Distributed Contact Plan Design for GNSSs

Next generation global navigation satellite systems (GNSSs) will embrace intersatellite links capability as an enabler of navigation and data transfer. However, platform restrictions will require of suitable contact plan design (CPD) schemes, which have been traditionally assumed centralized. After...

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Published inIEEE transactions on aerospace and electronic systems Vol. 56; no. 1; pp. 660 - 672
Main Authors Yan, Zhibo, Fraire, Juan Andres, Zhao, Kanglian, Yan, Hongcheng, Madoery, Pablo G., Li, Wenfeng, Yang, Hong
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York IEEE 01.02.2020
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
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Contact plan design (CPD)
Data transfer (computers)
delay-tolerant networking (DTN)
Distance measurement
Global navigation satellite system
global navigation satellite systems (GNSSs)
Intersatellite communications
intersatellite links (ISLs)
Navigation satellites
Orbits
Satellite antennas
Satellite navigation systems
Satellites
Topology
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Summary:Next generation global navigation satellite systems (GNSSs) will embrace intersatellite links capability as an enabler of navigation and data transfer. However, platform restrictions will require of suitable contact plan design (CPD) schemes, which have been traditionally assumed centralized. After discussing the requirements of distributed CPD, we propose a first scheme in this class. Simulation results on the BeiDou GNSS prove that satisfactory metrics can be obtained enabling valuable and real autonomy for future GNSSs.
ISSN:0018-9251
1557-9603
DOI:10.1109/TAES.2019.2917492