• 전기학회논문지
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• 제66권6호
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• pp.949-954
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• 2017

Multiple input, multiple output orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (MIMO OFDM) systems are the candidate for the future wireless communications. However, the main drawback of MIMO OFDM systems is their sensitivity to carrier frequency offset (CFO) similar to the single input, single output OFDM (SISO OFDM) systems. The demodulation of a signal with CFO causes large bit error rate and degrade the performance of a symbol synchronizer. It is important to estimate the frequency offset and minimize or eliminate its impact. In this paper, we propose a technique based on observation training symbols for estimating CFO by employing block-by-block estimation for SISO OFDM systems. The technique of SISO OFDM is extended to the MIMO OFDM systems. Simulation results show that the proposed techniques have a superior performance and better accuracy compared to the conventional techniques in the sense of mean square error.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제43권6호
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• pp.978-990
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• 2021

This article presents techniques for improved estimation of symbol timing offset (STO) and carrier frequency offset (CFO) for dual-polarization (DP) orthogonal frequency division multiplex (DP-OFDM) systems. Recently, quaternion multiple-input multiple-output OFDM has been proposed for high spectral efficiency communication systems, which can flexibly explore different types of diversities such as space, time, frequency, and polarization. This article focuses on synchronization techniques for DP-OFDM systems using a cyclic prefix, where the application of quaternion algebra leads to new improved estimators. Simulations performed for DP system methods show faster reduction of STO estimator variance with a double-slope line in the logvariance line versus signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) plot compared with singlepolarization (SP) counterparts, and simulations for CFO estimates show a 3-dB gain of DP over SP estimates for same SNR values defined, respectively, for quaternion-valued or complex-valued signals. Cramer-Rao bounds for STO and CFO are derived for the synchronization methods, correlating with the observed gains of DP over SP OFDM systems.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2014

최근 OFDM시스템의 부반송파의 묶음을 각각 다른 사용자에게 할당하는 다중접속 기법인 OFDMA 기법이 멀티미디어 통신의 무선 다중 접속 능력 때문에 큰 주목을 받고 있다. 기존의 OFDM 통신 시스템에서 채널을 통과한 수신신호를 복조할 때 여러 가지 방법을 사용하는데, 채널을 통과할 때 CFO(carrier frequency offset)와 샘플링을 할 때 SFO(sampling frequency offset)이 생기게 된다. 이러한 주파수 오프셋 때문에 복조를 할 때 정확한 신호를 검출 할 수 없게 된다. 본 논문에서는 다중 사용자 환경인 OFDMA에서 이 CFO와 SFO에 대한 영향력을 감소하는 방법을 제시한다. 또한 CFO로 인하여 MUI(multi user interface)가 생기는데 이는 서로 다른 사용자들 간의 간섭으로 인해 생기는 것으로 일종의 잡음(nosie)라고 볼 수 있다. 이 MUI에 관한 것을 재귀적인 알고리즘을 사용하여 상쇄(cancellation)하고 또 CFO와 SFO에 대한 값을 추정하고 최소화하여 기존의 CFO와 SFO가 일어난 OFDM의 신호에 대한 검출보다 더 좋게 검출을 할 수 있는 알고리즘을 제안한다.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.284-293
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• 2005

A critical issue in applications involving networks of wireless sensors is their ability to synchronize, and mitigate the fading propagation channel effects. Especially when distributed 'slave' sensors (nodes) reach-back to communicate with the 'master' sensor (gateway), low power cooperative schemes are well motivated. Viewing each node as an antenna element in a multi-input multi-output (MIMO) multi-antenna system, we design pilot patterns to estimate the multiple carrier frequency offsets (CFO), and the multiple channels corresponding to each node-gateway link. Our novel pilot scheme consists of non-zero pilot symbols along with zeros, which separate nodes in a time division multiple access (TDMA) fashion, and lead to low complexity schemes because CFO and channel estimators per node are decoupled. The resulting training algorithm is not only suitable for wireless sensor networks, but also for synchronization and channel estimation of single- and multi-carrier MIMO systems. We investigate the performance of our estimators analytically, and with simulations.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제12권8호
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• pp.3704-3724
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• 2018

This paper proposes an advanced turbo receiver with joint inter-carrier interference (ICI) self cancellation and channel equalization for multiple-input multiple-output orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (MIMO-OFDM) systems over rapidly time-varying channel environment. The ICI caused by impairment of local oscillators and carrier frequency offset (CFO) is the major problem for MIMO-OFDM communication systems. The existing schemes (conjugate cancellation (CC) and phase rotated conjugate cancellation (PRCC)) that deal with the ICI cancellation and channel equalization can't provide satisfactory performance over time-varying channels. In term of error rate performance and low computational complexity, ICI self cancellation is the best choice. So, this paper proposes a turbo receiver to deal with the problem of joint ICI self cancellation and channel equalization. We employ the adaptive phase rotations in the receiver to effectively track the CFO variations without feeding back the CFO estimate to the transmitter as required in traditional existing scheme. We also give some simulations to verify the proposed scheme. The proposed schene outperforms the existing schemes.

• 대한전자공학회논문지TC
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• 제45권5호
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• pp.21-29
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• 2008

본 논문은 IEEE802.11n 시스템의 반송파 주파수 옵셋 추정 알고리즘을 제안한다. IEEE802.11n 시스템은 다중 송수신 안테나 시스템이므로 종래의 단일 송수신 안테나 시스템에 적용되는 알고리즘과는 다르게 다중 수신부에서 적용 가능한 결합 기법을 고려하여 적용하여야 한다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 IEEE802.11n 과 같은 다중 수신 안테나 시스템에서 적용 가능한 수신기 결합 구조의 반송파 주파수 옵셋 추정 알고리즘을 제안하고, 제안하는 선택적 결합 반송파 주파수 옵셋 추정 알고리즘이 종래의 알고리즘보다 SNR 10dB에서 채널 B 인 경우에 1/10, 채널 D 인 경우에 1/2 의 MSE 오류로 추정이 가능함을 확인하였다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제34권8C호
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• pp.742-749
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• 2009

본 논문에서는 옥내환경의 무선전송을 위한 SDD(Synchronous Digital Duplexing)/OFDMA (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access) 시스템에서 AP(Access Point)와 SS(Subscriber Station)의 TDoA(Time Difference of Arrival)와 CFO(Carrier Frequency Offset)에 의해 발생하는 상 하향링크 OFDM 심볼의 IBI(Inter Block Interference)와 ICI(Inter Carrier Interference)의 영향을 극복하기 위한 TSF(Time-domain Shortening Filter)와 FSF(Frequency-domain Shortening Filter)를 제안한다. 제안된 TSF와 FSF는 상호 레인정 과정에서 획득한 AP와 각 SS 에 대한 채널응답 및 동기 정보를 이용하여, 시간영역과 주파수영역에서 SIRST(SIR for Shortening in Time)와 SINRSF(SINR for Shortening in Frequency)를 최대화한다. 제안된 TSF와 FSF는 SDD/OFDMA 시스템에서 TDoA에 따른 effective 채널응답과 CFO에 따른 ICI의 영향을 효과적으로 감쇄시키는 것을 모의실험을 통하여 확인한다.

• 방송공학회논문지
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.864-875
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 단일 반송파 MIMO 시스템 기반의 PN 부호열을 이용한 반송파 주파수 오차 추정 방법을 제안한다. 제안하는 방법은 송신되는 각각의 PN 부호열들의 위상을 회전시켜 전송하여, 일부 PN 부호열들이 서로 상쇄되어 버리는 것을 방지한다. 수신한 PN 부호열과 수신기에서 자체 생성한 PN 부호열의 공액곱셈 연산을 통해 변조를 제거한 뒤, 다수의 자기 상관기를 이용한 ML (Maximum Likelihood) 알고리듬을 이용하여 반송파 주파수 오차를 추정한다. 또한 시변채널에서의 정확한 주파수 오차 추정을 위해 채널 정보를 이용한 주파수 오차 추정 구조를 제안하였다. 컴퓨터 모의실험을 통해, 송신 및 수신 안테나가 두 개인 $2{\times}2$ MIMO 시스템에 제안하는 기법을 적용하고 L&R 알고리듬을 이용하여 AWGN (Additive White Gaussian Noise) 환경 및 시변 Rayleigh 채널에서의 MSE (Mean Square Error) 성능을 측정하였다. 그 결과 AWGN 환경 상에서 MIMO 시스템에 적용한 제안된 기법의 MSE 성능이 SISO 시스템에서의 성능과 거의 동일함을 보였다. 또한 시변 Rayleigh 채널에서 제안된 채널 정보를 이용한 추정 기법의 MSE 성능이 기존 방법 및 SISO 시스템에 비해 높음을 보였다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.702-721
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• 2012

In the DVB-T2 system with a multiple-input single-output (MISO) transmission mode, Alamouti coded orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signals are transmitted simultaneously from two spatially separated transmitters in a single frequency network (SFN). In such systems, each transmit-receive link may have a distinct carrier frequency offset (CFO) due to the Doppler shift and/or frequency mismatch between the local oscillators. Thus, the received signal experiences dual CFOs. This not only causes dual phase errors in desired data but also introduces inter-carrier interference (ICI), which cannot be removed completely by simply performing a CFO compensation. To overcome this problem, this paper proposes an iterative detection with dual phase errors compensation technique. In addition, we propose a successive-iterative ICI cancellation technique. This technique successively eliminates ICI in the initial iteration by exploiting pre-detected data pairs. Then, in subsequent iterations, it performs a fine interference cancellation using a priori information, iteratively fed back from the channel decoder. In contrast to previous works, the proposed techniques do not require estimates of dual CFOs. Their performances are evaluated via a full DVB-T2 simulator. Simulation results show that the DVB-T2 receiver equipped with the proposed dual phase errors compensation and the successive-iterative ICI cancellation techniques achieves almost the same performance as ideal dual CFOs-free systems, even for large dual CFOs.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.81-109
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• 2005

According to many recent studies suggesting that cash flow analysis method tends to be more effective than traditional financial index analysis method to predict corporate bankruptcy, this study applies the cash flow analysis method to hospital business to identify the significant variables which can distinguish between superior hospitals and bankruptcy hospitals. The author analyzed recent 3 years, i.e. from the year of 2000 to the year of 2002, financial statements of 31 bankrupt hospitals In 2003, and the same number of superior hospitals through using Multiple Discriminant Analysis and Logit Analysis. The results are belows; First, the study releases that Logit Analysis is more likely to be effective than Multiple Discriminant Analysis. Second, this research also shows that traditional financial index analysis method is more superior compare to cash flow analysis method for hospital bankruptcy predict model. Finally, this study suggest that the significant variables, which can distinguish superior hospitals from bankrupt hospitals, are Operating/Current Liabilities$(Y_2)$, CFO/Equity$(Y_5)$ for cash flow analysis method and Net Worth to Total Assets Ratio$(X_1)$, Quick Ratio $(X_3)$, Return on Assets$(X_6)$, Growth Rate of Patient Revenues$(X_{16})$ for traditional financial index analysis method.