ADC量化位数对阵列天线GNSS接收机的影响

在处理全球卫星导航系统（Global Navigation Satellite System,GNSS）卫星信号时,针对模数转换器（Analog-to-Digital Converter,ADC）量化位数不同导致输出的信号信噪比下降的问题,推导了阵列天线波束形成后输出信号的信噪比理论计算模型,分析了ADC量化位数对阵列天线抗干扰GNSS接收机的性能影响。在7阵元天线且ADC量化位数为10的条件下,理论模型分析和数据仿真结果表明最大抗干扰能力约为85 dB。通过确定ADC量化位数与抗干扰GNSS接收机抗干扰能力之间的关系,其结论为工程应用中抗干扰GNSS接收机的ADC选型和设计提供了理论依据。     

面向卫星导航信号的外辐射源雷达软件化模拟器设计

面向全球导航卫星系统(Global Navigation Satellite System,GNSS)信号的外辐射源雷达,是一种利用环境中GNSS信号作为非合作照射源进行探测的雷达。为满足基于GNSS信号的外辐射源雷达系统仿真和信号处理算法设计评估的需要,通过对该雷达系统组成与工作原理的分析,完成了面向GNSS信号的外辐射源雷达软件化信号模拟器的设计与实现。给定仿真场景下软件化模拟器输出信号处理和分析的结果验证了该模拟器可根据输入参数与模型正确完成信号仿真。     

多波束移动卫星系统的自适应开环预编码方法

对于卫星移动通信系统,由于卫星与地面终端之间的相对运动以及星地间传输延迟,传统的基于理想信道信息的预编码方法是不适用的。针对这一问题,提出了一种基于开环信道估计的预编码方法。卫星端利用开环获取的部分信道信息实现多波束联合预编码,并导出了系统传输速率的闭合解析表达式。此外,为了克服强干扰环境下多波束预编码系统性能恶化问题,提出了一种自适应预编码传输方法。卫星发射机依据开环获得的慢时变用户位置信道信息和信道统计量信息,自适应地选择预编码方法或传统频率复用方法,实现最优的系统性能。理论分析和仿真结果表明,与传统的干扰抑制方法相比,所提方法能实现更优的系统性能,同时也克服了传统预编码方法的局限性。     

采用COTS器件的低轨星载收发信机设计与实现

在性能、成本和可靠性的多重约束下，采用商用货架（Commercial Off-The-Shelf,COTS）器件设计了一种高性能、低成本星载收发信机。该收发信机的硬件设计不但可同时满足星地和星间应用需要，而且还具有支持多波束、多信道接入的特点。软件设计主要解决了大多普勒频偏条件下的低信噪比解调和变长以太网数据帧的高效处理等问题。地面测试结果表明，在250 kb/s ~ 14 Mb/s信息速率范围内，误比特率低于1.0×10-6时所需的解调信噪比(Eb/N0)不超过2.8 dB，发射信号误差矢量幅度不超过1.9%，高速应用时处理时延可低至3.0 ms。为降低COTS收发信机的可靠性风险，分别在元器件、电路和系统层面进行了有针对性的可靠性保证措施。该设计经过了在轨测试的验证，对其他低轨商业通信载荷的研制有一定的参考价值。     

Contextual Framing and Monetary Incentives in Field Experiments on Risk Preferences: Evidence from German Farmers

Recent studies cast doubt on the ability of abstract experiments to predict decision‐making in the field. Thus, scholars have argued for more ‘realism’ by introducing context to field experiments. Yet, such realism may work against the induced values of monetary incentives in economic experiments. It is an open question whether contextual framing works best with or without inducing values, through methods such as the use of monetary incentives. Using a sample of 146 German farmers, we compare experimentally the predictive power of a framed lottery in an agricultural context vs. using an abstract version. For one half of the sample, lotteries are incentivised; for the other half, they are hypothetical. Although risk preferences differ between treatments, all four lottery tasks correlate poorly with farmers’ real‐world use of risk management instruments such as harvest or hail insurance. Subjects who start with an agricultural framing are willing to take significantly greater risks in the lotteries. More generally, our findings cast doubt on the ability of lottery tasks to predict risk‐taking in the field.     

“北斗”救生终端海上自适应功率退避算法

受海况、浸水、结冰、对星等因素影响，飞行员海上遇险后报位可靠性较低，工作时长较短。为此，提出一种自适应功率退避方法，在对报位影响因素分析基础上，利用深度神经网络，通过对经纬度、高度、俯仰角、方向、加速度、速度、浸水、信号、电量等多维度数据进行学习，拟合出覆冰、浪涌、液面等信号特征与环境特征联想模型，自适应控制信号发射时机，实现功耗的有效控制。试验表明，该方法将通信成功率及工作时长分别由36.3%、6.0 h提升至73.3%、8.6 h。     

Are consumers at the base of the pyramid willing to pay for nutritious foods?

Base of the Pyramid (BoP) consumers living in the urban informal settlements of developing countries spend over 60% of their income on food, yet malnutrition and micronutrient deficiency remain widespread among these populations, pointing to the inadequacy of the foods they consume in terms of quality and quantity. In this paper we examine BoP consumers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for nutritious multi-composite porridge flour (improved flour) in the informal settlements of East Africa. The analysis is based on experimental data collected from 600 households in the informal settlements of Kampala, Uganda and Nairobi, Kenya (300 in each country) in 2016. We use Tobit regression models to analyse determinants of WTP for the improved porridge flour. Results show that both Kenyan and Ugandan BoP consumers are willing to pay a premium for the improved porridge flour. In addition, providing nutrition information about the flour, characteristics of household head, economic status of the household, and presence of young children between six and 59 months in the household, influence WTP for the safe and nutritious porridge flour. The paper concludes by providing recommendations for enhancing nutrition among poor consumers in the informal settlements of developing countries.     

周跳探测法在北斗精度定位中的应用研究

介绍了北斗卫星导航系统的发展现状以及北斗卫星的组成,运用载波相位测量卫星信号,得出卫星观测过程中存在卫星周跳现象。在此之后,解析了该卫星导航精度定位的误差来源,一共能够分成三种不同的类型,分别指的是：与该卫星自身有关联的误差;与其信号传播路径有关联的误差;与接收机以及测站有关联的误差。在此步骤结束之后,剖析了周跳的定义与特性,除此之外也分析了周跳对精密定位带来的影响。最终,通过仿真方法得到了有无周跳状况下的高次差法的影响。     

Knowledge of campaign finance regulation reduces perceptions of corruption

We use an experimental survey design to measure how campaign finance regulation influences perceptions of political corruption and trust in politicians when citizens are exposed to information about regulation. Unlike most observational studies, results of this experimental study suggest that knowledge of campaign finance regulation substantially reduces citizens’ perceptions of corruption but has only limited effect on trust in politicians. Findings have crucial implications for public policy. At a time when public cynicism about politics is high, a significant reduction in perceptions of political corruption through successful dissemination of campaign finance regulation would be a boost to the legitimacy of democracies.     

时差型卫星定位系统目标位置标校算法的误差分析

针对时差型卫星定位系统位置标校算法中标校源选择的问题,首先建立了基于单个标校源的标校方法的误差分析模型,分析了参数的系统性误差和随机测量误差对标校效果的影响;其次,定义了两类定位误差改善因子,用来定量描述标校算法对定位精度的改善能力,并可以通过理论计算评价标校源的标校效果,从而为标校源的选择提供了依据。最后,仿真分析验证了误差分析模型及定位误差改善因子的有效性。