• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제33권12A호
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• pp.1165-1171
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• 2008

본 논문에서는 기존 다중안테나 빔포밍 (beamforming) 시스템에 적용할 수 있도록 파일럿을 송출하는 단일 안테나 AF방식 중계기와 (amplify-and-forward relays) 이를 이용하는 빔포밍 기법을 제안한다. 먼저 송신기-중계기 채널과 중계기-수신기 채널이 곱해진 전체 채널에 대해서 빔포밍을 수행하는 OBF(overall beamforming)를 소개하고, 송신기-중계기 채널과 중계기-수신기 채널 각각에 대해 독립적으로 빔포밍을 수행하는 HBF (hop-by-hop beamforming) 방식을 제안한다. 수학적 분석 및 컴퓨터 모의실험을 통해, 채널 추정이 완벽할 때, HBF와 OBF의 성능이 동일함을 보이고, 나아가 실제 채널 추정 시나리오를 고려할 때, 제안한 파일럿 송출 중계기를 이용하는 HBF가 OBF에 비해 채널 추정 성능이 우수하고, 비트 오류율 (bit error rate: BER) 성능이 향상됨을 확인하였다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제10권10호
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• pp.5049-5062
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• 2016

This paper analyzes the secrecy performance of an amplify-and-forward (AF) relay network, where a multi-antenna eavesdropper attempts to overhear the transmitted message from a multi-antenna source to a multi-antenna destination with a single antenna relay. Firstly, we derive the approximate analytical expressions for the secrecy outage probability (SOP) and average secrecy rate (ASR) of the relay network. Then, asymptotic expressions of SOP and ASR at high main-to-eavesdropper ratio (MER) are also provided to reveal the diversity gain of the secure communication. Finally, numerical results are given to verify the theoretical analysis and show the effect of the number of antennas in the considered relay network.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.922-937
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• 2024

Maritime activities are on the rise, there is a growing demand for high-quality communication services that can cover larger areas. However, the transmission of high data rates to maritime users is challenging due to path loss from land base stations, which limits the transmission power. To overcome this challenge, researchers have been exploring the use of buoys in a marine environment as relays for communication technology. This paper proposes a simulation-based approach to investigate the impact of various beamwidths on communication performance when using a buoy as a relay. The objective is to determine the optimal beamwidth that yields the highest data rate for the target location. The approach is based on an offshore wave model where the direction of the buoy changes according to the height of the wave. The study investigates the performance of the relay in the downlink situation using receive beamforming, and the capacity at the user in the three-hop situation is verified using an amplify-and-forward (AF) relay that uses transmit beamforming to the user. The simulation results suggest that the beamwidth of the relay should be adjusted according to the wave conditions to optimize the data rate and relay position that satisfies a data rate superior to the direct path to the target position. Using a buoy as a relay can be a promising solution for enhancing maritime communications, and the simulation-based approach proposed in this paper can provide insights into how to optimize beamwidth for effective communication system design and implementation. In conclusion, the study results suggest that the use of buoys as relays for maritime communication is a feasible solution for expanding coverage and enhancing communication quality. The proposed simulation-based approach provides a useful tool for identifying relay beamwidths for achieving higher data rates in different wave conditions. These findings have significant implications for the design and deployment of communication systems in maritime environments.

• 한국위성정보통신학회논문지
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.63-68
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• 2012

가시광 통신 시스템은 LED를 통해 방사되는 가시광을 이용한 차세대 통신 시스템으로, 유비쿼터스 네트워크 서비스 구축 시 에너지 절감 효과를 가져 올 수 있다. 또한 기존 인프라를 활용하여 고출력 전송이 가능하며 유지 보수 비용을 절감할 수 있다. 하지만 가시광 통신 시스템에서는 인접 송신기 간섭 신호의 영향으로 네트워크 경계에 위치한 수신기의 신호 검출 성능은 급격히 열화되고 전송 효율은 감소하게 된다. 본 논문에서는 가시광 통신 시스템에서 다수의 Tx가 인접해 있을 때 발생하는 송신기간 간섭 문제를 광 릴레이와 광 빔포밍 기법 적용을 통하여 효율적으로 간섭을 완화하고 그 성능을 평가한다. 제안하는 시스템의 결과로 사용하지 않는 기존 가시광 통신 시스템 대비 BER 측면과 채널 용량에서 모의실험을 통하여 향상된 성능을 보인다.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.250-256
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• 2011

A two-way relaying (TWR) system is analyzed, where two source terminals with unequal numbers of antennas exchange data via an amplify-and-forward relay terminal with a single antenna. In the system considered herein, the link quality between the sources and relay can generally be asymmetric due to the nonidentical antenna configuration, power allocation, and relay location. In such a general setup, accurate bounds on the average sum rate (ASR) are derived when beamforming or orthogonal space time block coding is employed at the sources. We show that the proposed bounds are almost indistinguishable from the exact ASR under various system configurations. It is also observed that the ASR performance of the TWR system with unequal numbers of source antennas is more sensitive to the relay location than to the power allocation.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.186-193
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• 2008

A two-hop multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) relay network which comprises a multiple antenna source, an amplify-and-forward MIMO relay and many potential users are studied in this paper. Consider the achievable sum rate as the performance metric, a joint design method for the processing units of the BS and relay node is proposed. The optimal structures are given, which decompose the multiuser MIMO relay channel into several parallel single-input single-output relay channels. With these structures, the signal-to-noise ratio at the destination users is derived; and the power allocation is proved to be a convex problem. We also show that high sum rate can be achieved by pairing each link according to its magnitude. The sum rate of three broadcast strategies, time division multiple access (TDMA) to the strongest user, dirty paper coding (DPC), and beamforming (BF) are investigated. The sum rate bounds of these strategies and the sum capacity (achieved by DPC) gain over TDMA and BF are given. With these results, it can be easily obtained that how far away TDMA and BF are from being optimal in terms of the achievable sum rate.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.1-19
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• 2020

In an underlay cognitive simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) network, communication from secondary user (SU) to secondary destination (SD) is accomplished with decode-and-forward (DF) relays. Multiple energy-constrained relays are assumed to harvest energy from SU via power splitting (PS) protocol and complete SU secure information transmission with beamforming. Hence, physical layer security (PLS) is investigated in cognitive SWIPT network. In order to interfere with eavesdropper and improve relay's energy efficiency, a destination-assisted jamming scheme is proposed. Namely, SD transmits artificial noise (AN) to interfere with eavesdropping, while jamming signal can also provide harvested energy to relays. Beamforming vector and power splitting ratio are jointly optimized with the objective of SU secrecy capacity maximization. We solve this non-convex optimization problem via a general two-stage procedure. Firstly, we obtain the optimal beamforming vector through semi-definite relaxation (SDR) method with a fixed power splitting ratio. Secondly, the best power splitting ratio can be obtained by one-dimensional search. We provide simulation results to verify the proposed solution. Simulation results show that the scheme achieves the maximum SD secrecy rate with appropriate selection of power splitting ratio, and the proposed scheme guarantees security in cognitive SWIPT networks.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.1682-1701
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• 2015

In this paper, we propose an intergraded unified imperfect CSI model and investigate the joined effects of feedback delay and channel estimation errors (CEE) for two-hop relaying systems with transmit beamforming and relay selection. We derived closed-form expressions for important performance measures including the exact analysis and lower bounds of outage probability as well as error performance. The ergodic capacity is also included with closed-form results. Furthermore, diversity and coding gains based on the asymptotic analysis at high SNRs are also presented, which are simple and concise and provide new analytical insights into the corresponding power allocation scheme. The analysis indicates that delay effect results in the coding gain loss and the diversity order loss, while CEE will merely cause the coding gain loss. Numerical results verify the theoretical analysis and illustrate the system is more sensitive to transmit beamforming delay compared with relay selection delay and also verify the superiority of optimum power allocation. We further investigate the outage loss due to the CEE and feedback delays, which indicates that the effect of the CEE is more influential at low-to-medium SNR, and then it will hand over the dominate role to the feedback delay.

• 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.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.187-199
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• 2016

In this paper, we consider secure communications in multi-hop relaying systems, where multiple decode-and-forward (DF) relays are located at each individual hop and perform cooperative beamforming to improve physical layer security. In order to determine the cooperative relay beamformer at each hop, we propose an iterative beamformer update scheme using semidefinite relaxation and bisection techniques. Numerical results are presented to verify the secrecy rate performance of the proposed scheme.