• Transactions on Control, Automation and Systems Engineering
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• v.3 no.3
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• pp.181-189
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• 2001

The software components of embedded control systems get extremely complex as they are designed into distributed systems get extremely complex as they are designed into distributed systems consisting of a large number of inexpensive microcontrollers interconnected by low-bandwidth real-time networks such as the controller area network (CAN). While recently emerging middleware technologies such as CORBA and DCOM address the complexity of distributed programming, they cannot be directly applied to distributed control system design due to their excessive resource demand and inadequate communication models. In this paper, we propose a CORBA-based middleware design for CAN-based distributed embedded control systems. Our design goal is to minimize its resource need and make it support group communication without losing the IDL (interface definition language) level compliance to the OMG standards. To achieve this, we develop a transport protocol on the CAN and a group communication scheme based on the well-known publisher/subscriber model. The protocol effectively realizes subject-based addressing and supports anonymous publisher/subscriber communication. We also customize the method invocation and message passing protocol, referred to as the general inter-ORB protocol (GIOP), of CORBA so that CORBA method invocations are efficiently serviced on a low-bandwidth network such as the CAN. This customization includes packed data encoding and variable-length integer encoding for compact representation of IDL data types. We have implemented our CORBA-based middleware on the mArx real-time operating system we have developed at Seoul National University. Our experiments clearly demonstrate that it is feasible to use CORBA in developing distributed embedded control systems possessing severe resource limitations. Our design clearly demonstrates that it is feasible to use a CORBA-based middleware in developing distributed embedded systems on real-time networks possessing severe resource limitations.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.163-173
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• 1999

The CORBA provides a object-oriented middleware that lets applications extend their range across networks, languages, component boundaries, and operating systems. Java can provide a potable object that works in any operating system. Mapping Java into CORBA helps large scale information system operate through the Web by using the mobile code property of Java and object component technique of CORBA. This development environment is called the Object Web. This paper proposes an architecture of OSI network management with a CORBA manager using Object Web and an CORBA/CMIS gateway which apply a CMIS-level gateway model to gateway. In this architecture, CORBA manager is based on Object Web and can manage MOs in the OSI domain. The gateway has a role to translate CORBA IDLs into CMIS services and vice versa. In addition, an OSI agent is abstracted into a CORBA agent.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2000.10a
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• pp.172-174
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• 2000

본 논문에서는 CAN 기반의 분산 제어 시스템을 위한 환경에 특화된 CORBA인 CAN-CORBA의 설계와 구현에 대하여 기술한다. CAN-CORBA는 예약 구독 기반의 그룹 통신과 CORBA의 전통적인 연결 기반 점대점 통신을 모두 지원한다. 또한 내장형 ORB간 통신 프로토콜인 EIOP를 사용하여 메시지 전송량을 획기적으로 줄였다. CAN-CORBA는 서울대학교에서 개발한 실시간 운영체제 mArx에 완전히 구현되었다. 다양한 경험과 실험 결과는 CAN-CORBA가 극심한 자원 제약 한계를 갖는 분산 내장형 제어 시스템을 개발하는데 적합함을 보여주었다.

• The KIPS Transactions:PartA
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• v.9A no.4
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• pp.479-484
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• 2002

This paper presents the model that integrates an SDL system and a CORBA system using mapping rules between method and signal for developing embedded systems connected with internet. In order to support communication between the two different systems (SDL and CORBA), it is essential to secure the conversion interface between SDL communication protocol and CORBA communication protocol. In this paper, IDL is adopted for the communication interface and the conversion of the communication protocol between the two systems, and the IDL compiler automatically generates the interface for protocol interoperability. The proposed model adopts middleware on the subpart of the SDL based legacy system, and hence, supports the service on the distributed system, regardless of the environment and location of the server system.

• Journal of KIISE:Computing Practices and Letters
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.225-233
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• 2000

Local Number Portability (LNP), an Intelligent Network (IN) service, provides the ability to retain existing telephone numbers when switching from one telecommunications carrier to another, from one region to another, or from one service to another. Local Number Portability (LNP), an Intelligent Network (IN) service, provides the ability to retain existing telephone numbers when switching from one telecommunications carrier to another, from one region to another, or from one service to another. LNP is a key service for increasing competition in the local telephone marketplace. Many countries are now establishing detailed rules for ensuring competition between network operators. Because many major carriers will deploy their own LNP databases, a single access point must be provided to effectively manage and distribute updates to the common regional LNP database. This is called Number Portability Administration Center (NPAC). Recently, CORBA is being accepted as one of the key technologies for developing distributed application systems. To use CORBA for managing IN services, several standard organizations are working towards the integration of IN, TMN and CORBA. In this paper, we present our work on applying the TMN and CORBA technology for the service management of LNP. We first propose a CORBA-based LNP service management system architecture, We then present the design and implementation of a LNP service management system using CORBA.

• Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.147-154
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• 2002

An Order Management System related to press die fabrication in automobile industry are developed in this research. This system is constructed by CORBA and XML to avoid disorder from data integration. Because CORBA can integrate diverse applications within distributed heterogeneous environments and XML can be made use of data exchange format, The developed system is available on almost any hardware platforms, operation system environments, and programming languages.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.28 no.2B
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• pp.117-128
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• 2003

The network management becomes more complicated due to the growth of network technology and introduction of a large number of new multimedia services. TINA has appeared as a concept for the advanced network management system platform using the information technology such as distributed processing and object oriented modeling. Since TINA is on the basis of DPE (Distributed Processing Environment), it can manage networks and services for open telecommunications. In this paper, we propose an implementation strategy of the MIB/MIT to federate various CORBA objects in CORBA based network management system implementing TINA DPE. The proposed strategy is novel in the sense that it can support the distribution of MIB/MIT that is well matched with the distributed component architecture of TINA DPE, and it can also support the scoping and filtering services on the MIT using CORBA Naming Service.

• Journal of KIISE:Computing Practices and Letters
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• v.5 no.6
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• pp.758-770
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• 1999

최근 급속한 네트워크 기술의 발달로 이들에 대한 관리의 필요성이 제기되었고 이를 위해 SNMP와 CMIP등과 같은 표준이 등장하여 사용되어 왔다. 그러나 점점 더 다양하고 복잡한 네트워크가 형성되자 이들에 대한 효율적인 관리가 필요하게 되었다. 현재, TMN은 개념에 있어서 보편성 및 가장 일반화된 관리개념이며 최종적으로 도달할 네트워크 관리 개념을 포함하고 있다. CORBA는 분산환경에서 응용프로그램을 쉽게 구현할 수 있는 기반을 제공하고 있다. 따라서 이러한 두 가지 기술을 접목한 CORBA와 TMN을 통합하고자 하는 많은 연구가 진행되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 현재의 CORBA/TMN 통합에 대한 연구를 바탕으로 효율적인 네트워크 통합 관리 구조를 정의하고 TMN의 기능중 Alarm Surveillance를 구조에 맞춰 구현하였다. 구현된 Alarm Surveillance System은 다양한 대리자들로부터 보고되는 여러 형태의 Alarm 정보에 대해, 처리 및 운용자에 대한 보고수행 등을 일관성 있게 처리하고 있는 것을 보여주고 있다. 따라서 제시된 Alarm Surveillance System은 사용자에게 일관성 있는 관리행위를 제공함으로써 다양한 관리구조가 적용된 복잡한 네트워크 관리를 제공할 수 있다. 또한 전체 네트워크로부터 필요한 통계분석을 위한 자료 수집 등의 편의를 제공할 것이다.Abstract Recently, due to the rapid development of network technology, the need for the network management appeared. So two representative standardards, SNMP and CMIP, have been applied to many network management system. But the more complex and vaious network are constructed, the demand for more efficient network management technology grew bigger. Currently, TMN technology is beginning to be widely applied to the management of networks. CORBA has been widely adopted for developing distributed systems in many areas of information technology. CORBA provides the infrastructure for the interoperability of various object-oriented management applications in a distributed environment, and, recently there have been world-wide research for the integration of CORBA within a TMN framework. Many attempts have been made to enable network management using CORBA techonology and some are working on already. This paper defines the architecture for integrated network management based on current CORBA/TMN integration technologies and then presents the design and implementation for alarm surveillance system which was applied to the defined architecture. The prototype implementation was done using IONA orbix. The proposed integrated network management framework will provide users with consistent management operations and ability to manage complex and various networks and to gather statistical data from those networks.

• Korean Journal of Computational Design and Engineering
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.33-41
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• 2000

A monitoring and control system, as a broker to connect work-fields with higher departs, gives a great effect on capacity and reliability of a manufacturing system. However, it is very difficult to construct an integrated monitoring control system in a shop with diverse equipment. This paper proposes a CORBA based scheme to construct an integrated system for monitoring and control of equipment in a machining shop. The system is developed by applying the object oriented technology. Thus, its design and maintenance are not only early but it can cope with variation of production situation flexibly. Finally, we introduce a prototype using a milling machine, a robot, PLC's, etc.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2000.04a
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• pp.187-189
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• 2000

Nowadays, efforts are in progress for the standardization of CORBAbased telecommunication network management framework. To implement a network management system based on the framework completely, CORBA ORB and some of CORBA service should be installed in the element. And then, there must be the naming tree, which correspond to the containment relationships between components in the network element. If we use conventional OMG naming service to form the naming tree, all MOs, a software fragmenthat corresponds to each component in a system, should be instantiated. However, the network element is usually a kind of limited resource system, which cannot provide sufficient resources for applications run on it. Hence, instantiatingall MOs can cause problems for that kind of system, This paper presents Smart Naming Service architecture as a solution to the problem.