• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.337-345
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• 2020

In this paper, an efficient signal tracking method to simultaneously track both GPS L1 C/A and Galileo E1B CBOC(6,1,1/11) using a low cost GPU is proposed. In the existing method that each GNSS signal is processed within 1 ms, more than 2 ms processing time is required in GPU to process 4 ms CBOC signal. It means that real time operation is possible if only Galileo E1B CBOC signal is concerned. But when both GPS C/A and Galileo CBOC is required, it cannot process GPS C/A signal in real time. To process 1 ms GPS C/A and 4 ms Galileo CBOC signal in real time, 4 ms Galileo CBOC signal is divided into 4 by 1 ms signal block in the proposed method. Specially, a buffer that simultaneously manages 1 ms and 4 ms signals is designed. In addition, a module that accumulates the 1 ms correlation value of the Galileo CBOC by 4 ms and passes it to the PLL and DLL is implemented. The operation and performance are evaluated with real measurements in the GPU based SDR. The experimental results show that tracking of more than 16 satellites of GPS C/A and Galileo E1B is possible using the proposed method.

• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.107-114
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• 2015

Binary Offset Carrier (BOC) signal planned for future Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) provided better positioning accuracy and smaller multipath error than GPS C/A signal. However, due to the multiple side peaks in the auto-correlation function (ACF) of the BOC modulated signals, a receiver may false lock onto one of the side peaks in the tracking mode. This false lock would then result in a fatal tracking error. In this paper, we propose an unambiguous tracking method for composite BOC (CBOC) signals to mitigate this problem. It aims to reduce the side peaks of the ACF of CBOC modulated signals. It is based on the combination of traditional CBOC correlation function (CF) and reference CF of unmodulated pseudo- random noise code (PRN code). First, we present that cross-correlation function (CCF) with unmodulated PRN code is close to the secondary peaks of the traditional CBOC. Then, we obtain an unambiguous correlation function by subtracting traditional CBOC ACF from these CFs. Finally, the tracking performance for the CBOC signals is examined, and it is shown that the proposed method has better performance than the traditional unambiguous tracking method in additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) channel.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제39A권6호
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• pp.343-349
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• 2014

본 논문에서는 CBOC 신호를 위한 3단계 비모호 추적 방식을 제안한다. 구체적로는 유럽 연합에서 개발 중인 Galileo 시스템에 채용된 합성 이진 옵셋 반송파 (composite binary offset carrier: CBOC) 신호의 부반송파를 BOC(6,1) 신호 펄스 폭으로 일정하게 나누어 재해석함으로써 12개의 부분 상관함수를 생성하고, 상기 부분상관함수들로부터 두 종류의 연산을 이용한 재조합 과정을 통해 비모호 상관함수를 생성한다. 제안한 상관함수는 기존 상관함수들에 비하여 더욱 첨예하고 높은 첨두를 갖는다. 모의실험을 통해 제안한 상관함수가 기존 상관함수들에 비해 더욱 뛰어난 신호 추적 성능을 보인다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제38A권6호
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• pp.512-519
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• 2013

본 논문에서는 합성 이진 옵셋 반송파를 (composite binary offset carrier: CBOC) 위한 새로운 비모호 상관함수를 제안한다. 먼저, CBOC 신호의 부반송파를 네 개의 부분 부반송파의 합으로 해석하고, 각 부분 부반송파들과 수신 신호의 부분 상관들을 생성한다. 이후 생성된 부분 상관을 재조합하여 날카로운 주 첨두를 갖는 새로운 비모호 상관함수를 생성한다. 모의실험의 결과로부터 신호 추적에 제안한 상관함수를 이용한 경우 기존 상관함수들을 이용한 경우보다 더욱 향상된 추적 오류 표준편차와 다중 경로 오류 포락선을 가짐을 확인한다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제34권7C호
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• pp.724-729
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• 2009

Binary offset carrier (BOC) 신호의 동기화 과정은 일반적으로 수신된 BOC 신호와 단말기에서 생성된 BOC 신호의 상관값을 이용히여 이루어진다. 따라서 BOC 신호의 자기상관힘수에 존재하는 다수의 주변 첨두는 BOC 신호의 동기화 오차 발생에 있어 주요한 원인이 된다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위하여 본 저자들은 최근 sine 위상 및 cosine 위상 BOC 신호 각각에 대하여 주변 첨두가 완벽히 제거된 새로운 상관힘수들을 제안하였다 [3]. 본 논문에서는 차세대 global navigation satellite systems의 (GNSS) 변조 기법으로 주목받고 있는 composite BOC (CBOC) 신호의 동기화를 위하여 기존 연구와 유사한 접근을 통해 주변 첨두가 완벽히 제거된 새로운 CBOC 상관힘수를 제안한다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제18권10호
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• pp.977-987
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• 2012

One of the most significant errors in the pseudo-range measurement performance of GNSSes (Global Navigation Satellite Systems) is their multipath error for high-precision applications. Several schemes to mitigate this error have been studied. Most of them, however, have been focused on the GPS (Global Positioning System) L1 C/A (Coarse/Acquisition) signal that was designed in the 1970s and is still being used for civil navigation. Recently, several modernized signals that were especially conceived to more significantly mitigate multipath errors have been introduced, such as Time Multiplexed and Composite Binary Offset Carrier (TMBOC and CBOC, respectively) signals. Despite this advantage, however, a problem remains with the use of TMBOC and CBOC modulations: the ambiguity of BOC (Binary Offset Carrier)-modulated signal tracking. In this paper, a novel unambiguous multipath error mitigation scheme for these modernized signals is proposed. The proposed scheme has the same complexity as HRCs (High Resolution Correlators) but with low ambiguity. The simulation results showed that the proposed scheme outperformed or performed at par with the HRC in terms of their multipath error envelopes and running averages in the static and statistical channel models. The ranging error derived by the mean multipath error of the proposed scheme was below 1.8 meters in an urban area in the statistical channel model.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제19권7호
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• pp.646-652
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• 2013

EU's Galileo project is a market-based GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) that is under development. It is expected that Galileo will provide the positioning services based on new technologies in 2020s. Because Galileo E1 signal for OS (Open Service) shares the same center frequency with GPS L1 C/A signal, CBOC (Composite Binary Offset Carrier) modulation scheme is used in the E1 signal to guarantee interoperability between two systems. With E1 signal consisting of a data channel and a pilot channel at the same frequency band, there exist several options in designing signal acquisition for Assisted-Galileo receivers. Furthermore, compared to SNR worksheet of Assisted-GPS, some factors should be examined in Assisted-Galileo due to different correlation profile and code length of E1 signal. This paper presents SNR worksheets of Galileo E1 signals in E1-B and E1-C channel. Three implementation losses that are quite different from GPS are mainly analyzed in establishing SNR worksheets. In the worksheet, hybrid long integration of 1.5s is considered to acquire weak signal less than -150dBm. Simulation results show that the final SNR of E1-B signal with -150dBm is 19.4dB and that of E1-C signal is 25.2dB. Comparison of relative computation shows that E1-B channel is more profitable to acquire the strongest signal in weak signal environment. With information from the first satellite signal acquisition, fast acquisition of the weak signal around -155dBm can be performed with E1-C signal in the subsequent satellites.

• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.147-156
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• 2022

In this paper, we propose Time-Division-Multiplexing Tertiary Offset Carrier (TDMTOC), a novel GNSS modulation based on Tertiary Offset Carrier (TOC) modulation. The TDMTOC modulation multiplexes two three-level signals (i.e., -1, 0, and 1) while crossing over time, and is a type of TOC modulation designed specifically for signal multiplexing. The proposed modulation generates TDMTOC subcarriers of two different phases by simply combining two Binary Offset Carrier (BOC) subcarriers by addition or subtraction. TDMTOC has better correlation and spectral properties than conventional BPSK, BOC, and MBOC modulation techniques, and has good power and spectral efficiency since it can multiplex signals without power loss similar to time division multiplexing. To prove this, we introduce the multiplexing process of TDMTOC, and compare TDMTOC with Binary Phase Shift Keying (BPSK), BOC, Composite BOC (CBOC), and Time Multiplexed BOC (TMBOC) that are currently serviced in GNSS by simulations of various aspects. Through the simulation results, we prove that TDMTOC has better correlation property than modulations currently used in GNSS, less intersystem interference due to its wide spectrum property, and robustness in multipath and noise channel environments.