• Journal of Korea Game Society
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.31-36
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• 2001

Generally, the internet online game systems are divided into two parts, clients and servers. The clients provide a connection with game server to each user and communicate between them. And, the server controls all clients by the game rules fairly and manages database systems to maintain the user information. In this paper, we propose a configuration method for internet online game servers using distributed scheme. To apply this method, we divide game server into three sub-level parts again. First part of game server is login server to establish the connection between communication server and clients. Second part is communication server to connect between clients and main game server during playing the game. And last part is DBMS that performs database independently. Our proposed scheme suggests that the game server operates very stable because of decreasing of processing load by distributed scheme. So, our proposed server configuration applies to similar online game easily.

• Journal of Korea Game Society
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.83-94
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• 2015

Methodology of server development is so important for the development of online game because the client where the users play the online game depends on the server. In this research, we have studied data linkage methods of the online game server which permits the server to save and retrieve the user data on the database. The data linkage method of the server is critical to make the users continue their games anywhere online. In this paper, several data linkage methods have been proposed and classified with their definitions. The proposed methods have been evaluated with the experimental data. It will contribute for the developer of online game server to choose a good data linkage method for the features of the game.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.12 no.6
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• pp.876-881
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• 2009

Online game servers usually has been using the static thread pool system. But this system is not fit for huge online game server because the overhead is always up-and-down. Therefore, in this paper, we suggest the new algorithm for huge online game server. This algorithm is based on the prediction-based dynamic thread pool system. But it was developed for web servers and every 0.1 seconds the system prediction the needed numbers of threads and determine the thread pool size. Some experimental results show that the check time of 0.4 seconds is the best one for online game server and if the number of worker threads do not excess or lack to the given threshold then we do not predict and keep the current state. Otherwise we apply the prediction algorithm and change the number of threads. Some experimental results shows that this proposed algorithm reduce the overhead massively and make the performance of huge online game server improved in comparison to the static thread pool system.

• Journal of Korea Game Society
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.20-27
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• 2002

In this paper, I tried to propose efficient online game server architecture that decrease server overload. I used replicated distributed sever type together with non-replicated distributed sever type. Replicated distributed sever type has the advantage to maintain efficient distribution of server overload and non-replicated distributed sever type has the advantage to move a game server to a different game server freely in one server group. I used these advantages suitably in this proposal, and I will show the efficiency of online game server architecture.

• Journal of Korea Game Society
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.36-41
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• 2002

Recently, The online role playing games (RPG) get into spotlight of worldwide game marketing area because of the rapid growth of high speed Internet environment during a decade. The almost online RPGs are made of campaign scenario that constructed in series. In this paper, we propose the Distributed Server Model for the Evolutionary Online RPGs which have series scenario (Campaign). In order to represents evolutionary online RPGs, We configure the online RPG server uniquely by means of one to one mapping between logical and physical game world. We also configure the game worlds using circular queue form to express the evolution of civilization by reconstruction of game world.

• Journal of the Korea Computer Industry Society
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.237-244
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• 2006

The purpose of this study is to propose the online game server architecture which can expand as the number of users increases. In most online game servers, there is a server group composed of a login server, a cache server, a database server, a game server, and an NPC server, and when the number of users increases, an additional server group with the same structure is installed. The server architecture proposed in this study does not install a server group composed of a login server, a cache server, a database server, a game server, an NPC server, etc., but installs a game server only. When there is a need for the cache server and database server, the required servers will be additionally installed, thus reducing costs.

• Journal of Korea Game Society
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.105-113
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• 2009

The most important service of the online game is the stability. However, in online games, the increase in the number of users burdens the server as thousands of users connect to the server at the same time. While various techniques to reduce the load on the server are studied, the study is limited only to the server part like an improvement of server algorithms. In this paper, a program to handle the largest load of the server, the message synchronization of both the server and client, is designed and implemented.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.20 no.9
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• pp.55-60
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• 2015

This paper introduces a program structure that minimizes the client's business logic by reducing the client's specifications as a way of minimizing the limitations of online game platforms. The objective of this thesis is to design an online game that is based on a 3-tier client/server structure, and thus using this 3-tier structure to ultimately create an online Sutda game that anyone can enjoy. The progression of newly released games is highly based on the mobile market and the number of online games being launched is decreasing. As the mobile game market grows, more and more multi-platform games are being developed and target platforms within online games are greatly diversifying. Through these situations, this thesis minimizes the client's business logic through a 3-tier structure of application-middleware-database, and also proposes an online game client/server that allows three or more users to participate simultaneously through the server.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2001.06c
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• pp.233-236
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• 2001

When we execute a online game in the network, a lots of game informations and user informations are transfered between game server and game clients. This information has deferent data structure and communication protocol. So, game developers will be design the communication protocols and packet structures after analyze the game. And, they will be design the database for user management. It will be lots of overload to the game developers. From a user point of view, they must be register to each game server to use several games. It is a undesible operation for the game users. This problems are solved by using the communication server which operates commonly with several game servers. Game providers can get the benefit of multiple access of users and get freedom from user management. Game users can access the several games which connected to communication server by register the communication server only. In this paper we design the communication packet and propose a communication protocol which operates on the communication server described previous.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.17 no.11
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• pp.1307-1312
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• 2014

Online games are virtual space where it connects individual users through network connection to offer enjoyment of play games and game developer who service online games have to develop new contents and provide them to users to extend life of their service. Typically, in order to update new contents, all service companies have maintenance schedule to stop the game service for a while to update both server and client applications. Usually this process takes quite amount of time and users do not have any other choice but disconnected from server and wait until it is over. The purpose of this thesis is to describe the advantages of new design system which will allows users to continue to play the game even during the update. The main focus of this design is to make users feel more convenience in online gaming experience by move client from previous server to new server while users are still playing. If they can to connect current client with new server without any certificate validation process while users information from the client can automatically pass through to the new server, users may not need to experience maintenance for new contents update.