• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2022.07a
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• pp.247-248
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• 2022

본 논문에서는 군사용 전술통신 분야에서 활용성이 증대되고 있는 애드혹 네트워크에 적용 가능한 비밀분산 기반의 노드 인증 기법을 제안한다. 필드에 전개되기 이전에 네트워크를 형성할 각 노드는 지수형 분산비밀키과 원본비밀키를 저정하고, 필드에 배치된 이후 네트워크 형성 초기단계에서 비밀분산의 원본비밀키 정보 복원 연산을 통해 다수 노드에 대한 동시 인증을 실시한다. 그리고 인증과정에서 원본비밀키 복원 연산을 방해하는 노드를 원본비밀키 복원 연산을 수행하기 이전에 PUF값을 활용하여 탐지한다.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.36 no.11B
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• pp.1413-1421
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• 2011

A next generation military communication system called Tactical Information Communication Network(TICN) is designed to advance into large capacity, high speed, and long distance wireless relay transmission. To support mobility in battlefield, the application of Ad-hoc networking technology to its wireless communication is being considered. In Ad-hoc network, the key management technique is very important to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and authentication. In this paper, we propose a new hybrid key management scheme considering the hierarchical characteristics of the tactical ad-hoc such as TICN. For upper layer with sufficient energy and computation capability, we apply PKI based key management scheme. For lower layer with restricted resources, we propose a new key management scheme using the location-based authentication to ensure the energy efficiency.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.38B no.1
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• pp.34-45
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• 2013

Due to its self-configuring nature, the tactical mobile ad hoc network is used for communications between tactical units and the command and control center (CCC) in battlefields, where communication infrastructure is not available. However, when a tactical unit moves far away from the CCC or there are geographical constraints, the data link between two communicating nodes can be broken, which results in an invalid data route from the tactical units to CCC. In order to address this problem, in this paper we propose a hierarchical connectivity maintenance scheme, namely ADLCoM (Autonomous Data Link Connectivity Maintenance). In ADLCoM, each tactical unit has one or more GW (gateway), which checks the status of data links between tactical units. If there is a possibility of link breakage, GWs request ground or aerial unmanned vehicles to become a relay for the data link. The simulation results, based on tactical scenarios, show that the proposed scheme can significantly improve the network performance with respect to data delivery ratio.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.16-27
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• 2012

In multi-interface multi-channel(MIMC) based tactical ad hoc networks, QoS support for required operational capacity is one of the main challenging issues for multi-hop transmissions. To support QoS in such a harsh environment, we propose a novel MAC scheme to minimize multi-hop as well as per-hop delay. The current IEEE 802.11 MAC protocols should contend to reserve the channel resource at every hop by each sender. The every-hop channel contention results in a degradation of end-to-end delay for multi-hop transmissions. The basic idea of our scheme is to make a "multi-hop reservation" at the MAC layer by using the modified RTS frame. It contains additional information such as destination information, packet priority, and hop count, etc. In addition, we differentiate the contention window area according to the packet priority and the number of hops to deliver packets in the predefined allowed latency. Our scheme can minimize the multi-hop delay and support the QoS of the critical data in real time(i.e., VoIP, sensing video data, Video conference between commanders). Our simulation study and numerical analysis show that the proposed scheme outperforms the IEEE 802.11 MAC.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.35 no.11B
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• pp.1676-1684
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• 2010

Tactical network environments are characterized by unreliable connectivity, communication links which has limited bandwidth compared to commercial networks and distributed architecture where users have high mobility. The best route should be selected based on the required traffic characteristics which can be a wireless channel environments and a status of nodes which are moving. Those characteristics are self aware and should be a routing decision factor in order to guarantee a reliable data transfer. In this paper we define the requirements of services and traffic characteristics on tactical network environments and suggest the new routing method "AODV-IMTC" based on selective routing metric to enable efficient data transfer in wireless ad hoc networks.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.37C no.11
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• pp.1148-1161
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• 2012

Recently, developments in the field of communication and network technologies induced new paradigm in the defense weapon system. As a consequence, military authorities develop the Tactical Information Communication Network(TICN) system to adapt to the changing paradigm. One of the most important functions of TICN is real-time communication. As a result, TICN system needs to receive real-time information from the battlefield, and the key technology to support these features is MANET(Mobile Ad-Hoc Network) routing protocol. In this paper, we analyze problems of the shortest path scheme in tactical Ad-Hoc networks, which is widely used in common Ad-Hoc networks. We propose efficient routing protocol for tactical MANET by considering the environment of small combat units, such as node position, speed and data size. The proposed algorithm shows reliable data transfer and low latency in battlefield.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2010.06d
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• pp.236-239
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• 2010

최근 스마트 폰, PDA 등과 같이 다양한 모바일 기기 개발과 무선 통신 기술의 비약적인 발전으로 모바일 환경에 대한 관심이 높아지고 있다. 모바일 애드혹(Ad-hoc) 네트워크는 기지국 없이 신속한 네트워크 구성 및 유지가 가능하여 군의 전술 상황이나 긴급 재난 상황에서 적용이 가능하다. 위와 같은 특수 상황에서는 실질적으로 모든 피어들에게 공평하게 분배된 트래픽이 발생되는 것이 아니라 소수의 피어들에게서 트래픽이 집중적으로 발생된다. 하지만 기존의 라우팅 프로토콜은 대부분 이러한 가정을 하지 않고 제안되었기 때문에 실질적인 데이터 흐름에 대해 적합하지 못하다. 그리하여 본 논문에서는 슈퍼 피어 시스템을 기반으로 네트워크 트래픽을 집중적으로 발생시키는 중요 피어들의 신뢰성 향상을 위하여 중요 피어와 슈퍼피어 간의 주기적인 통신을 통하여 라우팅 경로를 확보하였다. 실험 결과 기존 방식과 비교하여 중요 피어들의 쿼리 성공률이 3.2% 증가하였음을 확인하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2015.05a
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• pp.123-125
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• 2015

Wireless ad hoc network which is comprised of wireless nodes that have the limited communication range is utilized to monitoring disaster area, tracing object, and tactical system. But in the case of wireless node on the ground, a network performance decrease because wireless channel is affected from obstacle or the node deployment is restricted. In this paper, we consider wireless network based on UAV(Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) which has little spatial constraint and quickly deploy a position. We implement test-bed included ground nodes and UAV, and measure throughput and PDR(Packet Delivery Ratio) according to the usage of UAV. We show that network performance is improved by relaying data on UAV.

• IEMEK Journal of Embedded Systems and Applications
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.25-33
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• 2020

Multipath routing protocols with unmanned aerial vehicles have been proposed to improve reliability in tactical ad hoc networks. Most of existing studies tend to establish the paths with multiple metrics. However, these approaches suffer from link loss and congestion problems according to the network condition because they apply same metric for both ground and air path or employ the simple weight value to combine multiple metrics. To overcome this limitation, in this study, we propose new routing metrics for path over unmanned aerial vehicles and use the multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) method to determine the weight factors between multiple metrics. For the case studies, we extend the ad-hoc on-demand distance vector protocol and propose a strategy for modifying the route discovery and route recovery procedure. The simulation results show that the proposed mechanism is able to achieve high end-to-end reliability and low end-to-end delay in tactical ad hoc networks.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.37C no.10
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• pp.977-985
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• 2012

Recently, many countries have been developing new protocols to improve the performance of tactical ad hoc networks for implementing NCW (Network Centric Warfare). Combat net radio (CNR) networks are the most important communication infra for the ground forces such as infantry of Army. U.S. Army had developed MIL-STD-188-220D that is the Interoperability Standard for DMTDs (Digital Messages Transfer Device Subsystems) for voice and data communication in CNR. MIL-STD-188-220D is a candidate for MAC protocol of TMMR which is next radio and has a few constraints to used in TMMR. NAD (Network Access Delay) defined in MIL-STD-188-220D needs time synchronization to avoid collision. However, it is difficult for time synchronization to fit in multi-hop environment. We suggest the enhanced DAP (Deterministic Adaptable Priority)-NAD to prevent conflicts and decrease delays in multi-hop CNR. Simulation results show that the proposed scheme improves the performance in multi-hop CNR networks.