LEO navigation observables extraction using CLOCFC network.

ABSTRACT

In case of mitigate the reliance of aviation users on the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) in an increasingly interference-prone environment, utilizing opportunistic signals from Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) for navigation and positioning is an alternative approach. However, LEO satellite SOPs are not intended for navigation. Therefore, it is necessary to design methods to extract navigation observables from these signals. In this paper, we proposed a lightweight deep learning model with a two-branch structure called CLOCFC, designed to extract navigation observables. Furthermore, we have established a low Earth orbit satellite signal dataset by using ORBCOMM constellation signals as the input to the model and Doppler frequency as the label for the model. The results show that CLOCFC, as a lightweight model, demonstrates a significantly faster convergence rate and higher accuracy in navigation observables extraction compared to other models (ResNet, Swin Transformer, and Clo Transformer). In CLOCFC, we introduce the CFC module, a kind of Liquid Neural Network, to enhance the information acquisition capability through the spatiotemporal information in the data sequence. Finally, we have also conducted extensive experiments with the Doppler shift extraction of LEO satellites as an example, under various noise and resolution conditions, demonstrating the superiority of the CLOCFC.