• 전자공학회논문지A
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• 제31A권4호
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• pp.21-29
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• 1994

Three protocols based on the slotted Aloha technique are proposed for very high-speed optical fiber local area networks using wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) passive star topology and the throughputs and delays are derived. For getting a high probability in successful transmission of control packets determining the transmission of a data packet, we adopt control mini slot groups in these protocols. The retransmission probability is also considered in analysis. Both throughput and delay of three protocols are compared and analyzed by varying the number of control solt groups, the retransmission probability the length of a data packet and the number of channels. The numerical analysis shows that the proposed protocols adopted the control slot groups give the increase of throughput and the decrease of delay.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제8권11호
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• pp.3860-3875
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• 2014

Cognitive radio networks (CRNs) are composed of mobile users who can use multiple spectrum bands for communication. CRNs allow unlicensed users (called cognitive users) to efficiently utilize unused licensed spectrums without interfering with communications of licensed users (called primary users). The main goals of CRNs are to mitigate spectrum saturation and to improve spectrum utilization. This paper introduces state-of-the-art routing protocols for CRNs and addresses some limitations of these protocols. To resolve the limitations, we suggest a new research direction for routing protocols in CRNs. We implement our protocol to compare with the existing routing protocols for multi-hop CRNs. Our protocol shows good performance compared to the existing routing protocols in terms of network performance and PU protection.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.538-547
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• 2001

Purpose: To evaluate the emergency medical protocols and need assessment through the case report Method: The study investigated the emergency call system through the 1339 emergency patients information center in 1997. Results: The emergency calls tend to follow general trends of the type of cases : abdominal pain (13.5%), unconsciousness(12.0%), traffic accidents (7.4%), bleeding (6.6%), respiration difficulty (5.9%). This was all collected through emergency medical protocols injury and poisoning (22.3%), symptom (51.6%), others (26.1%). Conclusion: The results suggest that a specific training program for emergency medical dispatchers should be established, and emergency medical dispatcher managers must review the cases on the basis of emergency medical protocols every year. Emergency medical services, furthermore, will continue to raise the standard for emergency medical dispatching.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.240-249
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• 2011

Cooperative diversity protocols have attracted a great deal of attention since they are thought to be capable of providing diversity multiplexing tradeoff among single antenna wireless devices. In the high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) region, cooperation is rarely required; hence, the spectral efficiency of the cooperative protocol can be improved by applying a proper cooperation selection technique. In this paper, we present a simple "cooperation selection" technique based on instantaneous channel measurement to improve the spectral efficiency of cooperative protocols. We show that the same instantaneous channel measurement can also be used for relay selection. In this paper two protocols are proposed-proactive and reactive; the selection of one of these protocols depends on whether the decision of cooperation selection is made before or after the transmission of the source. These protocols can successfully select cooperation along with the best relay from a set of available M relays. If the instantaneous source-to-destination channel is strong enough to support the system requirements, then the source simply transmits to the destination as a noncooperative direct transmission; otherwise, a cooperative transmission with the help of the selected best relay is chosen by the system. Analysis and simulation results show that these protocols can achieve higher order diversity with improved spectral efficiency, i.e., a higher diversity-multiplexing tradeoff in a slow-fading environment.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.542-558
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• 2016

Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs) are self-configuring networks where the nodes are vehicles equipped with wireless communication technologies. In such networks, limitation of signal coverage and fast topology changes impose difficulties to the proper functioning of the routing protocols. Traditional Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANET) routing protocols lose their performance, when communicating between vehicles, compromising information exchange. Obviously, most applications critically rely on routing protocols. Thus, in this work, we propose a methodology for investigating the performance of well-established protocols for MANETs in the VANET arena and, at the same time, we introduce a routing protocol, called Genetic Network Protocol (G-NET). It is based in part on Dynamic Source Routing Protocol (DSR) and on the use of Genetic Algorithms (GAs) for maintenance and route optimization. As G-NET update routes periodically, this work investigates its performance compared to DSR and Ad Hoc on demand Distance Vector (AODV). For more realistic simulation of vehicle movement in urban environments, an analysis was performed by using the VanetMobiSim mobility generator and the Network Simulator (NS-3). Experiments were conducted with different number of vehicles and the results show that, despite the increased routing overhead with respect to DSR, G-NET is better than AODV and provides comparable data delivery rate to the other protocols in the analyzed scenarios.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제8권11호
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• pp.3711-3730
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• 2014

Cognitive radio networks (CRNs) have emerged as a promising solution to enhance spectrum utilization by using unused or less used spectrum in radio environments. The basic idea of CRNs is to allow secondary users (SUs) access to licensed spectrum, under the condition that the interference perceived by the primary users (PUs) is minimal. In CRNs, the channel availability is uncertainty due to the existence of PUs, resulting in intermittent communication. Transmission control protocol (TCP) performance may significantly degrade in such conditions. To address the challenges, some transport protocols have been proposed for reliable transmission in CRNs. In this paper we survey the state-of-the-art transport protocols for CRNs. We firstly highlight the unique aspects of CRNs, and describe the challenges of transport protocols in terms of PU behavior, spectrum sensing, spectrum changing and TCP mechanism itself over CRNs. Then, we provide a summary and comparison of existing transport protocols for CRNs. Finally, we discuss several open issues and research challenges. To the best of our knowledge, our work is the first survey on transport protocols for CRNs.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제22권9호
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• pp.1843-1853
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• 1997

본 논문에서는 레일리 페이딩, log-normal 차폐현상 및 Near-far 영향을 고려한 무선 매체접근제어 프로토콜의 성능을 분석한다. 무선 매체접근제어 프로토콜로서 무선 근거리 통신망의 국제 표준화 기구인 IEEE 802.11 프로토콜인 CSMA/CA 프로토콜을 대상으로 채널 처리율과 패킷지연을 분석한다. 분석결과로서 채널상의 부하가 적을 때는 에러가 없는 모델에 비하여 무선 환경에서 50%의 성능이 저하되는 것을 알 수 있었으며, 망의 부하가 클때, 4-Way Handshake CSMA/CA 방식이 다른 두 CSMA/CA 방식에 비하여 우수한 성능을 보이는 것을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.61-69
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• 2014

무선 센서 네트워크 응용에서도 다른 유선 네트워크나 애드혹 네트워크의 응용과 마찬가지로 시간 관계를 유지하는 것이 중요하기 때문에 무선 센서네트워크의 특성을 고려한 다양한 시각 동기화 프로토콜이 개발되어 왔다. 특히, 무선센서네트워크 환경에서는 동기화 정확도뿐 아니라 전력 소모도 함께 고려되어야 한다. 본 논문에서는 지금까지 개발된 무선센서네트워크용 시각 동기화 프로토콜들을 새로운 기준(즉, 전력 소모)으로 분류하고 분석하였다. 따라서 이 방법은 무선센서네트워크용 시각 동기화 프로토콜들을 전력 소모 관점에서 평가하거나 비교할 때 유용할 것이다.

• 정보처리학회논문지:컴퓨터 및 통신 시스템
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.97-106
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• 2014

본 논문에서는 분산 무선인지 네트워크 환경에서 단일 홉 적용을 위하여 제안된 CR MAC 프로토콜들을 MANET 라우팅 프로토콜에 적용하기 위한 설계 방법을 제안한다. 고려하는 CR MAC 프로토콜들은 Opportunistic MAC (O-MAC)과 Opportunistic Periodic MAC (OP-MAC)이고, MANET 라우팅 프로토콜로서는 AODV를 사용한다. 이들은 OPNET을 사용하여 구현하였으며, O-MAC과 OP-MAC의 MAC 환경에서의 성능과 AODV를 적용하였을 때의 성능을 비교한다. 이를 통하여 단일 홉의 DCRN 환경을 기반으로 설계된 무선인지 MAC 프로토콜의 성능과 AODV 적용시의 성능의 관계를 분석한다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.241-269
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• 2012

Wireless networks composed of multimedia-enabled resource-constrained sensor nodes have enriched a large set of monitoring sensing applications. In such communication scenario, however, new challenges in data transmission and energy-efficiency have arisen due to the stringent requirements of those sensor networks. Generally, congested nodes may deplete the energy of the active congested paths toward the sink and incur in undesired communication delay and packet dropping, while bit errors during transmission may negatively impact the end-to-end quality of the received data. Many approaches have been proposed to face congestion and provide reliable communications in wireless sensor networks, usually employing some transport protocol that address one or both of these issues. Nevertheless, due to the unique characteristics of multimedia-based wireless sensor networks, notably minimum bandwidth demand, bounded delay and reduced energy consumption requirement, communication protocols from traditional scalar wireless sensor networks are not suitable for multimedia sensor networks. In the last decade, such requirements have fostered research in adapting existing protocols or proposing new protocols from scratch. We survey the state of the art of transport protocols for wireless multimedia sensor networks, addressing the recent developments and proposed strategies for congestion control and loss recovery. Future research directions are also discussed, outlining the remaining challenges and promising investigation areas.