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An Open-Loop Power Control Algorithm for On-The-Move Terminal in Satellite Communication Systems

위성통신 시스템에서 이동형 위성단말을 위한 개루프 전력제어 알고리즘

  • Received : 2014.07.10
  • Accepted : 2014.08.28
  • Published : 2014.09.30
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Abstract

In this paper, we propose an open loop power control algorithm to control transmission power of the On-The-Move(OTM) Satcom terminal in GEO satellite communication environment. The proposed algorithm identifies the current channel state restricted by an obstacle or an antenna depointing loss based on the received beacon signal strength. On the basis of the determined signal attenuation causes, the OTM Satcom terminal turns off the RF output when an antenna tracking is failed. If the OTM Satcom terminal experiences a channel blockage by an obstacle, the terminal spreads the transmit data to increase data reception probability. To evaluate the performance of the proposed algorithm, we compare an adjacent satellite interference level and an outage probability. The results show the performance of the proposed algorithm is better than that of the conventional algorithm.

본 논문에서는 정지궤도 위성을 운용하는 위성통신환경에서 이동형 위성단말의 송신전력제어를 위한 개루프 전력제어 알고리즘을 제안한다. 제안하는 알고리즘은 위성체로부터 전송되는 비콘 신호를 기준으로 현재 위성채널 상태가 장애물에 의해 LOS가 제한되는 상황인지, 안테나의 위성추적 오차로 인해 발생되는 손실인지 판별한다. 판별된 신호감쇄 원인을 기준으로 안테나 위성추적 오차 시는 RF 출력을 멈추며, 장애물에 의한 채널 단절이 발생될 경우는 전력제어 없이 확산을 통해 데이터 수신 확률을 향상시킨다. 제안하는 알고리즘의 성능분석을 위해 인접위성 간섭 수준과 채널 아웃티지 확률을 분석하였으며, 분석결과 제안하는 알고리즘이 더 높은 성능을 보임을 확인하였다.

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