• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.188-193
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• 2010

With GPS being the primary navigation system, Loran use is in steep decline. However, according to the final report of vulnerability assessment of the transportation infrastructure relying on the global positioning system prepared by the John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, there are current attempts to enhance and re-popularize Loran as a GPS backup system through the characteristic of the ground based low frequency navigation system. To advance the Loran system such as Loran-C modernization and eLoran development, research is definitely needed in the field of Loran-C receiver signal processing as well as Loran-C signal design and the technology of a receiver. We have developed a set of Matlab tools, which implement a software Loran-C receiver that performs the receiver's position determination through the following procedure. The procedure consists of receiving the Loran-C signal, cycle selection, calculation of the TDOA and range, and receiver's position determination through the Least Square Method. We experiences the effect of an incorrect cycle selection and various error factors (ECD, ASF, sky wave, CRI, etc.) from the result of the Loran-C signal processing. It is apparent that researches which focus on the elimination and mitigation of various error factors need to be investigated on a software Loran-C receiver. These aspects will be explored in further work through the method such as PLL and Kalman filtering.

• 융합신호처리학회논문지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.107-112
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• 2011

GPS의 원자시계 이상 및 신호 취약 현상에 대비하기 위해 유럽의 갈릴레오, 중국의 BEIDOU, 일본의 QZSS 등 세계 선진각국은 GPS에 독립적인 위성항법시스템을 구축하고 있다. 또한, 위성항법시스템의 백업 용도로 지상항법 시스템인 Loran의 현대화 시스템인 eLoran에 대한 연구가 진행되고 있다. 국내에서도 독자항법에 대한 필요성이 거론되며 GPS에 대한 백업 용도로 Loran 시스템의 현대화를 통한 시각동기 인프라로서의 활용성에 대한 요구가 증대되고 있다. Loran 선호는 100Khz 대역으로 지형환경에 영향을 받는 지표파이다. 지표파는 지형의 전도율과 고도에 의해 전파의 전달 시 추가 지연인 ASF가 발생하고 이 추가 지연은 Loran 항법 및 시각동기에 오차를 유발하는 중요한 요소이다. 이에, ASF의 보정 방법은 Loran과 eLoran 항법에 매우 중요하다. 본 논문은 Loran 신호가 지형의 특성에 따라 지연되는 전파 지연 모델을 소개하고 효율적인 전파 지연 보정 방법을 제안하기 위해 전파모델링에 의한 예측값과 실측값을 비교 분석한 결과를 제시한다.

• 한국항해항만학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국항해항만학회 2017년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.190-192
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• 2017

현재 로란-C 수신기는 단종 되었고 예비품도 없으며, eLoran 시스템이 개발 중에 있다. 이 점들을 미루어 봤을 때, 로란-C 신호가 수신되는 eLoran 수신기를 구입할 필요가 있다. 또한, 일본 송신국 폐국으로 인한 로란-C 커버리지 감소로 현 감시국의 수신감도가 좋지 않아 감시국을 이설할 필요가 있다.

• 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.

• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.229-234
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• 2021

In this paper, a study was conducted on the power amplifier control required to design an eLoran transmitter system using a low-height antenna. The eLoran transmitter developed during the eLoran technology development project conducted in Korea used a small 35 m antenna due to the difficulty of securing a site for antenna installation. This antenna height is very low compared to the height of 750 m which is required for eLoran 100 kHz signal transmission without any radiation loss. In the case of using such a small antenna, not only the radiation efficiency of the transmission is lowered, but also the power module control must be performed more precisely in order to transmit the eLoran standard signal. The equivalent RLC circuit of the transmitter system was implemented and transient analysis was conducted to derive the input required voltage for satisfying the output requirement. The voltage waveform was also generated by the RLC circuit analysis to generate the eLoran signal. Furthermore, we suggest power width modulation method to control eLoran power amplifier module more sophisticatedly.

• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.153-158
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• 2021

In order to mitigate the vulnerability of the satellite navigation system against radio frequency interference, South Korea has been developing advanced terrestrial navigation system (eLoran) technology since 2016. The eLoran system synchronizes the transmission time of the pulse used in the existing Loran-C system with UTC and transmits correction information that can improve the position error. The eLoran system is known to reduce the position error of about 460 m of the existing Loran-C system to 20 m, and for this, the transmitter must be able to transmit eLoran signals according to more stringent standards. For this reason, an international standard that further developed the Loran-C signal standard established by US Coast Guard was established by Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International. In this paper, based on the analysis of the SAE9990 document, the international standard for eLoran transmission signals, a standard inspection process was produced to check whether the eLoran transmitter is transmitting signals in accordance with the standard.

• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.23-28
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• 2022

The eLoran system is a high-power terrestrial navigation system that is recognized as the most appropriate alternative to complement the GNSS's vulnerability to radio frequency interference. Accordingly, Korea has conducted eLoran technology development projects since 2016. The eLoran system developed in Korea provides 20 m positioning accuracy to maritime user in Incheon and Pyeongtaek harbor. To accurately calculate the position with the eLoran signal, it is necessary to apply a compensation method that mitigates the propagation delay. In this paper, we develop the compensation method to mitigate the eLoran signal propagation delay and evaluate the positioning performance in Incheon harbor. The propagation delay due to the terrain characteristics is pre-surveyed and stored in the user receiver. Real-time fluctuations in propagation delay compared to the pre-stored data are mitigated by the temporal correction generated at a nearby differential Loran station. Finally, two performance evaluation tests were performed to verify the positioning accuracy of the Korean eLoran system. The first test took place in December 2020 and the second in April 2021. As a result, the Korean eLoran service has been confirmed to provide 20 m location accuracy without GPS.

• 한국항해항만학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국항해항만학회 2017년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.193-195
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• 2017

본 논문에서는 위성항법시스템의 신호 취약성에 대비 가능한 대표적인 백업 PNT 시스템인 eLoran 시스템의 기술개발 현황에 대해 다룬다. eLoran 서비스 시범운영을 위한 테스트베드 구성과 eLoran 신호의 생성 및 변조와 함께 신호를 증폭하여 방송하는 송신기 시스템, 송신국 신호에 대한 오차를 계산하여 사용자에게 제공하기 위한 보정기준국 시스템, eLoran 시스템 통합 운영 및 관리를 위한 통합운영관리시스템과 그 기술개발 현황에 대해 설명하고, 백업 PNT 서비스를 향한 향후 계획에 대해 논의한다.

• 한국항행학회논문지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.289-295
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• 2019

국제항로표지협회에서는 해양 분야에서 활용하는 백업항법시스템의 경우 항만 입출항시 10 m의 수평정확도를 보장하도록 요구하고 있다. 대표적인 해양분야의 백업항법시스템인 eLoran은 10 m 이내의 수평 정확도를 만족함이 증명되었지만, 수신환경에 따라 항법성능이 저하되기도 한다. 특히 수신 안테나 주변의 잡음 및 멀티패스 등으로 인한 요인으로 인해 특정 상황에서는 항법 자체가 불가능해지기도 한다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 환경에서 항만입출항 조건의 수평정확도 요구성능을 만족하기 위하여 UAV(unmanned aerial vehicles)를 활용한 선박의 백업항법시스템을 설계하였다. eLoran 신호 수신에 영향을 주는 주변 환경의 영향을 감소시키기 위하여 UAV에 카메라, IMU센서, eLoran 안테나 및 수신기를 장착하였으며, 선박의 안테나보다 높은 곳에서 카메라를 이용하여 랜드마크를 추적하고 일정 범위 내에서 eLoran 신호 수신과 위치 및 자세를 제어하도록 설계하였다. 선박에서는 UAV로부터 수신한 영상 및 자세 정보와 eLoran 신호를 이용한 선박기반 측위결과를 이용해 항만 입출항 시 수평정확도 요구성능을 만족할 수 있다.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.295-299
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• 2007

This paper presents the ASF(Additional Secondary Factor) modeling of DGPS beacon signal. In addition to DGPS's original purpose, the feasibility to utilize DGPS system for timing and navigation has been studied. For timing and navigation, the positioning system must know the accurate time delay of signal traveling from the transmitter to receiver. Then the delay can be used to compute the user position. The DGPS beacon signal transmits the data using medium frequency, which travels through the surface and cause the additional delay rather than the speed of light according to conductivities and elevations of the irregular terrain. We introduce the modeling of additional delay(ASF) and present the results of implementation. The similar approach is Locan-C. Loran-C has been widely used as the maritime location system and was enhanced to E-Loran(Enhanced Loran). E-Loran system uses the ASF estimation method and is able to provide the more precise location service. However there was rarely research on this area in Korea. Hence, we introduce the ASF and its estimation model. With the comparison of the same condition and data from the original Monteath model and ASF estimation data of Loran system respectively, we guarantee that the implementation is absolutely perfect. For further works, we're going to apply the ASF estimation model to Korean DGPS beacon system with the Korean terrain data.