This invention relates to the field of
laser communication technology and discloses a high-precision
ranging method and
system based on spaceborne
laser communication. The method includes: when two terminals send communication signals, aligning the falling edge of the last bit of the
frame synchronization header of the data frame with the
leading edge of the local
satellite clock's integer second pulse as a
ranging identifier; modulating the
baseband signal containing the
ranging identifier into an optical
signal and transmitting it into
free space; receiving the downlink optical
signal from the cooperating terminal and demodulating it into a
baseband signal; performing multi-level time
delay calibration to obtain the time
delay parameters of the
system's
transceiver channel, and using a code synchronization loop in the
communication link to recover the symbol
clock phase; and calculating the distance and
clock difference between the two terminals based on the
arrival time of the ranging identifier and the time
delay parameters using a bidirectional one-way ranging model. The above method integrates
laser communication and ranging, ensuring high ranging accuracy while saving hardware resources, and is suitable for inter-
satellite and
satellite-to-ground high-precision
laser ranging and high-speed
data transmission integration scenarios.