• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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• v.47 no.5
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• pp.100-105
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• 2010

A multi-band low noise amplifier (LNA) is designed in 90 nm RF CMOS process for 3GPP LTE (3rd Generation Partner Project Long Term Evolution) applications. The designed multi-band LNA covers the eight frequency bands between 1.85 and 2.8 GHz. A tunable input matching circuit is realized by adopting a switched capacitor array at the LNA input stage for providing optimum performances across the wide operating band. Current steering technique is adopted for the gain control in three steps. The performances of the LNA are verified through post-layout simulations (PLS). The LNA consumes 17 mA at 1.2 V supply voltage. It shows a power gain of 26 at the normal gain mode, and provides much lower gains of 0 and -6.7 in the bypass-I and -II modes, respectively. It achieves a noise figure of 1.78 dB and a IIP3 of -12.8 dBm over the entire band.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.34 no.6A
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• pp.458-467
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• 2009

Long Tenn Evolution (LTE) is the next generation mobile phone technology which has being standardized by the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP). In the existing mobile communication networks, voice traffic is delivered through circuit switched networks. In LTE, however, all kinds of traffic are transferred through IP based packet switched networks which has best-effort characteristic. Therefore, providing QoS in LTE system is difficult. In order to provide QoS in LTE, RRM is very important. Especially, in part of RRM, call admission control (CAC) performs an important function to reduce network congestion and guarantee a certain level of QoS for on-going calls. In this paper, we propose a CAC algorithm in order to provide QoS for various kinds of services in LTE system. The performance of the proposed algorithm is evaluated with various simulation environments. The results show that the proposed algorithm provides QoS through rejections of requested calls. Especially, the proposed CAC algorithm can be satisfied with packet delay requirement defined in LTE specification.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.35 no.7A
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• pp.654-659
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• 2010

In this paper, we propose a new frequency allocation method for improvement of edge and low 5% user throughputs. Although many kinds of inter cell interference mitigation methods have been proposed, those have still high complexity of implementation. The proposed algorithm has lower complexity and higher edge user throughput than conventional algorithms since the same frequency allocation method is applied in all cell. Finally, we analyze and compare the edge and low 5% user throughputs using a system level simulation (SLS).

• The Proceeding of the Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.9-23
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• 2010

현재 3GPP는 IMT-Advanced 후보 기술인 LTE-Advanced에 대한 표준화 작업이 한창이다. 본 고에서는 LTE-Advanced의 핵심 요소 기술인 캐리어 집성, 하향 링크 MIMO의 확장, 상향 링크 MIMO, 다중 점 협력 통신, 무선 중계기 등을 소개하고, 각 요소 기술별 3GPP 표준 기술 동향을 살펴본다.

• TTA Journal
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• s.98
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• pp.133-138
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• 2005

3GPP WCDMA 시스템은 Rel-99 표준으로부터 시작하여 보완 개선 작업을 거쳐 현재 Rel-6 표준화에 이르렀다. 이와 함께 급변하는 통신시장환경에 적절히 대처하여 향후 제정되는 3GPP 표준 시스템의 경쟁력을 향상시키고 소비자가 요구하는 다양한 서비스를 충족시킬 수 있어야 한다는 사업자들의 의견이 강하게 제기되었다. 이를 만족시킬만한 표준을 얻기 위해 각 사업자 및 제조사 등의 의견을 듣는 자리를 마련하기 위해 2004년 11월 토론토에서 3GPP Future Long-Term Evolution(LTE) Workshop을 개최하였다. 이 워크숍에서 여러 회사들로부터 물리계층에서 서비스 계층까지 다양한 의견이 제안되었으며, 특히 물리계층에서는 OFDM 기반의 기술들이 큰 주목을 받았다. OFDM 기술 자체에 대해서는 3GPP에서 새로운 것은 아니다. 이미 Rel6 표준화 작업과정에 OFDM 의 타당성 조사를 위한 작업(Feasibility Study)을 위해 OFDM Study Item(SI)가 존재하였었다[1]. 하지만 Rel6 시스템에 OFDM을 적용하려는 노력 중에 여러 사정으로 인해 표준화 실질 작업인 Work Item(WI)이 생성되지 못하고 현재 잠정적으로 중단된 상태이다. 본 기고에서는 현재 중단된 OFDM 기술 연구에 대한 과거 진행 내역 및 현재 상황, 또한 향후 RAN LTE 표준화 과정에서 강력한 대안 기술로 지목 받는 이유와 각 회사의 제안 기술들에 대해서 언급하고자 한다. 제1장은 OFDM 기술의 특징과 OFDM Study Item 과정에서 논의된 내용들에 대해서 언급한다. 제2장은 향후 표준화가 진행될 LTE에 서 물리계층 후보 기술로서의 OFDM의 위치에 대해서 논하고자 한다.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.33 no.7A
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• pp.733-742
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• 2008

In 3GPP LTE downlink system, initial cell search is essential for mobile station to connect to base station. In order to obtain information of the base station, the mobile station detects frame timing, frequency offset, and cell identification using primary synchronization channel(PSC) and secondary synchronization channel(SSC), which are defined in downlink OFDMA specification. In this paper, we analyze various detection algorithms in practical environment of inter-cell-interference, frequency offset, and multi-path fading channel and propose the optimal algorithm. Simulation results show that partial correlation method (for PSC acquisition) and interference cancellation method (for SSC detection) are the most superior algorithms among the applicable algorithms. Employ these two algorithms for receiver design, initial cell search is performed with 99% probability within 70ms in the channel environment considered.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.34 no.9C
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• pp.906-914
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• 2009

SC-FDMA is employed in the 3GPP-LTE standard as the uplink transmission scheme. SC-FDMA has advantages that the signal has a low PAPR property and a simple equalizer such as FD-LE can be implemented. But FD-LE has inferior performance to Hybrid-DFE composed of frequency-domain feedforward filter and time-domain feedback filter. Recently, several IB-DFE algorithms have been proposed to overcome the disadvantages of implementation and processing complexity of Hybrid-DFE and to obtain superior performance to FD-LE. In this paper, we apply several IB-DFE algorithms to 3GPP-LTE uplink system and compare their performance by calculating BER. We investigate the effects of channel estimation errors and Doppler shift on performance. Finally, by analyzing computational complexity of IB-DFEs, we present some criteria to choose appropriate algorithm and to decide the number of iterative processes.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• v.5 no.9
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• pp.1596-1612
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• 2011

Coordinated Multi-Point (CoMP) transmission / reception is being studied in Long Term Evolution-Advanced (LTE-A) for future evolution of the $3^{rd}$ Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) LTE. Support of soft handover is essential for improving the performance of cell edge users. CoMP provides a natural framework for enabling soft handover in the LTE system. This paper evaluates the soft handover gain in LTE-A downlink. Mathematical analysis of signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) gain and the handover margins for soft handover and hard handover are derived. CoMP system model is developed and an inter-cell and intra-cell interference model is derived, taking into account the pathloss, shadowing, cell loading, and traffic activity. Reference signal received power (RSRP) is used to define the triggers and the measurements for soft handover. Our results indicate that parameter choices such as handover margin and the CoMP set size impact CoMP performance gain.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.39A no.7
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• pp.389-397
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• 2014

This paper focuses on advanced receiver for interference suppression or cancellation from neighbor cells in the 3GPP Rel-12 standard. From UE (User Equipment) perspective, the advanced receiver which can manage inter-cell interference of adjacent cell is required to support and manage fast-growing wireless data traffic. In 3GPP standard, NAICS which is one of approaches to improve SINR and receiver performance by directly suppression or cancellation of data (PDSCH) and control (PDCCH) signal from interference cells is discussed. In this paper, we briefly introduce the concept and candidate receivers for NAICS (Network Assisted Interference Cancellation and Suppression) based on 3GPP Rel-12 standard, and simulation results for basic NAICS receiver performance are provided.

• Information and Communications Magazine
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• v.26 no.11
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• pp.22-28
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• 2009

최근 가정이나 사무실 등 옥내 사용자들의 통신 환경의 개선을 위해 펨토셀에 대한 관심이 고조되고 있다. 펨토셀의 서비스 반경 특성상 고정된 대역폭을 효율적으로 사용하는 여러 방법들이 제안되고 있으며, 이는 향후 통신환경에서 중요한 이슈로 대두되고 있다 [1]-[3]. 본고에서는 3GPP-Long Term Evolution (LTE) 환경에서 물리 계층 표준의 프레임 구조를 살펴보고, 3GPP-LTE 구조에 여러 펨토셀이 적용되었을 때 효율적인 간섭회피 방법을 제안한다. 펨토셀 환경은 사용자에게 서비스를 제공하는 반경이 넓지 않아 주파수 대역의 재사용이 용이하다. 이와 같은 특성을 이용하여 전체 시스템에 부하를 최소화할 수 있는 분산형 동적 대역폭 조정을 수행하는 방법을 제안한다.