• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.1006-1025
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• 2012

Improving the quality of service in IP networks is a major challenge for real-time voice communications. In particular, packet arrival-delay variation, so-called "jitter," is one of the main factors that degrade the quality of voice in mobile devices with the voice-over Internet protocol (VoIP). To resolve this issue, a receiver-based enhanced timing recovery algorithm combined with active jitter estimation is proposed. The proposed algorithm copes with the effect of transmission jitter by expanding or compressing each packet according to the predicted network delay and variations. Additionally, the active network jitter estimation incorporates rapid detection of delay spikes and reacts to changes in network conditions. Extensive simulations have shown that the proposed algorithm delivers high voice quality by pursuing an optimal trade-off between average buffering delay and packet loss rate.

• 방송공학회논문지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.85-95
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 VSB 수신기를 위한 반송파 위상 오차에 독립적인 심벌 타이밍 옵셋 추정 알고리즘을 제안한다. 심벌 타이밍 옵셋 추정에 대표적인 알고리즘인 가드너 방법은 반송파 위상 옵셋이 포함된 VSB 수신기에서는 타이밍 옵셋을 추정할 수 없다. 본 논문에 서는 수신신호의 공액 곱 연산을 통하여 신호의 스펙트럼을 확장하고 반송파 위상 옵셋을 상쇄 하였고, 그 후 가드너 알고리즘을 통하여 인접 스펙트럼 간의 중복부분을 발생시켜, 타이밍 옵셋을 추정하는 방식을 연구하였다. 시뮬레이션 결과, 제안하는 알고리즘은 VSB 수신기에서 반송파 위상 오차에 영향을 받지 않고, 정확하게 타이밍 옵셋을 추정할 수 있는 것으로 나타났다.

• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.131-137
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• 2021

The Angle-of-Arrival (AOA) estimation in real time is one of core technologies for the real-time tracking system, such as a radar or a satellite. Although AOA estimation algorithms for various antenna types have been studied, most of them are for the single-shaped array antenna suitable to the specific frequency. In this paper, we propose the cascade AOA estimation algorithm for the combined array antenna with Uniform Rectangular Frame Array (URFA) and Uniform Circular Array (UCA), with the excellent performance for various frequencies. The proposed technique is consisted of Capon for roughly finding AOA groups with multiple signal AOAs and Beamspace Multiple Signal Classification (MUSIC) for estimating the detailed signal AOA in the AOA group, for the combined array antenna. In addition, we provide computer simulation results for verifying the estimation performance of the proposed algorithm.

• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.91-98
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• 2022

In the next generation wireless communication system, the beamforming technique based on a massive antenna is one of core technologies for transmitting and receiving huge amounts of data, efficiently and accurately. For highly performed and highly reliable beamforming, it is required to accurately estimate the Angle of Arrival (AOA) for the desired signal incident to an antenna. Employing the massive antenna with a large number of elements, although the accuracy of the AOA estimation is enhanced, its computational complexity is dramatically increased so much that real-time communication is difficult. In order to improve this problem, AOA estimation algorithms based on the massive antenna with the low computational complexity have been actively studied. In this paper, we compute and analyze the computational complexity of the cascade AOA estimation algorithm based on the Flexible Massive Concentric Circular Array (FMCCA). In addition, its computational complexity is compared to conventional AOA estimation techniques such as the Multiple Signal Classification (MUSIC) algorithm with the high resolution and the Only Beamspace MUSIC (OBM) algorithm.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제42권3호
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• pp.324-332
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• 2020

In this paper, a blind symbol timing offset (STO) estimation method is proposed for offset quadrature phase-shift keying (OQPSK) modulated signals, which also works for other linearly modulated signals (LMS) such as binary-PSK, QPSK, 𝜋/4-QPSK, and minimum-shift keying. There are various methods available for blind STO estimation of LMS; however, none work in the case of OQPSK modulated signals. The popular cyclic correlation method fails to estimate STO for OQPSK signals, as the offset present between the in-phase (I) and quadrature (Q) components causes the cyclic peak to disappear at the symbol rate frequency. In the proposed method, a set of close and approximate offsets is used to compensate the offset between the I and Q components of the received OQPSK signal. The STO in the time domain is represented as a phase in the cyclic frequency domain. The STO is therefore calculated by obtaining the phase of the cyclic peak at the symbol rate frequency. The method is validated through extensive theoretical study, simulation, and testbed implementation. The proposed estimation method exhibits robust performance in the presence of unknown carrier phase offset and frequency offset.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제32권3C호
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• pp.189-194
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• 2007

본 논문에서는 시간 동기 추정을 위한 잡음 예측이 불완전한 경우에 직교분할 주파수 다중화 (OFDM) 시스템의 시간 동기 확률을 다중 경로 레일레이 페이딩 채널 환경에서 분석한다. 시간 동기 방식은 반복되는 CAZAC 시퀀스에 대한 상관기 구조를 가지며, 심벌간 간섭을 줄이기 위한 pre-advancement 기법을 적용한다. 시스템의 성능 평가 척도로서, 다중 경로 레일레이 채널 환경에서 유도된 동기 검파 확률을 분석한다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제32권10A호
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• pp.992-1003
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• 2007

본 논문에서는 OFDM 시스템에서 심볼 타이밍 옵셋이 존재하는 경우에도 채널 추정 성능의 열화가 발생하지 않는 파일럿 톤 기반의 채널 추정 기법을 제안한다. 제안된 채널 추정 기법은 기존의 보간법을 사용하여 채널을 추정하는 기법들과는 달리 크기와 위상에 대하여 최소의 계산량을 사용하여 각각 보간을 함으로써 채널 추정을 수행한다. 제안된 기법에서는 미세 심볼 타이밍 옵셋을 사전에 추정할 필요가 없으며, 위상을 보간하기 위하여 일반적으로 사용되는 삼각함수 연산을 사용하지 않기 때문에 복잡도를 크게 줄일 수 있다. 제안된 채널 추정 방식은 OFDM 시스템에서 존재하는 심볼 타이밍 옵셋에 영향을 받지 않기 때문에, OFDM 기반 통신시스템의 동기화 절차에서 미세 심볼 타이밍 옵셋 추정 과정의 생략, 상향링크에서 다중사용자의 심볼 타이밍 옵셋 추정 과정의 생략, 멀티 흡 릴레이 시스템에서의 채널 추정 등에 직접 이용될 수 있다. 모의실험을 통하여 제안된 채널 추정기법이 기존의 파일럿 톤 기반의 채널 추정 기법들에 비하여 심볼 타이밍 옵셋이 존재하는 상황에서 성능 개선이 크게 이루어짐을 확인한다.

• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.333-333
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• 2023

• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.7-13
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• 2020

As a countermeasure against the threat of jamming which can disrupt operation of the Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers, various kinds of technique to estimate the Direction-Of-Arrivals (DOAs) of incoming jamming signals have been widely studied, and among them, the MUltiple SIgnal Classification (MUSIC) algorithm is known to provide very high resolution. However, since the previous studies regarding the MUSIC algorithm does not consider the orientation of each antenna element of antenna arrays, there is a possibility that DOA estimation performance degrades in the case of a misaligned antenna array whose antenna elements are not oriented along the same direction. As an effort to solve this problem, there exists a previous work which presents an MUSIC-based method for DOA estimation. However, the error between the real and measured values of each antenna orientation is not taken into consideration. Therefore, in this paper, the effect of the aforementioned error on the DOA estimation performance in the case of a misaligned antenna array is analyzed by simulations.