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Quality of Service Tradeoff in Device to Device Communication Underlaid Cellular Infrastructure

  • Boabang, Francis;Hwang, Won-Joo
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2016.05a
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    • pp.591-593
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    • 2016
  • Device-to-device (D2D) communications underlaid cellular infrastructure is an competitive local area services technology to promote spectrum usage for next generation cellular networks. These potential can only be tap through efficient interference coordination. Previous works only concentrated on interference from D2D pairs whiles interference from CUs to D2D pairs were neglected. This work focus on solving uplink interference problem emanating from multiple CUs sharing its resource with multiple D2D pairs. The base station (BS) acting as a supervisor selfishly institute a pricing scheme to manage the interference it experience from D2D pairs based on its Quality of service (QoS) requirement. D2D pairs following the supervisor make power allocation decisions considering the price from the BS in a non-cooperative game fashion. In order for the D2D pairs to also meet their QoS requirement, they suggest a price to the BS called discount price which reflects the interference they receive from the CUs. Finally, we analyze the proposed approach.

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QoS- and Revenue Aware Adaptive Scheduling Algorithm

  • Joutsensalo, Jyrki;Hamalainen, Timo;Sayenko, Alexander;Paakkonen, Mikko
    • Journal of Communications and Networks
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.68-77
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    • 2004
  • In the near future packet networks should support applications which can not predict their traffic requirements in advance, but still have tight quality of service requirements, e.g., guaranteed bandwidth, jitter, and packet loss. These dynamic characteristics mean that the sources can be made to modify their data transfer rates according to network conditions. Depending on the customer&; needs, network operator can differentiate incoming connections and handle those in the buffers and the interfaces in different ways. In this paper, dynamic QoS-aware scheduling algorithm is presented and investigated in the single node case. The purpose of the algorithm is in addition to fair resource sharing to different types of traffic classes with different priorities ?to maximize revenue of the service provider. It is derived from the linear type of revenue target function, and closed form globally optimal formula is presented. The method is computationally inexpensive, while still producing maximal revenue. Due to the simplicity of the algorithm, it can operate in the highly nonstationary environments. In addition, it is nonparametric and deterministic in the sense that it uses only the information about the number of users and their traffic classes, not about call density functions or duration distributions. Also, Call Admission Control (CAC) mechanism is used by hypothesis testing.

The Effects on Social Welfare and Regulation of Bundling in Telecommunications Service (정보통신서비스 번들링의 경제적 효과분석과 규제개선 방안)

  • Jung, Choong-Young
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.207-214
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    • 2009
  • This paper provides the analysis of economic theories about bundling in telecommunications service. First, the negative aspect of bundling is discussed. Second, the competitively neutral aspect of bundling which is counter response of negative effect is analyzed. Third, some variables affecting the bundling is investigated and the corresponding effect of bundling is discussed. The bundling can increase the social welfare under some circumstance while it sometimes decreases economic efficiency by detering the entry of competitive firms. Finally, regulatory approaches on bundling such as the criteria of bundling provision, the requirement of equal access, the discounting scheme ad a price control, ex anti regulation vs. ex post regulation, and the criteria of predatory pricing are provided.

A Design of LED Dimming Control System based on RTP (RTP 기반 상황별 LED 디밍제어 시스템의 설계)

  • Yu, Tae-Hwan;Im, Kyoung-Mi;Lim, Jae-Hyun
    • Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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    • 2012.11a
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    • pp.1311-1314
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    • 2012
  • 최근에는 LED 조명으로 인해 조명 제어의 유연성이 높아짐에 따라 가정이나 사무공간에서 해당 공간의 목표 조도를 설정하고 현재 내부조도의 상황에 따라 자동으로 조명을 디밍하는 형태로 연구가 이루어지고 있다. 그러나 이러한 제어방식이 현재 주택용 요금제도로 운영 중인 고정요금제에서는 에너지 비용을 감소시키나, 스마트그리드에서 운영될 RTP(Real Time Pricing)에서는 요금 단계에 따라 오히려 에너지 비용이 증가될 수 있다. 이에 본 논문은 실시간 요금 단계에 따라 LED 조명의 목표 조도를 가변적으로 변화시켜 조명 에너지 비용을 최소화하고 사용자의 작업에 적합한 상황별 조도를 자동으로 제어하여 작업자에게 편리함을 제공하고자 한다. 이때 요금 단계에 따른 상황별 최저 및 최고 조도기준은 KSA 3011 및 IES를 참조하며, 최소한의 조명 에너지 사용을 위해 외부 광량을 최대한 활용하여 현재의 시간에 따라 블라인드의 Open/Close를 자동으로 서비스한다. 사용자의 상황은 PIR, Electric Powermeter, Piezoelectric 센서로부터 사용자의 위치, 가전기기 사용 유무, 착석 여부 등을 파악하고, RTP 요금에 따라 하루동안의 조명에 사용된 전력요금을 시뮬레이션한다.

Evaluation of Factors for Effective Distribution of Covid-19 Vaccines

  • RAJU, Totakura Bangar;CHAKRABARTI, Deepankar;DAS, Neenu;MATHUR, Ravi Prakash
    • Journal of Distribution Science
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    • v.20 no.7
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    • pp.57-64
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    • 2022
  • Purpose: The government of India has initiated the Covid-19 Vaccination drive from early January 2021. Vaccination is identified to be best option to protect the people across the globe. However, owing to fast wide spread of the Covid-19, the Vaccine Distribution is a major challenge owing various issues like temperature control, infrastructure, hesitancy, geographical diversity, and other critical factors. Various research is carried out globally to understand and study the Vaccine Distribution issues based on the respective country issues and factors. Research Design, Data, and Methodology: This research paper attempts to explore prominent factors that could be taken up on priority for better and effective vaccination program. The study tries to rank various factors and sub-factors affecting vaccine distribution in India. AHP methodology based on feedback from 22 experts from the Vaccine industry has been deployed to get the desired results. Result: The results show that factors vaccine approval process, geographical prioritization, power supply, infrastructure maintenance costs for vaccine storage, and vaccine pricing are the prominent factors of effective vaccination in the country. Conclusion: The role and need for district-level health officers towards vaccine storage has been brought forward. A long-term effective vaccination policy is needed for optimum vaccine distribution.

The Significant Decisions in Cold Chain Logistics

  • Sung-Ho, RYU
    • East Asian Journal of Business Economics (EAJBE)
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.41-51
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    • 2023
  • Purpose - The prior literature has shown that there is a lack of a complete assessment of the key decisions in cold chain logistics. Such a study is required to offer recommendations for research in this expanding but under-researched topic with potentially significant management ramifications. Research design, Data, and methodology - The current researcher accumulated peer-reviewed sources from databases to augment each chosen study's validity. Selection varied between seminal works and much of the existing literature. The selection process was consistent with using a content checklist that established the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Result - The research findings indicate total five solutions regarding better decision in Cold Chain Logistics (CCL), such as (1) Pricing Decision in Cold Chain Logistics, (2) Decision on Temperature Control Decision in Cold Chain Logistics, (3) Supply Chain Network Design in Cold Chain Logistics, (4) Decision on Minimizing Inventory in Cold Chain Logistics, (5) Decision on Logistics Distribution. Conclusion - Stability of a cold chain should be maintained from manufacture or via logistical components and cold logistics products are susceptible to several variables, such as temperature, and degradation can easily harm food supply, product prices, and human health. Product safety infractions substantially impact human health, among other losses linked with a functioning CCL.

The Impact of Unit Pricing System on the Demand for Solid Waste Disposal, Food Waste Disposal, and Recyclables (종량제 가격이 생활폐기물, 음식물쓰레기, 재활용품 수거서비스 수요에 미치는 영향)

  • Hong, Seonghoon
    • Environmental and Resource Economics Review
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    • v.24 no.4
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    • pp.747-761
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    • 2015
  • This paper investigates the impact of an increase in unit price of solid waste collection on demand for alternative solid waste disposal types. I control for other variables affecting the demand and employ both community and time fixed effects models in the estimation of each reduced-form demand functions. Estimation results show that an increase in unit price reduces the demand for garbage bag collection services of non-food solid wastes while it increases the demand for food wastes and source-separated recyclables. These results imply that reduction in the demand for non-food solid wastes collection is mainly achieved by increasing the amount of recyclables and food wastes collected. However, it appears that an increase in unit price increases the total amount of solid wastes generated. This suggests that price incentive effects are offset by the decrease in source-reduction efforts because of feedback effects resulting from the increase in recycling, food waste separation, and illegal disposal of wastes.

A Study on Forecasting Model of the Apartment Price Behavior in Seoul (서울시 아파트 가격 행태 예측 모델에 관한 연구)

  • Kwon, Hee-Chul;Yoo, Jung-Sang
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.175-182
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    • 2013
  • In this paper, the simulation model of house price is presented on the basis of pricing mechanism between the demand and the supply of apartments in seoul. The algorithm of house price simulation model for calculating the rate of price over time includes feedback control theory. The feedback control theory consists of stock variable, flow variable, auxiliary variable and constant variable. We suggest that the future price of apartment is simulated using mutual interaction variables which are demand, supply, price and parameters among them. In this paper we considers three items which include the behavior of apartment price index, the size of demand and supply, and the forecasting of the apartment price in the future economic scenarios. The proposed price simulation model could be used in public needs for developing a house price regulation policy using financial and non-financial aids. And the quantitative simulation model is to be applied in practice with more specific real data and Powersim Software modeling tool.

A Study on Development of Small Scale Electric Power Management System for Smart Grid (스마트 그리드를 위한 소규모 전력에너지 관리 시스템 개발에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Chang-Soo;Oh, Hea-Seok
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.13 no.6
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    • pp.2826-2832
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    • 2012
  • A smart grid is an electric-power grid that employs a new information technology.This technology makes it possible to exchange real-time energy information between suppliers and consumers, finally resulting in high energy efficiency. The energy management system in smart grid provides up to date information on electricity consumption as well as dynamic electricity price to consumers of smart grid system. However, the existing energy management systems only focus on pricing system, for example, real-time electricity prices. In this paper, we try to improve the existing energy management system and propose the energy management system that mainly focuses on the efficiency of electricity consumption. In the proposed management system, PMU(Phasor Measurement Units) installed in switchboards gathers electricity data in a real time. We also propose to use data mining method, which is applied to analyzed electricity data for improving energy efficiency. Also, the proposed energy management system is designed to efficiently control the electricity between PMU and management system in case of a shortage of electricity or surplus electricity.

DER Energy Management System for Optimal Management of Grid-Connected Microgrids (전력망 연계형 마이크로그리드 최적운영을 위한 분산에너지자원 에너지관리시스템)

  • Choi, Jongwoo;Shin, Youngmee;Lee, Il-Woo
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.42 no.4
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    • pp.932-938
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    • 2017
  • This paper presents the structure of an energy management system for distributed energy resources of a grid-connected microgrid. The energy management system of a grid-connected microgrid collects information of the microgrid such as the status of distributed energy resources and the time varying pricing plan through various protocols. The energy management system performs forecasting and optimization based on the collected information. It derives the operation schedule of distributed energy resources to reduce the microgrid electricity bill. In order to achieve optimal operation, the energy management system should include an optimal scheduling algorithm and a protocol that transfers the derived schedule to distributed energy resources. The energy management system operates as a rolling horizon controller in order to reduce the effect of a prediction error. Derived control schedules are transmitted to the distributed energy resources in real time through the international standard communication protocol.