• Journal of Multimedia Information System
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.149-154
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• 2016

Wireless mesh networks (WMNs) are used for metropolitan area network that requires high network throughput for handling many users. TDMA-based access is a common solution for this problem and several scheduling methods have been proposed. However, existing heuristic methods have room for improvement at network throughput although they are low complexity. In this paper, we propose a novel divided scheduling method based on structural characteristics in order to improve network throughput in WMNs. It separately schedules neighbor links of gateways and that of the other links by different scheduling algorithms. Simulation-based evaluations show that our proposal improves up to 14% of network throughput compared with conventional scheduling algorithm script.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.344-358
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• 2011

Wireless tactical network (WTN) is the most important present-day technology enabling modern network centric warfare. It inherits many features from WMNs, since the WTN is based on existing wireless mesh networks (WMNs). However, it also has distinctive characteristics, such as hierarchical structures and tight QoS (Quality-of-Service) requirements. Little research has been conducted on hierarchical protocols to support various QoS in WMN. We require new protocols specifically optimized for WTNs. Control packets are generally required to find paths and reserve resources for QoS requirements, so data throughput is not degraded due to overhead. The fundamental solution is to adopt topology aggregation, in which a low tier node aggregates and simplifies the topology information and delivers it to a high tier node. The overhead from control packet exchange can be reduced greatly due to decreased information size. Although topology aggregation is effective for low overhead, it also causes the inaccuracy of topology information; thus, incurring low QoS support capability. Therefore, we need a new topology aggregation algorithm to achieve high accuracy. In this paper, we propose a new aggregation algorithm based on star topology. Noting the hierarchical characteristics in military and hierarchical networks, star topology aggregation can be used effectively. Our algorithm uses a limited number of bypasses to increase the exactness of the star topology aggregation. It adjusts topology parameters whenever it adds a bypass. Consequently, the result is highly accurate and has low computational complexity.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.53-59
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• 2009

무선 애드록 네트워크의 특수한 형태인 무선 메쉬 네트워크는 최근 새로운 연구과제의 초석으로 주목받고 있다. WMN의 제한적인 동작 환경으로 인하여 효과적인 연결 Dominating set 구성은 브로드캐스팅, 라우팅, 혹은 가상 백본을 구성을 위한 방법 중 하나로 중요한 관심 대상이다. 본 논문에서 분산적인 방법을 토대로 네트워크에서 최소지연과 효율적인 대역폭 사용을 통하여 성능 향상을 시키기 위하여 Interference와 Bandwidth을 Dominating set 구성 파라미터로 사용한 연결 Dominating set 구성 알고리즘을 제안한다. 시뮬레이션을 통하여 제안된 알고리즘은 최대의 주파수 대역폭을 가진 링크와 연결된 최소의 연결 Dominating set이 구성됨으로써 네트워크 전체 성능이 향상됨을 보여준다.

• 한국정보과학회논문지:정보통신
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.272-283
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• 2010

무선 메쉬 네트워크는 최근 주목받는 연구 주제로 부상하고 있다. 무선 메쉬 네트워크는 대규모 무선 랜 장치와 AP들이 서로 연결된 무선 기반 구조로, 무선 메쉬 네트워크의 처리량(throughput)을 향상시키는 것을 목표로 한 수많은 연구가 이루어진 바 있다. 여기에서는 동시에 생겨나는 다수의 트래픽 흐름들을 전송하기 위한 적절한 라우팅 경로를 설정하는 작업이 매우 중요하다. 본 논문에서는 IEEE 802.11 DCF하에서 전송되는 다수의 트래픽 흐름에 대해 신호 감지(Carrier Sensing), 간섭 등의 정보를 이용하여 양 말단간 (end-to-end) 처리량을 수학적으로 모델화하기 위한 방법을 제시하고자 한다. 각 단말에 성공적으로 이루어지는 평균 서비스 시간을 비교하고, 한편으로는 트래픽 흐름 가운데 병목현상이 발생하는 부분을 찾아내어 그로부터 말단간 처리량의 최대치를 계산할 수 있다. 본 논문에서 제시된 모델을 사용하여 동시에 전송되는 다수의 트래픽 흐름을 전달하기 위한 전송 경로에 대한 후보 경로를 얻어낼 수 있으며, 얻어진 경로로부터 처리량을 최대로 높일 수 있는 효율적인 경로를 찾아낼 수 있다. 제시된 모델링 기법과 최적 경로 선택 메커니즘은 무선 메쉬 네트워크에서의 다양한 트래픽 흐름을 사용한 시뮬레이션을 통해 평가하였다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제5권11호
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• pp.2103-2120
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• 2011

In this research, we consider the replication strategy for the applications of video streaming in wireless mesh networks (WMNs). In particular, we propose a closed-form of optimal replication densities for a set of frames of a video streaming by exploiting not only the skewed access probability of each frame but also the skewed loss probability and skewed encoding rate-distortion information. The simulation results demonstrate that our method improves the replication performance in terms of user-perceived quality (UPQ) which includes: 1) minimum average maximum reconstructed distortion for high peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR), 2) small reconstructed distortion fluctuation among frames for smooth playback, and 3) reasonable average maximum transmission distance for continuous playback. Furthermore, the proposed strategy consumes smaller storage capacity compared to other existing optimal replication strategies. More importantly, the effect of encoding rate is carefully investigated to show that high encoding rate does not always gain high performance of replication for video streaming.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제5권11호
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• pp.1909-1928
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• 2011

Node cooperation during packet forwarding operations is critically important for fair resource utilization in Community Wireless Mesh Networks (CoWMNs). In a CoWMN, node cooperation is achieved by using fairness protocols specifically designed to detect and isolate malicious nodes, discourage unfair behavior, and encourage node participation in forwarding packets. In general, these protocols can be split into two groups: Incentive-based ones, which are managed centrally, and use credit allocation schemes. In contrast, reputation-based protocols that are decentralized, and rely on information exchange among neighboring nodes. Centrally managed protocols inevitably suffer from scalability problems. The decentralized, reputation-based protocols lacks in detection capability, suffer from false detections and error propagation compared to the centralized, incentive-based protocols. In this study, we present a new fairness protocol management scheme, called Hybrid FPMS that captures the superior detection capability of incentive-based fairness protocols without the scalability problems inherently expected from a centralized management scheme as a network's size and density grows. Simulation results show that Hybrid FPMS is more efficient than the current centralized approach and significantly reduces the network delays and overhead.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.68-82
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• 2011

Wireless mesh networks (WMNs) provide high-speed backbone networks without any wired cable. Many researchers have tried to increase network throughput by using multi-channel and multi-radio interfaces. A multi-radio multi-channel WMN requires channel assignment algorithm to decide the number of channels needed for each link. Since the channel assignment affects routing and interference directly, it is a critical component for enhancing network performance. However, the optimal channel assignment is known as a NP complete problem. For high performance, most of previous works assign channels in a centralized manner but they are limited in being applied for dynamic network environments. In this paper, we propose a simple flow estimation algorithm and a hybrid channel assignment algorithm. Our flow estimation algorithm obtains aggregated flow rate information between routers by packet sampling, thereby achieving high scalability. Our hybrid channel assignment algorithm initially assigns channels in a centralized manner first, and runs in a distributed manner to adjust channel assignment when notable traffic changes are detected. This approach provides high scalability and high performance compared with existing algorithms, and they are confirmed through extensive performance evaluations.

• 한국정보처리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보처리학회 2014년도 춘계학술발표대회
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• pp.249-251
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• 2014

This paper proposes a channel diversity based load-balancing cross-layer routing scheme for Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs). The proposed scheme deals with channel diversity phase and load balancing phase in WMNs. Channel diversity factor $metric_{ch-d}$ and load balancing factor $f_{load}$ are defined and employed cooperatively as a combined path selection policy.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.269-286
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• 2011

In this paper, we study a problem that is concerning how to construct a delay-constrained multicast tree on a wireless mesh network (WMN) such that the number of serviced clients is maximized. In order to support high-quality and concurrent interference-free transmission streams, multiple radios are implemented in each mesh node in the WMNs. Instead of only orthogonal channels used for the multicast in the previous works, both orthogonal and partially overlapping channels are considered in this study. As a result, the number of links successfully allocated channels can be expected to be much larger than that of the approaches in which only orthogonal channels are considered. The number of serviced subscribers is then increased dramatically. Hence, the goal of this study is to find interference-free and delay-constrained multicast trees that can lead to the maximal number of serviced subscribers. This problem is referred as the MRDCM problem. Two heuristics, load-based greedy algorithm and load-based MCM algorithm, are developed for constructing multicast trees. Furthermore, two load-based channel assignment procedures are provided to allocate interference-free channels to the multicast trees. A set of experiments is designed to do performance, delay and efficiency comparisons for the multicast trees generated by all the approximation algorithms proposed in this study.

• 한국정보과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보과학회 2007년도 가을 학술발표논문집 Vol.34 No.2 (D)
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• pp.585-588
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• 2007

WMNs(Wireless Mesh Networks)은 기존 유 무선망 구축 시 발생하는 고가의 비용 및 이동성 제약 등의 단점을 극복하기 위해 제안된 네트워크 구조로써 네트워크 구축비용에 비해 광범위한 인터넷 접근영역을 제공하는 장점을 가진다. 특히, IEEE 802.11e를 MAC 계층으로 사용하는 WMN은 기존 IEEE802.11에서 보다 강화된 QoS(Quality of Service)기능을 가지므로, 안정적 멀티미디어 관련 응용 계층을 지원하는 WMN 구축을 위해 주목받고 있는 기술 중 하나이다. 본 논문은 광주과학기술원에 설치된 MIMC(Multi-Interface Multi-Channel) WMN 테스트베드를 QoS 기능 지원을 위해 IEEE 802.11e 기반으로 확장한다. 특히, 확장에 필요한 소프트웨어 요소 및 하드웨어 요소에 대해 논한다. 또한, 확장된 IEEE 802.11e WMN 테스트베드를 사용하여 현재 주목받고 있는 IEEE 802.11e기반 WMN의 기본 쓰루풋 성능, 쓰루풋 차별화 성능등을 실험적으로 분석한다.