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Implementation of Two-way Data Link using the Thuraya Geostationary Orbit Satellite

Thuraya 정지궤도 위성을 이용한 양방향 데이터 링크 구현

  • Jang, Won-Chang (Department of Electrical, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Korea University of Technology and Education) ;
  • Lee, Myung-Eui (Department of Electrical, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Korea University of Technology and Education)
  • 장원창 (한국기술교육대학교 전기전자통신공학부) ;
  • 이명의 (한국기술교육대학교 전기전자통신공학부)
  • Received : 2019.06.14
  • Accepted : 2019.10.01
  • Published : 2019.10.31

Abstract

Satellite communication is not used by many people like mobile communication, but it is a necessary technology for public service and communication services, such as providing the Internet in military, disaster, remote education and medical services, island areas, and infrastructure vulnerable areas. However, most communication modems have problems with two-way communication with server as IP addresses are assigned to floating IP that change every time they communicate with the network. In this paper, we used the Raspberry Pi as the controller of the terminal device to communicate the network through the satellite modem and the PPP protocol, and to solve the problem of the modem with the floating IP, we used the text message function of the satellite modem. Through this process, two-way data links using the Thuraya geostationary orbit satellite were implemented.

위성통신은 이동통신처럼 많은 사람이 사용하지는 않으나 군사용, 재난용, 원격 교육용 및 의료용, 도서 지역, 인프라 취약지역에서의 인터넷 제공 등 공공성, 통신서비스를 위하여 꼭 필요한 기술이다. 하지만 대부분의 통신 모뎀은 네트워크 통신을 할 때 IP주소가 매번 바뀌는 유동 IP로 할당받아 서버와의 양방향 통신에서의 문제점이 발생한다. 본 논문에서는 단말 장치의 제어기로 라즈베리 파이를 사용하여 위성 모뎀과 PPP 프로토콜을 통한 네트워크 통신을 하였으며 유동 IP를 갖는 모뎀에 대한 문제점을 해결하기 위하여 위성 모뎀의 문자 메시지 기능을 이용하였다. 이를 통하여 Thuraya 정지궤도 위성을 이용한 양방향 데이터 링크를 구현하였다.

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