A Study on the Test Results and Wideband Observing of the Korean VLBI Network

KVN의 광대역 관측 시험 및 결과고찰

  • Oh, Se-Jin (Radio Astronomy Division, Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute) ;
  • Oyama, Tomoaki (Mizusawa VLBI Radio Observatory, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan) ;
  • Yeom, Jae-Hwan (Radio Astronomy Division, Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute) ;
  • Nishikawa, Takashi (Mizusawa VLBI Radio Observatory, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan) ;
  • Roh, Duk-Gyoo (Radio Astronomy Division, Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute) ;
  • Kim, Seung-Rae (Radio Astronomy Division, Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute) ;
  • Lee, Eui-Gyeom (Radio Astronomy Division, Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute) ;
  • Je, Do-Heung (Radio Astronomy Division, Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute) ;
  • Byun, Do-Young (Radio Astronomy Division, Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute) ;
  • Lee, Seong-Mo (Radio Astronomy Division, Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute) ;
  • Chung, Hyun-Soo (Radio Astronomy Division, Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute)
  • 오세진 (한국천문연구원 전파천문본부) ;
  • 오야마 토모아키 (일본국립천문대 미즈사와VLBI관측소) ;
  • 염재환 (한국천문연구원 전파천문본부) ;
  • 니시카와다카시 (일본국립천문대 미즈사와VLBI관측소) ;
  • 노덕규 (한국천문연구원 전파천문본부) ;
  • 김승래 (한국천문연구원 전파천문본부) ;
  • 이의겸 (한국천문연구원 전파천문본부) ;
  • 제도흥 (한국천문연구원 전파천문본부) ;
  • 변도영 (한국천문연구원 전파천문본부) ;
  • 이성모 (한국천문연구원 전파천문본부) ;
  • 정현수 (한국천문연구원 전파천문본부)
  • Received : 2016.09.10
  • Accepted : 2016.12.20
  • Published : 2016.12.31

Abstract

In this paper, we introduce the results of the testing and observation systems for performance wideband expansion in the Korean VLBI Network(KVN). The KVN performs VLBI observations to 1024 Mbps data rate, and 8192 Mbps observing for four simultaneous observation is now evaluating for normal operation. The VLBI stations in several world countries developed their own wideband observing systems to observe the celestial objects with high precision and high resolution or are working with several countries. The KVN is planning to introduce a high-speed sampler, OCTAD, for sampling directly up to 2048 MHz bandwidth for RF signal of K/Q/W/D band in the frequency band without conversion. Therefore, as a preliminary study for the performance scalability of the KVN then through the close cooperation with National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), the OCTAD high-speed sampler and OCTADISK2 high-speed recorder were installed in the KVN Yonsei station, and verify the performance through a wideband.

본 논문에서는 한국우주전파관측망의 성능 확장을 위해 광대역 관측시스템의 시험 및 결과에 대해 소개한다. KVN은 1024Mbps 속도로 VLBI 관측을 수행하는데, 4주파수 동시관측을 위한 8192Mbps 관측은 정규 운영을 위해 시험하고 있다. 세계 여러 VLBI 관측국에서는 높은 정밀도와 고분해능의 천체를 관측하기 위해 광대역 관측시스템을 독자적으로 개발하거나 여러 나라와 협력하고 있다. KVN은 K/Q//W/D 밴드의 RF 신호를 주파수 변환을 하지 않고 한 주파수 대역에 대해 최대 2048MHz 대역폭을 직접 샘플링하는 OCTAD 고속샘플러를 도입할 계획이다. 따라서 KVN의 성능확장을 위한 사전연구로서 일본국립천문대와의 협력을 통하여 OCTAD 고속샘플러와 데이터 기록을 위한 OCTADISK2 고속기록기를 현장에 설치한 후, 광대역 관측시험을 통하여 성능을 확인하고 그 결과를 본 논문에서 고찰하고자 한다.

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