• ETRI Journal
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.120-130
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• 2013

This paper presents an analysis of resource assignment for multihop communications in millimeter-wave (mm-wave) wireless personal area networks. The purpose of this paper is to figure out the effect of using directional antennas and relaying devices (DEVs) in communications. The analysis is performed based on a grouping algorithm, categorization of the flows, and the relaying DEV selection policy. Three schemes are compared: direct and relaying concurrent transmission (DRCT), direct concurrent transmission (DCT), and direct nonconcurrent transmission (DNCT). Numerical results show that DRCT is better than DCT and DCT is better than DNCT for any antenna beamwidths under the proposed algorithm and policy. The results also show that using relaying DEVs increases the throughput up to 30% and that there is an optimal beamwidth that maximizes spatial reuse and depends on parameters such as the number of flows in the networks. This analysis can provide guidelines for improving the performance of mm-wave band communications with relaying DEVs.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.433-441
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• 2010

Multihop transmission is a promising technique that helps in achieving broader coverage (excellent network connectivity) and preventing the impairment of wireless channels. This paper proposes a cluster-based multihop wireless network that makes use of the advantages of multihop relaying, i.e., path loss gain, and partial relay selection in each hop, i.e., spatial diversity. In this partial relay selection, the node with the maximum instantaneous channel gain will serve as the sender for the next hop. With the proposed protocol, the transmit power and spectral efficiency can be improved over those in the case of direct transmission and conventional multihop transmission. Moreover, at a high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), the performance of the system with at least two nodes in each cluster is dependent only on the last hop and not on any of the intermediate hops. For a practically feasible decode-and-forward relay strategy, a compact expression for the probability density function of the end-to-end SNR at the destination is derived. This expression is then used to derive closed-form expressions for the outage probability, average symbol error rate, and average bit error rate for M-ary square quadrature amplitude modulation as well as to determine the spectral efficiency of the system. In addition, the probability of SNR gain over direct transmission is investigated for different environments. The mathematical analysis is verified by various simulation results for demonstrating the accuracy of the theoretical approach.

• Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.142-147
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• 2012

In this paper, we propose a novel protocol called Cooperative Multi-hop transmission using Incremental Relaying (CMIR). We evaluate the performance of the CMIR protocol by deriving expressions for the average end-to-end outage probability and the average number of transmissions. Monte Carlo simulations are presented to verify the accuracy of the theoretical analyses.

• Current Optics and Photonics
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.114-120
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• 2021

Free-space optical (FSO) communication is considered to be a potential solution to congestion in the radio-frequency spectrum and last-mile-access bottleneck issues in future cellular communication networks, such as 5G and beyond. However, FSO link performance may degrade significantly due to irradiance fluctuations and random temporal fluctuations from atmospheric turbulence. Therefore, in this work the main objective is to reduce the effect of the atmospheric turbulence by considering a multihop FSO communication system with amplify-and-forward relaying supported by a radio-frequency (RF) link, which form a hybrid FSO/RF communication system. The FSO link is assumed to follow the gamma-gamma fading model, which represents strong turbulence. Also, the RF link is modeled by a Rayleigh distribution. The performance of the considered system, in terms of the outage probability and average bit-error rate (BER), is investigated and analyzed under various weather conditions and pointing errors. Furthermore, the effect of the number of employed relay nodes on the performance of the system is investigated. The results indicate that the considered system reduces outage probability and average BER significantly, especially for low channel quality. Finally, the closed-form expressions derived in this work are compared to the results of Monte Carlo simulations, for verification.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.196-206
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• 2009

Over the last five years, relaying or multihop techniques have been intensively researched as means for potentially improving link performance of wireless networks. However, the data rates of relays are often limited because they cannot transmit and receive on the same frequency simultaneously. This limitation has come to the attention of researchers, and recently a number of relay techniques have been proposed specifically to improve the data efficiency of relaying protocols. This paper surveys transmission protocols that employ first single relays, then multiple relays and finally multiple antenna relays. A common feature of these techniques is that novel signal processing techniques are required in the relay network to support increased data rates. This paper presents results and discussion that highlight the advantages of these approaches.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.65-71
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• 2022

In this paper, we propose an opportunistic data relay scheme in narrowband multihop combat radio networks. Narrowband networks have physical restrictions on high-speed transmission. Furthermore, the topology changes dynamically due to the jamming of the enemy, signal interference between friendly forces, and movement of network entities. Therefore, the traditional relay scheme that collects topology information and calculates a relay path before transmission is unsuitable for such networks. Our proposed scheme does not collect topology information and transmits data opportunistically. The scheme can cause unnecessary data relaying that is not related to data delivery to the destination node. However, for small networks, the effect of increasing network throughput by not gathering topology information is much greater than the effect of reducing throughput by unnecessary data relays. We demonstrate the performance superiority of the proposed scheme through simulation in the worst case of network topology.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제11권5호
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• pp.53-58
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 새로운 협력 전송 프로토콜을 제안한다. 기존의 협력 전송 프로토콜은 송신단과 수신단 사이에 위치하는 다수의 노드들 중에서 가장 높은 SNR을 가지는 노드를 이용하여 수신단으로 신호를 전송한다. 그러나 본 논문에서 제안하는 협력 전송 프로토콜은 노드의 위치정보를 기반으로 하여 송신단으로부터 복호에 성공한 노드들 중 수신단에 가장 가까운 노드를 선택하여 선택된 노드만이 수신단으로 신호를 전송하게 한다. 본 논문에서 제안하는 위치 정보를 기반으로 하는 중계기 선택 기법을 이용하는 협력 전송 프로토콜에 대해 수학적으로 분석하고 모의실험을 통해 이를 증명한다.

• 한국방송∙미디어공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국방송공학회 2011년도 하계학술대회
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• pp.237-239
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 클러스터 기반 다중 홉 무선 네트워크에서 중계기 협력 ARQ 를 이용한 기회적 중계 기법을 제안한다. 클러스터 간 통신 시 성능을 열악하게 만들 수 있는 채널 페이딩 효과를 줄이기 위하여 각 클러스터 간 통신에 중계기를 이용한 협력 통신을 적용한다. 또한 다중 홉 통신에서는 중간 홉에서 오류가 발생할 경우 전송 도중 정보를 잃게 되는 전송 실패의 가능성이 존재한다. 따라서 전송 실패의 가능성을 줄이기 위하여 중계기로부터 재전송을 받을 수 있는 중계기 협력 ARQ 기법을 적용한다. 본 논문에서는 제안한 기법에 대한 전송 실패 확률을 분석한다. 그리고 모의 실험에서는 제안한 기법이 ARQ 를 사용하지 않은 기법과 성능 비교하여 신뢰도 측면에서 더 좋은 성능을 보임을 확인한다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제36권2A호
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• pp.133-138
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• 2011

This paper presents an information theoretic outage analysis for physical layer of a cooperative multihop wireless network. Our analysis shows that cooperation by selecting a proper relay at each hop increases the coverage or data rate of the network. In our analysis we consider both symmetric and asymmetric network model. We also investigate the availability of cooperative relay at each hop and show that end-to-end performance of the network depends on the relay selection procedure at each hop. We also verify our analytical results with simulations.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.17-24
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• 2009

본 논문은 USN 무선 네트워크에서 16-QAM 수신 신호의 멀티 홉 중계를 수행하는 경우 적응 신호 처리 알고리즘을 적용한 루프백 간섭 신호의 제거 성능에 관한 것이다. 이를 위하여 USN 환경에서는 노드간의 중계 기능에 의해 원거리 스테이션과의 정보 교환이 필요하게 되는데, 중계 노드에서는 송신기와 수신기 안테나를 공동 이용하거나 매우 근접하여 위치하므로서 재송신 신호가 수신측으로 궤환되거나, 비선형 소자를 사용하므로서 발생되는 루프백 간섭 신호가 존재하게되므로 한정된 주파수와 전력 자원을 사용하는 USN 시스템의 성능을 크게 저하된다. 이를 개선하여 향상된 시스템 성능 및 멀티홉 성능을 얻기 위해 중계 노드의 수신부 전단에서 원하지 않는 루프백 간섭 신호를 제거하기위한 적응 신호 처리 알고리즘의 적용이 필요하게 된다. 적응 신호 처리를 위해서는 먼저 스펙트럼 효율이 우수한 16-QAM 신호를 대상으로 하여 수렴 특성이 우수하고 H/W 로 구현할 때 발생되는 유한장 문제점을 해결할 수 있는 QR-Array RLS 알고리즘을 사용하였으며, 루프백 간섭 신호의 제거 성능으로 수신 신호 성상도 및 learning curve에서 기존의 RLS 보다 우월함을 컴퓨터 시뮬레이션을 통해 확인할 수 있었다.