• International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.146-157
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• 2024

Despite numerous air mattresses marketed to prevent Pressure Ulcers (PU), none have fully succeeded due to residual pressure surpassing critical levels. We introduces an innovative medical bed system aiming at complete PU prevention. This system employs a unique 4-bar link mechanism, moving keys up and down to manage body pressure. Each of the 17 keys integrates a sensor controller, reading pressure from 10 sensors. By regulating motor input, we maintain body pressure below critical levels. Keys are equipped with a servo drive and sensor controller, linked to the main controller via two CAN series. Using fuzzy or PI/IP controllers, we adjust keys to minimize total error, dispersing body pressure and ensuring comfort. In case of controller failure, keys alternate swiftly, preventing ulcer development. Through experimental tests under varied conditions, the fuzzy controller with tailored membership functions demonstrated swift performance. PI control showed rapid convergence, while IP control exhibited slower convergence and oscillations near zero error. Our specialized medical robot bed, incorporating 4-bar links and pressure sensors, underwent testing with three controllers-fuzzy, PI, and IP-showcasing their effectiveness in keeping body pressure below critical ulcer levels. Experimental results validate the proposed approach's efficacy, indicating potential for complete PU prevention.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institutes of Information Security and Cryptology Conference
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• 2003.12a
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• pp.620-624
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• 2003

In［5］, the bit security of keys obtained from protocols based on pairings has been discussed. However it was not able to give bit security of tripartite authenticated key(TAK) agreement protocol of type 4. This paper shows the bit security of keys obtained from TAK-4 protocol.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.48-51
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• 2006

To achieve security in wireless sensor networks (WSN), it is important to be able to encrypt messages sent among sensor nodes. We propose a new cryptographic key management protocol, which is based on the clustering scheme but does not depend on the probabilistic key. The protocol can increase the efficiency to manage keys since, before distributing the keys by bootstrap, the use of public keys shared among nodes can eliminate the processes to send or to receive keys among the sensors. Also, to find any compromised nodes safely on the network, it solves safety problems by applying the functions of a lightweight attack-detection mechanism.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2011.10a
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• pp.3251-3255
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• 2011

Being the concrete track laid on bridge, due to track-bridge temperature difference, traction and brake force, and nosing force, the horizontal force can be applied to the track slab. Therefore, shear key structures to resist this horizontal force should be installed. The shear key structures installed in the Kyeong-Bu high-speed line are consisted of four shear keys at every slab with the length of 6 to 8m. However, in the point of view of construction, it is more advantageous to curtail the numbers of shear keys, and thus, the numbers and spacing of the shear keys should be carefully determined. In this study, hence, the effects of slab length, the numbers and spacing of the shear keys on design of shear key and track slab are examined.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.239-247
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• 2015

Cryptography aims at transmitting secure data over an unsecure network in coded version so that only the intended recipient can analyze it. Communication through messages, emails, or various other modes requires high security so as to maintain the confidentiality of the content. This paper deals with IDEA's shortcoming of generating weak keys. If these keys are used for encryption and decryption may result in the easy prediction of ciphertext corresponding to the plaintext. For applying genetic approach, which is well-known optimization technique, to the weak keys, we obtained a definite solution to convert the weaker keys to stronger ones. The chances of generating a weak key in IDEA are very rare, but if it is produced, it could lead to a huge risk of attacks being made on the key, as well as on the information. Hence, measures have been taken to safeguard the key and to ensure the privacy of information.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.4 no.4
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• pp.9-14
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• 1999

The authentication technique, which uses public key cryptographic algorithms, proves itself by generating authentication value through secret keys and gives verification by means of public keys .This paper is believed to 1) solve the problem of distribution and management of secret keys, which still remain the problem of authentication used in symmetric cryptographic algorithm. 2) provide the method to receive a certificate of handling the problems of public key lists through the authentication authority. and finally 3) suggest an algorithm which will enable us to run the public keys more effectively.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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• v.30 no.5
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• pp.771-780
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• 2020

QKD(Quantum Key Distribution) is one of the protocols that can make two distant parties safely share secure keys against the threat of quantum computer. Generally, cryptographic applications which are connected to the QKD device have fixed roles as a transmitter and a receiver due to the race condition and complexity of implementation. Because the conventional QKD system is mainly applied to the link encryptor, there are no problems even if the roles of the cryptographic devices are fixed. We propose a new scheme of QKD system and protocol that is easy to extend to the QKD network by eliminating quantum key dependency between cryptographic device and QKD node. The secure keys which are generated by the TRNG(True Random Number Generator) are provided to the cryptographic applications instead of quantum keys. We design an architecture to transmit safely the secure keys using the inbound and outbound quantum keys which are shared between two nodes. In this scheme, since the dependency of shared quantum keys between two QKD nodes is eliminated, all cryptographic applicatons can be a master or a slave depending on who initiates the cryptographic communications.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• v.11 no.7
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• pp.3608-3628
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• 2017

Several block cipher modes of operation have been proposed in the literature to protect sensitive information. However, different security analysis models have been presented for attacking them. The analysis indicated that most of the current modes of operation are vulnerable to several attacks such as known plaintext and chosen plaintext/cipher-text attacks. Therefore, this paper proposes a secure block cipher mode of operation to thwart such attacks. In general, the proposed mode combines one-time chain keys with each plaintext before its encryption. The challenge of the proposed mode is the generation of the chain keys. The proposed mode employs the logistic map together with a nonce to dynamically generate a unique set of chain keys for every plaintext. Utilizing the logistic map assures the dynamic behavior while employing the nonce guarantees the uniqueness of the chain keys even if the same message is encrypted again. In this way, the proposed mode called SPCBC can resist the most powerful attacks including the known plaintext and chosen plaintext/cipher-text attacks. In addition, the SPCBC mode improves encryption time performance through supporting parallelized implementation. Finally, the security analysis and experimental results demonstrate that the proposed mode is robust compared to the current modes of operation.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.167-175
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• 2008

The current pre-distribution of secret keys uses a-composite random key and it randomly allocates keys. But there exists high probability not to be public-key among nodes and it is not efficient to find public-key because of the problem for time and energy consumption. We presents key establishment scheme designed to satisfy authentication and confidentiality, without the need of a key distribution center. Proposed scheme is scalable since every node only needs to hold a small number of keys independent of the network size, and it is resilient against node capture and replication due to the fact that keys are localized. In simulation result, we estimate process time of parameter used in proposed scheme and efficiency of Proposed scheme even if increase ECC key length.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.31 no.8B
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• pp.730-735
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• 2006

This paper proposes a media key distribution scheme for lawful interception in secured VoIP systems. A problem of the current US or EU standards for lawful interception is that they do not provide a mechanism for collecting keys used for encrypting media streams between two end points. In the proposed scheme, dual encryption was applied on the media keys using two shared secrets: one between the ISP AAA server and user agent, and the other between the TSP registrar and user agent. Only the lawful agency with court warrant can collect both keys from the service providers. This scheme can still provide a privacy by preventing the misusage of the keys by the service providers.