• ETRI Journal
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• 제36권6호
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• pp.953-959
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• 2014

This paper studies the uplink resource allocation for multiple radio access (MRA) in reconfigurable radio systems, where multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) multicarrier-code division multiple access (MC-CDMA) and MIMO orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA) networks coexist. By assuming multi-radio user equipment with network-guided operation, the optimal resource allocation for MRA is analyzed as a cross-layer optimization framework with and without fairness consideration to maximize the uplink sum-rate capacity. Numerical results reveal that parallel MRA, which uses MC-CDMA and OFDMA networks concurrently, outperforms the performance of each MC-CDMA and OFDMA network by exploiting the multiuser selection diversity.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.261-273
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• 2016

Reconfigurable finite impulse response (FIR) filters whose filter coefficients and filter order change dynamically during run-time play an important role in the software defined radio (SDR) systems, multi-channel filters, and digital up/down converters. However, there are not many reports on such reconfigurable designs which can support dynamic variation of filter order and filter coefficients. The purpose of this paper is to provide an architectural solution for the FIR filters to support run-time variation of the filter order and filter coefficients. First, two straightforward designs, namely, (i) single-MAC based design and (ii) full-parallel design are presented. For large variation of the filter order, two designs based on (iii) folded structure and (iv) fast FIR algorithm are presented. Finally, we propose (v) high throughput design which provides significant advantage in terms of hardware and/or time complexities over the other designs. We compare complexities of all the five structures, and provide the synthesis results for verification.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.381-391
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 상용 초고주파 MEMS 스위치를 이용하여 세 개의 주파수 대역에서 재구성 동작이 가능한 주파수 재구성 능동 배열 안테나 시스템(Reconfigurable Active Array Antenna System: RAA System)을 제안하였다. MEMS 스위치는 삽입 손실 및 선형성 특성이 우수하고 격리도가 높아 주파수 재구성 시스템 구현 시, 재구성을 위한 스위치로 인한 성능 열화가 거의 없다는 장점이 있다. 제안된 주파수 재구성 능동 배열 안테나 시스템은 간단한 구조의 임피던스 매칭 회로(Reconfigurable impedance Matching Circuit: RMC)를 갖는 주파수 재구성 증폭기(Reconfigurable Front-end Amplifier: RFA)가 집적화 되어 있으며, 안테나 방사체(Reconfigurable Antenna Element: RAE)와 재구성 제어 보드(Reconfiguration Control Board: RCB)로 구성되어 있다. 본 논문에서 제안한 RAA 시스템은 850 MHz, 1.9 GHz, 3.4 GHz의 세 개 주파수로 재구성되어 동작하며, 안테나 방사체는 $2{\times}2$ 배열을 가지고 각각의 방사체는 광대역 다이폴 형태를 갖는다. 제작된 RAA 시스템은 실험을 통하여 그 타당성을 확인하였다.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.135-149
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• 2016

Cloud radio access network (C-RAN) refers to the virtualization of base station functionalities by means of cloud computing. This results in a novel cellular architecture in which low-cost wireless access points, known as radio units or remote radio heads, are centrally managed by a reconfigurable centralized "cloud", or central, unit. C-RAN allows operators to reduce the capital and operating expenses needed to deploy and maintain dense heterogeneous networks. This critical advantage, along with spectral efficiency, statistical multiplexing and load balancing gains, make C-RAN well positioned to be one of the key technologies in the development of 5G systems. In this paper, a succinct overview is presented regarding the state of the art on the research on C-RAN with emphasis on fronthaul compression, baseband processing, medium access control, resource allocation, system-level considerations and standardization efforts.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제16권7호
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• pp.4842-4848
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• 2015

본 논문은 재구성 빔 스티어링 안테나와 전방향성(루프) 안테나 간 정지상태와 이동상태일 때 통신 성능 비교를 보여준다. 두 안테나는 동일한 직물(${\varepsilon}_r=1.35$, $tqn{\delta}=0.02$) 위에 제작되었으며 5 GHz 대역에서 동작한다. 재구성 안테나는 빔 방향을 조향할 수 있도록 설계되었다. 빔 스티어링 기능을 수행하기 위해 안테나는 두 개의 핀 다이오드를 사용한다. 측정된 최대 이득은 5.9-6.6 dBi 이고 반 전력 빔 폭(HPBW)는 $102^{\circ}$ 이다. 통신효율을 비교하기 위해 GNU Radio Companion 소프트웨어툴과 USRP(User Software Radio Peripheral) 장비를 이용하여 두 안테나의 BER(Bit Error Rate)과 SNR(Signal-to-Noise Ratio)를 측정하였다. 그리고 송, 수신 안테나 사이의 일정한 거리에서 수신 안테나가 고정된 상태와 이동중인 상태 두 가지 경우를 비교하였다. 본 측정은 이상적인 전파환경인 무손실 안테나 챔버와 전파간섭이 존재하는 실제적인 환경인 스마트홈에서 진행되었다. 본 측정의 결과로 빔 스티어링 안테나의 성능이 루프 안테나보다 우수함을 알 수 있다. 또한, 통신효율을 비교하면 측정환경 측면에서는 무손실 안테나 챔버가 스마트홈보다 우수하며, 안테나의 고정/이동 측면에서는 고정된 상태가 이동중인 상태보다 좋은 결과를 보임을 알 수 있다.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.326-334
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• 2011

This paper outlines the time jitter effect of a sampling clock on a software-defined radio technology-based digital intermediate frequency (IF) transceiver for a mobile communication base station. The implemented digital IF transceiver is reconfigurable to high-speed data packet access (HSDPA) and three bandwidth profiles: 1.75 MHz, 3.5 MHz, and 7 MHz, each incorporating the IEEE 802.16d worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) standard. This paper examines the relationship between the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) characteristics of a digital IF transceiver with an under-sampling scheme and the sampling jitter effect on a multichannel orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) signal. The simulation and experimental results show that the SNR of the OFDM system with narrower band profiles is more susceptible to sampling clock jitter than systems with relatively wider band profiles. Further, for systems with a comparable bandwidth, HSDPA outperforms WiMAX, for example, a 5 dB error vector magnitude improvement at 15 picoseconds time jitter for a bandwidth of WiMAX 3.5 MHz profile.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.126-133
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• 2010

Due to the deployment of various wireless networks originating from CDMA, GSM, and WLAN, it became very convenient to exchange information from one place to another. As compared with the traditional environments for one-way information distribution based on fixed radio frequency bands, the convenient wireless network environments will bring about many changes in positioning technologies based on global navigation satellites. Among the many changes to come, the reconfigurable receiver network is one of the most attractive concepts since it can be tailored to a specific application area among networked robots, formation flying, bridge monitoring, and traffic monitoring. As an initial study to develop a reconfigurable receiver network, this paper deals with the design and implementation of the key elements of the reconfigurable receiver netowork; server, broadcaster, and client. In the designed receiver network, a sever receives and decodes measurements from a reference receiver installed at a known location, a broadcaster processes and transfers the messages from servers to clients and manages connections with servers and clients, a client receives the messages from the broadcaster and performs differential positioning. A real-time experiment result is demonstrated to validate the functionalities of each network element.

• 디지털산업정보학회논문지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.125-132
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• 2016

The European Telecommunication Standards Institute (ETSI) Technical Committee (TC) Reconfigurable Radio Systems (RRS) is standardizing the multi-mode Mobile Device (MD). The configuration of multi-mode MD is determined by the downloaded mobile communication standard software. In this paper, we introduce the Radio Library concept for multi-mode MD which is one of the key components of RRS standard. This paper also introduces the Standard Functional Block which is a part of Radio Library. A method for selecting efficiency SFBs for multi-mode MD is presented and a Radio Library is generated based on the selected SFBs. This paper also shows sample Standard Functional Block Set which included in Radio Library. In order to verify the compatibility of the generated Radio Library which was made by C language, we implement the LTE Rel-10 and Wi-Fi(802.11b) to show the efficiency of generating a mobile communication standard software based on the Radio Library. Then using the Prograph Visual Programming MartenTM 1.6.4, we compiled our LTE Rel-10 and Wi-Fi(802.11b) source code.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SD
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• 제42권6호
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• pp.39-48
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• 2005

본 논문은 통신 시스템에서 요구하는 다양한 연산과 고속의 동작을 수행할 수 있는 재구성 가능 코프로세서를 제안하였다. 제안된 재구성 가능 코프로세서는 스크램블링, 인터리빙, 길쌈부호화, 비터비 디코딩, FFT 등과 같은 통신 시스템에 필수적인 연산 동작을 쉽게 구현할 수 있는 특징을 가진다. 제안된 재구성 가능 코프로세서는 VHDL로 설계하여 SEC 0.18$\mu$m 표준셀 라이브러리를 이용해 합성하였으며, 총 35,000 게이트에 3.84ns의 최대 동작 속도를 보였다. 제안된 코프로세서에 대한 성능검증 결과 IEEE 802.11a WLAN 표준에 대해 기존 DSP에 비해서 FFT 연산과 Complex MAC의 경우 약 $33\%$, 비터비 디코딩의 경우 약 $37\%$, 스크램블링 및 길쌈부호화의 경우 약 $48\%\~84\%$의 연산 사이클 감소를 확인하였으며 다양한 통신 알고리즘에 대해 기존 DSP보다 우수한 성능을 나타내었다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제33권9A호
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• pp.900-908
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• 2008

This paper presents the implementation and performance test of a Digital IF transceiver for a SDR-based mobile communication base station. The transceiver is reconfigurable to HSDPA and to three profiles, 7 MHz, 3.5 MHz, and 1.75 MHz, each incorporating the IEEE 802.16d WiMAX standard. The transceiver can be reconfigured to other standard profiles through software downloaded onto identical hardware platforms. Experimental results show that the transceiver can be reconfigured to other systems and the performance of the transceiver satisfies the recommended performance criteria of each standard.