• 한국항행학회논문지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.362-368
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• 2024

본 논문에서는 대용량 MIMO에서 하향링크 성능을 향상시키기 위해 전송할 때 방향성 프리코딩 방식과 전방위 프리코딩 방식의 성능을 조사하였다, 전방위 프리코딩은 동기나 제어 신호와 같은 공통 신호를 모든 사용자에게 브로드캐스트하기 위해 사용하였으며, 전방위 프리코딩의 주된 목적은 하향링크에서 전송되는 신호가 모든 방향에서 동일하고 최대 에너지로 방출되도록 프리코딩 행렬을 설계하는 것이다. 본 논문에서는 공간 커버리지 범위를 120도 미만으로 설정할 수 있는 전차원 거대 MIMO를 위한 유연한 전방향 프리코딩 방법을 제안하고, 제안하는 방법의 부호화 행렬을 설계하기 위해 모든 안테나의 전방향성, 등 송신 전력 및 최대 송신 속도의 제약 조건을 두어 안테나 어레이에서 안테나 사이의 거리를 변경하여 안테나 어레이의 공간 커버리지 변경을 고려한 공간 커버리지 측면에서 성능을 측정하였다.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.26-38
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• 2018

To overcome considerable path loss in millimeter-wave propagation, high-gain directional beamforming is considered to be a key enabling technology for outdoor 5G mobile networks. Associated with beamforming, this paper investigates propagation power loss characteristics in two aspects. The first is beamwidth effects. Owing to the multipath receiving nature of mobile environments, it is expected that a narrower beamwidth antenna will capture fewer multipath signals, while increasing directivity gain. If we normalize the directivity gain, this narrow-beamwidth reception incurs an additional power loss compared to omnidirectional-antenna power reception. With measurement data collected in an urban area at 28 GHz and 38 GHz, we illustrate the amount of these additional propagation losses as a function of the half-power beamwidth. Secondly, we investigate power losses due to steering beam misalignment, as well as the measurement data. The results show that a small angle misalignment can cause a large power loss. Considering that most standard documents provide omnidirectional antenna path loss characteristics, these results are expected to contribute to mmWave mobile system designs.

• International Journal of Contents
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.6-10
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• 2011

The directional MAC (DMAC) protocol improves the spatial reuse, but directional packets on the control channel cause the deafness problem. In this paper, we propose a tone dual-channel DMAC protocol for mobile ad-hoc networks. In the proposed MAC protocol, the use of omnidirectional transmissions using an omnidirectional out-of-band tone solves the deafness problem and decrease packet collisions on the control channel. The use of an omnidirectional out-of-band tone also mitigates the hidden terminal problem. We use the negative CTS (NCTS) mechanism to solve the exposed terminal problem. The throughput performance of the proposed MAC protocol is confirmed by simulations using the Qualnet simulator.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.71-73
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• 2009

In this letter, novel antennas with two spiral elements are presented for ultra-wideband application. The original antenna consists of a T-shaped microstrip feed line, two spiral radiating elements, and a ground plane with two circular slots. It measures 30 mm ${\times}$ 40 mm ${\times}$ 1.6 mm. Spiral elements are used to increase the lower bandwidth limit. To further reduce the size of the antenna, the original antenna is cut in half by using the symmetry of the surface current distributions. The proposed antennas feature omnidirectional radiation patterns and good gain flatness.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.475-478
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• 2010

A multiband meandered monopole antenna is proposed for digital video broadcasting handheld (DVB-H), global positioning system, personal communications service, wireless broadband (Wibro), and wireless local area network (WLAN) applications. The proposed antenna consists of a meandered line, a shorted length strip line, and a conductor strip between a meandered line and a microstrip feed line. By tuning a short strip and a conductor, a multiband impedance matching is achieved. The proposed antenna has an omnidirectional radiation and yields an antenna gain of greater than -3 dBi in the DVB-H band and 4.5 dBi in the Wibro and WLAN bands. Details of the proposed antenna design and experimental results are presented.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.89-95
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• 2004

본 논문에서는 광대역 특성을 가지면서 소형화가 용이한 다중 미앤더 스트립 모노폴 안테나를 제안하였다. 제안한 안테나는 미앤더 구조를 이용하여 대역폭을 크게 확장시킬 수 있으며, 높이를 줄여 안테나의 소형화를 실현하였다. 최근 주목을 받고 있는 UWB 통신 대역폭을 포함하는 2.9 ㎓∼10.85 ㎓의 넓은 대역폭을 얻을 수 있었으며, 전방향으로 동일한 이득을 갖는 우수한 모노폴 복사패턴을 갖는다.

• International journal of advanced smart convergence
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2024

Reconfiguration and miniaturization of antennas have become key attributes in modern wireless communication systems. Reconfiguration of radiation pattern can alleviate the problems encountered in modern wireless communication systems such as multi-path problems. Physical limitation of miniaturization also can be overcome by using a zeroth-order resonance (ZOR) antenna based on metamaterial. In order to achieve reconfiguration and miniaturization of antennas at the same time, we propose a new pattern reconfigurable zeroth-order resonance (ZOR) antenna that reconfigures the radiation patterns by varying the position and the number of unit cells comprising the antenna. The antenna is fabricated in an equilateral triangular shaped symmetrical structure to increase pattern variety. This structure can easily provide eight different radiation patterns (two omnidirectional and six monopole like patterns).

• Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.235-240
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• 2016

In this paper, a low-profile planar inverted-F antenna (PIFA) for ultrawideband (UWB) applications is proposed. The antenna consists of a PIFA and a ground plane with a slot. The addition of the slot not only improves the impedance matching of the PIFA but also forms an additional resonance. Therefore, the proposed antenna has a wideband characteristic covering the full UWB frequency range (3.1 GHz to 10.6 GHz) and a stable and nearly omnidirectional radiation pattern. The antenna also has a smaller volume and thickness compared to previous UWB PIFAs.

• 한국항행학회논문지
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.490-495
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• 2016

본 논문에서는 무선랜 2.4 GHz 대역 (2.4 ~ 2.484 GHz), 및 5 GHz 대역의 (5.15 ~ 5.825 GHz) 이중 대역용 마이크로 스트립 급전 인쇄형 모노폴 안테나를 제안하였다. 간결한 구조 및 우수한 무지향성 방사패턴을 얻기 위하여 2.4 GHz 모노폴 안테나에 5 GHz 대역 임피던스 정합을 위해 접지면과 이격되는 수정된 역 L-형 슬롯이 에칭된다. 제안된 안테나는 크기가 $30{\times}45mm^2$, 두께는 1.6 mm, 유전상수가 4.3인 FR4 기판에 설계 및 제작 되었다. 제안된 안테나의 제작 및 측정 결과, 임피던스 대역폭(${\mid}S_{11}{\mid}{\leq}-10dB$)이 2.4 GHz 대역에서는 270 MHz (2.22 ~ 2.48 GHz), 5 GHz 대역에서는 890 MHz (5.08 ~ 5.97 GHz)인 대역폭을 얻을 수 있었다. 특히 두 대역에서 안정되고 우수한 무지향성 방사패턴을 얻을 수 있었으며, 또한 약 4dBi 이상의 높은 이득을 얻을 수 있었다.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제35권6호
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• pp.1075-1083
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• 2013

This paper describes an ultra-wideband (UWB) antenna that uses a ring resonator concept. The proposed antenna can operate in the entire UWB, and the IEEE 802.11a frequency band can be rejected by inserting a notch stub into the ring resonator. The experiment results indicate that the measured impedance bandwidth of the proposed antenna is 17.5 GHz (2.5 GHz to at least 20 GHz). The proposed UWB antenna has omnidirectional radiation patterns with a gain variation of 3 dBi (1 dBi to 4 dBi).