• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.1-21
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• 2013

The release of IEEE 802.15.4e specification significantly develops IEEE 802.15.4. The most inspiring improvement is the enhancement for medium access control (MAC) sublayer. To study the performance of IEEE 802.15.4e MAC, in this paper we first present an overview of IEEE 802.15.4e and introduce three MAC mechanisms in IEEE 802.15.4e. And the major concern here is the Time Slotted Channel Hopping (TSCH) mode that provides deterministic access and increases network capacity. Then a detailed analytical Markov chain model for TSCH carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance (CSMA-CA) is presented. Expressions which cover most of the crucial issues in performance analysis such as the packet loss rate, energy consumption, normalized throughput, and average access delay are presented. Finally the performance evaluation for the TSCH mode is given and we make a comprehensive comparison with unslotted CSMA-CA in non-beacon enabled mode of IEEE 802.15.4. It can validate IEEE 802.15.4e network can provide low energy consumption, deterministic access and increase network capacity.

• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.318-325
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• 2008

In this paper, a dynamic backoff adjustment method of IEEE 802.15.4 is proposed for time-critical sporadic data in a noisy factory environment. For this, a superframe of IEEE 802.15.4 is applied to a real-time mixed data (periodic data, sporadic data, and non real-time message) transmission in factory communication systems. To guarantee a channel access of real-time sporadic(non-periodic) data, a transmission method using the dynamic backoff is applied to wireless control networks. For the real-time property, different initial BE, CW parameters are used for the dynamic backoff adjustment method. The simulat-ion results show an enhancement of the real-time performance of sporadic emergency data. The proposed method provides the channel access of real-time sporadic data efficiently, and guarantee real-time transmission simultaneously within a limite-d timeframe.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.13 no.5
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• pp.854-859
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• 2009

Many pilot projects are developed using USN(Ubiquitous Sensor network). Recently USN has more attention to be used for the applications of circumstance monitoring. In order to acquire information from sensor nodes, sensor nodes need a RF transceiver. In this paper we describe the design of a RF transceiver, based on IEEE 802.15.4, for sensor nodes operating in 2.4GHz frequency band. The architecture to be implemented and the electrical performance specifications satisfied IEEE 802.15.4 are presented. The noise figure of a receiver, selectivity, phase noise of a frequency synthesizer, transmitter's linearity and spectrum mask are derived as a design parameters from the specifications of IEEE 802.15.4.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.132-141
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• 2011

IEEE 802.15.4 networks are a feasible platform candidate for connecting all health-care-related equipment dispersed across a hospital room to collect critical time-sensitive data about patient health state, such as the heart rate and blood pressure. To meet the quality of service requirements of health-care systems, this paper proposes a multi-priority queue system that differentiates between various types of frames. The effect of the proposed system on the average delay and throughput is explored herein. By employing different contention window parameters, as in IEEE 802.11e, this multi-queue system prioritizes frames on the basis of priority classes. Performance under both saturated and unsaturated traffic conditions was evaluated using a novel analytical model that comprehensively integrates two legacy models for 802.15.4 and 802.11e. To improve the accuracy, our model also accommodates the transmission retries and deferment algorithms that significantly affect the performance of IEEE 802.15.4. The multi-queue scheme is predicted to separate the average delay and throughput of two different classes by up to 48.4% and 46%, respectively, without wasting bandwidth. These outcomes imply that the multi-queue system should be employed in health-care systems for prompt allocation of synchronous channels and faster delivery of urgent information. The simulation results validate these model's predictions with a maximum deviation of 7.6%.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.36 no.3A
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• pp.267-277
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• 2011

Like other wireless network protocols, IEEE 802.15.4 adopts CA (Collision Avoidance)algorithm to avoid the early collision of a new packet by randomizing its first transmission time rather than its immediate delivery. The traditional CA scheme of IEEE 802.15.4, however, selects the random access time from the predetermined range without considering the degree of current congestion. It probably causes either a long delay to settle in the suitable range for the current network load or frequent clashes especially during the long lasting heavy traffic period. This paper proposes an ACA(Adaptive Collision Avoidance) algorithm adapting the initial backoff range to the undergoing collision variations. It also introduces a mathematical model to predict the performance of ACA algorithm added to IEEE 802.15.4. With only small deviations from corresponding simulations, our analytical model shows that ACA technique can improve the throughput of IEEE 802.15.4 by up-to 41% maximally in addition to shortening the packet delays.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2012.04a
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• pp.1027-1029
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• 2012

최근 IEEE 802.11(Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.15.1(Bluetooth), IEEE 802.15.4(ZigBee) 등 2.4GHz 대역의 비허가 주파수 대역의 사용이 늘어나고 있다. 통신 방식은 다르지만 사용 주파수 대역이 동일하다는 관점에서 간섭의 영향을 피할 수 없기 때문에 각 기술간 간섭의 영향을 완화하고 간섭 상황에서 각 기술의 성능을 향상하기 위해 각 기술에 대한 상호 작용하는 것에 대한 연구가 진행 되어야 한다. 본 논문에서는 IEEE 802.11b/g, IEEE 802.15.1, IEEE 802.15.4가 2.4GHz 대역에서 상호간에 미치는 영향을 분석하기 위해 PER(Packet Error Rate) 분석을 수행하였다.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.38B no.7
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• pp.572-580
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• 2013

IEEE 802.15.4e is a prospective standard for low latency control application in industries. This paper proposes a framework to evaluate the closed loop IEEE 802.15.4e based WNCS performance. The framework consists of two models: closed loop control system model and network model. The network model focuses on the PHY parameters of wireless link and takes the channel parameters into consideration. The PHY model combining with MAC model gives the control system model the probability of packet loss in a super-frame. In addition, redundancy mechanism is considered in IEEE 802.15.4e to reduce to data frame loss probability. The simulation is implemented in Matlab, PHY model takes the channel parameters from empirical results. Hence our evaluation gives insight into behavior of WNCS in different environments and it provides us a tool to design wireless network to achieve a good performance for control system.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.81-91
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• 2014

This paper proposes hidden-node aware grouping (HAG) algorithm to enhance the performance of institute of electrical and electronics engineers (IEEE) 802.15.4 networks when they undergo either severe collisions or frequent interferences by hidden nodes. According to the degree of measured collisions and interferences, HAG algorithm dynamically transforms IEEE 802.15.4 protocol between a contention algorithm and a contention-limited one. As a way to reduce the degree of contentions, it organizes nodes into some number of groups and assigns each group an exclusive per-group time slot during which only its member nodes compete to grab the channel. To eliminate harmful disruptions by hidden nodes, especially, it identifies hidden nodes by analyzing the received signal powers that each node reports and then places them into distinct groups. For load balancing, finally it flexibly adapts each per-group time according to the periodic average collision rate of each group. This paper also extends a conventional Markov chain model of IEEE 802.15.4 by including the deferment technique and a traffic source to more accurately evaluate the throughput of HAG algorithm under both saturated and unsaturated environments. This mathematical model and corresponding simulations predict with 6%discrepancy that HAG algorithm can improve the performance of the legacy IEEE 802.15.4 protocol, for example, even by 95% in a network that contains two hidden nodes, resulting in creation of three groups.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2018.10a
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• pp.577-578
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• 2018

In this paper, we evaluate the throughput performance of IEEE 802.15.4 Time Slotted Channel Hopping (TSCH) tree network using Contiki-NG operating system. We build a virtual simulation environment to compare the throughput performance of various IEEE 802.15.4 TSCH networks according to the changes in the number of nodes and the hop counts. The simulation results show that the throughput increases as the number of nodes increase while it decreases as the hop counts increase.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2009.04a
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• pp.1267-1270
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• 2009

IEEE 802.15.4 프로토콜은 구현이 용이하여 다양한 응용 네트워크에서 사용되고 있다. 하지만 대용량 데이터 전송시 백오프(back-off), CCA(Clear Channel Assesment), IFS(Inter Frame Space), ACK 시간 등이 MAC 계층에서 오버헤드로 작용하여 네트워크 성능 저하의 요인이 된다. 본 논문에서는 IEEE 802.11e 프로토콜에서 사용되고 있는 블록(block) ACK 기법을 분석하고 이를 802.15.4 네트워크에 적용할 것을 제안하였다. 시뮬레이션을 통한 성능 분석을 실시하고 제안한 기법이 802.15.4에서도 네트워크 처리량을 크게 향상 시킬 수 있음을 확인하였다.