• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제39권5호
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• pp.577-585
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• 2015

This paper deals with development of an autopilot system for leisure yacht based on NMEA 2000 network and android platform. The developed system can operate both for manual steering and automatic navigation mode. In automatic steering mode, after manipulation of commands which are NMEA 0183 sentences by android platform, the developed system translates and sends the packets through NMEA 2000 network. Then the controller which is connected to NMEA 2000 network receives the commands and controls the boat's rudder system automatically. The automatic steering mode is achieved by cooperation of two controllers; one for controlling the rudder system, and the other for controlling the vessel's heading. To control the vessel's rudder and heading angle two PID controllers are developed with an adjustable dead-band gain. Also, in order to eliminate the steady-state error occurred by applying dead-band, an integral controller which specifically supervises the system's behavior inside the dead-band area is developed. In this paper, at the first stage, simulations are accomplished using computer in order to examine the feasibility of the proposed based on simulation results. In the next step, the system on a real hydraulic steering model is implemented and at the end the performance examination by implementing it on a real boat and doing test navigation is executed.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제39C권8호
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• pp.681-687
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• 2014

최근 몇 년 간 스마트 폰과 같은 개인 스마트 디바이스들의 확산으로 인해 인터넷 트래픽이 급증하고 있다. 이는 지상에 있는 기지국뿐만 아니라 건물, 버스, 철도, 선박 등에 설치된 AP(Access Point)나 기지국에도 심각한 과부하를 야기한다. 따라서 이를 해소하기 위해 크루즈선과 같은 선박 내부에서 효과적인 콘텐츠 분배를 위한 통신시나리오를 제안한다. 또한 제안한 시나리오 안에서 기존의 단말 간 직접통신(D2D: Device-to-Device)을 확장하여 다중 단말 간(MD2MD: Multi-Device-to-Multi-Device) 직접 통신 네트워크를 구성하고 이에 적합한 전송기법을 제시한다. 제안한 선박 내 다중 단말 간 직접통신 방식은 STBC(Space-Time Block Coding) 전송기법, SM(Spatial Multiplexing) 전송기법, 그리고 하이브리드 STBC-SM 기법을 비교분석하여 전송률(throughput) 관점에서 향상된 성능을 보인 전송기법을 채택했다. 제안한 방식은 선박 내 통신 특히 사용자의 수가 많아 트래픽이 심하여 선박 내 설치된 AP의 과부하가 심할 경우 이를 분배하고 사용자들에게 효율적으로 보다 질 높은 콘텐츠를 제공할 수 있는 기술로 기대된다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제9권10호
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• pp.4002-4014
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• 2015

ITU-R M.1842-1, as a well-known specification dedicated to maritime mobile applications, has standardized wireless transmission protocols according to the particular characteristics of a maritime communications scenario. A time division multiple access (TDMA) frame structure, along with modulation schemes to achieve a high data rate, has been described clearly in ITU-R M.1842-1. However, several specification items are still under "to be decided" status, which brings ambiguity to research works. In addition, the current version of ITU-R M.1842-1 is focused mainly on maritime transmissions in open-sea areas, where the cyclic prefix (CP) is set to zero and only 16-QAM is used in the multi-carrier (MC) system. System performance might be dramatically degraded in coastline areas due to the inter-symbol interference (ISI) caused by selective fading. This is because there is a higher probability that the signal will be reflected by obstacles in coastline areas. In this paper, we introduce the transmission resource block (TRB) dedicated to ITU-R M.1842-1 for a ship ad-hoc network (SANET), where the pilot pattern of TRB is based on the terrestrial trunked radio (TETRA). After that, we evaluated SANET performance under the maritime channel model in a coastline area. In order to avoid noise amplification and to overcome the ISI caused by selective fading, several strategies are suggested and compared in the channel estimation and equalization procedures, where the link-level simulation results finally validate our proposals.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.79-83
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• 2004

The curved blocks which compose the bow and stem of a ship contain many skewed joints that are inclined horizontally and vertically. Most of these joints have a large fitness error and are continuously changing their form and are not easily accessible. The welding position and parameter values should be appropriately set in correspondence to the shape and the inclination of the joints. The welding parameters such as current, voltage, travel speed, and melting rate, are related to each other and their values must be in a specific limited range for the sound welding. These correlations and the ranges are dependent up on the kind and size of wire, shielding gas, joint shape and fitness. To determine these relationships, extensive welding experiments were performed. The experimental data were processed using several information processing technologies. The regression method was used to determine the relationship between current voltage, and deposition rate. When a joint is inclined, the weld bead should be confined to a the limited size, inorder to avoid undercut as well as overlap due to flowing down of molten metal by gravity. The dependency of the limited weld size which is defined as the critical deposited area on various factors such as the horizontally and vertically inclined angle of the joint, skewed angle of the joint, up or down welding direction and weaving was investigated through a number of welding experiments. On the basis of this result, an ANN system was developed to estimate the critical deposited area. The ANN system consists of a 4 layer structure and uses an error back propagation learning algorithm. The estimated values of the ANN were validated using experimental values.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제39C권12호
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• pp.1298-1306
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• 2014

본 논문에서는 선박 내 IT 서비스에 대한 요구에 부응하기 위해 인지무선 최초 표준인 ECMA-392 네트워크를 사용한다. ECMA-392 기반 네트워크에서 멀티 홉을 지원하는 장치들의 충돌 문제에 대해 살펴보고, 이를 해결하기 위한 CRP 예약 충돌 해결 방안을 제안한다. 현재의 CRP 예약 기법은 3홉 거리에서 이동하는 ECMA-392 장치들 사이의 CRP 예약 충돌을 해결하지 못한다. 기존의 CRP 예약 충돌 해결 방안은 멀티미디어 스트리밍과 같은 실시간 서비스의 QoS를 보장할 수 없다. 그래서 우리는 새로운 2-hop CRP Availability IE의 제안과 CRP Control 필드의 변경을 통해 새로운 CRP 예약 충돌을 방지하는 방안을 제안한다. 시뮬레이션 결과는 제안된 3홉 CRP 예약 충돌 해결 방식이 디바이스의 데이터 수율을 향상시키고 있음을 나타낸다.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제14권11호
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• pp.2419-2422
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• 2010

현재 선박용 통신 네트워크의 구성은 RS-422, RS-485, CAN, EtherNet 기반의 물리계층으로 NMEA0183, NMEA2000, MiTS(Maritime information Technology Standards) 프로토콜을 지원하도록 설계하고 있다. 특히, 기존의 선박통신은 별도의 전용선을 설치해야하는 단점이 있다. 그러나, 기존의 통신방식과 달리 전력선 통신은 선박내부에서 사용하고 있는 AC220V /DC24V을 그대로 사용하는 장점이 있다. 그러므로, 본 논문에서는 이러한 물리계층을 지원하도록 선박내부의 전력선 통신망을 설계하여 NMEA0183 프로토콜을 지원하는 DC-전력선 통신(DC-PLC : DC-Power Line Communication) 기반의 브릿지를 설계하고자 한다.

• 한국항해학회지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.85-112
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• 1988

From the point of view of safety of life and property at sea and the protection of the marine environment, the Vessel Traffic Management System along the Korea coastal waterway is inevitably introduced. But the establishing priority per area must be evaluated under the restricted budget. In this case, the estimated traffic flow has a major effect on priority evaluation. In the former paper , an algorithm was proposed for estimating the trip distribution between each pair of zones such as harbours and straits. This paper aims to formulate a simulation model for estimating the dynamic traffic flow per area in the Korea coastal waterway. The model consists of the algorithm constrined by the statistical movement of ships and the observed data, the regression analysis and the traffic network evaluations. The processed results of traffic flow except fishing vessel are summarized as follows ; 1) In 2000, the traffic congestions per area are estimated, in proportion of ship's number (tonnage), as Busan area 22.3%(44.5%), Yeosu area 19.8%(11.2%), Wando-Jeju area18.1%(6.8%), Mokpo area 14.9%(9.9%), Gunsan area 9.1%(9.3%), Inchon area 8.1%(7.7%), Pohang area 5.5%(8.5%), and Donghae area 2.2%(2.1%). 2) For example in Busan area, the increment of traffic volume per annum is estimated 4, 102 ships (23 million tons) and the traffic flow in 2000 is evaluated 158, 793 ships (687 million tons). 3) consequently, the increment of traffic volume in Busan area is found the largest and followed by Yeosu, Wando-Jeju area. Also, the traffic flow per area in 2000 has the same order.