• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.3-11
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• 1999

The conventional stereophonic acoustic echo cancellers need two adaptive filters to estimate one channel echo signal. Since the two channel signals are strongly correlated, the ESR of the input signals is considerably increased whatever the input signals may be. This causes the slow convergence of the adaptive filter for echo cancellation. To speed up the convergence, the AP algorithm is frequently used for the stereophonic acoustic echo canceller although there isn't a fast version for 2-channel case. The AP algorithm can be approximated with the Gram-Schmidt orthogonalization and a TDL structure. We propose a two channel algorithm for stereophonic acoustic echo canceller with the approximated AP algorithm.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.29 no.3A
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• pp.293-302
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• 2004

Wireless LAN is a rather mature communication technology that connects mobile terminals. A typical wireless LAN system is composed of one AP and more than one terminals, which is called a BSS. Terminals near to an AP can receive high rate data but terminals far from an AP may not receive data with guaranteed high speed rate because received signal strength is weakened. This paper proposes a method to allow high speed data transmission by grouping terminals and using part of wireless terminals as repeaters. We compare and analyze proposed grouping algorithms based on Depth First Search and Breadth First Search via simulations. A grouping algorithm based on Breadth First Search is shown to be more effective in term of efficiency and coverage.

• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.146-151
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• 2013

With the development of mobile internet, requirements of positioning accuracy for the LBS (Location Based Service) are becoming more and more higher. The LBS is based on the position of each mobile device. So, it requires a proper acquisition of accurate user's indoor position. Thus indoor positioning technology and its accuracy is crucial for various LBS. In general, RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indicator) measurements are used to obtain the position information of mobile unit under WLAN environment. However, indoor positioning error increases as multiple AP's configurations are becoming more complex. To overcome this problem, an enhanced indoor localization method by AP (Access Point) selection criteria adopting DOP (Dilution of Precision) is proposed.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2010.05a
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• pp.839-842
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• 2010

In this paper, we propose a residual echo and noise reduction scheme for hands-free telephony applications. The proposed algorithm uses a noise robust modified AP algorithm which estimate well echo path in noisy and whitens residual echo signal using linear prediction at non double-talk duration. It is confirmed that the proposed algorithm shows better performance from acoustic interference cancellation (AIC) viewpoint.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.581-583
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• 2011

최근에 급격히 증가한 스마트폰의 사용자들이 이동중에도 안정적인 무선 네트워크를 이용하기 위해서는 핸드오프는 반드시 필요하다. 핸드오프를 위하여 기존에 연결되어 있는 AP(Access Point)와의 연결을 끊고 주변의 AP 를 스캐닝한 후 새로운 AP 로 재연결을 하는 과정을 거치게 된다. 이러한 과정 중에 본 논문에서는 스캐닝 단계에서 발생하는 문제점을 분석하고 이에 대한 개선방안으로 AP 의 신호세기와 스마트폰의 센서를 이용하여 사용자의 이동성을 고려하는 스캐닝 방식을 제안한다.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea TC
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• v.49 no.4
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• pp.41-46
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• 2012

This paper suggested that the frequency adaptive antenna matching network design between AP and WLAN(Wireless Local Area Network) terminal for improving performance. The internet data service of the WLAN terminal is communicated through the AP and AP broadcasts the beacon signal including the assigned frequency channel. at that time the antenna matching network path is controlled beacon information after the WLAN terminal searching and synchronization a beacon information. and then the WLAN terminal communicate with AP. controlling the antenna matching network path according to channel information, The WLAN terminal is expected to improve RF output power and sensitivity performance. The VSWR(Voltage Standing Wave Ratio) performance of the designed antenna matching network is measured to about 1.1 ~ 1.2 and then it is operated by the channel information of the AP.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.30 no.6B
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• pp.338-348
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• 2005

Currently, IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN (WLAN) is rising as the most popular means for the broadband wireless access network. In this thesis, we propose a QoS(Quality of Service)-Oriented mechanism using handshaking method of scanning phase in IEEE 802.11 handoff. In conventional process for handoff, the major criterion to select the best AP(Access Point) among candidates is normally based on the RSS(Received Signal Strength), which does not always make the selected network guarantee the maximum achievable performance. Even though the link quality with a neighboring AP is excellent, the AP may not be a good candidate to handoff to simply because MAC(Medium Access Control) protocol of IEEE 802.11 standard is contention-based such as CSMA/CA. Therefore, if we apply network level information to AP selection criteria, we can achieve better handoff efficiency rather than before. The analysis and simulation results applied to our new mechanism show clearly better performance than AP selection based on traditional handoff method.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.57-61
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• 2012

The matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) family is involved in the breakdown of the extracellular matrix during normal physiological processes such as embryonic development, reproduction, and tissue remodeling, as well as in disease processes such as pathological aging, arthritis, and metastasis. Oxidative conditions generate reactive oxygen species (ROS) (e.g., hydrogen peroxide [$H_2O_2$]) in cells, which subsequently induce the synthesis of matrix metalloproteinase-1 (MMP-1). MMP-1, an interstitial collagenase, in turn stimulates an aging phenomenon. In this study, baicalein (5,6,7-trihydroxyfl avone) was investigated for its in vitro activity against $H_2O_2$-induced damage using a human skin keratinocyte model. Baicalein pretreatment signifi cantly inhibited $H_2O_2$-induced up-regulation of MMP-1 mRNA, MMP-1 protein expression and MMP-1 activity in cultured HaCaT keratinocytes. In addition, baicalein decreased the transcriptional activity of activator protein-1 (AP-1) and the expression of c-Fos and c-Jun, both components of the heterodimeric AP-1 transcription factor. Furthermore, baicalein reduced phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) and c-Jun-N-terminal kinase (JNK), which are upstream of the AP-1 transcription factor. The results of this study suggest that baicalein is involved in the inhibition of oxidative stress-induced expression of MMP-1 via inactivation of the ERK/JNK/AP-1 signaling pathway.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.997-1005
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• 2010

Recently, there has been a growing interest in the use of WLAN technology due to its easy deployment, flexibility and so on. Examples of WLAN applications range from standard internet services such as Web access to real-time services with strict latency/throughput requirements such as multimedia video and voice over IP on wireless network environments. Fair and efficient distribution of the traffic loads among APs(Access Points) has become an important issue for improved utilization of WLAN. This paper focuses on an AP selection scheme for achieving better load balance, and hence increasing network resource utilization for each user on wireless network environments. This scheme makes use of active scan patterns and the network delay as main parameters of load measurement and AP selection. This scheme attempts to estimate the AP traffic loads by observing the up/down delay and utilize the results to maximize the link resource efficiency through load balancing. We compared the proposed scheme with the original SNR(Signal to Noise Ratio)-based scheme using the NS-2(Network Simulation.2). We found that the proposed scheme improves the throughput by 12.5% and lower the network up/down link delay by 36.84% and 60.42%, respectively. All in all, the new scheme can significantly increase overall network throughput and reduce up/down delay while providing excellent quality for voice and video services.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.13-19
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• 2005

The study was undertaken to determine the antagonism of the AP1700 on the development of nalbuphine-induced tolerance and physical dependence. AP1700 is an oriental drug preparationcomposed of 5 natural products and is known to have antinarcotic action with an oral dose of 250 mg/kg in rats. AP1700 significantly inhibits the development of antinarcotic action with an oral dose of 250 mg/kg in rats. AP1700 significantly inhibits the development of nalbuphine-induced physical dependence but does not the tolerance. Mitogen-activated protein kinase, which include extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK), p38 and c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK)/stress-activated protein kinase (SAPK) play critical roles in cell growth and survival and drug abuse. The level of pCREB was elevated in the hippocampus by the chronic treatment with nalbuphine, however, the elevation of pCREB was not inhibited by the AP1700 co-treatment. Interestingly, the level of pERK was decreased in the co-treatment with nalbuphine and AP1700 on the cortex and striatum. However, the level of nNOS and NR1 was not modulated by the treatment with nalbuphine or AP1700 on the cortex, hippocampus and striatum in the rat brain. These results suggest that the AP1700 could be used to ameliorate the nalbuphine withdrawal symptoms.