• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.443-450
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• 2012

As for cluster-based wireless sensor networks (WSNs), cluster lifetime is one of the most important subjects in recent researches. Besides reducing the energy consumptions of the clusters, it is necessary to make the clusters achieve equal lifetimes so that the whole network can survive longer. In this paper, we focus on the cluster lifetimes in multi-hop WSNs with cooperative multi-input single-output scheme. With a simplified model of multi-hop WSNs, we change the transmission schemes, the sizes and transmission distances of clusters to investigate their effects on the cluster lifetimes. Furthermore, linear and uniform data aggregations are considered in our model. As a result, we analyze the cluster lifetimes in different situations and discuss the requirements on the sizes and transmission distances of clusters for equal lifetimes.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제36권1C호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2011

최근 다중-홉 릴레이 전송 방식은 전력 소모를 줄이면서 통신 가능 영역을 넓힐 수 있는 장점으로 큰 관심을 받고 있다. 본 논문에서는 홉마다 증폭-후-전달 릴레이가 다수 존재하는 다중 홉 통신시스템에서 최적 경로를 선택할 때 얻을 수 있는 성능 한계를 유도한다. 특히, 홉마다 분포가 다른 일반화된 나카가미 페이딩 채널에서의 성능 한계를 제공하도록 경로를 구성하는 링크 신호대잡음비의 기하 평균 상한을 적용하고 그에 대한 적률생성함수를 얻었다. 그 결과 페이딩 특성이 적을수록 제안한 기하 평균 상한 기법이 실제 성능에 더욱 근접함을 볼 수 있다.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.421-429
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• 2014

We consider the problem of scheduling communications in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) to ensure battery preservation through the use of the sleeping mode of sensors.We propose a communication protocol for 1-hop WSNs and extend it to multi-hop WSNs through the use of a 1-hop clustering algorithm.We propose to schedule communications in each cluster in a virtual communication ring so as to avoid collisions. Since clusters are cliques, only one sensor can speak or listen in a cluster at a time, and all sensors need to speak in each of their clusters at least once to realize the communication protocol. We model this situation as a mathematical program.

• 대한임베디드공학회논문지
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• 제8권6호
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• pp.339-345
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• 2013

This paper addresses the system lifetime maximization algorithm in multi-hop sensor network system. A multi-hop sensor network consists of many battery-driven sensor nodes that collaborate with each other to gather, process, and communicate information using wireless communications. As sensor-driven applications become increasingly integrated into our lives, we propose a energy-aware scheme where each sensor node transmits informative data with adaptive data rate to minimize system energy consumption. We show the optimal data rate to maximize the system lifetime in terms of remaining system energy. Furthermore, the proposed algorithm experimentally shows longer system lifetime in comparison with greedy algorithm.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.43-49
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• 2011

In this paper, a new medium access control (MAC) protocol entitled three-phase multiple access with continual contention resolution (TPMA-CCR) is proposed for wireless multi-hop ad hoc networks. This work is motivated by the previously known three-phase multiple access (TPMA) scheme of Hou and Tsai [2] which is the suitable MAC protocol for clustering multi-hop ad hoc networks owing to its beneficial attributes such as easy collision detectible, anonymous acknowledgment (ACK), and simple signaling format for the broadcast-natured networks. The new TPMA-CCR is designed to let all contending nodes participate in contentions for a medium access more aggressively than the original TPMA and with continual resolving procedures as well. Through the systematical performance analysis of the suggested protocol, it is also shown that the maximum throughput of the new protocol is not only superior to the original TPMA, but also improves on the conventional slotted carrier sense multiple access (CSMA) under certain circumstances. Thus, in terms of performance, TPMA-CCR can provide an attractive alternative to other contention-based MAC protocols for multi-hop ad hoc networks.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제38C권2호
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• pp.219-226
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• 2013

본 논문에서는 수신 노드의 수가 증가하고 전달 제한 시간이 있는 브로드캐스트 센서 네트워크에서 아웃티지 확률을 감소시킬 수 있는 다중 홉 중계 방식을 제안한다. 패킷을 수신한 여러 개의 노드들이 분산 빔 형성 기법과 같이 동시에 패킷을 전송하는 다중 홉 중계 방식을 고려한다. 그리고 제한된 전달시간 내에서 패킷을 전송하는 데에 소모되는 평균 에너지 제한 조건을 만족 시키면서 패킷 수신에 성공한 모든 노드가 중계 노드로 동작하기 위한 채널 접속제어 기법과 송신 전력 제어 방식을 제안한다. 그리고 센서 네트워크 구축에 사용되는 지그비 기술의 다중 홉 브로드캐스트 중계 방식인 플러딩 기법과 비교하여 제안하는 방식의 아웃티지 확률이 더 낮아지고 평균 총 수신 전송률은 증가하게 되는 것을 실험을 통해서 보인다.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.58-66
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• 2015

Aeronautical communication networks (ACN) is an emerging concept in which aeronautical stations (AS) are considered as a part of multi-tier network for the future wireless communication system. An AS could be a commercial plane, helicopter, or any other low orbit station, i.e., Unmanned air vehicle, high altitude platform. The goal of ACN is to provide high throughput and cost effective communication network for aeronautical applications (i.e., Air traffic control (ATC), air traffic management (ATM) communications, and commercial in-flight Internet activities), and terrestrial networks by using aeronautical platforms as a backbone. In this paper, we investigate the issues about connectivity, throughput, and delay in ACN. First, topology of ACN is presented as a simple mobile ad hoc network and connectivity analysis is provided. Then, by using information obtained from connectivity analysis, we investigate two communication models, i.e., single-hop and two-hop, in which each source AS is communicating with its destination AS with or without the help of intermediate relay AS, respectively. In our throughput analysis, we use the method of finding the maximum number of concurrent successful transmissions to derive ACN throughput upper bounds for the two communication models. We conclude that the two-hop model achieves greater throughput scaling than the single-hop model for ACN and multi-hop models cannot achieve better throughput scaling than two-hop model. Furthermore, since delay issue is more salient in two-hop communication, we characterize the delay performance and derive the closed-form average end-to-end delay for the two-hop model. Finally, computer simulations are performed and it is shown that ACN is robust in terms of throughput and delay performances.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제36권9A호
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• pp.796-800
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• 2011

An energy-efficient multi-hop scheme based on cooperative MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output) technique is proposed for wireless sensor networks, taking into consideration the modulation constellation size, transmission distance, and extra training overhead requirement. The scheme saves energy by selecting the hop length. In order to evaluate the performance of the proposed scheme, a detailed analysis of the energy and delay efficiencies in the proposed scheme compared with the equidistance scheme is presented. Results from numerical experiments indicate that by use of the proposed scheme significant savings in terms of total energy cousumption can be achieved.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제35권4A호
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• pp.394-400
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• 2010

Mobile Multi-hop Relay (MMR) 시스템은 커버리지 확장과 Base Station (BS) 내의 전송률 증대에 의해 무선 액세스 네트워크의 처리량을 증가시킬 수 있다. 넌-트랜스패런트 모드 (non-transparent mode) Relay Station (RS) 를 갖는 MMR 시스템의 기존 연구에서는 Mobile Station (MS)의 채널 선택 과정, 동일 채널 간섭, 그리고 Multi-hop Relay Base Station (MR-BS)과 RS의 커버리지 비율은 고려하지 않았다. 본 논문에서는 다양한 토폴로지를 갖는 멀티셀 환경에서 MMR 상향링크 시스템의 성능을 분석한다. 성능은 호 발생률에 따른 호 차단 확률, 채널 사용률, outage 확률 그리고 시스템 처리량으로 나타낸다. 결과를 통해 MR-BS와 RS의 커버리지 비율이 7 대 1일 때 시스템 처리량이 가장 높음을 알 수 있다.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.65-74
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• 2016

Ship ad-hoc network (SANET) extends the coverage of the maritime communication among ships with the reduced cost. To fulfill the growing demands of real-time services, the SANET requires an efficient clock time synchronization algorithm which has not been carefully investigated under the ad-hoc maritime environment. This is mainly because the conventional algorithms only suggest to decrease the beacon collision probability that diminishes the clock drift among the units. However, the SANET is a very large-scale network in terms of geographic scope, e.g., with 100 km coverage. The key factor to affect the synchronization performance is the signal propagation delay, which has not being carefully considered in the existing algorithms. Therefore, it requires a robust multi-hop synchronization algorithm to support the communication among hundreds of the ships under the maritime environment. The proposed algorithm has to face and overcome several challenges, i.e., physical clock, e.g., coordinated universal time (UTC)/global positioning system (GPS) unavailable due to the atrocious weather, network link stability, and large propagation delay in the SANET. In this paper, we propose a logical clock synchronization algorithm with multi-hop function for the SANET, namely multi-hop clock synchronization for SANET (MCSS). It works in an ad-hoc manner in case of no UTC/GPS being available, and the multi-hop function makes sure the link stability of the network. For the proposed MCSS, the synchronization time reference nodes (STRNs) are efficiently selected by considering the propagation delay, and the beacon collision can be decreased by the combination of adaptive timing synchronization procedure (ATSP) with the proposed STRN selection procedure. Based on the simulation results, we finalize the multi-hop frame structure of the SANET by considering the clock synchronization, where the physical layer parameters are contrived to meet the requirements of target applications.