• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.48 no.4
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• pp.285-293
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• 2020

In this paper, to improve Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) image quality, the effect of time synchronization error in the EGI/IMU (Embedded GPS/INS, Inertial Measurement Unit) integrated system is analyzed and state augmentation is applied to compensate it. EGI/IMU integrated system is widely used as a SAR motion measurement algorithm, which consists of EGI mounted to obtain the trajectory and IMU mounted on the SAR antenna. In an EGI/IMU integrated system, a time synchronization error occurs when the clocks of the sensors are not synchronized. Analysis of the effect of time synchronization error on navigation solutions and SAR images confirmed that the time synchronization error deteriorates SAR image quality. The state augmentation is applied to compensate for this and as a result, the SAR image quality does not decrease. In addition, by analyzing the performance and the observability of the time synchronization error according to the maneuver, it was confirmed that the time-variant maneuver such as rotational motion is necessary to estimate the time synchronization error adequately. In order to reduce the influence of the time synchronization error on the SAR image, the time synchronization error must be compensated by performing maneuver changing over time such as a rotation before SAR operation.

• Bulletin of the Korean Space Science Society
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• 2010.04a
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• pp.29.2-29.2
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• 2010

항법분야에 있어서 위성항법시스템의 다양한 오차를 제거한 정밀한 위치 정보를 이용하여 이동체에 활용하는 연구가 진행되고 있다. 실제 환경에서 이동체를 이용한 항법실험을 수행하기 전 실제 환경과 유사한 가상의 실시간 테스트베드를 구축하여 알고리즘 테스트 및 검증 실험을 수행하려 한다. 이를 위해 이동체의 운동을 시뮬레이션하는 운동궤적제어시스템과 실제의 항법신호를 시뮬레이션하는 GNSS 시뮬레이터 사이의 시각동기화는 실시간 시뮬레이션을 구현하기 위해 필수적으로 요구된다. 동기화 되지 않은 시각정보는 이동체 운동궤적제어시스템에 의해 생성된 실제의 궤적과 GNSS 시물레이터로부터 생성된 궤적사이의 오차를 유발하여 항법수신기의 부정확한 항법신호를 유발한다. 이 연구는 GNSS 시뮬레이터를 이용한 실시간 테스트베드의 구축에 있어 필요한 이동체 운동궤적의 시각동기화 기술 개발을 목표로 한다. GNSS 시뮬레이터는 Spirent 사의 GPS 시뮬레이터가 사용되었다. 이동체의 위치, 속도, 가속도와 같은 움직임을 나타내는 운동에 관한 명령은 적용되어야 하는 정확한 시각이 함께 전송되므로, 이는 그 시각 이전에 GPS 시뮬레이터에 도달해야 한다. 따라서 1초(1 Hz) 또는 0.1초(10 Hz) 사이에 원격제어시스템과 GPS 시뮬레이터사이의 시각 동기화를 구현하였다. 시뮬레이터와의 시각정보 동기화를 위해 Amplicon사의 PCI-215 타이머카드를 이용하였고, 그 결과, 이동체 운동궤적제어시스템과 시뮬레이터의 시각정보를 $10^{-3}$ 내의 위치오차를 가지는 정밀도로 동기화됨을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2013.07a
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• pp.69-72
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• 2013

본 논문은 TPSN 알고리즘의 시각 동기화 오차를 개선하기 위하여 Imote2 센서 노드의 클럭 드리프트 특성을 적용하는 개선된 TPSN 알고리즘을 제안한다. 클럭 드리프트의 원인은 주로 수정발진기에 기인한다. 본 연구에서는 온도 및 습도 등 환경 조건이 비슷할 경우에 드리프트가 크게 차이나지 않는다는 실험 결과에 따라 드리프트의 평균값을 구하고 이를 TPSN 동기화 오차 보정에 사용한다. 이때 적용되는 드리프트 특성 값은 센서 노드 설치 이전에 미리 측정하여야 한다. 실험을 통하여 본 논문에서 제안한 개선된 TPSN 알고리즘이 동기화 오차 개선에 효과적임을 확인하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2010.10a
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• pp.497-500
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• 2010

Wireless sensor network is the system for data collection and data process between many nodes. For this work, Synchronization of operation execution and ordering many events are needed. Reference the external time information is the most accurate way to have same time information for all nodes but it's hard to apply these to sensor network. So there are many study of time synchronization there are many error occurred when the time synchronization is executed in the sensor network and minimizing these errors is important. In this paper, we propose how to minimize errors using several time stamp information exchanging when the network is initialized. When the big difference is occurred between receive time and send time in the node communication(cause of traffic overhead and etc), it shows big error of time correction and transfer delay time. but it's hard to detect these errors when it exchanges time stamp information just one time. so we try to reduce these errors using the median value of transfer delay and time correction value with many times of time stamp information exchange.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2016.10a
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• pp.715-718
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• 2016

SpaceWire invented for on-board data handling in a spacecraft has Time-Code defined for time synchronization over SpaceWire network. Delay and jitter of the transmission of Time-Code caused when a Time-Code travels through a network are the main reasons of time synchronization error. This work proposes a scheme that can reduce the time synchronization error by using extended Time-Codes. The proposed scheme can remove both transmission jitter and transmission delay. The scheme will be validated in a simulation environment built with OMNeT++.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.724-730
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• 2017

SpaceWire invented for spacecrafts has Time-Code defined for time synchronization over SpaceWire network. A Time-Code suffers transmission delay of 14[bit-period] and jitter up to 10[bit-period] whenever it passes through a SpaceWire link, which is the primary cause of time synchronization error. This work presents a simple method to improve the time synchronization which uses two extended Time-Codes. Nodes on a SpaceWire network can find how much delay and jitter a received Time-Code has suffered while it passes through the network, and they can correct time synchronization error with this information. The proposed method was validated in a simulation environment developed based on OMNeT++. The simulation result showed that time synchronization error less than a few bit-periods can be achieved. The proposed method is cost effective and suitable for small-scale SpaceWire network systems.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.38C no.5
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• pp.486-496
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• 2013

Time synchronization in underwater environment is challenging due to high propagation delay and mobility of sensor nodes. Previous researches do not consider practical issues affecting on the accuracy of time synchronization such as high-channel access delay and relative position between sensor nodes. Also, those protocols using bidirectional message exchange shorten the network lifetime and decrease the network throughput because numerous transmission, reception and unnecessary overhearing can be occurred. Therefore, in our research, we suggest enhanced time synchronization based on features of underwater environment. It controls the instant of transmission by exploiting the feature of an oceanic movement and node deployment. Moreover, the protocol uses more accurate time information by removing channel access delay from the timestamp. The proposed scheme is also practical on the underwater sensor network requiring low-power consumption because the scheme conducts time-synchronization with smaller transmission and reception compared with previous works. Finally, simulation results show that the proposed protocol deceases time error by 2.5ms and 0.56ms compared with TSHL and MU-Sync respectively, reducing energy consumption by 68.4%.

• Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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• v.23 no.5
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• pp.392-399
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• 2019

In this paper, we have studied wireless time division duplex(TDD) time synchronization technique considering the propagation delay between mobile vehicles. The existing IEEE 1588 precision time protocol(IEEE 1588 PTP) algorithm was applied and the time synchronization between the two nodes was achieved through the propagation delay and clock offset time correction calculated between master slave nodes during wireless TDD communication. The time synchronization process and procedure of IEEE 1588 PTP algorithm were optimized, thereby reducing the propagation delay error sensitivity for real-time moving vehicles. The sync flag signal generated through the time correction has a time synchronization accuracy of max +252.5 ns within 1-symbol(1.74 M symbol/sec, ${\pm}287.35ns$) through test and measurement, and it was confirmed that the time synchronization between master slave nodes can be achieved through sync flag signal generated during GPS disturbance.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.38C no.2
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• pp.141-154
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• 2013

The technology of precise time-synchronization between signal receive devices for separation distance operation can be a key point for the technology with TDoA-based system. We propose a new method for the higher accuracy of system's time-synchronization in this paper, which uses OCXO and DPLL with high accuracy to achieve phase synchronization at 1 pps (pulse per second) of signal. And the method receive time value from a GPS satellite. Essentially, the performance of GPS with high accuracy refers to long-term frequency stability for its reliability. As per the characteristic, as the GPS timing signals are synchronized continuously, the accuracy of time-synchronization gets improved proportionally. Therefore, if the time synchronization is accomplished, the accuracy of the synchronization can be up to 0.001 ppb (part per billion). Through the improved accuracy of the time-synchronization, the measurement error of TDOA-based location detection technology is evaluated. Consequently, we verify that TDoA-based location measurement error can be greatly improved via using the improved method for time-synchronization error.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2000.10c
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• pp.511-513
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• 2000

종단간 전송 지연은 시각 동기, 네트워크 성능 측정 등에서 매우 중요한 요소이다. 그러나 IP에 기반하고 있는 Internet은 여러 통신망 상의 지연 요소를 정확히 전달할 수 있는 구조가 없기 때문에 종단간 전송에 있어 전송 지연을 정확하게 알 수 없다. 특히 UDP 네트워크의 경우 전송할 때와 수신할 때 경로가 같지 않기 때문에 일반적으로 일주 지연 시간을 이용하지만 각 편도 전송 지연 시간 차이는 시스템의 다른 요소에 대해서 오류 요소로 작용할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 일주 지연 시간을 전송시 지연 시간과 수신시 지연 시간으로 따로 측정 분석하였다. 측정 결과 편도 전송 지연 시간 차이 값은 수십 밀리초 범위를 가지며 이는 NTP 등에서 시각을 동기화 할 때 통상적인 정확도, 수 밀리초를 훨씬 넘어선다. 이것은 편도 지연 시간 차이값이 시각 동기, 네트워크 성능 평가 등에서 중요한 오류값으로 작용한다는 것을 의미한다. 분석 결과를 실험 데이터에 적용할 경우 실제 편도 지연 시간에 근사한 값을 구할 수 있고 좀더 정확한 시각 동기, 네트워크 성능 평가가 가능하게 된다.