• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.65-70
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• 2020

For a wireless communication system, the angle-of-arrival (AOA) of the signal has a variety of applications. The signal AOA is estimated utilizing various antenna array structure such as Uniform Linear Array (ULA), Uniform Rectangular Array (URA), and Uniform Circular Array (UCA). In this paper, we introduce a cascade AOA estimation algorithm based on the UCA, which is consisted of CAPON and Beamspace MUSIC. CAPON is employed to estimate approximate AOA groups including multiple AOA signals and Beamspace MUSIC is employed to estimate detailed signal AOAs in the estimated AOA groups. In addition, we provide the computer simulation results for verifying and analyzing the performance of the cascade AOA estimator based on UCA.

• 한국항해항만학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국항해항만학회 2006년도 International Symposium on GPS/GNSS Vol.2
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• pp.143-148
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• 2006

The goal of this paper is to analyze, through simulations and experiments, GNSS interference mitigation performance under various types of antenna structures against wideband and narrowband interferences using spatial-temporal adaptive signal processing (STAP) techniques. The STAP approach, which combines spatial and temporal processing, is a viable means of GNSS array signal processing that enhancing the desired signal quality and providing protection against interference. In this paper, we consider four types of 3D antenna array structure - Uniform Linear Array (ULA), Uniform Rectangular Array (URA), Uniform Circular Array (UCA), and the Single-Ring Cylindrical Array (SRCA) under an interference environment. Analytical evaluation and simulations are performed to investigate the system performance. This is followed by simulation GPS orbits in interfered environment are used to evaluate the STAP performance. Furthermore, experiments using a 2x2 URA hardware simulator data show that with the removal of wideband and narrowband interference through the STAP techniques, the signal tracking performance can be enhanced.

• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.43-49
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• 2023

In modern wireless communication systems including beamformers or location-based services (LBS), which employ multiple antenna elements, estimating the number of signals is essential for accurately determining the quality of the communication service. Representative signal number estimation algorithms including the Akaike information criterion (AIC) and minimum description length (MDL) algorithms, which are information theoretical criterion models, determine the number of signals based on a reference value that minimizes each criterion. In general, increasing the number of elements mounted onto the array antenna enhances the performance of estimating the number of signals; however, it increases the computational complexity of the estimation algorithm. In addition, various configurations of array antennas for the increased number of antenna elements should be considered to efficiently utilize them in a limited location. In this paper, we introduce an efficient signal number estimation algorithm based on the beamspace based AIC and MDL techniques that reduce the computational complexity by reducing the dimension of a uniform circular array antenna. Since this algorithm is based on a uniform circular array antenna, it presents the advantages of a circular array antenna. The performance of the proposed signal number estimation algorithm is evaluated through computer simulation examples.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.347-356
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• 1996

In this paper, we present the circular array structure for estimating the temporal and spatial specturm of multiple narrowband incoherent signals which have different frequencies. The conventional linear array is computationally demanding for simultaneously estimating the spatial and temporal spectrum since it requires the tapped delay line filer. The statistical performance of the circular array is never deteriorated eve though it requires much less computational load than the uniform linear array. Especially, it is shown that the circular array resolves the direction-of-arrivals of the multiple signals without the spatial and temporal aliasing the fundamental nonuniform-sampling property prossessed by it. Computer simulation results are shown to demonstrate the better performance achieved with the circular array geometry relative to that obtained with a uniform linear array with taps.

• 한국항행학회논문지
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.952-959
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• 2012

이 논문에서 우리는 송신기와 수신기에 각각 등간격 선형 어레이 (ULA : Uniform Linear Array)와 등간격 원형 어레이(UCA : Uniform Circular Array)를 사용하는 MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) 레이더 시스템을 위한 ESPRIT (Estimation of Signal Parameter via Rotational Invariance Technique) 알고리듬 기반 표적 위치 추정 기법을 제안한다. 수신 안테나가 등간격 선형 어레이인 경우의 ESPRIT과 달리 등간격 원형 어레이인 경우 부어레이의 수신 신호 벡터 간 순환 불변성 (Rotational Invariance)이 만족하지 않는다. 이를 해결하기 위한 연구가 진행되었으나 송신각 추정 문제는 고려되지 않았다. 이 논문에서는 송신 안테나와 수신 안테나를 모두 고려한 ESPRIT 알고리듬을 제안하여 송신 고도각, 수신 고도각, 그리고 수신 방위각을 동시에 추정하는 방법을 소개하고자 한다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제22권7호
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• pp.1534-1542
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• 1997

In this paper, we present a performance improvement method for the direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation algorithm of the narrowband signals incident on a uniform circular array. It is very important to estimate the covariance matrix effectively because the performance of DOA algorithm mainly depends on the exactness of the sampel coveriance matrix which is computed from the received samples of signals. In case of uniform circular array with the even number sensors, the structure of the arrray has a useful geometrical property. Therefore we present the method which can estimate covariance matrix more effectively using this property. The simulation results are shown to demonstrate the superior perfodrmance obtained by the proposed covariance matrix estimation method relative to that of the conventional estimation method.

• 전자공학회논문지
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• 제52권5호
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• pp.10-22
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• 2015

이최근, 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) 에서는 폭발적으로 증가하고 있는 모바일 데이터 트래픽을 수용하기 위하여 사이드홀 (Sidehaul) 시스템을 개발하고 이에 대한 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 사이드홀 시스템은 낮은 PAPR (Peak to Average Power Ratio)을 위해 SC-FDMA (Single Carrier-Frequency Division Multiple Access)를 기반으로 한다. 또한 제한된 공간에서 안테나 배열을 사용함으로써 MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) 전송이 가능하게 한다. 본 논문에서는 사이드홀 시스템에서 ULA (Uniform Linear Array), UCA (Uniform Circular Array) 및 UPA (Uniform Planar Array)에 대한 안테나 배열을 설계하고 성능을 분석한다. 또한, 이웃셀로 부터 간섭의 영향을 줄이기 위하여 새로운 하이브리드 수신기 FSC(Full Suppression Cancellation)를 제안한다. 제안한 수신기는 IRC (Interference Rejection Combining)와 SIC (Successive Interference Cancellation)를 결합하여 간섭을 억제 및 제거 할 수 있다.

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.849-856
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• 2020

배열 안테나 수신기에서 도래각(Angle of Arrival : AOA) 정보는 다양한 상황에서 특정 신호의 위치추정 및 효율적인 신호 획득을 위한 주요한 요소 중 하나이다. 위성망을 통한 도래각 추정은 위성에 탑재된 평면(격자형, 원형) 배열 안테나를 이용하여 빠르게 넓은 지역의 도래각 정보를 획득할 수 있다는 장점을 가진다. 위성 환경에서는 배열 안테나의 크기에 제약이 있어, 다수개의 안테나 요소를 사용하면서 전체 크기가 작은 동심원 배열 (CCA : Concentric Circular Array or CRA : Concentric Ring Array) 안테나 구조가 단일 원형 배열(UCA : Uniform Circular Array) 안테나 구조에 비해 효율적이다. 본 논문은 동심원 배열 안테나를 적용한 CAPON과 Beamspace MUSIC으로 구성된 캐스케이드 도래각 추정 알고리즘을 소개한다. 또한, 컴퓨터 시뮬레이션을 통해 제시된 알고리즘에 대한 성능평가를 실시하고, 단일 원형 배열 안테나의 경우와 비교/분석한다.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.97-105
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• 2009

In this paper, the performance of AP(Alternating Projection) and EM(Expectation Maximization) algorithms is investigated in terms of detection of multiple signals, resolvability of coherent signals and the efficiency of sensor array processing. The basic idea of these algorithms is utilization of relaxation technique of successive 1D maximization to solve a direction finding problem by maximizing the multidimensional likelihood function. It means that the function is maximized over only for a single parameter while the other parameters are fixed at each step of the iteration. According to simulation results, the algorithms showed good performance for both incoherent and coherent multiple signals. Moreover, some advantages are identified for direction finding with very small samples and fast convergence. The performance of AP algorithm is compared with that of EM using multiple criteria such as the number of sensor, SNR, the number of samples, and convergence speed over uniform circular array. It is resulted AP algorithm is superior to EM overally except for one criterion, convergence speed. Especially, for EM algorithm there is no performance difference between incoherent and coherent case. In conclusion, AP and EM are viable and practical alternatives, which can be applied to a direction under due to the resolvability of multi-path signals, reliable performance and no troublesome eigen-decomposition of the sample-covariance matrix.

• 한국전자파학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전자파학회 2000년도 종합학술발표회 논문집 Vol.10 No.1
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• pp.369-373
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• 2000

This paper describes a design for microstrip EMC cross dipole array antenna with circular polarization. To realize the wide bandwidth and circular polarization, the electromagnetic-coupled cross dipole is used. To obtain the uniform aperture illumination, offset technique for array is adopted. In 20-element array design, the calculated axial ratio and gain are about 0.1 dB and 9.9 dBi at 12GHz, respectively. The frequency characteristics of a fabricated 20-element array antenna are measured. The calculated results agree well with the measured ones.