehicle station. When there are a plurality of vehicle stations, FDM communication signals are transmitted to the base station through the three different transmission paths #1, #2, and #3.

In this case, a vehicle station requiring position determination inserts the control signal E _r... representing the position determination start signal into

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t. ' the communication signal.

-, In the base station, reception/demodulation processing is performed for signals in one or a plurality of communication frequency channels received at one (e.g., .‘/‘i 32a) of the three high-directivity antennas through the

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which the vehicle station should transmit the chirp signal is inserted.

More specifically, the base station transmits the frame sync signal of the predetermined period T like in the 5 conventional system so as to send, to a vehicle station requesting position determination or a vehicle station selected as an object to be position-determined, a message indicating a frame period for which the chirp signal is to be transmitted.

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In the vehicle station, the frame sync detector detects the frame sync signal, and the chirp signal generator generates the chirp signal C for performing frequency sweep over all the bandwidth of the satellite network for a predetermined period c.Z time and at a predetermined sweep rate in response to the frame sync signal. In the vehicle station requiring position «

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31, the control circuit 23 transmits the receiving signal

S_D to the following circuit, and detects the base station ίχ control signal B from the signal S . Then, transmission of lx signal is interrupted for an interval the communication designated by the base station control signal B, and the chirp signal C is transmitted from the antenna 31 during the interruption interval.

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Thus, in the base station, the chirp signal receivers 4a, 4b, and 4c perform pulse compression processing of the chirp signals received at the high-directivity antennas 32a, 32b, and 32c, respectively.

The time difference detector 5 detects time differences among the three compressed pulses sent out from the chirp signal receivers 4a, 4b, and 4c upon detection of the control signal E, and generates the position determination signal S_p for calculating the position of the vehicle .10 station.

Note that the number of geostationary satellites can be three if a vehicle station moves on the ground or sea. However, if a vehicle station is an aircraft, four satellites are required since an altitude must also be . 15 determined.

To summarize, in the satellite-based vehicle _t‘_t“, communication/position determination system of the present

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invention, at least two geostationary satellites for ter position determination are added to an existing SCPC-FDMA Ct- . :

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type satellite-based vehicle communication system, a vehicle station is provided with a chirp signal generator € « i &lt; &lt; - '

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^E * modulation system to transmit a chirp signal during position determination, and time differences among compressed pulses of the chirp signals are detected in the base station. The precision of position determination can ^{: :} h

- 15 - ' be improved by appropriately selecting the sweep rate, time, and range of the chirp signals.

The system of the present invention does not require complicated sync control requiring much time unlike 5 in the conventional system, and quick position determination can be achieved.

A communication mode is not limited to a message communication mode, and signals in communication frequency channels of the FDM transmission paths can be communication signals in arbitrary modulation modes, such as digital ft 11« ft ft ft ft ft ft 5 ft ft ft ft ft &lt; t r * t • » φ e •

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Thus, a very wide application range can be provided.

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The precision and the like of the position determination system of the present invention will be examined below.

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If a transmitting chirp signal c(t) of a vehicle station is given by:

r_e3P(t-T/2)²₍₀ &lt; t &lt; T) (t &lt; 0, t &lt; T) (1) a receiving signal r(t) is given by:

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t ft ft £ ft * &lt; ft t ft ft * * (t) = c (t) + n (t) (2) where n(t) is the total undesired wave including transmission path noise and signal waves of other channels.

If an impulse response h(t) of a chirp filter of a reference station is given by:

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f _e-jP(t-T)² (0 &lt; t &lt; T) hit) = j (3)

I 0 (t &lt; 0, t &gt; 2T) an output d(r) of the chirp filter receiving the receiving signal r(t) is given by:

d (τ) = /r(t)h( τ - t)dt = V (τ) + V (τ)(4) os'' on' '' '

For

V_os(t) = /c(t)h( τ - t)dt(5)

V_Qn(r) ⁼ t)dt(6) where V (τ) is the desired wave output, and V (τ) is the os f /on undesired wave output.

Paying attention to the range of Τ &lt; τ &lt; 2T, the desired wave output V_qs(t) is given by:

V os (τ) = _Te~3p(^t-3t/2) είημΤ(τ - 3T/2) μΤ( τ - 3Τ/2) (7)

That is, the desired wave output becomes a pulse having a peak value in a time given by:

τ = 3T/2 (8)

As shown in Fig. 8(B), the pulses are output near the middle of each frame period.

A pulse width At is about:

2π 1 μΤ μΤ/2π (9)

Note that the amplitude of the pulse is proportional to an 25 integration time T, as represented by equation (7).

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More specifically, the chirp filter compresses the chirp signal of a given amplitude of a time duration T into an impulse having a pulse width At, and its pulse compression ratio is given by:

T uT — = (—) -T (10)

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In equation (10), since the first term is a frequency sweep bandwidth of the chirp signal given by equation (1) (the product of a sweep time and a sweep rate, and is indicated by B) , equation (10) provides a so-called Β·T product. A noise component given by equation (6) is an integral result over an average time T.

The characteristic features of the present invention are the following two points. First, required time precision depends on the pulse width At of the compressed pulse. As can be seen from equation (9), the frequency sweep bandwidth PT of the chirp signal is appropriately selected, so that the desired precision can be obtained. Second, the sweep time T is set to be large, so that a high S/N ratio can be realized, thus allowing accurate time measurement.

The second feature will be explained with reference to the following example. For example, assume that the position determination system of the present invention is embodied in an SCPC-FDMA type satellite-based vehicle communication system which has all the bandwidth of a satellite network = 4 MHz, and processes 400 channels of

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BPSK (Biphase Phase Shift Keying) signals having a signal rate of 4.8 kb/s.

The Β·Τ product is set to be 40, and the sweep time

T is given by:

T = 40 symbols = 40 ----------=· (sec)

4.8 x 10^J (11)

A sweep range μΤ/2π is given by:

μΤ — = 4 MHz

2π

From equation (9), the time precision is:

yf

AT = ----μΤ/2π (13)

If the time precision is converted to a distance error At, the error At is:

At = C’At = 75 (m) (14) where c is the velocity of light.

In this case, the S/N ratio with respect to an interference wave is :

101og40 = 16 (dB) (15)

Meanwhile, the influence of the chirp signal on each communication frequency channel is as follows. By using equations (11) and (12), the sweep rate is given by:

x 10⁶

2μ π

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4.8 x 10^J x 10⁶ x 4.8 x 10³ = -------------------------- (Hz/s ec) (16)

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Thus, the sweep rate is obtained as a time interval for which the chirp signal stays in t.’ie communication frequency channel having a signal frequency of 4.8 kHz. The time interval is:

2μ /2π (17)

This time interval is 1/20 a transmission rate of each communication frequency channel given by:

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Therefore, the influence of the chirp signal can be almost negligible,

As described above, according to the satellite-based vehicle communication system of the present invention, since a chirp signal which can be realized by a simpler arrangement than the spread spectrum modulation system is used as a position determination means on the basis of the existing SCPC-FDMA type satellite-based vehicle communication system, complicated sync control requiring much time is not necessary unlike in the conventional system, and position determination can be easily and quickly performed as well as two-way communication by the normal SCPC-FDMA system. The precision of the position determination appropriately selecting the sweep rate, can be improved by time, and range of the chirp signal. A communication mode message communication mode, and signals is not limited to a in communication

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frequency channels of FDM transmission paths can be communication signals in arbitrary modulation modes, such as digital modulation signals, angular modulation signals, single side band amplitude modulation signals, and the like. Thus, a very wide application range can be realized.

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