• Journal of Satellite, Information and Communications
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• v.8 no.4
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• pp.37-42
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• 2013

In this paper, we propose a compensation method of a non-ideal antenna array and a computationally efficient estimation method of the direction of arrival (DOA) for the antenna array. For DOA estimation, an antenna array is essential. By using the phase difference between the output signals of antennas, we can derive the DOA. In practice, however, mutual coupling between the elements of an antenna array change the beam pattern of each element and degrade the performance of DOA estimation. In the proposed method, we first estimate the DOA for the mid-subarray of the array, where all elements undergo relatively same coupling effect. We use the estimation of signal parameters via rotational invariance techniques (ESPRIT) algorithm to estimate the DOA. Then, we expand the array based on the estimated DOA by compensating the coupling effect. Simulation results show that the proposed method is effective when jamming to noise power ratio (JNR)is relative low.

• Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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• 1998.06e
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• pp.137-140
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• 1998

본 논문은 비균일 분포 수동형 견인 배열 센서를 사용하여 입사각 추정은 물론, 도플러 주파수를 동시에 추정해내기 위한 기법을 제안한다. 균일 선형 센서 배열을 사용하는 전통적인 수동형 견인 센서 배열 처리기법은 센서간의 등 간격구조 및 단순한 표본 과정에 기인하여 활용 분야의 한계성을 가지며, 주된 응용 분야가 방사된 음향신호의 입사각을 추정하는 데만 국한되어 사용될 수 있다는 문제점을 내포하고 있다. 본 논문은 이러한 제한성을 극복하고 방사 신호들의 개별적인 입사각 및 도플러 주파수의 동시 추정이 가능한 새로운 형태의 수동형 견인 배열 센서 처리 기법을 제안한다.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.32-42
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• 1998

본 논문은 비균일 분포 수동형 견인 배열 센서를 사용하여 입사각 추정은 물론, 도 플러 주파수를 동시에 추정해내기 위한 기법을 제안한다. 균일 선형 센서 배열을 사용하는 전통적인 수동형 견인 센서 배열 처리기법은 센서간의 등 간격 구조 및 단순한 표본 과정에 기인하여 활용 분야의 한계성을 가지며, 주된 응용 분야가 방사된 음향신호의 입사각을 추 정하는데만 국한되어 사용될 수 있다는 문제점을 내포하고 있다. 이러한 사실 때문에, 수중 천해 환경 하에서 견인함의 등속 이동에 의해 발생하는 도플러 주파수들에 대한 정보는 목 표물에 대한 식별이나 음향신호 전달 경로의 모델링에 중요한 매개변수로 작용하며, 일반적 인 수동형 견인 센서 배열의 사용에 의한 처리 방식으로는 이러한 매개변수의 추출이 불가 능하게 된다. 본 논문은 이러한 제한성을 극복하고 방사 신호들의 개별적인 입사각 및 도플 러 주파수의 동시 추정을 가능케하도록 비균일 분포의 선형 센서 배열과 Sample Skipping 기법(Sample Skipping Technique;SST)을 적용한 새로운 형태의 수동형 견인 배열 센서 처 리 기법을 제안한다.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.643-650
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• 2020

The phased array antenna has an advantage enabling rapid beam aim without the mechanical rotation of the antenna, because it arranges multiple elements in a linear or planer (grid or circular) and electronically controls the phase for each element. The planar array antenna is generally used a grid array and a circular array, and the circular form has the higher resolution comparing to the grid form due to the its structural characteristics. However, a concentric circular array (CCA) or a concentric ring array (CRA) with multiple circular arrays which each has different radius is used in the limited area, because the entire radius should be increased for the circular array with a number of elements. In this paper, we introduce the angle-of-arrival (AOA) estimator for an adaptive beamforming satellite system based on CRA and provide the simulation results for performance evaluation. In addition, simulation results are compared and analyzed to the case for the circular array antenna.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea TE
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• v.42 no.2
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• pp.1-6
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• 2005

Ryu et al. proposed a multiple target DOA tracking algorithm using a linear sensor array. In Ryu's algorithm first, the signal subspace is estimated using sensor output and the angular innovations of targets are extracted from the estimated signal subspace. Next, the DOA's of targets are tracked using the angular innovations as the inputs of Kalman filters. Ryu's algorithm has good features that it has no data association problem and is efficient. However, Ryu's algorithm can't be a lied to an arbitrarily shaped array because it was proposed using linear sensor array. Actually, when the sensor array is used in the various application fields, sensors have a position error. Therefore, the sensor array can be an arbitrarily shaped array. In this paper, we propose a multiple target DOA tracking algorithm applicable to an arbitrarily shaped array, and it sustains the good features of Ryu's algorithm.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.849-856
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• 2020

The Angle-of-Arrival(AOA) information for an array antenna receiver is one of the important factors for estimating the location of specific signals and detecting signals efficiently, in various situations. The AOA estimator in the satellite environment can rapidly calculate the AOA information in the wide area, utilizing a planar (grid, circular) array antenna mounted on the satellite. Since the satellite receiver has the limitation of the array antenna size, the concentric circular (ring) array (CCA or CRA) antenna structure with comparatively small size but with multiple antenna elements is more efficient than the uniform circular array (UCA) structure, for the satellite environment. In this paper, we introduce a cascade AOA estimation algorithm based on CRA, consisting of CAPON and Beamspace MUSIC. In addition, we provide computer simulation examples for verifying the estimation performance of the cascade AOA estimation algorithm based on CRA and compare it to the case of UCA.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.14 no.6
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• pp.1053-1060
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• 2019

The satellite antenna for collecting information is mainly classified into reflector antenna, lens antenna, and phased array antenna. Among them, the phased array antenna with the excellent antenna pattern control performance for a multi-beam system is frequently used. Although the terrestrial signal information collection based on the satellite is not much effected geographically, it requires the accurate angle-of-arrival (AOA) information of the interesting signal. In this paper, we discuss the characteristics and the advantages/disadvantages of the antenna array shape employed in the phased array antenna. In addition, we present the Cascade AOA estimation algorithm based on a square array antenna mounted on the satellite receiver, and show the performance evaluation results through the computer simulation.

• Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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• 1998.06c
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• pp.465-468
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• 1998

본 논문은 천해 상에서 목표물로부터 방사되어 견인 이동되는 하이드로폰을 통하여 입사되는 광대역 신호에 대한 DOA (Direction-Of Arrival) 추정기법을 제안한다. 견인 배열 어레이를 이용하는 경우 고정된 위치의 배열 하이드로폰을 사용하는 경우와는 달리 움직임에 의한 도플러 주파수 천이 값이 발생하며 배열 상에 입사되는 광대역 신호는 각 주파수성분에 따라 서로 다른 고유 벡터 영역을 갖게 된다. 따라서 주파수 성분별로 처리하여 평균 공간 스펙트럼을 구하여 입사각을 추정하는 기존의 Incoherent 처리기법은 심각한 추정 오차를 발생시킨다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 문제점을 해결하기 위하여 각 주파수 성분에 대한 고유한 벡터영역들을 Coherent 변환과정을 거쳐서 통합된 벡터영역으로 변환하여 공간 스펙트럼을 추정하고 이를 통하여 입사각을 추출한다. 시뮬레이션 결과를 통하여 Cherent 처리기법을 이용한 입사각 추정상의 우수한 성능을 확인하였다.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.23 no.6
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• pp.1419-1424
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• 1998

In phased array antennas that scan elevation, the number of radiator rows is one of the important factors to minimizing both cost and weitht. Therefore, the antenna tilt angles having relation with element spacing are among the improtant design parameters. The exact optimum tilt angles for several types of uniformly and nonuniformly excited arrays are obtained theoretically. Four types of uniform linear arrays and Chebyshev array factors as a nonuniformly excited arrav are considered.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.37 no.6
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• pp.412-421
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• 2018

The Line array sonar consisting of several hydrophones increases array gain and improves the performance for detecting the direction of the target compared to single hydrophone. However, line array sonar produces the bearing error that makes it difficult to determine the bearing of incoming source signal due to the relation between bearing angle of target and vertical angle of multipath signals. Vertical angles of multipath are varied with the geometry of receiver and target and various underwater environments, therefore it is necessary to consider the bearing error to estimate accurately the bearing of the target. In this study, acoustic modelling was performed to understand the effect of multipath signals on the target signal. The errors of bearing angle estimated from the bottom bounced signals are calculated with several environment. In addition, the expected bearing line, as a function of source-receiver range, compensated for the bearing error is predicted from the estimated bearing angle.