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A GPS Initial Synchronization Method for Robust DGPS Reference Stations in Noisy Environment

잡음환경에 강인한 DGPS 기준국을 위한 GPS 초기동기 방법

  • Park Jeong-Yeol (Graduate School, Department of Electronics Engineering, Dongguk University) ;
  • Park Sang-Hyun (Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute) ;
  • Sin Jae-Ho (Department of Electronics Engineering, Dongguk University)
  • Published : 2006.06.01

Abstract

In order to enhance the robustness against noisy environment, the previous GPS initial synchronization method of DGPS reference stations adopts not only the coherent integration method but also the non-coherent integration method. However the previous GPS initial synchronization method muses the non-coherent integration loss, which is a dominant factor among the signal acquisition losses in noisy environment. And the non-coherent integration loss increases with the strength of noise signal. In this paper, a novel GPS initial synchronization method is proposed for robust DGPS reference stations in noisy environment. This paper presents that the proposed GPS initial synchronization method suppresses the non-coherent acquisition loss. Furthermore, with regard to the mean acquisition time, it is shown that the number of the search cells of the proposed GPS initial synchronization method is much smaller than that of the previous GPS initial synchronization method Finally, through the simulation by the GPS simulator, it is seen that the GPS signal of nigh signal-to-noise ratio can be acquired under increased noise floor using the proposed GPS initial synchronization method.

기존 DGPS 기준국용 GPS 수신기의 초기동기 방법은 잡음환경에 대한 강건성 향상을 위해 동기 누적 기법과 비동기 누적 기법을 함께 이용하고 있다. 그러나, 기존 DGP통 기준국용 GPS 초기동기 방법은 잡음환경에서 발생하는 신호획득 손실 중에서 우세한 성분인 비동기 누적 손실이 발생할 뿐만 아니라 잡음세기가 커질수록 비동기 누적 손실도 커지는 문제가 있다. 본 논문에서는 잡음환경에 강인한 DGPS 기준국을 위해 기존 GPS 초기동기의 비동기 누적 손실 문제를 해결한 새로운 GPS 초기동기 방법을 제안하고, 제안하는 GPS 초기동기 방법이 비동기 누적 손실을 억제하는 효과가 있음을 보인다. 그리고, 평균 초기동기 획득시간 측면에서 제안하는 GPS 초기동기 방법이 기존 GPS 초기동기 방법이 검색해야 할 셀의 개수 보다 더 적은 셀을 검색하는 이점이 있음을 보인다. 마지막으로 GPS 시뮬레이터를 이용한 모의실험을 통해 제안하는 GPS 초기동기 방법이 잡음세기가 증가한 환경에서 높은 신호대 잡음비로 GPS 신호를 획득할 수 있음을 확인한다.

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