• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2000년도 제15차 학술회의논문집
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• pp.56-56
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• 2000

In this paper, the relationship between GPS code and carrier tracking performance is given. Through the error analysis and experiments, the performance of code tracking loop can be improved using narrow correlation. The performance of code tracking loop can be also improved if the better carrier tracking loop is used. On the other hand, the performance of carrier tracking loop is independent of that of code tracking loop.

• International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems
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• 제6권6호
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• pp.948-953
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• 2008

In high dynamic situations, the GPS carrier tracking loop requires a wide bandwidth to track a carrier signal because the Doppler frequency changes more rapidly with time. However, a wide bandwidth allows noises within the bandwidth of the tracking loop to pass through the loop filter. As these noises are used in the numerical controlled oscillator(NCO), the carrier tracking loop of a GPS receiver shows a degraded performance in high dynamic situations. To solve this problem, an adaptive two-stage Kalman filter, which offers the NCO a less noisy phase error, can be used. This filter is based on a carrier phase dynamic model and can adapt to an incomplete dynamic model and a quickly changed Doppler frequency. The performance of the proposed tracking loop is verified by several simulations.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제33권12A호
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• pp.1217-1224
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• 2008

갈릴레오 위성시스템의 정확한 위치 확인을 위해서는 기본적으로 정화한 반송파 추적이 이루어져야 한다. 주파수 오차를 추적하기 위한 FLL은 전파 도달 시간의 변화를 발생시키는 동적 음력에 강인하지만 정확한 반송파 추적이 어렵다. 반면 위상 오차를 추적하기 위한 PLL은 정확한 반송파 추적이 가능하지만 동적음력에 약하고 높은 동적음력에서 반송파 추적성능이 저하된다. 본 논문에서는 갈릴레오 L1F 신호에서 높은 동적응력에서도 정확한 반송파 추적이 가능하도록 FLL과 PLL의 상호 보완적인 운용과 FLL지원의 PLL 루프필터를 적용한 반송파 추적루프를 설계하였으며, 모의실험을 통하여 제안한 기법의 성능을 입증하였다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제14권9호
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• pp.939-947
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• 2008

The GPS tracking loop consists of three parts in general: discriminator, loop filter and DCO (Digitally Controlled Oscillator). The loop filter is the main part of the tracking loop designed to ensure a good tracking performance. Generally, the loop filter is designed using classical PI(Proportional Integral) control. Although the carrier Doppler and code Doppler are generated by the same relative movement between the satellite and the user, often, the loop filters for each tracking loop are designed separately and independently. Sometimes, they are used in a combined manner such as carrier aided code tracking, FLL assisted PLL, etc. For better GPS signal tracking, we need to design the FLL/PLL/DLL altogether optimally. The purpose of this paper is to design a GPS receiver tracking loop based on the Kalman filter in a combined manner. Also, the proposed GPS receiver tracking loop is compared with a conventional tracking loop in terms of the transfer function and the DCO input. This paper shows that conventional tracking loop is equal to the Kalman filter based tracking loop.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.248-257
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• 2005

In this paper, we develop design procedures for carrier tracking loop for orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) systems or other systems of blocked data. In such communication systems, phase error measurements are made infrequent enough to invalidate the traditional loop design methodology which is based on analog loop design. We analyze the degradation in the OFDM schemes caused by the tracking loop and show how the performance is dependent on the rms phase error, where we distinguished between the effect of the variance in the average phase over the symbol and the effect of the phase change over the symbol. We derive the optimal tracking loop including optional delay in the loop caused by processing time. Our solution is general and includes arbitrary phase noise apd additive noise spectrums. In order to guarantee a well behaved solution, we have to check the design against margin constraints subject to uncertainties. In case the optimal loop does not meet the required margin constraints subjected to uncertainties, it is shown how to apply a method taken from control theory to find a controller. Alternatively, if we restrict the solution to first or second order loops, we give a simple loop design procedure which may be sufficient in many cases. Extensions of the method are shown for using both pilot symbols and data symbols in the OFDM receiver for phase tracking. We compare our results to other methods commonly used in OFDM receivers and we show that a large improvement can be gained.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제12권8호
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• pp.739-745
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• 2006

This paper presents performance improvement of the INS velocity-adided GPS carier tracking loop. To this end, INS velocity-aided GPS carrier tracking loop was modeled as a feedfoward and a feedback loop system. In the phase tracking loop, it was shown that the tracking error caused by the dynamic motion of the vehicle can be compensated with the aiding of the INS information irrespective of the loop order and bandwidth. However, the signal trcking error increases as the INS error increases. It was also shown that in order to remove the tracking error caused by INS bias error, more than or equal to 2nd order PLL should be used. Experiments were carried out and the experimental results were compared with the analysis results.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2000년도 제13회 신호처리 합동 학술대회 논문집
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• pp.907-910
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• 2000

QPSK 복조기는 위상 오차에 따른 문제점을 극복하기 위해 수신단에서는 반송파의 주파수와 위상을 tracking 하는 Carrier recovery loop부분이 필요하다〔1〕. Carrier recovery loop는 multiplier, arm filter, matched filter, decimator, loop filter, NCO로 구성이 된다〔2〕.기존 Carrier recovery loop의 NCO는 sine과 cosine의 lookup table을 갖는 구조로 되어있어, 전력소모가 크다는 문제점을 가지고 있다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 lookup table을 사용하지 않는 저 전력 구조의 QPSK복조기의 Carrier recovery loop의 NCO를 설계했다.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.56-62
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• 2011

위성 트랜스폰더는 위성내부에 탑재되는 탑재체이며, 위성의 관제 및 제어를 위해 지상국과의 무선통신을 수행한다. 디지털 트랜스폰더는 기존의 아날로그 트랜스폰더에 비해 재제작이 쉬우며 정확한 성능 예측이 가능하다. 또한 변복조 방식, Data Rate, Loop Bandwidth, Modulation Index 등의 기능이 위성궤도 상에서 변경 가능하며, 많은 아날로그 부품을 디지털로 구현하여 무게 및 부피를 줄일 수 있다. 디지털 트랜스폰더의 핵심기술은 반송파 복원부이며, 반송파 복원부의 성능에 의해 Dynamic Range, 주파수 추적 범위, 주파수 추적 Rate 및 Coherent 등의 성능이 결정된다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 위성용 디지털 트랜스폰더에 적합한 반송파 복원부의 구조를 제안하고 이를 시험 및 검증하였다.

• 한국항해항만학회지
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• 제31권9호
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• pp.763-769
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• 2007

A narrow loop noise bandwidth method is desirable to reduce the error of raw measurements due to the thermal noise. However, it degrades the performance of GPS initial synchronization such as mean acquisition time. And it restricts the loop noise bandwidth to a fixed value determined by the lower bound of the allowable range of carrier-to-noise power ratio, so that it is difficult to optimally track GPS signal. In order to make up for the weak points of the fixed-type narrow loop noise bandwidth method and simultaneously minimize the error of code and carrier measurements, this paper proposes a stepwise-type adaptive bandwidth algorithm for DGPS reference receivers. In this paper, it is shown that the proposed adaptive bandwidth algorithm can provide more accurate measurements than those of the fixed-type narrow loop noise bandwidth method, in view of analyzing the simulation results between two signal tracking algorithms. This paper also carries out sensitivity analysis of the proposed adaptive bandwidth algorithm due to the estimation uncertainty of carrier-to-noise power ratio. Finally the analysis results are verified by the experiment using GPS simulator.

• 항공우주기술
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.64-72
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• 2013

본 논문에서는 GPS 수신기의 반송파 추적루프를 3차 PLL로 구성하고 대역폭을 변화시켰을 때 발사체 시나리오를 이용한 시뮬레이션에서 GPS 수신기의 추적 및 항법성능을 분석한다. 시험에 사용된 GPS 수신기는 발사체가 가지는 동특성으로 인해 3차 PLL로 구성된 추적루프의 대역폭에 따라 추적 및 항법성능에 차이가 나타났으며, 특히 대역폭이 좁게 설정된 경우에는 신호추적을 놓쳐 항법 계산을 하지 못하는 경우도 발생하였다.