• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.338-344
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• 2017

본 논문에서는 송신단, 수신단, 중계 전송단에서 모두 다중 안테나를 가지고 양방향 중계 증폭 전송 방식으로 동작하는 통신 환경을 고려한다. 양방향 중계 전송에서 발생하는 자기 간섭을 한 쪽의 수신단에서는 제거할 수 있고, 다른 한 수신단에서는 제거할 수 없는 상황에서 최대 전송률을 보내기 위해 릴레이 구조를 최적화하는 것을 목표로 한다. 먼저 최대 전송률을 구하기 위하여 GD(gradient descent) 기반의 지역 최적화 알고리즘을 개발하고, 보다 간단한 구조를 가지는 특이값 분해(SVD: singular value decomposition) 기반의 블록 삼각화 방법을 제안한다. 시뮬레이션 결과는 제안하는 양방향 기법들이 기존의 양방향 방법에 비해 자기간섭 제거 기능이 없는 기기가 상용될 때 향상된 성능을 얻는다는 것을 보여준다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제34권1A호
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• pp.12-17
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• 2009

본 논문에서는 OFDM 기반의 다중 증폭 후 전달(amplify and forward, AF) 릴레이 시스템에서 낮은 복잡도를 가지는 부반송파 페어링(pairing) 기법을 소개한다. 기지국에서 릴레이스테이션까지의 채널(첫 번째 홉)과 릴레이 스테이션에서 이 동국까지의 채널(두 번째 홉)은 서로 독립적이라고 가정한다. 이 가정 하에서 첫 번째 홉에서 특정 부 반송파로 전송된 신호는 시스템 용량 증가를 위해 두 번째 홉에서는 다른 부반송파로 전송될 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 기법을 부반송파 페어링 기법이라고 언급한다. 기존의 페어링 기법은 시스템 용량을 최대화 하는 최적의 페어링을 찾기 위해 가능한 모든 페어링을 무차별적으로 대입하였다 (brute force 탐색 기법). 이러한 기법은 최적(optimal)의 페어링은 찾을 수 있으나, 복잡도가 부반송파 개수의 지수 승으로 증가한다. 본 논문에서는 첫 번째 홉과 두 번째 홉을 채널 이득을 이용하여 후보 페어링을 구한 후, 후보 페어링의 이동국 수신 SNR(signal to noise ratio)의 값을 이용하여 최종 페어링을 구하는 부 최적 (sub-optimal) 페어링 기법을 소개한다. 실험 결과 제안한 페어링 기법은 복잡도가 부반송파 개수의 선형적으로 증가하고, brute force 기법과 근사한 시스템 용량을 가짐을 확인하였다.

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제9권7호
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• pp.805-810
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• 2014

중계기를 이용해서 신호를 전송하는 협력통신은 여러 개의 안테나를 사용해야하는 물리적인 시스템의 제약없이 가상 다중입출력 이득을 제공함으로서 전체적인 통신시스템의 성능을 향상시킬 수 있다. 두 개의 대표적인 중계 프로토콜로는 증폭 후 전송방식과 복조 후 전송방식이 있는데, 본 논문에서는 복조 후 전송 중계 프로토콜을 적용하여 부분적으로 차등변조 방식을 사용하는 협력통신기법의 성능에 대해 분석한다. 성능분석은 심볼오류율을 이용하여 이루어지며 중계기의 위치가 통신성은에 미치는 영향을 분석한다. 또한 제안된 부분차등변조 방식과 기존의 차등변조 방식의 성능을 비교한다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제8권12호
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• pp.4432-4450
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• 2014

It is widely observed that in practical wireless cooperative communication systems, different links may experience different fading characteristics. In this paper, we investigate into the outage probability and channel capacity of two-way amplify-and-forward (TWAF) relaying systems operating over a mixed asymmetric Rician and Rayleigh fading scenario, with different amplification policies (AP) adopted at the relay, respectively. As TWAF relay network carries concurrent traffics towards two opposite directions, both end-to-end and overall performance metrics were considered. In detail, both uniform exact expressions and simplified asymptotic expressions for the end-to-end outage probability (OP) were presented, based on which the system overall OP was studied under the condition of the two source nodes having non-identical traffic requirements. Furthermore, exact expressions for tight lower bounds as well as high SNR approximations of channel capacity of the considered scenario were presented. For both OP and channel capacity, with different APs, effective power allocation (PA) schemes under different constraints were given to optimize the system performance. Extensive simulations were carried out to verify the analytical results and to demonstrate the impact of channel asymmetry on the system performance.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제9권12호
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• pp.4967-4986
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• 2015

Multi-hop relaying communications have great potentials in improving transmission performance by deploying relay nodes. The benefit is critically dependent on the accuracy of the channel state information (CSI) of all the transmitting links. However, the CSI has to be estimated. In this paper, we investigate the channel estimation problem in one-way multi-hop MIMO amplify-and-forward (AF) relay system, where both the two-hop and three-hop communication link exist. Traditional point-to-point MIMO channel estimation methods will result in error propagation in estimating relay links, and separately tackling the channel estimation issue of each link will lose the gain as part of channel matrices involved in multiple communication links. In order to exploit all the available gains, we develop a novel channel estimation model by structuring different communication links using the PARAFAC and PARATUCK2 tensor analysis. Furthermore, a two-stage fitting algorithm is derived to estimate all the channel matrices involved in the communication process. In particular, essential uniqueness is further discussed. Simulation results demonstrate the advantage and effectiveness of the proposed channel estimator.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.57-75
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• 2015

In evaluating the performance of a dual-hop wireless link, the effects of large and small scale fading has to be considered. To overcome this fading effect, several schemes, such as multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) with orthogonal space time block codes (OSTBC), different combining schemes at the relay and receiving end, and orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) are used in both the transmitting and the relay links. In this paper, we first make compare the performance of a two-hop wireless link under a different combination of space diversity in the first and second hop of the amplify-and-forward (AF) case. Our second task in this paper is to incorporate the weak signal of a direct link and then by applying the channel model of two random variables (one for a direct link and another for a relayed link) we get very impressive result at a low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) that is comparable with other models at a higher SNR. Our third task is to bring other three schemes under a two-hop wireless link: use of transmit antenna selection (TAS) on both link with weak direct link, distributed Alamouti scheme in two-hop link and single relay antenna with OFDM subcarrier. Finally, all of the schemes mentioned above are compared to select the best possible model. The main finding of the paper is as follows: the use of MIMO on both hops but application TAS on both links with weak direct link and the full rate OFDM with the sub-carrier for an individual link provide a better result as compared to other models.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제12권9호
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• pp.4295-4316
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• 2018

In this paper, the performance of non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) dual-hop (DH) amplify-and-forward (AF) relaying networks is investigated, where Nakagami-m fading channel is considered. In order to cover more details, in our analysis, the transceiver hardware impairments at source, relay and destination nodes are comprehensively considered. To characterize the effects of hardware impairments brought in NOMA DH AF relaying networks, the analytical closed-form expressions for the exact outage probability and approximate ergodic sum rate are derived. In addition, the asymptotic analysis of the outage probability and ergodic sum rate at high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) regime are carried out in order to further reveal the insights of the parameters for hardware impairments on the network performance. Simulation results indicate the performance of asymptotic ergodic sum rate are limited by levels of distortion noise.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.21-40
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• 2018

In this paper, we propose the distributed robust beamforming design scheme in cognitive two-way amplify-and-forward (AF) relay networks with imperfect channel state information (CSI). Assuming the CSI errors follow a complex Gaussian distribution, the objective of this paper is to design the robust beamformer which minimizes the total transmit power of the collaborative relays. This design will guarantee the outage probability of signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) beyond a target level at each secondary user (SU), and satisfies the outage probability of interference generated on the primary user (PU) above the predetermined maximum tolerable interference power. Due to the multiple CSI uncertainties in the two-way transmission, the probabilistic constrained optimization problem is intractable and difficult to obtain a closed-form solution. To deal with this, we reformulate the problem to the standard form through a series of matrix transformations. We then accomplish the problem by using the probabilistic approach based on two sorts of Bernstein-type inequalities and the worst-case approach based on S-Procedure. The simulation results indicate that the robust beamforming designs based on the probabilistic method and the worst-case method are both robust to the CSI errors. Meanwhile, the probabilistic method can provide higher feasibility rate and consumes less power.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제10권10호
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• pp.4957-4976
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• 2016

This paper investigates the error performance of the amplify-and-forward (AF) relaying systems in the context of full-duplex (FD) communication. In addition to the inherent self-interference (SI) due to simultaneous transmission and reception, coexistent FD terminals may cause crosstalk. In this paper, we utilize the information exchange via the crosstalk channel to construct a particular distributed space-time code (DSTC). The residual SI is also considered. Closed-form pairwise error probability (PEP) is first derived. Then we obtain the upper bound of PEP in high transmit power region to provide more insights of diversity and coding gain. The proposed DSTC scheme can attain full cooperative diversity if the variance of SI is not a function of the transmit power. The coding gain can be improved by lengthening the frame and proper power control. Feasibility and efficiency of the proposed DSTC are verified in numerical simulations.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.2009-2028
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• 2018

Considering a dual-hop energy-harvesting (EH) relaying system, this paper advocates novel relaying protocols based on adaptive time power switching-based relaying (AR) architecture for amplify-and-forward (AF) mode. We introduce novel system model relaying network with impacts of co-channel interference (CCI) and derive analytical expressions for the average harvested energy, outage probability, and the optimal throughput of the information transmission link, taking into account the effect of CCI from neighbor cellular users. In particular, we consider such neighbor users procedure CCI both on the relay and destination nodes. Theoretical results show that, in comparison with the conventional solutions, the proposed model can achieve optimal throughput efficiency for sufficiently small threshold SNR with condition of reasonable controlling time switching fractions and power splitting fractions in concerned AR protocol. We also explore impacts of transmission distances in each hop, transmission rate, the other key parameters of AR to throughput performance for different channel models. Simulation results are presented to corroborate the proposed methodology.