• 한국정보과학회논문지:정보통신
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.163-172
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• 2009

다중 인터페이스를 가지는 단말들이 다양한 이기종 무선 네트워크 서비스를 사용할 때 사용자의 버티컬 핸드오버가 증가하게 되었고, 이로 인한 네트워크 자원의 통합적인 관리 문제가 대두되고 있다. 이는 이기종 네트워크에서 자원의 통합 관리(Common Radio Resource Management: CRRM)를 통해 효율적으로 해결 될 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 새로운 사용자가 네트워크에 진입할 때 사용자의 요구 사항을 만족하는 네트워크를 선택하는 Integrated Network Selection 알고리즘과 가용자원이 부족하여 새로운 사용자의 요청을 처리할 수 없을 때 기존 사용자를 주변의 네트위크로 버티컬 핸드오버하여 가용자원을 확보하는 Integrated Vertical Handover 알고리즘을 제안하였고, 그 우수성을 시뮬레이션을 통해 검증하였다.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제14권11호
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• pp.91-96
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• 2009

이 논문에서는 이기종 무선 메쉬 네트워크망에서 상호 연동성 및 메쉬 노드의 효율적인 IP 이동성을 제공하기 위한 다중홉 ARP 기법을 제안한다. 이기종 무선 메쉬 네트워크는 무선 메쉬 네트워크를 기본으로 하는 백본 무선 메쉬 네트워크와 non-무선 메쉬 네트워크 구조를 기반으로 하는 클라이언트 무선 메쉬 네트워크. 이 두 개의 네트워크가 이동성을 가지고 결합된 하이브리드 무선 메쉬 네트워크로 구분된다. 하이브리드 무선 메쉬 네트워크에서 두 네트워크 연결 시 서로 다른 라우팅 프로토콜을 사용할 경우 두 프로토콜의 접점인 게이트웨이에서 프로토콜 변환처리를 병행해야 하는 과부하 문제가 심각하게 발생한다. 이 논문에서는 서로 다른 라우팅 프로토콜을 병행하여 사용할 경우 발생하는 과부하 문제를 해결하기 위해서 다중홉 ARP 기법을 제안한다. 제안된 기법은 효율적인 연동을 위해 L3 라우팅 프로토콜로 다중홉 ARP 기법을 설계 구축하여 실험을 통해 이동 메쉬 노드의 수가 증가하는 경우와 홉수가 증가 시 패킷전달 비율을 통해 노드의 신뢰성과 안정성을 보장하였다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.68-86
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• 2015

Future wireless network aims to integrate different radio access networks (RANs) to provide a seamless access and service continuity. In this paper, a new resource denotation method is proposed in the WLAN and LTE heterogeneous networks based on a concept of spectral bandwidth mapping. This method simplifies the denotation of system resources and makes it possible to calculate system residual capacity, upon which an economic model-based network selection algorithm is designed in both under-loaded and over-loaded scenarios in the heterogeneous networks. The simulation results show that this algorithm achieves better performance than the utility function-based access selection (UFAS) method proposed in [12] in increasing system capacity and system revenue, achieving load balancing and reducing the new call blocking probability in the heterogeneous networks.

• 대한임베디드공학회논문지
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.185-194
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• 2010

In this paper, we propose an application layer-based vertical handover management protocol, called multihoming RTP (mhRTP), for real-time applications with seamless mobility across heterogeneous wireless access networks. The proposed multi-homing RTP provides a soft handover by utilizing multiple available wireless access network interfaces simultaneously. The newly available path is dynamically added to the ongoing session by the mhRTP session manager. Also the decision making of QoS-improving or QoS-guaranteed handover is possible based on the estimation of available bandwidth in each candidate network. The performances of the proposed mhRTP have been analyzed through a series of simulations on OPNET network simulator. From the performance analysis, we confirmed that the proposed mhRTP can provide QoS-guaranteed vertical handover with efficient session managements.

• 스마트미디어저널
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.25-32
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• 2015

Powering wireless sensors with energy harvested from the environment is coming of age due to the increasing power densities of both storage and harvesting devices and the electronics performing energy efficient energy conversion. In order to maximize the functionality of the wireless sensor network, minimize missing packets, minimize latency and prevent the waste of energy, problems like congestion and inefficient energy usage must be addressed. Many sleep-awake protocols and efficient message priority techniques have been developed to properly manage the energy of the nodes and to minimize congestion. For a WSN that is operating in a strictly energy constrained environment, an energy-efficient transmission strategy is necessary. In this paper, we present a novel transmission priority decision scheme for a heterogeneous body sensor network composed of normal nodes and an energy harvesting node that acts as a cluster head. The energy harvesting node's decision whether or not to clear a normal node for sending is based on a set of metrics which includes the energy harvesting node's remaining energy, the total harvested energy, the type of message in a normal node's queue and finally, the implementation context of the wireless sensor network.

• 한국신뢰성학회지:신뢰성응용연구
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.465-486
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• 2005

A unreliable network system results in unsatisfied performance. A performance criterion of a network is throughput and availability. One of the most compelling technological advances of this decade has been the advent of deploying wireless networks of heterogeneous smart sensor nodes for complex information gathering tasks, The advancement and popularization of wireless communication technologies make more efficiency to network devices with wireless technology than with wired technology. Recently, the research of wireless sensor network has been drawing much attentions. In this paper, We evaluate throughput and availability of wireless sensor network, which have hierarchical structure based on clustering and estimate the maximum hroughput, average throughput and availability of the network considering several link failure patterns likely to happen at a cluster consisted of sensor nodes. Also increasing a number of sensor nodes in a cluster, We analysis the average throughput and availability of the network.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제9권10호
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• pp.3789-3809
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• 2015

In this paper, we deal with the problem of M2M gateways' network selection for different types of M2M traffic in heterogeneous wireless networks. Based on the difference in traffic's quality of service (QoS) requirements, the M2M traffic produced by various applications is mainly classified as two categories: flexible traffic and rigid traffic. Then, game theory is adopted to solve the problem of network-channel selection with the coexistence of flexible and rigid traffic, named as flexible network access (FNA). We prove the formulated discrete game is a potential game. The existence and feasibility of the Nash equilibrium (NE) of the proposed game are also analyzed. Then, an iterative algorithm based on optimal reaction criterion and a distributed algorithm with limited feedback based on learning automata are presented to obtain the NE of the proposed game. In simulations, the proposed iterative algorithm can achieve a near optimal sum utility of whole network with low complexity compared to the exhaustive search. In addition, the simulation results show that our proposed algorithms outperform existing methods in terms of sum utility and load balance.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.527-537
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• 2013

Improving resource utilization has been a hot issue in heterogeneous wireless networks (HWNs). This paper proposes a radio resource management (RRM) method based on access proportion optimization. By considering two or more wireless networks in overlapping regions, users in these regions must select one of the networks to access when they engage in calls. Hence, the proportion of service arrival rate that accesses each network in the overlapping region can be treated as an optimized factor for the performance analysis of HWNs. Moreover, this study considers user mobility as an important factor that affects the performance of HWNs, and it is reflected by the handoff rate. The objective of this study is to maximize the total throughput of HWNs by choosing the most appropriate factors. The total throughput of HWNs can be derived on the basis of a Markov model, which is determined by the handoff rate analysis and distribution of service arrival rate in each network. The objective problem can actually be expressed as an optimization problem. Considering the convexity of the objective function, the optimization problem can be solved using the subgradient approach. Finally, an RRM optimization scheme for HWNs is proposed. The simulation results show that the proposed scheme can effectively enhance the throughput of HWNs, i.e., improve the radio resource utilization.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제9권12호
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• pp.4856-4871
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• 2015

Backpressure based scheduling has been considered as a promising technique for improving the throughput of a wide range of communication networks. However, this scheduling technique has not been well studied for heterogeneous wireless networks. In this paper, we propose a virtual-queue based backpressure scheduling (VQB) algorithm for heterogeneous multi-hop wireless networks. The VQB algorithm introduces a simple virtual queue for each flow at a node for backpressure scheduling, whose length depends on the cache size of the node. When calculating flow weights and making scheduling decisions, the length of a virtual queue is used instead of the length of a real queue. We theoretically prove that VQB is throughput-optimal. Simulation results show that the VQB algorithm significantly outperforms a classical backpressure scheduling algorithm in heterogeneous multi-hop wireless networks in terms of the packet delivery ratio, packet delivery time, and average sum of the queue lengths of all nodes per timeslot.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국해양정보통신학회 2005년도 추계종합학술대회
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• pp.589-592
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• 2005

미래의 유비쿼터스 환경은 사용자에게 보장된 품질로서 유용한 서비스를 제공하기 위해 여러 가지의 무선통신 시스템들과 다른 엑세스 기술들로 인한 다수의 연결성 대안들을 제시해야 한다. 새로운 어플리케이션들은 시간과 장소에 제한 없이 다른 휴대용 디바이스들로부터 정보를 엑세스할 수 있는 유비쿼터스 환경을 요구함으로써 셀룰러망, WLNA, 그리고 MANET 등과 같은 다양한 무선 플랫폼들을 통합하도록 한다. 다른 성능과 기능을 갖는 기술들의 통합은 매우 복잡하며, 프로토콜 스택의 모든 계층에 대해 이슈화된다. 이 논문에서는 SDR 기반 무선 통합망을 위한 연결성 대안 및 네트워크 계층에서의 통합 아키텍쳐를 비교 검토한다.