• ETRI Journal
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• 제37권6호
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• pp.1065-1076
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• 2015

Network densification is regarded as the dominant driver for wireless evolution into the era of 5G. However, in this context, interference-limited dense small cell deployments are facing technical challenges in mobility management. The recently announced results from an LTE field test conducted in a dense urban area show a handover failure (HOF) rate of over 21%. A major cause of HOFs is the transmission failure of handover command (HO CMD) messages. In this paper, we propose two enhancements to HO performance in LTE networks - radio link failure-proactive HO, which helps with the reliable transmission of HO CMD messages while the user equipment is under a poor radio link condition, and Early Handover Preparation with Ping-Pong Avoidance (EHOPPPA) HO, which assures reliable transmission of HO CMD under a good radio link condition. We analyze the HO performance of EHOPPPA HO theoretically, and perform simulations to compare the performance of the proposed schemes with that of standard LTE HO. We show that they can decrease the HOF rate to nearly zero through an analysis, and based on the simulation results, by over 70%, without increasing the ping-pong probability.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제6권12호
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• pp.3061-3080
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• 2012

To improve the sensing performance, cooperation among secondary users can be utilized to collect space diversity. In this paper, we focus on the optimization of cooperative spectrum sensing in which multiple cognitive users efficiently cooperate to achieve superior detection accuracy with minimum sensing error probability in multiple cross-over cognitive radio networks. The analysis focuses on two fusion strategies: soft information fusion and hard information fusion. Under soft information fusion, the optimal threshold of the energy detector is derived in both noncooperative single-user and cooperative multiuser sensing scenarios. Under hard information fusion, the optimal randomized rule and the optimal decision threshold are derived according to the rule of minimum sensing error (MSE). MSE rule shows better performance on improving the final false alarm and detection probability simultaneously. By simulations, our proposed strategy optimizes the sensing performance for each cognitive user which is randomly distributed in the multiple cross-over cognitive radio networks.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.318-320
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• 2009

A switchable Yagi-Uda antenna prototype with radiation pattern reconfiguration is presented in this letter. The proposed reconfigurable antenna is based on the concept of switching between the reflector and director of a Yagi-Uda antenna using a radio frequency PIN diode. As a result, the minimum/maximum radiation can be steered towards desired signals or away from interfering signals in opposite directions. The measured 10 dB impedance bandwidth and gain are 210 MHz (7%) and 8.02 dBi at 3 GHz, respectively. Details of the antenna design and its performance are described and empirically analyzed.

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제9권9호
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• pp.1057-1062
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• 2014

차량통신시스템은 차량/도로기술과 정보통신기술을 접목하여 다양한 안전메시지를 전송하거나 지능형 교통시스템에 적용이 가능하다. 본 논문에서는 IEEE 802.11p를 기반으로 한 차량통신시스템을 소개하고 이 시스템의 전파특성을 도심환경에서 측정한 결과를 보인다. 전파특성은 패킷오류율과 수신스펙트럼을 이용하여 측정한다. 이 결과를 바탕으로 하여 실제 서비스 적용에 있어서 필요한 구현 이슈에 대해 논의한다.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.155-161
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• 2014

Mobility can lead to continual loss of data and service interruptions during communications in multi-hop cognitive radio networks. Mobility of primary users (PUs) or cognitive users (CUs) requires adjustment of multi-hop communications among CUs to avoid any interference to PUs. To provide durable and reliable data routing that ensures continuous network service, we propose mobility-aware cognitive routing (MCR) for multi-hop cognitive radio networks. MCR examines the risk level of each node against interference regions and selects the most reliable path for data delivery using a Markov predictor. Through simulation, we verify that the proposed scheme can avoid route destruction preemptively and achieve reliable data delivery.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제37권6호
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• pp.1055-1064
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• 2015

We demonstrate a next-generation high-capacity mobile fronthaul based on radio over fiber (RoF) technology, which links between a digital unit and a radio unit supporting two frequency assignments and $2{\times}2$ multiple input, multiple output antennas. To confirm the technical feasibility of a mobile fronthaul, we experimentally investigate its down- and uplink end-to-end performances including the optical and radio frequency (RF) signal path. Frequency-dependent performance deviations, error vector magnitude variations, overall system performance variations caused by optical to electrical conversion, and intermediate frequency to RF conversions are examined. Experimental verifications on multiple LTE uplink signals are performed for the first time. We also demonstrate several commercial mobile Internet services, YouTube video streaming, and file transfers using off-the-shelf mobile devices, through a mobile fronthaul based on RoF.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.475-478
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• 2010

A multiband meandered monopole antenna is proposed for digital video broadcasting handheld (DVB-H), global positioning system, personal communications service, wireless broadband (Wibro), and wireless local area network (WLAN) applications. The proposed antenna consists of a meandered line, a shorted length strip line, and a conductor strip between a meandered line and a microstrip feed line. By tuning a short strip and a conductor, a multiband impedance matching is achieved. The proposed antenna has an omnidirectional radiation and yields an antenna gain of greater than -3 dBi in the DVB-H band and 4.5 dBi in the Wibro and WLAN bands. Details of the proposed antenna design and experimental results are presented.

• International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics Korean Journal of Geophysical Research
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.1.2-5
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• 1994

Ionospheric sounding experiments have been conducted at RRL (Radio Research Laboratory), Ministry of Communications, using Digisonde 256 since its installation in 1990. Routine observations of the vertical sounding are carried out 48 times (or 39 times) a day, at every 24 hour. In addition, we also made oblique sounding experiments to obtain the real time data of Maximum Usable Frequency (MUF) and detect the anomalous HF propagation, as a part of the joint study between RRL and CRL (Communications Research Laboratory) of Japan. The two stations involved in the study were Anyang (RRL, Korea) and Kokubunji (CRL, Japan). The ionosondes used in both stations were Digisonde 256, developed by ULCAR (University of Lowell, Center for Atmospheric Research), U. S. A. , and the synchronization of time was accomplished with the help of GPS receiver. During most part of the experiments RRL transmitted non-modulated pulses, and CRL received them. The experiment was scheduled from October 25 through October 29, 1993. However, the ionosphere was not developed well enough to conduct the experiment with pre-set operation parameters. The experiment became successful (from 0500 UT to 0800 UT, October 29) only after the operation parameters had been changed, and the continuous ionograms were obtained by CRL at 0718 UT and 0733 UT in October 29, 1993. We believe this type of experiment will ensure the qualitative enhancement of solar-terrestrial physics research and a routine observation of the oblique ionospheric sounding. In this report, we present the results of the fore-mentioned oblique sounding as well as the vertical sounding results obtained by Digisonde 256 at Anyang station of RRL.

• 한국정보처리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보처리학회 2009년도 추계학술발표대회
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• pp.827-828
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• 2009

매년 국내 많은 기업 및 공공기관에서 정보시스템 관련 프로젝트를 수행하고 그 결과는 성공이라고 발표되고 있으나, 2009년 Standish 보고서에서 성공 32%, 도전 44%, 실패 24%이라고 발표되었다.[1] 프로젝트를 수행하는 업체나 발주 업체는 그 성패에 따라서 기업의 운명이 달라진다. 본 연구에서는 실제 공급자(개발업체)가 수행한 프로젝트 사례(A사 282건)를 Standish CHAOS 보고서에 명시된 성패 기준으로 하여 조사 및 통계 분석한 결과는 Standish 보고서에 비교해서 실패 11%( A사 실패 35%) 높게 나왔다. 그 이유는 프로젝트에 대한 관리 프로세스 미정착되어 있으며, PM의 역량에 의해서 좌우 되어진다. 따라서 실패율을 낮추기 위한 지속적인 프로젝트 관리 프로세스가 필요하다. 본 연구의 목적은 국내 IT환경에 개발업체에서 수행한 프로젝트 성공과 실패에 관한 연구로서 (1)기존 문헌을 통하여 프로젝트의 성패에 대한 기준을 정립하고, (2)이를 Standish와 비교하고, (3) 프로젝트 계획 및 관리 프로세스의 중요성을 인식하여 성공을 높이는데 기여하고자 한다.

• 한국정보과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보과학회 2008년도 한국컴퓨터종합학술대회논문집 Vol.35 No.1 (A)
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• pp.53-54
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• 2008