• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제5권5호
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• pp.874-887
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• 2011

Compared to nomadic and fixed relay stations, vehicle-mounted mobile relay stations show different characteristics caused by the time-variant topology, due to their mobility. Especially, a relay mounted in a vehicle is differentiated from nomadic or fixed relay by the restricted distance between the relay and associated mobile station and the variable density of relay deployment in a cell. In this paper, we identify the characteristics of vehicle-mounted mobile relay stations and provide some parameters that highly influence the performance of vehicle-mounted relay. Through simulation, we measure the effect of relay density, zone ratio, relay transmission power, and frame transmission mode on the performance of vehicle-mounted relay. The results show that the performance of vehicle-mounted relay is highly susceptible to the above vehicle-mounted relay-specific parameters.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제36권6A호
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• pp.558-567
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 Type 1 relay를 이용하는 3GPP (3rd Generation Pattnership Project) LTE Long Term Evolution)-Advanced 시스템을 위한 부분 전이중 (partial full duplex) relay 기법을 제안한다. Type 1 relay는 백홀 링크 (backhaul link)와 액세스 링크 (access link)가 같은 대역을 이용하는 inband relay로 동시에 백홀 링크와 액세스 링크에서 송수신 하는 경우에 self-interference가 발생하여 수신 성능이 크게 열화되기 때문에 동시에 송수신할 수 없다. 이와 같은 특징 때문에 Type 1 relay는 eNB (evolved NodeB)가 동기 신호를 송신할 때, 자신에게 접속하고 있는 R-UE (Relay-User Equipment)에게 동기 신호를 송신해야 하는 특정에 의해서 eNB가 송신하는 동기 신호를 수신할 수 없어 셀 ID (Identity)를 검출할 수 없는 문제점을 갖는다. 따라서, 이러한 문제점을 해결하기 위하여 본 논문에서는 eNB와 Type 1 relay가 동기 신호를 송신하는 subframe에서만 Type 1 relay가 동시에 송수신하는 부분 전이중 relay 기법을 제안한다. 또한, 동시에 Type 1 relay가 백홀 링크와 액세스 링크에서 송수신하여 발생하는 self-interference를 제거하기 위하여 Type 1 relay의 송수신 안테나 사이의 공간적 분리 (geometric isolation)와 SIC (Self-Interference Cancellation) 방식을 적용하고, SIC의 성능을 높이기 위한 정확한 채널 추정 방안으로 부분 채널 추정 (partial channel estimation) 기법을 제안하며, 다양한 환경에서의 성능 평가를 통해 제안된 방식이 Type 1 relay를 이용하는 3GPP LTE-Advanced 시스템에서 매우 유용한 것을 입증하였다.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.45-53
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• 2013

Multi-hop cellular networks (MCNs), which reduce the transmit power, mitigate the inter-cell interference, and improve the system performance, have been widely studied nowadays. The relay selection scheme is a key technique that achieves these advantages, and inappropriate relay selection causes frequent relay switchings, which deteriorates the overall performance. In this study, we analyze the conditions for relay switching in MCNs and obtain the expressions for the relay switching rate and relay activation time. Two mobile-based relay selection schemes are proposed on the basis of this analysis. These schemes select the relay node with the longest relay activation time and minimal relay switching rate through mobility prediction of the mobile node requiring relay and available relay nodes. We compare the system performances via simulation and analyze the impact of various parameters on the system performance. The results show that the two proposed schemes can obtain a lower relay switching rate and longer relay activation time when there is no reduction in the system throughput as compared with the existing schemes.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제11권7호
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• pp.3501-3523
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• 2017

It is a classical integer optimization difficulty to design an optimal selection scheme in cooperative relay networks considering co-channel interference (CCI). In this paper, we solve single-objective and multi-objective relay selection problem. For the single-objective relay selection problem, in order to attain optimal system performance of cooperative relay network, a novel quantum differential evolutionary algorithm (QDEA) is proposed to resolve the optimization difficulty of optimal relay selection, and the proposed optimal relay selection scheme is called as optimal relay selection based on quantum differential evolutionary algorithm (QDEA). The proposed QDEA combines the advantages of quantum computing theory and differential evolutionary algorithm (DEA) to improve exploring and exploiting potency of DEA. So QDEA has the capability to find the optimal relay selection scheme in cooperative relay networks. For the multi-objective relay selection problem, we propose a novel non-dominated sorting quantum differential evolutionary algorithm (NSQDEA) to solve the relay selection problem which considers two objectives. Simulation results indicate that the proposed relay selection scheme based on QDEA is superior to other intelligent relay selection schemes based on differential evolutionary algorithm, artificial bee colony optimization and quantum bee colony optimization in terms of convergence speed and accuracy for the single-objective relay selection problem. Meanwhile, the simulation results also show that the proposed relay selection scheme based on NSQDEA has a good performance on multi-objective relay selection.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.7-13
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• 2009

본 논문에서는 다수의 릴레이(Relay)가 존재하는 환경에서 네트워크 부호화 기반 양방향 중계기 통신의 릴레이 선택 기법을 제안한다. 양방향 중계기 통신은 두 사용자가 릴레이의 도움을 받아 서로의 데이터를 교환하는 통신 방법이다. 네트워크 부호화 기반 양방향 중계기 통신은 기존의 양방향 통신에 비해 데이터 전송에 필요한 시간을 줄임으로써 더 높은 전송량을 얻을 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 다수의 릴레이가 존재하는 환경을 고려하며, 순시 신호 대 잡음비를 기준으로 최대의 성능을 가지는 릴레이를 선택하는 방법을 제안한다. 모의실험을 통하여 제안한 릴레이 선택 기법이 릴레이 개수에 따른 다이버시티 이득을 얻을 수 있음을 보인다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제10권11호
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• pp.5343-5364
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• 2016

Considering the tradeoff between energy consumption and outage behavior in buffer-aided relay selection, a novel energy-efficient buffer-aided optimal relay selection scheme with power adaptation and Inter-Relay Interference (IRI) cancellation is proposed. In the proposed scheme, energy consumption minimization is the objective with the consideration of relay buffer state, outage probability and relay power control, in order to eliminate IRI. The proposed scheme selects a pair of optimal relays from multiple candidate relays, denoted as optimal receive relay and optimal transmit relay respectively. Source-relay and relay-destination communications can be performed within a time-slot, which performs as Full-Duplex (FD) relaying. Markov chain model is applied to analyze the evolution of relay buffer states. System steady state outage probability and achievable diversity order are derived respectively. In addition, packet transmission delay and power reduction performance are investigated with a specific analysis. Numerical results show that the proposed scheme outperforms other relay selection schemes in terms of outage behavior with power adaptation and IRI cancellation in the same relay number and buffer size scenario. Compared with Buffer State relay selection method, the proposed scheme reduces transmission delay significantly with the same amount of relays. Average transmit power reduction can be implemented to relays with the increasing of relay number and buffer size, which realizes the tradeoff between energy-efficiency, outage behavior and delay performance in green cooperative communications.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제34권3B호
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• pp.304-310
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• 2009

본 논문에서는 OFDMA 기반 relay 시스템에서 사용자에게 VoIP 서비스를 제공할 경우, relay station (RS)의 capability에 따른 시스템의 성능 차이를 분석하였다. Relay 시스템은, relay의 스케줄링 수행 여부에 따라 mid-capability (MC)와 high-capability (HC) relay를 적용한 시스템으로 구분할 수 있다. HC relay를 적용한 시스템의 경우, base station (BS) 뿐만 아니라 RS도 직접 스케줄링을 수행한다. 반면에 MC relay를 적용한 시스템의 경우, 각 RS로부터 mobile station (MS) 들의 수신 SINR, 발생 traffic양 등의 정보를 BS에서 수집하여, BS가 단독으로 스케줄링을 수행한다. 이 경우 MS의 정보 수집 및 RS로의 스케줄링 정보 전달을 위해 control 오버헤드는 커지지만, BS가 모든 MS에 대한 정보를 알고 있으므로 효율적인 자원 할당 및 스케줄링이 가능하다. 따라서 RS의 capability에 따라 전체 시스템의 성능이 달라질 수 있고, 이에 대한 분석이 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 모의 실험을 통해 VoIP traffic 환경에서 RS의 capability에 따른 평균 packet delay, good packet ratio, cell goodput 등을 도출하였다. 선정한 VoIP 성능 지표에 의하면, MC relay를 적용한 시스템이 HC relay를 적용한 시스템에 비해 성능이 우수함을 확인하였다.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.230-240
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• 2010

The IEEE802.16j standard uses non-transparent relay stations to extend coverage. There are two types of non-transparent relay modes, that is, the time-division transmit and receive (TTR) relay mode which can operate with one of two types of frame structures, a single-frame and multiframe structure, and the simultaneous transmit and receive (STR) relay mode. In this paper, we analyze the relay performance of TTR and STR relay modes in IEEE 802.16j MMR system. We also propose a fair resource allocation scheme for the downlink relay frame. Numerical results show that relay performance of the TTR with a single-frame or a multiframe structure and that of the STR relay modes are almost the same in a two-hop system. However, in a three-hop system, the TTR mode with a single-frame structure outperforms other relay modes.

• 대한전기학회논문지:전기기기및에너지변환시스템부문B
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• 제54권9호
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• pp.437-443
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• 2005

This paper deals with an experimental study for Klippon reiay in Cheju-Heanam HVDC system Klippon relay was troubled many times for years, and Klippon relay's fault caused the HVDC system trip. So for several years, these reasons of Klippon relay fault were investigated. The malfunction of Klippon relay in Cheju-Haenam HVDC system has been caused by the incoming of random surge(current source and voltage source). This paper has stu야ed the theoretic리 analysis and experimental study of Klippon relay, and the solutions against the problems were suggested according to their causes. Among the problems, grounding problem was removed by one-point earth connection and by modification of grounding circuit. The effects of inrush current was removed by inserting the blocking diodes by series in Klippon relay circuits. Finally, The over-voltage induced on Klippon relay, by a relay excitation coil, was removed by inserting a free-wheeling diode in Parallel with the excitation coil.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제11권7호
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• pp.3524-3542
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• 2017

In a single-source and multi-relay amplify-forward (AF) cooperative network, the outage probability and the power allocation are two key factors to influence the performance of an entire system. In this paper, an optimized AF relay selection by an exclusive method and near optimal power allocation (NOPA) is proposed for both good outage probability and power efficiency. Given the same power at the source and the relay nodes, a threshold for selecting the relay nodes is deduced and employed to minimize the average outage probability. It mainly excludes the relay nodes with much higher thresholds over the aforementioned threshold and thus the remainders of the relay nodes participate in cooperative forwarding efficiently. So the proposed scheme can improve the utility of the resources in the cooperative multi-relay system, as well as reduce the computational complexity. In addition, based on the proposed scheme, a NOPA is also suggested to approach sub-optimal power efficiency with low complexity. Simulation results show that the proposed scheme obtains about 2.1dB and 5.8dB performance gain at outage probability of $10^{-4}$, when compared with the all-relay-forward (6 participated relays) and the single-relay-forward schemes. Furthermore, it obtains the minimum outage probability among all selective relay schemes with the same number of the relays. Meanwhile, it approaches closely to the optimal exhaustive scheme, thus reduce much complexity. Moreover, the proposed NOPA scheme achieves better outage probability than those of the equal power allocation schemes. Therefore, the proposed scheme can obtain good outage probability, low computational complexity and high power efficiency, which makes it pragmatic efficiently in the single-source and multi-relay AF based cooperative networks.