• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.276-283
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• 2012

Nowadays, wireless sensor networks (WSNs) comprise a tremendously growing infrastructure for monitoring the physical or environmental conditions of objects. WSNs pose challenges to mitigating energy dissipation by constructing a reliable and energy saving network. In this paper, we propose a novel network construction and routing method by defining three different duties for sensor nodes, that is, node gateways, cluster heads, and cluster members, and then by applying a hierarchical structure from the sink to the normal sensing nodes. This method provides an efficient rationale to support the maximum coverage, to recover missing data with node mobility, and to reduce overall energy dissipation. All this should lengthen the lifetime of the network significantly.

• 디지털산업정보학회논문지
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.29-37
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• 2008

Clustering allows hierarchical structures to be built on the nodes and enables more efficient use of scarce resources, such as frequency spectrum, bandwidth, and energy in wireless sensor networks (WSNs). This paper proposes a hierarchical clustering algorithm called EEHC which is more energy efficient than existing algorithms for WSNs, It introduces region node selection as well as cluster head election based on the residual battery capacity of nodes to reduce the costs of managing sensor nodes and of the communication among them. The role of cluster heads or region nodes is rotated among nodes to achieve load balancing and extend the lifetime of every individual sensor node. To do this, EEHC clusters periodically to select cluster heads that are richer in residual energy level, compared to the other nodes, according to clustering policies from administrators. To prove the performance improvement of EEHC, the ns-2 simulator was used. The results show that it can reduce the energy and bandwidth consumption for organizing and managing WSNs comparing it with existing algorithms.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제35권3A호
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• pp.269-278
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• 2010

무선센서네트워크(WSN)는 성장성이 높은 미래 IT산업의 중요한 이슈 중에 하나이다. WSN을 위한 다수의 프로토콜들이 개발되었고 그 중 계층형 프로토콜들이 에너지 효율적인 면에서 좋은 평가를 받고 있다. LEACH는 계층구조망을 위한 라우팅 프로토콜 중 가장 대표적이다. 하지만 LEACH관련 프로토콜은 메시지 전송 범위가 네트워크 전체 단위로 통신을 함으로서 에너지 소비가 심한 문제점이 있다. 또한 각 클러스터를 구성하는 멤버노드수와 헤드 지역분포가 불균형함으로서 부하의 적절한 분산을 만족하지 못하는 문제점도 가지고 있다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 LEACH관련 프로토콜들의 문제점을 해결할 수 있는 새로운 라우팅 프로토콜을 제안한다. 제안하는 프로토콜은 센서노드의 메모리 임계치를 이용하여 계층구조상에서 라우팅을 구성한다. 성능평가 결과 본 논문에서 제안한 프로토콜은 LEACH에 비해 네트워크에 균등한 부하의 분산을 제시할 수 있었고, LEACH보다 약 1.8배 오랜 네트워크 생존기간을 보였다.

• 산업공학
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.108-117
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• 2010

Wireless sensor network may be installed where it is hard to access or where one has to constantly gather data without any human's monitoring. Sensors which compose a sensor network are usually small with poor battery capacities and thus energy-efficient usage is very important because of difficulties in replacing or recharging the batteries to make the lifetime of the whole sensor network longer. LEACH protocol, a well-known hierarchical routing protocol, may resolve this problem by distributing the role of cluster header evenly to the sensor nodes in the whole area of network at each round. In this thesis, we introduce a variant of LEACH protocol which considers the distance between base station and sensors in the way that if a node is far from the base station then the probability that this node becomes a cluster header is low. Experiments to evaluate the energy efficiency and the ability to collect the information show that the proposed method in this paper has maintained much wider sensing area while keeping the energy efficiency same as LEACH.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제34권12B호
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• pp.1514-1523
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• 2009

현재 무선 센서 네트워크의 주소 할당 기법들은 수백 개 이상의 노드로 구성된 대규모 센서 네트워크를 지원함에 있어 한계를 갖고 있다. WSNs 관련 대표적인 표준화 단체인 ZigBee Alliance에서는 균형 트리 기반의 주소 영역을 구성한 후, 트리 구조에 맞추어 네트워크의 주소를 할당하는 분산 주소 할당 기법이 제시되었다. 하지만 일반적으로 실제 배치된 네트워크는 균형 트리 구조를 갖지 않으며 이로 인해 주소의 낭비 및 고갈이 발생한다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 단점을 해결하기 위해 다수의 균형 트리를 동적으로 구성하는 계층적 클러스터 트리 기반 분산 주소 할당 기법을 제시한다. 제안된 방안에서는 16-bit 주소 영역을 클러스터 식별자 영역과 클러스터 내 주소 영역으로 구분하여 각 클러스터 내부에서는 균형 트리 기반 분산 주소 할당 기법을 사용하고, 주소 고갈 발생시에는 동적으로 새로운 클러스터를 형성하여 주소를 할당한다. 시뮬레이션을 통한 성능 분석에서는 제안된 프로토콜이 기존의 기법보다 주소 사용의 효율 및 고아 노드 발생 부분에서 향상된 결과를 보여준다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.1237-1255
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• 2014

In wireless sensor networks (WSNs), hierarchical clustering is an efficient approach for lower energy consumption and extended network lifetime. In cluster-based multi-hop communications, a cluster head (CH) closer to the sink is loaded heavier than those CHs farther away from the sink. In order to balance the energy consumption among CHs, we development a novel cluster-based routing protocol for corona-structured wireless sensor networks. Based on the relaying traffic of each CH conveys, adequate radius for each corona can be determined through nearly balanced energy depletion analysis, which leads to balanced energy consumption among CHs. Simulation results demonstrate that our clustering approach effectively improves the network lifetime, residual energy and reduces the number of CH rotations in comparison with the MLCRA protocols.

• 한국IT서비스학회지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.159-173
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• 2015

This paper presents a study on the Internet of Things based low-power wireless sensor networks for remote monitoring of wildlife ecosystem due to climate change. Especially, it is targeting the wild vegetation communities ecological monitoring. First, we performed a pre-test and analysis for selecting the appropriate frequency for the sensor network to collect and deliver information reliably in harsh propagation environment of the forest area, and selected for sensors for monitoring wild vegetation communities on the basis of considerations for selecting the best sensor. In addition, we have presented the platform concept and hierarchical function structures for effectively monitoring, analyzing and predicting of ecosystem changes, to apply the Internet of Things in the ecological monitoring area. Based on this, this paper presents the system architecture and design of the Internet of Things based low-power wireless sensor networks for monitoring the ecosystem of the wild vegetation communities. Finally, we constructed and operated the test-bed applied to real wild trees, using the developed prototype based on the design.

• 융합보안논문지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.71-78
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• 2009

무선 센서 네트워크(WSN : Wireless Sensor Network)는 계산 능력, 전력, 통신 대역폭 등 다양한 제약 조건을 가지기 때문에 기존의 보안 기법을 WSN에 적용하기는 매우 어렵다. 이러한 문제점을 해결하기 위해 본 논문에서는 무선 센서 네트워크에 적용 가능한 안전한 그룹통신 기법을 제안한다. 제안한 기법은 클러스터링 기반의 계층적 라우팅 프로토콜인 TEEN(Threshold sensitive Energy Efficient sensor Network protocol) 알고리즘에 보안 메커니즘이 결합된 형태로서, 네트워크는 센서노드, 클러스터 헤더, 베이스 스테이션(BS : Base Station)으로 이루어진다. 보다 강력한 보안성 제공과 효율적인 키 관리를 위해 제안된 기법은 비밀 키 및 공개 키 알고리즘 모두를 사용하며, 전력소모를 줄이기 위해 참여 노드들 간의 통신은 계층적 트리구조에 의해 이루어진다. 따라서 본 논문에서 제안한 기법은 강력한 보안성을 제공할 뿐만 아니라, 통신에 있어 보다 낮은 전력을 소모하므로 무선 센서 네트워크 환경에 적합하다고 할 수 있다.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.122-129
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• 2010

Energy conservation is one of the most important issues for evaluating the performance of wireless sensor network (WSN) applications. Generally speaking, hierarchical clustering protocols such as LEACH, LEACH-C, EEEAC, and BCDCP are more efficient in energy conservation than flat routing protocols. However, these typical protocols still have drawbacks of unequal and high energy depletion in cluster heads (CHs) due to the different transmission distance from each CH to the base station (BS). In order to minimize the energy consumption and increase the network lifetime, we propose a new hierarchical routing protocol, distance aware intelligent clustering protocol (DAIC), with the key concept of dividing the network into tiers and selecting the high energy CHs at the nearest distance from the BS. We have observed that a considerable amount of energy can be conserved by selecting CHs at the nearest distance from the BS. Also, the number of CHs is computed dynamically to avoid the selection of unnecessarily large number of CHs in the network. Our simulation results showed that the proposed DAIC outperforms LEACH and LEACH-C by 63.28% and 36.27% in energy conservation respectively. The distance aware CH selection method adopted in the proposed DAIC protocol can also be adapted to other hierarchical clustering protocols for the higher energy efficiency.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.224-242
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• 2010

Data routing in wireless sensor networks must be energy-efficient because tiny sensor nodes have limited power. A cluster-based hierarchical routing is known to be more efficient than a flat routing because only cluster-heads communicate with a sink node. Existing hierarchical routings, however, assume unrealistically large radio transmission ranges for sensor nodes so they cannot be employed in real environments. In this paper, by considering the practical transmission ranges of the sensor nodes, we propose a clustering and routing method for hierarchical sensor networks: First, we provide the optimal ratio of cluster-heads for the clustering. Second, we propose a d-hop clustering scheme. It expands the range of clusters to d-hops calculated by the ratio of cluster-heads. Third, we present an intra-cluster routing in which sensor nodes reach their cluster-heads within d-hops. Finally, an inter-clustering routing is presented to route data from cluster-heads to a sink node using multiple hops because cluster-heads cannot communicate with a sink node directly. The efficiency of the proposed clustering and routing method is validated through extensive simulations.