• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.71-82
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• 2024

This paper proposes a new communication system for e-learning applications to mitigate the negative impacts of COVID-19 where the online massive demands impact the current commu-nications systems infrastructures and capabilities. The proposed system utilizes high-altitude platforms (HAPs) for fast and efficient connectivity provision to bridge the communication in-frastructure gap in the current pandemic. The system model is investigated, and its performance is analyzed using adaptive antenna arrays to achieve high quality and high transmission data rates at the student premises. In addition, the single beam and multibeam HAP radio coverage scenarios are examined using tapered uniform concentric circular arrays to achieve feasible communication link requirements.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.175-181
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• 2006

This paper addresses an in-depth analysis of the stratosphere-to-Earth co-channel interference produced by high-altitude platforms (HAPs) and proposes a new methodology for the evaluation of its impact to terrestrial systems in terms of fractional degradation in performance, taking into account parameters such as HAP's mobility, realistic distribution of azimuth and elevation angles of the terrestrial microwave links (TMLs), and gradual high-altitude platform network (HAPN) loading. Simulations performed for different HAPN configurations, prove that the implementation of the methodology proposed, may lead to a more efficient use of the spectrum shared between the two services.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.467-474
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• 2004

In a High Altitude Platform (HAP) cellular communications network, each cell may be served by a dedicated spot-beam antenna. The antennas' beam properties and their spatial overlap control the co-channel interference. In prior literature, radiation patterns have been approximated by a main lobe followed by a constant sidelobe floor. A network of 121 cells has been studied and the method is here extended to the use of more realistic radiation patterns based on the theoretical aperture antenna patterns. This allows for the comparison of the effect of different aperture field tapers, which lead to reduced sidelobe levels and hence higher system capacity but also a more massive antenna payload.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.233-242
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• 2003

우리나라 남동해안의 최남단 지역에서는 지금까지 안정된 지괴로 알려져 왔으며 4기단층이나 지진 발생 보고가 알려져 있지 않다. 이 연구는 우리나라 최초로 시행된 디지털(digital) 기법에 의한 단구조사와 단열조사를 통하여 이 지역에 대한 제 4기 지구조운동 여부를 규명하고자 하였다. 조사지역의 기반암은 백악기의 퇴적암류와 화산암류 및 불국사 화강암류로 구성되어 있다. 이 지역에는 매우 협소하고 간헐적인 분포를 하는 해안단구가 발달하고 있으며 타지역과는 달리 단구 퇴적물이 거의 발달하지 않고 있는 점이 특징이다. 이 지역에는 최하위의 홀로세 단구를 포함하여 4개의 단구면이 형성되어 있으며, 이들은 최하위의 것부터 1, 2, 3, 4 단구로 분류된다. 1단구의 구정선은 1m 이하, 2단구의 구정선은 8∼11m, 3단구의 구정선은 17∼22m, 4단구의 구정선은 약 44m이다. 2단구의 형성시기는 MIS 5a이고 이 곳의 3단구 형성시기는 MIS 5c이다. 단구 형성시기와 융기된 단구 고도간의 상관관계 그래프와 고해 수면 변동곡선과 단구고도간의 대비에 의하여 산출된 융기율은 0.19m/ky이다. 이와 같은 값은 판 경계부보다 활동성이 적은 판 내부에서 나타나는 값으로 우리나라의 남동해안의 지각은 대체로 안정된 지괴로 판명된다. 그러나, 각 단구의 구정선 고도는 매우 미약하지만 점이적으로 남쪽으로 가면서 감소하는 현상을 보이고 있어 우리나라의 남동해안의 남단부에는 침강운동이 일어나고 있는 것으로 해석된다.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.153-160
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• 2002

High Altitude Platforms-craft maintaining stations in the stratosphere at altitudes of around 20 km-have been proposed as a means of supporting wireless telecommunications. They could exploit the best aspects of both terrestrial and satellite systems and support efficient frequency re-use plans. For solar powered platforms the power available for the downlink amplifiers may be minimal, particularly at night and/or higher latitudes. This paper discusses a novel type of link based on a modulated retro-directive transponder carried by the HAP. Relying chiefly on the ground station infrastructure, this would substantially reduce power consumption on the platform. We investigate the efficiency of the transponder aperture as a function of its area by developing general models for losses in the transmission lines which interconnect antenna pairs in the retro-directive array.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제27권4B호
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• pp.275-280
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• 2002

인터넷 서비스 및 이동통신 서비스 등에 대한 사용자들의 더 많은 욕구를 충족시키기 위하여 무선통신은 많은 발전을 거듭해 왔다. 그 중에서 차세대 무선통신을 주도할 인프라 중의 하나가 HAPS(High Altitude Platform Station : 성층전 통신시스템)이다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 HAPS를 사용하여 이동통신 시스템을 구축하였을 때의 오수신 확률에 대해 분석하였다. 먼저, 반송파 대 간섭 전력비를 파라메타로 하는 오수신확률을 유도하고, 이에 대한 해석결과를 수치계산 및 시뮬레이션하였다. 그 결과, 오수신 확률은 반송파 대 간섭 전력비(C/I)와 페이딩 심도(K)에 의해 큰 영향을 받게 되어, 일정한 C/I에 대해 K가 증가할수록, 일정한 K에 대해 C/I가 증가할수록 감소되어짐을 확인할 수 있었다. 또한, 앙각 30$^{\circ}$를 가지는 하나의 비행선 모델을 24개의 비행선 모델로 확장하면, 상대적으로 많은 간섭 원으로 인해서 반송파 대 간섭 전력비가 나빠짐을 알 수 있었다.

• Current Optics and Photonics
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• 제7권5호
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• pp.545-556
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• 2023

This paper introduces volume-sharing multi-aperture imaging (VMAI), a potential approach proposed for volume reduction in space-borne imagers, with the aim of achieving high-resolution ground spatial imagery using deep learning methods, with reduced volume compared to conventional approaches. As an intermediate step in the VMAI payload development, we present a phase-1 design targeting a 1-meter ground sampling distance (GSD) at 500 km altitude. Although its optical imaging capability does not surpass conventional approaches, it remains attractive for specific applications on small satellite platforms, particularly surveillance missions. The design integrates one wide-field and three narrow-field cameras with volume sharing and no optical interference. Capturing independent images from the four cameras, the payload emulates a large circular aperture to address diffraction and synthesizes high-resolution images using deep learning. Computational simulations validated the VMAI approach, while addressing challenges like lower signal-to-noise (SNR) values resulting from aperture segmentation. Future work will focus on further reducing the volume and refining SNR management.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제42권5호
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• pp.643-657
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• 2020

Sixth generation will exploit satellite, aerial, and terrestrial platforms jointly to improve radio access capability and unlock the support of on-demand edge cloud services in three-dimensional (3D) space, by incorporating mobile edge computing (MEC) functionalities on aerial platforms and low-orbit satellites. This will extend the MEC support to devices and network elements in the sky and forge a space-borne MEC, enabling intelligent, personalized, and distributed on-demand services. End users will experience the impression of being surrounded by a distributed computer, fulfilling their requests with apparently zero latency. In this paper, we consider an architecture that provides communication, computation, and caching (C3) services on demand, anytime, and everywhere in 3D space, integrating conventional ground (terrestrial) base stations and flying (non-terrestrial) nodes. Given the complexity of the overall network, the C3 resources and management of aerial devices need to be jointly orchestrated via artificial intelligence-based algorithms, exploiting virtualized network functions dynamically deployed in a distributed manner across terrestrial and non-terrestrial nodes.

• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.64-75
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• 2005

The Stratospheric Airship Platform (SAP) has a capability of performing the autonomous and guidance flight to satisfy given missions. To be used as the High Altitude Platforms (HAPs), the capabilities of controlling platform's accurate position and keeping the station point are the most important features. Under this circumstances Autonomous Flight Control System (AFCS) is a critical system and plays a key role in achieving the given requirements and succeeding in missions. In this paper, the design and analysis results of the AFCS algorithms and controller are presented. The brief summary of the AFCS hardware structure is also explained. The autopilot controller and guidance logics were designed based on the linear dynamics of the unmanned airship platform and the full nonlinear dynamics was considered to evaluate and verify their performances.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.58-66
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• 2015

Aeronautical communication networks (ACN) is an emerging concept in which aeronautical stations (AS) are considered as a part of multi-tier network for the future wireless communication system. An AS could be a commercial plane, helicopter, or any other low orbit station, i.e., Unmanned air vehicle, high altitude platform. The goal of ACN is to provide high throughput and cost effective communication network for aeronautical applications (i.e., Air traffic control (ATC), air traffic management (ATM) communications, and commercial in-flight Internet activities), and terrestrial networks by using aeronautical platforms as a backbone. In this paper, we investigate the issues about connectivity, throughput, and delay in ACN. First, topology of ACN is presented as a simple mobile ad hoc network and connectivity analysis is provided. Then, by using information obtained from connectivity analysis, we investigate two communication models, i.e., single-hop and two-hop, in which each source AS is communicating with its destination AS with or without the help of intermediate relay AS, respectively. In our throughput analysis, we use the method of finding the maximum number of concurrent successful transmissions to derive ACN throughput upper bounds for the two communication models. We conclude that the two-hop model achieves greater throughput scaling than the single-hop model for ACN and multi-hop models cannot achieve better throughput scaling than two-hop model. Furthermore, since delay issue is more salient in two-hop communication, we characterize the delay performance and derive the closed-form average end-to-end delay for the two-hop model. Finally, computer simulations are performed and it is shown that ACN is robust in terms of throughput and delay performances.