• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.1941-1960
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• 2019

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), acting as mobile base stations (BSs), can be deployed in the typical fifth-generation mobile communications (5G) scenarios for the purpose of substantially enhancing the radio coverage. Meanwhile, UAV aided underlay device-to-device (D2D) communication mode can be activated for further improving the capacity of the 5G networks. However, this UAV aided D2D communication system is more vulnerable to eavesdropping attacks, resulting in security risks. In this paper, the D2D receivers work in full-duplex (FD) mode, which improves the security of the network by enabling these legitimate users to receive their useful information and transmit jamming signal to the eavesdropper simultaneously (with the same frequency band). The security communication under the UAV coverage is evaluated, showing that the system's (security) capacity can be substantially improved by taking advantage of the flexible radio coverage of UAVs. Furthermore, the closed-form expressions for the coverage probabilities are derived, showing that the cellular users (CUs)' secure coverage probability in downlink transmission is mainly impacted by the following three factors: its communication area, the relative position with UAV, and its eavesdroppers. In addition, it is observed that the D2D users or DUs' secure coverage probability is relevant to state of the UAV. The system's secure capacity can be substantially improved by adaptively changing the UAV's position as well as coverage.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제45권5호
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• pp.781-794
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• 2023

Uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) have become a vital element in nonterrestrial networks, especially with respect to 5G communication systems and beyond. The use of UAVs in support of 4G/5G base station (uncrewed aerial vehicle base station [UAV-BS]) has proven to be a practical solution for extending cellular network services to areas where conventional infrastructures are unavailable. In this study, we introduce a UAV-BS system that utilizes a high-capacity wireless backhaul operating in millimeter-wave frequency bands. This system can achieve a maximum throughput of 1.3 Gbps while delivering data at a rate of 300 Mbps, even at distances of 10 km. We also present the details of our testbed implementation alongside the performance results obtained from field tests.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제45권5호
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• pp.795-810
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• 2023

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and ground vehicles (UGV) require advanced video analytics for various tasks, such as moving object detection and segmentation; this has led to increasing demands for these methods. We propose a zero-shot video object segmentation method specifically designed for UAV and UGV applications that focuses on the discovery of moving objects in challenging scenarios. This method employs a background memory model that enables training from sparse annotations along the time axis, utilizing temporal modeling of the background to detect moving objects effectively. The proposed method addresses the limitations of the existing state-of-the-art methods for detecting salient objects within images, regardless of their movements. In particular, our method achieved mean J and F values of 82.7 and 81.2 on the DAVIS'16, respectively. We also conducted extensive ablation studies that highlighted the contributions of various input compositions and combinations of datasets used for training. In future developments, we will integrate the proposed method with additional systems, such as tracking and obstacle avoidance functionalities.

• Journal of Platform Technology
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.32-43
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• 2020

무인 항공기 시스템은 주로 군사용 위주로 운용되어 왔으나, 민간 분야에서도 활발히 이용되고 있다. 민간 분야에서는 주로 저비용의 소형 무인 항공기 시스템을 이용하여 다양한 산업분야에서 이용되고 있다. 이러한 무인 항공기 시스템에서 운용되는 소프트웨어는 공통적인 기능들이 많이 존재한다. 하지만 이러한 특성에도 불구하고 하드웨어 장치가 변경되면 소프트웨어를 수정해야 하는 문제가 발생할 수 있다. 이러한 문제는 무인 항공기 시스템에서 상호 운용성, 모듈성, 이식성을 저하시킨다. 상기 문제들을 해결하기 위해 개방형 시스템 아키텍처가 제안되었으며, 본 논문에서는 다양한 개방형 시스템 아키텍처들 중 FACE(Future Airborne Capability Environment)를 기반으로 동작하는 무인 항공기 시스템 소프트웨어 구조를 제안한다. 본 논문에서 제안하는 소형 무인항공기 시스템은 소량 다품종으로 공급되는 민간 분야에서 다양한 플랫폼의 무인 항공기 시스템을 지원할 수 있으며, 소프트웨어에 대한 통합과 이식성이 뛰어난 장점을 가진다. 마지막으로 본 논문에서는 공개된 개발도구를 기반으로 하는 FACE 기반 무인 항공기 시스템 소프트웨어 개발 방법과 적합성 테스트에 대해 서술한다.

• 한국항행학회논문지
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.770-775
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• 2023

최근 디지털 데이터 양의 기하급수적 증가는 데이터 처리 시스템의 중요성을 부각시켰다. 이 연구는 클라우드 컴퓨팅 (CC; cloud computing), 엣지 컴퓨팅 (EC; edge computing), 그리고 UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) 기반 지능형 에지 컴퓨팅 (UEC; unmanned aerial vehicle-based intelligent edge computing) 간의 성능을 비교하였으며, 특히 회랑감시와 같은 실시간 대용량 데이터 처리 상황에 초점을 맞추었습니다. UAV 기반 지능형 에지 컴퓨팅은 이동성과 특수 환경에서의 대규모 데이터 처리 및 분석에 높은 효과성을 보인다. 이러한 연구 결과를 바탕으로 각 상황에 맞게 최적화된 시스템 선택 방법론을 제안한다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.90-96
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• 2020

현 시대에 있어 정보력은 국방 분야에 있어 굉장히 주요한 요인으로 손꼽히고 있다. 따라서 감시 및 정찰을 위한 무기체계 기술 확보가 불가피해졌다. 이에 따라 군이 직접 수행하기에는 너무 위험하거나(Dangerous), 지저분하거나(Dirty), 지루한(Dull) 환경과 같이 유인항공기의 비행운용이 제한되는 경우에 무인항공기(UAV)가 개발되어 전 세계적으로 활발히 운용 중에 있다. 국내에서 연구 개발된 한 무인항공기 체계에는 구성품 중 비행체 점검 장비가 포함되어 있다. 비행체 점검 장비는 무인항공기와 연결되어 그것의 상태를 확인하는 장비로, 무인항공기에 동작 명령을 인가하고 명령 값을 추종하는 지 확인함으로써 운용자로 하여금 비행 가능 여부를 점검할 수 있도록 하는 장비이다. 본 연구는 이러한 운용 중 엔진 소음에 의하여 비행체 점검 장비가 정지한 현상에 대한 고장탐구를 실시하고 소프트웨어, 하드웨어 그리고 외부 환경의 측면에서 원인을 분석한다. 분석된 원인에 따라 개선방안을 제시하고 제안된 방안이 고장을 방지할 수 있음을 검증한 결과를 다룬다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.1989-2011
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• 2019

Vehicle detection based on aerial images is an interesting and challenging research topic. Most of the traditional vehicle detection methods are based on the sliding window search algorithm, but these methods are not sufficient for the extraction of object features, and accompanied with heavy computational costs. Recent studies have shown that convolutional neural network algorithm has made a significant progress in computer vision, especially Faster R-CNN. However, this algorithm mainly detects objects in natural scenes, it is not suitable for detecting small object in aerial view. In this paper, an accurate and effective vehicle detection algorithm based on Faster R-CNN is proposed. Our method fuse a hyperactive feature map network with Eltwise model and Concat model, which is more conducive to the extraction of small object features. Moreover, setting suitable anchor boxes based on the size of the object is used in our model, which also effectively improves the performance of the detection. We evaluate the detection performance of our method on the Munich dataset and our collected dataset, with improvements in accuracy and effectivity compared with other methods. Our model achieves 82.2% in recall rate and 90.2% accuracy rate on Munich dataset, which has increased by 2.5 and 1.3 percentage points respectively over the state-of-the-art methods.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.158-163
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• 2013

The fusion of the GPS (Global Positioning System) and DR (Dead Reckoning) is widely used for position and latitude estimation of vehicles such as a mobile robot, aerial vehicle and marine vehicle. Among the many types of aerial vehicles, grater focus is given on the quad-rotor and accuracy of the position information is becoming more important. In order to exactly estimate the position information, we propose the fusion method of GPS and Gyroscope sensor using the DEKF (Dual Extended Kalman Filter). The DEKF has an advantage of simultaneously estimating state value and a parameter of dynamical system. It can also be used even if state value is not available. In order to analyze the performance of DEKF, the computer simulation for estimating the position, the velocity and the angle in a circle trajectory of quad-rotor was done. As it can be seen from the simulation results using own proposed DEKF instead of EKF on own fusion method in the navigation of a quad-rotor gave better performance values.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제20권12호
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• pp.1209-1216
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• 2014

This paper copes with control design for unmanned aerial vehicle transportation system. Moving pendulum dynamics of slung-load system is derived using two methods: Udwadia-Kalaba equation and Newtonian approach. PID controller is applied to Udwadia-Kalaba equation model for structural consistency and linear quadratic Gaussian / Loop Transfer Recovery (LQG/LTR) technique is employed for Newtonian model with minimal state-space realization. Characteristics of PID and LQG/LTR controller are compared, and two controllers are combined to compensate the drawbacks of each other. Numerical simulation is set for two cases and conducted to evaluate performance of designed controllers. The result proves that combination of LQG/LTR and PID control performs stable and robust.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제11권7호
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• pp.633-643
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• 2005

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is an aircraft controlled by .emote commands from ground station and/o. pre-programmed onboard autopilot system. A navigation system in the UAV provides a navigation data for a flight control computer(FCC). The FCC requires accurate and reliable position, velocity and attitude information for guidance and control. This paper proposes an ADGPS/INS integrated navigation system for a UAV. The proposed navigation system comprises an attitude determination GPS (ADGPS) receive., a navigation computer unit, and a low-cost commercial MEMS inertial measurement unit(IMU). The navigation algorithm contains a fault detection and isolation (FDI) function fur integrity. In order to evaluate the performance of the proposed navigation system, two flight tests were preformed using a small aircraft. The first flight test was carried out to confirm fundamental operation of the proposed navigation system and to check the effectiveness of the FDI algorithm. In the second flight test, the navigation performance and the benefit of the GPS attitude information were checked in a high dynamic environment. The flight test results show that the proposed ADGPS/INS integrated navigation system gives a reliable performance even when anomalous GPS data is provided and better navigation performance than a conventional GPS/INS integration unit.