KR20180009253A - Scenario based RF threat generation method and equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

A scenario-based RF threat signal generating apparatus according to the present invention includes a digital signal generator and an RF signal generator. The digital signal generator includes: a threat simulating unit which is formed to simulate threat specifications; a receiver simulating unit which is formed to simulate receiver specifications; a signal environment simulating unit which is formed to simulate signal environments around the RF threat signal generating apparatus; a scenario simulating unit which is formed to generate an equipment operation scenario by using the simulated threat specifications, receiver specifications, and signal environments; a simulation signal generating unit which generates a digital data signal based on the scenario; and an RF signal generator connecting unit which converts the digital data signal into a data signal for the RF signal generator to transmit the same to the RF signal generator. The RF signal generator includes an RF signal generating unit which receives a control signal and data for generating an RF signal from the RF signal generation connecting unit and generates an RF signal when receiving an RF signal generation command; and a data storage unit which stores data, which is converted into the data for RF generation in the RF signal generator connecting unit, in an internal memory when receiving a data charging command. The present invention can perform system performance systematically and effectively through various threat condition and environmental simulations.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a scenario-based RF threat generation method and apparatus,

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for generating a scenario-based RF threat signal.

 In order to accurately predict and evaluate the performance of electronic warfare equipments, precise simulation should be performed on the environment in which the actual system is operated and the target signal specifications. In general, the evaluation of the performance of electronic equipment with an RF receiver is carried out by an indoor injection test in which the function test of the unit module is completed and the electromagnetic wave signal source (RF) is directly injected into the receiver in order to improve the efficiency of the test, Chamber testing where the equipment is installed inside the chamber, RF is radiated from inside the chamber, and finally outdoor testing where the RF threat source is generated and the equipment is tested outdoors similar to the actual operating environment.

Despite these conventional step-by-step test techniques, defects in electronic warfare equipment, which were not found in the indoor (injection / chamber) test, were often found only after reaching the field test stage. Therefore, there is a problem that there are many difficulties such as an extension of time-consuming outdoor test, which consumes the most cost relative to an indoor test. In the indoor test, threat specifications (signal strength, frequency, signal arrival time, etc.), signal arrival angle, and signal environment (noise / reflected wave) are simulated according to the distance between the electronic warfare receiver and the threat (tens to hundreds of kilometers) .

It is an object of the present invention to provide a scenario-based simulated threat device and method in which a target electromagnetic threat signal is generated similar to a real operating environment in order to accurately evaluate and test the performance of an electronic warfare apparatus.

In addition, the method and apparatus for generating a scenario-based RF threat signal according to the present invention have devised a technique of generating a simulated threat signal in an operating environment of electronic warfare equipments, which can not be overcome by conventional indoor test evaluation techniques, The goal is to provide a way to test performance more accurately and effectively.

In addition, the method and apparatus for generating a scenario-based RF threat signal according to the present invention generates a simulated scenario in which the equipment is operated, and generates a threat simulation data signal reflecting a receiver specification, a threat specification, a speed / And converting it into a signal for an RF generator to generate an RF signal.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for generating a scenario-based RF threat signal, the apparatus including: a threat simulator configured to simulate a threat specification; A receiver simulator configured to simulate receiver specifications; A signal environment simulator configured to simulate a signal environment around the RF threat signal generator; A scenario simulator configured to generate a device operation scenario using the simulated threat specification, receiver specification and signal environment; A digital signal generator for generating a digital data signal based on a scenario; And a RF signal generator interlocking part for converting the digital data signal into a data signal for an RF generator and transmitting the data signal to an RF signal generator; And an RF signal generator for receiving an RF signal generation data and a control signal from the RF signal generation linkage unit and generating an RF signal upon receiving an RF signal generation command; And a data storage unit for storing data converted into data for RF generation in the RF signal generating unit at the time of receiving the data loading command in a built-in memory, wherein the performance of the system is measured by various threat conditions and environmental simulations It can be done systematically and effectively.

In one embodiment, a scenario-based RF threat signal is generated using the digital signal generator and the RF generator based on input values by an operator.

In one embodiment, the threat simulation unit includes a frequency simulator, a pulse width simulator, a pulse interval simulator, a signal strength simulator, and a modulation simulator, and generates threat data for the input values. have.

In one embodiment, the receiver simulation unit comprises a signal strength measurement simulation unit, an arrival time measurement error simulation unit, a frequency measurement error simulation unit, and a direction detection measurement error simulation unit to generate receiver measurement error data for the input value . ≪ / RTI >

In one embodiment, the signal environment simulation unit may include a noise simulation unit, a reflected wave simulation unit, and a pulse missing simulation unit to generate signal environment data for the input values.

In one embodiment, the SinaRemote part may include a receiver position simulator, a threat path simulator, and a threat rate simulator to generate scenario data for the input values.

In one embodiment, the simulated signal generator includes a PDW, an IQ generator, a signal environment data reflector, a receiver error reflector, and a TOA and FOA reflector to generate digital data for the input values .

According to the present invention, it is possible to easily and precisely simulate a challenging test operation environment of an electronic warfare apparatus which emits an actual target signal source in the open air and manages threats and receivers separated by several tens to hundreds of kilometers.

In addition, the present invention has the advantage that system performance can be systematically and effectively performed through various threat conditions and environment simulations.

In addition, the present invention can reduce the test evaluation cost and time by performing the performance of the electronic warfare equipments in the indoor environment which is relatively easy to test compared with the outdoor test, and it is possible to perform the next stage It has the advantage of being able to proceed deeply and effectively.

FIG. 1 shows a configuration diagram of a scenario-based RF threat signal generator according to the present invention.
2 shows a detailed configuration of a threat simulation unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 shows a detailed configuration of a receiver simulation unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 shows a detailed configuration of a signal environment simulation unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 5 shows a detailed configuration of a scenario simulator according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 shows a detailed configuration of a simulation signal generating unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 shows a detailed configuration of an RF signal generator interlocking part according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a method for generating a scenario-based RF simulated threat signal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a conceptual diagram of scenario generation according to an embodiment of the present invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The above and other features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of the present invention when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, It will be possible. The present invention is capable of various modifications and various forms, and specific embodiments are illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the text. It is to be understood, however, that the invention is not intended to be limited to the particular forms disclosed, but on the contrary, is intended to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention. The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention.

While the invention is susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiments thereof are shown by way of example in the drawings and will herein be described in detail. It is to be understood, however, that the invention is not to be limited to the specific embodiments, but includes all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention.

Like reference numerals are used for similar elements in describing each drawing.

The terms first, second, etc. may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by the terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another.

For example, without departing from the scope of the present invention, the first component may be referred to as a second component, and similarly, the second component may also be referred to as a first component. The term "and / or" includes any combination of a plurality of related listed items or any of a plurality of related listed items.

Unless otherwise defined, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs.

Terms such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries are to be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the contextual meaning of the related art and are to be interpreted as either ideal or overly formal in the sense of the present application Should not.

The suffix "module "," block ", and "part" for components used in the following description are given or mixed in consideration of ease of specification only and do not have their own distinct meanings or roles .

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In the following description of the present invention, detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear.

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for generating a scenario-based RF threat signal. In this regard, FIG. 1 shows a configuration diagram of a scenario-based RF threat signal generator according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, a digital signal generator 100 for generating a digital simulation signal and an RF signal generator 200 for generating an actual RF signal are constructed.

The digital signal generator 100 includes a threat simulation unit 110, a receiver simulation unit 120, a signal environment simulation unit 130, a scenario simulation unit 140, a simulation signal generation unit 150, (160).

The digital signal generator 100 is a unit for generating a digital simulated threat according to an operator's control. The digital simulator 100 includes a threat simulation unit 110 simulating a threat specification, a receiver simulation unit 120 simulating a receiver specification, A simulation simulator 140 for simulating a signal environment using the generated threat, a receiver, and a signal environment, a simulation signal generator 150 for generating a digital data signal based on a scenario, And an RF signal generating and deriving unit 160 for converting the digital data signal into a data signal for the RF generator and transmitting the data signal to the RF signal generator. The operator and the digital signal generator interact with the control data and the display data through GUI (Graphic User Interface). The digital signal generator 100 and the RF signal generator 200 interoperate with each other through a data port, which is a physical communication line to be defined in the detailed designing stage. The operator can transmit a control command to the RF signal generator 200 through the digital signal generator 100 and the status information of the RF signal generator 200 is transmitted to the operator through the digital signal generator 100.

2 shows a detailed configuration of a threat simulation unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Details of each configuration of the digital check generator 100 are as follows. 2, the threat simulation unit 110 includes a frequency simulation unit 111 that simulates frequency information input by an operator, a pulse width simulator 112 that simulates a pulse width, a pulse interval simulator 113 that simulates a pulse interval, A signal strength simulation unit 114 simulating the signal strength and a modulation characteristic based on the modulation information inputted by the operator in the threat data specification of the frequency simulator 111 and the signal strength simulator 114 And a modulation simulation unit 115 for performing modulation.

Meanwhile, FIG. 3 shows a detailed configuration of a receiver simulation unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3, the receiver simulation unit 120 receives error information of a receiver from an operator and simulates receiver measurement errors. The simulation unit 120 includes a signal strength measurement error simulation unit 121, an arrival time measurement error simulation unit 122, A reception measurement simulation unit 123, and a direction detection measurement error simulation unit 124. [ The final output is the maximum value or the minimum value of the probability density function value or the error indicating the error distribution as the receiver measurement error data generated based on the input information.

Meanwhile, FIG. 4 shows a detailed configuration of a signal environment simulation unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4, the signal environment simulation unit 130 is a simulation unit that simulates a signal environment by receiving information on a signal environment from an operator. The simulation unit 130 includes a noise simulation unit 131 for simulating noise of the operation environment, A simulated reflection wave simulation unit 132, and a pulse missing simulation unit 133 for simulating a dropout rate of an electromagnetic wave signal. The final output is the noise / reflected wave / pulse missing probability density function value or the maximum to minimum value generated based on the input information.

Meanwhile, FIG. 5 shows a detailed configuration of a scenario simulator according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 5, the scenario simulator 140 includes a receiver position simulator 141 for simulating a plurality of receiver positions, a threat route, and a threat rate from an operator and simulating a device operation scenario, A threat route simulating unit 142 simulating a plurality of threat route rolls, and a threat rate simulating unit 143 simulating a plurality of threat rates. 9 is a conceptual diagram in which an operator generates a scenario through a GUI. The operator can simulate scenario data by arranging the receiver in the simulated battlefield environment as shown in FIG. 9 and setting the path and speed of the threat. The final output is the distance and direction angle between the placement receivers generated based on the input information (scenario) and the threat location coordinate change, that is, the threat between multiple receivers per threat route.

6 shows a detailed configuration of a simulation signal generating unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 6, the simulation signal generating unit 150 receives simulation data from the threat simulation unit 110 and the scenario simulation unit 140 of FIG. 1 and generates digital simulation data. A PDW and an IQ generating unit 151 for generating IQ information which is pulse internal digital signal information, a Pulse Description Word (PDW) which is digital signal information of a pulse train, signal environmental data (noise, reflected waves, A receiver error reflecting unit 153 for reflecting the receiver error in the PDW and the IQ reflecting the signal environment, a PDW and an IQ reflecting the receiver error, and reflecting the scenario data to a plurality of And a TOA and FOA reflector 154 that reflects the rate of change of TOA (Time Of Arrival) and FOA (Frequency Of Arrival) TOA is the pulse arrival time information received from the receiver and is frequency information in the pulse at the FOA arrival point. That is, the TOA and FOA reflector 154 is a simulator that reflects the time difference and the frequency difference according to the distance between multiple receivers and threats.

Meanwhile, FIG. 7 shows a detailed configuration of an RF signal generator interlocking unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The RF signal generating and deriving unit 160 includes a data converting unit 161 for receiving a list of digital data PDW and IQ from the simulation signal generating unit 150 and converting the digital data into data for the RF signal generator 200, And a control signal generator 162 for receiving control information from the RF signal generator 200 and generating a control signal for the RF signal generator 200.

The RF signal generator 200 will be described with reference to FIG. An RF signal generator 210 for receiving RF signal generation data and control signals from the RF signal generator 210 of the digital signal generator 100 and generating actual RF signals upon reception of RF signal generation commands, And a data storage unit 220 for storing data converted into data for RF generation in the RF signal generation and deriving unit 160 in the built-in memory upon receipt of the data. The RF signal generator 200 can be manufactured using a commercial measuring instrument or a module using RF high-frequency components.

Meanwhile, FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a method of generating a scenario-based RF simulated threat signal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

A schematic operation flow of the scenario-based RF simulated threat signal generation method according to the present invention apparatus is shown in FIG. The operator can set the threat specification, the signal environment specification, and the receiver specification in a random order by using the GUI of the digital signal generator 100. Next, a simulated threat scenario is generated using the GUI of the digital signal generator 100. The concept / method of creating a simulated threat scenario is described above with reference to FIG.

In this regard, FIG. 9 shows a scenario generation conceptual diagram according to an embodiment of the present invention. When the scenario is set, the operator transmits a simulated signal generation command to the digital signal generator 100, and the digital signal generator 100 generates digital data PDW and IQ according to a predetermined scenario and converts it into data for RF generator do.

The operator can start the mock threat scenario in two ways. If the RF generator 200 has a capability to process the input data of the digital signal generator 100 in real time, it directly transmits the simulated threat scenario start command without a data loading command converted to the RF generator. After receiving the command, the digital signal generator 100 transmits an RF generation command and data for generating an RF signal to the RF signal generator 200 in real time, and the RF signal generator 200 generates a threat The RF signal for each receiver is repeatedly transmitted until the end of the scenario. If the RF generator 200 can not process input data of the digital signal generator 100 in real time, the converted data loading instruction for the RF generator is performed first so that the converted data is stored in the RF signal generator . It then sends a mock threat scenario start command. After receiving the command, the digital signal generator 100 transmits an RF signal generation command to the RF signal generator 200, and the RF signal generator 200 reads data from the previously loaded internal memory every time the generation command is received, The RF signal generation for each receiver according to the movement route is repeatedly transmitted until the end of the scenario. At this time, the moving and condensing states of the RF threat signal from the start to the end of the scenario are displayed to the user.

According to at least one of the embodiments of the present invention, it is possible to easily and precisely simulate a challenging test operation environment of electronic warfare equipment which emits an actual target signal source outdoors, and which requires threats and receivers to be operated at intervals of several tens to several hundred kilometers .

Also, according to at least one of the embodiments of the present invention, the performance of the system can be systematically and effectively performed through various threat conditions and environment simulations.

According to at least one of the embodiments of the present invention, it is possible to reduce the test evaluation cost and time by performing the performance of the electronic warfare equipment in an indoor environment relatively easy to test as compared with the outdoor test, The next step (outdoors) is the ability to conduct tests deeper and more effectively.

According to a software implementation, not only the procedures and functions described herein, but also each component may be implemented as a separate software module. Each of the software modules may perform one or more of the functions and operations described herein. Software code can be implemented in a software application written in a suitable programming language. The software code is stored in a memory and can be executed by a controller or a processor.

100: digital signal generator 110: threat simulation unit
120: receiver simulation unit 130: signal environment simulation unit
140: scenario simulation unit 150: simulation signal generation unit
160: RF signal generating part 200: RF signal generator
210: RF signal generator 220:
111: Frequency simulator 112: Pulse width simulator
113: Pulse interval simulator 114: Signal strength simulator
115: modulation modulation section
121: Signal strength measurement error simulation part 122: Arrival time measurement error simulation part
123: frequency measurement error simulation part 124: direction detection measurement error simulation part
131: noise simulation part 132: reflection wave simulation part
133: pulse missing simulation part
141: Receiver Location Simulator 142: Threat Path Simulator
143: Threat Speed Simulation Department
151: PDW, IQ generating unit 152: Signal environment data reflecting unit
153: receiver error reflecting unit 154: TOA, FOA reflecting unit
161: Data conversion unit 162: Control signal generation unit

Claims (7)

In a scenario-based RF threat signal generator,
A threat simulation unit configured to simulate a threat specification;
A receiver simulator configured to simulate receiver specifications;
A signal environment simulator configured to simulate a signal environment around the RF threat signal generator;
A scenario simulator configured to generate a device operation scenario using the simulated threat specification, receiver specification and signal environment;
A simulation signal generation unit for generating a digital data signal based on a scenario; And
A digital signal generator including an RF signal generator interfacing part for converting the digital data signal into a data signal for an RF generator and transmitting the data signal to an RF signal generator; And
An RF signal generator for receiving an RF signal generation data and a control signal from the RF signal generation linkage unit and generating an RF signal upon receiving an RF signal generation command; And
And a data storage unit for storing data converted into data for RF generation in the RF signal generating unit at the time of receiving the data loading command in a built-in memory. The method according to claim 1,
And generates a scenario-based RF threat signal using the digital signal generator and the RF generator based on an input value by the operator. 3. The method of claim 2,
The threat simulation unit,
And generating a threat data based on the input value, wherein the threat data generating unit generates the threat data based on the input values. 3. The method of claim 2,
The receiver simulation unit,
Based on the received signal, a signal-strength measurement error simulation unit, a arrival-time measurement error simulation unit, a frequency measurement error simulation unit, and a direction detection measurement error simulation unit, and generates receiver measurement error data for the input value. Generating device. 3. The method of claim 2,
The signal environment simulator,
A noise simulation unit, a reflection wave simulation unit, and a pulse missing simulation unit, and generates the signal environment data for the input value. 3. The method of claim 2,
The part of the above-
And a threat simulation unit for generating scenario data for the input values, wherein the scenario generating unit generates scenario data for the input values. 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the simulated signal generator comprises:
And generating digital data for the input values, the digital data being generated by a PDW, an IQ generating unit, a signal environment data reflecting unit, a receiver error reflecting unit, a TOA, and a FOA reflecting unit.

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