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Non-coherent TOA Estimation Method based on IR-UWB in Multiple SOP Environments

다중 SOP 환경하에서 IR-UWB 기반의 Non-coherent TOA 추정 기법

  • 박운용 (숭실대학교 정보통신전자공학부 통신 및 신호처리연구실) ;
  • 박철웅 (숭실대학교 정보통신공학과) ;
  • 최성수 (한국전기연구원 융합기술연구단) ;
  • 이원철 (숭실대학교 정보통신전자공학부 통신 및 신호처리연구실)
  • Published : 2007.11.30
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Abstract

This paper proposes a novel non-coherent TOA estimation scheme using multiple correlation process on the existence of multiple simultaneously operating piconets (SOPs). Impulse radio-ultra wideband (IR-UWB) based on direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) using Gold sequence is employed in order to discriminate each piconet. In order to enhance the characteristic of correlation, this paper presents the method of multiple mask operation (MMO). The time of arrival (TOA) of direct line of sight (DLOS) path is estimated via two step coarse/fine timing detection. To verify the performance of proposed scheme, two distinct channel models approved by IEEE 802.15.4a Task Group (TG) are considered. According to the simulation results, it could conclude that the proposed scheme have performed better performance than the conventional method well even in densed indoor multi-path environment as well as in the existence of multiple SOPs.

본 논문에서는 다수의 피코넷들이 공존 (Simultaneously Operating Piconets; SOP) 하는 환경하에서 다중 상관처리를 이용한 새로운 Non-coherent TOA 추정 기법을 제안한다. SOP 환경에서 각 피코넷들을 구분하기 위해서 Gold 시퀀스를 이용한 DSSS (Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum) 기반의 IR-UWB (Impulse Radio-Ultra WideBand) 신호를 사용하였으며 상관 특성을 개선시키기 위해서 다중 마스트 처리 (Multiple Mask Operation; MMO) 방안을 제시하였다. 직접 LOS 경로에 대한 도착 시간 (Time Of Arrival; TOA) 정보는 2단계의 대략적인(Coarse)/ 정밀 (Fine) 타이밍 검출 과정을 통해 획득된다. 제안된 기법에 대한 성능을 검증하기 위해서 IEEE 802.15.4a TG (Task Group)에서 제시한 두 채널 모델을 적용하였고 시뮬레이션 결과로부터 제안된 기법이 다수개의 피코넷이 공존하는 다중 경로 환경에서 일반적인 단일 상관 처리 기법보다 성능이 개선됨을 확인하였다.

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