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An Improvement of Performance in a Satellite Antenna Tracking Control System for Mobile DAB Reception (DAB수신을 위한 이동체용 위성 안테나 트랙킹 시스템의 성능 개선)

  • Jeong Joong-Sung
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.28 no.7
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    • pp.1178-1184
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    • 2004
  • This paper presents the development of a satellite antenna tracking control system using a plane antenna for mobile DAB(Digital Audio Broadcasting) reception. To track more rapidly in the antenna of this system, this simple tracking system only tracks a direction of azimuth using pendulum in the direction of elevation. This system should track using the AGC(Automatic Gain Control) of the signal level which can receive DAB in spite of the changing of point and movement of the mobile. The directional gyro sensor is attached to solve the delay time in the Proposed tracking algorithm. The effectiveness of both the stabilization and tracking algorithm is demonstrated through experiment measuring AGC signal level. The implemented satellite antenna tracking control system is shown to be excellent for mobile DAB reception.

The Study of an Automatic Tracking and Pointing Method and the Regarding System for Facing Two Antennas (상호 대국의 안테나 간 자동 추적 지향 기법 및 장치 연구)

  • Gimm, Hak In;Cho, Sung Hoon;Lee, Chong Hyo
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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    • v.18 no.5
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    • pp.498-509
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    • 2015
  • The existing mobile antenna networks in the military use have been operated by the manual pointing between two antennas. The work presented here describes the study of ATPC(Automatic Tracking and Pointing Control) system between facing antennas and the related tracking and pointing performances. This system is able to automatically track the maximum RSSI(Received Signal Strength Indication) value from the source's RF(Radio Frequency) signal and then control for maintaining the LOS(Line of Sight) between two antennas. The system has three major units; the driving unit consisting of motors, harmonic drives and encoders, the sensor unit with a GPS(Global Positioning System) and AHRS(Attitude and Heading Reference System) and the control unit regulating all the tracking and pointing events. By using PI(Proportional and Integral) controller, this system is able to properly track and point the other antenna under the external disturbance like the wind load. Both the simulation and the experimental works have been successively carried out to prove the performances of the system.

An Antenna & RF System for Fly-away Satcom Terminal Application on Ka-band (Ka대역 위성통신용 fly-away 터미널 안테나 & RF 시스템 설계)

  • Park, Byungjun;Kim, Chunwon;Yoon, Wonsang;Lee, SeongJae
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.485-491
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    • 2014
  • An Antenna & RF system for a fly-away satcom terminal application on ka-band is presented in this paper. The Fly-away satellite terminal can be moved and operated by two person and adapt automatic satellite tracking system in order to decrease the tracking time. Additionally, for low-power consumption, compact size and light-weight, a dual reflector antenna is constructed using dual-offset gregorian antenna structure. For minimize weight, the reflector of the antenna is made of Magnesium. For low-power consumption and light-weight, the pHEMT MMIC compound devices is utilized. The Electronic Band-Gap(EBG) Low-Pass Filter(LPF) is designed for harmonic rejection. In the receiving part, Low-Noise Block converter(LNB) structure is designed for compact and lightweight. In this paper, fly-away satcom terminal with low-power consumption, compact size and light-weight is described with antenna system and RF system performances. Through the experimentation, fly-away terminal's EIRP is more than 50dBW, G/T is more than $17dB/^{\circ}K$.

A Study on Pre-treatment and Performance Evaluation for Printing RFID Antenna with Conductive Paste (RFID 안테나용 전도성 프린팅을 위한 PET 직물의 최적 전처리 공정연구 및 성능평가)

  • Hong, Jinpyo;Jung, Chando;Yoon, Seokhan;Choi, Sanghyun
    • Textile Coloration and Finishing
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    • v.25 no.4
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    • pp.287-291
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    • 2013
  • Nowadays, terms such as 'Smart Textile', 'Intelligent Textile' and 'Wearable Computing' are commonly used in everyday contexts. And radio-frequency identification (RFID) is the use of a wireless non-contact system that uses radio-frequency electromagnetic fields to transfer data from a tag attached to an object, for the purposes of automatic identification and tracking. These products are required technologies which are textile treatments, printing, ink, etc. Durability of textile substrates is an essential marker for conductive ink printing process. Especially, heat stability is important, since conductive ink should be processable (annealing, curing) at temperatures below $150^{\circ}C$. This study was application of RFID on textiles. The textile pre-treatment processes should be carried out to use RFID antenna on textiles.

RFID-based Automatic Entity Information Management System for Smart Refrigerator (스마트 냉장고를 위한 RFID 기반 물품 정보 자동 관리 시스템)

  • Lee, Ju-Dong;Kim, Hyung-Suk;Kim, Tae-Hyoun;Suh, Hyo-Joong
    • Journal of Internet Computing and Services
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.43-54
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    • 2008
  • In this paper, we implement an automatic entity information management system for smart refrigerator using RFID technology in which objects containing electronic tags are automatically identified using radio wave. Unlike current "smart" refrigerators, the system presented in this paper implements smart tag information acquisition mechanism and real-time information management system to provide various information on entities in refrigerators to local and remote users. As the first step, this paper analyzes the requirements for smart refrigerator system based on the RFID and suggests design considerations. Based on the analysis, we propose and implement an efficient tag location tracking method based on antenna transfer method and an intelligent tag information management system based on embedded database and web server. We also provide a wide range of experimental results on the number of tags identified at a time and the tag recognition ratio according to the RFID antenna transfer speed and the angle between tag reader and tags.

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Creation of 3D Maps for Satellite Communications to Support Ambulatory Rescue Operations

  • Nakajima, Isao;Nawaz, Muhammad Naeem;Juzoji, Hiroshi;Ta, Masuhisa
    • Journal of Multimedia Information System
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.23-30
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    • 2019
  • A communications profile is a system that acquires information from communication links to an ambulance or other vehicle moving on a road and compiles a database based on this information. The equipment (six sets of HDTVs, fish-eye camera, satellite antenna with tracking system, and receiving power from the satellite beacon of the N-star) mounted on the roof of the vehicle, image data were obtained at Yokohama Japan. From these data, the polygon of the building was actually produced and has arranged on the map of the Geographical Survey Institute of a 50 m-mesh. The optical study (relationship between visibility rate and elevation angle) were performed on actual data taken by fish-eye lens, and simulated data by 3D-Map with polygons. There was no big difference. This 3D map system then predicts the communication links that will be available at a given location. For line-of-sight communication, optical analysis allows approximation if the frequency is sufficiently high. For non-line-of-sight communication, previously obtained electric power data can be used as reference information for approximation in certain cases when combined with predicted values calculated based on a 3D map. 3D maps are more effective than 2D maps for landing emergency medical helicopters on public roadways in the event of a disaster. Using advanced imaging technologies, we have produced a semi-automatic creation of a high-precision 3D map at Yokohama Yamashita Park and vicinity and assessed its effectiveness on telecommunications and ambulatory merits.

Current Status of KASI Solar Radio Observing System

  • Bong, Su-Chan;HwangBo, Jung-Eun;Park, Sung-Hong;Jang, Be-Ho;Lee, Chang-Hoon;Baek, Ji-Hye;Cho, Kyung-Suk;Park, Young-Deuk;Gary, Dale E.;Lee, Dae-Young
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.36 no.2
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    • pp.82.1-82.1
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    • 2011
  • Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) operates 2 solar radio observing facilities, e-CALLISTO (Earthwide network of Compound Astronomical Low-cost Low-frequency Instrument for Transportable Observatory) station and Korean Solar Radio Burst Locator (KSRBL). Although e-CALLISTO tracking system improvement.is underway, at least 6 new events were observed in this year. Software development for KSRBL is in progress. The antenna calibration software was updated and flux calibration software was developed. Also the automatic daily overview spectrum monitoring system is now operational. We found solutions to several problems including spurious data and FPGA board communication. However, a few minor unsolved hardware problems still persist. Meanwhile, at least 6 new events were observed by KSRBL in this year, and a comparative study with HXR is currently underway.

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A Study on Selection Criterions for Selection Diversity in WAVE Systems (WAVE 시스템에서 선택 다이버시티를 위한 선택 기준에 대한 연구)

  • Hong, Dae-Ki
    • Journal of the Semiconductor & Display Technology
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    • v.14 no.2
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    • pp.9-16
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    • 2015
  • In this paper, selection criterions on selection diversity are researched. The diversity is applied to the multiple antenna system based on wireless access in vehicular environment (WAVE) standard for rapid varying channel. Least squares (LS) based decision feedback equalizer (DFE) are used for channel equalization. Received signal is regenerated by means of the decision feedback path. In the selection diversity, the regenerated signal as well as the received signal is selected according to selection criterion. The decision feedback algorithm can follow the fast speed of WAVE fading channel. To control the tracking speed of the time-varying channel, simple low pass filter is used. Finally, the estimated channel value recovers the distorted payloads. Signal power before automatic gain control (AGC) in analog stage can be used as a selection criterion. In the digital stage, signal power after AGC, noise power after AGC, signal to noise ratio after AGC and cross-correlation method can be used as selection criterions. According to the simulation results, the performance of the selection diversity is improved in comparison with that of the combining diversity for the WAVE fading channel.

CONSTRUCTION OF AN E-CALLISTO STATION IN KOREA

  • Bong, Su-Chan;Kim, Yeon-Han;Roh, Hee-Seon;Cho, Kyung-Suk;Park, Young-Deuk;Choi, Seong-Hwan;Baek, Ji-Hye;Monstein, Christian;Benz, Arnold O.;Moon, Yong-Jae;Kim, Sung-Soo S.
    • Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.42 no.1
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    • pp.1-7
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    • 2009
  • The e-CALLISTO is a global network of frequency-agile solar radio spectrometers that was constructed in a collaboration between Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich) and local host institutes. It is intended to monitor solar radio bursts 24 hours a day in frequency range between 45 MHz and 870 MHz. One of e-CALLISTO spectrometer was installed at Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) in 2007 October. The spectrometer gets signals from a horizontally polarized log-periodic antenna mounted on an automatic Sun-tracking system. Tracking status and data are monitored in Space Weather Monitoring Laboratory (SWML) of KASI in real time, and flare time data are transferred to ETH Zurich data archive daily. Using this spectrometer we obtained a couple of type II solar radio bursts on 2007 December 31, and found that these bursts are associated with a CME which occurred on the east limb.