• Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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• v.43 no.6
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• pp.429-436
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• 2019

The eLoran system is considered the best alternative because the vulnerability of satellite navigation systems cannot be resolved as perfect. Thus, South Korea is in the process of establishing a testbed of the eLoran system in the West Sea. To provide resilient navigation services to all waters, additional eLoran transmitters are required. However, it is difficult to establish eLoran transmitters because of various practical reasons. Instead, the positioning with NDGNSS/AIS source can expand the coverage and its algorithm with applying continuous waves is under development. Using the already operating NDGNSS reference station and the AIS base station, it is possible to operate the navigation system with higher accuracy than before. Thus, it is crucial to predict the performance when each system is integrated. In this paper, we have developed a simulation tool that can predict the performance of terrestrial integrated navigation system using the eLoran system, maritime NDGNSS station and the AIS station. The esitmated phase error of the received signal is calculated with the Cramer-Rao Lower Bound factoring the transmission power and the atmospheric noise according to the transmission frequency distributed by the ITU. Additionally, the simulation results are more accurate by estimating the annual mean atmospheric noise of the 300 kHz signal through the DGPS signal information collected from the maritime NDGNSS station. This approach can further increase the reliability of simulation results.

• Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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• v.25 no.5
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• pp.384-389
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• 2021

An optimal ground station (GS) antenna pattern design method for network-based UAV command and control communication systems considering complexity and performance is presented. The GS antenna consists of multiple side sectors and one upward sector. The antenna gain for each vertical/horizontal angle of the GS antenna according to the change of antenna design parameters such as the number of sectors, horizontal and vertical beam-width, and tilt-angle is modeled, and the effect of the parameter changes on the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) distribution in the virtual three-dimensional space is analyzed. It is observed that the tilt-angle of the side sectors has the greatest effect on the performance, and the longer the distance between GSs, the higher the maximum altitude and the smaller the number of side sectors, the tilt-angle should be lower. In addition, it is observed that the wider vertical beam-width of the side sector is advantageous in maximizing the lowest SNR, but narrow vertical beam-width is advantageous in maximizing the average SNR.

• Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.1-9
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• 2019

Integration of satellites with diverse missions, such as broadcast-communication, earth, meteorologicaland marine observations, and navigation, is vulnerable. The problems of the currently constructed ground station network were analyzed by constructing the test environment. Based on this, we designed a network that was capable of operating multiple satellites by one ground station. In addition, we proposed an interface and network configuration method with domestic and foreign ground stations. The network linking the domestic and foreign ground stations was composed of KREONET (Korea Research Environment Open Network) and GLORIAD (Global Ring Network for Advanced Application Development) of the KISTI(Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information). The internal network consists of VPN (Virtual Private Network), DMZ(De-Militarized Zone), and 1-way USB and so forth. By constructing the network by using the proposed method, harmful data, such as virus inflow and infection, can be blocked.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.17 no.2 s.105
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• pp.152-157
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• 2006

In this paper, we have analyzed the effects of interference from HAPS ground stations to P-MP FWA base station and to P-MP FWA terminal station using more detail parameters such as a new interference model, a realistic HAPS scenario, practical antenna patterns for both the HAPS system and FWA systems. The analysis results show that, in the case of interference from HAPS GSs into a P-MP BS, compatibility of the two systems can be obtained by using a sectored BS antenna with the boresight directed away from the nadir. However, in the case of interference from HAPS GSs into a P-MP TS, the two systems cannot operate effectively in the same band unless the separation distance is guranteed and/or some form of interference mitigation technique is employed such as dynamic channel allocation.

• Satellite Communications and Space Industry
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• v.13 no.1 s.28
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• pp.72-80
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• 2006

통신해양기상위성은 기상관측, 해양관측 및 통신방송의 3가지 임무를 수행하는 정지궤도 복합임무 위성이다. 위성본체는 기존의 화성탐사선(Mars Express) 위성의 구조를 확장하여 새로 개발한 구조체에 기존의 E3000 통신위성 버스에 사용하였던 전기전자 부품 및 추진계를 사용한다. 3축제어 위성으로서 태양전지판은 한 쪽에만 부착되어 있으며, 반대쪽에는 종래의 기상위성이 모멘트 균형을 위하여 갖고 있었던 솔라세일(solar sail)을 갖고 있지 않다. 기상탑재체는 미국의 아이티티(ITT)가 제작 공급하고, 해양탑재체는 이에이디에스 아스트리움(EADS Astrium)사와 항공우주연구원이 공동으로 개발하며, 통신 탑재체는 전자통신연구원에서 개발한다. 지상국은 항공우주연구원이, 관제시스템은 전자통신연구원이 개발을 담당하고 있다. 개발의 전 과정이 해외협력 개발로 이루어진다. 설계는 프랑스의 뚤르즈 소재 이에이디에스 아스트리움(EADS Astrium)사에서 한국 기술진의 참여 하에 이루어지며, 조립 및 시험은 항공우주연구원의 시설을 이용하여 한국에서 이루어진다. 발사준비도 공동으로 수행하고, 발사 후 전이궤도운영은 아스트리움사의 지상국을 사용하여 수행하여 목표궤도에 진입시킨 후 항공우주연구원의 지상국에서 궤도 내 시험(in-orbit-test)를 완료한 후 위성을 인도 받는다.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.24 no.7
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• pp.891-897
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• 2020

A flight termination system, which consists of ground and vehicle systems, forcibly terminates flight if it is deemed dangerous. In order to accomplish this, the system should maintain the link reliability above a certain level throughout the whole flight. However, the national proving ground for guided missiles could not fully meet that condition because of the gradually improving performance criteria. In this paper, we have analyzed the link budget for the flight termination system. Furthermore, we have designed and developed an emergency destruction command transmitter system, which is a ground system of the flight termination system, to provide the necessary link margin. Afterwards, we measured the received signal strength at the vehicle system and compared it with that of the existing transmitter system. We hereby confirmed that the link reliability of the flight termination system improved.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.37-43
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• 2014

The ground station which operates the LEO satellite performs monitoring state of health of the satellite, sending the commands for the imaging mission of receiving the images during about 10 minutes of contact time. To finish the planned procedure in limited contact time, specific level of autonomy is applied in the satellite and the ground system. For example, the attitude and orbit control logic has high level of autonomy because it must be operated alone for long period without operator intervention. On the other hand, the fault management logic has relatively low level of autonomy because of that failure detection and safing operation are performed on-board, whereas failure identification and recovery are on-ground operation. The level of autonomy of the satellite affects also the ground operation. The command set for mission operation is generated by ground system. If the satellite has higher level of autonomy, some of operation currently done on-ground can be performed on-board, so the ground operation can be simplified. In this paper, we discuss the level of autonomy and propose a concept for improving the level of autonomy of an LEO satellite.

• Satellite Communications and Space Industry
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• v.12 no.1 s.27
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• pp.115-121
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• 2004

본 연구의 목적은 2008년 발사를 목표로 개발 중인 통신해양기상위성(COMS: Communication, Ocean and Meteorological Satellite) 1호의 해양/기상 임무를 수행을 지원할 지상 시스템의 개념 설계를 수행하는 것이다. 송수신 시스템 개발을 위한 사용자 요구사항 분석과 외국 정지궤도의 위성의 영상 전 처리 시스템에 대한 기법 분석이 이루어 졌으며, 이를 바탕으로 통신해양기상위성 송수신 시스템의 데이터 흐름도를 작성하였다. 통해기 지상 시스템은 신뢰성 있는 위성 운영과 자료처리 기술의 자립화를 위해 국내 기술로 자체 개발될 예정이다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.46 no.10
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• pp.856-867
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• 2018

This paper presents the applicability of MIMO joint decoding to dual-contact satellite systems in which two LEO satellites using X-band frequency band are transmitting each image data to two ground station antennas, simultaneously. When two satellites are closely positioned within the looking angle of the two antennas, each satellite interferes with each other by the relative antenna gain corresponding to an offset angle and this might cause the performance degradation without interference mitigation. To mitigate the performance degradation, SM MIMO techniques for joint decoding are applied. Especially, the relative antenna gain of ground station depending on the angle difference between two satellites in ground station antenna plays an important role in modelling the dual-contact satellite systems. The condition number of MIMO channel including the antenna gain calculated from the mathematical gain pattern model was primarily analyzed. Simulation results showed that the SM MIMO techniques using detection schemes such as ZF-SIC, MMSE-SIC, and ML can be applicable to dual-contact satellite systems.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.37 no.12
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• pp.1232-1237
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• 2009

The ICAO and FAA are developing and verifying of GBAS for civil aircraft landing and take-off. The guarantee of aircraft integrity issue is the important part of GBAS. To guarantee integrity, the GBAS ground facility broadcasts various informations to aircraft. The informations are related to the estimated accuracy of each pseudorange correction and the estimated error terms, for example B-value and standard deviation of the ground facility error. These parameters are used to calculate position error (estimated value of the user). If estimated position errors don't satisfy requirements, aircraft use alternate navigation means. In this paper, GBAS reference stations's real data, which operated by KARI (Korea Aerospace Research Institute) in Jeju international airport, are used to development of new ground facility error standard deviation model. We verify improvement of GBAS availability, with respected to vertical protection level, using B-value based a new ground facility error standard deviation model and a sigma inflation factor.