• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.1063-1075
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• 2012

To locate an object accurately in the wireless sensor networks, the distance measure based on time-delay plays an important role. In this paper, we propose a maximum likelihood (ML) time-delay estimation algorithm in multi-path wireless propagation channel. We get the joint probability density function after sampling the frequency domain response of the multi-path channel, which could be obtained by the vector network analyzer. Based on the ML criterion, the time-delay values of different paths are estimated. Considering the ML function is non-linear with respect to the multi-path time-delays, we first obtain the coarse values of different paths using the subspace fitting algorithm, then take them as an initial point, and finally get the ML time-delay estimation values with the pattern searching optimization method. The simulation results show that although the ML estimation variance could not reach the Cramer-Rao lower bounds (CRLB), its performance is superior to that of subspace fitting algorithm, and could be seen as a fine algorithm.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제33권3A호
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• pp.248-255
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• 2008

OFDMA 시스템에서 주파수축에서의 다중사용자 스케줄링의 성능은 채널의 주파수 선택적 특성과 상관이 있다. 채널이 주파수축에서 평탄하면 다중사용자 스케줄링의 이득이 줄어들 수 있으며 반대로 주파수 선택적 특성이 너무 커서 할당 대역폭 내에서 채널의 변화가 심하게 일어난다면 충분한 스케줄링 이득을 얻기 어려워진다. 다중 사용자 스케줄링 이득을 최대화하기 위해서는 순환지연 다이버시티를 적용하여 채널의 주파수 선택적 특성을 조절할 수 있다. 이 논문에서는 할당 대역폭과 채널 특성을 고려하여 순환지연 다이버시티를 적용할 때의 최적의 지연값을 결정하는 방법을 제안한다.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.9-14
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• 2008

본 논문에서는 Wireless PAN을 위한 MIMO-OFDM시스템에서 근거리 데이터 전송과 더불어 주변장치간 원활한 통신을 위해 채널 sounding 기법을 제안한다. 제안된 기법은 전력 확산 지연을 통해서 임펄스 응답의 지속시간을 파악하며, 감쇠 특성을 갖는 전력 지연 프로 파일(power delay profile) 모델링 하였고, ML(maximum likelihood) 기법으로 채널 응답 계수를 얻었다. Channel sounding 기법을 통해 측정한 크기, 위상, 지연의 변수 값으로 송신단과 수신단간의 채널 전파 특성이 측정 된다. 이 측정된 채널 정보들이 수신단에서 채널 상태를 파악하며, 수신단에서 이 채널 정보를 근거로 통신 링크 성능 향상과 신뢰성을 증대시킬 수 있는 기법을 제안하였다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.1055-1079
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• 2014

Substructure shake table testing is a class of real-time hybrid simulation (RTHS). It combines shake table tests of substructures with real-time computational simulation of the remaining part of the structure to assess dynamic response of the entire structure. Unlike in the conventional hybrid simulation, substructure shake table testing imposes acceleration compatibilities at substructure boundaries. However, acceleration tracking of shake tables is extremely challenging, and it is not possible to produce perfect acceleration tracking without time delay. If responses of the experimental substructure have high correlation with ground accelerations, response errors are inevitably induced by the erroneous input acceleration. Feeding the erroneous responses into the RTHS procedure will deteriorate the simulation results. This study presents a set of techniques to enable reliable substructure shake table testing. The developed techniques include compensation techniques for errors induced by imperfect input acceleration of shake tables, model-based actuator delay compensation with state observer, and force correction to eliminate process and measurement noises. These techniques are experimentally investigated through RTHS using a uni-axial shake table and three-story steel frame structure at the Johns Hopkins University. The simulation results showed that substructure shake table testing with the developed compensation techniques provides an accurate and reliable means to simulate the dynamic responses of the entire structure under earthquake excitations.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제21권12호
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• pp.2081-2089
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• 1997

Accurate positioning of the throttle valve of a gasoline engine is required to implement various systems such as traction control system(TCS), cruise control system and drive-by-wire system. In this research, position control system has been developed for the throttle actuator system that uses one throttle actuation for small volume and DC servo motor for fast response. In order to drive the DC motor, PWM signal generator and PWM amplifier were built and interfaced to the motor and controller. Also, time delay control(TDC) law has been used as a basic control algorithm. A method of varying the reference model of the TDC according to the size of change in target throttle angle is proposed here. The simulation and experimental results show that both overshoot prevention and fast response are achieved by the TDC technique with this variable reference model.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.305-318
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• 2014

This paper numerically investigates the feasibility of an active mass damper (AMD) system using the time delay control (TDC) algorithm, which is one of the robust and adaptive control algorithms, for effectively suppressing the excessive vibration of a building structure under wind loading. Because of its several attractive features such as the simplicity and the excellent robustness to unknown system dynamics and disturbance, the TDC algorithm has the potential to be an effective control system for mitigating the vibration of civil engineering structures such as buildings and bridges. However, it has not been used for structural response reduction yet. In this study, therefore, the active control method combining an AMD system with the TDC algorithm is first proposed in order to reduce the wind-induced vibration of a building structure and its effectiveness is numerically examined. To this end, its stability analysis is first performed; and then, a series of numerical simulations are conducted. It is demonstrated that the proposed active structural control system can effectively reduce the acceleration response of the building structure.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 1999년도 하계종합학술대회 논문집
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• pp.57-60
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• 1999

In many radio communication environments, there is a special component, called inter-symbol interference (ISI), mused by multipath time delay of signal and ISI components impose limitation of the data transmission rate. In this paper, we consider signaling pulse shapes, called partial response signaling (PRS), for minimizing the effect of ISI and show the improvement of performance by applying one of the partial-response signaling (PRS) pulses to two types of receiver system under dependent noise environments through the Monte-Carlo computer simulations.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 1999년도 추계종합학술대회 논문집
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• pp.173-176
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• 1999

Frequency responses of the surface acoustic wave(SAW) filters are simulated by using the impulse modeling. The simulation technique of the SAW filters is to use the Fourier transformation to make a correspondence between the impulse response of the filter and the taps in the delay line. Since the Fourier series must be truncated after a finite number of terms, window functions are often used to weight the coefficients to obtain the desirable side-lobe level and bandwidth. The filter design is operated through the iterative simulation procedures. The design process is capable of yielding filters with optimized frequency response characteristics.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제9권8호
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• pp.610-615
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• 2003

This paper proposes a nonlinear virtual coupling fur haptic interface, which offers better performance while maintaining stability of the system. The nonlinear virtual coupling is designed based on a human response model. This human response model exploits delay between the human Intention and the actual change of arm impedance. The proposed approach provides with less conservative constraints for the design of stable haptic interface, compared with the traditional passivity condition. This allows increased performance that is verified through experiments.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2003년도 ICCAS
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• pp.2298-2303
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• 2003

In this paper, very simple methods based on the exponential analysis are presented by which transfer function models for processes can easily be obtained. These methods employ step responses or impulse responses of the processes. These can also give a more precise transfer function model compared to the well-known graphical methods. Transfer functions are determined based on Prony method, which is one of the oldest and the most representative methods in the exponential analysis. Here, the method is reformed and applied to obtain the so-called low-order transfer function with pure time delay from the data of the step response. The effectiveness of the proposed method is examined through several numerical examples and experiments of the 2-tank level control process.