• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.407-412
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• 2010

According to the remarkable advances in sonar technology, positioning capabilities and computer processing power we can accurately image and explore the seafloor in hydrography. Especially, Multibeam Echo Sounder can provide nearly perfect coverage of the seafloor with high resolution. Since the mid-1990's, Multibeam Echo Sounders have been used for hydrographic surveying in Korea. In this study, new marine data set as an effective decision-making tool in various fields was proposed by visualizing and combining with Multibeam sonar data and marine spatial data sets such as satellite image and digital nautical chart. The proposed method was tested around the port of PyeongTaek-DangJin in the west coast of Korea. The Visualization and fusion methods are described with various marine data sets with processing. We demonstrated that new data set in marine GIS is useful in safe navigation and port management as an efficient decision-making tool.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.449-456
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• 2018

본 논문에서는 마이크로파 무선전력전송에 적용될 수 있는 여러 다중 빔 형성 방법을 제안한다. 기존의 다중 빔 형성방법은 능동소자패턴(active element pattern: AEP)을 고려하지 않기 때문에 실제 시스템에 적용 시 의도한 빔 형성과 오차가 발생하게 된다. 이를 해결하기 위해 능동소자패턴의 평균을 고려하는 방법과, 변형된 푸리에 급수 방법을 통해 모든 능동소자패턴을 고려하는 방법이 제안되었다. 또한, 부엽과 null 제어를 위하여 Dolph-Tschebyscheff 방법에 중첩의 원리를 적용하여 다중 빔을 형성하는 방식을 제안하였다. 제안된 방식을 사용하여 다중 빔 형성 시 의도된 빔 형성과의 오차가 감소하는 것을 확인하였으며, 다중 빔 형성을 하며 부엽 제어를 동시에 할 수 있는 것을 확인하였다.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.227-233
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• 2016

This paper presents an underwater structure 3D reconstruction method using a 2D multibeam imaging sonar. Compared with other underwater environmental recognition sensors, the 2D multibeam imaging sonar offers high resolution images in water with a high turbidity level by showing the reflection intensity data in real-time. With such advantages, almost all underwater applications, including ROVs, have applied this 2D multibeam imaging sonar. However, the elevation data are missing in sonar images, which causes difficulties with correctly understanding the underwater topography. To solve this problem, this paper concentrates on the physical relationship between the sonar image and the scene topography to find the elevation information. First, the modeling of the sonar reflection intensity data is studied using the distances and angles of the sonar beams and underwater objects. Second, the elevation data are determined based on parameters like the reflection intensity and shadow length. Then, the elevation information is applied to the 3D underwater reconstruction. This paper evaluates the presented real-time 3D reconstruction method using real underwater environments. Experimental results are shown to appraise the performance of the method. Additionally, with the utilization of ROVs, the contour and texture image mapping results from the obtained 3D reconstruction results are presented as applications.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제18권10호
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• pp.1203-1210
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• 2007

다중 빔 탐색 3D 레이다는 디지털 빔 형성 기술을 이용하여 수신시 적층 빔을 형성하는 최신의 3D 레이다 기술이다. 본 논문에서는 다중 경로 환경 상태에서 다중 빔 3D 레이다의 저고도 표적의 고도 추출을 위한 방법을 제안하고 고찰해 보고자 한다. 다중 빔 레이다에서 저고도 표적에서 발생하는 다중 경로 전파 및 레이다 신호 발생 모델링에 대해 기술하고, 거울 반사 상황에서 효과적으로 표적 고도를 추출하기 위해 nelder-mead simplex multipath reduction(NMSMR) 기법에 대해 기술한다. 제안된 알고리듬의 성능을 다양한 표적 고도와 레이다 주파수에 대해 시뮬레이션으로 확인하였다.

• 한국산업융합학회 논문집
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.133-141
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• 2023

Accurate measurement of seafloor topography plays a crucial role in developing marine industries such as maritime safety, resource exploration, environmental protection, and coastal management. The seafloor topography is constructed using side scan sonar (SSS) and single beam echosounder (SBES) or multibeam echosounder (MBES), which transmit and receive ultrasound waves through a device attached to a marine survey vessel. However, the use of a sonar system is affected by noise pollution areas, and the single beam has a limited scope of application. At the same time, the multibeam is mainly applicable for depth observation. For these reasons, it is difficult to determine the boundaries and areas of seafloor topography. Therefore, this study proposes a method to improve the backscatter data of multibeam echosounder, which has a relationship with the seafloor quality, by using digital image processing to classify the shape of the underwater surface.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.43-52
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• 2005

In this paper, we introduce an adaptive radio resource allocation for IP-based mobile satellite services. We also present a synchronous multibeam CDMA satellite system using an orthogonal resource sharing mechanism among downlink beams for the adaptive packet transmission. The simulation results, using a Ka-band mobile satellite channel and various packet scheduling schemes, show that the proposed system and resource allocation scheme improves the beam throughput by more than two times over conventional systems. The simulation results also show that, in multibeam satellite systems, a system-level adaptation to a user's channel and interference conditions according to user locations and current packet traffic is more efficient in terms of throughput improvement than a user-level adaptation.

• 한국우주과학회:학술대회논문집(한국우주과학회보)
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• 한국우주과학회 2004년도 한국우주과학회보 제13권2호
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• pp.351-355
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• 2004

A multibeam switching satellite system technology have started localized development to overcome the limitation of the frequency resource and geostationary orbit existing relay type satellite transponder and the required performance of the spot beam, and looked around the configuration and functions of the multibeam switching satellite communication system. This paper proposed that operation scheme and network control features for service definition, network architecture, transmission method of the natural disaster service network and public communication service network using this system.

• International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.225-234
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• 2018

A Multibeam Echo Sounder (MBES) is commonly used for rapid seafloor mapping. We herein present a time-domain integrated system simulation technique for MBES development. The Modeling and Simulation (M&S) modules consist of four parts: sensor array signal transmission, propagation and backscattering modeling in the ocean environment, beamforming of the received signals, and image processing. Also, the simulation employs a ray-theory-based algorithm to correct the reconstructed bathymetry, which has errors due to the refraction caused by the vertical sound velocity profile. The developed M&S technique enables design parameter verification and system parameter optimization for MBES. The framework of this technique can also be potentially used to characterize the seabed properties. Finally, typical seafloor images are presented and discussed.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제17권10호
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• pp.1007-1019
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• 2006

임의의 필드 분포를 갖는 단일 페치 안테나를 평면 배열하고 각 소자에 공급되는 급전 신호의 크기와 위상을 유전자 알고리즘으로 최적화하여, 여러 방향의 지향성과 널을 갖는 다중 빔 복사 패턴의 합성 방법을 제안하였다. 제안된 방법의 유효성을 확인하기 위해서, $2{\times}2$ 평면 배열 안테나를 제작하고 원거리 복사 패턴의 계산 결과와 측정 결과를 비교하여 동일한 특성을 확인하였으며, 다중 빔 복사 패턴의 합성은 $8{\times}8$ 배열 안테나 시스템을 이용하여, 시뮬레이션을 통해서 각 소자의 급전 신호의 크기와 위상을 최적화하였다.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.308-317
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• 2011

A MBES (multibeam echo sounder) survey around Yokji Island, Korea, was conducted to find an effective method for removing error data. Two post-processing software programs, PDS2000 (RESON) and HIPS (CARIS), were used to remove the error data using an interactive editing method and the CUBE algorithm filter. The post-processing with the PDS2000 and HIPS programs, using the interactive editing method, took 120 and 168 hours, respectively, and there was little difference in the seafloor images. The processing time of the PDS2000 and HIPS programs using the CUBE algorithm filter was 36 and 60 hours, respectively. Nevertheless, there was little difference in the seafloor images because of differences in the factor parameters in each of the post-processing programs. Therefore, post-processing using CUBE filtering can save time in data processing and provide consistent results, excluding the subjective decisions of the operator. This method is more effective than other methods for rejecting erroneous multibeam echo sounder data.