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Measurements on the Propagation Path Loss Exponent at Maritime VHF Channel Using Single Carrier Signal

단일 반송파를 이용한 해상 VHF 채널의 전파 경로 감쇠 지수 측정

  • Kim, Seung-Geun (Korea Research Institute of Ships & Ocean Engineering(KRISO)) ;
  • Kim, Sea-Moon (Korea Research Institute of Ships & Ocean Engineering(KRISO)) ;
  • Yun, Changho (Korea Research Institute of Ships & Ocean Engineering(KRISO)) ;
  • Lim, Yong-Kon (Korea Research Institute of Ships & Ocean Engineering(KRISO))
  • Received : 2015.06.07
  • Accepted : 2015.07.16
  • Published : 2015.07.31
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Abstract

The received signal strengths according to the propagation distance between a transmitting shore station with a 53 m antenna hight and a receiving ship station with about 6m antenna hight from 700 m upto about 20 km are measured at ship's moving velocity of $5{\pm}1m/s$ using a single carrier signal at 150.0625MHz. In this paper, the path loss exponents at the propagation distance from 700 m to 20km are estimated via minimum-mean-square-error method using the measurements of the received signal strength, and the mean of the estimated path loss exponent become 3.79. The estimated propagation path loss exponents is similar to that calculated based on the field-strength values from 2 km to 20 km in Annex 2 of ITU-R P.1546-4, which is measuring results at maritime VHF at 100 MHz carrier frequency. Therefore, the estimated propagation path loss exponent shall be used as the expected path loss exponents for summer in costal area of South Sea of Korea.

송신 안테나는 약 53m 높이에 설치하고, 수신 안테나는 약 6m 높이에 설치하였으며, 해안국에서 700m부터 약 20km까지의 전파 경로 구간에서 $5{\pm}1m/s$의 속도로 이동하면서 150.0625MHz의 단일 주파수를 사용하여 수신신호의 크기를 측정하는 시험을 수행하였다. 본 논문에서는 실해역 측정 데이터를 입력으로 하여 최소자승법오차 방법을 이용하여 측정한 전달경로 구간에서 경로감쇠지수가 3.79가 됨을 추정하였으며, 추정한 경로감쇠지수는 해상 VHF 채널(100MHz)에 대해 ITU-R P.1546-4 Annex 2의 측정 결과와 유사한 결과를 보인다. 추정한 경로감쇠 지수값은 우리나라 남해안의 해상통신에서 하절기의 경로감쇠 지수 예측값으로 사용할 수 있을 것이다.

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