• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.890-910
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• 2014

This paper investigates the spectrum hole utilization of cooperative schemes for the two-way relaying model in order to improve the utilization efficiency of limited spectrum holes in cognitive radio networks with imperfect spectrum sensing. We propose two specific bidirectional secondary data transmission (BSDT) schemes with two-step and three-step two-way relaying models, i.e., two-BSDT and three-BSDT schemes, where the spectrum sensing and the secondary data transmission are jointly designed. In the proposed cooperative schemes, the best two-way relay channel between two secondary users is selected from a group of secondary users serving as cognitive relays and assists the bi-directional communication between the two secondary users without a direct link. The closed-form asymptotic expressions for outage probabilities of the two schemes are derived with a primary user protection constraint over Rayleigh fading channels. Based on the derived outage probabilities, the spectrum hole utilization is calculated to evaluate the percentage of spectrum holes used by the two secondary users for their successful information exchange without channel outage. Numerical results show that the spectrum hole utilization depends on the spectrum sensing overhead and the channel gain from a primary user to secondary users. Additionally, we compare the spectrum hole utilization of the two schemes as the varying of secondary signal to noise ratio, the number of cognitive relays, and symmetric and asymmetric channels.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.58-66
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• 2015

Aeronautical communication networks (ACN) is an emerging concept in which aeronautical stations (AS) are considered as a part of multi-tier network for the future wireless communication system. An AS could be a commercial plane, helicopter, or any other low orbit station, i.e., Unmanned air vehicle, high altitude platform. The goal of ACN is to provide high throughput and cost effective communication network for aeronautical applications (i.e., Air traffic control (ATC), air traffic management (ATM) communications, and commercial in-flight Internet activities), and terrestrial networks by using aeronautical platforms as a backbone. In this paper, we investigate the issues about connectivity, throughput, and delay in ACN. First, topology of ACN is presented as a simple mobile ad hoc network and connectivity analysis is provided. Then, by using information obtained from connectivity analysis, we investigate two communication models, i.e., single-hop and two-hop, in which each source AS is communicating with its destination AS with or without the help of intermediate relay AS, respectively. In our throughput analysis, we use the method of finding the maximum number of concurrent successful transmissions to derive ACN throughput upper bounds for the two communication models. We conclude that the two-hop model achieves greater throughput scaling than the single-hop model for ACN and multi-hop models cannot achieve better throughput scaling than two-hop model. Furthermore, since delay issue is more salient in two-hop communication, we characterize the delay performance and derive the closed-form average end-to-end delay for the two-hop model. Finally, computer simulations are performed and it is shown that ACN is robust in terms of throughput and delay performances.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제30권9A호
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• pp.850-857
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• 2005

센서 네트워크는 저전력 저가격 소형 근거리 무선통신이 가능한 다기능 노드를 사용하여, 센싱, 데이터 프로세싱, 통신을 할 수 있도록 구성된 네트워크를 말한다. 센서 네트워크의 설계에서는 주로 네트워크 생존시간을 증가시키기 위한 전력 소모를 줄이는 것을 고려하였지만, 실제 응용에서는 최종 사용자에게 노드에서 감지한 정보를 신뢰적으로 전달하는 것이 가장 중요하다. 기존의 다중경로를 이용한 신뢰성있는 전송(Reliable information forwarding using multiple paths in sensor networks: ReInForM)은 에러가 일어나기 쉬운 환경에서 요구 신뢰도에 맞게 데이터를 전송하는 알고리즘이지만, 채널 에러율이 높아지고 소스와 싱크간의 흡 수가 늘어날수록 전송 오버헤드가 급격하게 늘어난다. 본 논문에서는 중간 싱크 노드 및 소스 노드를 이용한 신뢰성 있는 전송 (Reliable transmission using intermediate source nodes in sensor networks :ReTrust)을 제안한다. 성능분석과 시뮬레이션을 통해 ReTrust 알고리즘은 오버헤드는 줄이면서 요구 신뢰도를 만족함을 보인다.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.266-276
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• 2011

In wireless networks, it is well-known that intermediate nodes can be used as cooperative relays to reduce the transmission energy required to reliably deliver a message to an intended destination. When the network is under a central authority, energy allocations and cooperative pairings can be assigned to optimize the overall energy efficiency of the network. In networks with autonomous selfish nodes, however, nodes may not be willing to expend energy to relay messages for others. This problem has been previously addressed through the development of extrinsic incentive mechanisms, e.g., virtual currency, or the insertion of altruistic nodes in the network to enforce cooperative behavior. This paper considers the problem of how selfish nodes can decide on an efficient energy allocation and endogenously form cooperative partnerships in wireless networks without extrinsic incentive mechanisms or altruistic nodes. Using tools from both cooperative and non-cooperative game theory, the three main contributions of this paper are (i) the development of Pareto-efficient cooperative energy allocations that can be agreed upon by selfish nodes, based on axiomatic bargaining techniques, (ii) the development of necessary and sufficient conditions under which "natural" cooperation is possible in systems with fading and non-fading channels without extrinsic incentive mechanisms or altruistic nodes, and (iii) the development of techniques to endogenously form cooperative partnerships without central control. Numerical results with orthogonal amplify-and-forward cooperation are also provided to quantify the energy efficiency of a wireless network with sources selfishly allocating transmission/relaying energy and endogenously forming cooperative partnerships with respect to a network with centrally optimized energy allocations and pairing assignments.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.137-144
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• 2006

This paper proposes novel protection schemes for grid-connected distributed generation (DG) units using the fault location algorithm. The grid-connected DG would be influenced by abnormal distribution line conditions. Identification of the fault location for the distribution lines at the relaying point of DG helps solve the problems of the protection relays for DG. The proposed scheme first identifies fault locations using currents and voltages measured at DG and source impedance of distribution networks. Then the actual faulted feeder is identified, applying time-current characteristic curves (TCC) of overcurrent relay (OCR). The method considering the fault location and TCC of OCR might improve the performance of the conventional relays for DG. Test results show that the method prevents the superfluous operations of protection devices by discriminating the faulted feeder, whether it is a distribution line where DG is integrated or out of the line emanated from the substation to which the DGs are connected.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.39-45
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• 2013

본 논문에서는, 간섭 조건의 2차 네트워크에서 파운틴 코드를 사용하는 협력 릴레이 프로토콜을 제안한다. 제안된 프로토콜에서 2차 소스는 2차 릴레이의 도움으로 2차 목적지까지 파운틴 코드로 메시지를 전송한다. 2차 소스와 릴레이는 언더레이 모델에서 작동하며, 1차 사용자에 의해 발생된 간섭의 경우, 허용된 임계 값보다 낮기 때문에 2차 소스와 릴레이의 전송 전력에 적응해야한다. 제안된 프로토콜의 성능 평가를 위해, 레일리히 페이딩 채널환경에서 평균 전송 시간의 식을 유도한다. 또한, 몬테-카를로 시뮬레이션을 통하여 유도된 식을 검증 하였다.

• 정보처리학회논문지C
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• 제17C권6호
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• pp.485-490
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• 2010

프레임 집약 기법은 MAC 계층에서의 처리율 향상을 위한 기법으로, 새로운 무선랜 표준인 IEEE 802.11n에서는 MSDU 단위의 집약기법(A-MSDU) 과 MPDU 단위의 집약기법 (A-MPDU)을 지원한다. 본 논문에서는 IEEE 802.11n의 A-MPDU 기법을 릴레이 기반의 협력 통신환경에 적용하여 수신단에서 협력적으로 프레임을 복구할 수 있는 협력적 프레임 집약 기법을 제안한다. 제안한 협력적 프레임 기법은 채널 상태가 나쁜 경우에도 두 개 이상의 프레임을 수신하여 복구시키는 것이 가능하기 때문에 기존 기법에 비해 처리율을 향상시킬 수 있다. 성능 분석 모델을 통한 수치 분석 결과는 채널 상태에 따라 제안 기법이 기존의 릴레이 전송 기법 또는 직접적 전송 기법보다 성능이 더 좋아짐을 보여준다.

• 한국위성정보통신학회논문지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.12-16
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• 2015

본 논문에서는 아마추어 무선 HR(HAM Radio)을 기반으로 구축되는 새로운 무선 재난통신망인 이동단말용 위성 통신 무선패키지 시스템을 소개하고, D2D 다중 홉 기반의 재난통신망 접속에서 D2D 단말이 인접 기지국과 D2D 그룹들에 의해 간섭을 받는 간섭 시나리오를 구성하였다. 이러한 간섭 시나리오에서 D2D 단말이 재난통신시 필요한 채널용량 확보하고 재난통신망에 원활하게 접속, 통신할 수 있도록 주파수 재할당 방법을 제시하였고, 제안한 기법의 성능을 컴퓨터 시뮬레이션을 통해 기존 알고리즘 대비 시스템 Throughput 성능 개선 및 BER 성능에서 최대 1.5dB 이득이 있음을 확인하였다.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제21권8호
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• pp.462-467
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• 2009

Researches and developments on BEMS are performed world-widely through sustainable management in various conditions. However, there are many obstacles to adapt the system in existing buildings because it needs highly expensive equipments, which are designed for newly built buildings, to install. Therefore, there are numerous limits exist when applying the BEMS in established buildings. The purpose of this study estimates the optimization of RF output power in WSN(Wireless Sensor Networks), which is the essential technology to develop PEMS. The results of this study is as follows ; 1) Applying WSN technique in buildings was possible. 2) As RF output power increases, the number of relay node reduced, therefore, the WSN showed more stability. 3) When estimating optimal RF output power in school, it should be considered between the number of relay node and RF output power. 4) Considering battery consumption and possibility of reception, the best suited RF output power is -20dbm in apartment house.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.1571-1589
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• 2016

Nodes in MANETs are battery powered which makes energy an invaluable resource. In OLSR, MPRs are special nodes that are selected by other nodes to relay their data/control traffic which may lead to high energy consumption of MPR nodes. Therefore, employing energy efficient MPR selection mechanism is imperative to ensure prolonged network lifetime. However, misbehaving MPR nodes tend to preserve their energy by dropping packets of other nodes instead of forwarding them. This leads to huge energy loss and performance degradation of existing energy efficient MPR selection schemes. This paper proposes an energy efficient secure MPR selection (ES-MPR) technique that takes into account both energy and security metrics for MPR selection. It introduces the concept of 'Composite Eligibility Index' (CEI) to examine the eligibility of a node for being selected as an MPR. CEI is used in conjunction with willingness to provide distinct selection parameters for Flooding and Routing MPRs. Simulation studies reveal the efficiency of ES-MPR in selection of energy efficient secure and stable MPRs, in turn, prolonging the network operational lifetime.