Simulation of dual transponder carrier ranging measurements

作     者：Xiang-yu ZHA Xiao-jun JIN Zhong-he JIN 

作者机构：Department of lnformation Science and Electronic Engineering Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 China 

出 版 物：《Journal of Zhejiang University-Science A(Applied Physics & Engineering)》 (浙江大学学报（英文版）A辑（应用物理与工程）)

年 卷 期：2009年第10卷第10期

页      面：1395-1403页

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学科分类：0809[工学-电子科学与技术（可授工学、理学学位）] 08[工学] 

基　　金：Project(No.NCET-06-051)supported by the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University China 

主　　题：Dual transponder carrier ranging Dual one-way ranging Oscillator noise Transfer characteristic 

摘      要：The most dominant error source for microwave ranging is the frequency instability of the oscillator that generates the carrier phase signal. The oscillator noise is very difficult to filter due to its extremely low frequency. A dual transponder carrier ranging method can effectively minimize the oscillator noise by combing the reference phase and the to-and-fro measurement phase from the same single oscillator. This method does not require an accurate time tagging system, since it extracts phases on the same satellite. This paper analyzes the dual transponder carrier ranging system by simulation of the phase measurements with comprehensive error models. Both frequency domain and time domain noise transfer characteristics were simulated to compare them with dual one-way ranging. The simulation results in the two domains conformed to each other and demonstrated that a high level of accuracy can also be achieved by use of the dual transponder carder ranging system, with relatively simple instruments.