• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.678-684
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• 2018

In order to broaden the indication of middle ear implant, research has been actively conducted on the reverse output method that stimulates the round window. However, it is very difficult to transmit the vibration output effectively because the indivisual anatomical difference of the round window niche is very large and also the visual field is not secured even by a skilled otolaryngologic surgeon. In this paper, we propose a new reverse stimulation method of middle ear implants that transmits energy to the inner ear by using air as a medium. This can compensate for the disadvantages of the conventional method of transmitting vibration energy and minimizes the energy transfer efficiency interference due to the combination of the excitation point and the output device. It was shown that forward and backward transfer characteristics were obtained by cadaveric experiments, and it was shown that it can overcome the acoustical impedance of high round window and transmit energy to inner ear. The receiver, which is the output device of the conventional hearing aids, can generate a constant volume velocity, so it can have a high output at a limited volume, such as a round window niche. So, suggested method can overcome the high acoustical impedance of the round window and deliver acoustic energy to the inner ear.

• 대한기관식도과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기관식도과학회 1976년도 제10차 학술대회연제 순서 및 초록
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• pp.87.1-87
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• 1976

Bekesy measured the sound transformation system of the middle ear 49 years ago. According to his reports, a ratio between the size of ear drum and the size of oval window is 17 : 1, and the lever function of the ossicles is physiologically 1.3 : 1. Therefore, the hearing might be aggravated to 27.5㏈ in the case of the vanishment of 3 ossicles. In 1952, Wullstein reported 5 types of tympanop-lasty and the fourth type among them was especially named for the sound-protection. The oval window is only exposed by the sound pressure and the round window is not exposed. According to the application by this idea, the post-operative hearing might be improved until 27.5㏈. Mean while, in 1942, Onchi verified through his experiment that the results of Bekesy's measurement was not completely conformed to Onchi result. Bekesy measured the sound pressure on the stapes plate of the oval window, on the other hand, Onchi measured the sound pressure on the surface of the perilymph of the oval window after removing the stapes plate(Fig. 1).(Figure omitted) The difference of their experiment is recognized that the impedance of the stapes plate exists or not (Fig. 1). Both Audiogrums are compared as Fig. 2. The result of IV type of tympanoplasty is success ful in 54% as the Table 1. (Table Omitted) The reason of unsatisfactory is caused by the thick and unmovable window-membrane and by the closing of air passage to the round window. The closing of the air passage to the round window is occurred by the adhesion between the grafting membrane and the surface of promontorium. In order to preserve this adhesion, I produce to transplantate the mucous membrane of the lip to the bone surface of tympanic cavity after removing the granulation tissue of the tympanic cavity and to form a membranous canal for the sake of air passage (Fig. 3). (Figure Omitted) The post-operative hearing by this method is shown as Fig. 4, 5. In other words, the post-operative sound pressure entered into the cochlea directly, by way of the oval window only, not by way of the round window, as a theorie of the sound protection. (Figure omitted)

• 정보보호학회논문지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.113-119
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• 2004

지수승(exponentiation) 연산은 암호 관련 응용에서 널리 사용되고 있으며, 안전성을 위해 지수 n의 값을 크게 선정하여 이용하고 있다. 그런데, n의 값이 커짐에 따라 수행해야 하는 곱셈의 횟수도 따라서 증가하게 되고, 결과적으로 속도가 빠른 연산 알고리즘의 개발이 중요한 문제로 대두되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 정규 기저 표현(normal bases representation)을 갖는 GF(2$^n$) 상의 병렬 지수승 연산에 있어서, 프로세서 수가 고정된 경우에 라운드 수를 개선할 수 있는 알고리즘을 제안하고 이의 성능분석을 수행한다. 제안하는 방안은 지수(exponent)를 특정 비트 수로 나누어 지수승을 수행하는 윈도우 방법(window method)를 이용하는 것으로, 윈도우 값 계산 단계에서 휴지 프로세서들로 하여금 윈도우들 간의 곰을 계산하도록 합으로써, 전체 라운드 수를 줄이는 효과를 갖는다.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.34-38
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• 2006

In the wireless network, TCP performs poorly because it was originally designed for wired networks and does not take into consideration wireless characteristics such as mobility, high-loss probability, and hidden-terminal problems. In particular, in the wireless multi-hop networks, a large congestion window increases the probability of contention and packet losses, and TCP performance is degraded severely as a result. So, it is necessary to limit the TCP congestion window size in order keep the probability of contention loss in the system to a minimum. In this paper, we propose a new scheme for determining the maximum congestion window size based on the measured bandwidth and Round-Trip-Time (RTT). Using ns-2 simulation, we show that the proposed scheme reduces the probability of packet contention and improves TCP performance.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.189-199
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• 2016

Many implantable hearing aids are being developed as alternatives to conventional hearing aids which has inconveniences for use and social stigma that make hearing-impaired people avoid to wear it. Particularly, the fully-implantable middle ear hearing devices (F-IMEHD) are being actively studied for mixed or sensorineural hearing impaired people. In development of F-IMEHD, the most difficult problem is improving the performance of implantable microphone. Recently, Cho et al. have studied the tympanic membrane installed microphone which has better sensitivity and is easier to operate on patient than the microphone implanted under the skin. But, it may cause howling problem due to the feedback signal via oval window and ossicle chain from the transducer on round window in the middle ear cavity, therefore, a feedback canceller is necessary. In this paper, we designed NLMS (normalized least mean square) adaptive feedback canceller for F-IMEHD with tympanic membrane installed microphone and a transducer implemented at round window, and computer simulation was performed to verify its operation. The designed adaptive feedback canceller has a delay filter, a 64 point FIR fixed filter and a 8-tap adaptive FIR filter. Computer simulation of the feedback path is modeled by using the data obtained through human cadaver experiment.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.330-341
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• 2007

This work analyzes the performance of the parallel packet switch (PPS) with a sliding window (SW) method. The PPS involves numerous packet switches that operate independently and in parallel. The conventional PPS dispatch algorithm adopts a round robin (RR) method. The class of PPS is characterized by deployment of parallel low-speed switches whose all memory buffers run more slowly than the external line rate. In this work, a novel SW packet switching method for PPS, called SW-PPS, is proposed. The SW-PPS employs memory space more effectively than the existing PPS using RR algorithm. Under identical Bernoulli and bursty data traffic, the SW-PPS provided significantly improved performance when compared to PPS with RR method. Moreover, this investigation presents a novel mathematical analytical model to evaluate the performance of the PPS using RR and SW method. Under various operating conditions, our proposed model and analysis successfully exhibit these performance characteristics including throughput, cell delay, and cell drop rate.

• 대한공업교육학회지
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.199-216
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• 2007

SCTP(stream control transmission protocol)는 데이터 전송을 위한 전송 계층 프로토콜로서, 많은 부분에서 TCP(transmission control protocol) 방식을 따른다. 하지만 멀티 호밍(multi-homing)과 멀티 스트리밍(multi-streaming)의 특징을 가짐으로 성능의 차이를 갖는다. 이 논문에서는 SCTP 혼잡제어 중에서 초기 슬로우 스타트 단계에 초점을 맞추어 데이터 전송을 분석하고, 대역폭, 지연시간 및 데이터 크기에 따른 SCTP와 TCP 평균 전송 시간을 측정하고 비교하였다. 아울러 SCTP와 TCP의 평균 전송시간에 영향을 미치는 요인인 초기 윈도우 크기를 데이터 크기에 따라 측정하였다. 실험을 위한 서버와 클라이언트 프로그램은 SCTP socket API를 이용하여 C 언어로 작성되었고, 전송 시간은 이더리얼 프로그램을 사용하여 측정되었다. 서버와 클라이언트 사이의 데이터 전송 방법은 라운드 로빈(round robin) 방법을 사용하였다. 실험 결과, SCTP는 초기 슬로우 스타트 단계에서 TCP 보다 평균 전송 시간에 있어 약 15% 정도 향상된 성능을 보였으며, 그 이유는 SCTP 초기 윈도우 크기가 TCP 보다 크기 때문으로 확인되었다.

• 한국정보과학회논문지:정보통신
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.91-100
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• 2004

본 논문은 제한된 메모리를 가진 모바일 수신자를 고려한 무선 상태 적응적인 TCP 흐름 제어방법을 제안한다. 수신자에 의한 TCP 흐름 제어는 수신자에서 Advertised 윈도우를 조정함으로써 수행된다 제안된 방법은 수신자가 사용 가능한 무선 대역폭과 패킷 전송 지연 시간을 동적으로 측정하며, 측정된 정보를 기반으로 Advertised 윈도우를 적절히 조정한다. 무선 상태를 반영한 Advertised 윈도우의 조정으로 인해 송신자의 전송 성능 향상과 종단간 패킷 전송 지연 시간을 줄일 수 있다. 제안된 방법은 수신자에서의 TCP 변경만으로 구현될 수 있고 송신자나 중간 라우터의 변경을 필요로 하지 않는다. 제안된 방법의 구현과 CDMA2000 1x 환경에서의 실험을 통해 수신자 버퍼 크기가 2896 Bytes일 경우, 흐름 제어를 사용할 때가 기존 방식보다 전송률을 약 5배 향상시킬 수 있음을 보인다. 또한, 수신자 버퍼 크기가 64 KBytes일 경우 흐름 제어를 사용할 때가 기존 방식보다 때보다 종단간 패킷 왕복 시간은 반 이하로 줄일 수 있음을 보인다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제39권5호
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• pp.183-187
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• 2018

In this paper, we investigated the efficiency according to the output transmission method of the round window driving type AMEIs (active middle ear implants) through the cadaveric experiment. For the experiment, we fabricated DRT (direct rod transducer) and FMT (floating mass transducer) type vibrational transducers based on our previous studies and conducted their output characteristics were measured. TCBT (tri-coil bellows transducer) and DFMT (differential floating mass transducer) were implemented with the same driving force and electrical characteristics as one of DRT and FMT, respectively. In the experiment using three human temporal bone, normal stapes vibration was measured with 1 Pa in front of tympanic membrane, and then was compared with each output of transducers. From the comparison, the DRT type vibration transducer was superior in overall energy transfer efficiency, especially in the low frequency range. There was no difference in implantation difficulty between the two transducers. The results of this study suggest that the DRT type vibrational transducer is more efficient and needs further study to overcome the low frequency degradation in round window approaching with FMT.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.271-277
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• 2012

Dimensions, operation conditions and improvement items for round roof windows were investigated in arch shape single-span plastic greenhouse with roof vents, and natural ventilation performance was analyzed based on the ventilation theory. Diameter of round roof windows was mostly 60 cm, and chimney height projected on roof was average 30 cm. Installation space was mostly 5 to 6 m but farmhouse of 10 m and over was 16.7% also. A round roof window which has 60 cm diameter was installed to 6 m space generally and 80 cm diameter was installed to 10 m space, but correct standards did not exist. There were a lot of opinions that ventilation effect of round roof windows is fairly good and user satisfaction is generally excellent. It is problem that there is few effects in summer and that vinyl around each vent tears well and rainwater leaks, and improvement hope item required development of automatic control system. In the wind speed of 0.3 m/s, it was estimated that natural ventilation rates were 0.69, 0.55, 0.50 and 0.48 volumes per minute in case of 2, 4, 6 and 8 m installation space for round roof windows, respectively. It was analyzed that the ratio of ventilation due to buoyancy out of total ventilation were 65.2, 41.9, 29.9 and 22.8% in case of 2, 4, 6 and 8m installation space, respectively. By the round roof windows installed at space of 6 m, ventilation rate was estimated to 0.5 volumes per minute, and we can expect the increase in ventilation rate of 30%. In order to meet the recommended ventilation rate for summer season, we have to install the round roof windows at space of 1 to 2 m. However, it is difficult to apply those installation space because of falling productivity due to lower light transmittance as well as rising costs. It is estimated that the installation space of 6m is appropriate for spring or fall season. Therefore it is necessary to encourage installing the roof windows in single-span plastic greenhouses.