A Clock Synchronization Algorithm for the Satellite System Based on MF-TDMA. Issue 1 (February 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zhang, Min; Duan, Linlin; Gong, Kexian; Liu, Xiaoyan; Cheng, Qian
• Is Part Of: Journal of physics. Volume 1815:Issue 1(2021)
• Publication Date: 2021-02
• Subjects: Clock synchronization -- Gradient descent -- MF-TDMA -- GDAS; Physics -- Congresses; 530.5
• DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/1815/1/012023
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1742-6588

Abstract

Abstract: In order to ensure microsecond slot scheduling, all terminals must maintain high precision of time synchronization in MF-TDMA(Multi-Frequency Time Division Multiple Access) satellite communication system. Due to the different frequency of crystal oscillator at the terminal, the absolute value of the clock deviation is constantly increasing, so a clock synchronization algorithm is required to keep the time synchronization of the satellite system. The traditional satellite clock synchronization algorithm minimizes the clock error through periodic synchronization, but it only considers the phase offset, not the crystal frequency offset, the synchronization accuracy is low and waste of bandwidth resources. Based on the traditional satellite clock synchronization, this paper proposes a gradient descent algorithm for the satellite system based on MF-TDMA(GDAS), adding clock frequency offset prediction and compensation mechanism to improve clock synchronization accuracy and bandwidth resource utilization rate. The simulation results of the proposed algorithm has optimized the precision performance of clock synchronization.