ROUND TRIP SYSTEM
Round Trip System for KVN
The KVN was built by Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) for achieving the main goals; a)to study the formation and death of stars with observing water (H2O), methanol (CH3OH), and silicon monoxide (SiO) masers at high resolutions, b)to investigate the structure and dynamics of our own Galaxy by conducting highly accurate astrometric VLBI observations toward the galactic radio sources, and c)to study the nature of active galactic nuclei (AGN) and their population at high frequencies. The KVN as a dedicated-VLBI network also aims to study the spectral and temporal properties of transient sources such as bursting star-forming regions, intra-day variable compact radio sources, gamma ray flaring AGNs, etc by conducting systematic multi wavelength monitoring campaigns.
Schematic block diagram of a round-trip system
Round-trip time (RTT), also called round-trip delay, is the time required for a signal pulse or packet to travel from a specific source to a specific destination and back again. In this context, the source is the computer initiating the signal and the destination is a remote computer or system that receives the signal and retransmits it.
