WO2006062361A1 - Beacon signal generating apparatus in satellite communication system and phase synchronizing apparatus using the same - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a beacon signal generating apparatus for clock synchronization between an On Board Switch (OBS) and an earth station in a satellite communication system and a phase synchronizing apparatus using the same; and more particularly, to a beacon signal generating apparatus and a phase synchronizing apparatus using the same for preventing data loss by phase difference of clock by maintaining a synchronization between a clock signal of an OBS embedded in a satellite and that of an earth station in a Satellite Switched Time Division Multiple Access (SS-TDMA) satellite communication system that does multi-beam communication.
- OBS On Board Switch
- SS-TDMA Satellite Switched Time Division Multiple Access
- an OBS satellite that does multi-beam communication converts and amplifies a frequency of an uplink signal sent from each of earth stations 20 to 40, and also goes down a signal from each of the earth station 20 to 40 by beam-switching it to a desired area.
- the satellite communication using such an OBS satellite is called SS-TDMA satellite communication, which is a scheme that transceives signals between areas divided into a plurality of beam regions over communication satellite that supports multi-beam communication, and improves output efficiency of satellite radio wave signal compared to existing satellite communications using single- beam communication satellite and further reuses frequency.
- the earth stations 20 to 40 prepared in each beam region must transmit a signal burst at the moment of switching operation of an OBS 10 embedded in the satellite.
- signal loss is occurred due to a discrepancy between the signal burst sent from the earth stations 20 to 40 to the OBS 10 embedded in the satellite and the switching operation of the OBS 10.
- signal loss is taken place if an operation clock of the OBS 10 embedded in the satellite is not precisely synchronized with that of the earth stations 20 to 40.
- the switching operation of the OBS 10 embedded in the satellite should be accurately consistent with the signal transmission from the earth stations 20 to 40 for the SS-TDMA communication. Failure to establish the synchronization between the OBS 10 and the earth stations 20 to 40 causes a discontinuation of signal sent from the earth stations 20 to 40 to the satellite by the OBS 10, thereby rendering well preserved signals not transceived between the earth stations 20 to 40.
- TSO Timing Source Oscillator
- DCU Digital Control Unit
- MSM Microwave Switching Matrix
- VCXO Voltage Controlled Crystal Oscillator
- the earth station extracts a phase error or difference between its own TSO and a frequency of VCXO incorporated in the satellite by monitoring SS-TDMA signal from the satellite and using a start point and an end point of signal frame thereof, and then calculates a phase correction value. And then, it sends the correction value to the satellite over a Tracking, Telemetry and Command (TT&C) channel of a control center and VCXO embedded in the satellite adjusts the phase using the correct value.
- T&C Tracking, Telemetry and Command
- the existing method has a drawback in that its hardware and software structure and algorithm are complicated to detect the phase error of VCXO in the satellite by the earth station and calculate the correction value.
- an object of the present invention to provide a beacon signal generating apparatus and a phase synchronizing apparatus using the same for establishing a phase synchronization while tracking a phase variation of TSO of a satellite using a simpler scheme at an earth station, in making a phase synchronization between a clock signal of an OBS embedded in the satellite and that of the earth station in an SS-TDMA satellite communication system.
- an apparatus for generating a beacon signal in an On Board Switch (OBS) embedded in a satellite to establish a clock synchronization between the OBS and each of earth stations in a satellite communication system comprising: a frequency oscillating means for creating a Timing Source Oscillation (TSO) frequency; a beacon signal generating means for multiplying the TSO frequency to be matched with a beacon signal frequency to generate a beacon signal synchronized with the TSO frequency; and a transmitting means for transmitting the beacon signal to the earth stations to recovery a frequency synchronized with the TSO frequency.
- OBS On Board Switch
- a phase synchronizing apparatus for use in an earth station to establish a clock synchronization between an OBS and the earth station in a satellite communication system, comprising: a frequency multiplying means for multiplying a voltage controlled oscillation frequency; a mixing means for mixing the frequency-multiplied voltage controlled oscillation signal with a beacon signal that is received from a satellite and then low-noise amplified to generate a phase error between the two signals; a phase detecting means for producing a voltage control signal to adjust the phase based on the phase error; and a voltage controlled oscillating means for controlling a voltage in response to the voltage control signal to create a frequency synchronized with a TSO frequency of the satellite.
- the invention establishes a clock synchronization between an OBS embedded in a satellite and a satellite communication earth station in an SS-TDMA satellite communication system. Specifically, the invention establishes a synchronization of an operation clock of an earth station using an operation clock of the OBS in the satellite as reference.
- the earth station receives a clock of the OBS embedded in the satellite by receiving a beacon signal of the satellite; and therefore, the invention doesn't need an extra complex hardware construction and algorithm to extract the clock of the OBS in the satellite at the earth station.
- the present invention can remove a data transmission error rate by establishing a synchronization between a clock of a satellite OBS and that of each earth station in an SS-TDMA satellite communication.
- establishing a synchronization between a clock of an OBS embedded in a satellite and that of each earth station according to the invention doesn't require a complicated hardware for extracting a phase error of TSO in the OBS of the satellite, calculation algorithm of correcting a phase of the TSO, and a series of works for sending commands to the OBS of the satellite over a TT&C channel of a control center.
- the invention can implement a satellite communication system that enables an SS-TDMA communication with a simple hardware and software structure.
- Fig. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a satellite communication system to which the present invention is applied;
- Fig. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a beacon signal generating apparatus contained in the OBS in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.
- Fig. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of a phase synchronizing apparatus of each earth station in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.
- Fig. 1 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a satellite communication system to which the present invention is applied, especially of SS-TDMA satellite communication system that does multi-beam communication.
- the OBS 10 embedded in the satellite divides an area at which its radio wave can arrive into several areas .
- an A area earth station 20 indicates one of earth stations located in a beam region A of the OBS satellite 10; and B and C areas earth stations 30 and 40 denote earth stations located in beam regions B and C, respectively.
- the A area earth station 20 time-divides signals (A- >A) to be sent to other earth stations within its own area
- the B area earth station 30 time-divides signals (B->B) to be sent to other earth stations within its own area B as well as signals (B->A, B->C) to be sent to earth stations within other areas, and then sends uplink signals to the OBS 10 in the satellite.
- the C area earth station 40 time-divides signals (C->C) to be sent to other earth stations within its own area C as well as signals (C->A, C->B) to be sent to earth stations within other areas, and then sends uplink signals to the OBS 10 in the satellite.
- the OBS 10 embedded in the satellite performs a time division switching for RF signals sent from the earth stations 20 to 40 of each area; and classifies them into signals (A->A, B->A, C->A) to be sent to A area, signals (A->B, B->B, C->B) to be sent to B area, and signals (A->C, B->C, C->C) to be sent to C area. And then, the classified signals are downlink- processed via a satellite antenna that directs to each area, By doing so, the downlink signals of A, B and C areas are switched and transmitted to A, B and C areas by switching operation of the satellite, respectively.
- the invention incorporates TSO in the OBS 10 of the satellite and VCXO in each of the earth stations 20 to 40.
- the invention allows the VCXO of each earth station to adjust a phase of TSO arranged in the OBS 10 of the satellite.
- the OBS 10 of the satellite includes a beacon signal generator (BTX) which generates a beacon signal by multiplying a frequency of TSO n times and makes a TSO frequency involved in the beacon signal always sent to ground.
- BTX beacon signal generator
- each of the earth stations 20 to 40 receives and divides the beacon signal sent from the OBS 10 of the satellite and then generates a VCXO signal synchronized with TSO of the OBS 10 using a phase detector.
- Fig. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a beacon signal generating apparatus included in the OBS in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.
- An MSM 11 switches and converts uplink signals A, B, C sent from the earth stations 20 to 40 into downlink signals a, b, c and then sends them to the earth stations 20 to 40 of each area.
- This MSM 11 is operated under the control of a DCU 12, which stores a switching sequence necessary for control of the MSM 11 in a memory and then controls it by reading the sequence in order.
- the DCU 12 reads the switching sequence data stored in the memory depending on a clock synchronized with a TSO 15 and sends it to the MSM 11 to control on/off operations of switches therein. Therefore, the on/off operations of the switches in the MSM 11 are made in synchronization with a frequency of the TSO 15. Accordingly, the frequency of the TSO 15 is used as a reference frequency of the switching operation of the MSM 11 and a signal synchronized with the frequency of the TSO 15 should be sent for the earth stations to synchronize with the switching operation of the OBS satellite 10.
- the beacon signal generating apparatus of the OBS 10 comprises the TSO 15 for generating a TSO frequency, the BTX 13 that multiplies the frequency of the TSO 15 n times 15 to be matched with a beacon signal frequency to create a beacon signal synchronized with the frequency of the TSO 15, and a beacon antenna 14 for transmitting the beacon signal to the earth stations 20 to 40 to recover a frequency synchronized with the frequency of the TSO 15.
- the OBS 10 embedded in the satellite creates the beacon signal wherein the frequency of the TSO 15 is used as reference frequency.
- the BTX 13 creates the beacon signal for antenna tracking and uplink power control by the earth stations 20 to 40 and then transmits the same to the earth stations 20 to 40 via the beacon antenna 14.
- the BTX 13 makes the beacon signal by multiplying the frequency of the TSO 15 n times and transmits it to the earth stations 20 to 40. Then, the earth stations 20 to 40 can receive the beacon signal and recover a frequency synchronized with the frequency of the TSO 15 based on the received beacon signal through a phase synchronizing apparatus, as given in Fig. 3.
- Fig. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of a phase synchronizing apparatus of each earth station in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.
- the beacon signal sent from the beacon signal generating apparatus of the OBS 10, embedded in the satellite, as shown in Fig. 2, is received by a district center antenna 21 of each of the earth stations 20 to 40.
- the beacon signal received by the district center antenna 21 is amplified by a Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) 22.
- LNA Low Noise Amplifier
- a VCXO signal multiplied by a frequency multiplier 232 is mixed with the beacon signal received by a mixer 231 connected to the LNA 22 to create a phase error or difference between the two signals.
- the phase error between the two signals is converted into a DC voltage by a phase detector 233 and used as a signal to adjust a phase of a VCXO 234.
- phase of the beacon signal received by the district center antenna 21 is consistent with that of a signal created by the VCXO 234, no phase error exists between the two signals as the output of the mixer 231, thereby allowing a control voltage of the VCXO 234 to be produced as 0 V by the phase detector 233. This shows that the phase synchronization between the received beacon signal and the VCXO 234 is precisely achieved.
- the mixer 231 continues to create a phase error between the beacon signal received by the district center antenna 21 and the signal created by the VCXO 234 until the phase synchronization therebetween is made.
- the phase error so created controls a phase of the VCXO 234 through the phase detector 233, in which the operation is continued until the phase of the VCXO 234 is synchronized with the beacon signal received by the district center antenna 21. If the phase of the received beacon signal is synchronized with that of the signal generated by the VCXO 234 and thereafter varied due to a phase variation of the TSO 15 embedded in the satellite, the mixer 231 creates a phase error and the phase detector 233 produces and feeds a corresponding DC voltage to the VCXO 234. In response to the DC voltage, the VCXO 234 is operated until the phase error between itself and the received beacon signal is not occurred.
- the phase synchronizing apparatus of the earth stations 20 to 40 comprises the frequency multiplier 232 for multiplying a VCXO frequency, the mixer 231 for mixing a frequency- multiplied voltage controlled oscillation signal with a beacon signal that is received from the OBS 10 and then low-noise amplified to create a phase error therebetween, the phase detector 233 for generating a voltage control signal to adjust the phase based on the phase error, and the VCXO 234 for controlling a voltage in response to the voltage control signal and creating a frequency synchronized with a frequency of the TSO 15 of the OBS 10 embedded in the satellite.
- the BTX 13 makes use of the signal of the TSO 15 as reference of the switching time of the MSM 11 that is embedded in the OBS satellite for multi-beam communication and performs the switching operation between multi beams for the SS-TDMA communication and the VCXO 234 is configured to synchronize with the phase of the TSO 15 of the OBS 10 embedded in the satellite using the received beacon signal at the earth stations 20 to 40.
- the invention can implement a satellite communication system that enables the SS-TDMA communication with a simple hardware and software structure.
- the BTX 13 serving as the above function doesn't employ a certain RF signal but utilizes a signal obtained by multiplying a frequency of the TSO 15 used as a reference clock of the SS-TDMA communication to be consistent with a beacon signal frequency to be used to create the beacon signal and then sends it to the earth stations via the beacon antenna 14.
- the earth stations 20 to 40 are configured to synchronize the VCXO 234 with the TSO 15 of the OBS 10 embedded in the satellite using the received beacon signal.
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