• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.387-393
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• 2021

This paper proposes a system to synchronize the time of computers over an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) network. With the proposed system, the UAVs can perform missions that require precise relative time. Also, data collected by UAVs can be fused precisely with synchronized time. In the system, to synchronize the time of all computers over the UAV network, two-step synchronization is performed. In the first step, the mission computers of the UAVs are synchronized through the server of the system. After the first step, the mission computers measure time offset between the time of the mission computers and the flight computers. The offset values are delivered to the server. In the second step, virtual time is determined by the server from the collected time offset. The measured offset is compensated by moving the synchronized time of mission computers to the reasonable virtual time. Since only the time of mission computers are controlled, any flight computers that use micro air vehicle link (MAVLink) protocol can be synchronized in the proposed system.

• 대한전자공학회논문지TC
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.46-54
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• 2007

본 논문에서는 중첩의 차분상관방식에 의한 향상된 OFDM 신호의 심볼 동기타이밍검출 성능을 보여준다. 또한, 곱의 상관과 차분상관의 동기타이밍 검출방식에 있어서 멀티패스 채널 지연프로필의 각 수신지연파에서 심벌 동기타이밍으로 검출될 최대 검출확률을 보여준다. $70nsec{\sim}217nsec$의 지연확산 채널모델들에서 상관의 동기타이밍 검출방식에서는 진폭이 가장 큰n번째 수신지연파의 선두에서 동기타이밍을 취할 확률이 높게 나타나는데 대하여 차분방식에서는 언제나 첫 번째 수신지연파의 선두에서 동기타이밍을 취할 확률이 높게 나타나는 특성을 보여준다. 이러한 시뮬레이션의 결과는 정확한 동기타이밍의 검출이 가능함을 나타내는 것이며 중첩의 차분방식에서 eb/n0에 대해 향상된 S/N와 OFDM 신호의 동기타이밍검출성능의 결과와도 잘 부합하고 있다.

• 한국항행학회논문지
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.319-324
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• 2022

항법 장치가 존재하지 않거나 전파 방해가 발생할 경우, 고속 이동체의 전파 항법은 불가능해진다. 그럼에도 불구하고, 다수의 지상국이 존재하며 고속 이동체와 지상국간의 정밀 거리 측정치를 확보할 수 있다면 이동체의 위치 추정이 가능하다. 본 논문에서는 텔레메트리 (TLM; telemetry) 신호를 사용하여 생성한 고정밀 TDOA (time difference of arrival) 측정치를 이용한 위치 추정 방식을 제안한다. 제안한 방식에서는 TDOA 측정치를 사용하여 이동체의 공통 오차를 제거하였다. 또한 SOQPSK (shaped offset quadrature phase shift keying) PN (pseudo random noise) 심볼을 포함하여 정밀 시각 동기 및 측정이 가능한 TLM 신호를 기반으로 한 측정치를 사용하였다. 따라서 시스템 내 정밀 시각 동기가 이뤄진 상태이므로 지상국간의 시각 동기 오차가 매우 작은 값을 가진다. 이는 측정치의 정밀도를 높여 위치 추정 성능을 향상시킨다. 제안한 방식은 소프트웨어 기반의 시뮬레이션을 통해 검증되었으며, 고속 이동체의 위치 추정 성능이 목표했던 성능을 만족함을 확인하였다.

• 한국정보통신설비학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신설비학회 2007년도 학술대회
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• pp.136-141
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• 2007

The frequency accuracy and phase alignment is necessary for ensuring the quality of service (QoS) for applications such as voice, real-time video, wireless hand-off, and data over a converged access medium at the telecom network. As telecom networks evolve from circuit to packet switching, proper synchronization algorithm should be meditated for IP networks to achieve performance quality comparable to that of legacy circuit-switched networks. The Time of Packet (ToP) specified in IEEE 1588 is able to synchronize distributed clocks with an accuracy of less than one microsecond in packet networks. But, The ToP can be affected by impairments of a network such as packet delay variation. This paper proposes the efficient method to minimize the expectable delay variation when ToP synchronizes the distributed clocks. The simulation results are presented to demonstrate the improved performance case when the efficient ToP transmit algorithm is applied.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제56권8호
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• pp.1503-1510
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• 2007

To implement a high-precision lightning tracking system utilizing TDOA measurements, high-speed data acquisition and precise timing synchronization between ground sensors should be achieved. At the same time, considering the size of digitizer's memory, the data memory needs to be managed so that only the sampled data around the occurrence of stepped leader pulse is stored. This paper presents a detection-and-acquisition system for lightning signals that is the main equipment of ground sensor in lightning tracking system. GPS clock module is used to get precise timing synchronization and the 500MHz high speed digitizer is employed. In order to detect the leading edge of the lightning pulse and save the sampled data and its timing, lightning detection module is implemented and multi-record method is employed in the proposed system. Field experiment results show that the proposed system can detect and save the lightning signal efficiently.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제38A권7호
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• pp.545-551
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• 2013

MQASK 수신기에서 수신 심볼의 타이밍 동기에 사용되는 타이밍 복원 루프 Timing Error Detector(TED) 와 입력신호의 표본화율을 제어하는 VCO또는 NCO 및 루프 필터로 구성된다. 여기서 수신신호의 심볼율과 수신기의 표본화율의 시간 축에서의 위상차를 검출하는 TED는 심볼율과 표본화율의 주파수차가 클 경우 정상동작을 하지 못하는 단점이 있다. 본 논문에서는 PLL의 주파수 검출기와 같은 역할을 타이밍 복원 루프에서 수행하여 타이밍 복원 입력 신호의 주파수 차가 매우 큰 경우에도 타이밍 복원을 가능하게 할 수 있는 심볼율 변별기(Symbol Rate Discriminator SRD) 와 이를 사용한 타이밍 복원루프 구조를 제안 하였으며 이를 통해 심볼율이 가변되는 신호에 대한 타이밍 동기 획득이 가능함을 모의실험을 통해 입증하였다.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.69-75
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• 2000

A new frame synchronization confirmation technique using a pilot pattern of both uplink and downlink channels is proposed for W-CDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access) system. It is shown that by using this technique, we can cancel the side lobe for autocorrelation functions of the frame synchronization words of pilot pattern have the maximum to-of-phase autocorrelation value "4" with two peak values equal in magnitude and opposite in polarity at zero and middle shifts. Due to this side lobe cancellation effect, therefore, the autocorrelation function of the frame synchronization words becomes ideal for the frame synchronization confirmation since double maximum correlation values equal in magnitude and opposite polarity at zero ad middle shifts can be achieved. This property can be used to double check frame synchronization timing and thus. improve the frame synchronization confirmation performance.

• 항공우주기술
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.98-107
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• 2003

멀리 떨어진 장소의 시계를 동기시키기 위해 사용하는 일반적인 방법에 대한 조사 연구를 수행하였다. 현재까지 사용되었거나 사용 중인 시각동기 방법은 여러 가지가 있는데 크게 세가지 범주로 분류할 수 있다. 첫 번째는 지상망에 의한 방법, 두 번째는 GPS/NAVSTAR 위성망에 의한 방법, 그리고 세 번째, 정지위성에 의한 시각동기 방법이다. 특히 GPS/NAVSTAR 위성망은 무선 디지털 통신용 기지국의 시각동기에 사용되고 있으며, 이것의 백업 시스템으로써 정지위성에 의한 시각동기 방법이 연구되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 세 가지로 분류된 각각의 시각동기 방법에 대해 설명한다.

• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.67-72
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• 2015

Power grid techniques are distributed over general power systems ranging from power stations to power transmission, power distribution, and users. To monitor and control the elements and performance of a power system in real time in the extensive area of power generation, power transmission, wide-area monitoring (WAM) and control techniques are required (Sattinger et al. 2007). Also, to efficiently operate a power grid, integrated techniques of information and communication technology are required for the application of communication network and relevant equipment, computing, and system control software. WAM should make a precise power grid measurement of more than once per cycle by time synchronization using GPS. By collecting the measurement values of a power grid from substations located at faraway regions through remote communication, the current status of the entire power grid system can be examined. However, for GPS that is used in general national industries, unexpected dangerous situations have occurred due to its deterioration and jamming. Currently, the power grid is based on a synchronization system using GPS. Thus, interruption of the time synchronization system of the power system due to the failure or abnormal condition of GPS would have enormous effects on each field such as economy, security, and the lives of the public due to the destruction of the synchronization system of the national power grid. Developed countries have an emergency substitute system in preparation for this abnormal situation of GPS. Therefore, in Korea, a system that is used to prepare for the interruption of GPS reception should also be established on a long-term basis; but prior to this, it is required that an evaluation technique for the time synchronization performance of a GPS receiver using an atomic clock within the power grid. In this study, a monitoring system of time synchronization based on GPS at a power grid was implemented, and the results were presented.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.58-68
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• 2000

In this paper we introduce the correlation-aided distributed sample acquisition (CDSA) scheme for fast cell search in IMT-2000 W-CDMA cellular system. The proposed scheme incorporates the state symbol correlation process into the comparison-correction based synchronization process of the original DSA scheme to enable fast acquisition even under very poor channel environment. for its realization, each mobile station (MS) has to store in its memory a set of state sample sequences. which are determined by the long-period scrambling sequences used in the system and the sampling interval of the state samples. CDSA based cell search is carried out in two stages : First, the MS first acquires the slot timing by using the primary synch code (PSC) and then identifies the igniter code which conveys the state samples of the current cell . Secondly. the MS identifies the scrambling code and frame timing by taking the comparison-correction based synchronization approach and, if the identification is not done satisfactorily within preset time. it initiates the state symbol correlation process which correlates the received symbol sequence with the pre-stored state sample sequences for a successful identification. As the state symbol SNR is relatively high. the state symbol correlation process enables reliable synchronization even in very low chip-SNR environment. Simulation results show that the proposed CDSA scheme outperforms the 3GPP 3-step approach, requiring the signal power of about 7 dB less for achieving the same acquisition time performance in low-SNR environments. Furthermore, it turns out very robust in the typical synchronization environment where large frequency offset exists.