• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.141-150
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• 2015

In this study, a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) / Inertial Navigation System (INS) / odometer / barometer integrated navigation system that uses a commercial navigation device including Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) accelerometer and gyroscope in addition to GNSS, odometer information obtained from a vehicle, and a separate MEMS barometer sensor was implemented, and the performance was verified. In the case of GNSS and GNSS/INS integrated navigation system that are generally used in a navigation device, the performance would deteriorate in areas where GNSS signals are not available. Therefore, an integrated navigation system that calculates a better navigation solution in areas where GNSS signals are not available compared to general GNSS/INS by correcting the velocity error of GNSS/INS using an odometer and by correcting the cumulative altitude error of GNSS/INS using a barometer was suggested. To verify the performance of the navigation system, a commercial navigation device (Softman, Hyundai Mnsoft, http://www.hyundai-mnsoft.com) and a barometer sensor (ST Company) were installed at a vehicle, and an actual driving test was performed. To examine the performance of the algorithm, the navigation solutions of general GNSS/INS and the GNSS/INS/odometer/barometer integrated navigation system were compared in an area where GNSS signals are not available. As a result, a navigation solution that has a smaller position error than that of GNSS/INS could be obtained in the area where GNSS signals are not available.

• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.165-173
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• 2019

In this paper, we apply a discrete wavelet packet transform (DWPT) to reduce the influence of interference in global positioning system (GPS) signals and compare the interference mitigation performance of various wavelets. By applying DWPT to the received signal, we can gradually divide the received signal band into low-pass and high-pass bands. After calculating the average power for the separate bands, we can determine whether there is interference by comparing the value with the given threshold. For a band that includes interference, we can reconstruct the whole band signal using inverse DWPT (IDWPT) after applying a nulling method that sets all of the wavelet coefficients to 0. The reconstructed signals are correlated with the pseudorandom noise (PRN) codes to acquire GPS signals. The performance evaluation is based on the number of satellite signals whose peak ratio (defined as the ratio of the first and second correlation peak values in the acquisition stage) exceeds the threshold. In this paper, we compare and evaluate the performance of 6 wavelets including Haar, Daubechies, Symlets, Coiflets, Biorthogonal Splines, and Discrete Meyer.

• 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.

• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.245-250
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• 2022

As location-based services using the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) are diversified, concerns about the vulnerability of GNSS to radio disturbance and deception are also growing. Accordingly, countries that own and operate GNSS, such as the United States, Russia, and Europe, are also developing additional navigation systems that can compensate for GNSS' weaknesses. Among them, an R-Mode system that transmits navigation signals using an infrastructure that transmits differential GNSS (DGNSS) information using signals from the medium frequency band currently in operation is being developed in Europe and Korea. Since 2020, Korea has improved four DGNSS transmission stations, including Chungju, Eocheongdo, Palmido, and Socheongdo, to transmit R-Mode signals and test navigation performance in some parts of the West Sea. In this paper, we intend to establish a testbed for measuring the distance of R-Mode signals currently being transmitted and analyze the results. It is confirmed that the distance measurement performance varies depending on the antenna type, diurnal variation, and propagation path of the signal.

• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.293-304
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• 2020

In this paper, various modulation techniques, including the legacy Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signal modulation techniques, are introduced and the spectral characteristics and correlation characteristics of signals with various modulation techniques are analyzed based on numerical simulation. With the development of various GNSS services, the limited frequency band has become increasingly saturated, and issues of interoperability and compatibility have emerged in the new GNSS design. Since the efficient allocation of frequency resources is closely related to spectrum design, modulation techniques are one of the important signal design parameters of new signal design. Signal modulation techniques are closely related to various figure of merits (FoMs) as well as spectrum characteristic, and in some cases there is a complicated trade-off between FoMs. Thus, the FoMs associated with modulation technology should be analyzed and the best signal candidates should be chosen carefully via the trade-off analysis for FoMs. In this paper, we define the modulation technique based on Phase Shift Keying (PSK), Binary Offset Carrier (BOC) and Continuous Phase Modulation (CPM) for the design of KPS signals, and the FoMs of signals in terms of spectrum and correlation function are evaluated. Signals with various modulation techniques are implemented through a numerical simulation, and the relevant FoMs are analyzed.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.491-498
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• 2017

GPS (global positioning system)는 지구 궤도를 도는 여러 GPS 위성의 신호를 수신하여 위성 별 수신 시간 차이를 이용하여 자신의 절대 위치를 알아내는 시스템으로 민간 목적뿐만 아니라 군용 목적으로도 널리 사용되고 있다. 특히 유도무기 등에 사용되기 때문에 신뢰성 있는 GPS 수신은 군에서 훨씬 더 중요하다. 하지만 GPS 는 사용 주파수 대역이 알려져 있고 수신신호 전력이 미약하기 때문에 인위적인 재밍신호를 송출하여 쉽게 GPS 시스템을 무력화 시킬 수 있는 문제가 있다. 이러한 간섭신호에 대응하기 위한 한 가지 방법은 GPS 수신기에 다중 안테나를 설치하고 디지털 빔포밍 기술을 이용하여 GPS 신호는 훼손하지 않으면서 재머만을 제거하는 기술이다. 본 논문에서는 MVDR(minimum variance distortionless response) 기술에 기반하여 새로운 적응형 빔 제어 기술을 제안한다. 제안하는 방식은 알려져 있는 위성 방향으로의 빔을 형성하고 재머 방향으로는 적응형 알고리즘에 의해 널을 형성하여 재머를 제거한다. 제안하는 방식의 성능은 컴퓨터 모의실험을 통해 검증한다.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제19권7호
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• pp.1539-1545
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• 2015

GPS (global positioning system)는 지구 궤도를 도는 여러 GPS 위성의 신호를 수신하여 이들 신호의 수신 시간 차이를 이용하여 자신의 절대 위치를 알아내는 시스템으로 민간 목적뿐만 아니라 군용 목적으로도 널리 사용되고 있다. 특히 군용 시스템에서는 무기 등에도 사용되기 때문에 안정적인 GPS 수신이 민간보다 더 중요하다. 하지만 GPS는 사용 주파수가 알려져 있기 때문에 나쁜 의도로 인위적인 재밍신호를 송출하여 GPS 시스템을 무력화 시킬 수 있다는 문제가 있다. 이에 재밍신호를 제거하고 GPS 신호만을 안정적으로 수신하기 위해 GPS 수신기에 다중 안테나를 설치하고 빔 널링 기술을 이용하여 재머만을 제거하는 기술이 많이 연구되어 왔다. 이러한 기술 중에서 본 논문에서는 MVDR (minimum variance distortionless response) 기술에 기반하여 새로운 적응형 빔 제어 기술을 제안한다. 제안하는 방식은 위성 방향으로의 빔은 훼손하지 않으면서 재머 방향으로는 적응적으로 널을 형성하여 재머를 효과적으로 제거한다. 제안하는 방식의 성능은 컴퓨터 모의실험을 통해 검증한다.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제47권5호
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• pp.388-396
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• 2019

본 논문은 시험발사체에 탑재된 송신기에서 송신되는 S 대역 신호에 의해 위성항법수신기에서 나타난 RF 신호간섭을 설명하고, 그 원인을 분석한다. 능동형 위성항법안테나의 LNA는 항법위성 신호와 비교하여 상대적으로 신호세기가 매우 높은 S 대역 신호에 의해 포화되었으며, 2개의 S 대역 신호가 위성항법안테나에 수신될 때마다 GNSS 대역에 해당하는 상호변조신호가 LNA에서 발생하였다. 이러한 현상으로 인해 위성항법수신기에서 계산된 항법위성신호의 C/N0가 크게 감쇄하였다. S 대역 신호에 의한 RF 신호간섭을 차단하기 위하여 위성항법안테나 LNA의 설계변경을 수행하였고, 설계변경 전 후의 LNA에 대해 수행한 비교시험을 통하여 설계변경된 LNA에서 S 대역 신호에 의한 RF 신호감쇄 현상이 억제될 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.299-304
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• 2011

As more satellites are designed to downlink their observed image data through the X-band frequency band, it is inevitable that the occupied bandwidth of a target satellite will overlap with that of other X-band downlink satellites. For sun-synchronized low earth orbit satellites, in particular, it can be expected that two or more satellites be placed within the looking angle of a ground station antenna at the same time. Due to the overlapping in the frequency band, signals transmitted from the adjacent satellites act as interferers, leading to degraded link performance between target satellite and ground station. In this paper, link analysis was initiated by modeling the radiation pattern of ground station antenna through a validated Jet Propulsion Laboratory peak envelope model. From the relative antenna gain depending on the offset angle from center axis of maximum antenna directivity, the ratio of received interference signal level to the target signal level was calculated. As a result, it was found that the degradation increased when the offset angle was within the first point of radiation pattern. For a 7.3 m antenna, serious link degradation began at an offset angle of 0.4 degrees. From this analysis, the link performance of the coming satellite passes can be recognized, which is helpful to establish an operating procedure that will prevent the ground station from receiving corrupted image data in the event of a degraded link.

• 한국위성정보통신학회논문지
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.101-106
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• 2015

본 논문에서는 위성통신망의 주파수 효율 향상을 위해 중심국과 단말국이 동일 주파수 대역을 사용하여 위성으로 전송하는 동일 주파수 위성 전송 시스템을 고려한다. 이와 같은 시스템이 동작하기 위해 중심국은 자신이 송신한 신호가 위성을 거쳐 다시 되돌아 오는 자기 간섭 신호를 제거하여, 수신하고자 하는 단말국 신호만을 추출하는 자기 간섭 제거기가 필요하다. 중심국에서 제거하고자 하는 간섭 신호는 자신이 송신한 신호가 지연된 신호이기 때문에 일반적인 간섭 신호와는 달리 송신 신호를 지연시켜 제거가 가능한 신호이다. 이때 중심국 또는 위성에 있는 전력 증폭기의 비선형성을 고려하여 간섭 제거기를 설계해야 한다. 간섭 제거기는 송신 신호의 지연을 추정하고, 전력 증폭기의 비선형성을 반영하여 제거하는 부분과 잔여 오차를 적응 필터로 억제하는 부분으로 구성된다. 더불어, 모의 실험을 통하여 제안 방식의 효용성을 검증하고자 한다.