• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.1256-1275
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• 2014

As one of the new self-organizing and self-configuration broadband networks, wireless mesh networks are being increasingly attractive. In order to solve the load balancing problem in wireless mesh networks, this paper proposes a novel multi-path routing algorithm based on clustering (Cluster_MMesh) for wireless mesh networks. In the clustering stage, on the basis of the maximum connectivity clustering algorithm and k-hop clustering algorithm, according to the idea of maximum connectivity, a new concept of node connectivity degree is proposed in this paper, which can make the selection of cluster head more simple and reasonable. While clustering, the node which has less expected load in the candidate border gateway node set will be selected as the border gateway node. In the multi-path routing establishment stage, we use the intra-clustering multi-path routing algorithm and inter-clustering multi-path routing algorithm to establish multi-path routing from the source node to the destination node. At last, in the traffic allocation stage, we will use the virtual disjoint multi-path model (Vdmp) to allocate the network traffic. Simulation results show that the Cluster_MMesh routing algorithm can help increase the packet delivery rate, reduce the average end to end delay, and improve the network performance.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.1642-1661
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• 2015

Wireless mesh networks are a special type of broadcast networks which cover the qualifications of both ad-hoc as well as infrastructure mode networks. These networks offer connectivity to the last mile through hop to hop communication and by comparatively reducing the cost of infrastructure in terms of wire and hardware. Channel assignment has always been the focused area for such networks specifically when using non-overlapping channels and sharing radio frequency spectrum while using multiple radios. It has always been a challenge for mesh network on impartial utilization of the resources (channels), with the increase in users. The rational utilization of multiple channels and multiple radios, not only increases the overall throughput, capacity and scalability, but also creates significant complexities for channel assignment methods. For a better understanding of research challenges, this paper discusses heuristic methods, measurements and channel utilization applications and also examines various researches that yield to overcome this problem. Finally, we highlight prospective directions of research.

• 한국ITS학회 논문지
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.53-64
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• 2009

차량간 통신은 노변기지국(RSE)을 통하지 않고 차량탑재장치(OBE)간에 정보를 전달하는 기술로 많은 관심을 받고 있다. 차량간 통신네트워크는 차량의 높은 이동 속도로 인하여 토폴로지의 변화가 심하기 때문에 기존 애드혹 라우팅을 적용하기 어렵다. MMFP(Multi-hop MAC Forwarding)는 경로설정 과정과 위치정보를 사용하지 않고 목적지 노드의 도달 가능 정보를 사용하여 패킷을 전송하는 멀티 홉 유니 캐스트 포워팅 프로토콜이다. 그러나 공공 안전 서비스에서 차량간 통신을 통해 제공 될 수 있는 차량 충돌, 장애물, 안개 등에 대한 정보는 특정 운전자가 아닌 다수의 운전자에게 유용한 정보이기 때문에 유니캐스트보다 브로드캐스트로 전달하는 것이 효율적이다. 플러딩은 가장 단순한 형태의 멀티 홉 브로드 캐스트 방식으로 너무 많은 중복 패킷을 생성하여 패킷성공률 감소, 전송 지연 증가 등의 문제가 발생한다. 본 논문에서는 MMFP를 확장하여 차량간 통신 환경에서 멀티 홉 브로드캐스트 통신을 지원하는 두 가지 프로토콜을 제안한다. UMHB(Unreliable Multi-Hop Broadcast)는 일부 노드에게만 포워딩 의무를 부여하는 MMFP의 전송 방식을 기반으로 포워딩 노드의 수를 제한함으로써 플러딩의 중복 패킷 문제를 해결하나 신뢰성이 감소하는 문제가 있다. RMHB(Reliable Multi-Hop Broadcast)는 화인 응답과 재전송을 통해 UMHB의 비신뢰성 문제를 해결하나 전송 지연이 다소 증가한다. 그러나 RMHB의 지연 시간 증가는 충돌 방지 응용에는 문제가 되지 않음을 실험 결과를 분석하여 보인다.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.465-474
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• 2014

Wireless sensor network (WSN) is considered to be one of the most important research fields for ubiquitous healthcare (u-healthcare) applications. Healthcare systems combined with WSNs have only been introduced by several pioneering researchers. However, most researchers collect physiological data from medical nodes located at static locations and transmit them within a limited communication range between a base station and the medical nodes. In these healthcare systems, the network link can be easily broken owing to the movement of the object nodes. To overcome this issue, in this study, the fast link exchange minimum cost forwarding (FLE-MCF) routing protocol is proposed. This protocol allows real-time multi-hop communication in a healthcare system based on WSN. The protocol is designed for a multi-hop sensor network to rapidly restore the network link when it is broken. The performance of the proposed FLE-MCF protocol is compared with that of a modified minimum cost forwarding (MMCF) protocol. The FLE-MCF protocol shows a good packet delivery rate from/to a fast moving object in a WSN. The designed wearable platform utilizes an adaptive linear prediction filter to reduce the motion artifacts in the original electrocardiogram (ECG) signal. Two filter algorithms used for baseline drift removal are evaluated to check whether real-time execution is possible on our wearable platform. The experiment results shows that the ECG signal filtered by adaptive linear prediction filter recovers from the distorted ECG signal efficiently.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.105-122
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• 2011

The fundamental design goal of wireless sensor MAC protocols is to minimize unnecessary power consumption of the sensor nodes, because of its stringent resource constraints and ultra-power limitation. In existing MAC protocols in wireless sensor networks (WSNs), duty cycling, in which each node periodically cycles between the active and sleep states, has been introduced to reduce unnecessary energy consumption. Existing MAC schemes, however, use a fixed duty cycling regardless of multi-hop communication and traffic fluctuations. On the other hand, there is a tradeoff between energy efficiency and delay caused by duty cycling mechanism in multi-hop communication and existing MAC approaches only tend to improve energy efficiency with sacrificing data delivery delay. In this paper, we propose two different MAC schemes (ADS-MAC and ELA-MAC) using closed-loop control in order to achieve both energy savings and minimal delay in wireless sensor networks. The two proposed MAC schemes, which are synchronous and asynchronous approaches, respectively, utilize an adaptive timer and a successive preload frame with closed-loop control for adaptive duty cycling. As a result, the analysis and the simulation results show that our schemes outperform existing schemes in terms of energy efficiency and delivery delay.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제35권2A호
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• pp.134-141
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 지향성 안테나를 사용하는 IEEE 802.16 기반 무선 메쉬 네트워크(wireless mesh networks)의 성능 향상을 위한 스케줄링 알고리즘을 제안한다. 성능은 사용자 수에 따른 시스템의 수율과 각 노드 간의 지연으로 나타낸다. 분석 결과를 통해 제안된 알고리즘이 메쉬 네트워크 시스템의 지연을 줄여 시스템의 성능을 향상시킬 수 있음을 보인다. 본 논문의 결과는 향후 메쉬 네트워크, 멀티 홉 중계기 등의 다중 홉 시스템에서 각 SS(subscribe station)들의 공정성을 고려한 지향성 안테나 도입 시에 참고할 만한 가이드라인을 제시할 수 있을 것이다.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제40권5호
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• pp.582-591
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• 2018

In this paper, we present a performance analysis of large-scale multi-input multi-output (MIMO) systems for wireless backhaul networks. We focus on fully connected N nodes in a wireless meshed and multi-hop network topology. We also consider a large number of antennas at both the receiver and transmitter. We investigate the transmission schemes to support fully connected N nodes for half-duplex and full-duplex transmission, analyze the achievable ergodic sum rate among N nodes, and propose a closed-form expression of the achievable ergodic sum rate for each scheme. Furthermore, we present numerical evaluation results and compare the resuts with closed-form expressions.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제9권9호
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• pp.3468-3495
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• 2015

In this paper, we present a multi-chain based hierarchical topology control algorithm (MCHTC) for wireless sensor networks. In this algorithm, the topology control process using static clustering is divided into sensing layer that is composed by sensor nodes and multi-hop data forwarding layer that is composed by leader nodes. The communication cost and residual energy of nodes are considered to organize nodes into a chain in each cluster, and leader nodes form a tree topology. Leader nodes are elected based on the residual energy and distance between themselves and the base station. Analysis and simulation results show that MCHTC outperforms LEACH, PEGASIS and IEEPB in terms of network lifetime, energy consumption and network energy balance.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제22권11호
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• pp.984-990
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• 2016

In wireless mesh sensor networks (WMSNs), sensor nodes are connected in the form of a mesh topology and transfer sensor data by multi-hop routing. A data aggregation method for WMSNs is required to minimize the number of routing hops and the energy consumption of each node with limited battery power. This paper presents a shortest path data aggregation method for WMSNs. The proposed method utilizes a simple hash function based on shuffled row major indexing for addressing sensor nodes. This allows sensor data to be aggregated without complex routing tables and calculation for deciding the next hop. The proposed data aggregation algorithms work in a fractal fashion with different mesh sizes. The method repeatedly performs gathering and moves sensor data to sink nodes in higher-level clusters. The proposed method was implemented and simulations were performed to confirm the accuracy of the proposed algorithms.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.901-923
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• 2017

Efficient key distribution and management mechanisms as well as lightweight ciphers are the main pillar for establishing secure wireless sensor networks (WSN). Several symmetric based key distribution protocols are already proposed, but most of them are not scalable, yet vulnerable to a small number of compromised nodes. In this paper, we propose an efficient and scalable key management and distribution framework, named KMMR, for large scale WSNs. The KMMR contributions are three fold. First, it performs lightweight local processes orchestrated into upward and downward tiers. Second, it limits the impact of compromised nodes to only local links. Third, KMMR performs efficient secure node addition and revocation. The security analysis shows that KMMR withstands several known attacks. We implemented KMMR using the NesC language and experimented on Telosb motes. Performance evaluation using the TOSSIM simulator shows that KMMR is scalable, provides an excellent key connectivity and allows a good resilience, yet it ensures both forward and backward secrecy. For a WSN comprising 961 sensor nodes monitoring a 60 hectares agriculture field, KMMR requires around 2.5 seconds to distribute all necessary keys, and attains a key connectivity above 96% and a resilience approaching 100%. Quantitative comparisons to earlier work show that KMMR is more efficient in terms of computational complexity, required storage space and communication overhead.