• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.39B no.9
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• pp.570-577
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• 2014

Range-based real time localization systems require superior localization techniques as well as accurate ranging algorithms for better performance. To evaluate the ranging accuracy between two nodes in practical environments, this paper does not only present a qualitative analysis by computing a distance equation under SDS-TWR measurement model of no symmetry assumption, but also executes a quantitative evaluation by doing experiments after building up a test network employing the developed sensor node. Experimental results show that the ranging accuracy of the proposed implementation of IEEE 802.15.4a software stack is superior with smaller average error rate by 60% to one of the commercial Nanotron's reference development kit.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.35 no.8
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• pp.861-868
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• 2011

Flowmeters that measure the amount of fluid passing through conduits must kept accurate by comparison and the periodic calibration. The reference meters used are clamp-on meters that mount sensors on the outer wall of the pipe. They are called 1-path, 2-path or 4-path flowmeters depending on the number of sensors. We selected a flowmeter mainly used for K-water as test a flowmeter. We carried out experiments to find the intrinsic error of the flowmeter and errors in the downstream of a double bent pipe. The results show that there are the sensor locations that meet the tolerance. We suggested the angle of the sensor, the straight run from the downstream of the bent pipe and the number of sensors. So it is possible to improve the water treatment process and increase the accounted water rate by upgraded flow measurement technology.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.533-534
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• 2009

무선센서네트워크에서 많은 응용 프로그램들이 센서노드들의 위치 정보를 기반하기 때문에 센서노드에 대한 위치 측정은 매우 중요하다. 본 논문은 위치 정보를 알고 있는 소수의 앵커노드들을 사용하여 위치 측정 정확도를 높이고 주어진 위치 정보 메시지의 교환 비용을 줄이는 분산 위치 측정 기법인 Low-cost Localization using 2-hop Distance Anchors (LLTA)를 제안한다. LLTA는 높은 위치 측정 정확도를 위해 각각의 센서노드로부터 2 홉 거리 이내의 센서노드들의 위치 정보를 모으는 2-홉플러딩을 사용한다. 또한 2-홉 플러딩을 통해 얻은 위치 정보를 이용하여 센서노드가 위치할 수 있는 지역을 계산한 후 그리드 스캔 알고리즘을 사용하여 센서노드의 더 정확한 위치를 계산한다. 시뮬레이션 결과를 통해 LLTA가 기존의 위치 측정 기법들보다 위치 측정 정확도가 더 높고, 위치 정보 전달 비용이 더 낮음을 보인다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2008.05a
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• pp.667-670
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• 2008

센서노드는 무선 센서네트워크를 통해서 감지한 정보를 싱크에게 전송한다. 최근 휴대 무선장비의 이용률 증가로 센서네트워크에서 데이터를 수집하는 싱크를 휴대 무선장비로 대체하여 이동성을 보장하는 연구가 활발히 진행된다. 즉, 싱크가 이동성을 가짐으로써 센서노드가 감지한 정보를 전달하는 방법이 중요한 문제로 부각되고 있다. 따라서 모바일 싱크의 위치를 효율적으로 알리고, 다중 소스노드에서 다중 싱크로 정보를 전달하는 것이 필요하다. 특히, 고정된 싱크에서 사용하던 데이터 전송경로는 모바일 싱크 환경에서 더 이상 효율적이지 못하다. 본 논문에서는 소스노드의 위치정보를 제공하기 위한 서버로서 8방향 앵커시스템(Eight-Direction Anchor system: EDA)을 제안한다. EDA는 센서네트워크의 가장자리에 위치한 센서노드의 편중된 에너지 소모를 막고, 전체 센서노드를 균형적으로 사용함으로써 균등한 에너지 소모를 보장한다. 또한, 모바일 싱크가 소스노드로부터 데이터를 연속적으로 받기위해서 위치기반 최단거리 전송(Location-based Shortest Relay: LSR) 프로토콜을 제안한다. LSR은 소스노드에서 싱크로의 우회하는 경로를 막고, 최소 지연경로를 통하여 연속적인 데이터 전송을 보장한다. 실험결과를 통해서 제안 프로토콜은 효율적인 위치서비스의 제공뿐만 아니라, 다중 소스와 다중 모바일 싱크 환경에서 평균 데이터 전송 비용절감 효과를 얻을 수 있음을 보인다.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.11 no.6
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• pp.247-253
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• 2011

In this paper, we propose and implement the automated brightness control system using distance measuring sensor for reducing the power consumption of emotional lighting device. In order to reduce the power consumption of emotional lighting devices which express continuous color changes, the proposed device measures the distance continuously using ultrasonic sensor and by using this, it also performs PWM Dimming control. The lighting device is composed of micro controller, LED driver, ultrasonic sensor, communication module and so on. And the device performs the real time brightness control by adapting the measured distance information from ultrasonic sensor to PWM signals. From this experiment, we implement the active lighting system which minimizes unnecessary power consumption during user's absence by adapting existing energy reducing techniques.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.163-168
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• 2008

Navigation system based on indoor location estimation is one of the core technologies in mobile robot systems. Wireless sensor network has great potential in the indoor location estimation due to its characteristics such as low power consumption, low cost, and simplicity. In this paper we present an algorithm to estimate the indoor location of mobile robot based on wireless sensor network and fuzzy modeling. ZigBee-based sensor network usually uses RSSI(Received Signal Strength Indication) values to measure the distance between two sensor nodes, which are affected by signal distortion, reflection, channel fading, and path loss. Therefore we need a proper correction method to obtain accurate distance information with RSSI. We develop the fuzzy distance models based on RSSI values and an efficient algorithm to estimate the robot location which applies to the navigation algorithm incorporating the time-varying data of environmental conditions which are received from the wireless sensor network.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2013.06a
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• pp.293-298
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• 2013

This research develops an ultrasonic sensor to measure the distance in underwater. The ultrasonic transducer transmits an acoustic signal to an object and receives the echo signal reflected from the object. The ultrasonic driver calculates a distance by multiplying the acoustic speed to the time of flight(TOF) which is the time necessary for the acoustic signal to travel from the transducer to the object. We apply a thresholding and a cross correlation methods to detect the TOF and show their results. When an echo pulse is corrupted with noise and its shape is distorted, the cross correlation method is used to find the TOF based on the maximum similarity between the reference and the delayed echo signals. The echoes used for the reference signal are achieved at the different environments, which improves the performance of the sensor. This paper describes the driver of the acoustic sensor and analyzes the performance of sensors in different measurement environments.

• The KIPS Transactions:PartC
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• v.15C no.1
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• pp.31-36
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• 2008

The clock frequency difference of sensor nodes is one of main parameters in TOF estimation and affect to degrade ranging algorithms to estimate positions of mobile nodes in wireless sensor networks. The specification of IEEE802.15.4a describes asynchronous TWR and SDS-TWR insensitive to frequency difference without any additional network synchronization. But the TWR and SDS-TWR can not eliminate sufficiently the effect of frequency difference of node pair, packet processing delay and its difference. Especially use of low cost oscillator with wide range offset, sensor node with different hardware and software can make the positioning errors worse. We propose an estimation method of frequency differences, and apply the measured frequency differences to TWR and SDS-TWR. We evaluate the performance of the proposed algorithm with simulation, and make certain that the proposed method enhances the performance of existing algorithms with positioning errors less than 25 cm.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.16 no.6
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• pp.1300-1305
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• 2012

In this research, we propose a momentum measurement system using the accelerometer sensor, MCU, and Bluetooth to measure the exact momentum. The proposed system can figure out information for the real time travel distance. We performed various experiments, and analyzed the results using the proposed momentum measurement system. In the simulation experiments, we compared the reliability and accuracy for the existing momentum measurement systems from the analyzed results. The proposed system showed travel distance error of less than 8% as compared to the existing system with the error of approximately 13%. We expect that the proposed system apply to the commercial products.

• Journal of KIISE:Computer Systems and Theory
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• v.36 no.2
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• pp.94-101
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• 2009

We introduce a user authentication system using distance estimation and a simple challenge response protocol based on a pre-established key. Using the time difference of arrival between an RF signal and an ultrasonic signal, an authenticator verifies if a user's authentication token is within its threshold distance, and it also verifies if the token's response to its random challenge is valid. We implement our authentication system and we analyze the success rates for authentication according to the variations in the distances and facing angles between the authenticator and the token. Our experimental results show that the token is authenticated with very high probability in reasonable settings.