• 한국정보과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보과학회 2003년도 가을 학술발표논문집 Vol.30 No.2 (1)
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• pp.451-453
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• 2003

인터넷과 개인컴퓨터가 대중화되어 사용자층이 넓어지고, 컴퓨터 기술이 다양화됨에 따라 점차 고가용성 서버에 대한 관심이 높아지면서 낮은 비용에 높은 성능을 만족시켜줄 수 있는 클러스터링 시스템이 인기를 끌고 있다. 하지만 기존의 클러스터링 시스템은 높은 성능에 비해 특정 플랫폼에 종속적이거나 특정 어플리케이션을 위한 구성이기 때문에 하나의 클러스터링 시스템을 여러 가지 플랫폼에서 다양한 목적으로 사용하기에는 부적절하다. 특정 장치 및 프로토콜 혹은 플랫폼에 의존적인 시스템은 유지보수 및 확장성의 제약을 받게 되기 때문에 이질적 컴포넌트들을 유기적으로 결합할 수 있는 방법이 요구되며 이러한 시스템을 효과적으로 구현하기 위해서는 표준 기반의 COTS (commercial-off-the-shelf) 미들웨어의 적용이 반드시 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 미들웨어로서 분산객체컴퓨팅의 표준인 CORBA 로드 밸런싱 서비스를 이용하여 유지보수 및 확장성이 용이하고 다양한 플랫폼에서 사용이 가능하며 여러 종류의 어플리케이션의 수행을 위한 클러스터 노드의 동적 추가/삭제가 가능한 범용 클러스터링 시스템을 설계하고 구현한다.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2015년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.567-569
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• 2015

급속히 변화하는 위협에 신속히 대응하고 개발 및 운영유지 예산을 절감하기 위해 미 해군은 함정에 설치되는 전투체계에 MIL-SPEC 장비 대신 상용 정보통신장비를 대폭 적용하고 있다. 이지스 전투체계의 경우 베이스라인 7(Baseline 7) 부터는 COTS 기반 체계로 대체되었고, 근래에 건조된 연안전투함(LCS), 현재 건조 중인 줌왈트급 구축함 등에 탑재되는 전투체계도 완벽하게 COTS 기반으로 개발되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 미 해군 함정 전투체계에 COTS가 적용된 사례와 함형별 적용 방법의 차이에 대해 조사하여 분석하였다.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.147-153
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• 2002

The real-time reception and recording of down-link mission data from a satellite requires the highest reliability because the data lost in receiving process cannot be recovered. The data receiving and recording system has moved from a set of dedicated hardware and software components to commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) components in order to reduce the system cost as well as to upgrade the system easily for handling other satellite data. The use of COTS hardware and middleware components prevents the system developer from correcting or modifying the internal operations of the COTS components, and hence, instant performance degradation of the COTS components which affects the reliable data acquisition must be covered by a software algorithm. This paper introduces the instant performance problem of a COTS data recording device which leads to the data loss in the real-time data reception and recording process. As a result, the requirement of the modification of the conventional data read/write technique is issued. In order to overcome the data loss problem due to the use of COTS components and the conventional software technique, a new algorithm called a software buffering technique is proposed. The experiments show that the application of the proposed technique results in reliable real-time reception and recording of high speed serial data.

• IEIE Transactions on Smart Processing and Computing
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.106-116
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• 2012

The huge success of location-aware applications has called for the rapid development of an alternative positioning system to the global positioning system (GPS) for indoor localization based on existing technologies, such as 802.11 wireless networks. This paper proposes the Wireless MAC Processor Positioning System (WMPS), which is a localization system running on off-the-shelf 802.11 Access Points and based on the time-of-flight ranging of users' standard terminals. This paper proves through extensive experiments that the propagation delays can be measured with the accuracy required by indoor applications despite the different noise components that can affect the result: latencies of the hardware transreceivers, multipath, ACK jitters and timer quantization. Key to this solution is the choice of the Wireless MAC Processor architecture, which enables a straightforward implementation of the ranging subsystem directly inside the commercial cards without affecting the basic DCF channel access algorithm. In addition to the proposed measurement framework, this study developed a simple and effective localization algorithm that can work without requiring any preliminary calibration or device characterization. Finally, the architecture allows the measurement methodology to be adjusted as a function of the network load or propagation environments at the run time, without requiring any firmware update.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권12호
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• pp.4422-4430
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• 2022

Studying the effects of gamma radiation on the instrumentation and control (I&C) system of a nuclear power plant is critical to the successful and reliable operation of the plant. In the accidental scenario, the adverse environment of ionizing radiation affects the performance of the I&C system and it leads to inaccurate and incomprehensible results. This paper reports the effects of gamma radiation on the AT89C51RD2, a commercial-off-the-shelf 8-bit high-performance flash microcontroller. The microcontroller, selected for the device under test for this study is used in the remote terminal unit for a nuclear power plant. The custom circuits were made to test the microcontroller under different gamma doses using a ⁶⁰Co gamma source in both ex-situ and in-situ modes. The device was exposed to a maximum dose of 1.5 kGy. Under this hostile environment, the performance of the microcontroller was studied in terms of device current and voltage changes. It was observed that the microcontroller device can operate up to a total absorbed dose of approximately 0.6 kGy without any failure or degradation in its performance.

• 항공우주기술
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.153-160
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• 2010

ADRS는 프로그램 가능한 자동화 컨트롤러로써 스마트무인기를 위해 설계된 저비용의 재구성 가능한 비행시험 데이터 수집 시스템이다. 본 논문에서는 하드웨어와 소프트웨어 설계내용을 기술하였다. ADRS와 DFCC 인터페이스, ADRS와 센서 인터페이스에 대한 하드웨어 구성과 수정사항을 기술하였으며 ADRS 운용 소프트웨어와 데이터 저장에 대한 절차가 설명되었다. 마지막으로 스마트무인기의 지상시험과정을 통한 ADRS의 검증과정 및 결과가 제시되었다.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.219-228
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• 2020

A CubeSat platform has become a popular choice due to inexpensive commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components and low launch cost. However, it requires more power-efficient and higher-data rate downlink capability for space applications related to remote sensing. In addition, the platform is limited by the size, weight and power (SWaP) constraints as well as the regulatory issue of licensing the radio frequency (RF) spectrum. The requirements and limitations have put optical communications on promising alternatives to RF communications for a CubeSat platform, owing to the power efficiency and high data rate as well as the license free spectrum. In this study, we analyzed the performance of optical downlink communications compatible with CubeSat platforms in terms of data rate, bit error rate (BER) and outage probability. Mathematical models of BER and outage probability were derived based on not only the log-normal model of atmospheric turbulence but also a transmitter with a finite extinction ratio. Given the fixed slot width, the optimal guard time and modulation orders were chosen to achieve the target data rate. And the two performance metrics, BER and outage data rate, were analyzed and discussed with respect to beam divergence angle, scintillation index and zenith angle.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제15권9호
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• pp.2050-2058
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• 2011

본 논문은 항공기의 항공 전자에 내장된 비행운용프로그램을 개발하기 위한 요구도 관리 시스템을 제시한다. 제시된 시스템은 비행운용프로그램을 개발하기 위한 요구사항분석, 설계, 구현 테스트결과와 요구도 수정 로그 등을 효과적으로 관리한다. 기존의 상업용 요구도 관리시스템은 보다 다양한 기능을 가지고 있지만 이들 대부분의 도구들은 너무 복잡하고 상대적으로 구입가격이 비싸며 유지보수 비용이 크다. 본 논문에서 개발된 시스템은 항공전자 장비 비행운용프로그램 개발에 특화된 시스템으로서 사용의 용이성과 비용 면에서 효율적인 시스템이다.

• Structural Monitoring and Maintenance
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.359-371
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• 2022

Bridges are critical to the civil engineering infrastructure network as they facilitate movement of people, the transportation of goods and services. Given the aging of bridge infrastructure, federal officials mandate visual inspections biennially to identify necessary repair actions which are time, cost, and labor-intensive. Additionally, the expansion joints of bridges are rarely monitored due to cost. However, expansion joints are critical as they absorb movement from thermal effects, loadings strains, impact, abutment settlement, and vehicle motion movement. Thus, the need to monitor bridge expansion joints efficiently, at a low cost, and wirelessly is desired. This paper addresses bridge joint monitoring needs to develop a cost-effective, real-time wireless system that can be validated in a full-scale bridge structure. To this end, a wireless expansion joint monitoring was developed using commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) sensors. An in-service bridge was selected as a testbed to validate the performance of the developed system compared with traditional displacement sensor, LVDT, temperature and humidity sensors. The short-term monitoring campaign with the wireless sensor system with the internet protocol version 6 over the time slotted channel hopping mode of IEEE 802.15.4e (6TiSCH) network showed reliable results, providing high potential of the developed system for effective joint monitoring at a low cost.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제16권10호
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• pp.1018-1023
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• 2010

The CAN (Controller Area Network) system is the most dominant protocol for in-vehicle networking system because it provides bounded transmission delay among ECUs (Electronic Control Units) at data rates between 125Kbps and 1Mbps. And, many automotive companies have chosen the CAN protocol for their in-vehicle networking system such as chassis network system because of its excellent communication characteristics. However, the increasing number of ECUs and the need for more intelligent functions such as ADASs (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems) or IVISs (In-Vehicle Information Systems) require a network with more network capacity and the real-time QoS (Quality-of-Service). As one approach to enhancing the network capacity of a CAN system, this paper introduces a CAN system with dual communication channel. And, this paper presents a distributed message allocation method that allocates messages to the more appropriate channel using forecast traffic of each channel. Finally, an experimental testbed using commercial off-the-shelf microcontrollers with two CAN protocol controllers was used to demonstrate the feasibility of the CAN system with dual communication channel using the distributed message allocation method.