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Feasibility of Communication Antennas Installation on Integrated Mast for ROK Navy

한국해군 함정 통신장비 안테나의 통합마스트 탑재 가능성

  • Received : 2020.03.30
  • Accepted : 2020.04.20
  • Published : 2020.05.31
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Abstract

The mast is the highest structure in a naval ship, and various communication and radar antennas are installed to achieve long-range communications and line of sight. The U.S. and European navy currently are adopting integrated mast to their new ships, as it can reduce the Radar Cross Section(RCS) of the new ships and thus improve survivability of the ship. In this paper, when other navies adopt integrated masts on new ships, types of antennas, according to the cases that the antennas are integrated on the integrated mast or not, are analyzed. Also the types of antennas and transmission techniques for the radio communication equipments of the Korean Navy are analyzed in various frequency bands. For adopting an integrated mast on Korean new ships, the effects of the ship RCS according to the types of antennas, the possibility of integration the antennas and the integrated mast and considerations were presented.

마스트는 해군 함정에서 가장 높은 구조물로, 장거리 통신 및 레이더 가시거리(LOS, Line Of Sight) 확보를 위해 각종 통신기와 레이더 안테나들이 설치된다. 통합마스트는 레이더 반사 면적(RCS, Radar Cross Section)을 줄일 수 있어 함 생존성 향상을 기대할 수 있기 때문에 최근 미국, 유럽 등 해외에서 건조되는 함정에 적용되고 있는 비율이 늘고 있다. 본 논문에서는 해외에서 통합마스트를 적용할 경우 통신 안테나의 통합 현황 및 안테나 개발 사례를 분석하였다. 그리고 한국 해군의 운용 통신망을 분석하여 통합마스트를 적용할 경우 통신기 안테나 형태에 따른 함정 RCS 영향, 다양한 대역의 통신기 안테나의 통합마스트 통합 가능성과 고려사항을 제시하였다.

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