• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.73-79
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• 2004

In this paper, we propose an efficient soft decision decoding algorithm for linear block codes. A conventional soft decision decoder have to invoke a hard decision decoder several times to estimate its soft decision values. However, in this method, we may not have candidate codewords, thus it is very difficult to produce soft decision values. We solve this problem by introducing an efficient algorithm to search candidate codewords. By using this, we can highly reduce the cases we cannot find candidate codewords. We estimate the performance of the proposed algorithm by using the computer simulations. The simulation is performed for binary (63, 36) BCH code in fading channel.

• The Journal of Korea Institute of Information, Electronics, and Communication Technology
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.184-191
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• 2017

This paper presents cluster based hybrid spectrum sensing system for M2M services. For each cluster, secondary nodes within the transmission radius of the primary node use hard decision method through local spectrum sensing to determine whether the primary node exists. And the other secondary nodes and the secondary nodes having poor radio channel conditions judge the existence of the primary node through the soft decision method of the values obtained by performing the cooperative spectrum sensing. In the proposed hybrid spectrum sensing system, the performance according to the number of secondary nodes is analyzed with the conventional system over Rayleigh fading channel. As the number of cooperative sensing users increased to 2, 3 and 4, the cluster error probability decreased to 0.5608, 0.5252 and 0.4001 at SNR of -10[dB] respectively. Since the proposed system uses less overhead traffic, it is found that it is more effective in terms of frequency usage than the conventional system using soft decision-soft decision and soft decision-hard decision methods.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.488-496
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• 2016

This paper presents a low-complexity non-iterative soft-decision Bose-Chaudhuri-Hocquenghem (SD-BCH) decoder architecture and design technique for wireless body area networks (WBANs). A SD-BCH decoder with test syndrome computation, a syndrome calculator, Chien search and metric check, and error location decision is proposed. The proposed SD-BCH decoder not only uses test syndromes, but also does not have an iteration process. The proposed SD-BCH decoder provides a 0.75~1 dB coding gain compared to a hard-decision BCH (HD-BCH) decoder, and almost similar coding gain compared to a conventional SD-BCH decoder. The proposed SD-BCH (63, 51) decoder was designed and implemented using 90-nm CMOS standard cell technology. Synthesis results show that the proposed non-iterative SD-BCH decoder using a serial structure can lead to a 75% reduction in hardware complexity and a clock speed 3.8 times faster than a conventional SD-BCH decoder.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.423-429
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• 2011

Cooperative spectrum sensing is proposed to overcome some problem such as multipath fading and shadowing and to improve spectrum sensing performance. There are different combining methods for cooperative spectrum sensing: hard decision method and soft decision method. In this paper, we analysis the performance of cooperative spectrum sensing with distance based weight that is kind of a soft decision rule for cognitive radio(CR) systems and CR systems sense the spectrum of the licensed user by using a energy detection method. Threshold is determined in accordance with the constant false alarm rate(CFAR) algorithm for energy detection. The signal of licensed user is OFDM signal and the wireless channel between a licensed user and CR systems is modeled as Gaussian channel. From the simulation results, the cooperative spectrum sensing with distance based weight combining(DWC) and equal gain combing(EGC) methods shows higher spectrum sensing performance than single spectrum sensing does. And the detection probability performance with the DWC is higher than that with the EGC.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2010.05a
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• pp.357-359
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• 2010

The Viterbi Decoding is one of the most researched areas of the convolutional decoding methods. In this paper, we use various parameters for the substantial Viterbi decoding and discuss some viterbi decoding methods. And, the viterbi algorithms of the methods, we discuss 'Hard Decision' and 'Soft Decision'. So, we compare differences of two methods about decoding methods, performance. Because of having various parameters and decision methods, we discuss the values of various parameter and decision methods in the Gaussian channel about the viterbi decoding methods.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.37 no.7A
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• pp.512-521
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• 2012

In this paper, we propose feasible combining rules for a decoding scheme of product codes to apply finite soft decision. Since the decoding scheme of product codes are based on complex tanh calculation with infinite soft decision, it requires high decoding complexity and is hard to practically implement. Thus, simple methods to construct look-up tables for finite soft decision are derived by analyzing the operations of the scheme. Moreover, we focus on using convolutional codes, which is popular for easy application of finite soft decision, as the horizontal codes of product codes so that the proposed decoding scheme can be properly implemented. Numerical results show that the performance of the product codes with convolutional codes using 4-bit soft decision approaches to that of same codes using infinite soft decision.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.24 no.5
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• pp.623-629
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• 2020

In this paper, a multiple transmission communication system employing ranging based transmission timing adjustment capability is proposed. In addition, a decision feedback equalizer with the use of combinations of soft decision and hard decision adequate to the proposed multiple transmission communication system is also proposed. The proposed ranging based transmission timing adjustment capability makes the received signals from the multiple transmission points centered on the different symbol timing boundaries. The decision making method for the inputs to the proposed decision feedback equalizer is adaptively selected between soft decision and hard decision as per channel conditions like SNR. The performance of the proposed method had been analyzed through the simulation under the fading channel environments and compared with the previous methods. The simulation results showed performance improvement of the proposed method over the existing ones without noticeable increments in complexities.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society for Industrial Systems Conference
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• 1998.10a
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• pp.421-431
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• 1998

Error control performance of the (16, 7) minimum-bandwidth binary error cotrol line code (MB-ECLC) according to decoding algorithms is analyzed and compared in this paper. As a result , when retransmission is not allowed or meaningless. to reduce performance degradation ad computational burden. the modified soft decision decoding algorithm using the structure of (16,7) MB-ELEC is proposed. The error cotnrol capability of this modified algorithm is far better than that of a hard decision decoding algorithm, and almost same as that of a full soft decision decoding algorithm. In additino, the number of comparisons for the modified algorithm is decreased more than 5 times as compared with a full soft decision decoding algorithm.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.31 no.7A
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• pp.682-688
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• 2006

In this paper, a soft-decision method for initial PN code acquisition in pilot-channel aided Direct Sequence Code Division Multiple Access (DS-CDMA) systems is proposed in order to improve the acquisition performance. We apply this technique to the conventional hybrid search algorithm and analyze it in terms of mean code acquisition time. For the analysis, we present mathematical model of proposed algorithm and also perform the simulation under IMT-2000 channel models. Numerical results show that our proposed scheme outperforms the conventional one by 0.2 - 0.4 sec with respect to the mean code acquisition time because the soft decision technique can mitigate the possible decline in search performance caused by the use of a hard-decision technique.

• Journal of the military operations research society of Korea
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.51-82
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• 1977

Decision making is a function of many variables, but among these, human burden (soft-ware) and machine burden (hard-ware) are critical. Decision Maker is rather concerned with the soft-ware and just wants to have machine calculate the quantitative arithmetic involved in the decision-making study, because he is responsible for that decision whether or not he knows details about the techniques used by his staffs. From the point of these considerations, computer-assisted war game model has its significance in military decision making. The major outcome of this model is time-phased FEBA movement. FEBA is moved mainly by the ratio of the Index of Combat Effectiveness (ICE). To calculate ICE, Ground Forces are concerning the Index of Firepower (IFP) of individual weapons and in the case of Air Force, sorties are allocated into each sector, and added to the Ground Force IFP. With the ratio of total ICE, FEBA is moved according to the War Game Tables and process is repeated after consideration of casualties. This model is used by IBM-370/135 in MND computer room and also tested by IBM-3741/3717 established at ROKA HQ.