面向高轨全灵活卫星的相控阵多波束形成算法

    Multi-beam forming algorithm of phased array for GEO fully-flexible satellites

    • 摘要: 高轨全灵活卫星可以随用户在地理空间上时变的业务需求在轨灵活调整卫星的覆盖、功率、频率等资源,对于未来民商用高通量卫星领域的发展具有十分重要的意义。基于数字相控阵的多波束形成技术作为实现全灵活卫星覆盖和功率资源灵活调整的关键技术,已成为当前研究和攻关的热点。为了实现多种大小点波束的精确赋形和波束功率资源的灵活分配、进一步提升阵列总辐射功率和系统载干比,文章建模了一个综合考虑波束指向、宽度、最大旁瓣电平、功率分配比例、阵列总辐射功率等多个实际因素的多目标多约束优化问题,提出了一种基于遗传算法的相控阵多波束快速形成算法。仿真结果表明,所提出的算法不仅在波束赋形和功率资源分配方面性能优越,而且相比传统方法阵列总辐射功率提升了约2.5倍,波束载干比达到了15 dB~20 dB。

       

      Abstract: Geostationary-Orbit fully-flexible satellite can dynamically adjust coverage, power, frequency and other resources in orbit to meet the time-varying traffic requirements of users in different geographic regions, which is of significant importance for the future development of commercial and civil high-throughput satellite systems. As a crucial technology of achieving the flexible adjustment of coverage and power resources for the fully-flexible satellites, digital phased array-based multi-beam forming technology has become a hotspot of current research. To achieve precise shaping of various-sized spot beams and flexible adjustment of beam power resources, as well as to improve the total radiation power of the array and the carrier-to-interference ratio of the system, this paper models a multi-objective, multi-constraint optimization problem that takes into account several practical factors, such as beam pointing, width, maximum side-lobe level, power allocation ratio, and total radiation power of the array. A fast multi-beam forming algorithm for the phased array based on the genetic algorithm is proposed. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm not only exhibits superior performance in beam shaping and beam power allocation, but also the total radiation power of the array has improved by 2.5 times compared to the traditional method, and the carrier-to-interference ratio of each beam has reached 15 dB ~ 20 dB.