• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.34 no.9B
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• pp.900-907
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• 2009

With the introduction of the concept such as QoS, QoE, and MOS for the multimedia services over the high-speed network the user's concern about the degradation in the perceived quality of service for the conventional data service has become a new problem to the Internet service providers. In this work we propose a method to evaluate the subjective QoE such as MOS for the high-speed Internet service, where the round trip time for the data transfer is taken into account as a performance parameter for the experienced delay. We develop a tool to evaluate an MOS that enables us to investigate the behavior of users for diverse delay times for the web access service, via which we analyze the sensitivity of users with regard to MOS as a function of delay.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2007.10d
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• pp.585-588
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• 2007

WMNs(Wireless Mesh Networks)은 기존 유 무선망 구축 시 발생하는 고가의 비용 및 이동성 제약 등의 단점을 극복하기 위해 제안된 네트워크 구조로써 네트워크 구축비용에 비해 광범위한 인터넷 접근영역을 제공하는 장점을 가진다. 특히, IEEE 802.11e를 MAC 계층으로 사용하는 WMN은 기존 IEEE802.11에서 보다 강화된 QoS(Quality of Service)기능을 가지므로, 안정적 멀티미디어 관련 응용 계층을 지원하는 WMN 구축을 위해 주목받고 있는 기술 중 하나이다. 본 논문은 광주과학기술원에 설치된 MIMC(Multi-Interface Multi-Channel) WMN 테스트베드를 QoS 기능 지원을 위해 IEEE 802.11e 기반으로 확장한다. 특히, 확장에 필요한 소프트웨어 요소 및 하드웨어 요소에 대해 논한다. 또한, 확장된 IEEE 802.11e WMN 테스트베드를 사용하여 현재 주목받고 있는 IEEE 802.11e기반 WMN의 기본 쓰루풋 성능, 쓰루풋 차별화 성능등을 실험적으로 분석한다.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.40-47
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• 2015

This paper discusses QoS enhancement in the Best-effort services of the service plan provided by MPEG Media Transport (MMT) systems for video streaming applications. Among MMT services, i.e. per-flow, per-class, and best-effort services, the server does not provide guaranteed bandwidth for the best-effort service only. Therefore, in the best-effort services, a bandwidth access priority is defined for various services, where the lowest priority is assigned to the low-level video services. To alleviate the issue of bandwidth limitation in the best-effort services, this paper investigates transmission of low-resolution video with low bitrate and up-sampling. Our experimental results prove the superiority of the proposed method in terms of delivered video quality.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.30 no.5B
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• pp.295-303
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• 2005

Recently, according to the rapid increase of Web users, various kinds of Web applications have been being developed. Hence, Web QoS(Quality of Service) becomes a critical issue in the Web services, such as e-commerce, Web hosting, etc. Nevertheless, most Web servers currently process various requests from Web users on a FIFO basis, which can not provide differentiated QoS. This paper presents a load balancing method to provide differentiated Web QoS in clustering web server. The first is the kernel-level approach, which is adding a real-time scheduling process to the operating system kernel to maintain the priority of user requests determined by the scheduling process of Web server. The second is the load-balancing approach, which uses IP-level masquerading and tunneling technology to improve reliability and response speed upon user requests. The third is the dynamic load-balancing approach, which uses the parameters related to the MIB-II of SNMP and the parameters related to load of the system such as memory and CPU.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.30 no.8B
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• pp.514-524
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• 2005

In optical burst switching(OBS) networks, the ingress edge router assembles packets in the same class queue into the appropriate size of burst. A burst control packet(BCP) is generated for channel reservation of corresponding data burst and sent earlier than the corresponding data burst with an offset time. Offset time is determined considering the number of hops from source to destination and the required quality of service(QoS). After offset time, the burst data is passed through tile pre-configured optical switches without any O/E/O conversion. But a failure in OBS networks may lead to the loss of bursts until the ingress nodes receive the failure indication signal. This results in a significant degradation in QoS. Therefore, in this paper, we propose a fault-tolerant node architecture based on sub-carrier multiplexing to reduce the effects of failure in OBS networks. The Performance of the proposed fault-tolerant node architecture exhibits considerable improvement as compared with the previous ones.

• Journal of The Institute of Information and Telecommunication Facilities Engineering
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• v.2 no.3
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• pp.72-82
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• 2003

인터넷의 사용이 폭발적으로 증가함으로 인해 다양한 서비스들의 욕구가 있고 그 중에서도 VoIP가 대표적인 예이다. ITU-T의 Study Group12에서 QoS (Quality of Service)에 관한 연구를 진행하고 있다. 그 중에서도 품질평가 방법에서 전송계획을 위한 G,107의 E-model을 PSTN에서 IP네트워크로 적용하는 연구를 진행하고 있다. VoIP의 QoS문제점을 분석하고 E-model에서 개선되어야 할 파라미터들을 확인하고, 이를 위한 ITU-T의 개선동향을 살펴봄으로써 앞으로의 E-model이 나아가야 할 방향에 대해서 기술하였다.

• The KIPS Transactions:PartC
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• v.8C no.1
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• pp.60-67
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• 2001

Multicast Protocol for multimedia service on the Internet can be classified into two types, e.g., source based tree and shared tree according to difference of tree construction method. Shared tree based multicast is known to show outstanding results in the aspect of scalability than source based tree. Generally, There have been lots of researches on the method to satisfy QoS constraints through proper Rendezvous Point (RP) in the shared tree. In addition, as the multicast group members join and leave dynamically in the service time, RP of the shared tree should b be reselected for guranteeing Qos to new member, But, RP reselection method has not been considered generally as the solution to satisfy QoS C constraints. In this paper, new initial RP selection and RP reselection method are proposed, which utilize RTCP (Real Time Control Protocol) report packet fields. Proposed initial RP selection and RP reselection method use RTCP protocol which underlying multimedia application service So, the proposed method does not need any special process for collecting network information to calculate RP. New initial RP selection method s shows better performance than random and topology based one by 40-50% in simulation. Also, RP reselection method improves delay p performance by 50% after initial RP selection according to the member’s dynamicity.

• IEIE Transactions on Smart Processing and Computing
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• v.6 no.3
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• pp.158-167
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• 2017

Internet-based social and interactive video applications have become major constituents of the envisaged applications for next-generation multimedia networks. However, inherently dynamic network conditions, together with varying user expectations, pose many challenges for resource allocation mechanisms for such applications. Yet, in addition to addressing these challenges, service providers must also consider how to mitigate their operational costs (e.g., energy costs, equipment costs) while satisfying the end-user quality of service (QoS) expectations. This paper proposes a heuristic solution to the problem, where the energy incurred by the applications, and the monetary costs associated with the service infrastructure, are minimized while simultaneously maximizing the average end-user QoS. We evaluate the performance of the proposed solution in terms of serving probability, i.e., the likelihood of being able to allocate resources to groups of users, the computation time of the resource allocation process, and the adaptability and sensitivity to dynamic network conditions. The proposed method demonstrates improvements in serving probability of up to 27%, in comparison with greedy resource allocation schemes, and a several-orders-of-magnitude reduction in computation time, compared to the linear programming approach, which significantly reduces the service-interrupted user percentage when operating under variable network conditions.

• Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.306-312
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• 2007

Present TCP/IP networks have some service quality problems. They delay various kinds of traffic, while increased traffic bottle necks, a phenomena experienced by too many internet users. Therefore, as use of the network increases, building up a stable network service is needed. Thus, network managers desperately need the best, most effective traffic control and wide-band services. Until now there has been no other way of increasing wide-band use of lines, particularly because of the expenses a limit solutions of solving continuously to increasing traffic problems. This study suggests a problem solving method under the base of 802.16e(Wibro) which will be widely used in the future.

• Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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• v.33 no.4
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• pp.113-121
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• 2022

Objectives: This study aimed to compare the quality of life (QoL) of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) before and during coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) and to examine how their QoL is affected by emotional and environmental factors during COVID-19. Methods: Participants in the pre-COVID-19 (n=43) and COVID-19 (n=36) groups were recruited from the same university hospital. The Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) 4.0 Child Self-report, the Children's Depression Inventory (CDI), the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS), the PedsQL 4.0 Parent Proxy Report, and the Conners' Parent Rating Scale (CPRS) were employed. Independent t-tests, Pearson's correlation analysis, and multiple regression analysis were conducted. Results: Caregivers assessed the children's QoL more negatively than the children themselves in both groups. Children with ADHD evaluated their physical function more negatively and anxiety was significantly higher in the COVID-19 group. In the COVID-19 group, the PedsQL child self-report was significantly predicted by the CPRS, the CDI, and environmental factors (i.e., relation to child and monthly household income). Conclusion: Children with ADHD in the COVID-19 group had a numerically lower QoL and significantly higher anxiety. To improve QoL, it is important to deal with not only depression but also ADHD symptoms and environmental factors.