• ETRI Journal
• /
• v.30 no.4
• /
• pp.516-525
• /
• 2008

This paper proposes a compact, energy-efficient, and smart gas sensor platform technology for ubiquitous sensor network (USN) applications. The compact design of the platform is realized by employing silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technology. The sensing element is fully integrated with SOI CMOS circuits for signal processing and communication. Also, the micro-hotplate operates at high temperatures with extremely low power consumption, which is important for USN applications. ZnO nanowires are synthesized onto the micro-hotplate by a simple hydrothermal process and are patterned by a lift-off to form the gas sensor. The sensor was operated at $200^{\circ}C$ and showed a good response to 100 ppb $NO_2$ gas.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
• /
• v.2 no.1
• /
• pp.42-49
• /
• 2007

For electricity markets to function in a truly competitive and efficient manner, it is not enough to focus solely on improving the efficiencies of power supply. To recognize price-responsive load as a reliability resource, the customer must be provided with price signals and an instrument to respond to these signals, preferably automatically. This paper attempts to develop the Windows-based load management system in competitive electricity markets, allowing the user to monitor the current energy consumption or billing information, to analyze the historical data, and to implement the consumption strategy for cost savings with nine possible scenarios adopted. Finally, this modeling framework will serve as a template containing the basic concepts that any load management system should address.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
• /
• v.13 no.5
• /
• pp.875-885
• /
• 2010

Recently, the role of Ubiquitous Sensor Network(USN) has been considered to be essential for supporting the near future Network Centric Warfare(NCW) and Tactical Information Communication Network(TICN). In this paper, we explore a set of data storage methods(external storage, local storage and data storage) and query processing methods in WSN. In particular, we focus on analyzing a novel data structure for supporting the local storage method, named the partial ordered tree(POT). The main idea behind POT is that sensor readings are usually correlated with the physical spatial domain. With the help of POT, only a small portion of sensor nodes participate in query processing tasks, and thus network lifetime is greatly increased. Through a series of simulation experiments, we demonstrate that the POT based local storage method clearly outperforms the existing data storage methods in terms of the energy-efficiency, which directly affects the network lifetime, for processing exact match queries, range queries and top-k queries.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
• /
• v.9 no.10
• /
• pp.3810-3830
• /
• 2015

In this paper, we investigate the differential game theoretic approach for distributed dynamic cooperative power control in cognitive radio ad hoc networks (CRANETs). First, a payoff function is defined by taking into consideration the tradeoff between the stock of accumulated power interference to the primary networks and the dynamic regulation of the transmit power of secondary users (SUs). Specifically, the payoff function not only reflects the tradeoff between the requirement for quickly finding the stable available spectrum opportunities and the need for better channel conditions, but also reveals the impact of the differentiated types of data traffic on the demand of transmission quality. Then the dynamic power control problem is modeled as a differential game model. Moreover, we convert the differential game model into a dynamic programming problem to obtain a set of optimal strategies of SUs under the condition of the grand coalition. A distributed dynamic cooperative power control algorithm is developed to dynamically adjust the transmit power of SUs under grand coalition. Finally, numerical results are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm for efficient power control in CRANETs.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
• /
• v.11 no.9
• /
• pp.1679-1686
• /
• 2007

Clustering is a topology control approach often used in wireless ad hoc networks to improve scalability and prolong network lifetime. Furthermore, it is also employed to provide semi-management functionalities and capacity enhancement. The usage of clustering topology control technique can also be applied to multi-radio wireless mesh network. This would utilize the advantages of the multi-radio implementation in the network. The aggregation would result to a more stable, connected, scalable and energy-efficient network. On this paper, we design a clustering algorithm for multi-radio wireless mesh network that would use these advantages and would take into consideration both mobility and heterogeneity of the network entities. We also show that the algorithm terminates at a definite time t and the message control overhead complexity is of constant order of O(1) per node.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
• /
• 2014.10a
• /
• pp.170-172
• /
• 2014

In this paper, one of reliable schemes of In-ship sensor networks using a Grid-based WPAN is proposed. The proposed scheme is based on a novel grid network which allows a multi-path communication, and is robust, energy efficient. The results demonstrate that the proposed Grid-based WPAN outperforms the IEEE 802.15.4 based network in terms of power efficiency.

• KEPCO Journal on Electric Power and Energy
• /
• v.7 no.2
• /
• pp.285-293
• /
• 2021

The construction of underground structures such as power supply lines, communication lines, utility tunnels has significantly increased worldwide for improving urban aesthetics ensuring citizen safety, and efficient use of underground space. Those underground structures are usually constructed along with vertical cylindrical shafts to facilitate their construction and maintenance. When constructing a vertical shaft through the open-cut method, the walls are mostly designed to be flexible, allowing a certain level of displacement. The earth pressure applied to the flexible walls acts as an external force and its accurate estimation is essential for reasonable and economical structure design. The earth pressure applied to the flexible wall is closely interrelated to the displacement of the surrounding ground. This study simulated stepwise excavation for constructing a cylindrical vertical shaft through a centrifugal model experiment. One quadrant of the axisymmetric vertical shaft and the ground were modeled, and ground excavation was simulated by shrinking the vertical shaft. The deformation occurring on the entire ground during the excavation was continuously evaluated through digital image analysis. The digital image analysis evaluated complex ground deformation which varied with wall displacement, distance from the wall, and ground depth. When the ground deformation data accumulate through the method used in this study, they can be used for developing shaft wall models in future for analyzing the earth pressure acting on them.

• Journal of the Korea Society for Simulation
• /
• v.18 no.4
• /
• pp.175-184
• /
• 2009

The distance of sensor nodes is an important factor in having influence on capability of networks in underwater acoustic sensor networks. Our proposed scheme is to establish an efficient distance to design a route of communication in underwater environment and it proposes a Level scheme that the areas divided by transmit/receive distance in network are given different levels. Our proposed scheme is pursued research to maintain a established route and maximize an energy efficiency. The established route will have fluid modification by an internal and external factors and it will construct more robust underwater sensor networks over our proposed multiple path configuration scheme.

• Annual Conference of KIPS
• /
• 2009.04a
• /
• pp.1214-1217
• /
• 2009

무선 센서 네트워크에서 각각의 센서 노드들은 무선 통신을 통해 서로 간에 통신을 수행한다. 과거에는 이러한 센서 노드간의 통신을 제 3 자로부터 안전하게 지키는 것이 중요한 보안 이슈였다. 특히 보안 서비스를 제공 하기 위한 키 관리 기법들이 주요 연구방향이었다. 하지만 안전하게 만들어진 확률론적 키(key)를 기반으로 하는 키 사전분배 방법은 공격받은 다른 노드로 인해 자신의 키가 노출 될 수 있다. 공격자는 노출된 공유키(shared key)를 통해 노출되지 않은 정상 노드(non-compromised node) 사이의 대칭키(pairwise key)를 얻을 수 있으며, 공격자는 네트워크에 심각한 영향을 줄 수 있는 메시지 삽입 및 수정 공격을 감행할 수 있다. 이와 같은 오용된 키를 폐기하고 메시지 삽입 및 수정 공격을 막기 위해 Liu and Dong 은 오용키 탐지 방법을 제안하였다. 하지만 이들의 방법에는 한계점이 있어 이를 보완하기 위한 에너지 효율적인 오용키 탐지 기법을 제안한다.

• Annual Conference of KIPS
• /
• 2009.04a
• /
• pp.720-723
• /
• 2009

기존에 제안된 클러스터 기반의 데이터 전송 프로토콜은 데이터 전송을 위해 헤더 노드가 존재하고 각 헤더노드는 데이터 전송을 위한 경로 정보를 유지해야 하기 때문에 전송할 데이터가 많아지면 저장해야 할 캐시도 증가하게 되고 데이터 전송 시 데이터 공고와 요구의 과정을 거쳐야 된다. 또한 LOAD(6LoWPAN Ad hoc Routing Protocol)에서는 데이터 전송 시 목적지에 대한 경로 정보를 획득 하는 작업과 획득한 경로를 테이블에 보관해야 하는 단점이 있다. 본 논문에서 제안된 데이터 전송 프로토콜은 데이터 전송 요구 시 목적지로 전송하기 위한 경로 정보의 획득이나 유지를 하지 않는다. 또한 노드들이 한번씩 데이터를 전송함으로써 노드의 전체적인 에너지 공평성과 효율성을 증가시키고, 전체 네트워크의 수명을 연장 시킬 수 있다.