• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.26 no.8
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• pp.426-431
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• 2007

In this paper we have studied the underwater vector channel modeling for MIMO(Multiple Input Multiple Output) to increase the performance and efficiency for ultrasound communication in underwater channel environments. Also we have analyzed the MIMO techniques using the proposed channel modeling. For underwater MIMO channel modeling. experiments were done in real channel environments and the data were analyzed to estimate parameters such as fading, Doppler, time delay, angle of arrival, and receiving power. These were used for modeling of underwater vector channel modeling for MIMO. Additionally, we have analyzed the performance of MIMO systems using our proposed channel models. As a result we could see that the BER has decreased severely with the same SNR when using the MIMO system.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.202-211
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• 2001

This paper deals with an analysis of multipath which affect a transmission performance in underwater acoustic channel. Underwater acoustic channel with multipath structure is introduced to mathematical modelling for a basin environment. In this paper, SMR(Signal to Multipath Ratio) which is defined as a parameter of multipath's effect is presented as a mathematical equation, and the equation of SMR is simulated by MATLAB program. Furthermore, this paper is also dealt with an implementation of modulation and demodulation system for acoustic transmission. Acoustic Transmission is limited by frequency bandwidth, so $\pi/4 QPSK$(Quadrature Phase Shift Keying) methods which is very useful at frequency ]imitation and FM(Frequency Modulation) are used at acoustic communication system. This implemented hybrid modulation/demodulation system is used as an analog board of image transmission system. In this system, adaptive equalization for reducing the multipath effect and baseline JPEG used for an image compressing are also stated.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2000.05a
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• pp.419-425
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• 2000

This paper deals with an analysis of multipath which affect a transmission performance in underwater acoustic channel. Underwater acoustic channel with multipath structure is introduced to mathematical modelling for a basin environment. In this paper, SMR(Signal to Multipath Ratio) which is defined as a parameter of multipath's effect is presented as a mathematical equation, and the equation of SMR is simulated by MATLAB program. Furthermore, this paper is also dealt with an implementation of modulation and demodulation system for acoustic transmission Acoustic Transmission is limited by frequency bandwidth so $\pi$/4 Quadrature Phase Shift Keying) methods which is very useful at frequency limitation and FM(Frequency Modulation) are used at acoustic communication system. This implemented hybrid modulation/demodulation system is used as an analog board of image transmission system

• Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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• autumn
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• pp.441-442
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• 2004

본 논문에서는 남해 바다에서 디지털 데이터 전송 실험을 통하여 잃은 데이터를 이용하여 수중 초음파 전달 채널을 분석하고, 데이터 분석으로 추정된 채널 파라메타를 이용하여 수중에서 고속 및 고성능의 디지털 통신을 위하여 요구되는 디지털 처리 기법의 성능을 정확하게 분석하기 위한 수중채널 모델링을 하였다. 또한, 수중 채널 모델링은 모델링된 채널을 및 기타 파라메타를 계수 값으로 하는 FIR 구조 근간의 COSSAP 기법을 사용하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2012.07a
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• pp.101-102
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• 2012

수중에서는 대기와 달리 매질의 차이로 인하여 통신의 제약이 따르므로 초음파를 이용하여 정보를 송 수신한다. 수중통신을 하기 위해서는 신호를 증폭시키는 전력증폭기와 증폭된 전기 신호를 초음파로 변환시키는 트랜스듀서가 필요하다. 전력증폭기는 선형적인 출력이 보장되어야 하며, 수중에서의 발열과 연료문제로 인하여 높은 효율로 동작하여야 한다. 하지만 기존의 전력증폭기는 인가되는 고정전압과 출력전압의 차이로 인해 손실이 발생하여 효율이 저하된다. 본 논문에서는 수중 통신에 적합한 특성을 가진 APEX사의 Class B push-pull 타입의 MP108A증폭기를 사용하여 선형적인 출력 특성을 보장하며 넓은 대역폭을 갖는 전력증폭기를 구현하고, 실험을 통해 특성을 확인하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2002.05a
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• pp.163-166
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• 2002

The underwater acoustic communication has been widely applied to various objects such as ocean exploration-development and military affairs. And recently for embodiment of the communication system that is installed in a submarine and underwater work system, many studies have been progressing. This scope of the main studies in the meantime. It made it possible for a diver and a scuba diver who arc difficult to notice the situation of the outside because of staying in the water to hear a sound through a small speaker by using a ultra sound transducer that a central frequency is 32KHz after modulation of a voice to give the information of the outside. Also in case of happening an emergency to a diver in the water, it made him/her ask for help to a person in the outside by pressing a key and send a letter data to a person in the outside by using a keyboard. Through this system, it is possible to send a voice or data between the underwater and the outside and it is available to a diver or skin scuba diver.

• Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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• v.10 no.6
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• pp.286-294
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• 2001

In this study, 3-D underwater object recognition using the self-made 3-3 type composite ultrasonic transducer and modified SOFM(Self Organizing Feature Map) neural network are investigated. Properties of the self-made 3-3 type composite specimens are satisfied considerably with requirements as an underwater ultrasonic transducer's materials. 3-D underwater all object's recognition rates obtained from both the training data and testing data in different objects, such as a rectangular block, regular triangular block, square block and cylinderical block, were 100% and 94.0%, respectively. All object's recognition rates are obtained by utilizing the self-made 3-3 type composite transducer and SOFM neural network. From the object recognition rates, it could be seen that an ultrasonic transducer fabricated with the self-made 3-3 type composite resonator will be able to have application for the underwater object recognition.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SC
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• v.43 no.4 s.310
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• pp.60-66
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• 2006

Underwater ultrasonic communication is critical to explore and development ocean using instrument. Essential to these applications is the reliable teleoperation and telemetering of the unit. But the problem is that the controllability of the instrument and the reliability of submarine communication are decreased, as so various passive noises are generated. In the existing methods, the control informations, received from an observation instrument, are identified used by hardware and repeatedly compared with standard information. However, such a method weakens the efficiency in controllability-centered systems. This study presents an ultrasonic signal detection algorithm that can identify the ultrasonic signal without the influence of disturbances due to underwater environmental changes. Likewise, the logicality of detection algorithm were ascertained by simulation.

• Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.16-23
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• 1999

When a moving piezoelectric transducer detects an object in water, its receiving sensitivity is attenuated by Doppler effect. In this paper, a method for compensating the effect is suggested by using a newly designed condenser of which capacitance is varied according to the moving speed of the transducer. Using the method, the receiving resonant frequency of the transducer can be changed automatically. As a result, there is good agreement between the results of experiment and those of calculation. It is confirmed that the response sensitivity degradation of transducers due to Doppler effect can be compensated in the range of $1{\sim}10^m/_s$ moving speed.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.181-182
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• 2011

수중에서는 대기와는 달리 매질의 차이로 인하여 통신의 제약이 따르므로 초음파를 이용하여 정보를 송 수신한다. 수중통신을 하기 위해서는 신호를 증폭시키는 전력증폭기와 초음파를 발생시키는 트랜스듀서가 필요하다. 전력증폭기는 수중에서의 발열과 연료문제로 인하여 높은 효율로 동작하여야한다. 하지만 전력증폭기에 인가되는 고정전압과 출력전압의 차이로 인해 손실이 발생하여 효율이 저하된다. 그러므로 본 논문에서는 전력증폭기의 효율 향상을 위해 출력전압에 따라 인가전압을 가변하는 ET(Envelope Tracking) 기술을 적용하기 위한 4[kW]급, 20[kHz]의 대역폭을 갖는 가변 DC-DC 컨버터를 설계하고 시뮬레이션을 통해 특성을 확인하였다.