• 한국항행학회논문지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.649-656
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• 2012

GPS(Global Positioning System)는 사용자 및 물체의 위치를 추정하기 위해 군사용과 상용으로 광범위하게 사용되고 있다. GPS는 다양한 고의적 또는 비고의적 간섭들로부터 영향을 받게 되는데, 이러한 간섭들을 제거하고 효율적인 데이터 수신을 위해 GPS의 정확한 도래각(AOA; angle-of-arrival) 추정이 필요하다. GPS의 신호전력은 잡음이나 간섭에 비해 매우 낮으므로, 역확산(despreading) 이전에 GPS 신호의 AOA를 추정하기는 매우 어려워 일반적으로 역확산 이후에 GPS의 AOA를 추정한다. 하지만, 고 출력의 간섭 존재 시 역확산 이후의 AOA 추정결과는 간섭신호의 AOA 들도 포함하고 있어, 어떤 추정 값이 GPS의 AOA 인지를 결정하여야 한다. 본 논문에서는 추정된 AOA 값들로부터 효과적으로 GPS 신호의 AOA를 선택하기 위한 알고리즘을 제안한다. 제안된 알고리즘은 역확산 이전과 이후의 AOA 들을 비교하여 정확한 GPS 신호의 AOA를 선택한다. 또한, 컴퓨터 시뮬레이션을 통해 GPS AOA 선택 알고리즘의 성능을 확인한다.

• 대한임베디드공학회논문지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.95-102
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• 2013

In this paper, we have studied the performance of the AOA (Angle of Arrival) in multi-antenna systems for LBS (Location Based Services) and we also analyzed the performance of the AOA in SISO (Single Input Single Output) in multipath environments and their differences. The adequacy of AOA positioning in new communication environments was determined. Currently used positioning methods in 3G communication environment has been developed based on SISO. However, the accuracy of SISO-based TOA (Time of Arrival), TDOA (Time Difference of Arrival), AOA positioning techniques degraded in multipath environments. The communication system will be changed and developed. According to enhanced positioning techniques are required. Using antenna characteristics and the phase difference between antennas of LTE-Advanced standard's key technique MIMO system AOA positioning, and SISO based AOA positioning performance were analyzed. We found that AOA technique potential for use based on Multiple antenna systems by computer simulations.

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.1055-1062
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• 2022

매시브 배열 안테나를 이용한 매시브 MIMO(: Multi Input Multi Output) 기술을 이용하기 위해서는 신호의 도래각(Angle of Arrival : AOA) 파악이 필수적으로 요구된다. 매시브 배열 안테나를 하면 기존 AOA 추정 알고리즘은 뛰어난 추정 성능을 갖지만, 안테나 요소 수에 비례하여 계산복잡도가 증가하는 단점이 있다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위해 캐스케이드 AOA 추정 알고리즘이 제안되었으며 다수의 논문을 통해 단일 형상의 (비)매시브 배열 안테나에 대한 성능이 입증되었다. 하지만 단일 및 이중 림 어레이 안테나가 적용된 캐스케이드 AOA 추정 알고리즘의 계산복잡도 비교는 이루어지지 않았다. 본 논문에서는 단일 및 이중 림 어레이를 캐스케이드 AOA 추정 알고리즘에 적용된 경우 AOA 추정을 위한 계산복잡도를 비교 분석한다.

• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.65-70
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• 2020

For a wireless communication system, the angle-of-arrival (AOA) of the signal has a variety of applications. The signal AOA is estimated utilizing various antenna array structure such as Uniform Linear Array (ULA), Uniform Rectangular Array (URA), and Uniform Circular Array (UCA). In this paper, we introduce a cascade AOA estimation algorithm based on the UCA, which is consisted of CAPON and Beamspace MUSIC. CAPON is employed to estimate approximate AOA groups including multiple AOA signals and Beamspace MUSIC is employed to estimate detailed signal AOAs in the estimated AOA groups. In addition, we provide the computer simulation results for verifying and analyzing the performance of the cascade AOA estimator based on UCA.

• IEIE Transactions on Smart Processing and Computing
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.77-85
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• 2013

this study examined hybrid Time of Arrival/Angle of Arrival (TOA/AOA) localization technique in a cellular network. Based on the linearized equations from the TOA and AOA measurements, the weighted least square (WLS) method is proposed to obtain the location estimation of a mobile station (MS) by analyzing the statistical properties of the error vector in Line of Sight (LOS) and Non-line of Sight (NLOS) environments, respectively. Moreover, the precise expression of the Cramer-Rao lower bound (CRLB) for hybrid TOA/AOA measurements in different LOS/NLOS conditions was derived when the LOS error is a Gaussian variable and the NLOS error is an exponential variable. The idea of cooperative localization is proposed based on the additional information from short-range communication among the MSs in fourth generation (4G) cellular networks. Therefore, the proposed hybrid TOA/AOA WLS method can be improved further with the cooperative scheme. The simulation results show that the hybrid TOA/AOA method has better performance than the TOA only method, particularly when the AOA measurements are accurate. Moreover, the performance of the hybrid TOA/AOA method can be improved further by the cooperative scheme.

• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.131-137
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• 2021

The Angle-of-Arrival (AOA) estimation in real time is one of core technologies for the real-time tracking system, such as a radar or a satellite. Although AOA estimation algorithms for various antenna types have been studied, most of them are for the single-shaped array antenna suitable to the specific frequency. In this paper, we propose the cascade AOA estimation algorithm for the combined array antenna with Uniform Rectangular Frame Array (URFA) and Uniform Circular Array (UCA), with the excellent performance for various frequencies. The proposed technique is consisted of Capon for roughly finding AOA groups with multiple signal AOAs and Beamspace Multiple Signal Classification (MUSIC) for estimating the detailed signal AOA in the AOA group, for the combined array antenna. In addition, we provide computer simulation results for verifying the estimation performance of the proposed algorithm.

• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.91-98
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• 2022

In the next generation wireless communication system, the beamforming technique based on a massive antenna is one of core technologies for transmitting and receiving huge amounts of data, efficiently and accurately. For highly performed and highly reliable beamforming, it is required to accurately estimate the Angle of Arrival (AOA) for the desired signal incident to an antenna. Employing the massive antenna with a large number of elements, although the accuracy of the AOA estimation is enhanced, its computational complexity is dramatically increased so much that real-time communication is difficult. In order to improve this problem, AOA estimation algorithms based on the massive antenna with the low computational complexity have been actively studied. In this paper, we compute and analyze the computational complexity of the cascade AOA estimation algorithm based on the Flexible Massive Concentric Circular Array (FMCCA). In addition, its computational complexity is compared to conventional AOA estimation techniques such as the Multiple Signal Classification (MUSIC) algorithm with the high resolution and the Only Beamspace MUSIC (OBM) algorithm.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2015년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.863-865
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• 2015

기존의 위치 추정 기법인 AOA, TOA, TDOA는 실내 위치 추정 시 Wi-Fi와 Beacon을 이용한 기법보다 실내 사용자의 위치를 추정하기 부적합한 문제를 가지고 있다. 본 논문에서는 실내 위치 추정에 AOA 기법이 부적합한 문제를 해결하기 위해 하나의 AP에 4개의 방향성 안테나가 부착된 단일 AP를 기반으로 AOA 기법을 이용한 위치 추정 알고리즘을 제안한다. 제안하는 알고리즘은 4개의 안테나에 수신된 각도만을 이용하여 각각의 신호에 대한 직선 방정식을 도출하고, 직선 방정식들 간의 교차점을 구함으로써 사용자의 위치를 추정한다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.101-105
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• 2014

For a localization system, the TDOA (Time Difference of Arrival) measurement and AOA (Angle of Arrival) measurement are often used for estimating target's positions. Although it is known that the accuracy of TDOA based localization is superior to that of AOA based one, it may have a poor vertical accuracy in bad geometrical conditions. This paper, therefore, proposes a localization algorithm in which the vertical position is estimated by AOA measurements and the horizontal one is estimated by TDOA measurement in order to achieve high 3D-location accuracy. And this algorithm is applied to a GPS jammer localization systems because it has a large value of the DOP (Dilution of Precision) when the jammer is located far away from the system. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed hybrid TDOA/AOA location algorithm gives much higher location accuracy than TDOA or AOA only location.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제35권5C호
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• pp.472-478
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• 2010

UWB 표준인 IEEE 802.15.3a 채널의 무선 통신 시스템 환경에서 채널에 적합하고 추정 정확도가 우수한 신호 도착 방향(AOA) 매개변수 추정 기반의 실내 무선 위치인식 알고리즘을 위한 평균가중 AOA 추정기법을 제안한다. AOA 매개 변수 추정을 위한 IEEE 802.15.3a 기반의 초광대역 신호 모형을 설정하고, 종래 추정 기법보다 추정 정확도가 우수한 평균가중 기반의 다중신호 분류 기법들을 제안한다. 컴퓨터 모의실험을 통해, IEEE 802.15.3a 채널이 포함한 실내 무선 위치인식 시스템 환경을 구축하고, 제안한 AOA 추정 방식을 통해 종래 방식 보다 우수한 추정 결과를 보인다.