• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.67-70
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• 2006

A distributed healthcare monitoring system prototype for clinical and trauma patients was developed, using wireless sensor network node. The proposed system aimed to measure various vital physiological health parameters like ECG and body temperature of patients and elderly persons, and transfer his/her health status wirelessly in Ad-hoc network to remote base station which was connected to doctor's PDA/PC or to a hospital's main Server using wireless sensor node. The system also aims to save the cost of healthcare facility for patients and the operating power of the system because sensor network is deployed widely and the distance from sensor to base station was shorter than in general centralized system. The wireless data communication will follow IEEE 802.15.4 frequency communication with ad-hoc routing thus enabling every motes attached to patients, to form a wireless data network to send data to base-station, providing mobility and convenience to the users in home environment.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2008

최근에 대표적인 센서 노드 운영체계인 TinyOS를 이용하여 센서 네트워크를 개발하여 다양한 유비쿼터스 응용 서비스를 개발하고 있다. 이들 TinyOS 기반의 센서 네트워크에서는 상황 정보를 획득하기 위해 센서로부터 센싱된 정보의 전달과 수집을 집중적으로 수행한다. 이에 본 논문에서는 센서 노드의 전력 상태를 파악하여 이를 토대로 센서 노드를 수면, 활동, power off 모드로 전환하는 센서 노드 제어 알고리즘을 제시한다. 그리고 이 알고리즘을 토대로 센서 네트워크의 센서 노드, 싱크, 서버에서 센서 제어 모듈을 설계하고 구현한다. 이를 위하여 센서 노드의 센서 전력제어 모듈과, USN 서버의 센싱 데이터 수신 및 도시 모듈과 센서 제어 모듈을 설계하고 TinyOS와 자바 언어를 이용하여 구현한다. 이를 통하여 센서 노드의 전력 상태를 확인하여 데이터 수집이 어려울 경우 수면이나 power off 모드로 전환하여 전력 손실을 방지하고, 주변 환경이 정상적일 경우 활동 모드로 변경함으로써 효과적으로 센서 노드의 전력을 제어할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.13-20
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• 2008

Sensor network consists of a large number of sensor node distributed in the environment being sensed and controlled. The resource-constrained sensor nodes tend to have various and heterogeneous architecture. Thus, it is important to make its software environment platform-independent and reprogrammable. In this paper, we present BeeVM, a Java operating system designed for sensor networks. BeeVM offers a platform-independent Java programming environment with its efficiently executable file format and a set of class APIs for basic operating functions, sensing and wireless networking. BeeVM's high-level native interface and layered network subsystem allow complex program for sensor network to be short and readable. Our platform has been ported on two currently popular hardware platforms and we show its effectiveness through the evaluation of a simple application.

• 전기학회논문지P
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• 제56권3호
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• pp.117-122
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• 2007

In this paper, we described a design and implementation of a sensor node for environmental monitoring. The main focus of design for sensor nodes is to isolate MCU for treating sensors from the RF module for considering various communication environment. The second is to make the interface between MCU and varity of sensor. In addition, we choose a narrow band communication module, cc1020, for the admittance of Korea government communication law. We also use a uC/OS-II as an operating system which is famous for 8bit MCUs. We showed that the communication performance is sufficient to use the communication module in a out-door environment through several experiments in that it is possible to transmit between 100m distance through experiments in a mountain.

• 한국정보과학회논문지:시스템및이론
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• 제36권5호
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• pp.371-379
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• 2009

기존의 센서노드 운영체제들은 응용프로그램에 대한 센서추상화를 지원하지 못한다. 따라서 응용이 센서를 위한 하드웨어, 디바이스 드라이버 등을 직접 개발해야 하는 부담을 갖는다. 본 논문에서는 센서추상화를 지원하는 운영체제 구조를 제시한다. 제안된 운영체제는 추상화된 센서 HW 인터페이스 기반의 HAL을 제공하고 센서 접근을 위한 추상화된 API를 제공한다. 센서제작자는 HAL을 이용하여 센서디바이스 드라이버를 작성한다. 응용프로그래머는 센서 API를 이용하여 응용을 작성한다. 이러한 개발방식은 응용프로그래머의 부담을 크게 줄여서 USN 응용 개발을 활성화할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 첫째로, 센서장착을 용이하게 하는 표준화된 센서 HW 인터페이스를 정의하였다. 둘째로, 센서를 추상화한 센서접근 API를 제공하였다. 셋째로, 센서 디바이스 드라이버를 작성할 때 활용될 HAL 라이브러리를 정의하였다. 예제 응용 프로그램을 작성하여 본 논문에서 제안한 센서노드 운영체제가 센서 추상화를 성공적으로 지원하는 것을 보였다.

• 한국정보과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보과학회 2008년도 한국컴퓨터종합학술대회논문집 Vol.35 No.1 (A)
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• pp.311-312
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• 2008

• 한국정보기술응용학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보기술응용학회 2005년도 6th 2005 International Conference on Computers, Communications and System
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• pp.81-84
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• 2005

Various design schemes for network using wireless sensor nodes have been widely studied on the several application areas ranging from the real world information collection to environmental monitor. Currently, the schemes are focused on the design of sensor network for low power consumption, power-aware routing protocol, micro miniature operating system and sensor network middleware. The indoor localization system that identifies the location of the distributed nodes in a wireless sensor network requires features dealing with mobility, plurality and other environmental constraints of a sensor node. In this paper, we present an efficient location system to cope with mobility of multiple mobile nodes by designing a location handler that processes location information selectively depending on the nodes' density in a specific region. In order to resolve plurality of multiple mobile nodes, a routing method for the location system is also proposed to avoid the occurrence of overlapped location data.

• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.37-44
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• 2016

Optical fiber temperature sensing systems have incomparable advantages over traditional electrical-cable-based monitoring systems. However, the fiber optic interrogators and sensors have often been rejected as a temperature monitoring technology in real-world industrial applications because of high cost and over-specification. This study proposes a multiplexed fiber optic temperature monitoring sensor system using an economical Optical Time-Domain Reflectometer (OTDR) and Hard-Polymer-Clad Fiber (HPCF). HPCF is a special optical fiber in which a hard polymer cladding made of fluoroacrylate acts as a protective coating for an inner silica core. An OTDR is an optical loss measurement system that provides optical loss and event distance measurement in real time. A temperature sensor array with the five sensor nodes at 10-m interval was economically and quickly made by locally stripping HPCF clad through photo-thermal and photo-chemical processes using a continuous/pulse hybrid-mode laser. The exposed cores created backscattering signals in the OTDR attenuation trace. It was demonstrated that the backscattering peaks were independently sensitive to temperature variation. Since the 1.5-mm-long exposed core showed a 5-m-wide backscattering peak, the OTDR with a spatial resolution of 40 mm allows for making a sensor node at every 5 m for independent multiplexing. The performance of the sensor node included an operating range of up to $120^{\circ}C$, a resolution of $0.59^{\circ}C$, and a temperature sensitivity of $-0.00967dB/^{\circ}C$. Temperature monitoring errors in the environment tests stood at $0.76^{\circ}C$ and $0.36^{\circ}C$ under the temperature variation of the unstrapped fiber region and the vibration of the sensor node. The small sensitivities to the environment and the economic feasibility of the highly multiplexed HPCF temperature monitoring sensor system will be important advantages for use as system-integrated temperature sensors.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2007년도 학술대회 논문집 전문대학교육위원
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• pp.77-82
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• 2007

In this paper, we described a design and implementation of a sensor node for environmental monitoring. The main focus of design for sensor nodes is to isolate MCU for treating sensors from the RF module for considering various communication environment. The second is to make the interface between MCU and varity of sensor. In addition, we choose a narrow band communication module, cc1020, for the admittance of Korea government comminication law. We also use a uC/OS-II as an operating system which is famous for 8bit MCUs. We showed that the communication performance is sufficient to use the communication module in a out-door environment through several experiments in that it is possible to transmit between loom distance through experiments in a mountain.

• 한국정보전자통신기술학회논문지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.8-13
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• 2022

본 논문에서는 RF (Radio Frequency) 에너지 하베스팅 센서 노드의 설계 방안과 CATV 망과 누설 동축 케이블 (leaky coaxial cable)을 활용한 센서 네트워크 구축 방안을 연구하였다. 센서 노드는 915MHz 주파수 대역에서 동작하는 WPTS (Wireless Power Transfer System) 전력 수신기로 전원공급부를 설계하였다. WOC (WiFi over Coax) 기술을 활용하여 CATV 망으로 센서의 BLE 무선통신 신호와 WPTS 전력 송신기 신호를 전송하고, 누설 동축 케이블로 RF 신호를 방사시키는 센서 네트워크 구축 방안을 제안하였다. 센서 네트워크를 구축하는 지점에 누설 동축 케이블을 활용하면 센서 노드의 수신 신호 강도 지표가 허용되는 최소값 (-78dBm)을 만족하는 지점까지 센서 네트워크의 커버리지를 확장할 수 있다.