• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.43-49
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• 2011

In this paper, a new medium access control (MAC) protocol entitled three-phase multiple access with continual contention resolution (TPMA-CCR) is proposed for wireless multi-hop ad hoc networks. This work is motivated by the previously known three-phase multiple access (TPMA) scheme of Hou and Tsai [2] which is the suitable MAC protocol for clustering multi-hop ad hoc networks owing to its beneficial attributes such as easy collision detectible, anonymous acknowledgment (ACK), and simple signaling format for the broadcast-natured networks. The new TPMA-CCR is designed to let all contending nodes participate in contentions for a medium access more aggressively than the original TPMA and with continual resolving procedures as well. Through the systematical performance analysis of the suggested protocol, it is also shown that the maximum throughput of the new protocol is not only superior to the original TPMA, but also improves on the conventional slotted carrier sense multiple access (CSMA) under certain circumstances. Thus, in terms of performance, TPMA-CCR can provide an attractive alternative to other contention-based MAC protocols for multi-hop ad hoc networks.

• 한국정보과학회논문지:정보통신
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.109-121
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• 2010

최근, 우리 군에서는 무선망을 기반으로 하는 차세대 전술통신체계인 전술종합정보통신체계 (TICN: Tactical Information Communication Network) 구축 사업을 진행하고 있다. TICN 시스템 전체의 백본 역할을 수행하는 TICN 전달망에서는 경로의 생존성과 신뢰성 및 무선링크의 안정성을 고려하는 라우팅과 플로우 별 최소 서비스 품질을 보장하면서도 가능한 한 많은 플로우들을 서비스할 수 있는 라우팅이 요구된다. 그러나 군에서 도입하고자 하는 상용 OSPF(Open Short Path First)는 TICN 전달망에서의 라우팅 요구사항을 만족하기 어렵기 때문에 군에서는 라인접속장치라고 하는 새로운 장치를 도입하여 상용 OSPF를 TICN 전달망 라우팅 프로토콜로 사용할 수 있도록 하고자 한다. 이에 본 논문에서는 이장치에서 계산될 OSPF 비용함수를 제안하고, 제안하는 비용함수를 적용한 OSPF에서 프로토콜 파라미터들의 값을 TICN 전달망 환경에 적합하도록 튜닝하고자 한다. 시뮬레이션을 통하여 제안하는 비용함수를 사용하는 OSPF가 기존 OSPF에 비해 응용 서비스의 통신성능과 네트워크 자원 활용률 측면에서 더 좋은 성능을 보임을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국ITS학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국ITS학회 2007년도 제6회 추계학술대회 및 정기총회
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• pp.225-229
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• 2007

최근에 무선 센서 네트워크는 여러 분야에서 다양하게 활용되고 있으며 간단한 환경 모니터링 시스템에서부터 기계, 구조물, 교량, 비행기와 같은 모션 모니터링과 군사, 텔레매틱스와 같은 정보량이 많고 복잡한 시스템에 적용이 시도되고 있다. 따라서 간단한 역할만 수행하면서 저 전력으로 오랜 시간 동안 운용을 목표로 해온 무선 센서 네트워크는 어려운 작업을 수행하도록 요구되고 있다. 일반적으로 무선 센서 네트워크의 MAC 프로토콜들은 주기적으로 sleep / wake를 반복하여 필요한 에너지 소비를 줄이며 이를 Duty Cycling이라고 한다. 하지만 이러한 Duty Cycling은 sleep 구간 동안에 전송할 수 없어서 홉(Hop)이 늘어날수록 전송지연이 증가하는 단점이 있다. 이러한 전송지연은 비행기 날개, 군사, 텔레매틱스 등의 복잡한 시스템이나 교통사고위험 감지 경고 시스템과 같이 빠른 데이터 처리가 필요한 시스템에서 큰 문제점이 될 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 수신 구간을 분산 배치 알고리즘(Distributed Duty Cycling, DDC)을 통하여 무선 센서 네트워크 MAC(Media Access Control) 프로토콜에서 발생하는 전송지연을 크게 줄이는 기법을 제안한다. 제안한 알고리즘은 CC2420DBK를 이용한 필드 테스트를 통해서 검증되었으며 실험 결과를 통해서 DDC 알고리즘을 통해서 전송지연을 크게 줄이고 에너지 소비 또한 감소한다는 것을 확인 할 수 있다.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.333-343
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• 2009

Tactical Information Communication Network(TICN) is a concept-type integrated Military Communication system that enables precise command control and decision making by unifying the diversified military communication network and conveying diverse range of battle field information on real-time, at right place at right time. TICN is designed to advance into high speed, large capacity, long distance wireless relay transmission. To support mobility in battlefield environments, the application of Ad-hoc networking technology to its wireless communication has been examined. Ad-hoc network is consist of mobile nodes and nodes in the network depends on the cooperation of other nodes for forwarding of packets. In this context, some non-cooperating nodes may delay forwarding of packets or drop the packets. This may hamper the network as a whole and disrupt communication between the cooperating nodes. To solve this problem, we present a solution with a Node Weight Management Server(NWMS), which manages each node's weight according to its behavior in local area. When the NWMS detects misbehaving node, it increases the node's weight. If the node's weight exceeds a predefined threshold then the NWMS broadcasts the node's information into network to isolate the misbehaving node from the network. These mechanisms show that they are highly effective and can reliably detect a multitude of misbehaving node.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제12권11호
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• pp.5238-5244
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• 2011

최근 무선센서네트워크 분야는 군사, 생체, 건강관련 광범위한 응용분야에서 많은 주목을 받아 왔다. 대부분의 센서네트워크가 높은 보안성을 요구하는 임무의 기능을 수행한다. 외부로부터의 공격에 대한 네트워크 보안, 효율적인 암호화 시스템, 보안 키 관리 및 인증 부분에서 많은 연구가 이루어져 왔지만, 내부 위협으로부터 네트워크를 보호에 관한 연구는 미비하다. 본 논문에서는 센서네트워크에서의 모든 패킷을 관찰하는 탐지노드를 활성화하는 노드 선택방법을 제안하였다. 제안된 방법은 최적화식으로 모델링되었으며, 접근방법의 검정을 위하여 경험적 Greedy 알고리즘 기반의 시뮬레이션 결과를 나타내었다.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.833-841
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• 2011

In this paper, we propose uncoordinated dynamic frequency(channel) allocation schemes based on cognitive radio in mobile cellular networks(MCNs). Under the assumptions that mobile base stations are equipped with cognitive radio(CR) function and they construct uncoordinated network, the proposed scheme enables the MCNs by suppression of successive channel switching and management of channel allocation in a dynamic and distributed manner. The proposed scheme is composed of two phase processes. In the first phase, highly orthogonal sequences are generated and assigned to mobile base stations. In the second phase, each mobile base station is allocated a channel according to the pre-assigned orthogonal sequences. Simulation results show that the number of successive spectrum switching is reduced significantly compared with the random switching scheme.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.913-919
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• 2011

In this paper, we present a new efficient event detection algorithm for sensor networks with faults. We focus on multi-attributed events, which are sets of data points that correspond to interesting or unusual patterns in the underlying phenomenon that the network monitors. Conventional algorithms cannot detect some events because they treat only their own sensor readings which can be affected easily by environmental or physical problem. Our approach exploits spatio-temporal correlation of sensor readings. Sensor nodes exchange a fault-tolerant code encoded their own readings with neighbors, organize virtual sensor readings which have spatio-temporal correlation, and determine a result for multi-attributed events from them. In the result, our proposed algorithm provides improvement of detecting multi-attributed events and reduces the number of false-negatives due to negative environmental effects.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.123-131
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• 2011

In this paper, modeling and design of a distributed detection system are considered for an active sonar sensor network. The sensor network has a parallel configuration and it consists of a fusion center and a set of receiver nodes. A system with two receiver nodes is considered to investigate a theoretical aspect of design. To be specific, AND rule and OR rule are considered as the fusion rules of the sensor network. For the fusion rules, it is shown that a threshold rule of each sensor node has uniformly most powerful properties. Optimum threshold for each sensor is obtained that maximizes the probability of detection given probability of false alarm. Numerical experiments were also performed to investigate the detection characteristics of a distributed detection system with multiple sensor nodes. The experimental results show how signal strength, false alarm probability, and the distance between nodes in a sensor field affect the system detection performances.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.16-27
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• 2012

In multi-interface multi-channel(MIMC) based tactical ad hoc networks, QoS support for required operational capacity is one of the main challenging issues for multi-hop transmissions. To support QoS in such a harsh environment, we propose a novel MAC scheme to minimize multi-hop as well as per-hop delay. The current IEEE 802.11 MAC protocols should contend to reserve the channel resource at every hop by each sender. The every-hop channel contention results in a degradation of end-to-end delay for multi-hop transmissions. The basic idea of our scheme is to make a "multi-hop reservation" at the MAC layer by using the modified RTS frame. It contains additional information such as destination information, packet priority, and hop count, etc. In addition, we differentiate the contention window area according to the packet priority and the number of hops to deliver packets in the predefined allowed latency. Our scheme can minimize the multi-hop delay and support the QoS of the critical data in real time(i.e., VoIP, sensing video data, Video conference between commanders). Our simulation study and numerical analysis show that the proposed scheme outperforms the IEEE 802.11 MAC.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.577-584
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• 2009

Fusion of decisions in wireless sensor networks having flexibility on energy efficiency is studied in this paper. Two representative distributions, the generalized Gaussian and $\alpha$-stable probability density functions, are used to model non-Gaussian noise channels. By incorporating noise channels into the parallel fusion model, the optimal fusion rules are represented and suboptimal fusion rules are derived by using a large signal-to-noise ratio(SNR) approximation. For both distributions, the obtained suboptimal fusion rules are same and have equivalent form to the Chair-Varshney fusion rule(CVR). Thus, the CVR does not depend on the behavior of noise distributions that belong to the generalized Gaussian and $\alpha$-stable probability density functions. The simulation results show the suboptimality of the CVR at large SNRs.