• ETRI Journal
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• 제46권4호
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• pp.571-580
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• 2024

A compact triple-band porous electromagnetic bandgap structure-loaded coplanar-waveguide-fed wearable antenna is introduced for applications of wireless body area networks. The porous structure is aimed to create a stopband or bandgap in the electromagnetic spectrum and increase breathability. The holes in the bottom electromagnetic bandgap surface increase the inductance, which in turn increases the bandwidth. The final design resonates at three bands with impedance bandwidths of 264 MHz, 100 MHz, and 153 MHz and maximum gains of 2.18 dBi, 6.75 dBi, and 9.50 dBi at 2.45 GHz, 3.5 GHz, and 5.5 GHz, respectively. In addition, measurements indicate that the proposed design can be deformed up to certain curvature and withstand human tissue loading. Moreover, the specific absorption rate remains within safe levels for humans. Therefore, the proposed antenna can suitably operate in the industrial, scientific, and medical, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX bands for potential application to wireless body area networks.

• International journal of advanced smart convergence
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.147-154
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• 2019

In this paper, we conducted a study that utilizes deep learning to calculate appropriate physical exercise information when basic human factors such as sex, age, height, and weight of users come in. To apply deep learning, a method was applied to calculate the amount of fat needed to calculate the amount of one repetition maximum by utilizing the structure of the basic Deep Neural Network. By applying Accuracy improvement methods such as Relu, Weight initialization, and Dropout to existing deep learning structures, we have improved Accuracy to derive a lean body weight that is closer to actual results. In addition, the results were derived by applying a formula for calculating the one repetition maximum load on upper and lower body movements for use in actual physical exercise. If studies continue, such as the way they are applied in this paper, they will be able to suggest effective physical exercise options for different conditions as well as conditions for users.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.503-508
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• 2009

전자파의 사용 범위가 확대되고 각 분야에서의 활용도가 높아짐에 따라 인체에 대한 영향이 증가하여 이에 대한 많은 연구가 이루어지고 있다. 하지만 인체의 영향 연구나 인체 보호 기준이 단말기에 의한 영향은 SAR(Specific Absorption Ratio)의 연구 및 표준 활동이 활발하나 단파(high frequency) 대역에 의한 인체 유도 전류에 대한 연구는 미흡한 편이다. 본 연구에서는 근거리장에서 단파 대역 RFID 리더 안테나에 의한 인체에 유도되는 전류를 측정하고 이를 등가화 할 수 있는 수직 교차 루프 형태의 인체 등가 모형을 제시하여 인체의 유도 전류량과 비교하였다.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제19권9호
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• pp.1690-1697
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• 2016

In a beacon-enabled Zigbee network, the slotted CSMA/CA mechanism based on the super frame structure fairly provides communication chance for each node and makes a reasonable usage of the available energy. In the case of wireless nano sensors that are implanted into the target human body area for detecting disease symptoms or virus, such a nano-network requires a similar type of channel sharing and transmission of short length event-driven data. In this paper, for nano-network's in-body applications, we aim to design conceptually a new super frame derived from the existing beacon-enabled Zigbee MAC protocol. And we analyze the efficiency of the proposed super frame in the aspect of practical deployment.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제7권5호
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• pp.1077-1093
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• 2013

This paper proposes a new network coordinator node design to select the most suitable wireless technology for WBANs by using fuzzy logic. Its goal is to select a wireless communication technology available considering the user/application requirements and network conditions. A WBAN is composed of a set of sensors placed in, on, or around human body, which monitors the human body functions and the surrounding environment. In an effort to send sensor readings from human body to medical center or a station, a WBAN needs to stay connected to a local or a wide area network by using various wireless communication technologies. Nowadays, several wireless networking technologies may be utilized in WLANs and/or WANs each of which is capable of sending WBAN sensor readings to the desired destination. Therefore, choosing the best serving wireless communications technology has critical importance to provide quality of service support and cost efficient connections for WBAN users. In this work, we have developed, modeled, and simulated some networking scenarios utilizing our fuzzy logic-based NCN by using OPNET and MATLAB. Besides, we have compared our proposed fuzzy logic based algorithm with widely used RSSI-based AP selection algorithm. The results obtained from the simulations show that the proposed approach provides appropriate outcomes for both the WBAN users and the overall network.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.854-857
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• 2018

다양한 무선기기가 일상화됨에 따라 전자파가 인체에 미치는 영향에 대해 분석할 필요성이 증가하고 있다. 전자파가 인체에 미치는 영향을 나타내는 파라미터가 전자파 흡수율(SAR: specific absorption rate)인데, 이는 단순히 인체 조직만 대상으로 하고 있어 인공 치아 등의 금속 인공물이 삽입된 경우에는 전자파가 미치는 영향을 평가하기가 쉽지 않다. 본 논문에서는 SAR을 시뮬레이션하기 위한 방법을 소개하고 실제로 SAR을 시뮬레이션 하였다. 30 GHz 5세대 이동통신(5G) 주파수 대역에서 인공 치아가 삽입된 인체 머리 모델의 SAR은 최고치 $2.50{\times}10^{-3}W/kg$, 평균치 $8.58{\times}10^{-7}W/kg$으로 국내 허용 기준치 1.6 W/kg에 절대적으로 못 미침을 알 수 있다.

• Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.707-718
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• 2003

The Korean Anthropometric Survey (Size Korea) is a sample survey which estimates on percentiles of several dimensional measurements of the human body and its component parts. The purpose of this study is to design a sample, which is designed on the base of 1997 survey database. Two different methods are considered to get the sample size for estimating the 5th and 95th percentile of body dimensions of Korean age range 0-80 years.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.419-427
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• 2015

There have been increases in the elderly population worldwide, and this has been accompanied by rapid growth in the health-care market, as there is an ongoing need to monitor the health of individuals. Wireless body area networks (WBANs) consist of wireless sensors attached on or inside the human body to monitor vital health-related problems, e.g., electrocardiograms (ECGs), electroencephalograms (EEGs), and electronystagmograms (ENGs). With WBANs, patients' vital signs are recorded by each sensor and sent to a coordinator. However, because of obstructions by the human body, sensors cannot always send the data to the coordinator, requiring them to transmit at higher power. Therefore, we need to consider the lifetime of the sensors given their required transmit power. In the IEEE 802.15.6 standard, the transmission topology functions as a one-hop star plus one topology. In order to obtain a high throughput, we reduce the transmit power of the sensors and maintain equity for all sensors. We propose the multiple-hop transmission for WBANs based on the IEEE 802.15.6 carrier-sense multiple-access with collision avoidance (CSMA/CA) protocol. We calculate the throughput and variance of the transmit power by performing simulations, and we discuss the results obtained using the proposed theorems.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제35권5A호
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• pp.440-446
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• 2010

다양한 분야에서 IT와 BT의 융합이 논의되고 있으며 의료 산업에서 캡슐 내시경의 개발은 인체를 매개로 무선 통신을 한다는 점에서 그 예라 할 수 있을 것이다. 하지만 인체 채널에서의 통신은 송신 전력의 제한이 엄격할 수 밖에 없으며, 아직 채널 특성에 대한 활발한 연구도 이루어지지 않아서 그 채널을 추정하기가 매우 어렵다. 따라서 정확한 채널 추정이 필요한 일반적인 부호화 / 복호화 기법을 사용할 수 없으며, 기존 통신망에서 유입되는 간섭 신호에 취약할 수 밖에 없다. 본 논문에서는 채널 추정이 필요 없으면서도, 주위 간섭 신호의 영향에 강인한 Chirp Spread Spectrum Differential Binary Phase Shift Keying(CSS-DBPSK) 기법을 소개하고, Chirp Spread Spectrum On-Off Keying (CSS-OOK) 기법을 제안한다. CSS-DBPSK, CSS-OOK를 이용하면 일반 OOK에 비하여 target BER (Bit Error Rate) 10-5)을 위한 Eb/N0을 약 5dB, 2dB 낮출 수 있으며 간섭 신호에 대한 성능 저하도 막을 수 있다.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.286-289
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• 2006

Measurement results are presented for the effects of people moving near and across short-range indoor propagation links at 2.45 GHz (ISM band). Excess loss due to scattering and blockage by human bodies in the vicinity of one terminal were measured for different radio links in an office environment. Statistics on fades due to human body motion are given. Polarization coupling (depolarization) for various radio links was measured, and correlation of polarization components is discussed as a basis for using polarization diversity reception in short-range indoor systems.