• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.32 no.6
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• pp.27-39
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• 2017

A variety of medical devices are utilized to repair or help injured body functions after accidental injury(such as a traffic accident), population aging, or disease. Such medical devices are being actively researched and developed in portable form, skin patchable type, and further, implantable form. In the future, active implantable medical devices for neuro and brain sciences are expected to be developed. Active implantable medical devices that detect brain signals and control neurology for a wider understanding of human cognition and nerve functions, and for an understanding and treatment of various diseases, are being actively pursued for future use. In this paper, the core elements of implantable devices that can be applied to neuro and brain sciences are classified into electrode technologies for bio-signal acquisition and stimulation, analog/digital circuit technologies for signal processing, human body communication technologies, wireless power transmission technologies for continuous device use, and device integration technologies to integrate them. In each chapter, the latest technology development trends for each detailed technology field are reviewed.

• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.34 no.6
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• pp.71-86
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• 2019

The unprecedented demands of mobile communication networks by the rapid rising popularity of mobile applications and services require future networks to support the exploding mobile traffic volumes, the real time extraction of fine-rained analytics, and the agile management of network resources, so as to maximize user experience. To fulfill these needs, research on the use of emerging deep learning techniques in future mobile systems has recently emerged; as such, this study deals with deep learning based mobile communication research activities. A thorough survey of the literature, conference, and workshops on deep learning for mobile communication networks is conducted. Finally, concluding remarks describe the major future research directions in this field.

• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.34 no.3
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• pp.23-33
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• 2019

Broadcast is evolving into media service aimed at user customization, personalization, and participation with high-quality broadcasting contents (4K/8K/AR/VR). A broadcast infrastructure is needed to engage with the competition for providing large-scaled media traffic process, platform performance for adaptive transcoding to diverse receivers, and intelligent service. Cloud service and virtualization in broadcast are becoming more valuable as the broadcasting environment changes and new high-level broadcasting services emerge. This document describes the examples of cloud and virtualization in the broadcast industry, and prospects the network virtualization of broadcast transmission infrastructure, especially terrestrial and cable networks.

• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.37 no.2
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• pp.42-52
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• 2022

Intra- and inter- datacenter data traffic is rapidly increasing due to the spread of smart devices, cloud computing, and non-face-to-face services. Recently, 400-Gbps optical transceivers based on 100-Gbps/channel have been released primarily by major overseas companies. Various solutions for next-generation datacenter interconnect are being proposed by international standardization and multiple source agreement groups. Following this trend, ETRI has developed a 400-Gbps optical transmission/reception engine using 100-Gbps/channel light sources and photodetectors as well as a silica-based AWG. In the future, technologies of optical devices and components for intra-datacenter communication are expected to be developed based on a data rate of 200-Gbps/channel. Thus, 1.6-Tbps class optical transceivers will be released.

• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.36 no.2
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• pp.12-21
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• 2021

Intelligent radar sensors are applied in many industries, such as the automobile, aerospace, and defense industries (for security and surveillance), and for traffic monitoring and management as well as environmental and weather monitoring. Furthermore, they are used in smart cities, homes, and buildings, wherein intelligent motion sensing is required in daily life. It is mentioned that it is being used. In addition, ETRI introduces a phased array-based intelligent radar for drone detection and a human name detection radar technology based on which humans can be detected in case of a disaster.

• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.37 no.4
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• pp.28-35
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• 2022

To solve the challenge of waste plastics, this study investigated the related technologies and company trends along the plastic life cycle, and primarily describes ICT technologies to improve efficiency in the process of sorting and sorting waste plastics. Waste plastic discharge caused by the explosive increase in parcel traffic because of COVID-19 is also growing exponentially. Hence, waste treatment is emerging as a social challenge. Most of the domestic waste classification depends on the manual process according to the waste pollution level. The plastic material classification approach using the spectroscopy approach reveals a high error in the contaminated waste plastic classification, but if the Artificial Intelligence-based image classification technology is employed together, the classification precision can be enhanced because of the type of waste plastic product and the contaminated part can be differentiated.

• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.37 no.6
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• pp.74-83
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• 2022

Shannon and Weaver's semantic communication has been actively studied in recent years as a new communication method to provide intelligent mobile services without requiring more capacity, infrastructure, and energy, even with limited radio resources. Considered a breakthrough beyond the Shannon paradigm, semantic communication aims at successfully transmitting semantic information conveyed by a source rather than accurately receiving each symbol or bit, regardless of meaning. Thus, semantic communication can lead to knowledgeable systems that significantly reduce data traffic because the transmitter only transmits the necessary information related to a specific task. This study describes essential differences between existing and semantic communication, research trends related to semantic communication principles and theory, performance metrics of semantic communication, semantic communication system framework, and future research and development issues.

• Current Industrial and Technological Trends in Aerospace
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.113-123
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• 2010

To accommodate the increasing air traffic and increase safety and efficiency of aviation operation, ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) recommended the development and implement of a new CNS/ATM system which is based on GNSS technologies and data link communication. The system is composed of Communication, Navigation, Surveillance and Air Traffic Management. ICAO approved the Global Air Navigation Plan for CNS/ATM systems. The world aviation leader countries launched CNS/ATM Research and Development program to enable the Global Plan and support the transition of air traffic infrastructure. In this paper, to establish the direction and measures of domestic technology development, CNS/ATM technology trend is analyzed.

• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.33 no.5
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• pp.64-75
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• 2018

People usually check their social media, e-mail, and online news on their smartphones using their carrier network. During this process, much of the data traffic is offloaded to ubiquitous Wi-Fi networks. Such offloading will continue to increase rapidly because of flourishing public Wi-Fi networks located around the world. In this technical report, we first investigate domestic public Wi-Fi projects, and followed by foreign projects. In addition, we investigate the Wi-Fi technology evolution that has been standardized in IEEE 802. More and more people are tending to use Wi-Fi, not only at home or work, but also on public transport such as buses and trains. Hence, it is important to come up with ideas that can realize Wi-Fi onboard. The key technologies needed here are related to a mobile wireless backhaul between trains and trackside radio equipment, or between buses and roadside units. Thus, we also investigate the mobile wireless backhaul technologies and their trends.

• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.35 no.2
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• pp.38-49
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• 2020

In recent years, the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) assisted mobile free space optical (FSO) communication technique has attracted considerable attention regarding its aims to provide improved communication conditions for fixed-to-fixed FSO network and promising fronthaul and backhaul solutions for 5G+ wireless networks. This can be attributed to its outstanding advantages such as fast deployment and flexible network configuration. The UAV-assisted mobile FSO system can be used to provide cost-effective internet services in rural and remote areas and in hotspot areas that are characterized by increased data traffic. Additionally, it can be used to provide secure communication services under emergency circumstances. In this report, we review recent R&D trends in wireless network technology employing the UAV-assisted mobile FSO technique and key technologies for mobile FSO wireless networks. Furthermore, we introduce drone-based mobile FSO terminals and control systems that we have developed.