Owing to wide applications of automatic control systems in the process industries, the impacts of controller performance on industrial processes are becoming increasingly significant. Consequently, controller maintena...Owing to wide applications of automatic control systems in the process industries, the impacts of controller performance on industrial processes are becoming increasingly significant. Consequently, controller maintenance is critical to guarantee routine operations of industrial processes. The workflow of controller maintenance generally involves the following steps: monitor operating controller performance and detect performance degradation, diagnose probable root causes of control system malfunctions, and take specific actions to resolve associated problems. In this article, a comprehensive overview of the mainstream of control loop monitoring and diagnosis is provided, and some existing problems are also analyzed and discussed. From the viewpoint of synthesizing abundant information in the context of big data, some prospective ideas and promising methods are outlined to potentially solve problems in industrial applications.展开更多
A bottleneck automatic identification algorithm based on loop detector data is proposed. The proposed algorithm selects the critical flow rate as the trigger variable of the algorithm which is calculated by the road c...A bottleneck automatic identification algorithm based on loop detector data is proposed. The proposed algorithm selects the critical flow rate as the trigger variable of the algorithm which is calculated by the road conditions the level of service and the proportion of trucks.The process of identification includes two parts. One is to identify the upstream of the bottleneck by comparing the distance between the current occupancy rate and the mean value of the occupancy rate and the variance of the occupancy rate.The other process is to identify the downstream of the bottleneck by calculating the difference of the upstream occupancy rate with that of the downstream.In addition the algorithm evaluation standards which are based on the time interval of the data the detection rate and the false alarm rate are discussed.The proposed algorithm is applied to detect the bottleneck locations in the Shanghai Inner Ring Viaduct Dabaishu-Guangzhong road section.The proposed method has a good performance in improving the accuracy and efficiency of bottleneck identification.展开更多
This paper addresses a computationally compact and statistically optimal joint Maximum a Posteriori(MAP)algorithm for channel estimation and data detection in the presence of Phase Noise(PHN)in iterative Orthogonal Fr...This paper addresses a computationally compact and statistically optimal joint Maximum a Posteriori(MAP)algorithm for channel estimation and data detection in the presence of Phase Noise(PHN)in iterative Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing(OFDM)receivers used for high speed and high spectral efficient wireless communication systems.The MAP cost function for joint estimation and detection is derived and optimized further with the proposed cyclic gradient descent optimization algorithm.The proposed joint estimation and detection algorithm relaxes the restriction of small PHN assumptions and utilizes the prior statistical knowledge of PHN spectral components to produce a statistically optimal solution.The frequency-domain estimation of Channel Transfer Function(CTF)in frequency selective fading makes the method simpler,compared with the estimation of Channel Impulse Response(CIR)in the time domain.Two different time-varying PHN models,produced by Free Running Oscillator(FRO)and Phase-Locked Loop(PLL)oscillator,are presented and compared for performance difference with proposed OFDM receiver.Simulation results for joint MAP channel estimation are compared with Cramer-Rao Lower Bound(CRLB),and the simulation results for joint MAP data detection are compared with“NO PHN"performance to demonstrate that the proposed joint MAP estimation and detection algorithm achieve near-optimum performance even under multipath channel fading.展开更多
Rack-level loop thermosyphons have been widely adopted as a solution to data centers’growing energy demands.While numerous studies have highlighted the heat transfer performance and energy-saving benefits of this sys...Rack-level loop thermosyphons have been widely adopted as a solution to data centers’growing energy demands.While numerous studies have highlighted the heat transfer performance and energy-saving benefits of this system,its economic feasibility,water usage effectiveness(WUE),and carbon usage effectiveness(CUE)remain underexplored.This study introduces a comprehensive evaluation index designed to assess the applicability of the rack-level loop thermosyphon system across various computing hub nodes.The air wet bulb temperature Ta,w was identified as the most significant factor influencing the variability in the combination of PUE,CUE,and WUE values.The results indicate that the rack-level loop thermosyphon system achieves the highest score in Lanzhou(94.485)and the lowest in Beijing(89.261)based on the comprehensive evaluation index.The overall ranking of cities according to the comprehensive evaluation score is as follows:Gansu hub(Lanzhou)>Inner Mongolia hub(Hohhot)>Ningxia hub(Yinchuan)>Yangtze River Delta hub(Shanghai)>Chengdu Chongqing hub(Chongqing)>Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area hub(Guangzhou)>Guizhou hub(Guiyang)>Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei hub(Beijing).Furthermore,Hohhot,Lanzhou,and Yinchuan consistently rank among the top three cities for comprehensive scores across all load rates,while Guiyang(at a 25%load rate),Guangzhou(at a 50%load rate),and Beijing(at 75%and 100%load rates)exhibited the lowest comprehensive scores.展开更多
A high integrated monolithic IC, with functions of clock recovery, data decision, and 1 ： 4 demultiplexer,is implemented in 0.25μm CMOS process for 2.5Gb/s fiber-optic communications. The recovered and frequency div...A high integrated monolithic IC, with functions of clock recovery, data decision, and 1 ： 4 demultiplexer,is implemented in 0.25μm CMOS process for 2.5Gb/s fiber-optic communications. The recovered and frequency divided 625MHz clock has a phase noise of -106.26dBc/Hz at 100kHz offset in response to a 2.5Gb/s PRBS input data （2^31-1）. The 2.5Gb/s PRBS data are demultiplexed to four 625Mb/s data. The 0.97mm× 0.97mm IC consumes 550mW under a single 3.3V power supply （not including output buffers）.展开更多
The design of a 2. 488 Gbit/s clock and data recovery （CDR） If for synchronous digital hierarchy （SDH） STM-16 receiver is described. Based on the injected phase-locked loop （IPLL） and D-flip flop architectures, ...The design of a 2. 488 Gbit/s clock and data recovery （CDR） If for synchronous digital hierarchy （SDH） STM-16 receiver is described. Based on the injected phase-locked loop （IPLL） and D-flip flop architectures, the CDR IC was implemented in a standard 0. 35 μan complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor （CMOS） technology. With 2^31 -1 pseudorandom bit sequences （PRBS） input, the sensitivity of data recovery circuit is less than 20 mV with 10^-12 bit error rate （BER）. The recovered clock shows a root mean square （rms） jitter of 2. 8 ps and a phase noise of - 110 dBc/Hz at 100 kHz offset. The capture range of the circuit is larger than 40 MHz. With a 5 V supply, the circuit consumes 680 mW and the chip area is 1.49 mm × 1 mm.展开更多
A 2.5Gb/s clock and data recovery （CDR） circuit is designed and realized in TSMC＇s standard 0.18/μm CMOS process. The clock recovery is based on a PLL. For phase noise optimization,a dynamic phase and frequency de...A 2.5Gb/s clock and data recovery （CDR） circuit is designed and realized in TSMC＇s standard 0.18/μm CMOS process. The clock recovery is based on a PLL. For phase noise optimization,a dynamic phase and frequency detector （PFD） is used in the PLL. The rms jitter of the recovered 2.5GHz clock is 2.4ps and the SSB phase noise is - 111dBc/Hz at 10kHz offset. The rms jitter of the recovered 2.5Gb/s data is 3.3ps. The power consumption is 120mW.展开更多
To improve the performance of composite pseudo-noise （PN） code clock recovery in a regenerative PN ranging system at a low symbol signal-to-noise ratio （SNR）, a novel chip tracking loop （CTL） used for regenerati...To improve the performance of composite pseudo-noise （PN） code clock recovery in a regenerative PN ranging system at a low symbol signal-to-noise ratio （SNR）, a novel chip tracking loop （CTL） used for regenerative PN ranging clock recovery is adopted. The CTL is a modified data transition tracking loop （DTTL）. The difference between them is that the Q channel output of the CTL is directly multiplied by a clock component, while that of the DTTL is multiplied by the Ⅰ channel transition detector output. Under the condition of a quasi-squareware PN ranging code, the tracking （ mean square timing jitter） performance of the CTL is analyzed. The tracking performances of the CTL and the DTTL, are compared over a wide range of symbol SNRs. The result shows that the CTL and the DTTL have the same performance at a large symbol SNR, while at a low symbol SNR, the former offers a noticeable enhancement.展开更多
A 2.5Gb/s/ch data recovery （DR） circuit is designed for an SFI-5 interface. To make the parallel data bit-synchronization and reduce the bit error rate （BER） ,a delay locked loop （DLL） is used to place the cente...A 2.5Gb/s/ch data recovery （DR） circuit is designed for an SFI-5 interface. To make the parallel data bit-synchronization and reduce the bit error rate （BER） ,a delay locked loop （DLL） is used to place the center of the data eye exactly at the rising edge of the data-sampling clock. A single channel DR circuit was fabricated in TSMC＇s standard 0. 18μm CMOS process. The chip area is 0. 46mm^2. With a 2^32 - 1 pseudorandom bit sequence （PRBS） input,the RMS jitter of the recovered 2.5Gb/s data is 3.3ps. The sensitivity of the single channel DR is less than 20mV with 10-12 BER.展开更多
A case study on the cyclonic eddy generated by the tropical cyclone looping over the northern South China Sea (NSCS) is presented, using TOPEX/POSEIDON altimeter data and AVHRR sea surface temperature (SST) data. Thre...A case study on the cyclonic eddy generated by the tropical cyclone looping over the northern South China Sea (NSCS) is presented, using TOPEX/POSEIDON altimeter data and AVHRR sea surface temperature (SST) data. Three cases relating to the tropical cyclone events (Typhoon Kai-Tak in July 2000, Tropical Storm Russ in June 1994 and Tropical Storm Maria in August-September 2000) over the NSCS have been analyzed. For each looping tropical cyclone case, the cyclonic eddy with an obvious sea level depression appears in the sea area where the tropical cyclone takes a loop form, and lasts for about 2 weeks with a slight variation in location. The cold core with the SST difference greater than 2℃against its surrounding areas is also observed by the satellite-derived SST data.展开更多
Recent advances in intelligent transportation system allow traffic safety studies to extend from historic data-based analyses to real-time applications. The study presents a new method to predict crash likelihood with...Recent advances in intelligent transportation system allow traffic safety studies to extend from historic data-based analyses to real-time applications. The study presents a new method to predict crash likelihood with traffic data collected by discrete loop detectors as well as the web-crawl weather data. Matched case-control method and support vector machines （SVMs） technique were employed to identify the risk status. The adaptive synthetic over-sampling technique was applied to solve the imbalanced dataset issues. Random forest technique was applied to select the contributing factors and avoid the over-fitting issues. The results indicate that the SVMs classifier could successfully classify 76.32% of the crashes on the test dataset and 87.52% of the crashes on the overall dataset, which were relatively satisfactory compared with the results of the previous studies. Compared with the SVMs classifier without the data, the SVMs classifier with the web-crawl weather data increased the crash prediction accuracy by 1.32% and decreased the false alarm rate by 1.72%, showing the potential value of the massive web weather data. Mean impact value method was employed to evaluate the variable effects, and the results are identical with the results of most of previous studies. The emerging technique based on the discrete traffic data and web weather data proves to be more applicable on real- time safety management on freeways.展开更多
The burden distribution real-time estimation problem of multi-loop charging based on the real multi-radar data is resolved.Firstly , an iterative algorithm is introduced to calculate the radial coordinate of the pile-...The burden distribution real-time estimation problem of multi-loop charging based on the real multi-radar data is resolved.Firstly , an iterative algorithm is introduced to calculate the radial coordinate of the pile-top.Then , based on the multi-radar data , the burden profile is estimated by a cubic-curve equation at the end of the multi-loop charging.Furthermore , the burden profile before the next multi-loop charging is calculated based on multi-radar data by considering the impact of burden descent.On the basis of these burden profiles , a more accurate thickness ratio of ore to coke （ RO/C ） at the radial direction of blast furnace can be obtained.Finally , an example is given to calculate the burden profiles and RO/C by using the real multi-radar data sampled from Baosteel , which shows the effectiveness of the method introduced.展开更多
The decentralized pre-filter based vector tracking loop(VTL)configuration with data wipe-off(DWO)method of the Global Positioning System(GPS)receiver is proposed for performance enhancement.It is a challenging task to...The decentralized pre-filter based vector tracking loop(VTL)configuration with data wipe-off(DWO)method of the Global Positioning System(GPS)receiver is proposed for performance enhancement.It is a challenging task to continuously track the satellites’signals in weak signal environment for the GPS receiver.VTL is a very attractive technique as it can provide tracking capability in signal-challenged environments.In the VTL,each channel will not form a loop independently.On the contrary,the signals in the channels of VTL are shared with each other;the navigation processor in turn predicts the code phases.Thus,the receiver can successfully track signals even the signal strength from individual satellite is weak.The tracking loop based on the pre-filter provides more flexible adjustment to specific environments to reduce noise interference.Therefore,even if the signals from some satellites are very weak the receiver can track them from the navigation results based on the other satellites.The navigation data,which contains information necessary to perform navigation computations,are binary phase-shift keying(BPSK)modulated onto the GPS carrier phase with the bit duration of 20 ms(i.e.,50 bits per second)for the GPS L1 C/A signals.The coherent integration interval can be extended for improved tracking performance in signal-challenged environment.However,tracking accuracy is decreased by possible data bit sign reversal.The DWO algorithm can be employed to remove the data bit in I and Q correlation values so as to avoid energy loss due to bit transitions when the integration interval of the correlator is extended over 20 ms under the low carrier-to-noise ratio(C/No)environments.The proposed method has an advantage to provide continuous tracking of signals and obtain improved navigation performance.Performance evaluation of the tracking capability as well as positioning accuracy will be presented.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(2012CB720505)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21276137,61433001)+1 种基金Tsinghua University Initiative Scientific Research Programthe seventh framework programme(FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IRSES-612230)of European Union
文摘Owing to wide applications of automatic control systems in the process industries, the impacts of controller performance on industrial processes are becoming increasingly significant. Consequently, controller maintenance is critical to guarantee routine operations of industrial processes. The workflow of controller maintenance generally involves the following steps: monitor operating controller performance and detect performance degradation, diagnose probable root causes of control system malfunctions, and take specific actions to resolve associated problems. In this article, a comprehensive overview of the mainstream of control loop monitoring and diagnosis is provided, and some existing problems are also analyzed and discussed. From the viewpoint of synthesizing abundant information in the context of big data, some prospective ideas and promising methods are outlined to potentially solve problems in industrial applications.
文摘A bottleneck automatic identification algorithm based on loop detector data is proposed. The proposed algorithm selects the critical flow rate as the trigger variable of the algorithm which is calculated by the road conditions the level of service and the proportion of trucks.The process of identification includes two parts. One is to identify the upstream of the bottleneck by comparing the distance between the current occupancy rate and the mean value of the occupancy rate and the variance of the occupancy rate.The other process is to identify the downstream of the bottleneck by calculating the difference of the upstream occupancy rate with that of the downstream.In addition the algorithm evaluation standards which are based on the time interval of the data the detection rate and the false alarm rate are discussed.The proposed algorithm is applied to detect the bottleneck locations in the Shanghai Inner Ring Viaduct Dabaishu-Guangzhong road section.The proposed method has a good performance in improving the accuracy and efficiency of bottleneck identification.
文摘This paper addresses a computationally compact and statistically optimal joint Maximum a Posteriori(MAP)algorithm for channel estimation and data detection in the presence of Phase Noise(PHN)in iterative Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing(OFDM)receivers used for high speed and high spectral efficient wireless communication systems.The MAP cost function for joint estimation and detection is derived and optimized further with the proposed cyclic gradient descent optimization algorithm.The proposed joint estimation and detection algorithm relaxes the restriction of small PHN assumptions and utilizes the prior statistical knowledge of PHN spectral components to produce a statistically optimal solution.The frequency-domain estimation of Channel Transfer Function(CTF)in frequency selective fading makes the method simpler,compared with the estimation of Channel Impulse Response(CIR)in the time domain.Two different time-varying PHN models,produced by Free Running Oscillator(FRO)and Phase-Locked Loop(PLL)oscillator,are presented and compared for performance difference with proposed OFDM receiver.Simulation results for joint MAP channel estimation are compared with Cramer-Rao Lower Bound(CRLB),and the simulation results for joint MAP data detection are compared with“NO PHN"performance to demonstrate that the proposed joint MAP estimation and detection algorithm achieve near-optimum performance even under multipath channel fading.
基金supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province,China(Grant Nos.2023JJ50178 and 2023JJ50194)the Excellent Youth Project of Hunan Provincial Department of Education(Grant No.23B0542).
文摘Rack-level loop thermosyphons have been widely adopted as a solution to data centers’growing energy demands.While numerous studies have highlighted the heat transfer performance and energy-saving benefits of this system,its economic feasibility,water usage effectiveness(WUE),and carbon usage effectiveness(CUE)remain underexplored.This study introduces a comprehensive evaluation index designed to assess the applicability of the rack-level loop thermosyphon system across various computing hub nodes.The air wet bulb temperature Ta,w was identified as the most significant factor influencing the variability in the combination of PUE,CUE,and WUE values.The results indicate that the rack-level loop thermosyphon system achieves the highest score in Lanzhou(94.485)and the lowest in Beijing(89.261)based on the comprehensive evaluation index.The overall ranking of cities according to the comprehensive evaluation score is as follows:Gansu hub(Lanzhou)>Inner Mongolia hub(Hohhot)>Ningxia hub(Yinchuan)>Yangtze River Delta hub(Shanghai)>Chengdu Chongqing hub(Chongqing)>Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area hub(Guangzhou)>Guizhou hub(Guiyang)>Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei hub(Beijing).Furthermore,Hohhot,Lanzhou,and Yinchuan consistently rank among the top three cities for comprehensive scores across all load rates,while Guiyang(at a 25%load rate),Guangzhou(at a 50%load rate),and Beijing(at 75%and 100%load rates)exhibited the lowest comprehensive scores.
文摘A high integrated monolithic IC, with functions of clock recovery, data decision, and 1 ： 4 demultiplexer,is implemented in 0.25μm CMOS process for 2.5Gb/s fiber-optic communications. The recovered and frequency divided 625MHz clock has a phase noise of -106.26dBc/Hz at 100kHz offset in response to a 2.5Gb/s PRBS input data （2^31-1）. The 2.5Gb/s PRBS data are demultiplexed to four 625Mb/s data. The 0.97mm× 0.97mm IC consumes 550mW under a single 3.3V power supply （not including output buffers）.
文摘The design of a 2. 488 Gbit/s clock and data recovery （CDR） If for synchronous digital hierarchy （SDH） STM-16 receiver is described. Based on the injected phase-locked loop （IPLL） and D-flip flop architectures, the CDR IC was implemented in a standard 0. 35 μan complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor （CMOS） technology. With 2^31 -1 pseudorandom bit sequences （PRBS） input, the sensitivity of data recovery circuit is less than 20 mV with 10^-12 bit error rate （BER）. The recovered clock shows a root mean square （rms） jitter of 2. 8 ps and a phase noise of - 110 dBc/Hz at 100 kHz offset. The capture range of the circuit is larger than 40 MHz. With a 5 V supply, the circuit consumes 680 mW and the chip area is 1.49 mm × 1 mm.
文摘A 2.5Gb/s clock and data recovery （CDR） circuit is designed and realized in TSMC＇s standard 0.18/μm CMOS process. The clock recovery is based on a PLL. For phase noise optimization,a dynamic phase and frequency detector （PFD） is used in the PLL. The rms jitter of the recovered 2.5GHz clock is 2.4ps and the SSB phase noise is - 111dBc/Hz at 10kHz offset. The rms jitter of the recovered 2.5Gb/s data is 3.3ps. The power consumption is 120mW.
文摘To improve the performance of composite pseudo-noise （PN） code clock recovery in a regenerative PN ranging system at a low symbol signal-to-noise ratio （SNR）, a novel chip tracking loop （CTL） used for regenerative PN ranging clock recovery is adopted. The CTL is a modified data transition tracking loop （DTTL）. The difference between them is that the Q channel output of the CTL is directly multiplied by a clock component, while that of the DTTL is multiplied by the Ⅰ channel transition detector output. Under the condition of a quasi-squareware PN ranging code, the tracking （ mean square timing jitter） performance of the CTL is analyzed. The tracking performances of the CTL and the DTTL, are compared over a wide range of symbol SNRs. The result shows that the CTL and the DTTL have the same performance at a large symbol SNR, while at a low symbol SNR, the former offers a noticeable enhancement.
文摘A 2.5Gb/s/ch data recovery （DR） circuit is designed for an SFI-5 interface. To make the parallel data bit-synchronization and reduce the bit error rate （BER） ,a delay locked loop （DLL） is used to place the center of the data eye exactly at the rising edge of the data-sampling clock. A single channel DR circuit was fabricated in TSMC＇s standard 0. 18μm CMOS process. The chip area is 0. 46mm^2. With a 2^32 - 1 pseudorandom bit sequence （PRBS） input,the RMS jitter of the recovered 2.5Gb/s data is 3.3ps. The sensitivity of the single channel DR is less than 20mV with 10-12 BER.
文摘A case study on the cyclonic eddy generated by the tropical cyclone looping over the northern South China Sea (NSCS) is presented, using TOPEX/POSEIDON altimeter data and AVHRR sea surface temperature (SST) data. Three cases relating to the tropical cyclone events (Typhoon Kai-Tak in July 2000, Tropical Storm Russ in June 1994 and Tropical Storm Maria in August-September 2000) over the NSCS have been analyzed. For each looping tropical cyclone case, the cyclonic eddy with an obvious sea level depression appears in the sea area where the tropical cyclone takes a loop form, and lasts for about 2 weeks with a slight variation in location. The cold core with the SST difference greater than 2℃against its surrounding areas is also observed by the satellite-derived SST data.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation (71301119)the Shanghai Natural Science Foundation (12ZR1434100)
文摘Recent advances in intelligent transportation system allow traffic safety studies to extend from historic data-based analyses to real-time applications. The study presents a new method to predict crash likelihood with traffic data collected by discrete loop detectors as well as the web-crawl weather data. Matched case-control method and support vector machines （SVMs） technique were employed to identify the risk status. The adaptive synthetic over-sampling technique was applied to solve the imbalanced dataset issues. Random forest technique was applied to select the contributing factors and avoid the over-fitting issues. The results indicate that the SVMs classifier could successfully classify 76.32% of the crashes on the test dataset and 87.52% of the crashes on the overall dataset, which were relatively satisfactory compared with the results of the previous studies. Compared with the SVMs classifier without the data, the SVMs classifier with the web-crawl weather data increased the crash prediction accuracy by 1.32% and decreased the false alarm rate by 1.72%, showing the potential value of the massive web weather data. Mean impact value method was employed to evaluate the variable effects, and the results are identical with the results of most of previous studies. The emerging technique based on the discrete traffic data and web weather data proves to be more applicable on real- time safety management on freeways.
基金Item Sponsored by Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities of China ( FRF-TP-12-103A , FRF-AS-11-004B , FRF-SD-12-016A )Doctoral Program Foundation of Institutions of Higher Education of China ( 20110006120034 )
文摘The burden distribution real-time estimation problem of multi-loop charging based on the real multi-radar data is resolved.Firstly , an iterative algorithm is introduced to calculate the radial coordinate of the pile-top.Then , based on the multi-radar data , the burden profile is estimated by a cubic-curve equation at the end of the multi-loop charging.Furthermore , the burden profile before the next multi-loop charging is calculated based on multi-radar data by considering the impact of burden descent.On the basis of these burden profiles , a more accurate thickness ratio of ore to coke （ RO/C ） at the radial direction of blast furnace can be obtained.Finally , an example is given to calculate the burden profiles and RO/C by using the real multi-radar data sampled from Baosteel , which shows the effectiveness of the method introduced.
基金This work has been partially supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology,Taiwan[Grant Numbers MOST 101-2221-E-019-027-MY3 and MOST 109-2221-E-019-010].
文摘The decentralized pre-filter based vector tracking loop(VTL)configuration with data wipe-off(DWO)method of the Global Positioning System(GPS)receiver is proposed for performance enhancement.It is a challenging task to continuously track the satellites’signals in weak signal environment for the GPS receiver.VTL is a very attractive technique as it can provide tracking capability in signal-challenged environments.In the VTL,each channel will not form a loop independently.On the contrary,the signals in the channels of VTL are shared with each other;the navigation processor in turn predicts the code phases.Thus,the receiver can successfully track signals even the signal strength from individual satellite is weak.The tracking loop based on the pre-filter provides more flexible adjustment to specific environments to reduce noise interference.Therefore,even if the signals from some satellites are very weak the receiver can track them from the navigation results based on the other satellites.The navigation data,which contains information necessary to perform navigation computations,are binary phase-shift keying(BPSK)modulated onto the GPS carrier phase with the bit duration of 20 ms(i.e.,50 bits per second)for the GPS L1 C/A signals.The coherent integration interval can be extended for improved tracking performance in signal-challenged environment.However,tracking accuracy is decreased by possible data bit sign reversal.The DWO algorithm can be employed to remove the data bit in I and Q correlation values so as to avoid energy loss due to bit transitions when the integration interval of the correlator is extended over 20 ms under the low carrier-to-noise ratio(C/No)environments.The proposed method has an advantage to provide continuous tracking of signals and obtain improved navigation performance.Performance evaluation of the tracking capability as well as positioning accuracy will be presented.
