• Journal of IKEEE
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.91-98
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• 2019

LTE's extension for unlicensed spectrum called Licensed Assisted Access (LAA) is equipped with Listen-Before-Talk (LBT) designed similar with the backoff mechanism of Wi-Fi for coexistence. However, Wi-Fi's backoff mechanism has not evolved from its old design for compatibility with legacy devices, thus LAA's LBT is not efficient either in utilizing spectrum. If LAA operates with no Wi-Fi systems in proximity, it can run more efficient LBT. In this paper, we propose Narrowband Clear Channel Assessment (NCCA) for narrowband transmission. In NCCA, an LAA node performs LBT in either wide or each narrow bandwidth segment. This allows multiple LAA nodes to perform simultaneous transmissions in orthogonal bandwidth segments in the same time slot. We design four variants of NCCA implementation and model their performance using a mathematical model. The coexistence performance of NCCA with conventional wideband nodes and the accuracy of the model are shown via simulation.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.27-33
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• 2015

In this paper, we consider a joint frequency-domain scheduling and user-pairing problem for virtual MIMO in the single carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) system, e.g., the uplink transmission for third generation partnership project-long term evolution (3GPP-LTE) standard. Due to the subcarrier adjacency constraint inherent to SC-FDMA, its complexity becomes unmanageable. We propose a greedy heuristic algorithm for PF scheduling so as to deal with the complexity issue in this joint problem. It has been shown that its performance can reach up to 90% of its upper bound.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.34 no.5A
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• pp.421-428
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• 2009

Inter-cell coordination has been an emerging issue for mitigating inter-cell interference in broadband wireless access networks such as IEEE802.16 and 3GPP LTE (Long Term Evolution). This paper proposes uplink/downlink hybrid inter-cell coordination patterns for a TDD (Time Division Duplex)/MC-CDMA (Multi-Carrier Code Division Multiple Access) system. For the performance analysis, closed forms of inter-cell interferences are derived when uplink and downlink transmissions coexist over a multi-cell environment. In the analysis, we find an optimal ratio of downlink transmit powers of BSs (Base Stations) based on the target outage probability and the performance according to ratios of uplink/downlink transmit powers of MSs (Mobile Stations)/BSs is explored. Our numerical results show that interference mitigation utilizing the characteristics of the uplink and downlink power ratio is very effective in improving system performance in terms of QoS.

• Information and Communications Magazine
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• v.33 no.6
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• pp.9-17
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• 2016

본고에서는 5G 망에서의 서비스 요구사항을 만족하기 위한 구조로서 Network Slicing 구조를 제안하고 세부 적용방안을 기술한다. 이를 위해 5G 서비스를 우선 정의하고 그에 따른 서비스 요구사항을 도출한 후, 이러한 요구사항과 관련해 현재 망의 문제점에 대해 기술하고 망 개선을 위한 기술 요구사항을 정립한다. 특히, 5G에서의 중요성이 높아질 것으로 전망되고 있는 'Network Slicing'의 필요성 및 개념에 대해 서술한다. Network Slicing에 대한 제조사들의 솔루션 동향, 3GPP 등 단체의 표준화 동향, APN 방식의 P-LTE/DECOR/RAN Slicing 등 관련 기술의 발전 동향을 포함한 5G Network Slicing 주요 기술 동향에 대해서 알아본다. 또한, Slice의 관리 및 BSS/OSS등과의 연계를 위한 통신사업자 입장에서의 플랫폼 요구사항을 정리한다. 5G Network Slicing을 충족하기 위한 주요 기술로 C/U plane 분리구조, 범용 서버를 활용한 NFV/SDN, Edge 기반의 분산된 수평적 네트워크, 데이터 오프로딩 및 지연시간 절감을 위한 Edge Computing 등을 들 수 있고 효율적인 자원 관리를 위한 Orchestration 등에 대해서도 알아본다. 이를 기반으로 하여 사업자 입장에서 5G Core Network 기술을 선도함은 물론이고 향후, 조기 상용화를 위한 진화 방향을 제시하고자 한다.

• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.14-24
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• 2011

AIP를 설정하는 방법에서는 국가에 따라 일부 차이를 보이고 있지만, 본 고에서는 종주국이라 할 수 있는 영국에서의 최소비용대체법을 사용한 한계가치 산출방식을 사용하여 2011년에 주파수 재할당 대상이 되는 800MHz 대역을 대상으로 모형을 제시하고 적용결과를 분석하였다. 먼저 추가주파수를 사용하는 시스템과 주파수 대신 기지국 투자를 추가하는 시스템의 비교를 통하여 두 시스템간 셀간 면적비를 기준으로 한계가치를 도출하는 모형을 제안하고, 새로 도입될 기술인 LTE의 시스템 성능을 평가할 수 있는 시스템 레벨 시뮬레이터를 3GPP에서 제안하고 있는 이동통신 시스템 환경 및 요구조건에 따라 제작하였으며, 이 시뮬레이터를 바탕으로 시스템 도입 지역 또는 운영 주파수 대역에 따라 시뮬레이션을 통하여 시스템 용량을 산출하였다. 마지막으로 제안된 한계가치 모형과 시뮬레이션 결과를 결합하여 최종적으로 한계가치 산정의 기준이 될 추가기지국의 규모를 추정할 수 있는 모델을 제시하였다.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.36 no.7B
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• pp.771-779
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• 2011

It is expected that many heterogeneous wireless systems, such as 3GPP LTE systems, WiMAX systems and WLAN systems, will coexist in the next generation wireless communication environments. Integrated radio resource management and seamless vertical handoff (VHO) should be supported to provide integrated communication services over multi-radio access networks. A new class of adaptive VHO system that views the handoff problem as a pattern recognition problem is proposed. In this paper, we propose a unified radio resource management (URRM) architecture and Support Vector Machine (SVM) based vertical handoff decision system. Extensive simulation studies show the proposed VHO algorithm outperforms RSS based VHO algorithms in terms of throughput and service cost.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.38A no.3
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• pp.268-276
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• 2013

In this paper, we introduce the technologies to handle the interference in the heterogeneous network and evaluate the performance of enhanced Inter-Cell Interference Coordination (enhanced ICIC, eICIC) techniques that are being introduced in 3GPP Release 10. In the time-domain eICIC scheme, time-domain resources are scheduled to avoid the interference by using Almost Blank Subframe (ABS) and Cell Range Expansion (CRE). To mitigate the cross-tier interference between macro and femtocell, it is important to efficiently combine the ABS and CRE in heterogeneous network. Since it is hard to evaluate the total throughput of heterogeneous network numerically, we evaluate the total throughput by using system level simulation (SLS). As a result of evaluation, the throughputs of many different cases of combination of ABS and CRE are compared.

• Smart Media Journal
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.71-79
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• 2020

Mobile network is used by many users worldwide for diverse services, including phone-call, messaging and data transfer over the Internet. However, this network may experience massive damage if it is exposed to cyber-attacks or denial-of-service attacks via wireless communication interference. Because the mobile network is also used as an emergency network in cases of disaster, evaluation or verification for security and safety is necessary as an important nation-wide asset. However, it is not easy to analyze the mobile core network because it's built and serviced by private service providers, exclusively operated, and there is even no separate network for testing. Thus, in this paper, a virtual mobile network is built using OpenAirInterface, which is implemented based on 3GPP standards and provided as an open source software, and the structure and protocols of the core network are analyzed. In particular, the S1AP protocol messages captured on S1-MME, the interface between the base station eNodeB and the mobility manager MME, are analyzed to identify potential security threats by evaluating the effect of the messages sent from the user terminal UE to the mobile core network.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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• v.33 no.3
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• pp.549-559
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• 2023

As mobile edge computing (MEC) is gaining attention as a core technology of 5G networks, edge AI technology of 5G network environment based on mobile user data is recently being used in various fields. However, as in traditional AI security, there is a possibility of adversarial interference of standard 5G network functions within the core network responsible for edge AI core functions. In addition, research on data poisoning attacks that can occur in the MEC environment of standalone mode defined in 5G standards by 3GPP is currently insufficient compared to existing LTE networks. In this study, we explore the threat model for the MEC environment using NWDAF, a network function that is responsible for the core function of edge AI in 5G, and propose a feature selection method to improve the performance of detecting data poisoning attacks for Leaf NWDAF as some proof of concept. Through the proposed methodology, we achieved a maximum detection rate of 94.9% for Slowloris attack-based data poisoning attacks in NWDAF.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.21-28
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• 2009

DFT-spread OFDM(Discrete Fourier Transform-Spread Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) is very effective for solving the PAPR(Peak-to-Average Power Ratio) problem. Therefore, the SC-FDMA(Single Carrier-Frequency Division Multiple Access) which is basically same to the DFT spread OFDM was adopted as the uplink standard of the 3GPP LTE ($3^{rd}$ Generation Partnership Project Long Term Evolution). Unlike the ordinary OFDM system, the SC-FDMA using DFT spreading method is vulnerable to the ICI(Inter-Carrier Interference) problem caused by the phase noise and IQ(In-phase/Quadrature) imbalance and effected FDE(Frequency Domain Equalizer). In this paper, the ICI effects from the phase noise and IQ imbalance which can be problems in uplink transmission are analyzed according the back-off level of HPA. Next, we propose the equalizer algorithm to remove the ICI effects. This proposed equalizer based on the FDE can be considered as up-graded and improved version of PNS(Phase Noise Suppression) algorithm. This proposed equalizer effectively compensates the ICI resulting from the phase noise and IQ imbalance. Finally, through the computer simulation, it can be shown that about SNR=14 dB is required for the $BER=10^{-4}$ after ICI compensation when the back-off is 4.5 dB, $\varepsilon=0.005$, $\phi=5^{\circ}$, and $pn=0.06\;rad^2$.