• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.2 no.4
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• pp.29-37
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• 2011

Dispersed generation (DG) such as wind power (WP) and Photovoltaic systems (PV) that has been promoted at the national level recently is mainly being introduced into distribution systems adjacent to consumers because it is generation on a small scale when compared to current generation. Due to its characteristics, DG can be operated by interconnection with distribution systems to present security of more stable power and efficient use of power facilities and resources. Problems on protection coordination of distribution systems by reverse flow of DG can roughly be divided into three possibilities: excess in rated breaking capacity (12.5KA) of protective devices by a fault in DG current supply, failure to operate protective devices by an apparent effect that can occur by reduction in impedance parallel circuit fault current due to interconnection of DG, and malfunction of protective devices by interconnection transformer connection type. The purpose of this study is to analyze problems in protection coordination that can occur when DG is operated by interconnection with distribution systems by conducting modeling and simulations by using theoretical symmetrical components and MATLAB/SIMULINK to present methods to improve such problems.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.62 no.6
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• pp.744-749
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• 2013

The protection switching technology is widely adopted in the fiber-optical transmission equipments based on TDM(Time Division Multiplexing), such as PDH, SDH/SONET. A variety of protection switching algorithms for Ethernet networks and the progress of standardization are summarized in the document. There are several kinds of protection switching algorithms for Ethernet networks, such as STP, RSTP, MSTP and etc. However, since Ethernet signal move through detour route, it causes much time to recover. Accordingly, it is difficult to secure a usability of Ethernet networks and QOS(Quality of Service). Also, if the protection switching protocol standardized by IEEE and ITU-T is used, it remains a inherent network switching time for protection. Therefore, a specific protection switching algorithm for Ethernet are needed for seamless and stable operation of Ethernet networks service for Distribution Automation System(DAS). A reliable protection algorithm with no switching delay time is very important to implement Self-healing service for DAS. This study of FPGA based protection switching algorithm for Ethernet networks shows that in case of faults occurrence on distribution power network, immediate fault isolation and restoration are conducted through interaction with distribution equipments using P2P(Peer to Peer) communication for protection coordination. It is concluded that FPGA based protection switching algorithm for Ethernet networks available 0ms switching time is crucial technology to secure reliability of DAS.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea TC
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• v.47 no.1
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• pp.58-68
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• 2010

In this paper, we propose an efficient link protection switching scheme for provider backbone bridge systems with a spanning tree for backup links exclusively, and evaluate its performance. The proposed scheme offers guaranteed QoS flows even when a link fault occurrs in the primary link by flooding the flows over the profiled spanning tree. The flooding mechanism over the spanning tree can also provide low latency and remove the loopback flows. We also derive the efficiency of bandwidth usage for the normal flows and the number of lost frames during the link restoration. For evaluating its feasibility, we implement a prototype of PBB-TE systems based on the Linux bridge codes, which can support both link protection switching capability with CCM and MAC-in-MAC encapsulation. A related protocol analyzer is also developed. One can see that the proposed scheme and the prototype can be useful for developing carrier class Ethernet systems based on PBB-TE.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers
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• v.51 no.10
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• pp.34-40
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• 2014

With the economical data service delivery, the packet transport network (PTN) technologies have emerged as an important player in the next-generation transport networks. As the PTN continues to make such considerable progress, it is being challenged by network providers who need rapid and reliable recovery capabilities to guarantee the availability of their services. This paper introduces several fault detection mechanisms for a client signal failure in packet transport networks and proposes a reliable transmission method of IP flows from routers using the combination of Ethernet services. Based on the first fault detection methods, client signal fault is detected within tens or hundreds of milliseconds. It enables the client network devices to perform their own recovery processes within one second. The second mechanism enables failed Ethernet services to be bypassed via other Ethernet services over disjoint paths, so as to contribute on reducing packet loss of IP traffic.