• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.7-14
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• 2015

In a multi-hop wireless network, connectivity is determined by the link that is established by the receiving signal strength computed by subtracting the path loss from the transmission power. Two path loss models are commonly used in research, namely two-ray ground and shadow fading, which determine the receiving signal strength and affect the link quality. Link quality is one of the key factors that affect network performance. In general, network performance improves with better link quality in a wireless network. In this study, we measure the network connectivity and performance in a shadow fading path loss model, and our observation shows that both are severely degraded in this path loss model. To improve network performance, we propose power control schemes utilizing link quality to identify the set of nodes required to adjust the transmission power in order to improve the network throughput in both homogeneous and heterogeneous multi-hop wireless networks. Numerical studies to evaluate the proposed schemes are presented and compared.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제15권3_4호
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• pp.27-34
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• 1994

There have been traditional approaches to model radio propagation path loss mechanism both theoretically ad empirically. Theoretical approach is simple to explain and effective in certain cases. Empirical approach accommodates the terrain configuration and distance between base station and mobile unit along the propagation path only. In other words, it does not accommodate natural terrain configuration over a specific area. In this paper, we propose a spatial prediction technique for the mobile radio propagation path loss accommodating complete natural terrain configuration over a specific area. Statistical uncertainty analysis is also considered.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제42권1호
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• pp.7-16
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• 2020

Assuming omnidirectional antenna reception, the ITU-R recently developed a new propagation model on building entry loss (BEL) for 5G millimeter-wave frequency sharing and compatibility studies, which is a simplified outdoor-to-indoor path loss model. Considering the utilization of high-gain narrow-beamwidth beamforming, the omnidirectional-based ITU-R BEL model may not be appropriate to predict propagation characteristics for directional beamforming scenarios. This paper studies the effects of beamwidth on the ITU-R BEL model. This study is based on field measurements collected with four different beamwidth antennas: omnidirectional, 10° horn, 30° horn, and 60° horn. The measurement campaigns were conducted at two types of building sites: traditional and thermally efficient buildings. These sites, as well as the measurement scenarios, were carefully chosen to comply with the ITU-R BEL measurement guidelines and the ITU-R building types. We observed the importance of accurate beam alignment from the BEL variation range. We were able to quantify the beamwidth dependency by fitting to a model that is inversely proportional to the beamwidth.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.243-257
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• 2010

Rapid developments in wireless sensor networks have extended many applications, hence, many studies have developed wireless sensor network positioning systems for indoor environments. Among those systems, the Global Position System (GPS) is unsuitable for indoor environments due to Line-Of-Sight (LOS) limitations, while the wireless sensor network is more suitable, given its advantages of low cost, easy installation, and low energy consumption. Due to the complex settings of indoor environments and the high demands for precision, the implementation of an indoor positioning system is difficult to construct. This study adopts a low-cost positioning method that does not require additional hardware, and uses the received signal strength (RSS) values from the receiver node to estimate the distance between the test objects. Since many objects in indoor environments would attenuate the radio signals and cause errors in estimation distances, knowing the path loss exponent (PLE) in an environment is crucial. However, most studies preset a fixed PLE, and then substitute it into a radio propagation loss model to estimate the distance between the test points; such method would lead to serious errors. To address this problem, this study proposes a Path Loss Exponent Estimation Algorithm, which uses only four beacon nodes to construct a radio propagation loss model for an indoor environment, and is able to provide enhanced positioning precision, accurate positioning services, low cost, and high efficiency.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제36권1A호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2011

CDMA 시스템에서 기지국 용량과 배치는 외부간섭 이동단말 (out-of-cell mobile stations) 에 의한 상향 간섭에 크게 영향을 받는다. 외부간섭 이동단말로부터 전파감쇄의 정확한 예측은 주어진 서비스 품질 (QOS)를 충족시키기 위하여 필요한 장비를 최소화하는 시스템 설계에 필수적이다. 정확하지 않은 예측은 더 많은 기지국의 설치를 요구하는 시스템 설계를 하게 한다. 예측 정확도에 따른 필요 장비의 수를 정량화하기 위하여, 본 논문은 고속도로나 도심거리 (street canyon)와 같은 LOS (line of sight) 지역에서의 시스템 설계 요소에 대하여 살펴본다.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국해양정보통신학회 2008년도 추계종합학술대회 B
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• pp.846-849
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• 2008

최근 무선 센서 네트워크의 실내 응용분야에 대한 관심이 높이자고 있다. 본 논문에서는 RSSI 기반의 실내 환경의 위치 인식 시스템을 제안한다. 거리와 RSSI의 관계를 검증하기 위하여 log-normal path loss 모델을 사용하고, 태그를 부착한 사용자와 고정 위치의 다수의 노드를 배치하여 사용자의 위치를 결정한다. RSSI 정보를 베이스 스테이션에서는 저장하고, 계산한다. 유클리드 거리 방법을 이용하여 실시간으로 사용자의 위치를 계산한다. 실험을 통해서 제안한 시스템의 위치 인식 정확도를 확인한다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제19권8호
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• pp.55-63
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• 2018

본 논문에서는 지상 수신기와 항공기 탑재 송신기 간의 장거리 통신시험을 통해 UHF 대역의 전파 수신세기를 측정하고 그 결과를 분석하였다. 지상 수신기는 제주도 해발 1,100m 지점에 위치시키고 항공 탑재 송신기는 지상 수신기로부터 150km에서 220km 거리를 3.5km 이상의 고도로 비행하며 시험을 수행하였다. 이 경우 지상 수신기와 항공 송신기는 가시선(LOS ; Line of Sight)이 확보되는 환경이므로 자유공간손실(FSL ; Free Space Loss)을 토대로 결과를 예측하고 분석을 하는 경우가 일반적이다. 하지만 본 시험의 경우 지상 수신기와 항공 송신기 사이에 해수면이 존재하고, 장거리 통신 환경으로 인하여 반사면에 대한 입사각이 매우 작은 조건으로 직접 파의 자유공간손실 만으로는 정확한 예측 및 분석이 불가능하다. 따라서 주변에 장애물이 없고 두 안테나 사이 가시선이 확보되는 조건을 고려하여 평면 반사 모델과 구면 대지 반사 모델을 토대로 경로 손실을 예측하고 실제 시험결과와 비교하였다. 비교 결과, 구면 대지 반사모델에서 예측한 전파경로 손실 값과 실제 측정결과가 매우 유사한 특성을 보였다.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2001년도 추계학술대회논문집B
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• pp.517-522
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• 2001

The exit edges of a diffuser are smoothly rounded, and a wall is located perpendicularly to a diffuser exit. The fluid is discharged towards the radial direction of a diffuser after impinging against a wall from a diffuser. In this flow path, pressure loss coefficients have been calculated by the variables of Reynolds number at a diffuser inlet, distance between a diffuser exit and a wall, and turbulence models. As a result, it was calculated that $h/D_0$ ratio between $0.35\sim0.4$ has the minimum pressure loss coefficient regardless of Reynolds number and turbulence models. It was also found that in case of the flow with relatively high Reynolds number at a diffuser inlet, the pressure loss coefficients by RNG $k-\varepsilon$ model have a tendency to be near to those by standard $k-\varepsilon$ model at small ratio of $h/D_0$, but to those by RSM at large ratio.

• 전자공학회논문지S
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• 제34S권11호
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• pp.1-8
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• 1997

A prediction model is proposed to describe the path loss in propagation environment of indoor microcell. This model includes the lineal corridor for line--of-sight(LOS) and T-shaped corridor for non-line-of-sight(NLOS). In computation of receiving power the ray tracing technique based on image method is utilized and also reflected waves bounced on the walls and ceilings are considered. To check validity of the computed resuls cross checks between the predicted and measured are being made, which shows a close agreement for LOS case whereas somewhat disagreement for NLOS case. UTD technique is incorporated with propagation path determination algorithm in the treatment of NLOS case.

• 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.