• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.35 no.8
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• pp.815-823
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• 2011

Combustion phenomena in porous media combustors are widely used in industrial fields for the combustion of lowgrade fuels and the regeneration of combustion heat. However, studies of combustion phenomena in porous media have been limited, because these phenomena are difficult to observe, and the configurations of porous media are complex. We propose a simple model combustor: a multi-channel combustor that consists of many layers of combustion channels made of quartz plates. We conducted an experimental observation of the flames in the multi-channel combustor and obtained experimental results for the flame stabilization limits. Flames formulated in the multi-channel combustor showed variation in the spatial distribution depending on the heat transfer between neighboring channels. A simple analytical model was developed and the variation in the flammability limits of the multi-channel combustor was discussed. This study will enhance our understanding of flame behavior in a porous-media combustor.

• Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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• v.10 no.9
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• pp.22-27
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• 2020

In the fifth generation (5G) networks, the mobile services require much faster connections than in the fourth generation (4G) mobile networks. Recently, as one of the promising 5G technologies, non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) has been drawing attention. In NOMA, the users share the frequency and time, so that the more users can be served simultaneously. NOMA has several superiorites over orthogonal multiple access (OMA) of long term evolution (LTE), such as higher system capacity and low transmission latency. In this paper, we investigate impact of channel estimation errors on successive interference cancellation (SIC) performance of NOMA. First, the closed-form expression of the bit-error rate (BER) with channel estimation errors is derived, And then the BER with channel estimation errors is compared to that with the perfect channel estimation. In addition, the signal-to-noise (SNR) loss due to channel estimation errors is analyzed.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.11-19
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• 2021

In this paper, we propose a non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) method based on channel alignment to simultaneously transmit multiple unicast and multicast streams in frequency-efficient manner. In this method, all receivers in a multicast cluster use the receive beamforming vectors that align their channels, and the base station uses the aligned channel information to design the transmit beamforming vectors that eliminate interference between multicast clusters. Using the effective receive channel information combined with the transmit beamforming vectors, unicast receivers design their own receive beamforming vectors that eliminate interference between unicast receivers. Since the proposed method effectively eliminates the interference, it achieves a higher sum rate than the existing orthogonal multiple access (OMA) method in high SNR regions. In addition, we present a hybrid method that exploits the benefits of the proposed NOMA method and the existing OMA method. Depending on the channel state, the hybrid method adaptively employs the existing OMA method, which improves the received signal power, in low SNR regions and the proposed NOMA method, which effectively eliminates the interference, in high SNR regions, thereby achieving a good sum rate over the entire SNR region.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Communication Sciences Conference
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• 2006.07a
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• pp.315-315
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• 2006

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.299-306
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• 2011

In this paper, a blind adaptive equalization algorithm based on PDF-distance minimization and a set of Delta functions is introduced and its superior robustness against impulsive noise and multipath characteristics of underwater communication channels is proved. The conventional CMA based on MSE has shown to be incapable of coping with impulsive noise, and correntropy blind algorithm has also revealed to yield not satisfying performance for the mission. On the other hand, the blind adaptive equalization algorithm based on PDF-distance minimization and a set of Delta functions has been proved to solve effectively the problem of impulsive noise and multipath characteristics of underwater communication channels through theoretical and simulation analysis.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.585-590
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• 2021

This paper proposes a 3-user non-interfering binary pulse amplitude modulation(2PAM) and non-orthogonal multiple access(NOMA) scheme, to improve the bit-error rate(BER) performance of the weakest channel user with the tolerable BER loss of the stronger channel users. First, we design the 3-user non-interfering 2PAM NOMA, and then derive the closed-form expressions for the BERs of the proposed scheme. Numerical results are also presented to demonstrate that the BER of the weakest channel user improves greatly, with the small BER losses of the stronger channel users. As a result, the non-interfering 2PAM could be considered in NOMA of 5G systems.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.34 no.9C
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• pp.887-895
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• 2009

This paper proposes a cooperative power allocation with the use of partial channel information (e.g., the average signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and transmit correlation) in multi-cell dual-hop multi-input single-output (MISO) relay systems. In a dual-hop MISO relay channel, it is desirable to allocate the transmit power between dual-hop links to maximize the end-to-end capacity. We consider the maximization of the end-to-end capacity of a dual-hop MISO relay channel under sum-power constraint. The proposed scheme adaptively allocates the transmit power considering the average channel gain of the target relay and the transmit correlation of the desired and inter-relay interference channel from adjacent relays. It is shown by means of upper-bound analysis that the end-to-end capacity can be maximized by making the angle difference of the principal eigenvectors of the desired and inter-relay interference channel orthogonal in highly-correlated channel environments. Finally, the performance of the proposed scheme is verified by computer simulation.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.32 no.7A
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• pp.762-769
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• 2007

Adaptive MIMO-OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) system adaptively changes modulation scheme depending on feedback channel state information (CSI). The CSI feedback channel which is the reverse link channel has multiple symbol delays including propagation delay, processing delay, frame delay, etc. The unreliable CSI due to feedback delay degrades adaptive modulation system performance. This paper compares the MSE and data capacity with respect to delay and channel signal to noise ratio for the two multi-step channel prediction schemes, CTSBP and BTSBP, such that robust adaptive SISO-OFDM/MIMO-OFDM is designed over severe mobile multipath channel conditions. This paper presents an interpolation method to reduce feedback overhead for adaptive MIMO-OFDM and shows MSE with respect to interpolation interval.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.27 no.7A
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• pp.641-650
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• 2002

Space-Time Block Code(STBC) provides full diversity gains with simple linear processing at the receiver. Interference Cancellation(IC) techniques in system using STBC improve the capacity and performance of wireless systems with co-channel users. Various IC techniques, Minimum Mean-Squared Error(MMSE) and Zero-Forcing(ZF) algorithms in system with STBC were proposed in the literatures in multiuser environment. The performance of these IC techniques were simulated by assuming perfect channel state information(CSI) of multiuser at the receiver. However, in practice it is difficult to know perfect CSI of multiuser at the receiver. Thus, channel estimation scheme is essential at the receiver. Also SNR estimation scheme is required to operate the MMSE IC algorithm. In this paper, we present estimation schemes of CSI and SNR using training sequences. Through extensive computer simulation, we compare and evaluate the performance of IC techniques using the proposed CSI and SNR estimation techniques.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 1998.11a
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• pp.238-242
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• 1998

본 논문에서는 간섭 제거기가 다중 톤 DS/CDMA 시스템의 성능에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 최근 여러 가지 방법의 간섭 제거기가 제안되고 있으나, 여기서는 Yoon[4] 등이 제안한 간섭 제거기를 사용하였다. 또한 세 가지 종류의 간섭을 고려하였는데 다중 경로 간섭, 채널 간 간섭, 다중 접속 간섭이 그것이다. 이들 간섭 신호들과 가우시안 잡음의 분산을 구하여 신호 대 잡음비를 계산하였으며, 다중 경로 채널에서의 RAKE 수신기와 3단계의 간섭 제거기를 고려하였다. 성능 분석 결과, 간섭 제거기는 다중 톤 CDMA 시스템에서 매우 효과적이며, 최대비 결합 다이버시티와 심볼 당 칩 수를 사용함에 따라 성능이 크게 향상되어 이들 파라메터가 중요한 설계 요소가 될 수 있음을 알 수 있었다.