• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.191-197
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• 2012

In this paper we propose the FQSM(Fairness and QoS Supporting MAC) protocol that supports fairness and Quality of Service(QoS). The received or measured data traffics will be assigned a priority level according to its transmission urgency in the FQSM. And the load prediction algorithm is used to support the fairness between different priority traffics. For this, the buffer length values of the nodes are continuously monitored for a some period. Based on the buffer length variations for this period, the order of transmission is determined. FQSM also adapts cross-layer concept to rearrange the data transmission order in each sensor node's buffer, saves energy consumption by allowing few nodes in data transmission, and prolongs the network lifetime.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.13 no.11
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• pp.5518-5524
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• 2012

The world today, has come to an age of diverse paradigms and technologies being developed, and technology of a new field is realized by merging technologies of different fields.One of such, u-Health system refers to a system which can monitor its users, regardless of time and place, using many body sensor datas based on USN (Ubiquitous Sensor Network). In the past, this kind of u-Health system was able to collect sensor datas through wires and could be monitored only by using PC (Personal Computer), but with development in technology, the system is now becoming possible to collect sensor datas wireless and monitor unhindered by time and place. This research aims to collect sensor datas of the user, and through Jena inference network, provide web service and smartphone application which enables checking of user's body datas in times of emergency, whenever, wherever.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.20 no.5
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• pp.937-941
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• 2016

This paper proposed an efficient multiple TCP mechanism using Android smartphones for remote control video Wi-Fi stream transmission via network communications in real time. The wireless video stream transmission mechanism can be applied in various area such as real time server stream transmissions, movable drones, disaster robotics and real time security monitoring systems. Moreover, we urgently need to transmit data in timely fashion such as medical emergency, security surveillance and disaster prevention. Our parallel TCP transmission system can play an important role in several area such as real time server stream transmissions, movable drones, disaster robotics and real time security monitoring systems as mentioned in the previous sentence. Therefore, we designed and implemented a parallel TCP transmission (parallel stream) for an efficient real time video streaming services. In conclusion, we evaluated proposed mechanism using parallel TCP transmission under various environments with performance analysis.

• International Commerce and Information Review
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.307-329
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• 2014

Medical tourism involves patients intentionally leaving their home country to access non-emergency health care services abroad. Growth in the popularity of this practice has resulted in a significant amount of attention being given to it from researchers, policy-makers, and the media. Yet, there has been little effort to systematically synthesize what is known about the effects of this phenomenon and key choice factors. This study seeks to figure out, using conjoint analysis, what factors Chinese medical tourists place importance on maximizing utility when selecting their destination and propose selection attributes that can lure medical tourists to Korea. Results showed that, of destination attributes, medical technology competitiveness proved be the most important and of lower levels, international accreditation proved to have the highest utility. This article presents the findings of valuable insights to medical institutions, travel agencies and related firms in their marketing activities.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.592-606
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• 2015

Depression and mental illness across all age groups, and steady increasing in suicide rate are our major social problems which cause dramatically decreasing government competitiveness. While Korean government has implemented various policies to improve mental health and prevent suicide, it faces revealing issues in progress on implementation and referral management systems. The current research examined domestic and foreign cases to understand the actual status and directivity of ICT convergence plan in terms of mental health. The United States and the United Kingdom have provided convergent ICT service, telepsychiatric care to senior citizens in rural areas, children and adolescents, socially disadvantaged class, etc. In Korea, emergency-notice devices are installed to prevent suicide for single elderly people, and diverse mobile health devices are developing to cure depression and Alzheimer's disease. ICT convergent mental health care service is needed to save socioeconomic costs and realize universal welfare for an aging society. Social consensus on sharply conflict issues, medical law and medical devices about telepsychiatry service, effectiveness studies on users' unique psychiatric characteristics by life cycle, and region-specialized strategies for the least densely populated rural regions with lower access to medical care should be considered.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2015.10a
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• pp.791-793
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• 2015

Recently, UCC (User Created Contents) and VoD (Video on Demand), and multimedia content are growing, IP-TV, Smart TV, OHTV (Open Hybrid TV) various services such as multi platform (Multi-platform) environment, services and QoS issues. To solve this problem, the network efficiently, and improve the quality of content is necessary for the system. In this paper, the network of channels State and transmission of multimedia data based on dynamic resource usage, TCP and UDP, Adaptive dual-streaming system used for design and analysis. In addition, the existing TCP and UDP streaming system using a single protocol for analysis and verification of the effectiveness of the difference between and. This is a disaster, and medical/first aid system will be utilized in the field of feed, are ubiquitous.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.9-15
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• 2009

As disease and aging increased on the map of nuclear families, the interests in protecting individual privancy and u-Healthcare has increased as well. Until now, the health management of individual medical institutions have limited their researches on the future of offline diagnostics and treatment works, time and space only to medical services. However, in the future, healthcare through mobile medical devices to real-time online personality, mobility, and bulwark where patients can receive personal health statues anywhere seems inevitable. Therefore, in this paper, the PDA based on the each individual elderly and patients that updates their physical health statues through the signal meter management system can notify both the individual and the hospital when a medical emergency occurs. Additionally, it provides relevant information on the results of measurements monitoring system.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2010.05a
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• pp.852-855
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• 2010

Based on the rapid development of the computer network technology, the ubiquitous sensor network (USN) was developed to enable us to have access to the communication environment anywhere and anytime without the need for recognizing computers or networks. Moreover, with the increasingly high interest on individual health, the USN technology is being applied to diverse sectors for healthcare and disease prevention. In this paper, a system was designed and implemented using the USN-based RF communication for doctors and nurses who care patients in the hospital to easily measure and control the physiological data on blood pressure and blood sugar. In addition, a database was designed using MS SQL database to store and manage the blood pressure and blood sugar data, which were passively or actively measured from patients. Using the results of this study, the physiological data of patients can be managed in real time and emergency situation can be instantly addressed. It is expected that the healthcare service can be improved and the paradigm of healthcare service environment can be changed.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.12 no.8
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• pp.1401-1407
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• 2008

Recently, a health care need according to the increase of an advanced age population is increasing. The requirement about a health care monitoring is increasing rapidly from general people as well as patient. The requisition about a medical treatment technique and a medical treatment information service is the trend to be expanding. That can be possible minimizing the inconvenience of the patient to take a medical service and continuously monitoring the status of the patient to take a health care service. This paper discusses an implementation of wireless physiological signal monitoring system for health care. The system are composed of the sensor node and monitoring program. The sensor node has the physiological signal measurement part and the wireless communication part. The remote monitoring system has a monitoring program that are communicating the sensor node using bluetooth. The sensor node measured the ECG, pulse wave, blood pressure, SpO2, and heart rate.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.18 no.6
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• pp.221-228
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• 2018

The purpose of this study is to design and implement a maritime telemedicine system to provide the best medical service for patients who rescue and happens in sailing ship. For this purpose, INMARSAT and MVAST, which are necessary communication channels for maritime telemedicine, were examined and diversity in maritime communication path was suggested. It was implemented to enable maritime telemedicine by linking smart devices and medical devices for physical examination. The marine telemedicine system adopts the HTTP communication protocol to configure the web server and process the client request. The patient's chart information was entered using an application for AndroidPad and the patient was diagnosed using Bluetooth electronic stethoscope for diagnosis. This system enables appropriate medical treatment to emergency patients at maritime, which ultimately can improve medical services. It is expected to be a more effective medical support system through linkage with various medical equipment.