• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.19-26
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• 2016

In this paper, the performance of dual-hop multi-relay maximum ratio transmission (MRT) over Rayleigh flat fading channels is studied with both conventional (all relays participate the transmission) and opportunistic (best relay is selected to maximize the received signal-to-noise ratio (SNR)) relaying. Performance analysis starts with the derivation of the probability density function, cumulative distribution function and moment generating function of the SNR. Then, both approximate and asymptotic expressions of symbol error rate (SER) and outage probability are derived for arbitrary numbers of antennas and relays. With the help of asymptotic SER and outage probability, diversity and array gains are obtained. In addition, impact of imperfect channel estimations is investigated and optimum power allocation factors for source and relay are calculated. Our analytical findings are validated by numerical examples which indicate that multi-relay MRT can be a low complexity and reliable option in cooperative networks.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.10-17
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• 2014

This work investigates two important performance metrics of underlay cooperative cognitive radio (CR) networks: Interference cumulative distribution function of licensed users and outage probability of unlicensed users. These metrics are thoroughly analyzed in realistic operating conditions such as imperfect fading channel information and strict transmit power constraint, which satisfies interference power constraint and maximum transmit power constraint, over Nakagami-m fading channels. Novel closed-form expressions are derived and subsequently validated extensively through comparisons with respective results from computer simulations. The proposed expressions are rather long but straightforward to handle both analytically and numerically since they are expressed in terms of well known built-in functions. In addition, the offered results provide the following technical insights: i) Channel information imperfection degrades considerably the performance of both unlicensed network in terms of OP and licensed network in terms of interference levels; ii) underlay cooperative CR networks experience the outage saturation phenomenon; iii) the probability that the interference power constraint is satisfied is relatively low and depends significantly on the corresponding fading severity conditions as well as the channel estimation quality; iv) there exists a critical performance trade-off between unlicensed and licensed networks.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.280-292
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• 2014

This article presents a novel cooperative spectrum sharing (CSS) scheme. The primary transmitter transmits a complex Quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) signal in the first phase, and CSS occurs in the second phase. The secondary transmitter with the largest forwarding channel gain among the nodes that successfully decode the primary signal in the first phase is selected for CSS. This selected node employs a pulse-amplitude modulation (PAM) signal for primary information message (IM) instead of the QAM signal, and it employs a modified PAM signal for the secondary IM. The proposed modified PAM signal depends on the amplitude of the primary PAM signal. This method results in no mutual interference and negligible primary interference constraint and allows a higher degree of exploitation of spatial diversity, thus enabling increase in secondary power to improve primary transmission. The outage performance is enhanced in both the primary and secondary systems. The critical region, in which the primary outage performance is enhanced with the proposed CSS scheme, can be adjusted and widened by varying either the modulation cooperation sharing factor or the number of secondary transmitters.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제33권4A호
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• pp.418-425
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• 2008

분산 다중 안테나 기반의 상호협력 통신(cooperative MIMO)을 구현하기 위해 대역 효율성 있는 두 가지 방식의 상호협력 전송 프로토콜을 제안하고 비교 분석한다. 같은 시분할 슬롯에 전송된 모든 심볼들 간에 간섭이 없다고 가정한 경우에 대해 각 전송 프로토콜의 BER 성능을 AF (Amplify-and-Forward)와 DF (Decode-and-Forward) 방식에서 각각 분석한다. 수학적 분석과 모의실험 결과를 통해 제안한 전송 방식이 직접 전송 방식(direct transmission)에 비해 대역폭을 추가로 사용하지 않고 많은 이득이 있음을 보여준다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제11권12호
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• pp.5803-5819
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• 2017

In this paper, we proposed a contract theory based cooperative spectrum sharing scheme with joint power and bandwidth optimization under asymmetric information, where the primary user (PU) does not know the secondary users' (SUs) private information. To improve performance, PU needs to provide incentives to stimulate nearby SUs to help forward its signal. By using contract theory, PU and SUs' negotiations are modeled as a labor market. PU and SUs act as the employer and employees, respectively. Specifically, SUs provide labor (i.e. the relay power, which can be used for forwarding PU's signal) in exchange for the reward (i.e. the spectrum access bandwidth which can be used for transmitting their own signals). PU needs to overcome a challenge how to balance the relationship between contributions and incentives for the SUs. We study the optimal contract design which consists of relay power and spectrum access bandwidth allocation. We show that the most efficient SUs will be hired by the PU to attend the cooperative communication. PU can achieve the same maximum utility as in the symmetric information scenario. Simulation results confirm that the utility of PU is significantly enhanced with our proposed cooperative spectrum sharing scheme.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제22권10호
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• pp.941-950
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 중계기 선택 기법이 적용된 증분 협력 통신의 단-대-단 성능을 분석한다. 일반적인 협력 통신은 1 phase에 송신단(S)에서 전송하는 신호를 수신단(D)이 한 번 수신하고, 2 phase에 중계기(R)로부터 S에서 전송한 신호를 재 전송받게 된다. 이러한 과정을 통해 D는 다이버시티 이득을 얻음으로써 수신 성능이 향상되지만, 두 번에 걸친 전송은 스펙트럼 효율성을 감소시킨다. 하지만 증분형 중계 기법을 적용한 협력 통신에서 D는 1 phase에 수신한 신호만으로 복호에 성공할 수 있다고 판단되면, 두 번째 전송을 생략함으로써 이러한 단점을 보완할 수 있다. 증분형 중계 기법에서 D는 ACK/NACK 메시지를 전송하는 ARQ(Automatic Repeat reQuest) 기법을 이용한다. 본 논문에서는 D가 첫 번째 시간 슬롯에 수신한 신호를 복호할 수 있는지를 판단하기 위해 임계 SNR을 이용한 ARQ 기법과 채널 부호화를 이용한 HARQ(Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest) 기법과 같이 두 가지 방법을 고려한 시스템에 참여하는 중계기 배치에 따른 성능을 분석하고, 중계기 배치가 성능에 미치는 영향에 대해 연구한다.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2008년도 하계종합학술대회
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• pp.213-214
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• 2008

In this paper, we analyze the performance of a cooperative communication wireless network over independent and identically distributed (IID) Nakagami-m fading channels. A simple transmission scheme is considered where the relay is operating in amplify-forward (AF) mode. A closed-form expression for symbol error rate (SER) is obtained using the moment generating function (MGF) of the total signal to noise ratio (SNR) of the transmitted signal with binary phase shift keying (BPSK).

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2008년도 하계종합학술대회
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• pp.225-226
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• 2008

본 논문은 협력 ARQ 프로토콜에서 기존의 SNR 또는 채널 계수를 고려하는 선택적 릴레이 방식 대신에 LLR를 고려한 최적의 선택적 릴레이를 제안하였다. 협력통신에 ARQ를 적용함으로써 주파수 효율을 향상 시킬 수 있으며, LLR를 적용함으로써 성능을 보다 향상시킬 수 있었다. 레일리 페이딩과 AWGN를 고려한 Monte-Carlo 시뮬레이션을 통해 성능을 검증하였다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제39A권12호
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• pp.777-779
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• 2014

본 논문에서는 보호구간이 삽입된 OFDM 시스템의 단점을 개선한 IOTA-OFDM/OQAM 시스템을 소개한다. 또한 이를 기반으로 하는 DF 협력 통신 모델을 제안한다. 제안 모델의 최종 수신단은 소스와 릴레이로부터 수신한 직교 신호를 MRC 기법으로 결합한다. 이로 인해 얻게 되는 다이버시티 이득으로 제안 모델이 기존 시스템 대비 더 나은 BER 성능을 얻음을 전산 모의실험을 통해 확인하였다.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제38권5호
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• pp.934-940
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• 2016

In this paper, secure multicasting with the help of cooperative decode-and-forward relays is considered for the case in which a source securely sends a common message to multiple destinations in the presence of a single eavesdropper. We show that the secrecy rate maximization problem in the secure multicasting scenario under an overall power constraint can be solved using semidefinite programing with semidefinite relaxation and a bisection technique. Further, a suboptimal approach using zero-forcing beamforming and linear programming based power allocation is also proposed. Numerical results illustrate the secrecy rates achieved by the proposed schemes under secure multicasting scenarios.