• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.406-418
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• 2015

Cognitive radio networks (CRNs) have emerged as a promising solution to the problem of spectrum under utilization and artificial radio spectrum scarcity. The paradigm of dynamic spectrum access allows a secondary network comprising of secondary users (SUs) to coexist with a primary network comprising of licensed primary users (PUs) subject to the condition that SUs do not cause any interference to the primary network. Since it is necessary for SUs to avoid any interference to the primary network, PU activity precludes attempts of SUs to access the licensed spectrum and forces frequent channel switching for SUs. This dynamic nature of CRNs, coupled with the possibility that an SU may not share a common channel with all its neighbors, makes the task of multicast routing especially challenging. In this work, we have proposed a novel multipath on-demand multicast routing protocol for CRNs. The approach of multipath routing, although commonly used in unicast routing, has not been explored for multicasting earlier. Motivated by the fact that CRNs have highly dynamic conditions, whose parameters are often unknown, the multicast routing problem is modeled in the reinforcement learning based framework of learning automata. Simulation results demonstrate that the approach of multipath multicasting is feasible, with our proposed protocol showing a superior performance to a baseline state-of-the-art CRN multicasting protocol.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제38C권5호
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• pp.479-485
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• 2013

본 논문에서는 software defined radio (SDR) 기술 기반의 가시광 (visible light) 무선통신 및 RF 무선통신을 이용한 스마트 농업 시스템을 제안한다. 제안된 시스템은 스마트 농업을 위하여 무선 센서네트워크를 구축하여 LED 식물공장을 지속적으로 모니터링할 수 있다. 또한, LED 식물공장을 자동으로 제어가 가능하도록 하여 농작물 재배지를 항상 최적의 환경으로 유지할 수 있다. 더 나아가, 농작물 재배 환경을 데이터베이스화하여 농작물 재배지가 보다 효율적으로 관리될 수 있을 것으로 기대한다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제9권9호
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• pp.3312-3334
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• 2015

In this paper, a mechanism for spectrum allocation in overlay cognitive radio networks is proposed. In overlay cognitive radio networks, the secondary users (SUs) must first sense the activity of primary users (PUs) to identify unoccupied spectrum bands. Based on their different contributions for the spectrum sensing, the SUs get payoffs that are computed by the fusion center (FC). The unoccupied bands will be auctioned and SUs are asked to bid using payoffs they earned or saved. Coalitions are allowed to form among SUs because each SU may only need a portion of the bands. We formulate the coalition forming process as a coalition forming game and analyze it by game theory. In the coalition formation game, debtor-creditor relationship may occur among the SUs because of their limited payoff storage. A debtor asks a creditor for payoff help, and in return provides the creditor with a portion of transmission time to relay data for the creditor. The negotiations between debtors and creditors can be modeled as a Bayesian game because they lack complete information of each other, and the equilibria of the game is investigated. Theoretical analysis and numerical results show that the proposed auction yields data rate improvement and certain fairness among all SUs.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제36권2A호
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• pp.179-187
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• 2011

최근 주파수 지원의 효율적 사용에 대한 관심이 높아짐에 따라 Cognitive Radio가 활발히 연구되고 있다. 기존에는 Cognitive Radio의 이기적 공생방식과 비이기적 공생방식을 이용하여 시스템 용량을 향상하는 방안이 제안되었다. 이에 본 연구에서는 OFDMA 기반의 CR 네트워크에서 효율적인 부반송파 할당을 통한 시스템 용량 극대화를 제안한다. 또한 하나의 Primary 사용자가 존재하는 네트워크를 다수의 Primary 사용자가 존재하는 네트워크로 확장하여 극대화 방안을 적용하는 방안과 그 영향을 분석한다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제35권4A호
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• pp.401-407
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• 2010

최근 모바일 장치가 널리 이용됨에 따라 사용자에게 더 나은 서비스를 제공하기 위해 실시간 위치 측정 시스템이 사용된다. 무선 신호의 통신을 토대로 위치 측정을 수행하는 RTLS에서 많은 장소에서 발견되는 무선 통신이 어려운 무선 신호의 음영지역은 위치 측정 성능을 저하시키기에 극복해야 한다. 음영지역의 문제를 해결하기 위해 보조 태그 기법과 방향성 안테나를 활용해 하나의 리더를 이용한 위치 측정 기법을 제안한다. 본 논문에서는 RTLS에서 음영지역의 문제를 위치 측정 성능을 유지하며 극복하는 방법을 제안하고 구현하여 실험하였다. 구현된 시스템에서 위치 측정 성공률은 38% 향상되었고 위치 측정 정밀도는 CEP 기준으로 1.13미터의 성능을 나타내었다.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.19-28
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• 2006

The noise temperature of existing millimeter-wave receivers is already within two or three times quantum noise limit. One of practical ways to increase the observation speed of single dish radio telescope without longer integration time is use of multi-beam focal plane array receiver as demonstrated in several large single dish radio telescopes. In this context the TRAO (Taeduk Radio Astronomy Observatory), which operates a 143n Cassegrain radio telescope, is planning to develop a 4 x 4 beams focal plane array SIS receiver system for 86-115 GHz band. Even though millimeter-wave HEMT LNA-based receivers approach the noise temperature comparable to the SIS receiver at W-band, it is believed that the receiver based on SIS mixer seems to offer a bit more advantages. The critical part of the multi-beam array receiver will be sideband separating SIS mixers. Employing such a type of SIS mixer makes it possible to simplify the quasi-optics of receiver. Otherwise, an SSB filter should be used in front of the mixer or some sophisticated post-processing of observation data is needed. In this paper we will present a preliminary design concept and components needed for the development of a new 3 mm band multi-beam focal plane array receiver.

• 천문학회보
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.45.3-46
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• 2016

Solar activity shows a self-similarity as it has many periods of activity cycle in the time series of long-term observation, such as 13.5, 51, 150, 300 days, and 11, 88 years and so on. Since fractal dimension is a quantitative parameter for this kind of an irregular time series, we applied this method to long-term observations including sunspot number, total solar irradiance, and 3.75 GHz solar radio flux to predict the start and maximum times as well as expected maximum sunspot number for the next solar cycle. As a result, we found that the radio flux data tend to have lower fractal dimensions than the sunspot number data, which means that the radio emission from the sun is more regular than the solar activity expressed by sunspot number. Based on the relation between radio flux of 3.75 GHz and sunspot number, we could calculate the expected maximum sunspot number of solar cycle 24 as 156, while the observed value is 146. For the maximum time, estimated mean values from 7 different observations are January 2013 and this is quite different to observed value of February 2014. We speculate this is from extraordinary extended properties of solar cycle 24. As the cycle length of solar cycle 24, 10.1 to 12.8 years are expected, and the mean value is 11.0. This implies that the next solar cycle will be started at December 2019.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2018년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.639-640
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• 2018

현재 실내 측위 분야에서 전파 지문을 이용하여 위치를 확인하는 기술이 광범위하게 사용하고 있다. 이때 성공적인 위치 확인을 위해서는 학습과 테스트에 필요한 데이터의 구성 및 다차원 데이터 구성이 필요하다. 즉 무선 AP, BLE iBeacon, Mobile 단말 등의 다양한 주변 전파 지문의 변화로 발생할 수 있는 환경 변화에 대응할 수 있는 위치 데이터 수집 및 데이터 관리 기술이 요구된다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 측위에 필요한 전파 지문의 환경 변화에 덜 민감한 다차원 데이터를 구성하고 관리하는 기법을 제안한다.

• 한국방송∙미디어공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국방송공학회 2015년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.31-34
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• 2015

The U.S. music market is a lucrative market for many foreign musicians due to its sheer size and it continues to play a leading role in the world music industry. However, it is a challenge to gain entry into that market and an even greater challenge to achieve success and fame within it. In fact, changes in the media paradigm have allowed for musicians to be able to independently produce their own songs and promote them globally. Some scholars address that the media paradigm shifting from traditional outlets to new outlets gives a chance to bypass traditional gatekeepers when entering the U.S. music market. Based on this scenario, this article examined two songs from Korean singer, Psy: Gangnam Style and Gentleman as a single case study. Utilizing Google Trends as a source of information, this study examined how each song's recognition among American music fans was different based on radio spins on Top 40 commercial radio stations. This article sheds new light on radio, which has been neglected due to the media paradigm shift, and presents how radio programmers are part of a complicated gatekeeping process which ultimately decides which songs are to gain popularity.

• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.95-104
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• 2017

Positioning signals transmitted by Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites located at approximately 20,000 km height is very weak. For the reason, GPS signals are vulnerable to intentional jamming and unintentional disturbance. Recently, the number of jamming has been increased significantly all over the world. For the applications where continuous and reliable positioning is required when GPS jammers are activated, other positioning systems are strongly required. In this work, a set of Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA)-based transmitters and receivers utilizing Universal Software Radio Peripheral (USRP) and GNU Radio are designed and implemented. To eliminate the undesirable effects of GPS jamming, a frequency band which does not overlap L band is utilized. To demonstrate the accuracy of the proposed method, an experiment was performed.