• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2019

In this paper, we implement a navigation software of a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver based on a commercial purpose GNSS software receiver platform and verify its performance by performing experimental tests for various GNSS signals available in Korea region. The SX3, employed in this paper, is composed of an application program and a Radio Frequency (RF) frontend, and can capture and process multi-constellation and multi-frequency GNSS signals. All the signal processing procedure of SX3 is accessible by the receiver software designer. In particular for an easy research and development, the Application Programing Interface (API) of the SX3 has a flexible architecture to upgrade or change the existing software program, equipped with a real-time monitoring function to monitor all the API executions. Users can easily apply and experiment with the developed algorithms using a form of Dynamic Link Library (DLL) files. Thus, by utilizing this flexible architecture, the cost and effort to develop a GNSS receiver can be greatly reduced.

• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.239-244
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• 2022

R-Mode is terrestrial based Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) backup radio navigation technology which used existing maritime information service infrastructure. It has advantages on reduce the cost and reutilize the frequency resource. In this paper, we propose a method to develop a medium-frequency (MF) band R-Mode transmitting station by utilizing the currently operating Differential GNSS (DGNSS) reference station infrastructure. To this end, the considerations for co-operating the DGNSS reference station and the MF R-Mode transmitting station are analyzed. In this process, we also analyze what is necessary to configure the communication system as a navigation system for range measurement. Based on the analysis result, MF R-Mode transmitting station system is designed and architecture is proposed. The developed system is installed in the field, and the performance evaluation results is presented.

• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.73-90
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• 2018

Various navigation systems are integrated with the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) to improve navigation performance so that continuous navigation information can be obtained even when navigation performance is degraded or navigation is not available due to the outage of GNSS. Time and cost can be reduced by evaluating performance of the integrated navigation system through Modeling and Simulation (M&S) software prior to the deployment of the integrated navigation system. The measurements of the navigation system should be generated to evaluate performance through of the navigation system M&S software. This paper proposes a method of designing a navigation environment generation module in M&S software of the integrated navigation system. To show applicability of the proposed method to M&S software design of the integrated navigation system, functions are verified through MATLAB. And then visual C++ based M&S software for the integrated navigation system is implemented to check the operation of the navigation environment generation module. The reference trajectory is generated and true measurements of Global Positioning System (GPS), Korea Positioning System (KPS), and enhanced Long range navigation (eLoran) are generated from the reference trajectory. The navigation results obtained from the true measurements are compared with the reference trajectories. The results show that the measurements generated using the design generation module by the proposed method are valid and the navigation environment generation module can be applied to M&S software of the integrated navigation system.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.272-279
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• 2016

Many researches on use of local ground navigation systems can be found to overcome vulnerability of GNSS. Effective use of an altimeter is proposed in GNSS/DME integrated navigation systems. A weighted DOP based on statistics of measurement error is derived for a given vehicle motion trajectory. From the derived DOP, the vertical error is estimated. By comparing the estimated vertical error with error specification of the altimeter, use of the altimeter is determined in the GPS/DME integrated navigation systems. In order to show effectiveness of the proposed method, 50 times Monte-Carlo simulations were performed for a GPS/DME integrated navigation system. The results show that the proposed method gives more accurate navigation outputs when the number of GPS satellites in view varies.

• 한국항행학회논문지
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.526-534
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• 2019

전파 신호를 이용한 위치 추정 방법은 3개 이상의 앵커로부터 거리 측정치를 획득하여야 한다. 하지만 일반적인 건물은 좁고 기다란 복도와 모퉁이로 구성되어 있어 3개 이상의 가시 앵커를 확보하기 쉽지 않으며, 이로 인해 멀티 모달 솔루션이 발생하여 사용자의 위치를 추정하기가 어렵다. 이러한 문제를 극복하기 위해 본 논문에서는 인공신경망을 이용하여 위치를 추정하는 방법을 제안한다. 인공신경망을 이용하면 멀티 모달 솔루션이 발생하더라도 축적된 거리 측정치를 기반으로 사용자 이동 패턴 정보를 획득하여 위치를 추정할 수 있다. 해당 방법은 추가적인 장비나 센서가 필요치 않으며 오직 앵커 기반의 거리 측정치만으로 위치를 추정할 수 있다. 제안된 방법을 검증하기 위해 건물 내에 충분하지 않은 수의 앵커를 설치하여 멀티 모달 솔루션을 발생시킨 상황에서 위치 추정 테스트를 수행하였다. 그 결과 앵커의 수가 충분치 않은 상황에서도 위치를 추정할 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• 한국항해항만학회지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.23-29
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• 2004

본 논문은 EUROFIX 시스템에 적용하기 위한 Reed-Solomon 코딩에 대해서 다룬다. EUROFIX는 최근에 위성시스템의 비상수단으로서 인식되는 LORAN-C 시스템을 이용하여 DGNSS(Differential Global Navigation Satellite Systems) 정보를 전송하는 통합위치결정 시스템으로서, LORAN-C 신호 펄스열들의 펄스 위치 변조에 의한 LORAN-C 전송을 통해서 데이터 통신을 한다. 또한 통신 시스템에서 처리되는 광대한 양의 데이터에 대한 오류론 제어하기 위한 수단으로 오류 정정 부호나 정정 알고리즘이 대두되었으며, 실제로 중요한 적용요소가 되고 있다. 이에 따라 본 논문에서는 EUROFIX 정보전송의 부호화과정에서의 오류정정을 위해서 유한체 푸리에 변환을 이용한 Reed-Solomon 코드의 부호화 및 복호화에 대해서 연구하였다. 시뮬레이션을 통해서, EUROFIX 정보전송의 오류정정에 효과적인 것을 알 수 있었다.

• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.37-42
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• 2018

This paper proposed a microstrip antenna that can perform jamming of satellite signals from the GPS L5, GLONASS G3, BDS B2 frequency bands (1164 - 1217 MHz) that are employed mainly for military purposes among the GNSS frequencies using unmanned aircrafts over the enemy's sky in time of emergency. The single element in the proposed antenna can be easily mounted to unmanned aircrafts. This study analyzed the characteristics of miniaturization and beam of radiating elements by applying the image theories and perturbation effect to satisfy the uniform level at ${\pm}45^{\circ}$ of beam steering goal due to the phase delay after antenna array. The designed microstrip antenna had a miniaturized radiating element area (x-y plane), which was reduced by 76.3% compared to that of basic microstrip antenna, and its beam width was $190^{\circ}$ in the E-plane and $140^{\circ}$ in the H plane. In addition, the simulation was conducted to determine the characteristics due to the phase delay by arranging the designed single microstrip antenna by $1{\times}4$ array and the results showed that beam steering of ${\pm}45^{\circ}$ is possible in the H-plane on the basis of $0^{\circ}$. Thus, the proposed antenna was verified to be effective in satellite signal jamming in the air as it was attached to the lower end of unmanned aircrafts.

• 한국항해항만학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.15-21
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• 2002

현 시점에서 한국은 8개의 UPS국을 설치하여 운영 중에 있고, 앞으로 3개의 국을 추가하여 우리나라의 전 해역을 2중으로 커버할 계획으로 있다. 한국의 관련 정부기관에서는 NDGPS를 설치하여 우리나라 전 지역의 해상은 물론 육상의 전 지역에서의 자동차에서도 활용할 수 있는 방안을 추진 중에 있다. 이 연구에서는 해상 UPS기지국을 근간으로 사용하여 NDGPS로 육상의 전역을 커버하기 위하여 추가로 필요로 하는 NUP즐 기지국을 평가하였다. 그리고, 300kHz대 주파수의 해상 및 육상에서의 전파특성을 실측하여, 이의 결과에 따른 한국에서의 NDGPS시스템에서 필요로 하는 전반적인 사항을 제시하였다.

• 한국항해항만학회지
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.161-166
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• 2010

군사적인 용도로 사용 중인 탐지레이더는 사용대역이 점점 광대역화 되고 있으며 최근에는 Millimeter-Wave 영역까지 확장되고 있다. 탐지를 목적으로 하는 군사용 레이더의 Millimeter-Wave 사용대역은 대부분이 35 GHz와 94 GHz 영역이기 때문에 탐지 회피를 위한 전파흡수체의 설계는 필수적인 문제라 할 수 있다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 94 GHz 대역의 전파흡수체를 10 dB 이상의 흡수능을 가지도록 개발하기 위하여 연구를 진행하였으며, FDTD를 이용해 시뮬레이션 결과를 토대로 94 GHz 대역의 전파흡수체를 제작한 결과, 조성비 Binder(CPE 외 additional material) : Carbon=70 : 30 wt.%, 두께 0.7 mm에서 14 dB 이상의 흡수능을 나타내었다.

• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.11-20
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• 2016

In this paper, a system that can collect GPS L1 C/A, GLONASS G1, and BDS B1I signals with single front-end receiver was implemented using a universal software radio peripheral (USRP) and its performance was verified. To acquire the global navigation satellite system signals, hardware was configured using USRP, antenna, external low-noise amplifier, and external oscillator. In addition, a value of optimum local oscillator frequency was selected to sample signals from three systems with L1-band with a low sampling rate as much as possible. The comparison result of C/N0 between the signal collection system using the proposed method and commercial receiver using double front-end showed that the proposed system had 0.7 ~ 0.8dB higher than that of commercial receiver for GPS L1 C/A signals and 1 ~ 2 dB lower than that of commercial receiver for GLONASS G1 and BDS B1I. Through the above results, it was verified that signals collected using the three systems with a single USRP had no significant error with that of commercial receiver. In the future, it is expected that the proposed system will be combined with software-defined radio (SDR) and advanced to a receiver that has a re-configuration channel.