• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제36권7B호
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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.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제12권11호
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• pp.5203-5217
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• 2018

In order to increase the capacity and improve the spectrum efficiency of wireless communication systems, this paper proposes a rate-based two-sided many-to-one matching game algorithm for energy-harvesting small cells with non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) in heterogeneous cellular networks (HCN). First, we use a heuristic clustering based channel allocation algorithm to assign channels to small cells and manage the interference. Then, aiming at addressing the user access problem, this issue is modeled as a many-to-one matching game with the rate as its utility. Finally, considering externality in the matching game, we propose an algorithm that involves swap-matchings to find the optimal matching and to prove its stability. Simulation results show that this algorithm outperforms the comparing algorithm in efficiency and rate, in addition to improving the spectrum efficiency.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.369-377
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• 2006

Recently, the metropolitan area network (MAN) has attracted much attention in telecommunication research and has emerged as one of the most important research topics in the community. Several standards representing the first step for developing metropolitan networks have been published; IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX) has taken a relevant role in reaching the goal of realizing a full-service network all over a urban and suburban area. At the same time, the wireless local area networks (WLAN) have been widely used for in-home or short range communications, mainly basing on the IEEE 802.11 (WiFi) standard. A consequence is the increasing interest in interworking technology, that allows an interconnection between different standards by maintaining certain properties, mainly in terms of quality of service (QoS). One of the major issues is to design bridging devices capable of transparently interconnect different wireless technologies. In this paper, we propose two interconnection bridging solutions between WiMAX and WiFi links; the first is more based on the concept of maintaining a certain end-to-end QoS level independently from the wireless technologies used. The second method is more devoted to the reduction of the implementation complexity at the cost of no QoS assurance. The performance of the two methods are compared by resorting to computer simulations showing the advantages of each one technique.

• 한국정보처리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보처리학회 2015년도 추계학술발표대회
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• pp.335-336
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• 2015

Seamless mobility is one of the most crucial feature of telecommunication industry. Researches are going on in full swing to deal with this feature in most efficient manner. Software Defined Networking (SDN) is seen as the next generation paradigm which can facilitate seamless mobility across heterogeneous networks by segregating the control plane and data plane functionalities, and logically centralizing the control plane. In this paper, we propose a simplified Layer 2 handover mechanism for enterprise wireless networks, based on SDN framework. We present a network assisted L2 handover method using the IEEE 802.21 Media Independent Handover (MIH) protocol and SDN concepts, to achieve seamless mobility across heterogeneous networks.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.461-466
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• 2012

Any future heterogeneous overlay network system must be able to support ubiquitous access across multiple wireless networks. To coordinate these diverse network environments, one challenging task is a call admission decision among different types of network. In this paper, we propose a new call admission control scheme to provide quality of service (QoS) while ensuring system efficiency. Based on the interplay between network structure and dynamics, we estimate the network's QoS level and adjust the service price adaptively with the aim of maximizing the network performance. A simulation shows that the proposed scheme can approximate an optimized solution while ensuring a well-balanced network performance in widely different network environments.

• 디지털산업정보학회논문지
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.25-31
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• 2015

Smart healthcare environments which merge medical and IT technology are getting ready for the third generation centering EHR from current second generation. As a basic technology for the introduction and activation of EHR systems it requires heterogeneous network interworking techniques between various wired and wireless medical devices. Interworking technology for heterogeneous network among various medical devices is needed to introduce EHR system. The heterogeneous network interworking technology is needed for construction of a reliable data system to convert each of unstructured data into structured data. Therefore, in this paper, we identify the domestic and international trends of smart medical field and analyze the characteristics of wired and wireless communication technology that is used in a heterogeneous network. and also suggest requirements needed for interworking technology and provide interworking technology based on them. we expect that proposed method which is designed for smart healthcare environments would provide a basic architecture needed for third smart medical technology generation.

• 대한전자공학회논문지TC
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• 제47권12호
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• pp.69-77
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 이기종 무선 네트워크에서 다중 무선 네트워크 인터페이스를 이용한 고속 IP 이동성 관리 방법을 제시한다. 구체적으로, 핸드오버로 인한 패킷 손실과 핸드오버 지연시간을 최소화하기 위해, E-MAP과 이동 단말 간 멀티 캐스팅 터널링을 동적으로 생성하는 IETF HMIPv6를 확장한 E-HMIPv6를 제시하였다. E-HMIPv6는 IETF HNIPv6의 MAP의 확장, 핸드오버 절차, 동시 다중 터널링를 포함 한다. 제안된 방법의 우수성을 증명하기 위해 기존의 이동성 관리 방법과의 TCP과 UDP 기반의 어플리케이션에서의 성능 비교를 위해 NS-2 시뮬레이션을 수행하였다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제9권10호
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• pp.3789-3809
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• 2015

In this paper, we deal with the problem of M2M gateways' network selection for different types of M2M traffic in heterogeneous wireless networks. Based on the difference in traffic's quality of service (QoS) requirements, the M2M traffic produced by various applications is mainly classified as two categories: flexible traffic and rigid traffic. Then, game theory is adopted to solve the problem of network-channel selection with the coexistence of flexible and rigid traffic, named as flexible network access (FNA). We prove the formulated discrete game is a potential game. The existence and feasibility of the Nash equilibrium (NE) of the proposed game are also analyzed. Then, an iterative algorithm based on optimal reaction criterion and a distributed algorithm with limited feedback based on learning automata are presented to obtain the NE of the proposed game. In simulations, the proposed iterative algorithm can achieve a near optimal sum utility of whole network with low complexity compared to the exhaustive search. In addition, the simulation results show that our proposed algorithms outperform existing methods in terms of sum utility and load balance.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.275-281
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• 2012

커뮤니티 네트워크는 이기종(heterogeneous) 노드들이 시간과 장소에 구애받지 않고 정보를 공유할 수 있는 통신 환경을 말한다. 이를 위해 이동 노드들은 사전에 구성된 통신 인프라 시설에 의존하지 않고 자가 구성될 수 있어야 하고 노드의 이동성으로 인해 변경되는 네트워크 토폴로지에 적응할 수 있어야 한다. 준-인프라 기반 무선 애드-혹 네트워크는 이러한 요구사항을 지원하기에 적합한 통신 기술이다. 본 논문에서는 준-인프라기반 애드-혹 네트워크 프로토콜의 실험에 용이한 평가 도구인 VTC(virtual topology coordinator) 시스템을 제안한다. VTC는 모든 통신장비간 단일 홉 통신만이 가능한 작은 공간에서도 선택적 MAC(Medium Access Control) 프레임 수신 메커니즘을 이용하여 다중 홉 네트워크 토폴로지를 가상으로 구성하도록 해준다. VTC 시스템은 실제의 무선 특성을 모두 반영하기는 어려우나 시뮬레이션을 통한 검증보다는 실 특성을 보다 다양하게 반영시킬 수 있다.

• 한국정보통신설비학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신설비학회 2008년도 정보통신설비 학술대회
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• pp.223-228
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• 2008

현재 WLAN, WiBro, HSDPA 등의 다양한 형태의 망 환경들이 존재함에 따라 이러한 다양한 형태의 망간 연동을 통한 시너지 효과를 활용하여 사용자에게 높은 질의 서비스를 제공하려는 수많은 시도들이 이루어지고 있으며 우선적으로 단말이 이종망간에 이동을 하더라도 서비스 연속성을 제공하여 주는 이동성 제공 기술에 관한 연구들이 활발히 진행 중에 있다. 그러나 이미 상용 서비스를 제공 중인 이종 망간(i.e., WiBro 와 HSDPA)에 서비스 연속성을 제공하는 데 있어서는 접속 망 자체의 기본적인 기술적 특성 (i.e., 전송 속도, Coverage, QoS)이외에도 이미 망을 Deployment하여 서비스를 제공 중인 사업자의 현실적인 문제 (i.e., 접속 망 기능 변경의 어려움 및 비용) 등 다양한 변수들도 존재하며 이러한 망의 다양성을 충족시키면서 망간 서비스 연속성을 제공하기 위해서는 하나의 독자적인 이동성 기술로는 한계를 가지게 된다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 이미 망이 Deployment되어 상용 서비스 중인 Wi-Bro와 HSDPA망간에 서비스 연속성을 제공하기 위해서 발생할 수 있는 현실적인 문제점들을 제시하고 이를 고려한 효율적인 이동성 프로토콜을 제안한다. 본 논문에서는 Client Mobile IPv4(CMIPv4)와 Proxy Mobile IPv4 (PMIPV4)의 기술적인 장점을 취하고, 이미 Deployment되어 서비스를 제공 중인 망의 상황에 따라 유동적으로 CMIPv4와 PMIPv4 기술을 동시에 혼재하여 적용가능 한 Hybrid Mobile IP의 이동성 기술 방안을 제안하였다.