• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제45권9호
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• pp.757-765
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• 2017

위성항법시스템 (GNSS: Global Navigation Satellite System)으로 계산되는 위치 정확도는 위성 의사거리 (Pseudo-Range) 측정값 정확도와 DOP (Dilution of Precision) 으로 표현되는 위성의 배치관계를 통해 결정된다. 위성의 의사거리 측정값은 위성 시계, 궤도, 전리층, 대류층, 다중경로 등 여러 요인에 의해 오차가 발생하게 되며, 사용자 의사거리정확도를 향상을 위해서는 정확한 의사거리 측정값이 필요하다. 반면, 위성의 배치의 경우, 사용자의 수신환경에 따라 위치 정확도가 달라진다. 예를 들어, 고층 빌딩이 많은 도심의 경우에는 위성전파 차단의 위험이 많아 가시위성의 수가 감소하고 개활지에 비해 상대적으로 양호한 DOP을 가지기 어렵다. 본 논문은 가상위성 (Virtual Satellite)을 통해 DOP 성능 개선과 의미있는 가상거리측정값 (VRM: Virtual Range Measurement) 정확도를 확보하여, 위치 정확도 향상 시키는 방법에 대해 연구하였다. 그 결과 적절한 가상위성배치와 정확한 가상 거리측정값을 이용하면 수직위치 정확도의 개선 효과를 얻을 수 있었다.

• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.17-23
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• 2014

Satellite Based Augmentation Systems (SBAS) provide ionospheric corrections at geographically five degree-spaced Ionospheric Grid Points (IGPs) and confidence bounds, called Grid Ionospheric Vertical Errors (GIVEs), on the error of those corrections. Since the ionosphere is one of the largest error sources which may threaten the safety of a single frequency Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) user, the ionospheric correction and integrity bound algorithm is essential for the development of SBAS. The current single frequency based SBAS, already deployed or being developed, implement the ionospheric correction and error bounding algorithm of the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) developed for use in the United States. However, the ionospheric condition is different for each region and it could greatly degrade the performance of SBAS if its regional characteristics are not properly treated. Therefore, this paper discusses key factors that should be taken into consideration in the development of the ionospheric correction and integrity bound algorithm optimized for the Korean SBAS. The main elements of the conventional GIVE monitor algorithm are firstly reviewed. Then, this paper suggests several areas which should be investigated to improve the availability of the Korean SBAS by decreasing the GIVE value.

• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.323-332
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• 2023

Today, services using Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) technology are provided in various fields, such as smartphone Location-Based Service (LBS) and autonomous driving. Generally, outdoor positioning techniques depend on the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), and the need for positioning techniques that guarantee positioning accuracy, availability, and continuity is emerging with advances in service. In particular, continuity is not guaranteed in urban canyons where it is challenging to secure visible satellites with standalone GNSS, and even if more than four satellites are visible, the positioning accuracy and stability are reduced due to multipath channels. Research using Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites is already underway to overcome these limitations. In this study, we conducted a trend analysis of LEO-PNT research, an LEO satellite-based navigation and augmentation system. Through comparison with GNSS, the differentiation of LEO-PNT was confirmed, and the system design and receiver processing were analyzed according to LEO-PNT classification. Lastly, the current status of LEO-PNT development by country and institution was confirmed.

• 대한공간정보학회지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.51-57
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• 2002

GPS(Global Positioning System)가 토목공사, 기준점 측량, 구조물 변형등 측지 및 측량분야에 활용성이 우수하다는 것은 여러 연구 결과에서 입증되었지만, 고층 빌딩이 산재한 도심지나 공장지역등 GPS 위성신호의 수신이 최소 4개 이하로 떨어지는 장소에서서의 GPS 정적 위치결정 정확도는 현저히 떨어진다는 것을 알 수 있다. 따라서 GPS 위성과 GLONASS(GLObal Navigation Satellite System)를 결합하여 위성의 가시성을 높여 보다 많은 위치 정보를 획득하여 향상된 정적 위치결정 정확도를 얻으려 한다. 그 결과 GPS/GLONASS 결합시스템으로 도심지에서 다중경로, 신호의 고도각, 가시위성 부족에 의한 위치 결정정확도를 저하하는 것을 향상시켰다.

• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.93-102
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• 2024

Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)/Inertial Navigation System (INS) integrated navigation systems provide highly accurate and reliable navigation solutions and are widely used as civil and military navigation systems. In order to facilitate the GNSS/INS integrated navigation system development task, a simulator can be used to provide inputs for the GNSS/INS integrated navigation system. In this paper, a simulator design using general-purpose Personal Computer (PC) and Off-The-Shelf (OTS) interface boards for a GNSS/INS integrated navigation system is proposed and implementation results are presented. Requirements of the GNSS/INS integrated navigation system simulator are presented and a design method that satisfies the requirements is described. In order to show the usefulness of the proposed design method, a simulator using a general-purpose PC and OTS interface boards for the GPS/INS integrated navigation system are implemented and verified. The implementation results show that the simulator designed by the proposed method generates the GPS L1 C/A signal and IMU data without any problems.

• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2013

A signal system for improving the code acquisition complexity of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver is proposed and the receiving correlator scheme is presented accordingly. The proposed signal system is a hierarchical code type with a duplexing configuration which consists of the Zadoff-Chu (ZC) code having a good auto-correlation characteristic and the Pseudo Random Noise (PRN) code for distinguishing satellites. The receiving correlator has the scheme that consists of the primary correlator for the ZC code and the secondary correlator which uses the PRN code for the primary correlation results. The simulation results of code acquisition using the receiving correlator of the proposed signal system show that the proposed signal scheme improves the complexity of GNSS receiver and has the code acquisition performance comparable to the existing GNSS signal system using Coarse/Acquisition (C/A) code.

• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2012

For a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver, it is known that a Vector Delay Locked Loop (DLL) in which the code signals of each satellite are tracked in parallel by using navigation results shows better performance in the aspect of the tracking accuracy and the robustness than that of a Scalar DLL. However, the quantitative analysis and the logical grounds for that performance enhancement of the Vector DLL are not sufficient. This paper, therefore, proposes the structure of the GPS receiver with the Vector DLL and analyzes the performance of it. The tracking and the positioning accuracy of the Vector DLL are theoretically analyzed and confirmed by simulation results. From the simulation results, it can be seen that the tracking and positioning accuracy has been improved about 30% in case that the receiver is static and the positioning is conducted for every Pre-detection Integration Time (PIT) while C/N0 is 45 dB-Hz.

• 한국항행학회논문지
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.345-353
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• 2015

본 논문에서는 차세대 항행시스템인 ADS-B (automatic dependent surveillance - broadcast)의 성능 개선을 위해, 정보융합 기법을 제안하였다. ADS-B는 기존의 레이더에 비해 성능이 우수하지만, GNSS (global navigation satellite system) 정보에 의존하기 때문에 GNSS가 가지는 오차가 ADS-B 데이터에 포함된다. 본 논문에서는 이런 오차를 극복하기 위해 ADS-B의 데이터에 MLAT(multilateration)와 WAM (wide area multilateration)의 데이터를 융합하여 ADS-B의 성능을 개선하였다. 정보융합을 하면 기존의 데이터에 비해 정확성이 우수한 데이터를 얻을 수 있다. 기존의 정보융합 기법은 부 필터로 칼만필터나 IMM 필터를 사용하지만, 제안된 기법에서는 Robust IMM 필터를 사용하여 항공기 위치추적 성능을 향상시켰다. 또한 실제 ADS-B 데이터를 사용하여 시뮬레이션 결과 대비 신뢰도를 높였다.

• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.335-340
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• 2021

A constant envelope multiplexing via constellation tailoring scheme is proposed for flexible power allocation of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signals. The proposed scheme is compared with the coherent adaptive subcarrier modulation (CASM) adopted in the L1 band signals of the Global Positioning System (GPS) in terms of power difference and power loss. Analysis of the constellation optimization results on the power difference and power loss show that the proposed scheme outperforms the CASM of the GPS signals in the allowable power difference of less than 0.1 dB.