• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.34-41
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• 2011

At present wireless internet access service is available through the 3G network, mobile WiMAX and WiFi anytime and anywhere. In this environment where there are various networks, users should be able to select specific networks depending on different situations. And it is necessary to provide mobility support between homogeneous and between heterogenous networks. Given this situation, the many proposals have been presented to link 3G, which has the largest service area among various networks, with mobile WiMAX(IEEE 802.16e), or with WiFi(IEEE 802.11). But, recently, with the increasing volume of wireless internet use and wireless internet data, due to the advents of net-book, e-book and smart phone, the service area of WiFi and mobile WiMAX has rapidly expanded. Especially, the availability of real-time application such as internet phone has led to the relative shrinking of the proportion of 3G mobile communication network giving conventional voice service, and enlargement of those of wireless internet access networks like WiFi and mobile WiMAX. This paper suggests a handover scheme based on PMIPv6, whitch support mobility between WiFi and mobile WiMAX, and minimizes handover delay. In this scheme, the mobile node has a dual stack structure composed of two interfaces-WiFi and mobile WiMAX. Since WiFi dose not support mobility, it is suggested that the mobile node have the capacity to deal with handover signaling between gateway in case of handover between homogeneous networks. This handover scheme, suggested comparing with current handovers between homogeneous networks, has proved, in its analytic evaluation, to be able to reduce handover, transmission, and signaling overhead.

• The KIPS Transactions:PartC
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• v.18C no.1
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• pp.45-50
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• 2011

Due to advances in wireless communications and portable terminals, any-time, any-where, and any-device Internet access is possible. In particular, Internet access in moving vehicles is an emerging and challenging issue. Even though a variety studies have been conduced for vehicular networks, little attention is paid to vehicular Wi-Fi networks where a Wi-Fi access point (AP) is installed at the vehicle and the AP is connected to an external base station (BS). In this paper, we conduct a measurement study on the uplink and downlink throughput for Internet access in vehicular Wi-Fi networks. We consider diverse network environments: high-speed train, car, and subway. Measurement results demonstrate that current Internet access in vehicular Wi-Fi networks are not satisfactory for interactive multimedia applications. Therefore, in-depth study on resource management in vehicular Wi-Fi networks is strongly required.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2009.10a
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• pp.678-681
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• 2009

WiFi는 무선인터넷 접속(Wireless LAN) 방식의 하나로서 이동성, 설치용이성, 유연성 등으로 인하여 널리 사용되고 있다. 더욱이 기존 다양한 디지털 기기들이 WiFi 기반의 application을 탑재하여 각종 온라인 콘텐츠를 이용할 수 있게 하면서 점차 보편적인 인터넷 접속수단으로서 변모하고 있는 상황이다. WiFi의 편리성으로 인하여 기업, 공공기관, 교육기관 등에서 네트워크 구축에 WiFi를 사용하는데 그 추세가 개인부문에서 기업부문으로 확산되고 있다. 하지만 유선인터넷이 케이블이라는 매체를 통해 연결되어 외부와 차폐된데 비해 WiFi는 주파수를 매개로하기 때문에 네트워크 접근이 용이하며 이로인해 보안이 취약해 질 수 있다는 것이다. 이로 인하여 일명 워드라이빙(war driving)이라 불리는 서비스의 무단사용뿐만 아니라 악의를 가진 네트워크 침입이 가능해져 개인정보나 사유재산이 침해 가능성이 높다고 할 수 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 해외의 WiFi의 보안관련 법제도를 살펴보고 이로부터 국내 WiFi보안을 위한 대안을 제시하고자 한다.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.37 no.1C
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• pp.54-62
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• 2012

A Wi-Fi mesh network providing multi-hop wireless connections based on IEEE 802.11 PHY/MAC technology has recently received a significant attention as a network infrastructure that interconnects RFID systems and wireless sensor networks (WSNs). However, the current IEEE 802.11 contention-based MAC protocol cannot fully utilize the network capacity due to eithor frame collisions or unused network resources. In this paper, we propose a novel multi-channel scheduling MAC (MCS-MAC) protocol for Wi-Fi mesh networks. Under the secondary interference model of Wi-Fi mesh networks, the MCS-MAC protocol can maximize the network throughput via activation of collision-free links that has a maximal link weight. Through the simulations, we show that the throughput of the MCS-MAC protocol is at least three times higher than that of existing MAC protocols in Wi-Fi mesh networks.

• Journal of Digital Contents Society
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.349-356
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• 2013

Products of Wi-Fi devices in recent years offer higher throughput and have longer signal coverage which also bring unnecessary signal interference to neighboring wireless networks, and result in decrease of network throughput. Signal interference is an inevitable problem because of the broadcast nature of wireless transmissions. However it could be optimized by reducing signal coverage of wireless devices. On the other hand, smaller signal coverage also means lower transmission power and lower data throughput. Therefore, in this paper, we analyze the relationship among signal strength, coverage and interference of Wi-Fi networks, and as a tradeoff between transmission power and data throughput, we propose a range-aware Wi-Fi network scheme which controls transmission power according to positions and RSSI(Received Signal Strength Indication) of Wi-Fi devices and analyze the efficiency of the proposed scheme by simulation.

• Journal of Internet Computing and Services
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.13-24
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• 2013

IEEE 802.15.4 network and WiFi network are installed to overlap each other and configured to use adjacent frequency bands in which case the communication service required by applications can not be guaranteed because of randomly increased frame transmission delay and frequent frame transmission failures at nodes in IEEE 802.15.4 network. In this paper, transmission delay model at IEEE 802.15.4 nodes and an experimental system to evaluate the interference from WiFi traffic are described, then elements for the evaluation of interference are measured with the analysis of their characteristics. A sequential method of using medium access layer and physical layer elements of IEEE 802.15.4 protocols is proposed to decide interference from WiFi network. With the proposed method, if an evaluation function having frame transmission failures and transmission delay as variables returns a value greater than a threshold, intensive measurements of wireless channel power are carried out subsequently and the final decision of interference is made by the calculated average channel power. Experimental results of the method show that the decision time is reduced with increased frequency of decision in comparison to an other similar method.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.40 no.3
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• pp.497-505
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• 2015

Existing Wi-Fi networks require users to follow network settings of the AP (Access Point), resulting in inconveniences for users, and the password of the AP is shared by all users connected to the AP, causing security information leaks as time goes by. We propose, in this work, a personalized secure Wi-Fi network, in which each user is assigned her own virtual Wi-Fi network. One virtual Wi-Fi per user makes the user-centric network configuration possible. A user sets a pair of her own SSID and password on her device a priori, and the AP publishes its public key in a suitable way. The AP also maintains an open Wi-Fi channel, to which users can connect anytime. On user's request, the user device sends a connection request message containing a pair of SSID and password encrypted with the AP's public key. Receiving the connection request message, the AP instantiates a new virtual AP secured with the pair of SSID and password, which is dedicated to that single user device. This virtual network is securer because the password is not shared among users. It is more convenient because the network adapts itself to the user device. Experiments show that these advantages are obtained with negligible degradation in the throughput performance.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2014.10a
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• pp.186-188
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• 2014

In recent years, domestic as well as LTE wireless network of Wi-Fi and most used. In addition, mobile-intensive services that used mainly in our society makes it easier, SNS, application (APP), and file downloads. As such, the amount of data requested, while living at the time of mobile users will want to be safe from the earliest. And the wireless network communications mortality (3G, 4G (LTE), LTE-A) and Wi-Fi (802.11 n-2.4 G H z z H a c-5, 802.11 G), and users are mainly used in the death 4G (LTE), communication Wi-Fi, 802.11 n-2.4 GHz are used most frequently. As above, use the wireless network in order to safely and quickly developed the technology of the Li-Fi. Li-Fi light (visible light) technology to communicate with, and Wi-Fi (802.11 n-2.4 G z H) 100 times faster, LTE-A 66 times faster. However, the current Li-Fi to commercialise the big issue exists. In this paper, there are a lot of existing problems in the commercialization of Li-Fi being used in Wi-Fi, and a comparative analysis.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2011.06d
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• pp.311-314
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• 2011

Wi-Fi 메쉬 네트워크는 IEEE 802.11 표준을 기반으로 노트북, 스마트폰 등의 무선 단말에 인터넷 연결을 제공하기 위한 무선 다중 홉 네트워크이다. Wi-Fi 메쉬 네트워크에서는 무선 채널의 방송 특징으로 인해 발생하는 간섭(Interference) 때문에 프레임 충돌 문제가 발생한다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 프레임 간섭을 미연에 방지하는 스케줄링 MAC 프로토콜을 제안한다. 제안하는 방법은 각각의 무선 채널에서 간섭 조건을 만족하는 링크 조합을 결정하고, 이를 통하여 Wi-Fi 메쉬 네트워크의 프레임 전달 수율(Throughput)을 극대화함을 목표로 한다. 시뮬레이션 결과를 통해 본 논문에서 제시하는 스케줄링 MAC 프로토콜이 기존에 알려진 CSMA/CA 기반의 MAC 프로토콜에 비해 수율을 50 % 이상 향상함을 보인다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2011.04a
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• pp.643-646
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• 2011

스마트 폰의 보급과 함께, 무선 네트워크에서의 데이터 사용량이 급격하게 증가하고 있다. 이로 인해 발생하는 서버의 과부하와 그로 인한 속도 저하를 해결하기 위하여, 본 논문에서는 Wi-Fi 에드혹 네트워크를 이용한 통신을 3G 통신망에 효율적으로 접목하는 기법을 제안한다. 본 논문에서는 하나의 파일을 다수의 파일 블록으로 나누어 받는 방식을 이용하며, Wi-Fi 애드혹 네트워크를 이용해 주변에 있는 다른 이용자에게 파일 블록을 요청함과 동시에 자신이 가진 파일 블록 테이블을 다른 이용자에게 전달해주는 기법을 제안한다. 이를 이용하여 상대가 가지고 있을 것이라고 추측되는 파일 블록을 알아내어, 요청할 수 있다. 그 결과, 제안된 알고리즘이 3G와 Wi-Fi 에드혹 네트워크를 랜덤으로 이용하는 방법 대비 73%의 속도 향상과 43%의 3G 사용량 감소 효과를 보임을 확인할 수 있었다.