• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.34 no.5C
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• pp.555-560
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• 2009

A vehicle radar has been studied to avoid the collision of vehicles. A vehicle radar using direct sequence-ultra wideband (DS-UWB) measures the distance between a vehicle and an objective with a sufficient time margin. Therefore, the receiver should estimate the distance by processing the short UWB pulse rapidly. There have been several investigations for distance measuring based on DS-UWB signals. In this paper, we propose a novel method for rapid measuring processing time. Simulation results show that the proposed method has a shorter processing time than the conventional method.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.287-296
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• 2009

Although asymptotic bounds of wireless network capacity have been heavily pursued, the answers to the following questions are still critical for network planning, protocol and architecture design: Given a three-dimensional (3D) network space with the number of active users randomly located in the space and using the wireless communication technology, what are the expected per-flow throughput, network capacity, and network transport capacity? In addition, how can the protocol parameters be tuned to enhance network performance? In this paper, we focus on the ultra wideband (UWB) based wireless personal area networks (WPANs) and provide answers to these questions, considering the salient features of UWB communications, i.e., low transmission/interference power level, accurate ranging capability, etc. Specifically, we demonstrate how to explore the spatial multiplexing gain of UWB networks by allowing appropriate concurrent transmissions. Given 3D space and the number of active users, we derive the expected number of concurrent transmissions, network capacity and transport capacity of the UWB network. The results reveal the main factors affecting network (transport) capacity, and how to determine the best protocol parameters, e.g., exclusive region size, in order to maximize the capacity. Extensive simulation results are given to validate the analytical results.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.96-103
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• 2007

In this paper, we present a novel and numerically efficient algorithm for high resolution TOA(Time Of Arrival) estimation under indoor radio propagation channels. The proposed algorithm is not dependent on the structure of receivers, i.e, it can be used with either coherent or non-coherent receivers. The TOA estimation algorithm is based on a high resolution frequency estimation algorithm of Minimum-norm. The efficiency of the proposed algorithm relies on numerical analysis techniques in computing signal or noise subspaces. The algorithm is based on the two step procedures, one for transforming input data to frequency domain data and the other for estimating the unknown TOA using the proposed efficient algorithm. The efficiency in number of operations over other algorithms is presented. The performance of the proposed algorithm is investigated by means of computer simulations.. Throughout the analytic and computer simulation results, we show that the proposed algorithm exhibits superior performance in estimating TOA estimation with limited computational cost.

• The Proceeding of the Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.52-62
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• 2002

레이더(Radio Detection and Ranging)는 전파를 방사하여 그 반사파에 의해 목표의 존재 유무, 거리, 상태 등을 확인하기 위한 무선장치를 말한다. 이와 같은 특성의 레이더를 사용하면 인간의 눈이나 감각으로 확인할 수 없는 여러 가지 정보들을 원거리에서 감지할 수 있으며 그 결과를 파악하여 대처할 수 있도록 해준다. 이러한 다양한 정보를 센싱하는 레이더 기능을 구현하기 위해서는 많은 정보를 포함할 수 있는 광대역 주파수 이용과 많은 반복 펄스의 송수신신호를 필요로 하게 되며 이러한 초광대역 주파수 특성의 극단 임펄스를 이용한 레이더 센싱 기술이 디지털 신호처리와 RF 기술 발전에 따라 급속한 기술발전이 이루어지고 있으며 응용 범위도 다양한 분야로 확장되고 있다. 본고에서는 이러한 새로운 레이더 방식으로 부각되고 있는 UWB 레이더의 국내외 기술동향을 소개하고자 한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Communication Sciences Conference
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• 2006.07a
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• pp.751-751
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• 2006

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• v.2
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• pp.311-315
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• 2006

Precision location and positioning of Asset within a network is an attractive feature with various applications, especially in indoor environments. Such a demand is met by the standard task group, IEEE 802.15.4a. Several methods, that is, pulse, chirp and chaotic communications have been proposed so far to satisfy the requirements of the standard. Among them, ultra wideband direct chaotic communications has advantageous features such as low hardware complexity, low cost, lower power consumption and flexible frequency band plan. In this paper, the feasibility of the ranging system using non-coherent chaotic transceiver is investigated by designing and implementing the system and the performance is proved by conducting location experiments in real indoor environments.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2011.04a
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• pp.659-661
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• 2011

최근 WPAN 분야의 솔루션인 IEEE 802.15.4a는 저소비 전력으로 통신과 거리측정을 동시에 가능케 하는 PHY 제정을 목표로 하고 있다. 본 논문은 IEEE802.15.4a 물리계층에서 사용하는 UWB 신호를 대상으로 거리인식 시스템을 위한 Link Budget을 분석한다. 거리인식 시스템의 성능은 무선 채널의 다중경로 프로파일에도 관계된다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 IEEE 802.15.4a 채널 특성인 Residential 및 Office 환경을 고려하여 거리인식 시스템을 위한 Link Budget을 분석하였으며 연구된 내용은 다양한 거리추정 방식에 적용하여 거리추정 정밀도 향상에 기여할 수 있을 것이다.

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.49-59
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• 2011

Recently, ToA and TDoA estimation are favorable among all of estimation techniques because they have the best accuracy in estimating position. ToA and TDoA estimation are typical techniques based on time. So, it is important to have the time syncronization and offset between a target node and several reference nodes. If they don't have the time syncronization between a reference node and target node or have a time offset among reference nodes, the positioning error will increase due to the ranging error. The conventional positioning algorithm does not have a accurate device's position because ranging error is added the calc dation of the position. In this paper, we propose a hybrid method of ToA and TDoA ll increase due. We use MHP pulse that has orthogonal pulse instead of the existing pulse to transmit and receive pulses between a target node and reference nodes. We can estimate the target node's position by ToA and TDoA estimation to transmit and receive MHP pulses only once. When the proposed Hybrid method iteratively calculate the distance, we can select the ranging technique to have more accurate position. The simulation results confirm the enhancement of the Hybrid method.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.283-291
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• 2012

In this paper, a compact antenna is designed for the UWB lower half-band WVAN Gbps data-rate transceiver. The proposed antenna broadens the bandwidth less than -10 dB by placing the ring stubs and an open stub on the rectangular monopole above the partial ground and creating multiple resonant current paths. The designed antenna goes through the electromagnetic simulation and is fabricated and the implemented antenna has the characteristics of the return loss lower than -10 dB, the antenna gain greater than 5 dBi, and the efficiency over 80 % in the UWB lower half-band ranging from 3.197 GHz to 4.732 GHz. Therefore, it is thought that the proposed antenna is suitable for the size-reduced and excellently performing wireless communication transceiver.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.34 no.10A
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• pp.727-735
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• 2009

To alleviate positioning error using wireless ultra-wideband (UWB) is primary concern, and it has been studied how to reduce the positioning error effectively. Thanks to many repeated transmissions of UWB signals, we can have a variety of selections to point out the most precise positioning result. Towards this, scanning method has been preferred to be used due to its simplicity. This exhaustive method firstly fixes the candidate position, and calculates the sum of distances from observed positions. However, it has tremendous number of computations, and the complexity is more serious if the size of two-dimensional range is the larger. To mitigate the large number of computations, this paper proposes the technique employing genetic algorithm and block windowing. To exploit its superiority, simulations will be conducted to show the reduction of complexity, and the efficiency on positioning capability.