• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.133-141
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• 1999

In this paper, we present an indoor propagation prediction model which is based on a three-dimensional ray-tracing technique. In this model, instead of considering all obstacles such as furnitures and fixtures, etc., only main obstacles to the propagation such as walls, ceiling and floors are modeled as slabs with finite thickness and conductivity, and the significant phenomena of propagation are considered, so we can calculate simply and predict accurately the propagation losses. The propagating rays are considered to be reflected and transmitted specularly at the boundaries of obstacles, and diffracted at edges. The reflection and transmission losses on flat obstacles are calculated by using ray tracing method, and the diffraction losses at edges are calculated by using the uniform theory of diffraction (UTD) for finite conductivity media. The results simulated for some cases by this propagation model good agree with the measured value of pathloss.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.33-40
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• 2003

Radio frequency management system(RFMS) is being operated to facilitate national spectrum management and monitoring in Korea. To improve the engineering analysis function in RFMS, criteria for the automated selection of the propagation model adequate to the radio station service environment considered are proposed. Those criteria are derived from the specified parameters obtained through the analysis of related ITU-R propagation & diffraction loss models which are to be used in RFMS. Then, using criteria acquired, computer program is made to achieve the automated selection of the most appropriate propagation algorithm, among the ones provided in RFMS, to the environment in which the engineering analysis is required. Furthermore, an illustrative example is shown with the proposals fur increasing the efficiency of the engineering analysis in RFMS.

• Journal of KIISE:Software and Applications
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• v.26 no.10
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• pp.1143-1155
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• 1999

셀룰러 방식의 이동통신 시스템에서 전파의 유효신호 도달범위를 예측하기 위해서는 전파전파 모델을 이용한 예측기법이 주로 사용된다. 그러나, 전파과정에서 주변 지형지물에 의해 발생하는 전파손실은 매우 복잡한 비선형적인 특성을 가지며 수식으로는 정확한 표현이 불가능하다. 본 논문에서는 신경회로망의 함수 근사화 능력을 이용하여 전파손실 예측모델을 생성하는 방법을 제안한다. 즉, 전파손실을 송수신 안테나간의 거리, 송신안테나의 특성, 장애물 투과영향, 회절특성, 도로, 수면에 의한 영향 등과 같은 전파환경 변수들의 함수로 가정하고, 신경회로망 학습을 통하여 함수를 근사화한다. 전파환경 변수들이 신경회로망 입력으로 사용되기 위해서는 3차원 지형도와 벡터지도를 이용하여 전파의 반사, 회절, 산란 등의 물리적인 특성이 고려된 특징 추출을 통해 정량적인 수치들을 계산한다. 이와 같이 얻어진 훈련데이타를 이용한 신경회로망 학습을 통해 전파손실 모델을 완성한다. 이 모델을 이용하여 서울 도심 지역의 실제 서비스 환경에 대한 타 모델과의 비교실험결과를 통해 제안하는 모델의 우수성을 보인다.Abstract In cellular mobile communication systems, wave propagation models are used in most cases to predict cell coverage. The amount of propagation loss induced by the obstacles in the propagation path, however, is a highly non-linear function, which cannot be easily represented mathematically. In this paper, we introduce the method of producing propagation loss prediction models by function approximation using neural networks. In this method, we assume the propagation loss is a function of the relevant parameters such as the distance from the base station antenna, the specification of the transmitter antenna, obstacle profile, diffraction effect, road, and water effect. The values of these parameters are produced from the field measurement data, 3D digital terrain maps, and vector maps as its inputs by a feature extraction process, which takes into account the physical characteristics of electromagnetic waves such as reflection, diffraction and scattering. The values produced are used as the input to the neural network, which are then trained to become the propagation loss prediction model. In the experimental study, we obtain a considerable amount of improvement over COST-231 model in the prediction accuracy using this model.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.155-158
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• 2009

원활한 방송 서비스를 제공하고 손쉬운 방송망 구축을 위해서 가장 중요한 것은 서비스 하 고자 하는 주파수 대역과 환경에 맞는 전파 모델을 선택하는 것이다. 적절한 전파 모델을 선택하여 수신 전계 강도를 정확하게 예상함으로써 효율적인 방송망을 설계할 수 있는 것이다. 방송망 주파수 대역에서 전파 분석 시 널리 이용되고 있는 모델은 ITU-R 권고안 P.1546 모델이다. 이 모델은 기존의 Okumura 나 Hata 모델처럼 측정을 기반으로 하여, 송신단 높이, 수신단 높이, 주파수, 거리, 시간율, 공간율 들을 고려하여 완성한 점대 영역 경로 손실 예측 모델이다. 측정을 기반으로 완성된 경로 손실 모델이기 때문에 실제 환경에 적용하기 위해서는 전계강도 예측 지역의 수신 환경 특성을 반영한 보정값을 더해줘야 한다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위해서 ITU-R 연구 3그룹은 지형 프로파일에 기반한 새로운 모델들을 개발하였다. 송, 수신단 사이의 지형 데이터가 고도화되면서 좀 더 정밀한 송, 수신단 사이의 지형 프로파일을 추출해 낼 수 있으며 이는 정확한 전계강도 예측을 가능하게 하였다. 이에 연구 3그룹은 고도화된 디지털 지형 데이터를 이용하여 자유 공간에서 경로 손실, 지형에 의한 회절 손실, 대류권 산란 손실 그리고 ducting 현상을 반영하여 전계강도를 산출해 내는 ITU-R P.1812 모델을 제안하였다. 본 논문에서 우리는 ITU-R 권고안 P.1812를 분석 구현하고 기존의 대표 모델인 P.1546 모델과의 비교 분석을 시도하였다.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.17 no.12 s.115
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• pp.1212-1223
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• 2006

Microwave(M/W) bands, though having great demand in wireless services, have been used mostly for long distance communications. As a result, the studies on their mobile radio models have been made less than on VHF/UHF. However, as the mobile communication services with M/W bands have been increasing, the development of a more accurate prediction model of the mobile radio environments has been demanded. The development of a reliable radio prediction model in the mobile radio environments requires the measurement and analysis of the characteristics of the radio waves according to reflection, diffraction and scattering of radio signals in various mobile radio environments. The proposed 8 GHz band radio prediction models have 2 different categories: (1) LOS model and (2) non-LOS model. The LOS model predicts signal strength using the analytic result with measured pathless exponents for the waves direct and reflected by ground and buildings, and the non-LOS model suggests a prediction model of received power by calculating the signal variations after diffraction.

• Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.168-174
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• 2015

Wireless communication system for firefighters has an important role as the last communication method between the commander and the firefighters in disaster sites like fire. But the operation of Gyeongnam wireless communication system is installed, and maintained and controlled without criteria for the selection of a transmitting station and the analysis of propagation environment because of the lack of budget and the absence of professional personnel. To improve the performance of the radio station, this paper theoretically calculated free space loss of UHF 400 MHz band used by all firefighters in Gyeongnam and diffractions caused by single and multiple obstacles and computed the error after comparing the results of the actual measurement to those of simulation with FRAS operated by KFL. In the results, Deygout model was the most consistent with the actual measurement for 400MHz band in Kimhae site.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.9 no.6
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• pp.824-832
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• 1998

The significant additional path loss is caused by scattering, diffraction, and attenuation of propagation. Most of the wave propagation models for rural areas mainly have considered the influence of topography but ignored the effects due to land usage. The goal of this paper is development of the field strength prediction program for Cheju which is used the contour map and the effects due to land usage. In oder to classify the propagation path and divide the environment of land, data of the terrain and the land-cover are formed into a pixel. Two-ray model is transformed into equivalent model by the predicted reflection coefficient and the slope of terrain. For non line of sight, the additional loss is determined by quantitative analysis. The result show good accord and the wave propagation model program can be applied to predicted the service region in rural area of Cheju.

• Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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• v.17 no.5
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• pp.484-490
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• 2013

With the rapid development of wireless communication at VHF and UHF bands, there is an increasing need for the reliable propagation prediction tools. Therefore, the different propagation models that have been developed in many countries as well as korea has been trying to secure a model suitable for their geographical area but then it is giving us a different result when we compared it to measured values. In this paper, based on the measurements of DTV broadcasting services in domestic urban area, analysis and comparison of ITU-R P.1546 and BCAST models provide errors between measured and predicted values, and some points for improving SMI system has been proposed. As a result, P.1546 model provides the valid predicted data similar to measured data, but BCAST model has some problems of large deviation and higher prediction to measured data. In future, these problems and diffractions due to high buildings need to be studied further.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.219-229
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• 1996

Path loss prediction method, one of the most essential parts in measuring the service area in mobile telecommunication, has been developed for many years. But, wave propagation depends on many kinds of environmental factors such as frequency, distance, the heights of transmitting and receiving antenna and the terrain status(buildings in large city, hilly terrain, mountain). These are the main reasons that the propagation models developed in foreign environments can not fit into Korean propagation condition. In this paper, therefore, we performed the measurement in Korean terrain environment in pager frequency band after deviding the terrain characteristics into six types. With this measured data, we derived several curves that follows the long-term wave progagation behavior and developed the wave propagftion prediction model which calculates the field strength at any point in the service area. The proposed model estimates the field strength in two categories, LOS(line-of-sight), or non LOS. We applied this model using the digital terrain data base and compared with the measured data. The result shows that the errors were between 3~9dB, which turned out to be practical.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.34 no.4
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• pp.232-238
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• 2012

In this study, the noise mapping simulation is executed to design an effective barrier reducing noise levels of a school site. The geographical features of the ambient site and the school buildings are modelled in detail in order to consider sound propagation, deflection, and absorption phenomena etc. The main sound source, sound power level of expressway, is estimated on the basis of measured noise levels at several points of the site. The noise mapping simulation is performed by using ENPro, environmental noise prediction program based on ISO 9613 to analysis the effectiveness of noise barrier. Consequently, the noise barrier is designed to meet an environmental noise standard and satisfy low cost and safety conditions.