• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2004년도 ICEIC The International Conference on Electronics Informations and Communications
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• pp.302-309
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• 2004

The transmission capacity of wireless communication systems may become dramatically high by employ multiple transmit and receive antennas with space-time coding techniques appropriate to multiple transmit antennas. For large number of transmit antennas and at high bandwidth efficiencies, the receiver may become too complex whenever correlation across transmit antennas is introduced. Reducing decoding complexity at receiver by combining array processing and space-time codes (STC) helps a communication system using STC to overcome the big obstacle that prevents it from achieving a desired high transmission rate. Multi-carrier CDMA (MC-CDMA) allows providing good performance in a channel with high inter-symbol interference. Antenna array, STC and MC-CDMA system have a similar characteristic that transmit-receive data streams are divided into sub-streams. Thus, there may be a noticeable reduction of receiver complexity when we combine them together. In this paper, the combination of array processing and STC in MC-CDMA system over slow selective-fading channel is investigated and compared with corresponding existing MC-CDMA system using STC. A refinement of this basic structure leads to a system design principle in which we have to make a trade off between transmission rate, decoding complexity, and length of spreading code to reach a given desired design goal.

• 대한임베디드공학회논문지
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.157-163
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• 2014

This paper demonstrates the benefit of using MOOS-IvP in the development of control system for Unmanned Underwater Vehicles(UUV). The demand for autonomy in UUVs has significantly increased due to the complexity in missions to be performed. Furthermore, the increased number of sensors and actuators that are interconnected through a network has introduced a need for a middleware platform for UUVs. In this context, MOOS-IvP, which is an open source software architecture, has been developed by several researchers from MIT, Oxford University, and NUWC. The MOOS software is a communication middleware based on the publish-subscribe architecture allowing each application to communicate through a MOOS database. The IvP Helm, which is one of the MOOS modules, publishes vehicle commands using multi-objective optimization in order to implement autonomous decision making. This paper explores the benefit of MOOS-IvP in the development of control software for UUVs by using a case study with an auto depth control system based on self-organizing fuzzy logic control. The simulation results show that the design and verification of UUV control software based on MOOS-IvP can be carried out quickly and efficiently thanks to the reuse of source codes, modular-based architecture, and the high level of scalability.

• International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.161-169
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• 2017

Flat slab systems are vastly used in multi-story buildings because of their savings in story height and construction time, as well as for their flexibility in architectural remodeling. However, they frequently suffer brittle punching-shear failure around columns, especially when subjected to lateral loads. Therefore, seismic codes labeled flat slabs as non-ductile systems. This research goal is investigating some construction alternatives to enhance flat slab ductility and deformability. The alternatives are: adding different types of punching-shear reinforcement, using discreet fibers in concrete mixes, and increasing thickness of slab around columns. The experimental study included preparation and testing of seven half-scale interior slab-column connections up to failure. The first specimen is considered a reference, the second two specimens made of concrete mixes with different volumetric ratios of polymer fibers. Another three specimens reinforced with different types of punching-shear reinforcement, and the last specimen constructed with drop panel of inverted pyramidal shape. It is found that using the inverted pyramid-shape drop panel of specimen, increases the punching-shear capacity, and the initial and the post-cracking stiffnesses. The initial elastic stiffnesses are different for all specimens especially for the slab with closed stirrups where it is experienced the highest initial stiffness compared to the reference slab.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제30권7C호
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• pp.666-674
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• 2005

이동국에서 받은 되먹임 정보를 바탕으로 하는 차단 적응 전송 기법을 쓸 때, 여러 반송파 부호분할 다중접속/주파수분할 다중방식의(multi carrier code division multiple access/frequency division multiplexing: MC CDMA/FDM 내림 연결 성능을 알아본다. 셀이 하나일 때 직교 서명수열을 쓰면, 제안한 기법은 여러 반송파 직접 수연 부호분할 다중접속(direct sequence/code division multiple access: MC DS/CDMA) 방식과 적응 주파수 뜀/직접 수열(frequency hopping/direct sequence: FH/DS) 방식보다 성능이 더 좋다. 셀이 여럿일 때에도 직교 서명수열이나 확률 서명수열을 쓰면, 제안한 기법이 적응 주파수 뜀/직접 수열 방식보다 성능이 더 좋다.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제7권5호
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• pp.719-733
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• 2014

The equivalent frame method (EFM) is widely used for the design of two-way reinforced concrete slab structures, and current design codes of practice permit the application of the EFM in analyzing the flat plate slab structures under gravity and lateral loads. The EFM was, however, originally developed for the flat plate structures subjected to gravity load, which is not suitable for lateral loading case. Therefore, this study, the first part of series research paper, proposed the structural analysis method for the flat plate slab structures under the combined gravity and lateral loads, which is named as the unified equivalent frame method (UEFM). In the proposed method, some portion of rotation induced in the torsional member is distributed to the flexibility of the equivalent columns, and the remaining portion is contributed to that of the equivalent slabs. In the consecutive companion paper, the proposed UEFM is verified by comparing with test results of multi-span flat plate structures. Also, a simplified nonlinear push-over analysis method is proposed, and verified by comparing to test results.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.263-276
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• 2007

Steel frame structures have been widely used in multi-storey and high-rise buildings and the connections in these structures are critical. In the Northridge and Kobe Earthquake, beam-column connections suffered damage due to brittle fracture. According to seismic design codes, ductility of the beam to column connection is also necessary. A study on the behavior of a beam to column connection with the aim of improving ductility as well as preventing brittle failure was carried out. In order to control the position of a plastic hinge on the beam, a connection with a hole in the beam web was developed. Five specimens with different parameters under cyclic load were assessed. The results are presented in terms of the stress distribution of the beam, hysteretic behavior, and ultimate capacity. Furthermore, the finite element method was also used to analyze the model, and the results were compared with those obtained from the experiment. It is shown from the analysis and experimental results that this type of connection is effective in terms of improving ductility for a beam to column connection in low-rise buildings.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.325-350
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• 2012

Concrete filled steel hollow structural sections (CFSs) are an efficient, sustainable, and attractive option for both ambient temperature and fire resistance design of columns in multi-storey buildings and are becoming increasingly common in modern construction practice around the world. Whilst the design of these sections at ambient temperatures is reasonably well understood, and models to predict the strength and failure modes of these elements at ambient temperatures correlate well with observations from tests, this appears not to be true in the case of fire resistant design. This paper reviews available data from furnace tests on CFS columns and assesses the statistical confidence in available fire resistance design models/approaches used in North America and Europe. This is done using a meta-analysis comparing the available experimental data from large-scale standard fire tests performed around the world against fire resistance predictions from design codes. It is shown that available design approaches carry a very large uncertainty of prediction, suggesting that they fail to properly account for fundamental aspects of the underlying thermal response and/or structural mechanics during fire. Current North American fire resistance design approaches for CFS columns are shown to be considerably less conservative, on average, than those used in Europe.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.456-462
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• 2011

This paper investigates the outage behavior of peak interference power limited cognitive radio (CR) networks with multiple transmit antennas. In CR-multi-input single-output (MISO) channel, the total transmit power is distributed over the transmitantennas. First, we use the orthogonal space-time codes (STC) to achieve the transmit diversity at CR-receiver (rx) and investigate the effect of the power distribution on the interference power received at the primary-receiver (P-rx). Then, we investigate the transmit antenna selection (TAS) scheme in which the CR system selects the best transmit antenna and allocates all the power to the selected best antenna. Two transmit antenna selection strategies are proposed depending on if feedback channel is available or not. We derive the closed form expressions of outage probability and outage capacity of all schemes with arbitrary number of transmit-antennas. We show that the proposed schemes significantly improve the outage capacity over the single antenna systems in Rayleigh fading environment. We also show that TAS based scheme outperforms the STC based scheme when peak interference power constraint is imposed on the P-rx only if a feedback channel from CR-rx to CR-transmitter is available.

• 정보처리학회논문지C
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• 제13C권7호
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• pp.865-872
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• 2006

최근 협력통신은 안테나의 물리적인 배치 없이 공간 다중화를 얻을 수 있는 효과적인 방법으로 많은 주목을 받고 있다. 따라서 협력적인 위치를 가진 다중 안테나 시스템에서 잘 알려진 시공간 블록 코드(STBC, Space Time Block Code)는 분산환경 하의 단일 안테나 사용자들에게도 이용될 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 3/4 시공간블록 코드를 사용한 협력적인 신호 구조를 제안하고, 수학적으로 증명한 전송 전력 제한과 네트워크 기하학을 이용하여 이론상의 BER (Bit Error Ratio) 표현을 유도한다. 다양한 환경에서의 시뮬레이션과 잘 증명된 수학적인 결과는 파트너가 적절한 위치에 있을 때, 직접 전송보다 매우 성능이 우수한 협력 통신을 증명하였다.

• 한국위성정보통신학회논문지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.117-124
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• 2011

본 논문은 다중 안테나 시스템 환경에서 전송 용량을 보장하면서 통신 성능 신뢰성을 확보할 수 있는 효율적인 Throughput 향상기법에 관한 연구를 진행하였다. 기존 공간 다이버시티 기법은 각 안테나 채널들로부터 발생하는 간섭과 주파수 선택적 채널의 영향으로 코드 간 직교성의 훼손, 부반송파 직교성의 훼손이 발생하여 성능 향상이 제한적이다. 주파수 선택적 다중 안테나 채널 환경에 따라서 발생하는 안테나 간의 간섭을 SVD 채널 병렬화를 통하여 효과적으로 줄이고, 낮은 복잡도를 가지는 부반송파 결합기법을 통하여 제안시스템의 전송용량과 성능을 향상시키는 전송 시스템을 제안하였으며, 모의실험을 통하여 성능 향상을 확인하였다.