• 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.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2007년도 심포지엄 논문집 정보 및 제어부문
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• pp.381-382
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• 2007

Recently fishing industry is interested in efficient and automated fishing implementations to reach the level of the international leading technology. One of the important device used in fishing boat is an automated electric compass that harnesses the GPS and terrestrial magnetic sensor. The electric compass is desired to be minimized in size while keeping a high effectiveness in the characteristic of a magnetic compass. This device also can be used as a heading angle sensor to construct auto-navigation system in a small size of ships. However, there exists measurement errors induced from the slope of terrestrial magnetic sensor caused by the motion of boat. In this paper, a method has been proposed removing the measurement error arising from the slope of terrestrial magnetic sensor when the ship is in motion. We have designed a sensor with two DOF(degree of freedom) and a weight to maintain the horizontality of the sensor. Through this research, the hardware has been designed and also a test has been performed. The test shows a promissory result.

• 한국측량학회지
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• 제36권5호
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• pp.395-401
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• 2018

Recently, most of mobile devices are equipped with GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System). When the GNSS signal is available, it is easy to obtain position information. However, GNSS is not suitable solution for indoor localization, since the signals are normally not reachable inside buildings. A wide varieties of technology have been developed as a solution for indoor localization such as Wi-Fi, beacons, and inertial sensor. With the increased sensor combinations in mobile devices, mobile devices also became feasible to provide a solution, which based on PDR (Pedestrian Dead Reckoning) method. In this study, we utilized the combination of three sensors equipped in mobile devices including accelerometer, digital compass, and gyroscope and applied three representative PDR methods. The proposed methods are done in three stages; step detection, step length estimation, and heading determination and the final indoor localization result was evaluated with terrestrial LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) data obtained in the same test site. By using terrestrial LiDAR data as reference ground truth for PDR in two differently designed experiments, the inaccuracy of PDR methods that could not be found by existing evaluation method could be revealed. The firstexperiment included extreme direction change and combined with similar pace size. Second experiment included smooth direction change and irregular step length. In using existing evaluation method which only checks traveled distance, The results of two experiments showed the mean percentage error of traveled distance estimation resulted from three different algorithms ranging from 0.028 % to 2.825% in the first experiment and 0.035% to 2.282% in second experiment, which makes it to be seen accurately estimated. However, by using the evaluation method utilizing terrestrial LiDAR data, the performance of PDR methods emerged to be inaccurate. In the firstexperiment, the RMSEs (Root Mean Square Errors) of x direction and y direction were 0.48 m and 0.41 m with combination of the best available algorithm. However, the RMSEs of x direction and y direction were 1.29 m and 3.13 m in the second experiment. The new evaluation result reveals that the PDR methods were not effective enough to find out exact pedestrian position information opposed to the result from existing evaluation method.

• 한국항행학회논문지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.61-68
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• 2011

차세대 유럽형 디지털 지상파 방송 표준으로 알려진 DVB-T2 시스템은 ASO(Analogue Switch Off) 이후, HD급 이상의 고품격 방송 서비스 제공을 위해서 DVB 프로젝트에 의해 개발된 최신 유럽형 지상파 방송 표준이다. 본 논문에서는 DVB-T2 시스템의 전체적인 시스템 구조 및 특징을 대략적으로 기술하고, 다양한 채널환경에서 성능을 분석하였다. 실험에 사용한 채널은 AWGN 채널, 레일리 채널, 라이시안 채널, 0db-echo 채널이며, ETSI EN 302 755 표준에 따라서 제작된 Full 시뮬레이터를 통해 전산실험을 수행한 후, Implementation Guideline에서 제시하고 있는 성능과 비교 평가하였다.

• 한국측량학회지
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• 제39권5호
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• pp.313-319
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• 2021

The national geodetic reference frame of Korea was adopted in 2003, which is referenced to ITRF (International Terrestrial Reference Frame) 2000 at the epoch of January 1, 2002. For precise positioning based on the satellites, it should be thoroughly maintained to the newest global reference frame. Other than plate tectonic motion, there are significant events or changes such as earthquakes, antenna replacement, PSD (Post-Seismic Deformation), seasonal variation etc. We processed three years of GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) data(60 NGII CORS stations, 51 IGS core stations) to produce daily solutions minimally constrained to ITRF. From the time series of daily solutions, the sites with unexpected discontinuity were identified to set up an event(mostly antenna replacement). The combined solution with minimum constraints was estimated along with the velocity, the offsets, and the periodic signals. The residuals show that the surrounding environment also affects the time series to a certain degree, thus it should be improved eventually. The transformation parameters to ITRF2014 were calculated with stability and consistency, which means the national geodetic reference frame is properly aligned to the global reference frame.

• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.53-57
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• 2017

eLoran refers to a terrestrial navigation system using high-power low-frequency signals. Thus, it can be regarded as a positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) system to back up a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) or an alternative to GNSS. South Korea is vulnerable to interference such as GNSS jamming in particular. Therefore, South Korea has made an effort to develop an independent navigation system through eLoran system. More particularly, an eLoran testbed has been developed to be used in the northwest sea area and research on applicability of eLoran in South Korea has been underway. The present study analyzes expected performance of eLoran according to locations of newly built eLoran transmitting stations as part of the eLoran testbed research. The performance of eLoran is analyzed in terms of horizontal position accuracy, and horizontal dilution of precision (HDOP) information was used since it affects accuracy significantly. The target service areas of the eLoran testbed are Incheon and Pyeongtaek Ports, and the required target performance is positioning accuracy of 20 m position within 30 km coverage of the target service area.

• 한국항행학회논문지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.374-381
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• 2023

본 연구는 기존 UAM에서 주로 사용하는GNSS 항법과 협동 운용할 수 있도록 지상기반 C밴드 주파수(5.03~5.15GHz)를 이용한 전파항법 VOR/DME 구현에 관한 것이다. 이것은 항공우주를 감독하는 미연방항공국 규칙 Title 14 CFR- Aeronautics and Space 135.165에서 제시한 '2개 이상의 독립적인 항법소스를 비행체에 적용' 규정사항을 충분히 만족할 수 있는 항법기술 중 하나이다. 본 연구에서는 무인항공기용 주파수 5.03~5.15 GHz를 사용하였으며, 무인항공기에서 도착 버티포트까지의 방위각과 거리정보를 획득에 필요한 VOR/DME 시스템 구현을 수행하였다. 이를 위하여, 전파 전파경로 손실분석에 의한 링크버짓 도출, 소형화된 도플러 VOR용 안테나 형상설계 및 기존 항공기용 보다 측위거리 해상도가 향상된 DME 설계 등을 수반하였다. 본 연구 결과물은 지상기지국과 UAM에 장착할 수 있는 단말기로 구성되며, 각각 시제품 제작 및 주요 성능검증을 수행하였다.

• 한국항해항만학회지
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• 제43권6호
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• pp.429-436
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• 2019

위성항법시스템의 취약성에 따른 보완 시스템의 필요가 높아지면서, eLoran 시스템이 가장 현실적인 대안으로 인정받고 있다. 우리나라도 서해 일부 지역에서 eLoran 시스템의 테스트베드 구축 사업을 진행 중에 있다. 전 해양지역에 안정적인 서비스를 제공하기 위해서는 추가적인 송신국 설치가 필요하지만. 여러가지 현실적인 이유로 인해 추진되기 어렵다. 이런 문제를 해결하기 위해 기존의 NDGNSS 기준국과 AIS 기지국을 활용한 측위기술이 개발되고 있다. 이미 운영 중인 NDGNSS 기준국, AIS 기지국을 활용하면 전 해상에서 보다 높은 정확도의 탄력적 항법시스템 운용이 가능해질 수 있다. 그렇기 때문에 각 시스템이 통합운영 되었을 때의 성능을 예측하는 것은 중요하다. 본 논문에서는 eLoran 시스템과 전국의 NDGNSS의 해양기준국, AIS 기지국을 활용한 지상파 통합항법시스템의 성능을 예측할 수 있는 시뮬레이션 툴을 제작하였다. ITU에서 배포한 송출 주파수와 거리에 따른 신호 세기, 대기잡음 등을 고려해 Cramer-Rao Lower Bound로 수신 신호의 측정 거리 오차를 계산하였다. 추가적으로, 실제로 전국의 NDGNSS 해양기준국에서 수집된 DGPS 신호 정보를 통해 300 kHz 신호의 연평균 대기잡음을 추정해 시뮬레이션 결과를 보다 정확하게 하였다. 해당 결과는 추후 진행될 지상파통합항법시스템 개발에 유용하게 활용될 것으로 기대된다.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.13-19
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• 2016

In recent years, there has been renewed activity in the study of local plasma density enhancements in the low latitude F region ionosphere (low latitude plasma blobs). Satellite, all-sky airglow imager, and radar measurements have identified the characteristics of these blobs, and their coupling to Equatorial Plasma Bubbles (EPBs). New information related to blobs has also been obtained from the Communication/Navigation Outage Forecasting System (C/NOFS) satellite. In this paper, we briefly review experimental, theoretical and modeling studies related to low latitude plasma blobs.

• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.101-108
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• 2013

GPS is the most widely-used Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) system. Since GPS is an important PNT infrastructure, the vulnerability of GPS to signal jamming has received significant attention. Especially, South Korea has experienced intentional high-power jamming from North Korea for the past three years, and thus realized the necessity of a complementary PNT system. South Korea recently decided to deploy a high-power terrestrial navigation system, eLoran, as a complementary PNT system. According to the plan, the initial operational capability of the Korean eLoran system is expected by 2016, and the full operational capability is expected by 2018. As a necessary research tool to support the Korean eLoran program, an eLoran performance simulation tool for Korea is under development. In this paper, the received signal strength, which is necessary to simulate eLoran performance, from the suggested Korean eLoran transmitters is simulated with the consideration of effective ground conductivities over Korea. Then, eLoran signal-to-noise ratios are also simulated based on atmospheric noise data over Korea. This basic simulation tool will be expanded to estimate the navigation performance (e.g., accuracy, integrity, continuity, and availability) of the Korean eLoran system.