The Design of Compass/BeiDou Navigation Satellite Terminal for Migrant Bird Research

• Published in: Mathematical Problems in Engineering
• Main Authors: Yaohui Li, Jingjing Shan, Zhenhai Shao, Quan Wang
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Hindawi Limited 2014
• Subjects: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General); TA1-2040; Mathematics; QA1-939; Whooper Swan
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/957071; https://doaj.org/article/0017a7dad15d447db65a664a8cdaa4a7

A terminal of Compass Navigation Satellite System (CNSS), which can not only support BeiDou-1 and BeiDou-2 but also support Global Positioning System (GPS), is designed to research the activities of the migrant birds, with our novel design of a multiband antenna. By a high-density integration, this terminal is designed with a compact size and light weight. When the terminal is assembled to a whooper swan, its flying trace is recorded by the CNSS, which is in agreement with that of GPS. The flying route map based on the CNSS is useful to check the situation and habit of the migrant bird, which is important for animal protection and bird flu outbreak prediction.