• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.194-203
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• 2008

This paper considers the multi-input multi-output (MIMO) relay channel where multiple antennas are employed by each terminal. Compared to single-input single-output (SISO) relay channels, MIMO relay channels introduce additional degrees of freedom, making the design and analysis of optimal cooperative strategies more complex. In this paper, a partial cooperation strategy that combines transmit-side message splitting and block-Markov encoding is presented. Lower bounds on capacity that improve on a previously proposed non-cooperative lower bound are derived for Gaussian MIMO relay channels.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제7권12호
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• pp.3018-3036
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• 2013

In this paper, we investigate power allocation scheme and outage performance for a physical-layer network coding (PNC) relay based secondary user (SU) communication in cognitive multi-antenna relay networks (CMRNs), in which two secondary transceivers exchange their information via a multi-antenna relay using PNC protocol. We propose an optimal energy-efficient power allocation (OE-PA) scheme to minimize total energy consumption per bit under the sum rate constraint and interference power threshold (IPT) constraints. A closed-form solution for optimal allocation of transmit power among the SU nodes, as well as the outage probability of the cognitive relay system, are then derived analytically and confirmed by numerical results. Numerical simulations demonstrate the PNC protocol has superiority in energy efficiency performance over conventional direct transmission protocol and Four-Time-Slot (4TS) Decode-and-Forward (DF) relay protocol, and the proposed system has the optimal outage performance when the relay is located at the center of two secondary transceivers.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제9권9호
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• pp.3276-3292
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• 2015

Relay-assisted D2D communication extends the communication range of the D2D pairs and helps users to form D2D pairs effectively. However, due to the introduction of the multi-hop relaying, the D2D communication has to occupy extra transmission time, which may decrease the efficiency of the communication system. In this paper, we propose a scheme to make node receive D2D signal and BS signal at overlapping time to improve the spectrum efficiency according to ZigZag decoding and successive-interference-cancellation (SIC). In this way, more data can be delivered during the same duration, thus the network throughput can be further improved. Numerical results verify the performance improvement of the proposed scheme when compared with a baseline scheme. Moreover, we expand the proposed scheme from one-hop relay scenario to multi-hop relay scenario.

• 한국위성정보통신학회논문지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.15-20
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• 2017

전통적인 TV 중계방송은 중계차가 현장에서 제작한 프로그램을 M/W(마이크로웨이브), 통신사 임차회선인 전용회선 또는 위성을 통해 전송한다. 최근 통신사의 LTE망 확대로 고품질의 영상전송이 가능해짐에 따라 전통적인 방식을 사용하는 TV중계방식이 LTE망을 이용한 TV중계방식과 경쟁하는 상황에 이르렀다. 국내에서도 2012년부터 TV조선이 LTE망을 이용한 마라톤 중계를 해왔고, 2016년 채널A 또한 LTE망을 이용한 마라톤 중계방송을 하였다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 종편의 LTE 중계방식과 전통적 TV중계방식을 비교분석하여 마라톤 중계 시 최적의 방안을 제안하였다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제10권11호
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• pp.5253-5270
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• 2016

With device-to-device (D2D) communications, an inactive user terminal can be utilized as a relay node to support multi-hop communication so that connective experience of the cell-edge user as well as the capacity of the whole system can be significantly improved. In this paper, we investigate the spectrum sharing for a cooperative relay assisted D2D communication underlying a cellular network. We formulate a joint relay selection and channel assignment problem to maximize the throughput of the system while guaranteeing the quality of service (QoS) requirements of cellular users (CUs) and D2D users (DUs). By exploiting coalition formation game theory, we propose two algorithms to solve the problem. The first algorithm is designed based on merge and split rules while the second one is developed based on single user's movement. Both of them are proved to be stable and convergent. Simulation results are presented to show the effectiveness of the proposed algorithms.

• 한국산업정보학회논문지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.8-15
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• 2009

초고속 접속을 위한 차세대 광대역 무선 이동 통신 기술의 하나로서, 중계기를 활용한 다중 입출력 기술이 유력하게 연구되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 채널 선택적 중계기 기반의 다중 입출력 전송 시스템을 제안한다. 중계기와 단말기 사이의 채널 상태에 따라 선택적으로 부채널을 사용함으로써 수신 성능을 크게 향상시킬 수 있다. 실험 결과를 통해, 제안된 중계기 기반 시스템의 성능이 기존의 시스템 성능보다 우수한 특성을 나타냄을 확인하였다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제34권5A호
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• pp.408-413
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• 2009

본 논문에서는 평균제곱오차(mean-square-error)를 최소화하며, 여러 사용자 양방향 통신(bidirectional communications)을 지원하는, 증폭-후-전달(amplify-and-forward) 중계기의 송수신 가중치 행렬을 제안한다. 또한, 시스템 전송량을 최대화하는 각 사용자 빔포밍(beamforming) 벡터를 설계한다. 모의실험을 통해 제안한 중계기 가중치로 여러 사용자간 상호채널간섭(co-channel interference)과 양방향 통신에서 발생하는 자기간섭(self-interference)을 효과적으로 줄일 수 있음을 보이고, 또한, 제안한 빔포밍 방식이 공간 다중화(spatial multiplexing) 방식에 비해 증폭-후-전달 중계기 양방향 통신에 적합함을 확인하였다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제6권12호
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• pp.3275-3295
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• 2012

In this paper, we analyze the performance of an amplify-and-forward (AF) two-way relaying system, where two sources exchange information via the aid of an intermediate relay that is selected among multiple relays according to max-min criterion. We consider a practical scenario, where one source-relay link undergoes Rician fading, and the other source-relay link is subject to Rayleigh fading. To be specific, we derive a tight lower bound for the outage probability. From this lower bound, the asymptotic outage probability and average symbol error rate (SER) expressions are derived to gain insight into the system performance at high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) region. Furthermore, we investigate the optimal power allocation (PA) with fixed relay location (RL), optimal RL with fixed PA and joint optimization of PA and RL to minimize the outage probability and average SER. The analytical expressions are verified through Monte Carlo simulations, where the positive impact of Rician factor on the system performance is also illustrated. Simulation results also validate the effectiveness of the proposed PA and relay positioning schemes.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.509-515
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• 2017

본 논문에서는 다수의 릴레이가 존재하는 협력 통신 환경에서 릴레이 노드들의 신뢰도 정보를 이용한 릴레이 선택 기법을 고려한다. 먼저, 신뢰도에 따라 릴레이 노드들이 송신단의 정보 전송을 도와주는 경우와 전송을 도와주지 않는 경우 모두를 고려한 정보 전송률의 기댓값을 유도한다. 다음으로 주어진 신뢰도 정보를 이용하여 수신단에서 달성 가능한 정보 전송률의 기댓값을 최대화하는 릴레이 선택 기법을 제안한다. 마지막으로 시뮬레이션을 통하여 제안하는 릴레이 선택 기법이 릴레이 노드의 신뢰도 정보를 이용하지 않는 기존의 릴레이 선택 기법과 비교하여 더 우수한 성능을 나타냄을 보인다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제9권11호
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• pp.4483-4501
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• 2015

In this paper, we investigate a security transmission scheme at the physical layer for cooperative wireless relay networks in the presence of a passive eavesdropper. While the security scheme has been previously investigated with perfect channel state information(CSI) in the presence of a passive eavesdropper, this paper focuses on researching the robust cooperative relay beamforming mechanism for wireless relay networks which makes use of artificial noise (AN) to confuse the eavesdropper and increase its uncertainty about the source message. The transmit power used for AN is maximized to degrade the signal-to-interference-plus-noise-ratio (SINR) level at the eavesdropper, while satisfying the individual power constraint of each relay node and worst-case SINR constraint at the desired receiver under a bounded spherical region for the norm of the CSI error vector from the relays to the destination. Cooperative beamforming weight vector in the security scheme can be obtained by using S-Procedure and rank relaxation techniques. The benefit of the proposed scheme is showed in simulation results.