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Service analysis and propagation measurement for DGPS land-based reference station in Korea (국내 DGPS 내륙 기준국 전파 측정 및 서비스 분석)

  • Jeon, Joong Seong;Kim, Young Wan
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.38 no.4
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    • pp.437-443
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    • 2014
  • Based on the radio wave propagation measurement of DGPS land-based reference stations, the DGPS service coverage and signal quality in the receiving points are analyzed in this paper. The DGPS signal strength and SNR in the receiving point are measured in the winter and summer season, respectively. In case of DGPS reference station that can not provide the designed service coverage, the solution to improve the service coverage is presented in this paper. Almost all DGPS reference station except reference station with low ground conductivity or mountainous terrain provide the DGPS service coverages of 80% or more of the designed service area. The service coverages of DGPS reference stations can be improved to pre-designed service area in case of installation management of DGPS site on the plain terrain and good ground conductivity. It is necessary to get the high efficiency of transmitting antenna to improve the service area.

Radiochromic film dosimetry for linac-based stereotactic radiosurgery

  • Han, Seung-Hee;Park, Suk-Won;Oh, Do-Hoon
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Medical Physics Conference
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    • 2002.09a
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    • pp.302-304
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    • 2002
  • In linac-based stereotactic radiosurgery, assuring the quality of the planning and delivery of external photon beam requires accurate evaluation of beam parameters, usually including output factors, tissue-phantom ratio and off-axis ratios, and measurement of actual dose distributions from simulated treatment. We're going to test the use of calibrated radio chromic film (Gafchromic film; type MD-55, Nuclear associate) using a Lumiscan 75 digitizer to measure absolute dose and relative dose distributions for linac-based radiosurgery unit Relative dose distribution of a human-style spherical acryl phantom were measured using radiochromic film and calculated by treatment planning system. The absolute dose at the sphere center was measured by radiochromic film and micro chamber (Exradin A-14, 0.009cc). What we want to demonstrate in this work, the 'well selected' radiochromic films when external photon beam are used in linac-based stereotactic radiosurgery are very accurate detector for dosimetry.

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Performance Analysis of Handover Based on LTE Systems (LTE 시스템의 handover 성능 분석)

  • Song, Jong Seob;Jung, Minah;Chae, Eun Kyung
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2021.05a
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    • pp.182-183
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    • 2021
  • To ensure the mobility of the UE(User Equipment), the handover phenomenon occurs depending on the level and quality of the radio signal. According to the set of handover event, the threshold of handover is changed. In this paper, we analyze the handover performance using LTE KPI(Key Performance Indicator) of measurement mobile traffic data in Ireland.

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Motion Correction in PET/CT Images (PET/CT 영상 움직임 보정)

  • Woo, Sang-Keun;Cheon, Gi-Jeong
    • Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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    • v.42 no.2
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    • pp.172-180
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    • 2008
  • PET/CT fused image with anatomical and functional information have improved medical diagnosis and interpretation. This fusion has resulted in more precise localization and characterization of sites of radio-tracer uptake. However, a motion during whole-body imaging has been recognized as a source of image quality degradation and reduced the quantitative accuracy of PET/CT study. The respiratory motion problem is more challenging in combined PET/CT imaging. In combined PET/CT, CT is used to localize tumors and to correct for attenuation in the PET images. An accurate spatial registration of PET and CT image sets is a prerequisite for accurate diagnosis and SUV measurement. Correcting for the spatial mismatch caused by motion represents a particular challenge for the requisite registration accuracy as a result of differences in PET/CT image. This paper provides a brief summary of the materials and methods involved in multiple investigations of the correction for respiratory motion in PET/CT imaging, with the goal of improving image quality and quantitative accuracy.

Multi-Turn Circular Loop Antenna for Portable Terrestrial DMB (지상파 DMB용 다중 권선 Loop 안테나)

  • Son, Won-Kuk;Choi, Ik-Guen
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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    • v.19 no.5
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    • pp.501-505
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    • 2008
  • In this paper, we present a multi-turn circular loop antenna for portable terrestrial DMB. In order to satisfy the two contradictory requirements of small antenna size and high receiving capability, the proposed antenna's diameter and turns are fixed to be 4 mm and 80 turns, respectively and its quality factor $\mathcal{Q}$ is set 1 in order to have high transfer function. The fabricated antenna length is 30 mm as small and its measured gain is -15 dBd. The antenna receiving power is verified by measurement very comparable with the receiving power of a commercial terrestrial DMB monopole antenna of length 190 mm.

UE Measurement Based Compressed Mode in WCDMA (WCDMA 시스템에서 단말 측정에 의한 압축 모드 방법)

  • 김선명;장원학;조영종;임재성
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.29 no.7A
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    • pp.814-827
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    • 2004
  • The compressed mode is used to perform inter-frequency and inter-system handover in WCDMA. The instantaneous transmit power is increased in the compressed frame in order to keep the QoS(Quality of Service) unaffected by the reduced processing gain. Furthermore, since the inner loop power control is not active during the transmission gap and the effect of interleaving is decreased, a higher Eb/No target is required, which directly affects the system performance. Due to the impact on performance, the compressed mode should be activated by the RNC(Radio Network Controller) only when there is real need to execute an inter-frequency or inter-system handover. However, 3GPP does not define the method that decides the compressed mode activation. In order to reduce performance degradation, there is need the decision method. In this paper, we consider a combined cell structure in which some neighbor cells have a frequency the same as serving cell and the others have a different frequency or system. Under consideration, we analyze the effect of the compressed mode on the WCDMA forward link performance. In order to avoid performance degradation, we propose an UE(User Equipment) measurement method that can restrict the activation area of the compressed mode of UE that does not need it and evaluate its performance by simulations. Analytical results show that the use of the compressed mode affects the performance degradation. And simulation results show that proposed method leads to better performance.

A New Routing Protocol in Wireless Ad-hoc Networks with Multiple Radios and Channels

  • Ko, Sung-Won;Cho, Jeong-Hwan;Hong, Kwon-Eui
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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    • v.24 no.7
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    • pp.26-40
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    • 2010
  • We propose a new routing protocol, MCQosR, that is based on bandwidth estimation, admission control, and a routing metric, MCCR - suitable for wireless ad-hoc networks with multiple radios and channels. To use the full capacity of a wireless link, we assume a node with multiple radios for full duplex operation, and a radio using multiple channels to exclude route-intra interference. This makes it possible to use the capacity of a wireless link. Then, to provide bandwidth and delay guarantee, we have a radio with a fixed channel for layer-3 data reception at each node, used to estimate the available bandwidth and expected delay of a wireless link. Based on the estimate of available bandwidth and delay, we apply the call admission control to a new call requiring bandwidth and delay guarantee. New calls with traffic that will overflow link or network capacity are rejected so the accepted calls can use the required bandwidth and delay. Finally, we propose a routing metric, MCCR, which considers the channel contentions and collisions of a wireless link operating in CSMA/CA. MCCR is useful for finding a route with less traffic and distributing traffic over the network to prevent network congestion as much as possible. The simulation of the MCQosR protocol and the MCCR metric shows traffic is distributed and guaranteed service is provided for accepted calls.

An On-Chip Differential Inductor and Its Use to RF VCO for 2 GHz Applications

  • Cho, Je-Kwang;Nah, Kyung-Suc;Park, Byeong-Ha
    • JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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    • v.4 no.2
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    • pp.83-87
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    • 2004
  • Phase noise performance and current consumption of Radio Frequency (RF) Voltage-Controlled Oscillator (VCO) are largely dependent on the Quality (Q) factor of inductor-capacitor (LC) tank. Because the Q-factor of LC tank is determined by on-chip spiral inductor, we designed, analyzed, and modeled on-chip differential inductor to enhance differential Q-factor, reduce current consumption and save silicon area. The simulated inductance is 3.3 nH and Q-factor is 15 at 2 GHz. Self-resonance frequency is as high as 13 GHz. To verify its use to RF applications, we designed 2 GHz differential LC VCO. The measurement result of phase noise is -112 dBc/Hz at an offset frequency of 100 kHz from a 2GHz carrier frequency. Tuning range is about 500 MHz (25%), and current consumption varies from 5mA to 8.4 mA using bias control technique. Implemented in $0.35-{\mu}m$ SiGe BiCMOS technology, the VCO occupies $400\;um{\times}800\;um$ of silicon area.

Measurement of Permittivity and Moisture Content of Powdered Food at Microwave Frequencies (분말식품의 마이크로파 유전율 및 수분함량 측정)

  • Kim, K.B.;Kim, J.H.;Lee, J.M.
    • Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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    • v.32 no.4
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    • pp.237-246
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    • 2007
  • In this study, the microwave free-space transmission technique was used to measure the dielectric property of powdered food at microwave frequencies. The sample holder was designed and fabricated to transmit the microwave signals ranging from 1 to 15GHz. From the microwave propagation theory the equation expressing the dielectric property of powdered food was derived and validated by standard dielectrics. The dielectric property of powdered food such as wheat flour, coffee powder and milk powder was measured and analyzed. In the uniform range of bulk density of material, the real parts of permittivity of the food samples increased with the increase of moisture content, bulk density and temperature of the samples. The propagation properties such as attenuation and phase shift increased linearly as the moisture density of the food samples increased. As a measuring frequency of the moisture content, the X-band was recommended.

Construction of Network RTK Testbed Using Reference Stations of NGII (국토지리정보원 기준국 사용 Network RTK 테스트베드 구축)

  • Bu-Gyeom Kim;Changdon Kee
    • Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.103-110
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    • 2024
  • In this paper, a test bed for real-time network Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) research was constructed using reference stations of the NGII. A group of candidate station networks was derived, including three stations in Seoul. The group consisted of four stations with a distance of less than 100 km between them. Among several candidates, a network composed of stations with short distances between them and demonstrating good data quality for all reference stations was selected as the test bed. After collecting real-time data in Radio Technical Committee for Maritime services (RTCM) format from the selected stations and conducting a noise analysis on measurements, mm-level carrier phase measurement noise was confirmed. Afterwards, the user set the reference station inside the test bed and analyzed the network RTK positioning performance of the MAC method using the GPS L1 frequency as post-processing. From the result of the analysis it was confirmed that the residual error for all users was within 10 cm after applying the correction. Additionally, after determining integer ambiguities through Least-squares AMBiguity Decorrelation Adjustment (LAMBDA), it was confirmed that the fix rate was 100%, and all ambiguities were resolved as true values.