• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제34권12C호
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• pp.1184-1191
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• 2009

본 논문에서는 IEEE 802.15.4a IR-UWB Ranging 시스템을 위한 주파수 옵셋 추정기를 제안한다. 주파수 옵셋 추정은 실내 다중경로 환경에서의 고정밀 Ranging을 위해 반드시 필요한 것으로 IEEE 802.15.4a 시스템에 적합한 주파수 옵셋 추정기의 제안이 필수이다. 먼저 IR-UWB 패킷에서 Ternary 프리앰블 코드 특징을 이용하여 ML 기반 주파수 옵셋 추정기를 제안하고, 하드웨어 구현을 위해 복잡도가 낮은 주파수 옵셋 추정기를 제안한다. 제안된 두 개의 주파수 옵셋 추정기 성능을 확인하기 위하여 이론적 분석을 수행하였고, IEEE 802.15.4a 다중 경로 채널 모델을 이용한 시뮬레이션을 통하여 다중 경로 환경에서도 주파수 옵셋 추정 성능이 우수함을 증명한다.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.480-490
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• 2020

More than 42 000 fires occur nationwide and cause over 2500 casualties every year. There is a lack of specialized equipment, and rescue operations are conducted with a minimal number of apparatuses. Through-the-wall radars (TTWRs) can improve the rescue efficiency, particularly under limited visibility due to smoke, walls, and collapsed debris. To overcome detection challenges and maintain a small-form factor, a TTWR system-on-chip (SoC) and its architecture have been proposed. Additive reception based on coherent clocks and reconfigurability can fulfill the TTWR demands. A clock-based single-chip infrared radar transceiver with embedded control logic is implemented using a 130-nm complementary metal oxide semiconductor. Clock signals drive the radar operation. Signal-to-noise ratio enhancements are achieved using the repetitive coherent clock schemes. The hand-held prototype radar that uses the TTWR SoC operates in real time, allowing seamless data capture, processing, and display of the target information. The prototype is tested under various pseudo-disaster conditions. The test standards and methods, developed along with the system, are also presented.

• 전자공학회논문지
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• 제49권9호
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• pp.49-54
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 IR-UWB 레이더 신호의 크기와 도달시간을 결합한 새로운 방법의 호흡속도추정 방법을 제안한다. 특히 이 논문에서는 분석을 통해서 인체의 흔들림이 호흡속도추정에 왜곡을 일으키지 않음을 증명한다. 분석을 바탕으로 레이더 신호의 크기 정보 신호와 도달시간 정보 신호의 컨볼루션 방법을 제안한다. 하드웨어 실험을 통한 분석을 통해서 호흡속도성분의 추출 능력이 기존의 추정 방법에 비해서 10dB 이상 향상됨을 보인다.

• Journal of Magnetics
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.450-459
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• 2016

Experimental results and data of numerical simulations are presented, concerning generation of wideband radio frequency (RF) oscillations in a nonlinear transmission line (NLTL) which contains a pre-magnetized core of ferrite material. Emphasis is made on the means for extracting the RF signal from the line, in order to radiate it into free space. Antennas of two types that can be used for the purpose are considered, both featuring a coaxial design. This permits availing of the principal advantages of coaxial systems, such as operation in the mode of a traveling TEM wave; wide range of the transmitted frequencies, and a reasonably simple design. The antennas studied, specifically a disc-cone dipole (DCD) and an impulse reflector antenna ('Half-IRA', or HIRA type) differ significantly in effective width of the radiated spectrum and in spatial characteristics of the radiated field in far region.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제31권12B호
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• pp.1028-1036
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• 2006

Energy conservation is an important issue in wireless networks, especially for self-organized, low power, low data-rate impulse-radio ultra-wideband (IR-UWB) networks, where every node is a battery-driven device. To conserve energy, it is necessary to turn node into sleep state when no data exist. This paper addresses the energy consumption analysis of Direct-Sequence (DS) versus Time-Hopping (TH) multiple accesses and two kinds of sleeping protocols (slotted and unslotted) in PHY-MAC for Un networks. We introduce an analytical model for energy consumption or a node in both TH and DS multiple accesses and evaluate the energy consumption comparison between them and also the performance of the proposed sleeping protocols. Simulation results show that the energy consumption per packet of DS case is less than TH case and for slotted sleeping is less than that of unslotted one for bursty load case, but with respect to the load access delay unslotted one consumes less energy, that maximize node lifetime.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제35권6호
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• pp.1084-1093
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• 2013

problem of pedestrian localization using mobile nodes containing impulse radio ultra wideband (IR-UWB) is considered. IEEE 802.15.4a-based IR-UWB can achieve accurate ranging. However, the coverage is as short as 30 m, owing to the restricted transmit power. This factor may cause a poor geometric relationship among the mobile nodes and anchor nodes in certain environments. To localize a group of pedestrians accurately, an enhanced cooperative localization method is proposed. We describe a sequential algorithm and define problems that may occur in the implementation of the algorithm. To solve these problems, a batch algorithm is proposed. The batch algorithm can be carried out after performing the sequential algorithm to linearize the nonlinear range equation. When a sequential algorithm cannot be performed due to a poor geometric relationship among nodes, a batch algorithm can be carried out directly. Herein, Monte Carlo simulations are presented to illustrate the proposed method and verify its performance.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.63-69
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• 2015

Recently, research and interests in pilotless and radio-controlled quadcopters have increased due to military, hobby, and air-photo applications. However, quadcopters are fragile and can very easily to break when they crash. Therefore, it is necessary to create a protective device such that these devices can protect the main board, motor, and propellers from outside impacts. In this paper, a protective device for a quadcopter is designed in the form of a circle to disperse shock. Also, a dropping and impact simulation was performed to verify that the quadcopter can be efficiently protected when using the proposed device, created with the commercial finite element software Solidworks.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제35권7A호
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• pp.682-687
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• 2010

The IEEE 802.15.4a specification targets the low-rate (LR) Impulse-radio (IR) ultra-wideband (UWB) system which is now widely applied in the WPANs considering rather short distance communications with low complexity and power consumption. The physical (PHY) layer uses concatenated coding with mixed binary phase-shift keying and binary pulse-position modulation (BPSK-BPPM), and direct sequence spreading with time hopping in order that both coherent and non-coherent receiver architectures are supported. In this paper, the performances of multiple access schemes compliant with IEEE 802.15.4a specification are investigated with energy detection receiver, which allow avoiding the complex channel estimation needed by a coherent receiver. However, the performance of energy detection receiver is severely degraded by multi-user interference (MUI), which largely diminishes one of the most fascinating advantages of UWB, namely robustness to MUI as well as the possibility to allow parallel transmissions. So as to improve the performance of multiple access schemes, we propose to apply the novel TH sequences as well as to increase the number of TH positions. The simulation results show that our novel multiple access schemes significantly improve the performance against MUI.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제28권10호
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• pp.802-809
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• 2017

본 논문에서는 IR-UWB 레이다 신호를 이용하여 무호흡 검출과 호흡수를 측정할 수 있는 방법을 제안한다. 제안한 방법에서는 무호흡 검출과 호흡수 측정을 동시에 지원하기 위해서 레이다 신호의 크기, 도래시간 및 선택된 주파수 대역에서의 전력 정보를 이용한다. 하드웨어 실험을 통해서 제안한 방법을 사용하여 정확한 호흡수 측정이 가능함을 보인다. 또한, 제안한 방법을 사용하여 무호흡과 호흡의 선택비가 최소 50 dB 이상이 됨을 보인다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.729-743
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• 1989

스펙트럼 확산 통신은 협대역 간섭 및 임펄스성 잡음등에 강하고 비화성이 있는등 많은 장점이 있어 비동기 부호분할 다중접속을 실현하는데 많은 이점을 갖고 있다. 본 논문은 이들 장점을 이용하여 LAN을 구성하는데 전용선 및 전원선과 같은 전송로를 사용했을 때의 LAN구성을 시도하였다. 그러나 전원선은 제한된 대역 때문에 부호분할 다중을 만들기 어려우며 결국 원근문제나 타국간 간섭을 받게 된다. 이의 주원인은 부호분할 다중시 사용되는 의사 잡음 부호의 상호상관의 불량 때문이다. 이 타국간 간섭을 제거할 수 있는 한가지 방법을 제안한고 스펙트럼 확산 기술을 사용한 LAN을 구성하기 위한 성능을 평가한 것이다.