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Implementation of π/4-DQPSK Modem for Maritime Digital Communication in VHF Band

VHF 대역 해상 디지털 통신용 π/4-DQPSK 모뎀 구현

  • Kwak, Jaemin (Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Mokpo National Maritime University)
  • 곽재민 (목포해양대학교 해양정보통신공학과)
  • Received : 2014.11.04
  • Accepted : 2014.12.12
  • Published : 2014.12.30

Abstract

Rec. ITU-R M.1842-1 is international recommendation for VHF band communication guideline in maritime mobile service RR Appendix 18 channels. In this paper, we simulate 28.8 kbps VHF ${\pi}$/4-DQPSK digital baseband modem compatible with the recommendation, then it is designed and implemented with FPGA. Cazac sequence is used as a preamble since packet format is not defined untill now in the recommendation. Baseband modem is designed by VHDL language and implemented on NEXYS4 development platform having Atrix7 FPGA chip from Xilinx. For wireless communication test of total prototype system, ADC/DAC board is implemented and EV9730 RF module is utilized. From the experimental results, implemented FPGA modem shows spectral bandwidth of 25 kHz and successful data exchanges between tx and rx communication platform.

ITU-R M.1842-1은 해상 이동 서비스를 위한 RR Appendix18 채널에서 VHF 대역의 디지털 통신의 가이드라인을 제공하는 국제 권고안이다. 본 논문에서는 ITU-R M.1842-1 Annex1에서 제시하는 28.8 kbps 급 ${\pi}$/4-DQPSK 디지털 기저대역 모뎀을 시뮬레이션하고, FPGA로 설계 및 구현한다. 권고안에 패킷구조가 아직 정의되지 않은 상태이므로 패킷검출 및 동기화를 위해 Cazac 시퀀스를 프리앰블로 사용한다. 기저대역 변복조 모뎀은 VHDL로 설계되어 자이링스사의 Atrix7 FPGA 칩이 장착된 NEXYS4 개발 플랫폼에 구현된다. 무선 통신 테스트를 수행하기 위해 ADC/DAC 보드를 제작하고, RF 모듈로서 EV9730을 장착하여 통합 프로토타입을 구현하고 실험한다. 권고안에 정의된 바와 같이 송수신신호는 25 kHz 대역폭을 유지하고, 송수신 플랫폼간 통신이 정상적으로 이루어짐을 실험을 통해 확인한다.

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