• 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.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.59-67
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• 2003

Multipath is an inevitable error source in radio navigation system such as GPS, it causes signal tracking errors such as carrier tracking errors, code tracking errors. Since code tracking error is a dominant error in absolute positioning, this paper focuses on the improvement of code tracking performance. This paper proposes a method that detects the change of autocorrelation function's slope and mitigates the multipath error. Also, this paper shows the performance evaluation results by post-processing the digitized RF samples.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.658-665
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• 2013

While the chirp signal is extensively used in radar and sonar systems for target decision in wireless communication systems, it has not been widely used for positioning in indoor environments. Recently, the IEEE 802.15.4a standard has adopted the chirp spread spectrum (CSS) as an underlying technique for low-power and low-complexity precise localization. Chirp signal based ranging solutions have been established and deployed but their ranging performance has not been analyzed in multipath environments. This paper presents a ranging performance analysis of a chirp signal and suggests a method to suppress multipath error by using a type of non-linear chirp signal. Multipath ranging performance is evaluated using a conventional linear chirp signal and the proposed non-linear chirp signal. We verify the feasibility of both methods using two-ray multipath model simulation. Our results demonstrate that the proposed non-linear chirp signal can successfully suppress the multipath error.

• 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.

• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.85-92
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• 2024

This study develops a Global Positioning System (GPS) Code Multipath Grid Map (CMGM) of each individual domestic reference station from the extracted code multipath of measurement data. Multipath corresponds to signal reflection/refraction caused by obstacles around the receiver antenna, and it is a major source of error that cannot be eliminated by differencing. From the receiver-independent exchange format (RINEX) data for two days, the associated code multipath of a satellite tracking arc is extracted. These code multipath data go through bias correction and interpolation to yield the CMGM with respect to the azimuth and elevation angles. The effect of the CMGM on multipath mitigation is then quantitatively analyzed to improve the Root Mean Square (RMS) of averaged pseudo multipath. Furthermore, the single point positioning (SPP) accuracy is analyzed in terms of the RMS of the horizontal and vertical errors. During two weeks in February 2023, the RMSs of the averaged pseudo multipath for five reference stations decreased by about 40% on average after CMGM application. Also, the SPP accuracies increased by about 7% for horizontal errors and about 10% for vertical errors on average after CMGM application. The overall quantitative analysis indicates that the proposed approach will reduce the convergence time of Differential Global Navigation Satellite System (DGNSS), Real-Time Kinematic (RTK), and Precise Point Positioning (PPP)-RTK correction information in real-time to use measurement data whose code multipath is corrected and mitigated by the CMGM.

• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.173-180
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• 2016

This paper presents a method to suppress multipath induced by pulses using supervised learning. In modern electronics, pulses have been used for various purposes such as communication or distance measurements. Like other signals, pulses also suffer from multipath. When a pulse and a multipath are overlapped, the original pulse shape is distorted. The distorted pulse could result in communication failures or distance measurement errors. However, a large number of samples available from a pulse can be used to effectively reject multipath by using a supervised learning method. This paper introduces how a supervised learning method can be applied to Distance Measuring Equipment. Simulation results show that multipath induced distance measuring error can be suppressed by 10 ~ 45 percent depending on the allowed pulse shape variation allowed in a standard.

• 한국측량학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.231-238
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• 2007

본 연구에서는 가까운 장래에 실현될 GNSS(Global Navigation Positioning System) 결합측위의 가용성을 평가하기 위하여, GPS(Global Positioning System), Galileo 및 QZSS(Quasi-Zenith Satellites System)의 직달파(direct signal), 반사파(reflected signal), 회절파(diffracted signal) 식별을 위한 신호 전달 모형을 수립하고 이를 3차원 지리정보시스템과 결합함으로써, 위성 가시도와 측위 오차 요소를 모사 측정하였다. 중고층 빌딩이 밀집한 일본 동경도청 부근의 $1km{\times}1km$ 구역을 40,000개의 $5m{\times}5m$ 격자로 구획하여 실시한 시뮬레이션을 통해, GPS 측위와 GNSS 결합측위에 있어서 가시위성의 개수, 위성 고도, 정밀도 저하율(dilution of position : DOP), 의사거리 다중 경로 오차(pseudorange multipath error : PME)를 비교 평가하였다. GNSS 결합측위에서는 가시위성 및 직달파 위성의 개수가 현격히 증가함을 확인할 수 있었으며, 위성고도의 평균은 GPS 측위에서보다 약간 낮게 나타나지만, 위성들의 기하학적 배치가 양호하게 이루어져 정밀도 저하율이 매우 감소함을 알 수 있다. 고밀도 도시공간에서는 빌딩 등의 전파 반사로 인해 발생하는 의사거리 다중경로 오차를 완화하는 것이 사용자 위치 정확도를 향상시키기 위한 핵심적인 요소이므로, 수신기 안테나의 설계 및 배치, 신호처리 및 공간통계 기법 등을 GNSS 결합측위에 적합하도록 개선하는 것이 필요할 것이다.

• 한국항해항만학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국항해항만학회 2006년도 International Symposium on GPS/GNSS Vol.2
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• pp.125-129
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• 2006

Japan has been investigating a new satellite based positioning system called Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS). Since the improvement of positioning availability in urban area is one of the most important advantages of the QZSS, multipath mitigation is a key factor for the QZSS positioning system. Therefore, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and GNSS Inc. have commenced the R&D of a pseudolite, which transmits the next-generation signal such as BOC(1,1), in order to evaluate the effect of multipath on the new signal. A prototype BOC pseudolite was developed in 2005, and ground tests showed a capability of generating proper pseudorange. Also, preliminary flight experiments using a pseudo quasi-zenith satellite, a helicopter on which the pseudolite is installed, were conducted in early 2006, and the BOC-type correlation function was monitored in real time.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.290-296
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• 2006

In this paper, a generalized blind adaptive algorithm is introduced for multi-user detection of direct sequence code division multiple access (OS-COMA) wireless communication systems. The main property of the proposed algorithm is its ability to resolve the multipath fading channel resulting in inter symbol interference (ISI) as well as multiple access interference (MAI). Other remarkable properties are its low complexity and mitigation to the near-far problem as well as its insensitivity to asynchronous transmission. The proposed system is based on the minimization of the output energy and convergence to the minimum mean square error (MMSE) detector. It is blind in the sense that it needs no knowledge of the other users' signatures, only the intended user signature and timing are required. Furthermore, the convergence of the minimum output energy (MOE) detector to the MMSE detector is analytically proven in case of M-ary PSK. Depicted results show that the performance of the generalized system dominates those previously considered. Further improvements are obtained when multiple input multiple output (MIMO) technique is employed.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.48-53
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• 2014

수중음향통신은 시변동성으로 인하여 도플러 편이를 발생하고, 다중경로로 인하여 지연 확산의 특성을 갖는다. 이러한 채널 특성은 인접 심볼 간 간섭을 발생시켜 통신 성능을 저하시킨다. 통신 성능을 개선하기 위하여 시역전, 공간 다이버시티, 위상 추정기 및 등화기 등과 같은 다양한 기법이 연구되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 시변동성 다중경로로 인한 인접 심볼 간 간섭을 완화하는 방법으로 빔 형성 기반의 공간 필터 기법을 제안한다. 제안된 기법은 원하는 신호방향으로 빔을 조향하여 공간상의 신호를 분리하고, 배열 이득으로 신호 대 간섭 잡음비를 향상시키고 통신 성능을 개선한다.