• The Transactions of the Korea Information Processing Society
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• v.7 no.8
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• pp.2370-2387
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• 2000

This paper proposes a new design strategy that can overcome limitations of two existing approaches, focusing on performance and scalability issues among various architectural issues which must be considered in designing workflow systems. In the proposed approach, we suggest to introduce 'delegation model' which corresponds to the high-level strategy utilizing the fundamental characteristics of mobile agents, after establishing a mobile agent-based workflow system architecture focused on performance and scalability. We point out three major issues that should be considered in this approach and propose a 3-tier mobile agent-based workflow system architecture that effectively reflects these considerations. Also, we show that the new approach can provide better performance and scalability than existing ones - approaches based on the client-server paradigm and other approaches based on mobile agent paradigm represented by DartFlow system - by evaluating performance of the proposed architecture through the GSPN simulation.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.809-816
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• 2010

This paper proposed about a load-balanced multi-agent model in mobile distribution environment to monitor moving patients and to deal with a situation of emergency. This model was designed to have a structure based on distribution framework by expanding a mobile system, and provides healthcare services based on real time situational information on moving patients. In order to overcome the limitation of middleware when we design system, we provided an abstract layer between applications and their base network infrastructure so that balance between QoS requests and network life can be maintained. In addition, clustering was used in cells for the efficient load distribution among multi-agents. By using Clustering FCM, we got optimal resources and had solve about transmission delay.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.33 no.2C
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• pp.208-218
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• 2008

We are sure that RFID system should be a widely used automatic identification system because of its various advantages and applications. However, many people know that invasions of privacy in RFID system is still critical problem that makes it difficult to be used. Many works for solving this problem have focused on light-weight cryptographic functioning in the RFID tag. An agent scheme is another approach that an agent device controls communications between the tag and the reader for protecting privacy. Generally an agent device has strong security modules and enough capability to process high-level cryptographic protocols and can guarantees consumer privacy. In this paper, we present an enhanced mobile agent for RFID privacy protection. In enhanced MARP, we modified some phases of the original MARP to reduce the probability of successful eavesdropping and to reduce the number of tag's protocol participation. And back-end server can authenticate mobile agents more easily using public key cryptography in this scheme. It guarantees not only privacy protection but also preventing forgery.

• The KIPS Transactions:PartD
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• v.9D no.3
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• pp.477-486
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• 2002

vCard that is the electronic business card automates the exchange of personal information typically found on a traditional business card. vCard information contains not only simple text, but also graphics and multimedia data like pictures, company logos, Web addresses, and so on. This paper describes the design and implementation of Web-based vCard agent system for exchanging vCard, an electronic business card and searching another user's vCard in mobile phone environment. In today's business environment, such as that this information is typically exchanged on business cards. Our web agent system in this paper connect web server which provide vCard service and search, edit vCard information displayed by web browser of mobile phone and exchange vCard with another user through internet. Considering characteristics of wireless devices that have limited storage space, It also saves constructed XML documents that include user's informations in a web server and solves the security problem by exchanging not personal data or XML but encrypted directory name where XML document exits as exchanging vcard.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.12 no.12
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• pp.2195-2200
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• 2008

The use of WLAN technology specially 802.11 b and g has seen huge subscriber growth in a relatively short time period due to low cost and ease of installation of WLAN hardware. These technologies provide multiple data rates ranging from 1 to 54 Mbps depending on modulation used in physical layer. This paper presents the performance of 802.11b and g under different data rates in mobile IPv4 environment. OPNET is used in the study as the network simulator. The performance metrics used in this wort is data traffic received by a WLAN station roaming amongst Access Point(AP) of different ESSs. It is found that much data packets are lost during handover between mobile agents. The traffic received by the roaming station varies based on the data rates provided by two different WLAN technologies.

• Proceedings of the Ginseng society Conference
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• 1998.06a
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• pp.322-326
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• 1998

In order to evaluate menopausal syndrome objectively, examinations were performed as follows: 1) Simplified Menopausal Index (SMI Koyama) and QOL questionnaire (Nagata) were examined subjectively. 2) Urine 17-KS-5 (S Nishikaze), 17-OHCS (OH) were examined objectively. 3) A mobile telemedical device with EKG and KSG was lent to Patients. The subjects were 48 menopausal patients who visited our university hospital as outpatients. According to the results of 5, OH, the subjects were divided into 4 Groups; Group I is high S & high OH, Group ll low S & low OH, Group 111 is low S & high OH, Group tl is high S & low OH. Group IH was the largest (64.6%), Group of was none. The subjects showed significantly lower QOL condition and higher score of SMI. In the QOL, questionnaire items of fixation to physical status (psychogenic reaction), sleep (insomnia), pain(chronic pain) were in common. In SMI, functional vascular symptoms were the largest number. On treatment, Group I was considered to have no need for supplementary agents, but anti-Oketsu agents was prescribed. For Group ll and in some supplementary agents such as red ginseng were prescribed, because they showed low 5. In conclusion, all the groups showed a sign- nificant improvement of QOL and SMI. Group I showed a decrease of OH, Group ll showed an increase of 5, Group In showed an increase of S and SIOH and a decrease of OH. These phenomena were considered prohomeostatic. In QOL, the items of chronic pain, insomnia and appetite were improved. In SMI, chillness, dyspnea, palpitation, pain and fatigability were improved. In mobile tole-medical device, abnormal findings were found in 88.2% of patients. General sdaptation syndrome (Selye, H.) is considered to adjust human life. Menopause is the transit period to exhausted stage in it. So its symptoms vary from person to person. In conclusion, 5 and OH are useful both for classification of menopausal syndrome and for determining treatments according to the classification

• Journal of KIISE:Information Networking
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• v.32 no.2
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• pp.167-179
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• 2005

In hierarchical Mobile IPv4 Networks the highest FA(Foreign Agent) may experience serious congestion and delay since the highest FA plays a role of CoA(Care of Address) for all mobile nodes in the domain, In this paper, we propose mechanism called 'HRFA(Hierarchical Root Foreign Agent)', which distributes the load imposed on the highest FA. In the proposed HRFA scheme, multiple HRFAs are selected to provide the similar service that is provided by the highest FA. According to which entity determines HRFAs, HRFA scheme is categorized into 'Active' and 'Passive' approaches. HRFA scheme is further categorized into 'All MN(Mobile Node)s' and 'New MNs' approaches, depending on which mobile nodes are assigned to a newly elected HRFA. Through a course of simulations, we investigate the performance of 4 possible combinations of HRFA schemes. We also compare the performance of the proposed HRFA schemes with the LMSP(Local Multicast Service Provider) scheme, which is a scheme to distribute the load of FA for multicast service in hierarchical wireless network domain. The simulation results show that the Passive & New MN approach performs best with respect to both the overhead and the load balancing.

• The Journal of Korea Robotics Society
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• v.2 no.4
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• pp.297-303
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• 2007

In this paper, we discuss a service to give alarm in the case of emergency for the old and the weak by human behavior recognition in Intelligent Space. Our Intelligent Space consists of mobile robots, sensors and agents. And these components are connected to network framework. Agent analyzes data acquired from networked sensors and determines task of robots and a space to provide a service for humans. In our emergency alarm service, human behavior recognition service module analyzes accelerometer data obtained from body-attached human behavior sensing platform, and classifies into four basic human behavior such as walking, running, sitting and falling-down. For the old and the weak, falling-down behavior may bring about dangerous situations. On such an occasion, agent executes emergency alarm service immediately. And then a selected mobile robot approaches fallen person and sends images of the person to guardians. In this paper, we set up a scenario to verify the emergency alarm service in Intelligent Space, and show feasibility of the service from our simulation experiments.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2006.10d
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• pp.395-398
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• 2006

최근 Robomote, Robotic Sensor Agents(RSA)와 같은 이동 센서의 등장으로 인해 이동 센서네트워크(MSN: Mobile Sensor Network)에 대한 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 하지만 기존의 이동 센서네트워크에 대한 연구는 주로 기존의 고정 센서네트워크(SSN: Stationary Sensor Network)에서 발생하는 문제점인 coverage hole을 해결하는데 초점을 맞추고 있다. 이러한 연구들에서는 이동 센서들에게 부여된 이동 능력을 최대한 활용하지 못하는 단점을 안고 있다. 이를 해결하기 위해 이동 센서에게 지속적인 이동성을 부여함으로써 고정 센서네트워크에 비해 더 넓은 영역을 센싱하도록 제안한 연구가 있으나, 그 연구가 아직 초기 단계로써 이동 센서의 지속적인 이동으로 인한 싱크 노드로의 통신 경로 설정 및 데이터 전송 문제에 대해서는 논하고 있지 않다. 이에 본 논문에서는 지속적인 이동성을 갖는 이동 센서로 구성된 이동 센서네트워크 환경에서 효율적으로 경로 설정 및 데이터 전송을 가능하게 하는 통신 프로토콜을 제안한다. 제안하는 프로토콜에서는 이동 센서와 함께 고정 센서를 배치함으로써 고정 센서가 이동 센서를 대신하여 싱크 노드로 센싱 데이터를 전송하도록 한다. 시뮬레이션을 이용한 성능 평가를 통해 제안한 통신 프로토콜이 기존의 고정 센서네트워크에 비해 센싱 영역 성능에서 우수함을 보여준다.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• v.13 no.5
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• pp.2086-2098
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• 2018

Security plays a vital role and is the key challenge in Mobile Ad-hoc Networks (MANET). Infrastructure-less nature of MANET makes it arduous to envisage the genre of topology. Due to its inexhaustible access, information disseminated by roaming nodes to other nodes is susceptible to many hazardous attacks. Intrusion Detection and Prevention System (IDPS) is undoubtedly a defense structure to address threats in MANET. Many IDPS methods have been developed to ascertain the exceptional behavior in these networks. Key issue in such IDPS is lack of fast self-organized learning engine that facilitates comprehensive situation awareness for optimum decision making. Proposed "Intelligent Behavioral Hybridized Intrusion Detection and Prevention System (IBH_IDPS)" is built with computational intelligence to detect complex multistage attacks making the system robust and reliable. The System comprises of an Intelligent Client Agent and a Smart Server empowered with fuzzy inference rule-based service engine to ensure confidentiality and integrity of network. Distributed Intelligent Client Agents incorporated with centralized Smart Server makes it capable of analyzing and categorizing unethical incidents appropriately through unsupervised learning mechanism. Experimental analysis proves the proposed model is highly attack resistant, reliable and secure on devices and shows promising gains with assured delivery ratio, low end-to-end delay compared to existing approach.