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A Novel Side-Peak Cancellation Method for BOC Signal Synchronization

BOC 신호 동기화를 위한 새로운 주변 첨두 제거 기법

  • 김상훈 (성균관대학교 정보통신공학부) ;
  • 윤태웅 (성균관대학교 정보통신공학부) ;
  • 이영윤 (성균관대학교 정보통신공학부) ;
  • 한태희 (성균관대학교 정보통신공학부) ;
  • 윤석호 (성균관대학교 정보통신공학부)
  • Published : 2009.01.31
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Abstract

Binary offset carrier (BOC) signal synchronization is one of the most important steps to recover the transmitted information in global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) including Galileo and global positioning system (GPS). Generally, BOC signal synchronization is based on the correlation between the received and locally generated BOC signals. Thus, the multiple side-peaks in BOC autocorrelation are one of the main error sources in synchronizing BOC signals. Recently, a novel correlation function with reduced side-peaks was proposed for BOC signal synchronization by Julien [8]; however, Julien's correlation function not only still has the side-peaks, but also is only applicable to sine phased BOC(n, n), where n is the ratio of the pseudo random noise (PRN) code rate to 1.023 MHz. In this paper, we propose a new correlation function for BOC signal synchronization, which does not have any side-peaks and is applicable to general types of BOC signals, sine/cosine phased BOC(kn, n), where k is the ratio of a PRN chip duration to the period of a square wave sub-carrier used in BOC modulation. In addition, an efficient correlator structure is presented for generating the proposed correlation function.

Bin offset carrier (BOC) 신호 동기화 과정은 GPS, Galileo와 같은 위성항법시스템에서 가장 중요한 단계이다. BOC 신호 동기화 과정은 일반적으로, 수신 BOC 신호와 단말기의 BOC 신호 사이의 상관함수를 이용하여 이루서진다. 따라서 BOC 자기상관함수의 다중 첨두 문제는 동기화 오차의 주요한 원인이 된다. 최근 Julien에 의해 BOC 상관함수 상의 주변 첨두 크기를 줄일 수 있는 기법이 제안되었다. 그러나 이 기법은 주변 첨두를 완벽히 제거하지 못하며, 적용할 수 있는 신호도 제한적이다. 본 논문에서는 주변 첨두가 완벽히 제거된 새로운 상관함수를 제안하였다. 제안한 상관함수는 sine 위상 및 cosine 위상의 BOC 신호 모두에 적용할 수 있으며, 주변 첨두를 완벽히 제거할 수 있다. 또한 제안한 상관함수를 효율적으로 구현할 수 있는 상관기 구조도 제안하였다.

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