• The KIPS Transactions:PartC
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• v.15C no.5
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• pp.399-408
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• 2008

Mobile WiMAX provides wireless broadband services for data communication based on IP protocol. The limitation of physical bandwidth in the radio links may cause performance degradation in providing wireless broadband services in WIMAX. To enhance the efficiency of the radio link utilization, Payload Header Suppression (PHS) is defined as an optional header compression mechanism for mobile WiMAX. It has, however, a very limited compression capability since it has very restrictive compression fields. In this paper, hence, we assumed the application of Robust Header Compression (ROHC), a header compression scheme proposed for links characterized by high bit error ratios, long round-trip times (RTT), and scarce resource, to Mobile WiMAX, and studied its performance. Previous studies on ROHC performance merely focused on the impact of high bit error rate. However, bit error is virtually transparent to ROHC in the wireless systems like WiMAX, since the MAC provides the bit error checking function. In order to evaluate the performance of ROHC in the Mobile WiMAX environments, therefore, we evaluated the performance of ROHC with respect to the packet losses instead of bit error. We investigated the impact of the ROHC parameters that are recommended for the implementation in the ROHC and compared the performance of ROHC with PHS.

• The KIPS Transactions:PartC
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• v.16C no.1
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• pp.57-64
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• 2009

In order to efficiently provide IP based Wireless Broadband services in Mobile WiMAX, schemes for more efficiently utilizing a limited bandwidth in radio links are needed. Robust Header Compression (ROHC), a standard header compression scheme proposed by IETF, Bi-directional Optimistic (O) mode provides higher compression efficiency and robustness compared with Payload Header Suppression (PHS) which is an optional header compression scheme for mobile WiMAX [1, 2]. However, if consecutive packet losses occur because of a Shadow Region of Mobile WiMAX or bit errors, header decompression failure rate of the ROHC O mode increases due to inconsistency of the compression information between the Compressor and the Decompressor. Therefore, a complementary mechanism is needed. In this paper, we propose an approach for the dynamic adjustment of an optimistic parameter, which has an effect on both the compression efficiency and the robustness, for improving the performance of ROHC O mode. We also analyze the performance of the proposed approach using an OPNET simulator.

• Information and Communications Magazine
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• v.32 no.4
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• pp.16-22
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• 2015

유비쿼터스 정보 기술을 기반으로 다양한 업무 지원 기기간 네트워크를 형성하여 업무 처리를 지원하는 u-Office와, 지능화된 다양한 사물에 인터넷 연결성을 제공하여 지능적 서비스를 제공하는 Internet of Things(IoT)는 기하급수적으로 증가하는 다수의 객체간 통신을 수행하므로 네트워킹 자원의 최적화 기술이 필수로 뒷받침되어야 한다. 데이터 패킷의 오버헤드를 줄이고 통신 자원을 절약하기 위한 기술 연구는 다방면으로 진행되고 있으며, 특히 패킷의 오버헤드를 줄이고 통신 자원을 절약하는 패킷 헤더 압축 기술은 다양한 국제 표준이 개발되어 모바일 와이맥스(Mobile WiMAX), Long Term Evolution(LTE), IPv6 over Low power Wireless Personal Area Network(6LoWPAN) 등의 네트워크에 활용되고 있다. 본 고에서는 모바일 와이맥스, LTE, 6LoWPAN에서 각각 사용되는 패킷 헤더 압축 기술인 Payload Header Suppression(PHS), Robust Header Compression(ROHC), Header Compression(HC), Improved Header Compression(IPHC)의 개발 동향을 제시하고 각 기술의 특징을 비교 분석한다.