• Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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• v.28 no.4
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• pp.69-78
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• 2005

RFID is a technique that plays an important role in identifying and tracking the movement of objects by inserting small chips in objects. It is somewhat similar to bar codes from the various points of applications, but is hopefully considered to lead to tremendous development by solving the present drawbacks of bar codes such as slow identification. Speed, low rate of identification, limitation on the distance of identification and on the amount of saving capacity. Through the development of RFID technique, revolutionary growth is anticipated in the area of logistics and commodity distributional systems. Futhermore, the self processing RFID makes the communications between man and objects possible, and through which introduction of ubiquitous atmosphere will be accelerated. Therefore RFID is considered as one of the most attracting area of investment by developed countries as well as Korea. In this paper, we analyze the world wide tendency on RFID, and propose the conditions for activating RFID industry and also suggest directions for national strategy for diffusing RFID.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.398-403
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• 2009

The recent trend of logistics demands for improved monitoring system of the inside of containers including current temperature and other environmental conditions. This paper presents an information processing technique with fuzzy logic that recognizes the current situations inside the target container and can be implemented on intelligent container systems. The ZigBee modules are used to collect information such as temperature, humidity, and shock inside the container in ubiquitous environment. The information processing system using fuzzy logic and the InTouch, one of SCADA(Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) systems, is implemented to monitor the inside of the container and predict the emergency state.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.16 no.9
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• pp.1939-1946
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• 2012

USNs (Ubiquitous Sensor Networks) such as IEEE 802.15.4 ZigBee network share ISM (Industrial, Scientific, and Medical) frequency band with WiFi networks. Once both networks operate in a region, packet collision may happen because of frequency overlapping. To assure this possibility, we conducted experiments where WiFi and ZigBee communication networks had been installed in an area. As a result of the test, successful data transmission rate were reduced due to the frequency overlapping between a WiFi communication channel and a ZigBee communication band. To cope with this problem, we propose a collision avoidance algorithm. In the proposed algorithm, if frequency collision is sensed, new communication channel with different frequency band is allocated to each node. Performance of the proposed frequency collision avoidance algorithm was tested and the results were described.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.9 no.6
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• pp.1619-1624
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• 2008

Recently, In order to provide ubiquitous service, we develop each middleware and interface for sensors networks, RFID(Radio Frequency IDentification) and GPS(Global Positioning System). We use GPS for the location-based services, RFID for identifying the distribution logistics services, sensor networks for collecting the context data such as temperature, humidity, barometric pressure. Recently, there is increasing the need of integrated interface for using these sensor elements complexly in agriculture and livestock, construction, medical applications and, etc. This paper developments a integrated common interface for supporting efficiently process of sensing data using RFID, GPS and sensor network. This interface have the filtering function, parsing function, queuing function, interface management function, access function and, etc. We present the integrated frame structure combined with the collected context data in GPS, RFID and sensor networks and, support the open interface for providing complex ubiquitous application systems. Therefore, this interface will be efficiently used the system using RFID, GPS and sensor network, and supported many ubiquitous application services.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Surveying, Geodesy, Photogrammetry, and Cartography Conference
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• 2007.04a
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• pp.31-35
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• 2007

RFID is going to be the core technology for contact-less information transfer means in the era of ubiquitous. Up until recent days, the RFID didn't fit to be used in outdoor environment due to the fact that it was developed for logistics which does not require stability in outdoor. But recently, requests for the RFID to be used in the outdoor environment have increased, and this laid the foundation for the development of outdoor tags, including MetalTag, which can be utilized in many different ways. In this research, to provide information on the control point using the RFID at the sight, RFID tags, which can place at the control point, and PDA based system were developed.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.274-276
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• 2005

유비쿼터스 물류 환경을 위한 능동형 RFID(Radio Frequency IDentfication) 시스템 기술에 대한 필요성이 대두되고 있다. 특히 컨테이너 물류 환경에서 적합한 RFID 기술은 ISO/IEC 18000-7 표준으로 제정되었으나, 현재 이에 대한 연구 개발 사례보고가 드문 실정이다. 본 논문에서는 물류 상황에 적합한 능동형 RFID 시스템에 대한 아키텍쳐 설계 및 저전력 운용 등의 요소기술에 대한 연구 및 시스템 개발 내용을 다루었다. 기본적인 성능평가를 수행한 결과, 1000개의 명령어를 연속으로 요청했을 때 $99\%$이상의 높은 인식률을 보였다. 또한 시스템의 핵심 요소인 저전력 기능을 구현한 결과 배터리는 최장 1년까지 이용 가능한 것으로 나타났다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.205-207
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• 2005

유비쿼터스 컴퓨팅 응용으로 위치 추적 서비스, 산업용 제어 핀 관리 시스템, 홈 자동화 시스템 등 다양한 서비스들이 이미 사용되고 있거나 개발되고 있다. 물류 환경에서의 화물 컨테이너 관리 시스템은 선적하는 컨테이너의 안전을 보장하고 선적 경로와 현재의 위치 등을 제공하여 수출입업자에게 경제적인 이점을 제공할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 유비쿼터스 물류환경에서 화물 컨테이너의 현재 위치를 확인할 수 있는 시스템을 설계하고 구현하였다. 컨테이너 위치 확인 시스템은 DV-hop 기법을 바탕으로 리더와 태그간의 홉 수를 계산하고 이를 이용하여 컨테이너의 정확한 위치를 결정한다. 시뮬레이션은 TOSSIM을 이용하여 리더와 태그의 정보 수집을 하였고, 서버 프로그램의 정보 분석 과정을 거쳐 태그의 위치를 계산하였다.

• Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.13-24
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• 2005

The sensor network is a key component of the ubiquitous computing system which is expected to be widely utilized in logistics control, environment/disaster control, medical/health-care services, digital home and other applications. Nodes in the sensor network are small-sized and exposed to adverse environments. They are demanded to perform their missions with very limited power supply only. Also the sensor network is composed of much more nodes than the wireless ad hoc networks are. In case that some nodes consume up their power capacity, the network topology should change, and rerouting/retransmission is necessitated. Communication protocols studied for conventional wireless networks or ad hoc networks are not suited for the sensor network resultantly. Schemes should be devised to control the efficient usage of node power in the sensor network. This paper proposes a medium access protocol to enhance the efficiency of energy consumption in the sensor network node. Its performance is analyzed by simulation.

• Knowledge Management Research
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.56-68
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• 2011

The rapid changes in business environments are also applicable to the delivery service field. Numerous companies are using smart phones in order to perform work of the delivery service field that is rapidly developing every year. Smart phones established ubiquitous work environments where access to the server of the head office is possible through telephones, scanners, and the internet anywhere and anytime. However, although smart appliances including smart phones have been diffused, empirical analysis of use of them in actual has not been attempted much. In this regard, current study empirically analyzes how connectivity and context-awareness function of smart phones based on the TAM(Technology Acceptance Model) influence the continuous intention to use through trust, usefulness, and ease of use. The results indicate that the connectivity and context-awareness function, which are natures of smart phones, had impacts on the ease of use and trust, but not on the usefulness. Based on these results, this study suggests implications and future research directions regarding the planning and realization of smart appliances.

• Journal of the military operations research society of Korea
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• v.31 no.1
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• pp.58-72
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• 2005

RFID(Radio Frequency Identification) is one of key technologies in ubiquitous computing. RFID system comprises tag, reader, and computer application. The tag is a small electronic chip, which is attached to a thing such as item, pallet, container. The reader has an tiny antenna obtaining the identification information of the things by radio frequency, and provides the information to the computer application for a business. In this paper we have proposed the military application of RFID and its implementation policy for the Korean armed forces. We believe that The principle application area would be logistics TAV(total asset visibility) and resource management, and the implementation should be achieved step by step considering the advancement of RFID technology and government policy.