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PHY Frame Structure Design for M2M Direct Communications

M2M 단말간 직접통신을 위한 PHY 프레임구조 설계

  • Oh, Changyoon (Inha Technical College, Information & Communications Department)
  • 오창윤 (인하공업전문대학 정보통신과)
  • Received : 2012.10.02
  • Published : 2013.02.25
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Abstract

We propose PHY Frame Structure for M2M direct communications in licensed frequency band. Especially, the proposed PHY Frame Structure coexists in the same licensed frequency band as currently operating cellular systems. Recently, Machine to Machine (M2M) service markets, including SmartGrid, Mobile Health, and Smart Car, are being rapidly expanded. Supporting M2M services in a specific case can waste Radio Resource in cellular systems. For example, when two M2M terminals communicating to each other are closely located, direct communication is radio resource efficient. In this paper, we set the requirement of maintaining the existing PHY frame structure in cellular systems to meet the backward compatibility. Based on this backward compatibility requirement, PHY frame structure for M2M direct communications is developed while satisfying coexistence with current operating cellular system. The proposed PHY frame structure meets backward compatibility. Accordingly, it is expected that the proposed M2M frame structure is useful for its frequency resource efficiency.

본 논문에서는 셀룰라시스템이 운용중인 Licensed 주파수 대역에서 M2M 단말간 직접통신을 공존운용하기 위한 PHY 프레임구조를 제안한다. 최근 들어 SmartGrid, Mobile Health, Smart Car를 포함한 M2M(Machine to Machine) 서비스 시장이 빠른 속도로 성장하고 있다. 이러한 M2M 서비스를 Licensed 주파수 대역 기반의 셀룰라시스템을 통해서 제공하는 경우 자원의 낭비를 초래할 수 있다. 일예로, 서로 인접하여 위치하는 시나리오에서는 M2M 단말간 직접통신을 하는 것이 자원 활용 측면에서 효율적이다. 본 논문에서는 기존 셀룰라 통신시스템의 PHY 프레임구조를 변경하지 않는 것을 중요한 요구사항으로 정한다. 이러한 하위호환성 요구사항을 만족시키면서, 기존 셀룰라시스템과 동일한 licensed 주파수 대역에서 공존운용이 가능한 M2M 단말간 직접통신시스템의 PHY 프레임구조를 제안한다. 따라서, 본 논문에서 제안하는 M2M 직접통신을 위한 프레임 구조는 기존 셀룰라시스템과의 호환성을 유지하면서, M2M 단말간 직접통신을 위한 추가적인 주파수 소요 없이 한정된 주파수 자원을 효율적으로 활용할 수 있는 방안이 되리라 예상된다.

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