• 한국경영과학회지
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2006

In this paper we deal with a cell planning issue arisen in a CDMA based multicast network. In a CDMA based wireless network, a terminal can significantly reduce the bit error rate via the cohesion of data streams from multiple base stations. In this case, multiple base stations have to be operated according to a common time line. The cells whose base stations are operated as such are called soft-combined cells. Therefore, a terminal can take advantage of error rate reduction, if the terminal is in a soft-combined cell and at least one neighboring cell is also soft-combined. However, as soft-combining operation gives heavy burden to the network controller, the limited number of cells can be soft-combined. Our problem us to find a limited number of soft-combined cells such that the benefit of the soft-combining operation is maximized.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.423-429
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• 2011

협력 스펙트럼 센싱은 스펙트럼 센싱의 신뢰성 및 정확도를 높이기 위해 다수의 CR 기기들이 정보를 공유하여 면허 사용자를 검출하는 방식이다. 이때, CR 기기의 센싱 결과를 융합하는 방식에 따라 경판정 방식(hard decision method)과 연판정 방식(soft decision method)으로 구별할 수 있다. 본 논문은 면허 사용자와 CR 기기 사이의 거리에 따른 가중치가 적용된 결합 방식(Distance based Weight Combining: DWC)을 사용하여 에너지 검출기반 협력 스펙트럼 센싱을 제안하고, 이에 따른 분석 및 모의 실험 결과를 나타낸다. 면허 사용자의 신호는 OFDM 기반의 시스템을 가정하였으며, 면허 사용자와 CR 기기 사이의 무선 채널은 가우시안(Gaussian) 채널로 모델링하였다. 에너지 검출법을 위한 임계값은 각 채널의 SNR(Signal to Noise Ratio)에 따라 다르게 적용되었으며, 각 채널의 잡음 신호의 평균값으로 가정하였다. DWC를 적용한 협력 스펙트럼 센싱을 수행한 결과, 거리에 따라 다양한 검출 확률을 나타낸 단일 센싱에 비해 비교적 안정된 검출 확률을 나타내는 것으로 알 수 있었으며, 동일 이득 결합을 반영하여 협력 스펙트럼 센싱을 수행한 것보다 우수한 스펙트럼 센싱을 나타내었다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제32권7A호
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• pp.710-716
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• 2007

본 논문에서는 OFDM 셀룰라 네트워크에서 셀 가장자리에 위치한 사용자를 위한 다운링크 동일채널간섭(CCI) 제거 기법을 소개한다. 기지국간의 협력적 심볼 전송은 동일 심볼을 다른 기지국에서 상이한 부반송파를 사용하여 전송함으로서 이루어진다. 단말기에서는 전송된 심볼을 추정하기 위하여 연판정 최대우도 동일채널간섭 제거기(soft decision maximum likelihood CCI canceler)와 수정된 최대비 합성법 (modified maximum ratio combining (M-MRC))을 적용하며, 합성법에 사용된 가중치는 협력 기지국과 단말기 사이의 채널 상수에 의해서 유도된다. 시뮬레이션 결과로부터 제안된 기법이 주파수 선택적 페이딩 채널과 주파수 비선택적 페이딩 채널에서 각기 9 dB와 6dB의 SIR 이득을 보임을 알 수 있다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제37권7A호
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• pp.512-521
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 곱부호를 위한 연판정 데이터의 결합을 이용한 복호 기법을 유한 비트 연판정만을 적용하여 사용할 수 있도록 새로운 연판정 데이터의 결합 법칙을 제시한다. 기존의 무한 연판정을 이용한 복호 기법은 복잡한 tanh 연산에 기반을 두고 있으므로 높은 연산 복잡도와 함께 하드웨어에 적용하기 어려운 단점이 있다. 따라서 기존 복호 기법에서 이용되는 연산들을 분석하여 작성한 간단한 연산 테이블을 이용하여 복호하는 방법을 제시한다. 또한 연판정 데이터를 적용하기 용이한 길쌈부호를 곱부호의 수평부호로 이용하였을 때 연판정 데이터의 결합 방식을 찾는 방법을 제시하고 모의 실험을 통해 성능을 검증한다. 제안된 알고리듬은 4비트 유한 연판정을 적용한 길쌈부호를 곱부호의 수평부호로 이용하였을 때 무한 연판정을 적용한 경우의 성능에 근접함을 보였다.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.76-84
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• 2000

Communication systems, including cell-based mobile communication systems, multiple satellite communication systems of multi-beam satellite systems, require reliable handoff methods between cell-to-cell, satellite-to-satellite of beam-to-team, respectively. Recent measurement of a CDMA cellular system indicates that the system is in handoff at about 35% to 70% of an average call period. Therefore, system reliability during handoff is one of the major system performance parameters and eventually becomes a factor in the overall system capacity. This paper presents novel and improved techniques for handoff in cellular communications, multi-beam and multi-satellite systems that require handoff during a session. this new handoff system combines the soft handoff mechanism currently implemented in the IS-95 CDMA with code and packet diversity combining techniques and an iterative decoding algorithm (Turbo Coding). the Turbo code introduced by Berrou et all. has been demonstrated its remarkable performance achieving the near Shannon channel capacity [1]. Recently. Turbo codes have been adapted as the coding scheme for the data transmission of the third generation international cellular communication standards : UTRA and CDMA 2000. Our proposed encoder and decoder schemes modified from the original Turbo code is suitable for the code and packet diversity combining techniques. this proposed system provides not only an unprecedented coding gain from the Turbo code and it iterative decoding, but also gain induced by the code and packet diversity combining technique which is similar to the hybrid Type II ARQ. We demonstrate performance improvements in AWGN channel and Rayleigh fading channel with perfect channel state information (CSI) through simulations for at low signal to noise ratio and analysis using exact upper bounding techniques for medium to high signal to noise ratio.

• 한국정보과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보과학회 2002년도 봄 학술발표논문집 Vol.29 No.1 (B)
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• pp.109-111
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• 2002

Visual organs play an important role in human information recognition processes. If they are expressed in a way of digital information, it makes much bigger amount of visual information among any other information. For that reason, MPEG-2 has been taken use of to represent information compressing technology in multi-media. Although the imported data would basically contain noises, when original video images are encoded into MPET-2. Accordingly, we propose soft- $\alpha$ filter to improve image quality of digital image received from the actual image and to reduce noises from them. We also propose a method combining vertical/horizontal filter and soft- $\alpha$ filter on MPEG-2 video image. We can get two kinds of effects from the advantages of this kind of combination. Firstly, it will reduce processing time ducting horizontal and vetical filtering process. It will cover time for soft- $\alpha$ filter. Secondly, it will simplify the colors in horizontal and vertical filter. Therefore we can get clearer quality without noises from soft- $\alpha$ filter.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.1127-1136
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• 2017

This paper proposes a new soft switching dual input converter for renewable energy systems. Multi-input converters are produced by combining discrete converters. These converters reduce the number of circuit elements, cost, volume and weight of the converter and provide a constant output power in different weather conditions. Furthermore, soft switching techniques can be applied to increase efficiency. In this paper, a Zero Voltage Transition (ZVT) dual input boost converter is presented. Only one auxiliary circuit is used to provide the soft switching condition for all of the semiconductor elements. The proposed converter, which is simulated by ORCAD software, is theoretically analyzed. To confirm the validity of the theoretical analysis, a prototype of proposed converter was constructed. Simulation and experimental results confirm the theoretical analysis. An efficiency comparison shows a one percent improvement at nominal loads.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.263-269
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• 2017

Recently, soft robots using soft materials are presented. Thanks to soft materials, soft robots have flexible, highly-stretchable or adaptable features. However, due to the flexibility of soft material, it is hard for soft robots to control accurately or perform high force. To deal with these limitations, variable stiffness technology, which enables the stiffness control of structure, has been developed. In this research, a dual-stiffness structure that is actuated by the assembly of two flexible structures are presented. Each flexible structure consists of flexible film part and rigid parts placed at regular intervals. The flexibility of film between rigid parts allows each structure to move softly. On the other hand, by combining two structures rigid part of each part constrain the degrees of freedom of the other side part. And this causes the stiffness of whole structure to be increased. This paper will cover concepts, design, analysis and experiments of this structure.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.688-700
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• 2022

A composite bionic soft gripper integrated with electromagnets and magneto-active elastomers is designed by combining the structure of the human hand and the snake's behavior of enhancing friction by actively adjusting the scales. A silicon-based polymer containing magnetized hard magnetic particles is proposed as a soft finger, and it can be reversibly bent by adjusting the magnetic field. Experiments show that the length, width, and height of rectangular soft fingers and the volume ratio of neodymium-iron-boron have different effects on bending angle. The flexible fingers with 20 vol% are the most efficient, which can bend to 90° when the magnetic field is 22 mT. The flexible gripper with four fingers can pick up 10.51 g of objects at the magnetic field of 105 mT. In addition, this composite bionic soft gripper has excellent magnetron performance, and it can change surface like snakes and operate like human hands. This research may help develop soft devices for magnetic field control and try to provide new solutions for soft grasping.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.491-499
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• 2014

It is important to accurately measure and control the relative humidity of humidified gas entering a PEM (polymer electrolyte membrane) fuel cell stack because the level of humidification strongly affects the performance and durability of the stack. Humidity measurement devices can be used to directly measure the relative humidity, but they cost much to be equipped and occupy spaces in a fuel cell system. We present soft sensors for predicting the relative humidity without actual humidity measuring devices. By combining FIR (finite impulse response) model with PLS (partial least square) and SVM (support vector machine) regression models, DPLS (dynamic PLS) and DSVM (dynamic SVM) soft sensors were developed to correctly estimate the relative humidity of humidified gases exiting a planar-type membrane humidifier. The DSVM soft sensor showed a better prediction performance than the DPLS one because it is able to capture nonlinear correlations between the relative humidity and the input data of the soft sensors. Without actual humidity sensors, the soft sensors presented in this work can be used to monitor and control the humidity in operation of PEM fuel cell systems.