• International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.388-396
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• 2007

This paper describes a multipath estimation method for Global Positioning System (GPS) dual frequency carrier phase measurements. Multipath is a major error source in high precision GPS applications, i.e., carrier phase measurements for precise positioning and attitude determinations. In order to estimate and remove multipath at carrier phase measurements, an array GPS antenna system has been used. The known geometry between the antennas is used to estimate multipath parameters. Dual frequency carrier phase measurements increase the redundancy of measurements, so it can reduce the number of antennas. The unscented Kalman filter (UKF) is recently applied to many areas to overcome some of the limitations of the extended Kalman filter (EKF) such as weakness to severe nonlinearity. This paper uses the UKF for estimating multipath parameters. A series of simulations were performed with GPS antenna arrays located on a straight line with one reflector. The geometry information of the antenna array reduces the number of estimated multipath parameters from four to three. Both the EKF and the UKF are used as estimation algorithms and the results of the EKF and the UKF are compared. When the initial parameters are far from true parameters, the UKF shows better performance than the EKF.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.58-68
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• 2011

This paper proposes a technique of indoor localization for mobile robot by so called indoor GPS and EKF. Basically the concept of indoor GPS is similar outdoor GPS, and the indoor GPS gets distances between Anchors and Tag by a ranging method of CSS and then estimates the coordinate by distances and known Anchor positions. After we performed performance test of indoor GPS system in ideal and multipath environment, we configured that the indoor GPS has internal error factors and external error factors. This paper handled a multipath problem belonging to external error factors. At first various direct physical method are introduced to fix the multipath problems, and as expected we got errors corrected considerably. And then the method of selective anchors for indoor GPS is applied. With these two level improvement of indoor GPS performance, EKF(Extended Kalman Filter) is applied to mobile robot in indoor environment. The usefulness of the proposed methods are shown by a series of experiments in a environment giving contaminated data by multipath.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제36권9C호
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• pp.589-595
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 다중경로 페이딩 (multipath fading) 채널 환경에서 직교 주파수 분할 다중 (orthogonal frequency division multiplexing: OFDM) 시스템을 위한 개선된 다중단계 (mu1ti-stage) 타이밍 옵셋 (timing offset) 추정기법을 제안한다. 제안한 기법은 기존의 다중단계 타이밍 옵셋 추정기법이 랜덤한 다중경로 채널 성분에 민감하다는 점을 개선하기 위해 상호 상관함수 샘플 표준편차를 이용한다. 모의실험 결과를 통해 제안한 기법이 기존 기법에 비해 우수한 정추정확률과 (correct estimation probability) 평균제곱오차 (mean square error: MSE) 성능을 가짐을 보인다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제8권9호
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• pp.818-826
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• 2002

Since multipath phenomenon frequently occurs when a Global Positioning System receiver is placed in urban area crowded with large buildings, efficient mitigation of multipath effects is necessary to resolve. In this paper, we propose a new multipath detection technique that is useful in real-time positioning with a general Global Positioning System receiver. The proposed technique is based on a channelwise multipath test statistic that efficiently indicates the degree of fluctuations induced by multipath error. The proposed multipath test statistic is operationally advantageous because it does not require any specialized hardware nor any pre-computation of receiver position, it is directly related to standard $\chi$$^2$-distributions, and it can adjust the detection resolution by increasing the number of successive measurements. Simulation and experiment results verify the performance of the proposed multipath detection technique.

• 한국항행학회논문지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.155-158
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• 2024

Multipath, a major error source in urban GNSS positioning (global navigation satellite system), pose a challenge due to its site-dependent nature, varying with the user's signal reception environment. In our previous study, we introduced a technique generating GNSS multipath map in urban canyon. However, due to uncertainty in initial GNSS positions, applying multipath maps required generating multiple candidate positions. In this study, we present an efficient method for applying multipath maps by projecting the multipath correction in position domain. This approach effectively applies multipath maps, addressing the challenges posed by urban user position uncertainties.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.528-536
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• 2011

In this paper, we analyze the location accuracy of real-time locating systems (RTLSs) in multipath environments in which the RTLSs comply with the ISO/IEC 24730-2 international standard. To analyze the location error of RTLS in multipath environments, we consider a direct path and indirect path, in which time and phase are delayed, and also white Gaussian noise is added. The location error depends strongly on both the noise level and phase difference under a low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) regime, but only on the noise level under a high SNR regime. The phase difference effect can be minimized by matching it to the time delay difference at a ratio of 180 degrees per 1 chip time delay (Tc). At a relatively high SNR of 10 dB, a location error of less than 3 m is expected at any phase and time delay value of an indirect signal. At a low SNR regime, the location error range increases to 8.1 m at a 0.5 Tc, and to 7.3 m at a 1.5 Tc. However, if the correlation energy is accumulated for an 8-bit period, the location error can be reduced to 3.9 m and 2.5 m, respectively.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제13권11호
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• pp.5394-5409
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• 2019

The paper investigates a novel detector receiver with Kalman channel information estimator and iterative channel response equalization for MIMO (multi-input multi-output) OFDM (orthogonal frequency division multiplexing) communication systems in fast multipath fading environments. The performances of the existing linear equalizers (LE) are not good enough over most fast fading multipath channels. The existing adaptive equalizer with decision feedback structure (ADFE) can improve the performance of LE. But error-propagation effect seriously degrades the system performance of the ADFE, especially when operated in fast multipath fading environments. By considering the Kalman channel impulse response estimation for the fast fading multipath channels based on CE-BEM (complex exponential basis expansion) model, the paper proposes the iterative receiver with soft decision feedback equalization (SDFE) structure in the fast multipath fading environments. The proposed SDFE detector receiver combats the error-propagation effect for fast multipath fading channels and outperform the existing LE and ADFE. We demonstrate several simulations to confirm the ability of the proposed iterative receiver over the existing receivers.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제8권6호
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• pp.1243-1249
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• 2004

본 논문에서는 다중경로 복반사 환경의 수중음향채널 대역이 EFSK(Binary frequency Shift Keying)와 BPSK(Binary Phase Shift Keying) 방식의 비트 오류율에 미치는 영향을 해석하였다. 이산적인 복반사와 연속적인 복반사가 공존하는 다중경로 환경으로 수중음향채널을 모델화 하였고, 모의실험으로 채널 특성에 따른 비트 오류율 특성과 대역을 결정하는 다중경로 지연 확산 정수의 기준을 제시하였다. 채널 대역폭이 100Hz인 수조실험에서 전송율이 100bps이하로 제한되어 모의실험에서 제시한 전송성능과 일치하였다.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.286-295
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• 2008

수중에서의 통신은 해수면과 해저면 등에 의한 신호의 반사가 생겨 다중경로 현상이 발생한다. 이러한 다중경로의 영향으로 신호는 왜곡되고 원활한 수신을 방해하게 된다. 이에 각종 통신시스템에서 적용되고 있는 여러 가지 채널 부호 방법을 모델링된 수중통신채널에 적용하여 그 성능을 확인하였다. 그 결과 다중경로에 의한 오류의 특성은 랜덤오류의 특성을 가지기 때문에 인터리버의 효과는 거의 볼 수 가 없으며, 수중채널에서 다중경로에 의해 야기된 오류마루 현상을 극복하기 위해서는 LDPC 부호와 같은 강력한 오류 정정 부호가 요구되며, RS 부호등을 연접하여 사용할 경우 더욱 우수한 성능을 보이는 것을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 인터넷정보학회논문지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.27-33
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• 2011

다중경로 페이딩과 충격성 잡음에 의한 채널 왜곡을 보상하기 위하여 오차 엔트로피 최소화 (MEE)에 근거한 결정 궤환 등화 (DFE) 알고리듬을 제안하였다. MEE 성능기준이 아직 결정 궤환 구조나 충격성 잡음환경에 대해 연구된 바가 없다. 결정 궤환 구조의 등화기의 가중치에 대해 오차 엔트로피를 최소화함으로써 제안된 알고리듬은 심각한 다중경로와 충격성 잡음 환경에서 탁월한 잔여 심볼간 간섭제거능력을 보였다.