Satellite communication ground antenna device and communication control method
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of satellite communication, in particular to a satellite communication ground antenna device and a communication control method.
Background
With the rapid development of informatization, satellite communication plays an increasingly important role in global communication networks. Especially, the non-stationary orbit satellite has the advantages of short transmission delay, flexible deployment and the like, and is widely applied to the fields of satellite Internet and communication. However, because of the continuous motion of non-stationary orbiting satellites relative to the ground, higher technical requirements are placed on ground antenna equipment.
The current satellite communication ground antenna mainly adopts a phased array antenna technology, an array is formed by a plurality of antenna units, and active pointing of signal beams is realized by utilizing phase control. Such antenna systems typically integrate the transmitting antenna and the receiving antenna in a stacked fashion in a common orientation and track the satellite by a combination of mechanical and electronic scanning.
However, in the antenna system with the laminated structure, the transmitting antenna and the receiving antenna share the same orientation, so that signal quality degradation easily occurs during satellite motion, and the receiving antenna is easily affected by rain and snow to cause signal attenuation under severe weather conditions, which needs to be further improved.
Disclosure of Invention
In order to solve the problem that the signal quality is easy to deteriorate and the receiving antenna is easy to be affected by rain and snow directly to cause signal attenuation in the existing antenna system, the application provides a satellite communication ground antenna device and a communication control method, which adopts the following technical scheme:
in a first aspect, the present application provides a satellite communications terrestrial antenna arrangement comprising:
The antenna receiving and transmitting assembly comprises an antenna assembly upper cover, a transmitting array antenna group, an antenna assembly bracket, an antenna main board, receiving array antennas and an antenna assembly lower cover which are sequentially arranged from top to bottom, wherein the transmitting surfaces of all transmitting array antennas in the transmitting array antenna group are not parallel to each other;
The antenna assembly supporting rod is arranged below the antenna receiving and transmitting assembly, and the upper end of the antenna assembly supporting rod is connected with the antenna assembly lower cover;
The signal reflecting surface is arranged below the antenna assembly supporting rod and is used for reflecting satellite signals to the receiving array antenna;
the upper end of the angle adjusting assembly is connected with the signal reflecting surface, and the upper end of the angle adjusting assembly is fixedly connected with the antenna assembly supporting rod;
And the base is connected with the lower end of the angle adjusting assembly, and the angle adjusting assembly is used for adjusting the angle of the antenna transceiver component relative to the base.
As an optimization of a satellite communication ground antenna, the antenna main board comprises:
the system comprises a main control chip, a power amplification chip, a plurality of array antenna control chips, a storage and a sensor assembly, wherein the power amplification chip, the array antenna control chips, the storage are connected with the main control chip, the sensor assembly is connected with the main control chip and comprises a satellite positioning chip, a barometric sensor, a gyroscope and a geomagnetic sensor, the array antenna control chips are respectively and electrically connected with corresponding transmitting array antennas, and the power amplification chip is electrically connected with receiving array antennas.
As the optimization of satellite communication ground antenna, a plurality of transmitting array antennas are including laminating first transmitting array antenna, second transmitting array antenna, third transmitting array antenna, fourth transmitting array antenna and the fifth transmitting array antenna on the antenna module support, the fifth transmitting array antenna with antenna module support parallel arrangement, first transmitting array antenna, second transmitting array antenna, third transmitting array antenna, fourth transmitting array antenna are annular array arrangement, with antenna module support is the slope of preset angle setting.
As the optimization of the satellite communication ground antenna, the receiving array antenna adopts an inverted design, and the signal is collected through the signal reflecting surface.
In a second aspect, the present application provides a satellite communication control method, which is applied to the satellite communication ground antenna device, and includes the following steps:
Acquiring position data, orientation data and inclination data of an antenna device;
Determining antenna coordinates of the antenna device in a geocentric fixed coordinate system according to the position data, determining a pointing angle of the antenna device relative to a geographic direction according to the orientation data, and determining a vertical deviation angle of the antenna device relative to the ground according to the inclination data;
According to the antenna coordinates and pre-stored satellite constellation data, calculating the linear distance between each communication satellite and the antenna coordinates, and determining the communication satellite with the minimum linear distance as a target communication satellite;
Calculating an elevation angle and a rotation angle based on the antenna coordinates, the position of the target communication satellite and the origin of a geocentric and geodetic fixed coordinate system;
and compensating and calibrating the elevation angle and the rotation angle according to the pointing angle and the vertical deviation angle, and selecting a transmitting array antenna with optimal pointing according to the calibrated elevation angle and rotation angle to transmit signals.
As an optimization of a satellite communication control method, the transmitting array antenna group includes a first transmitting array antenna, a second transmitting array antenna, a third transmitting array antenna, a fourth transmitting array antenna and a fifth transmitting array antenna, and the transmitting array antenna with the optimal direction is selected to transmit signals according to the calibrated elevation angle and rotation angle, specifically including the following steps:
when the calibrated elevation angle is smaller than a preset deviation angle, selecting the fifth transmitting array antenna to transmit signals;
when the calibrated elevation angle is larger than the preset deviation angle, selecting the optimal directional transmitting array antenna based on the calibrated rotation angle, specifically:
Respectively comparing the calibrated rotation angle with the axial angles of the first transmitting array antenna, the second transmitting array antenna, the third transmitting array antenna and the fourth transmitting array antenna;
Calculating an included angle between an axial straight line of each transmitting array antenna and a connecting line of a target communication satellite, and selecting the transmitting array antenna with the smallest included angle as the transmitting array antenna with optimal pointing direction;
and calculating the projection point of the target communication satellite on the optimally-directed transmitting array antenna plane, determining the projection rotation angle of the projection point relative to the coordinate reference axis, and transmitting the projection rotation angle and the included angle to the corresponding array antenna control chip for beam forming.
As an optimization of the satellite communication control method, before acquiring the position data, the orientation data and the tilt data of the antenna device, the method further comprises the steps of:
and adjusting the angles of the base and the angle adjusting assembly to enable the antenna assembly supporting rod to point to the satellite constellation track intersection point, and enabling the adjustable direction of the angle adjusting assembly to be parallel to the installation reference direction.
As an optimization of the satellite communication control method, the preset deviation angle is 11.25 degrees, and the first transmitting array antenna, the second transmitting array antenna, the third transmitting array antenna and the fourth transmitting array antenna are respectively directed to an northeast side upper air, a southeast side upper air, a southwest side upper air and a northwest side upper air of the antenna receiving and transmitting assembly in the axial direction.
Compared with the prior art, the application has the beneficial effects that:
1. the application realizes the space separation of the transmitting antenna and the receiving antenna by installing the transmitting array antenna above the antenna assembly bracket and installing the receiving array antenna below the antenna main board, wherein the transmitting array antenna group comprises a plurality of transmitting surfaces of each transmitting array antenna which are not parallel to each other and are arranged according to a preset angle, so that the transmitting direction is convenient to control, the antenna is prevented from being directly exposed in the external environment by the sealing fit of the upper cover of the antenna assembly and the lower cover of the antenna assembly, the service life of the antenna array system is prolonged, the interference of the environment on signals is reduced, and the signal is collected by the signal reflecting surface, so that the interference of rain and snow weather on the received signals is further reduced;
2. The method comprises the steps of acquiring position, orientation and inclination angle data of an antenna device through a sensor, establishing accurate positioning of the antenna device in a geocentric fixed coordinate system, then based on pre-stored satellite constellation data, rapidly locking a nearest target communication satellite by calculating a linear distance between each communication satellite and an antenna, then calculating a theoretical elevation angle and a rotation angle according to three points of an antenna coordinate, a target satellite position and an origin of a coordinate system by utilizing a spherical geometry principle, finally taking the influence of an actual installation error into consideration, calibrating the theoretical angle by taking the pointing angle and a vertical deviation angle of the antenna as compensation parameters, and selecting an optimally pointed transmitting array antenna according to the angle;
3. The method comprises the steps of firstly determining whether a fifth transmitting array antenna or other four transmitting array antennas with special design are used according to a comparison result of the calibrated elevation angle and a preset deviation angle, calculating the included angle between each antenna and a connecting line of a target satellite by comparing the rotation angle with the axial angle of each antenna when the other four transmitting array antennas are needed, selecting the antenna with optimal pointing, further calculating the projection point of the satellite on a plane of the selected antenna, determining the projection rotation angle of the satellite relative to a coordinate reference axis, finally realizing accurate beam forming through an array antenna control chip, ensuring the optimal path of signal transmission, and simultaneously further improving the communication quality through the beam forming.
Drawings
In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the invention or the technical solutions of the prior art, the drawings which are used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described, it being obvious that the drawings in the description below are only some embodiments of the invention, and that other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without inventive faculty for a person skilled in the art.
Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a satellite communication ground antenna device according to an embodiment of the present application;
Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a transmitting array antenna group according to an embodiment of the present application;
Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating connection of an antenna motherboard according to an embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 4 is a flow chart of a satellite communication control method according to an embodiment of the application;
Fig. 5 is a flowchart of step S450 in the satellite communication control method according to the embodiment of the application.
In the figure, 1, an antenna receiving and transmitting assembly, 11, an antenna assembly upper cover, 12, a transmitting array antenna group, 121, a first transmitting array antenna, 122, a second transmitting array antenna, 123, a third transmitting array antenna, 124, a fourth transmitting array antenna, 125, a fifth transmitting array antenna, 13, an antenna assembly bracket, 14, an antenna main board, 141, a main control chip, 142, a power amplifying chip, 143, an array antenna control chip, 144, a storage, 145, a satellite positioning chip, 146, a barometric sensor, 147, a gyroscope, 148, a geomagnetic sensor, 149, an antenna-terminal receiving interface, 15, a receiving array antenna, 16, an antenna assembly lower cover, 2, an antenna assembly supporting rod, 3, a signal reflecting surface, 4, an angle adjusting assembly and 5, a base.
Detailed Description
In order to make the technical scheme and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the present invention and its advantageous effects will be described in further detail below with reference to the detailed description and the accompanying drawings, but the embodiments of the present invention are not limited thereto.
In the description of the present invention, unless explicitly stated and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "fixed" are to be construed broadly, and may, for example, be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed, mechanically connected, electrically connected, directly connected, indirectly connected via an intervening medium, or in communication between two elements or in an interaction relationship between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention will be understood in specific cases by those of ordinary skill in the art.
Standard parts used in the invention can be purchased from the market, special-shaped parts can be customized according to the description of the specification and the drawings, the specific connection modes of all parts adopt conventional means such as mature bolts, rivets and welding in the prior art, the machinery, the parts and the equipment adopt conventional models in the prior art, and the circuit connection adopts conventional connection modes in the prior art, so that the details are not described.
The present application will be described in further detail with reference to fig. 1 to 5.
In a first aspect, referring to fig. 1, the present application provides a satellite communication ground antenna device, which includes an antenna transceiver component 1, an antenna component supporting rod 2, a signal reflecting surface 3, an angle adjusting assembly 4 and a base 5, which are sequentially arranged from top to bottom. The antenna transceiver component 1 is fixedly connected with the antenna component supporting rod 2 through a through hole of a lower cover of the antenna transceiver component, and a data line of the antenna component supporting rod 2 penetrates through the antenna transceiver component and extends to a wire outlet hole of the angle adjusting assembly 4. The signal reflection surface 3 is fixed on an upper mounting hole of the angle adjusting assembly 4 through bolts, and a rotating shaft of the angle adjusting assembly 4 is connected with a rotating through hole of the base 5 through bolts for adjusting the overall direction of the antenna.
As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the antenna transceiver module 1 adopts a layered structure design, and includes, from top to bottom, an antenna module upper cover 11, a transmitting array antenna group 12, an antenna module bracket 13, an antenna motherboard 14, a receiving array antenna 15 (i.e., a sixth array antenna), and an antenna module lower cover 16. The antenna assembly upper cover 11 is fixed to the antenna assembly bracket 13 by bolts. The transmitting array antenna group 12 includes a first transmitting array antenna 121, a second transmitting array antenna 122, a third transmitting array antenna 123, a fourth transmitting array antenna 124 and a fifth transmitting array antenna 125, which are all attached to and fixed on the antenna assembly bracket 13, wherein the fifth transmitting array antenna 125 is parallel to the antenna assembly bracket 13, and the first transmitting array antenna 121 to the fourth transmitting array antenna 124 are arranged in a ring array and are inclined at a preset angle to the antenna assembly bracket 13. The antenna main board 14 is fixed on the antenna assembly bracket 13 by a stud, and each transmitting array antenna is electrically connected with the antenna main board 14 by a flat cable. The receiving array antenna 15 is of an inverted design, is fixed on a stud of the antenna main board 14 through a bolt, and is connected with the antenna main board 14 through a flat cable. The antenna main board 14 is connected to a ground satellite terminal through a data line. It will be appreciated that the number of transmit antennas may be adjusted based on the actual application.
As shown in fig. 3, the antenna main board 14 has a plurality of functional chips and sensors integrated thereon. Specifically, the device comprises a main control chip 141, a power amplification chip 142 (connected with a receiving array antenna 15) connected with the main control chip 141, five array antenna control chips 143 (respectively corresponding to and controlling five transmitting array antennas), a storage 144 and a sensor assembly. The sensor assembly includes a satellite positioning chip 145, an air pressure sensor 146, a gyroscope 147, and a geomagnetic sensor 148, all electrically connected to the main control chip 141. Each transmitting array antenna is connected to a corresponding array antenna control chip 143 through coaxial lines, and these control chips are simultaneously connected to the main control chip 141. The power amplification chip 142 is connected to the main control chip 141 through a coaxial line. The main control chip 141 is also connected with an antenna-terminal transceiver interface 149 for data interaction with a ground satellite terminal.
According to the experimental principle of the embodiment of the application, the transmitting antenna and the receiving antenna are separated, and the signal is collected through the signal reflecting surface 3, so that the anti-interference capability of the system is effectively improved. The different orientation designs of the multiple transmit array antennas ensure that there is always a proper antenna face for signal transmission during satellite motion. Meanwhile, the integrated multiple sensors can acquire the position and posture information of the antenna in real time, and guarantee is provided for beam control.
In a second aspect, the present application provides a satellite communication control method, which is applied to the satellite communication ground antenna device, referring to fig. 4, and includes the following steps:
s410, position data, orientation data, and tilt data of the antenna device are acquired.
Before step S410, initial installation and adjustment are performed, and the antenna assembly support bar is directed to the satellite constellation track intersection point nearest to the area by rotating the base and the angle adjustment assembly, so as to ensure that the adjustable direction of the angle adjustment assembly is parallel to the right south direction of the geography. Such initial adjustment may ensure that the antenna arrangement is in an optimal operating position, providing a basis for subsequent communications.
In this embodiment, the system obtains the position and posture information of the antenna device in all directions. The main control chip obtains longitude and latitude coordinates through the satellite positioning chip, and can determine the position data (antenna coordinates CPa) of the antenna device in a geocentric fixed coordinate system by combining altitude data obtained by the air pressure sensor. Meanwhile, orientation data are acquired through the geomagnetic sensor, and the gyroscope acquires inclination angle data so as to determine the spatial attitude of the antenna.
S420, determining antenna coordinates of the antenna device in a geocentric fixed coordinate system according to the position data, determining a pointing angle of the antenna device relative to a geographic direction according to the orientation data, and determining a vertical deviation angle of the antenna device relative to the ground according to the inclination data.
And S430, calculating the linear distance between each communication satellite and the antenna coordinate according to the antenna coordinate and the pre-stored satellite constellation data, and determining the communication satellite with the minimum linear distance as the target communication satellite.
The system reads pre-stored satellite constellation data from the storage, wherein the data comprise the spatial position information of the satellite in a geocentric earth fixed coordinate system and the motion rule thereof.
In this embodiment, the main control chip first traverses each satellite Sn in the pre-stored satellite constellation data, and calculates the spatial position (satellite coordinates CPn) of the current time. Then, a linear distance Ln from the antenna coordinate CPa to each satellite coordinate CPn is calculated, and the satellite number Ns and the corresponding distance Ln are stored in the matrix An. By analyzing the data in the matrix An, the satellite with the smallest Ln value is selected as the target communication satellite, and the number Nss and the position coordinate CPs thereof are obtained.
Furthermore, the antenna bracket of the application forms 45 degrees of layout of the antenna array and the longitude and latitude lines, and the arrays in 4 directions form 22.5 degrees of horizontal inclination angles with the central array, so that the antenna array optimally points to the satellite orbit at any time when the constellation design interval satellite forms an included angle of <45 degrees with the ground. When the constellation design interval satellite forms an included angle of <67.5 degrees with the ground, the antenna device can direct a transmitting beam to a communication antenna through beam forming.
S440, calculating elevation angle and rotation angle based on the antenna coordinates, the position of the target communication satellite and the origin of the geocentric-earth fixed coordinate system.
In this embodiment, the system calculates a rotation angle Roas and an elevation angle Eoas with the north pole axis of the earth as 0 point based on a triangle formed by the geocentric earth fixed coordinate system origin CPo, the antenna coordinate CPa and the communication satellite coordinate CPs.
And S450, compensating and calibrating the elevation angle and the rotation angle according to the pointing angle and the vertical deviation angle, and selecting the optimally pointed transmitting array antenna according to the calibrated elevation angle and rotation angle to transmit signals.
In this embodiment, the system acquires orientation data of the antenna device relative to the geographic north through the geomagnetic sensor, and acquires tilt angle data of the antenna device relative to the horizontal plane through the gyroscope. The orientation data is used to determine the actual pointing direction of the antenna in the horizontal plane, for example when the orientation data display device deviates from true north by 45 degrees, the system has to compensate for this deviation in calculating the rotation angle. The tilt data is used to correct for non-horizontal conditions of the antenna during installation or use, for example when the tilt data display device is tilted forward by 3 degrees, the system needs to subtract this tilt amount from the calculated elevation angle. The system uses the two attitude data as compensation parameters to correct the theoretically calculated elevation angle and rotation angle, so as to ensure the accuracy of beam pointing.
Specifically, in step S450, when the calibrated elevation angle is smaller than the preset deviation angle, the fifth transmitting array antenna is selected for signal transmission, and when the calibrated elevation angle is larger than the preset deviation angle, the transmitting array antenna with the optimal pointing direction is selected based on the calibrated rotation angle, referring to fig. 5, specifically:
S451, comparing the calibrated rotation angle with the axial angles of the first transmitting array antenna, the second transmitting array antenna, the third transmitting array antenna and the fourth transmitting array antenna respectively.
S452, calculating an included angle between the axial straight line of each transmitting array antenna and the connecting line of the target communication satellite, and selecting the transmitting array antenna with the smallest included angle as the transmitting array antenna with the optimal pointing direction.
S453, calculating the projection point of the target communication satellite on the optimally-directed transmitting array antenna plane, determining the projection rotation angle of the projection point relative to the coordinate reference axis, and transmitting the projection rotation angle and the included angle to the corresponding array antenna control chip for beam forming.
In this embodiment, the preset deviation angle is 11.25 °, and the first transmitting array antenna, the second transmitting array antenna, the third transmitting array antenna and the fourth transmitting array antenna are respectively directed to an upper space on the northeast side, an upper space on the southwest side and an upper space on the northwest side of the antenna transceiver assembly in the axial direction. When Eoas is smaller than 11.25 degrees, the system selects a fifth transmitting array antenna (central array antenna) for signal transmission. At this time, the main control chip transmits the calculated elevation angle (| Eoas |), rotation angle (| Roas) and data signal T to the array antenna control chip corresponding to the fifth transmitting array antenna, and the control chip performs beam forming processing to generate a transmitting signal and transmits the transmitting signal to the fifth transmitting array antenna for transmitting through the coaxial line. When the angle Eoas is larger than or equal to 11.25 degrees, the system selects the optimally-directed transmitting array antenna according to the rotation angle Roas. The specific process is that the angle Roas is compared with the axial angles of the four array antennas, the included angle between the axial straight line of each antenna and the connecting line of the target satellite is calculated, and the antenna with the smallest included angle is selected as the transmitting antenna. Then, the position of the satellite projection point on the selected antenna plane is calculated, the projection rotation angle of the projection point relative to the coordinate reference axis is determined, the corresponding elevation angle, rotation angle and data signals are transmitted to the corresponding control chip, and the control chip carries out beam forming processing and then transmits the signals. It will be appreciated that the predetermined offset angle may be other preferred angles.
Then, the power amplification chip receives a signal from a reception array antenna (sixth array antenna) through the coaxial line, and processes the received signal into a data signal. The signals are transmitted to the antenna main board through the data line, the main board further processes the data signals into data signals RX, and finally the data are transmitted to the ground satellite terminal through the antenna-terminal receiving and transmitting interface. Such a signal processing flow ensures the accuracy and reliability of the received signal.
Further, after determining the target communication satellite, the system not only selects a transmitting antenna with optimal pointing, but also calculates suboptimal pointing effects of other transmitting antennas on the target communication. When using the first transmit array antenna to communicate with a target communication satellite, the system will simultaneously prepare both antenna arrays if the second transmit array antenna is oriented at an angle to the satellite that is near optimum. When the pointing effect of the first transmitting array antenna is reduced due to satellite movement, the second transmitting array antenna is smoothly switched.
In calculating the linear distance between each communication satellite and the antenna coordinates, the system also calculates the relative distance change rate of each communication satellite and the antenna device. After selecting the communication satellite with the smallest linear distance as the target communication satellite, if the relative distance change rate is positive and greater than a preset threshold (for example, 200 m/s), the system selects the communication satellite with the second smallest relative distance and the negative distance change rate from the matrix An as the candidate satellite. The system calculates the elevation angle and rotation angle of the candidate satellite in advance and determines the optimally pointed transmitting array antenna. And when the elevation angle of the alternative satellite is more than or equal to 11.25 degrees, the optimal directional antennas in the first to fourth transmission array antennas are predetermined, and the corresponding projection point positions and projection rotation angles are calculated. The method ensures that parameter calculation and antenna preparation work of the alternative satellite are finished in advance while communication with the nearest satellite is maintained, lays a foundation for subsequent satellite switching, and ensures stable transition and stable operation of a communication system.
Specifically, the system establishes an antenna-satellite switching state table in memory for managing antenna combination states and satellite switching readiness states. The state table includes a current communication state, an antenna alternate state, and a satellite alternate state. The system updates parameters in the state table in real time, and when detecting that the pointing included angle of the currently used transmitting array antenna is about to exceed the optimal range, preferentially inquires the antenna alternative state and performs antenna switching, and when the antenna switching cannot meet the communication requirement, inquires the satellite alternative state and performs satellite switching.
Variations and modifications of the above embodiments will occur to those skilled in the art to which the application pertains from the foregoing disclosure and teachings. Therefore, the present application is not limited to the above-described embodiments, but is intended to be capable of modification, substitution or variation in light thereof, which will be apparent to those skilled in the art in light of the present teachings. In addition, although specific terms are used in the present specification, these terms are for convenience of description only and do not limit the present application in any way.