• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.30 no.2A
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• pp.61-65
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• 2005

We propose a soft QoS-based borrowing scheme for call admission control(CAC) in DVB-RCS(Digital Video Broadcast-Return Channel via Satellite). Some of the ongoing calls temporarily and fairly release bandwidths that can be used to accommodate a new call in an overloaded satellite network. The amount of bandwidth borrowed from each call is proportional to each user's critical bandwidth ratio, one of parameters for soft QoS mechanism. Simulation results show that the proposed scheme improves the system performance in terms of call blocking probability and bandwidth utilization.

• Journal of Satellite, Information and Communications
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.85-91
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• 2007

The satellite networks provide global coverage. The integration of terrestrial networks with a satellite network is the most attractive approach to develop a global communication system. The IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) is intended to be the system that will merge the internet with the telecom world. A user with a dual-mode terminal can access both the satellite network and terrestrial network. The seamless handoff between two networks and a user's QoS level is the major issue concerning this integration. In this paper, we propose IMS-based satellite/terrestrial integrated network architecture for a global communication system. Based on the proposed architecture, an inter-network handoff and end-to-end soft QoS procedure is discussed. Our proposed soft QoS scheme is also analyzed to calculate the number of rejected calls.

• Annual Conference of KIPS
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• 2002.11b
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• pp.1237-1240
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• 2002

본 논문에서는 ATM과 같은 연결 지향적 고속네트워크에서, 가중치를 가진 Flow들의 대역폭 할당과 라우팅문제에 있어 공정성과 처리량에 대하여 고려해 보았다. 가중치클 고려치 않은 Flow들에 대한 최적경로설정문제에 대하여, 기존의 QoS 서비스와 Best-Effort 서비스에서 연구된 라우팅알고리즘에서 벗어나, 본 논문은 가중치를 가진 Flow들에 대하여 Soft-QoS서비스를 지원함에 있어서 공정성과 최대 처리량을 정의하고, 또한 이를 바탕으로 가중치 최소극대 대역폭 할당과 가중치 최소극대 공정라우팅 알고리즘을 제안한다. 종단간 최적경로를 설정하는데, 최소비용으로 Bottleneck-Link를 구하고 대역폭을 할당하기 위하여 그래프 상의 노드에 두 가지 색을 사용하는 그래프문제(Graph Coloring)와 최악의 경우를 감안하면서 경로를 선택하는 최소극대화 문제(Maxmin)를 결부시켜 살펴본다. 나아가 Soft-QoS 서비스의 최대값과 최소값을 고려한 가중치를 가진 Weighted-Flow들의 대역폭 할당과 경로설정에 있어, 동적인 네트워크 환경에 보다 효율적으로 접근 가능한 근사 알고리즘을 제안한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2002.11a
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• pp.610-613
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• 2002

To improve quality of service(QoS) in the current Internet, various QoS providing mechanisms such as RSVP, DiffServ have been proposed. In this paper we propose a more simple but more scalable mechanism which can guarantee end-to-end QoS. The proposed mechanism can provide scalability by minimizing the state information which is needed by router to reserve network resources. Using sender-initiated & soft-state resource reservation, a router does not need to keep the backward data path like RSVP. In this paper we illustrate the proposed resource reservation mechanism with network topology and signaling.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.10 no.9
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• pp.1153-1164
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• 2007

One of the most challenging technical issues in mobile communication for multimedia is Quality of Service (QoS) management of handover calls. This paper proposes a 2-level handover control system to copy with this problem. A 2-level handover control system consists of resource reservation and call admission control modules. The resource reservation module divides the network resource into Hard and Soft reserved resource. The Hard reserved resource is only for the handover calls while the Soft reserved resource is for both the handovers and the new calls. And also, the resource reservation module classifies handovers into primary and secondary handovers based on often they occur. The call admission control module deals with the primary and secondary handover calls in different ways. The new calls can use Soft reserved resource only if there is sufficient amount available in the Hard reserved resource. Proposed system is evaluated using an M/M/c/c queueing model. It is shown that proposed system allows more efficient utilization of network resource without degrading QoS comparing with the legacy handover control systems.

• IE interfaces
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.216-226
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• 2007

In code-division multiple-access (CDMA) systems with soft handoff, mobile station (MS) within soft handoff region can use multiple radio channels and receive their signals from multiple base stations (BSs) simultaneously. In this paper, the effects of soft handoff region ratio (SHRR) on reverse link of a CDMA cellular system are analytically investigated. In order to analyze the network performance and quality of service (QoS) perceived by users more realistically, both the soft capacity increasing factor and the traffic load variation affected by SHRR are jointly considered and a two-dimensional continuous time Markov chain (CTMC) model is built. In the numerical example, it is observed that the optimal guard channel exists according the variations of the traffic load and propagation conditions when the proper value of SHRR is determined.

• IEMEK Journal of Embedded Systems and Applications
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• v.5 no.4
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• pp.185-194
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• 2010

In this paper, we propose an application layer-based vertical handover management protocol, called multihoming RTP (mhRTP), for real-time applications with seamless mobility across heterogeneous wireless access networks. The proposed multi-homing RTP provides a soft handover by utilizing multiple available wireless access network interfaces simultaneously. The newly available path is dynamically added to the ongoing session by the mhRTP session manager. Also the decision making of QoS-improving or QoS-guaranteed handover is possible based on the estimation of available bandwidth in each candidate network. The performances of the proposed mhRTP have been analyzed through a series of simulations on OPNET network simulator. From the performance analysis, we confirmed that the proposed mhRTP can provide QoS-guaranteed vertical handover with efficient session managements.

• Journal of KIISE:Computer Systems and Theory
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• v.31 no.9
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• pp.527-535
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• 2004

Handling mixed workload in digital set-top box or streaming server becomes an important issue as integrated file system gets momentum as the choice for the next generation file system. The next generation file system is required to handle real-time audio/video playback while being able to handle text requests such as web page, image file, etc. Legacy file system provides only best effort I/O service and thus cannot properly support the QoS of soft real-time I/O. In this paper, we would like to present our experience in developing the file system which fan guarantee the QoS of multimedia stream. We classify all application I/O requests into two category: periodic I/O and sporadic I/O. The QoS requirement of multimedia stream could be guaranteed by giving a higher priority to periodic requests than sporadic requests. The proto-type file system(Qosfs) is developed on Linux Operating System.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• v.10 no.10
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• pp.4848-4863
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• 2016

The explosive wireless data service requirement accompanied with carbon dioxide emission and consumption of traditional energy has put pressure on both industria and academia. Wireless networks powered with the uneven and intermittent generated renewable energy have been widely researched and lead to a new research paradigm called green communication. In this paper, we comprehensively consider the total generated renewable energy, QoS requirement and channel quality, then propose a utility based renewable energy allocation policy. The utility here means the satisfaction degree of users with a certain amount allocated renewable energy. The energy allocation problem is formulated as a constraint optimization problem and a heuristic algorithm with low complexity is derived to solve the raised problem. Numerical results show that the renewable energy allocation policy is applicable not only to soft QoS, but also to hard QoS and best effort QoS. When the renewable energy is very scarce, only users with good channel quality can achieve allocated energy.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• v.50 no.4
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• pp.422-431
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• 2023

Background Posttraumatic lymphedema (PTL) is sparsely described in the literature. The aim of this study is to propose a comprehensive approach for prevention and treatment of PTL using lymphovenous anastomosis (LVA) and lymphatic vessels free flap, reporting our experience in the management of early-stage lymphedema. Methods A retrospective observational study was performed between October 2017 and July 2022. Functional assessment with magnetic resonance lymphangiography and indocyanine green lymphography was performed. Patients with lymphedema and functional lymphatic channels were included. Cases with limited soft tissue damage were proposed for LVA, and those with acute or prior soft tissue damage needing skin reconstruction were proposed for superficial circumflex iliac artery perforator lymphatic vessels free flap (SCIP-LV) to treat or prevent lymphedema. Primary and secondary outcomes were limb volume reduction and quality of life (QoL) improvement, respectively. Follow-up was at least 1 year. Results Twenty-eight patients were operated using this approach during the study period. LVA were performed in 12 patients; mean reduction of excess volume (REV) was 58.82% and the improvement in QoL was 49.25%. SCIP-LV was performed in seven patients with no flap failure; mean REV was 58.77% and the improvement QoL was 50.9%. Nine patients with acute injury in lymphatic critical areas were reconstructed with SCIP-LV as a preventive approach and no lymphedema was detected. Conclusion Our comprehensive approach provides an organized way to treat patients with PTL, or at risk of developing it, to have satisfactory results and improve their QoL.