Theoretical Analysis of Parameter Optimization for Lower-Ionosphere Excitation ELF/VLF Waves Based on Chirp-BOK Modulated Heating

Abstract

To improve the anti-interference for ELF/VLF communication based on modulated heating lower-ionosphere, chirp spread spectrum technology with strong anti-interference is combined with square wave amplitude modulation, a novel method of chirp-BOK modulated heating lower-ionosphere is proposed in this paper. On this basis, to improve the radiation efficiency of ELF/VLF, the effects of heating parameters (effective radiation power, pump frequency, polarization mode, modulation frequency, duty cycle, and bandwidth) on the radiation efficiency of ELF/VLF were analyzed. The results show that the radiation amplitude of ELF/VLF increases with the increase of effective radiation power, while the radiation efficiency increases first and then decreases; the X-mode is better than the O-mode; the radiation intensity of ELF/VLF decreases with the increase of pump wave frequency from 4MHz to 10MHz; the ELF/VLF equivalent dipole moments increase with the rise of modulation frequency from 500Hz to 5kHz; with the change of duty cycle from 10% to 90%, the dipole moments first increase and then decrease, and the optimal range of duty cycle is 40% to 70%; with the increase of bandwidth, the dipole moments are unchanged. Furthermore, the ELF/VLF dipole moments of square wave amplitude modulated heating ionosphere is unchanged before and after the chirp spread spectrum.

Keywords

• Chirp-BOK
• ELF/VLF
• ionosphere