• ETRI Journal
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.292-301
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• 2010

Increasing convergence among heterogeneous radio networks is expected to be a key feature of future ubiquitous services. The convergence of radio networks in combination with dynamic spectrum allocation (DSA) could be a beneficial means to solve the growing demand for radio spectrum. DSA might enhance the spectrum utilization of involved radio networks to comply with user requirements for high-quality multimedia services. This paper proposes a simple spectrum allocation algorithm and presents an analytical model of dynamic spectrum resource allocation between two networks using a 4-D Markov chain. We argue that there may exist a break-even point for choosing whether or not to adopt DSA in a system. We point out certain circumstances where DSA is not a viable alternative. We also discuss the performance of DSA against the degree of resource sharing using the proposed analytical model and simulations. The presented analytical model is not restricted to DSA, and can be applied to a general resource sharing study.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.252-256
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• 2012

We consider resource allocation in femto-cell networks to maximize the throughput while minimizing interference to macro-users nearby. This can be achieved by allocating spectrum resource in a cognitive radio way. The proposed resource allocation is performed in two steps; spectrum sensing and resource scheduling. The femto base station detects idle frequency assignments (FAs) free from the occupation by macro-users and then allocates sub-channels in an idle FA to femto-users, effectively managing the interference problem. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed scheme is verified by computer simulations.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제31권12B호
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• pp.1068-1075
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• 2006

주파수 자원 가치는 무선통신의 발전과 함께 더욱 커지고 있다. 하지만 앞으로 정보화 사회에서는 주파수 자원의 수요가 공급에 비하여 매우 많기 때문에 주파수 부족 현상이 심각하게 대두된다. 따라서 사용되지 않고 있는 주파수 자원을 효율적으로 이용하기 위한 기술로서 최근 각광을 받고 있는 Cognitive Radio 기술이 필요한 시점이다. 본 논문에서는 CR 기반의IEEE 802.22 WRAN 환경에서 효율적인 Dynamic Spectrum Allocation 기법을 제안한다. Spectrum을 좀 더 효율적으로 공유하기 위해 Variable bandwidth, Mobility의 변수를 적용한 Dynamic Spectrum Allocation 기법을 제시하고 시뮬레이션 결과들을 통해 이를 검증하였다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.149-168
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• 2015

In cognitive radio networks (CRNs), hybrid overlay and underlay sharing transmission mode is an effective technique for improving the efficiency of radio spectrum. Unlike existing works in the literature, where only one secondary user (SU) uses overlay and underlay modes, the different transmission modes should be allocated to different SUs, according to their different quality of services (QoS), to achieve the maximal efficiency of radio spectrum. However, hybrid sharing mode allocation for heterogeneous services is still a challenge in CRNs. In this paper, we propose a new resource allocation method for hybrid sharing transmission mode of overlay and underlay (HySOU), to achieve more potential resources for SUs to access the spectrum without interfering with the primary users. We formulate the HySOU resource allocation as a mixed-integer programming problem to optimize the total system throughput, satisfying heterogeneous QoS. To decrease the algorithm complexity, we divide the problem into two sub-problems: subchannel allocation and power allocation. Cutset is used to achieve the optimal subchannel allocation, and the optimal power allocation is obtained by Lagrangian dual function decomposition and subgradient algorithm. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm further improves spectrum utilization with a simultaneous fairness guarantee, and the achieved HySOU diversity gain is a satisfactory improvement.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제38A권10호
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• pp.898-907
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• 2013

셀룰러 네트워크에서 D2D 통신을 지원하기 위해서는 기존의 셀룰러 통신과 D2D 통신이 셀룰러 자원을 공유하므로 주파수 효율성과 간섭에 대한 고려가 반드시 필요하다. 따라서 D2D 통신을 위한 자원할당은 셀룰러 통신과의 간섭을 최소화하면서 동시에 주파수 재사용에 따른 스펙트럼 이용 효율을 최대화하는 것이 바람직하다. 본 논문에서는 D2D 단말과 기지국이 상호 협력적인 방법으로 D2D 자원을 할당하는 기법을 제안한다. D2D 단말은 스펙트럼 센싱을 통해 셀룰러 단말과 다른 D2D 단말로부터 오는 간섭을 인지하여 최적의 셀룰러 자원을 선택하여 기지국에 보고한다. 기지국은 해당 셀룰러 단말과 D2D 단말이 동일한 자원을 공유하도록 자원할당을 함으로써 간섭의 영향을 최소화한다. 3GPP LTE (Long Term Evolution)-Advanced 환경에서 모의실험을 통해 제안한 자원할당 기법의 성능을 검증한다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제9권11호
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• pp.4387-4404
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• 2015

The energy-efficient design of sensing-based spectrum sharing of a multi-input and multi-output (MIMO) cognitive radio (CR) system with imperfect multiple antenna spectrum sensing is investigated in this study. Optimal resource allocation strategies, including sensing time and power allocation schemes, are studied to maximize the energy efficiency (EE) of the secondary base station under the transmit power and interference power constraints. EE problem is formulated as a nonlinear stochastic fractional programming of a nonconvex optimal problem. The EE problem is transformed into its equivalent nonlinear parametric programming and solved by one-dimension search algorithm. To reduce searching complexity, the search range was founded by demonstration. Furthermore, simulation results confirms that an optimal sensing time exists to maximize EE, and shows that EE is affected by the spectrum detection factors and corresponding constraints.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제7권12호
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• pp.2957-2986
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• 2013

The traditional approach of fixed spectrum allocation to licensed networks has resulted in spectrum underutilisation. Cognitive radio technology is envisioned as a promising solution that can be used to resolve the ineffectiveness of the fixed spectrum allocation policy by accessing the underutilised spectrum of existing technologies opportunistically. The implementation of cognitive radio networks (CRNs) faces distinct challenges due to the fact that two systems (i.e., cognitive radio (CR) and primary users (PUs)) with conflicting interests interact with each other. Specially, in self-organised systems such as ad-hoc CRNs (AHCRNs), the coordination of spectrum access introduces challenges to researchers due to rapid utilisation changes in the available spectrum, as well as the multi-hop nature of ad-hoc networks, which creates additional challenges in the analysis of resource allocation (e.g., power control, channel and rate allocation). Instead, game theory has been adopted as a powerful mathematical tool in analysing and modelling the interaction processes of AHCRNs. In this survey, we first review the most fundamental concepts and architectures of CRNs and AHCRNs. We then introduce the concepts of game theory, utility function, Nash equilibrium and pricing techniques. Finally, we survey the recent literature on the game theoretic analysis of AHCRNs, highlighting its applicability to the physical layer PHY, the MAC layer and the network layer.

• 한국콘텐츠학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘텐츠학회 2003년도 춘계종합학술대회논문집
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• pp.474-479
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• 2003

본 연구에서는 5㎓대역에 대한 각국의 전파 이용 현황, 주파수 및 국내외 정책동향을 분석하였으며, 각국의 초고속 무선접속 시스템에 대한 기술기준 내용과 5㎓대역의 ISM대역에 대한 주파수분배 내용을 연구하였다. 또한 초고속 무선접속시스템을 추진하기 위한 소요대역폭의 계산, 주파수 공유기법과 주파수의 효율적 이용 방안에 대한 연구를 수행하였다. 본 연구 내용을 바탕으로 5㎓초고속 무선접속시스템을 위한 주파수 확보 방안을 제시하여, 국내 주파수 정책 수립에 필요한 논리적인 근거를 마련함과 동시에 5㎓대역에 대한 주파수 분배 방안을 제시하였다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.1471-1488
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• 2018

Interference mitigation is a significant issue in the cognitive heterogeneous networks, this paper studied how to reduce the interference to macrocell users (MU) and improve system throughput. Establish the interference model with imperfect spectrum sensing by analyzing the source of interference complexity. Based on the user topology, the optimize problem was built to maximize the downlink throughput under given interference constraint and the total power constraint. We decompose the resource allocation problem into subcarrier allocation and power allocation. In the subcarrier assignment step, the allocated number of subcarriers satisfies the requirement of the femtocell users (FU).Then, we designed the power allocation algorithm based on the Lagrange multiplier method and the improved water filling method. Simulation results and performance analyses show that the proposed algorithm causes less interference to MU than the algorithm without considering imperfect spectrum sensing, and the system achieves better throughput performance.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제6권9호
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• pp.2153-2169
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• 2012

Femtocells provide high quality indoor communications with low transmit power. However, when femtocells are applied in cellular systems, a co-channel interference problem between macrocells and femtocells occurs because femtocells use the same spectrum as do the macrocells. To solve the co-channel interference problem, a previous study suggested a resource allocation scheme in LTE cellular systems using FFR. However, this conventional resource allocation scheme still has interference problems between macrocells and femtocells near the boundary of the sub-areas. In this paper, we define an optimization problem for resource allocation to femtocells and propose a femtocell resource allocation scheme to solve the optimization problem and the interference problems of the conventional scheme. The evaluation of the proposed scheme is conducted by System Level Simulation while varying the simulation environments. The simulation results show that the proposed scheme is superior to the conventional scheme and that it improves the overall performance of cellular systems.