• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.21 no.8
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• pp.1989-2002
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• 1996

In this paper, we describe several warm standby fault-tolerant models and their operation methods applicable to telephone switching control systems which have dual module structure and need high availability. Unavailabilities of the system implemented by four different methods for each model are computed by using the Markov state model, and then are compared for system performance evaluation. As the results ofsimulations, the warm standby model with triple processors is best in the aspect of data loss, while in most cases the warm standby model with doble processors based on no standby check method provides the highest system avaiability. Periodic changeover increases the system unavailability, but the preriodic standby check on standby module decreases the system unavailability of warm standby model with a single processor and with double processors. On the other hands, the variationas of warm standby model with a single processor and with double processors. On the other hand, the variations of data recovery time and personnel recovery rate have little effect on the system unavailtability.

• The Transactions of the Korea Information Processing Society
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• v.2 no.6
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• pp.985-994
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• 1995

In this paper, we propose two hot standby architectures which not only provide high system availability but also lose little data on fault occurrence. In order to evaluate the performance of the proposed hot standby architectures, the warm standby architecture. In order to evaluate the performance of the propose d hot standby architectures, the warm standby architecture which is made from the hot standby architecture by eliminating its synchronization unit is considered. After system unavailability for each architecture is computed by using the corresponding Markov state diagram, the results are compared and evaluated. As the results, in most cases, hot standby architectures have higher availability than warm standby architecture. Also, hot standby architecture with external synchronization unit always maintains a little higher availability than hot standby architecture with internal synchronization unit. Active set time and personnel recovery rate for each architecture have little effect on system availability. However, in the case that data recovery time is too long, system availabilities of hot standby architectures and warm standby architecture degrade rapidly. In this case, the performance degradation of hot standby architectures is severe, and system availabilities of hot standby architectures eventually become lower than system availability of warm standby architecture.

• The KIPS Transactions:PartC
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• v.8C no.4
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• pp.429-436
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• 2001

IMT-2000에서 RNC의 MCP는 호 처리를 담당하는 부분으로, 신뢰도와 실시간성이 요구된다. MCP는 높은 견고성을 갖도록 구현되지만 다소간의 오류 율(Fault late)은 존재할 수밖에 없으므로 프로세서를 이중화하여 활성화된 프로세서가 장애를 일으키더라도 대기중인 프로세서가 연속적인 서비스를 제공할 수 있어야한다. Warm standby sharing에 비하여 Hot standby sharing은 데이터 손실이 없고 오류 데이터가 확산되지 않는 등의 다수의 장점을 갖지만 동기화 문제로 인하여 이를 시스템에 실제로 구현하는 것은 어렵다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 Hot standby sharing에 비하여 기존의 Warm standby sharing이 갖는 동기화의 장점에 데이터 손실 및 거짓 데이터의 확산 문제를 개선함으로서, 실제 구현의 용이성 및 성능 향상이라는 결과를 얻으려 하였다.

• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2010.05a
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• pp.330-332
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• 2010

이동통신시스템에서 Warm standby sharing에 비하여 Hot standby sharing은 데이터 손실이 없고 오류 데이터가 확산되지 않는 등의 다수의 장점을 갖지만 동기화 문제로 인하여 이를 시스템에 실제로 구현하는 것은 어렵다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 Hot standby sharing에 비하여 기존의 Warm standby sharing이 갖는 동기화의 장점에 데이터 손실 및 거짓 데이터의 확산 문제를 개선할 수 있는 이중화 프로세서에 대한 마코프 모델을 설계하고자 한다.

• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2010.05a
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• pp.336-338
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• 2010

이동통신시스템에서 RNC의 MCP는 호 처리를 담당하는 부분으로, 신뢰도와 실시간성이 요구된다. MCP는 높은 견고성을 갖도록 구현되지만 다소간의 오류 율(Fault late)은 존재할 수밖에 없으므로 프로세서를 이중화하여 활성화된 프로세서가 장애를 일으키더라도 대기중인 프로세서가 연속적인 서비스를 제공할 수 있어야 한다. Warm standby sharing에 비하여 Hot standby sharing은 데이터 손실이 없고 오류 데이터가 확산되지 않는 등의 다수의 장점을 갖지만 동기화 문제로 인하여 이를 시스템에 실제로 구현하는 것은 어렵다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 동기화의 장점에 데이터 손실 및 거짓 데이터의 확산 문제를 개선 함으로서, 실제 구현의 용이성 및 성능 향상이라는 결과를 얻으려 하였다.

• International Journal of Reliability and Applications
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.89-106
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• 2010

This paper deals with the reliability and availability characteristics of three different series system configurations with warm standby components and a repairable service station. The failure time of the primary and warm standby are assumed to be exponentially distributed with parameters ${\lambda}$ and ${\alpha}$ respectively. The repair time distribution of each server is also exponentially distributed with parameter ${\mu}$. The breakdown time and the repair time of the service station are also assumed exponentially distributed with parameters ${\gamma}$ and ${\beta}$ respectively. We derive the reliability dependent on time, availability dependent on time, the mean time to failure, $MTTF_i$, and the steady-state availability $A_i$(${\infty}$) for three configurations and perform comparisons. Comparisons are made for specific values of distribution parameters and of the cost of the components. The three configurations are ranked based on: $MTTF_i$, $A_i$(${\infty}$), and $C_i/B_i$ where $B_i$ is either $MTTF_i$ or $A_i$(${\infty}$).

• Journal of Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers
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• v.39 no.2
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• pp.90-98
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• 2013

The k-out-of-n system with mixed redundancy is defined as k-out-of-n system which both includes warm-standby and cold-standby components. In case that operating components in the system fail and the system needs quick transition of standby components to operation state, the k-out-of-n system with mixed redundancy is useful for decreasing system failure rate and operational cost. Reliability-Redundancy Optimization Problem (RROP) involves selection of components with multiple choices and redundancy levels for maximizing system reliability with constraints such as cost, weight, etc. A solution methodology by using harmony search algorithm for RROP of the k-out-of-n system with mixed redundancy to maximize system reliability was suggested in this study.

• International Journal of Reliability and Applications
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• v.3 no.3
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• pp.147-154
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• 2002

In this paper, we consider the warm standby redundant system(WSRS) which is consisted of an active unit, a standby unit and a switchover device. In addition, the switchover processing is controlled by a control module. The effect of failure of the control module is taken into account to develop our reliability model for the redundant structure. For the performance evaluation of a redundant system with the function of switchover processing which is assumed to cause the increase of the failure rate of the system, some reliability indices, such as availability, average availability, reliability and steady state availability, are considered.

• Proceedings of the Korean Reliability Society Conference
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• 2002.06a
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• pp.173-183
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• 2002

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• Journal of Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers
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• v.39 no.4
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• pp.290-297
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• 2013

The increasing level of operation in high-tech industry is likely to require ever more complex structure in reliability problem. Furthermore, system failures are more significant on society as a whole than ever before. Reliability redundancy optimization problem (RROP) plays a important role in the designing and analyzing the complex system. RROP involves selection of components with multiple choices and redundancy levels for maximizing system reliability with constraints such as cost, weight, etc. Meanwhile, previous works on RROP dealt with system with perfect failure detection, which gave at most a good solution. However, we studied RROP with imperfect failure detection and switching. Using absorbing Markov Chain, we present not a good solution but the optimal one. In this study, the optimal system configuration is designed with warm and cold-standby redundancy for k-out-of-n system in terms of MTTF that is one of the performance measures of reliability.