• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.600-609
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• 2016

In this paper, we propose a two-stage base station (BS) sleeping scheme to save energy consumption in cellular networks. The BS sleeping mode is divided into a light sleeping stage and a deep sleeping stage according to whether there is a user in the BS's coverage. In the light sleeping stage, a BS will retain its coverage and frequently switch between the on state and the doze state according to the service characteristics. While in the deep sleeping stage analysis, the BS will shut down its coverage, and neighbor BSs will patch the coverage hole. Several closed-form formulas are derived to demonstrate the power consumption in each sleeping stage and the stage switching conditions are discussed to minimize the average power consumption. The average traffic delay caused by BS sleeping and the average deep sleeping rate under a given traffic load have also been studied. In addition, it is shown that BS sleeping is not always possible because of the limited quality of service (QoS) requirements. Simulation results show that the proposed scheme can effectively reduce the average BS power consumption, at the cost of some extra traffic delay. In summary, our proposed framework provides an essential understanding of the design of future green networks that aim to take full advantage of different stages of BS sleeping to obtain the best energy efficiency.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.112-122
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• 2016

This paper presents a set of candidate regulatory requirements for TV band devices (TVBDs) in the Rep. of Korea. To guarantee the protection of incumbent services, especially digital TV (DTV) and wireless microphones, in TV frequency bands, we suggest minimum separation distances of TVBDs from the noise-limited contour according to incumbent users and TVBD types. This paper also deals with multiple sets of separation distances of a co-channel TVBD network from a DTV protected contour on the basis of the radio propagation characteristics of different geographic areas to make good use of TV white space (TVWS) and safely protect the DTV service. We present a low-power transmission mode of TVBDs and the relevant separation distances for small-cell deployment. The service coverage reduction ratio of a TVBD network is investigated in the presence of DTV interference in four geographic areas. The TVWS field verification results, conducted on the island of Jeju (Rep. of Korea), show that incumbent services operate well without harmful interference from neighboring TVBDs with the proposed separation distances.

• 한국항행학회논문지
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.845-850
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 MBSFN (Multicast Broadcast Single Frequency Networks)영역에서 비디오 서비스 영역(coverage)을 SVC (Scalable Video Coding)와 계층 차별적 변조 방법을 이용하여 개선시킴을 보였다. 계층적으로 압축된 SVC 비디오 데이터의 각 계층에 따라 변조 방법을 다르게 적용하고, 또한 Raptor FEC (Forward Error Correction)를 이용함으로 기존의 단일계층 AVC (Advanced Video Coding)비디오를 이용하는 것 보다 최소 품질의 서비스 영역을 제공 할 수 있다는 것을 증명 하였다.

• 대한치과기공학회지
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.327-342
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• 2016

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the cognition of denture fabrication activities and its cost in National Health Insurance for elderly denture. Methods: A self-administered questionnaire was completed by 41 dental laboratories' owner who was research subjects of HIRA(Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service)'s policy research for elderly denture in 2011. The questionnaire consisted of general characteristics of the subjects, dental technicians' knowledge of national health insurance coverage of elderly denture, job-related changes after national health insurance coverage of elderly denture including validity of denture fabrication activity classification and the cost for each service. Each question was measured by Likert 5 point scale or frequency. The collected data were analyzed by SPSS 16.0. Results: Most of the research subjects had been fabricating national health insurance coverage denture(92.7%), also had ample knowledge of national health insurance coverage denture for elderly. Job-related changes after national health insurance coverage of elderly denture revealed marginal differences in the quality. The validity of fabrication activity classification of resin based complete denture was $3.71{\pm}1.023$ by Likert 5 point scale. Conclusion: The goal of national health insurance for elderly denture is to promote elderly's health and well-being. To fabricate denture is a very important part of the denture treatment. For this reason, denture fabrication activity classification and the cost analysis plan should be duly reflected in the policy of national health insurance for elderly denture.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.493-501
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• 2014

Coverage completeness is an important indicator for quality of service in wireless sensor networks (WSN). Due to limited energy and diverse working conditions, the sensor nodes have different lifetimes which often cause network holes. Most of the existing methods expose large limitation and one-sidedness because they generally consider only one aspect, either coverage rate or energy issue. This paper presents a novel method for coverage hole detection with residual energy in randomly deployed wireless sensor networks. By calculating the life expectancy of working nodes through residual energy, we make a trade-off between network repair cost and energy waste. The working nodes with short lifetime are screened out according to a proper ratio. After that, the locations of coverage holes can be determined by calculating the joint coverage probability and the evaluation criteria. Simulation result shows that compared to those traditional algorithms without consideration of energy problem, our method can effectively maintain the coverage quality of repaired WSN while enhancing the life span of WSN at the same time.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.231-236
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• 2016

본 논문에서는 국내 DGPS 기준국 서비스 영역에서의 수신 전력의 안정도를 측정하고 변화율을 분석한다. 동절기와 하절기의 전력 측정과 주야간의 시간적 변화에 대한 DGPS 전파전파 영향을 측정 분석하여 안정된 DGPS 서비스 영역을 확보하기 위한 방안을 살펴본다. 내륙 DGPS 기준국과 해안 DGPS 기준국으로부터 일정 거리를 갖는 동일 지점에서 동절기와 하절기 그리고 낮과 밤의 전파 전파 특성을 일정시간별로 측정한다. DGPS 전파는 대지 도전율에 영향을 받으므로 대지 도전율의 시간적 변화율에 따라 수신되는 전파의 세기는 다르게 나타나며, 서비스 영역의 변화를 가져온다. 안정된 서비스 영역의 운영을 위해서는 적응형 전력 조절과 전리층의 영향을 고려한 안테나 설계가 필요할 수 있다.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.326-334
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• 2020

Background: Korea has gradually expanded the coverage of medical care services in its national health insurance system. On April 1, 2018, it implemented a policy that expanded the coverage for an ultrasonography in the upper abdomen. In this study, we aimed to investigate the effect of the policy on the utilization of the ultrasonography in the upper abdomen in tertiary care hospitals. Methods: Using the dataset of the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service, we explored changes in the utilization of the ultrasonography in the upper abdomen in tertiary care hospitals from July 1, 2017 to November 30, 2018 through the difference-in-difference (DID) mixed-effects-model method. Facility factor, equipment factor and personnel factors, type of hospital, the total amount of medical care expenses, and geographic region were considered as control variables. Results: On average, the utilization of the ultrasonography in the upper abdomen increased by 228% after the coverage expansion policy. However, the results of DID mixed-effects-model method analysis showed that the utilization increased by 73%. As for the number of beds, the utilization was higher with a group of 844-930, 931-1,217, and 1,218 or greater compared with a group of 843 or fewer, while the utilization of the number of ultrasonic devices was lower with a group of 45-49 compared with a group of 44 or fewer. The utilization decreased with the number of interns and the number of nurse assistants. Besides, relative to Seoul, the utilization was lower in the other metro-cities and provinces. Conclusion: The coverage expansion policy in the national health insurance system increased service utilization among people. Future research needs to investigate the degree to which such coverage expansion policy reduces the unmet medical care needs among the deprived in Korea.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제16권7호
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• pp.1350-1357
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• 2012

국내 NDGPS는 해안 기준국 11곳과 내륙 기준국 6곳으로 전국 17개소로 구성되어 운용되어지고 있다. 내륙 기준국은 기준국의 송신출력을 500W로 서비스하고 있으나, 산악지대나 국내 지형에 따라 서비스 음영지역이 발생한다. 본 논문에서는 내륙 기준국의 송신출력을 1KW 이내에서 증강할 경우, 내륙 기준국별 서비스 영역을 분석하고, 국내 내륙지역의 DGPS 서비스 음영지역을 분석한다. 또한, 나타나는 서비스 음영지역을 해소하기 위한 방안으로 가상 시뮬레이션을 통해 서비스 음영지역이 해소되는 가상 내륙 DGPS 기준국 2곳을 최적화하여 제시하고자 한다.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제38권5호
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• pp.799-806
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• 2016

In this paper, we propose an emergency wake-up alert system (EWAS) for providing accurate and rapid emergency information. The proposed system can provide an emergency wake-up alert service without an additional frequency allotment by utilizing the guard band of the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) Terrestrial Digital Television (DTV) system. The design target of the proposed system is to match the indoor reception coverage of EWAS with the outdoor reception coverage of the ATSC DTV system. To achieve this, the proposed system should be about 35.65 dB more robust than the ATSC DTV system. The simulation results show that the proposed system offers an emergency wake-up alert service supporting a data rate of up to 23 bps.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.137-153
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• 2022

In the process of promoting policies to strengthen health insurance coverage, the relationship between public health insurance and private health insurance, along with the management of non-benefit, is also emphasized as a policy issue. First, the concept and scope of non-benefit were comparatively analyzed by country. Second, the interaction between the public and private health insurance was classified as 'large or small,' and the government's regulation and management policy on private health insurance was classified as 'strong or weak.' Korea has relatively smaller benefits covered by public health insurance, higher copayment expenses, and more areas and scope of non-benefits. In countries where the interaction between public and private health insurance is small, private health insurance-related policies are weak. And in countries with large interactions had public-private partnerships and the government's management policies were also strong. On the other hand, Korea has a large interaction, but the actual structure of cooperation between public and private insurance and management policies were weak. Because the non-benefit sector in Korea is relatively wide, it is difficult to manage compared to other countries where the concept of non-benefit is limited. In addition, the health authorities rarely perform the role of supervision over private health insurance, and they have so few linkages and cooperation for public-private insurance. Therefore, practical policy enforcement is necessary to achieve the easing of the burden of national medical expenses through linkage and cooperation of public-private health insurance with reference to relevant other countries' cases.