• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.9 no.8
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• pp.64-72
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• 2009

AMR(Automatic Meter Reading), which means that it reads the meter of electricity, gas, or water, etc at a remote place automatically through wired or wireless communication, has been studied in terms of Power Line Communication method and Local Area Wireless Communication method, etc. In this paper, we designed and implemented JCA(Java Card for AMR) capable of AMR, which is based on java Card technology indispensable to the ubiquitous world. In this paper, JCA follows standard transactional procedures offered by power supply company and manages power usage log and billing data, and is designed in order to satisfy EMV multi-functional specifications. Because JCA is a multi-functional smart card capable of post-issuance applets as an open platform, it is installed into other applications of affiliated concerns as well as credit card and traffic card applications. Not only the proposed JCA is a low cost system, compared to other AMR systems, but is capable of paying rates in advance or later by applying authentication and security function of java Card. In addition the proposed JCA system can create value added services such as affiliated services with corporate alliance.

• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2010.11a
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• pp.406-409
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• 2010

본 논문은 국내원천 기술인 Binary CDMA 기술을 소개하고 AMR(Automatic Meter Reading) 시스템에 Binary CDMA 무선 기술을 어떻게 적용할지를 연구하고자 한다. 주요 연구내용은 Binary CDMA 원격검침 시스템, 무선 원격검침을 구현하기 위한 피코넷 네트워크 구성, 데이터 송수신을 위한 전송 스케줄링을 다루고자 한다. 그리고 원격검침의 데이터는 공공의 성격을 뛰는 아주 중요한 데이터이기 때문에 무선 패킷의 암호화 적용방안에 대해서도 연구하고 하고자 한다.

• Journal of the Korea Computer Industry Society
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• v.4 no.10
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• pp.723-730
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• 2003

In this paper, new structures of embedded internet remote measurement systems are developed. The systems can acquire data, measured from most types of domestic meters, via internet. Due to the measured data can be transferred and stored into a server computer via internet, the measured data can be data based automatically Thus, measurement time and coasts can be reduced greatly. The data base and monitoring programs are developed under Widows environment. To test the developed system, it has been applied into digital calorimeters The results show that the developed system can directly be applicable into the real industrial field.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2015.07a
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• pp.404-405
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• 2015

스마트그리드 기반의 원격검침에 대한 요구가 증대하면서 한전에서는 2008년부터 저압 고객에 대한 AMI(Advanced Metering Infrastructure) 기반의 검침시스템이 구축되어 운영되고 있다. 한전의 AMI 검침시스템은 2020년까지 2200만호에 대한 원격검침을 지원할 예정에 있으며, 이를 위해서는 원격검침 망을 구성하는 DCU(Data Concentration Unit) 및 모뎀에 대한 네트워크를 관리하는 검침네트워크 관리시스템을 필요로 하게 된다. 본 논문에서는 검침네트워크에 대한 설비 정보, 네트워크 구성정보, 성능정보, 트래픽 정보 등을 관리하고, 통신설비에 대한 장애현황 및 이력을 관리하는 시스템에 대한 설계 및 개발내용을 소개하고자 한다.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.11 no.7
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• pp.977-985
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• 2008

This paper is concerned with automatic telemetering system which reads the consumed quantity of electricity, gas, and piped water. The existing metering method such that a meterman visits households and directly reads meters can cause several problems, including violation of privacy and the possibility of criminal accident, as well the inefficiency in viewpoint of system operation and rate notification. In this paper, we propose a new automatic telemetering and rate notification system, in which the system reads several meters at remote locations and notifies the rates to the customer's cellular phone with short message service(SMS). The proposed system has been developed by using CDMA mobile communication modules and personal computers. This system can operate only with cellular communication network even without wired-internet facilities. In particular, the developed system can provide home security and convenience as well as cost reduction, and thus be applied to intelligent home networks.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.37 no.1B
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• pp.75-85
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• 2012

In this paper, we introduce the case study on the certificate system for Auto Meter Reading protocol, Device Language Message Specification which is a common language between metering devices and protocol with compatibility and conformance to the IEC 62056 standards. KEPCO has contributed to improve interoperability between different devices of multi vendors through the DLMS standard tests and led the smart metering industry in Korea. KEPCO has AMR system and successful business model for 550 thousands of households based on 24Mbps broadband powerline communications using its infrastructure. We have plan to continue on standardization activities stratagemically by participating in IEC working groups for the purpose of occupying the core technology of Smart Gird.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.34 no.12
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• pp.863-870
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• 2012

The market trends of automatic meter reading associated with smart water meters were investigated. Also, recent developments and field applications of key technology for automatic meter reading associated with smart water meters were analyzed. Smart water meters have been manufactured mostly in United States and Europe and have been expanded their business to Asia. Integrated water management system combining with the additional functions such as real-time consumption metering, cost notification, water conservation, leak detection, water quality monitoring, and flow control have been operated in automatic meter reading. Both water quality and quantity data measured from smart water meters and sensors were transferred to data concentration units through neighborhood area network, and then were transferred to integrated server through wide area network. The data transfer methods were determined by comprehensively considering urban scale, density of smart water meters, power supply and network topologies. Common data collection methods such as fixed network to data concentation units, vehicles drive by, people walk by, and drone fly by have been applied. The automatic meter reading associated with smart water meters are spread throughout the world, and both water and energy savings result in saving the money and reducing the greenhouse gases emission.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.34 no.10B
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• pp.994-1003
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• 2009

For Automatic Meter Reading System, good topology of check machines, concentrators, and repeaters in client field is important. Steiner Minimum Tree is a minimum cost tree connecting all given nodes with introducing Steiner points. In this paper, an efficient mechanism allocating and connecting check machines, concentrators and repeaters which are essential elements in automatic meter reading system is proposed, which conducts repeated applications of building approximate Minimum Steiner Trees. In the mechanism, input nodes and Steiner points might correspond to check machine, concentrators or repeaters and edges might do to the connections between them. Therefore, through suitable conversions and processes of them, an efficient network for automatic meter reading system with both wired and wireless communication techniques could be constructed. In our experiment, for 1000 input nodes and 200 max connections per node, the proposed mechanism shortened the length of produced network by 19.1% comparing with the length of Minimum Spanning Tree built by Prim's algorithm.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.33 no.5
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• pp.93-98
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• 2005

An Engineering Model(EM) of the Telemetry-Command Unit(TCU) for STSAT-2 was developed. The TCU of STSAT-2 has some improved features compared with that of STSAT-1. To reduce weight and size of TCU all logics are implemented in FPGA without CPU. EM I&T(Integration and Test) was successfully performed with no errors.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2007.07a
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• pp.596-597
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• 2007

전력선통신 기반의 통합검침시스템을 구축하고 통신프로토콜을 통일하게 되면 각 사업자별 검침용 통신비를 절감할 수 있을 뿐만 아니라, 장비의 유지보수 비용도 절감할 수 있어 저비용으로 효율적인 원격검침이 가능하게 될 것으로 예상된다. 본 논문에서는 전력선통신기반의 통합검침 시스템에 대해 소개한다.