• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.33 no.2
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• pp.133-138
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• 2014

Packet arrival-delay variation, so-called 'jitter' is one of the main factors that degrade the quality of voice in mobile devices at the Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP). To resolve this issue, a playout scheduling based on adaptive jitter estimation for enhancing VoIP speech quality is proposed. The proposed algorithm copes with the effect of transmission jitter by expanding or compressing each packet according to the predicted network delay and variations. Additionally, the active network jitter estimation incorporates rapid detection of delay spikes and reacts to changes in network conditions. The experimental results have shown that the proposed algorithm delivers high voice quality in unstable network environment.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.501-509
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• 2014

In NCW(Network Centric Warfare) environment, mobile nodes communicate through wireless link. But wireless link provides limited networking performance due to signal interferences or mobility of nodes. So it is quite challenge to acquire enough networking resources and use the resources efficiently. In this paper, we have proposed a P2P based tactical information sharing system which provides satisfactory visual information playout for mobile nodes(i.e., military personnel, vehicle,..) in NCW environment. Our proposed system consists of two components. One is caching-enabled switch which stores tactical information segments at its internal storage and then transports them to mobile nodes when require. Another is centralized scheduling algorithm which exploits networking resources more efficiently. To validate performance of proposed system, we performed series of experiments in wireless network testbed. Results show improved performance in terms of segment-missing ratio, networking resources usage, sharing time, and number of simultaneous playout mobile nodes with acceptable playout continuity(i.e., over 95%).

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.37 no.6
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• pp.512-517
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• 2018

Improving voice quality is a major concern in telecommunications. In this paper, we propose a robust speech quality enhancement against background noise and packet loss at VoIP (Voice-over-IP) receiver. The proposed method combines network jitter estimation based on hybrid Markov chain, adaptive playout scheduling using the estimated jitter, and speech enhancement based on restoration of amplitude and phase to enhance the quality of the speech signal arriving at the VoIP receiver over IP network. The experimental results show that the proposed method removes the background noise added to the speech signal before encoding at the sender side and provides the enhanced speech quality in an unstable network environment.

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.48-54
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• 2012

The quality of real-time voice communication over Internet Protocol networks based on telematics is affected by network impairments such as delays, jitters, and packet loss. To resolve this issue, this paper proposes a receiver-based enhancing method of VoIP speech quality. The proposed method enables users to deliver high-quality voice using playout control and signal reconstruction, which consists of concealment of lost packets, adaptive playout-buffer scheduling using active jitter estimation, and smooth interpolation between two signals in a transition region. The proposed algorithm achieves higher Perceptual Evaluation of Speech Quality (PESQ) values and low buffering delay than the reference algorithm.

• Proceedings of the Korea Multimedia Society Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.353-354
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• 2012

광대역 VoIP 네트워크 환경에서는 불안정한 네트워크 환경으로 인해 음성패킷이 불규칙적으로 수신되어 음성데이터의 재생이 원활하지 못하다. 이러한 문제점을 해결하기 위해 본 논문에서는 네트워크 상태에 따라 원활하게 음성패킷을 재생시키는 스케줄링 방식을 제안한다. 제안하는 방식은 수신단에 도착한 패킷 헤더정보를 이용해 네트워크 지터를 추정하고, 추정된 지터와 지터버퍼와 음성프레임버퍼에 존재하는 패킷수 및 음성프레임 개수, 음성클래스정보에 따라 음성프레임의 길이를 변화시켜 재생시킴으로써 수신단의 버퍼링 지연을 줄이고 출력신호의 음성왜곡을 최소화한다. 제안하는 스케줄링 방식의 성능측정을 위해 버퍼링 지연과 PESQ를 기존 음성패킷 재생 스케줄링 방식과 비교한다.