• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.15 no.7
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• pp.1465-1470
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• 2011

In this paper, we propose a new MAC protocol, namely DM-MMAC (Doze Mode Multi-Channel MAC) for ad hoe wireless networks which can utilize multiple channels effectively, thereby enhancing the network throughput considerably. Basically, the IEEE 802.11 specification allows for the use of multiple channels available at the physical layer, but its MAC protocol is designed only for a single channel with the fatal drawback, so called multi-channel hidden terminal problem in multi-channel environments. In this vein, several multi-channel MAC protocols have been proposed, but most of them demonstrate the performance problem that its throughput drastically decreases as the number of mobile hosts residing in a given network increases with small number of available channels. In this work, we tried to improve the performance of multi-channel MAC protocols in terms of network throughput as well as power saving effects by simplifying the channel assignment and channel capturing procedures and reducing the possibility of collisions between mobile hosts.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.37 no.1C
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• pp.54-62
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• 2012

A Wi-Fi mesh network providing multi-hop wireless connections based on IEEE 802.11 PHY/MAC technology has recently received a significant attention as a network infrastructure that interconnects RFID systems and wireless sensor networks (WSNs). However, the current IEEE 802.11 contention-based MAC protocol cannot fully utilize the network capacity due to eithor frame collisions or unused network resources. In this paper, we propose a novel multi-channel scheduling MAC (MCS-MAC) protocol for Wi-Fi mesh networks. Under the secondary interference model of Wi-Fi mesh networks, the MCS-MAC protocol can maximize the network throughput via activation of collision-free links that has a maximal link weight. Through the simulations, we show that the throughput of the MCS-MAC protocol is at least three times higher than that of existing MAC protocols in Wi-Fi mesh networks.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2011.06d
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• pp.311-314
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• 2011

Wi-Fi 메쉬 네트워크는 IEEE 802.11 표준을 기반으로 노트북, 스마트폰 등의 무선 단말에 인터넷 연결을 제공하기 위한 무선 다중 홉 네트워크이다. Wi-Fi 메쉬 네트워크에서는 무선 채널의 방송 특징으로 인해 발생하는 간섭(Interference) 때문에 프레임 충돌 문제가 발생한다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 프레임 간섭을 미연에 방지하는 스케줄링 MAC 프로토콜을 제안한다. 제안하는 방법은 각각의 무선 채널에서 간섭 조건을 만족하는 링크 조합을 결정하고, 이를 통하여 Wi-Fi 메쉬 네트워크의 프레임 전달 수율(Throughput)을 극대화함을 목표로 한다. 시뮬레이션 결과를 통해 본 논문에서 제시하는 스케줄링 MAC 프로토콜이 기존에 알려진 CSMA/CA 기반의 MAC 프로토콜에 비해 수율을 50 % 이상 향상함을 보인다.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.30 no.8A
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• pp.656-663
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• 2005

This paper presents a multi-channel enhancement scheme for the MAC protocol of IEEE 802.15.3 High-rate WPAN (Wireless Personal Area Network). The current MAC protocol of the IEEE 802.15.3 High-rate WPAN is designed for sharing a single channel among DEVs of a piconet; that is, within a single piconet, PNC prevents interference through MAC layer assignment of time slots to other DEVs using time-division multiple access. When the number of DEVs that communicate with each other frequently, is increased in a single WPAN, the size of the superframe becomes inevitably large, and this may result in a significant throughput drop or a failure to provide QoS guarantee. A multi-channel enhancement scheme for the MAC protocol of IEEE 802.15.3 High-rate WPAN is proposed to significantly increase the aguegate throughput and more reliably provide the QoS guarantees in a piconet

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.33 no.10B
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• pp.876-884
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• 2008

In this paper, we propose an asynchronous MAC protocol to minimize energy usage and to maximize data throughput for a wireless sensor network in multi channel environments. Our proposed SPMC-MAC (Slim Preamble Multi-Channel Media Access Control) adopts the preamble sliming mechanism proposed in [6] that takes advantage of the knowledge about the wakeup time of the receiver node. The preamble contains the receiver's ID and a randomly selected channel ID for data communication, and it is transmitted over a dedicated common channel. The power control has the benefit of keeping an appropriate number of nodes with the communication range, resulting in reduced collision and interference. We compare our SPMC-MAC and X-MAC extensively in terms of energy consumption and throughput using mathematical analysis and simulation.

• 한국ITS학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2008.11a
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• pp.150-153
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• 2008

현재 무선 랜 기반의 WMN은 도심지와 같은 통화량이 많은 지역('핫존')에서 서비스 되고 있다. 다수 핫존을 서비스하는 엑세스 포인트(AP)별로 인터넷 망에 유선 접속할 경우, 망 접속 비용이 높지만, WMN 기술을 이용하면 핫존별로 산재한 트래픽의 집중을 통해 자원을 대폭 줄일 수 있다. 또한, IEEE 802.11 표준은 가용한 채널이 다양한 직교주파수로 되어있어 IEEE 802.11b에서는 2.4GHz에서 간섭 없는 3개의 채널을 제공하고 IEEE 802.11a는 5GHz에서 간섭 없는 12개의 채널을 제공한다. 근접한 access point (AP)주변에는 다른 채널을 할당함으로써 근접한 AP사이에서의 간섭을 막을 수 있다. IEEE 802.11 표준은 동시 사용에 1개의 채널만 사용하게 되어있어 가용한 채널을 동시에 간섭 없이 사용함으로써 전체적인 throuput을 증대 시킬 수 있어 IEEE 802.11 표준 기반의 MAC 프로토콜의 수정만으로 상, 하 레이어의 수정 없이 향상된 멀티채널을 위한 MAC 프로토콜을 제시한다.

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.10 no.5
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• pp.93-98
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• 2011

Spurred by the advent of ITS and WAVE (Wireless access in vehicular environments) as well as the wide-spread use of smart phones, WMN technology is considered to be a promising technology for extending the Internet access coverage supported by the IEEE802.11 based access points. In this paper, we propose a new MAC protocol which can efficiently utilize the multi-interface multi-channel communication capabilities supposedly equipped in most mesh routers, thereby increasing the network throughput considerably. We also verified its performance through computer simulations.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.42-48
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• 2006

This paper proposes the new efficient system design strategies for the acoustic-based underwater multiple modem and media access control protocol. The system aims to establish the acoustic-based communication network of an underwater vehicles for deep sea mining, which ensures a certain level of maximum throughput regardless of the propagation delay of acoustic and allows fast data transmission through the acoustic-based multiple channel.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2008.06d
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• pp.155-159
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• 2008

비능률적인 스펙트럼 이용률과 제한적인 스펙트럼 밴드 사용의 문제점을 해결하기 위하여, Cognitive Radio가 중요한 솔루션으로써 많은 연구가 진행되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 다중 채널 무선 네트워크에서의 QoS 보장을 위하여 Cognitive Radio 기반의 동적인 스펙트럼 할당 (Dynamic Spectrum Allocation)을 이용한 새로운 MAC 프로토콜을 제안한다. 사용자의 요청에 따라서, 유동적인 스펙트럼은 DSA 메커니즘을 통한 QoS 보장을 위하여 할당 된다. 그리고 동적인 스펙트럼 할당 (DSA)은 컨트롤 채널의 FRQ/FRP/ACK-hello와 데이터 채널의 DATA/ACK에 의하여 동작한다. 스펙트럼 공유의 성능을 증가시키기 위한 협력 검출 (Cooperative Detection)을 위하여, MAC 프로토콜에서는 Hello 메시지가 주기적으로 교환된다. 추가적으로, 성능 평가를 통하여 본 논문에서 제안한 DSA-MAC이 IEEE 802.11 MAC에 비하여 높은 데이터 처리량을 보임을 증명했다.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.39-45
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• 2011

In this paper, we propose an efficient multichannel MAC protocol with idle nodes assistance to avoid the multi-channel hidden terminal problem in cognitive radio ad hoc network and further to improve the performance of the network. The proposed MAC protocol can be applied to the cognitive radio adhoc network where every node is equipped with the single transceiver and one common control channel exists for control message negotiation. In the proposed protocol, the idle nodes available in the neighbour of communication nodes are utilized because the idle nodes have the information about the channels being utilized in their transmission range. Whenever the nodes are negotiating for the channel, idle nodes can help the transmitting and receiving nodes to select the free data channel for data transfer. With the proposed scheme, we can minimize the hidden terminal problem and decrease the collision between the secondary users when selecting the channel for data transfer. As a result, the performance of the network is increased.