• 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.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.629-638
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• 2016

In this paper, we investigate an energy-efficient resource allocation problem in a two-way relay (TWR) network consisting of multiple user pairs and an amplify-and-forward (AF) relay. As the users and relay have individual energy efficiencies (EE), we formulate a multi-objective optimization problem (MOOP). A single-objective optimization problem (SOOP) of the MOOP is introduced using a weighted-sum method, which achieves a single Pareto optimal point of the MOOP. To derive the algorithm for the SOOP, we propose a more tractable equivalent problem using the Karush-Kuhn-Tucker conditions of the SOOP, which guarantees convergence at the local optimal points. The proposed equivalent problem can be efficiently solved by the proposed iterative algorithm. Numerical results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm in achieving the optimal EE in multi-user AF TWR networks.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.1390-1405
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• 2014

This paper investigates optimal relay selection and power allocation under an aggregate power constraint for cooperative wireless sensor networks assisted by amplify-and-forward relay nodes. By considering both transmission power and circuit power consumptions, the received signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) at the destination node is calculated, based on which, a relay selection and power allocation scheme is developed. The core idea is to adaptively adjust the selected relays and their transmission power to maximize the received SNR according to the channel state information. The proposed scheme is derived by recasting the optimization problem into a three-layered problem-determining the number of relays to be activated, selecting the active relays, and performing power allocation among the selected relays. Monte Carlo simulation results demonstrate that the proposed scheme provides a higher received SNR and a lower bit error rate as compared to the average power allocation scheme.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제11권9호
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• pp.4180-4196
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• 2017

In this paper, we analyze average capacity of an amplify-and-forward (AF) cooperative communication system model in multi-relay multiuser networks. In contrast to conventional cooperative networks, relays in the considered network have no embedded energy supply. They need to rely on the energy harvested from the signals broadcasted by the source for their cooperative information transmission. Based on this structure, a two-step selection scheme is proposed considering both channel state information (CSI) and battery status of relays. Assuming each relay has infinite or finite energy storage for accumulating the energy, we use the infinite or finite Markov chain to capture the evolution of relay batteries and certain simplified assumptions to reduce computational complexity of the Markov chain analysis. The approximate closed-form expressions for the average capacity of the proposed scheme are derived. All theoretical results are validated by numerical simulations. The impacts of the system parameters, such as relay or user number, energy harvesting threshold and battery size, on the capacity performance are extensively investigated. Results show that although the performance of our scheme is inferior to the optimal joint selection scheme, it is still a practical scheme because its complexity is much lower than that of the optimal scheme.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.599-608
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• 2014

This paper studies a parallel relay network where the relays employ an amplify-and-forward (AF) relaying scheme and are subjected to individual power constraints. We consider correlated effective relay noise arising from practical scenarios when the relays are exposed to common interferers. Assuming that the noise covariance and the full channel state information are available, we investigate the problem of finding the optimal AF scheme in terms of maximum end-to-end transmission rate. It is shown that the maximization problem can be equivalently transformed to a convex semi-definite program, which can be efficiently solved. Then an upper bound on the maximum achievable AF rate of this network is provided to further evaluate the performance of the optimal AF scheme. It is proved that the upper bound can be asymptotically achieved in two special regimes when the transmit power of the source node or the relays is sufficiently large. Finally, both theoretical and numerical results are given to show that, on average, noise correlation is beneficial to the transmission rate - whether the relays know the noise covariance matrix or not.

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.55-64
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• 2013

본 논문에서는 UWB 기술 기반 무선 USB(WUSB) 프로토콜에서, 디바이스들의 이동성으로 인해 발생하는 Private Distributed Reservation Protocol (DRP) 예약 충돌 현상을 분석한다. 그리고 Private DRP 예약 충돌시 발생하는 성능 저하를 감소시키기 위해 Private DRP 릴레이 통신 기술을 제안한다. 본 논문에서 제안하는 Private DRP 릴레이 통신 프로토콜은 충돌대상 디바이스에게 예약된 자원을 유지할 수 있도록 Direct Link 뿐만 아니라, Private DRP 예약 충돌 시 릴레이 노드를 경유하여 또 다른 Indirect Link 링크를 빠르게 예약할 수 있는 분산적인 자원 예약 프로토콜을 제안한다.

• 공학논문집
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.139-146
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• 1998

프레임 릴레이는 다양한 네트워크를 연결하기 위하여 사용되는 고속광역네트워크 기술이다. 패킷교환방식과 회선교환방식의 장점을 결합함으로써, 프레임 릴레이는 오늘날 기업의 다양한 업무환경에 적합한 고성능/고신뢰도의 통신 서비스를 제공한다. 본 논문에서는 프레임 릴레이기술의 기본개념 및 특징을 정리하고, 표준화현황을 고찰하였으며, 국내의 프레임 릴레이 산업 및 서비스 현황을 분석하였다. 또한, 프레임 릴레이를 이용한 기업망 원격접속 다이얼-업 서비스를 위한 시험망을 구성하여, 프레임 릴레이 다이얼-업 서비스의 기능 및 비용효과를 분석하였다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제16권9호
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• pp.3152-3171
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• 2022

This work investigates the physical layer secrecy of a multi-antenna hybrid satellite-terrestrial relay networks (HSTRN) with jamming, in which a satellite aims to make communication with a destination user by means of a relay, along with spatially random eavesdroppers. In order to weaken the signals of eavesdroppers, the conventional relay can also generate intentional interference, besides forwarding the received signal. Shadowed-Rician fading is adopted in satellite link, while Rayleigh fading is adopted in terrestrial link, eavesdropper link and jamming link. The analytical and asymptotic formulas for the system secrecy outage probability (SOP) are characterized. Practical insights on the diversity order of the network are revealed according to the asymptotic behavior of SOP at high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) regime. Then, analysis of the system throughput is examined to assess the secrecy performance. In the end, numerical simulation results are presented to validate the theoretical analysis and point out: (1) The secrecy performance of the considered network is affected by the channel fading scenario, the system configuration; (2) Decrease of the relay coverage airspace can provide better SOP performance; (3) Jamming from the relay can improve secrecy performance without additional network resources.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.301-304
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• 2014

This paper proposes accurate interference probability and bit error rate formulas for cognitive relay networks with underlay spectrum sharing and channel estimation error (CEE). Numerous results reveal that the CEE not only degrades the performance of secondary systems (SSs) but also increases interference power caused by SSs to primary systems (PSs), eventually unfavorable to both systems. A solution to further protect PSs from this effect through reducing the power of secondary transmitters is investigated and analyzed.

• 한국정보과학회논문지:컴퓨팅의 실제 및 레터
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• 제14권7호
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• pp.743-747
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• 2008

이질적 무선 셀들의 계층적인 오버레이는 차세대 무선망을 위해서 예상되는 구조로 여겨지고 있다. 본 논문은 그러한 특별한 형식의 구조로서 WWAN/WLAN 2-홉 무선 중계 네트워크를 고려하였다. 먼저 이러한 망의 내부에서 기존의 PF 스케줄링 기법이 일으킬 수 있는 문제점을 구성하였다. 그리고 이 문제점을 해결하기 위해서 향상된 PF 스케줄링 기법을 제시하였다. 새롭게 제시된 기법에 대한 검증을 위해서, NS-2를 사용하여 UMTS/WLAN망에서의 시뮬레이션을 진행하였고, 그것을 기반으로 성능을 평가하였다.