• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.79-95
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• 2016

In order to improve the Quality-of-Service (QoS) of latency sensitive applications in next-generation cellular networks, multi-path is adopted to transmit packet stream in real-time to achieve high-quality video transmission in heterogeneous wireless networks. However, multi-path also introduces two important challenges: out-of-order issue and reordering delay. In this paper, we propose a new architecture based on Software Defined Network (SDN) for flow aggregation and flow splitting, and then design a Multiple Access Radio Scheduling (MARS) scheme based on relative Round-Trip Time (RTT) measurement. The QoS metrics including end-to-end delay, throughput and the packet out-of-order problem at the receiver have been investigated using the extensive simulation experiments. The performance results show that this SDN architecture coupled with the proposed MARS scheme can reduce the end-to-end delay and the reordering delay time caused by packet out-of-order as well as achieve a better throughput than the existing SMOS and Round-Robin algorithms.

• 정보처리학회논문지C
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• 제13C권2호
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• pp.177-184
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• 2006

핸드오버는 이동통신 단말기가 기지국과 기지국 사이를 이동해도 끊김없이 데이터 송수신이 가능하도록 해주는 기술이다 핸드오버 종류는 크게 두 가지로 구분되는데 네트워크 링크의 변경 없이 라디오 링크 연결만 변경되는 것을 수평(horizontal) 핸드오버라 하고, 서로 다른 네트워크 환경을 이동하는 것을 수직(vertical) 핸드오버로 정의할 수 있다. 본 논문은 SDR(Software Defined Radio)을 기반으로 W-CDMA망과 WiBro망을 동시에 지원하는 기지국내에서의 수직 핸드오프 프로토콜을 제안하고, 제안된 프로토콜을 상태천이도 및 페트리 넷을 이용하여 검증하고 또한 NS-2 시뮬레이터를 이용하여 제안된 프로토콜의 성능을 평가하였다

• ETRI Journal
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.72-88
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• 2018

In the fifth generation (5G) era, the radio internet protocol capacity is expected to reach 20 Gb/s per sector, and ultralarge content traffic will travel across a faster wireless/wireline access network and packet core network. Moreover, the massive and mission-critical Internet of Things is the main differentiator of 5G services. These types of real-time and large-bandwidth-consuming services require a radio latency of less than 1 ms and an end-to-end latency of less than a few milliseconds. By distributing 5G core nodes closer to cell sites, the backhaul traffic volume and latency can be significantly reduced by having mobile devices download content immediately from a closer content server. In this paper, we propose a novel solution based on software-defined network and network function virtualization technologies in order to achieve agile management of 5G core network functionalities with a proof-of-concept implementation targeted for the PyeongChang Winter Olympics and describe the results of interoperability testing experiences between two core networks.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.2243-2257
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• 2019

A heterogeneous cellular network (HCN) is useful to increase the spectral and energy efficiency of wireless networks and to reduce the traffic load from the macro cell. The performance of the secondary user equipment (SUE) is affected by interference from the eNodeB (eNB) in a macro cell. To decrease the interference between the macro cell and the small cell, allocating resources properly is essential to an HCN. This study considers the scenario of a software-defined heterogeneous cellular network and performs the resource allocation process. First, we show the system model of HCN and formulate the optimization problem. The optimization problem is a complex process including power and frequency resource allocation, which imposes an extremely high complexity to the HCN. Therefore, a hierarchical resource allocation scheme is proposed, which including subchannel selection and a particle swarm optimization (PSO)-based power allocation algorithm. Simulation results show that the proposed hierarchical scheme is effective in improving the system capacity and energy efficiency.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제10권8호
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• pp.3435-3454
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• 2016

Device-to-device (D2D) communication is a potential solution to the incessant increase in data traffic on cellular networks. The greatest problem is how to control the interference between D2D users and cellular mobile users, and between D2D users themselves. This paper proposes a solution for this issue by putting the full control privilege in cellular network using the software-defined networking (SDN) concept. A software virtual switch called Open vSwitch and several components are integrated into mobile devices for data forwarding and radio resource mapping, whereas the control functions are executed in the cellular network via a SDN controller. This allows the network to assign radio resources for D2D communication directly, thus reducing interference. This solution also brings out many benefits, including resource efficiency, energy saving, topology flexibility, etc. The advantages and disadvantages of this architecture are analyzed by both a mathematical method and a simple implementation. The result shows that implementation of this solution in the next generation of cellular networks is feasible.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.55-62
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• 2008

Bandpass sampling (BPS) techniques for the direct down-conversion of RF bandpass signals have become an essential technique for software defined radio (SDR), due to their advantage of minimizing the radio frequency (RF) front-end hardware dependency. This paper proposes an algorithm for finding the minimum BPS frequency for simultaneously down-converting multiple RF signals through full permutation over all the valid sampling ranges found for the multiple RF signals. We also present a scheme for reducing the computational complexity resulting from the large scale of the purmutation calculation involved in searching for the minimum BPS frequency. In addition, we investigate the BPS frequency allowing for the guard-band between adajacent down-converted signals, which help lessen the severe requirements in practical implementations. The performance of the proposed method is compared with those of other pre-reported methods to prove its effectiveness.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2002년도 ITC-CSCC -3
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• pp.1428-1431
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• 2002

It is general opinion that the future mobile multimedia networks will use different standards and a prospective solution to this problem will be software defined radio (SDR) techniques. SDR provides the flexibility to support multiple air interfaces and signal processing functions at the same time. Especially, digital signal processors and FPGAs are widely used for implementation of these adaptive and flexible functions of a baseband modem for SDR applications. Also, it is known that the modulation schemes of OCQPSK (Orthogonal Complex QPSK) and HPSK (Hybrid PSK) are used for IMT-2000 services of cdma2000 and WCDMA, respectively. Thus, in this paper, we design and implement an OCQPSK / HPSK modem using a DSP chip of Texas Instrument's TMS320C6701. One modulation scheme is operated by adaptive selection between the two schemes and 5 physical traffic channels differentiated by orthogonal codes are implemented in one DSP chip and each channel has 1Mbps data rates and 8Mcps chip rates.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.733-750
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• 2019

Software Defined Networking (SDN) is a new network paradigm, allowing administrators to manage networks through central controllers by separating control plane from data plane. So, one or more controllers must locate outside switches. However, this separation may cause delay problems between controllers and switches. In this paper, we therefore propose a Priority-based Scheduling policy for OpenFlow (PSO) to reduce the delay of some significant traffic. Our PSO is based on packet prioritization mechanisms in both OpenFlow switches and controllers. In addition, we have prototyped and experimented on PSO using a network simulator (ns-3). From the experimental results, PSO has demonstrated low delay for targeted traffic in the out-of-brand control network. The targeted traffic can acquire forwarding rules with lower delay under network congestion in control links (with normalized load > 0.8), comparing to traditional OpenFlow. Furthermore, PSO is helpful in the in-band control network to prioritize OpenFlow messages over data packets.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.896-914
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• 2020

With the rapid growth of network traffic, a large number of connected devices, and higher application services, the traditional network is facing several challenges. In addition to improving the current network architecture and hardware specifications, effective resource management means the development trend of 5G. Although many existing potential technologies have been proposed to solve the some of 5G challenges, such as multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO), software-defined networking (SDN), network functions virtualization (NFV), edge computing, millimeter-wave, etc., research studies in 5G continue to enrich its function and move toward B5G mobile networks. In this paper, focusing on the resource allocation issues of 5G core networks and radio access networks, we address the latest technological developments and discuss the current challenges for resource management in 5G.

• 한국정보전자통신기술학회논문지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.81-87
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• 2020

최근 네트워크 구성은 SDN/NFV 기반으로 쉽고 자유로운 네트워크 서비스 구성이 가능하도록 빠르게 전환중이다. SDN의 많은 장점과 적용에도 불구하고 분산형 서비스 거부(Distributed Denial of Service: DDoS) 공격과 같은 많은 보안 문제가 연구 이슈로 지속적으로 제기되고 있다. 특히, DDoS 공격의 효과는 훨씬 더 신속하게 나타나며 기존의 네트워크에 비하여 SDN에서는 더욱더 치명적인 피해를 발생시키고 있다. 본 논문에서는 SDN에서 DDoS 공격을 감지하고 완화하기 위해 엔트로피 기반 기법을 제안하고 실험을 통해 입증하였다. 본 논문에서 제안하는 기법은 단일 시스템에 대한 DDoS 공격을 탐지하고 시간 특성 기법을 활용하여 이러한 공격을 완화하도록 설계하였으며, 제안한 기법을 적용했을때 3.21%의 네트워크 혼잡도를 발생시키지만, 20(19.86)%의 패킷 분실률을 줄이는 효과를 실험을 통해 확인하였다.