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Acta Aeronautica et Astronautica Sinica ›› 2025, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (9): 331124.doi: 10.7527/S1000-6893.2024.31124

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A high-speed laser backbone node deployment approach for next-generation GNSS

Bingbing XU1,2, Kai HAN1,2, Richang DONG1,2, Wenbin GONG1,2(), Qianyi REN1,2   

  1. 1.University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100049,China
    2.Innovation Academy for Microsatellites,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Shanghai 201304,China
  • Received:2024-09-02 Revised:2024-10-21 Accepted:2024-12-19 Online:2025-05-15 Published:2024-12-30
  • Contact: Wenbin GONG E-mail:Spg3@163.com
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China(12104485)

Abstract:

With the development of inter-satellite link technology, laser inter-satellite links have garnered widespread attention due to its unique advantages. Compared to the current Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) that uses microwave inter-satellite links, laser-based inter-satellite communication offers advantages in terms of both ranging accu racy and communication bandwidth. Consequently, the network configuration of the next-generation GNSS will transition from relying entirely on microwave inter-satellite links to primarily using laser inter-satellite links. However, during the transition phase, where both laser and microwave links coexist, the deployment of high-speed laser nodes is a critical technical challenge that need to be addressed. To solve the challenge, this paper proposes a Multi-objective Discrete Binary Selection Algorithm (M-DBSA) based on the non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm with the elite strategy. Firstly, a high-medium-low inter-satellite visibility model is established based on analysis of inter-satellite geometric constraints and antenna elevation angle constraints. Secondly, to enhance the communication capability of inter-satellite links in hybrid GNSS, an optimized joint strategy is obtained using the M-DBSA algorithm. Finally, the experiment results demonstrate that compared to other algorithms, the proposed algorithm can further improve the coverage from laser backbone nodes to low-orbit satellites, shorten the high-speed laser backbone nodes’ revisit time of low-orbit satellites by about 49%, and maintain a better distribution of communication hops.

Key words: laser inter-satellite link? GNSS? hybrid inter-satellite link? genetic algorithm? particle swarm optimization

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