• 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.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2006.10c
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• pp.117-119
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• 2006

BACnet(Building Automation and Control networks) is a standard data communication protocol designed specifically for building automation and control systems. BACnet provides five options for datalink layer protocols and these five datalink layer options can be applied with various transmission media. Recently wireless technology prevails in automation area. ZigBee is a standard protocol based on IEEE 802.15.4 for low-speed wireless communication network. In this study, we propose a BACnet/ZigBee model that uses ZigBee wireless technology in a BACnet communication network system as a wireless datalink layer protocol. We also applied this model to a lighting control system to evaluate the feasibility of proposed technology. The technology proposed in this paper can extend the application of BACnet not only for building automation but also for home automation by taking the advantages of ZigBee wireless communication technology in BACnet communication network systems.

• Journal of the Korea Society for Simulation
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.11-19
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• 2010

ZigBee is a standard for wireless personal area networks(WPANs) based on the IEEE 802.15.4 standard. It has been developed for low cost and low power consumption. There are two alternative routing schemes that have been proposed for the ZigBee standard: Ad-hoc On-Demand Distance Vector(AODV) and tree routing. The tree routing forwards packets from sensors to a sink node based on the parent-child relationships established by the IEEE 802.15.4 MAC topology formation procedure. In order to join the network, a sensor node chooses an existing node with the strongest RSSI(Received signal strength indicator) signal as a parent node. Therefore, some nodes carry a large amount of traffic load and exhaust their energy rapidly. To overcome this problem, we introduce a new metric based on link quality and traffic load for load balancing. Instead of the strength of RSSI, the proposed scheme uses the new metric to choose a parent node during the topology formation procedure. Extensive simulation results using TOSSIM(TinyOS mote SIMulator) show that the CFR scheme outperforms well in comparison to the conventional tree routing scheme.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.8 no.6
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• pp.41-48
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• 2008

The realization of a monitoring system for senior citizens living alone through wireless sensor network. Due to the recent advances in medical science, people live longer than ever before which accelerates the number of senior citizens. The high rate of the old people in population causes some changes in the form of families, which results in the increasing number of old people living by themselves. This also causes a lot of social problems concerning aging population. For example, people found a dead body of 83-year-old, who had lived alone, after he passed away a month before. There is a national monitoring service for the old people of their daily lives, but the application of such system is very limited. Considering this, the current paper focuses on the realization of a monitoring system for senior citizens living alone through wireless sensor network. The system consists of ZigBee sensor network, which is based on standard IEEE 802.15.4. and the system uses Tmote Sky sensor mote made by Moteive, which is installed with TinyOS. The circumstances information data will be saved on DB and a household will be monitored through a Webpage or Mobile.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2007.05a
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• pp.993-996
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• 2007

LR-WPAN의 대표적인 기술인 ZigBee는 저속 전송속도를 갖는 홈오토메이션 및 데이터 네트워크를 위해 IEEE 802.15.4 표준을 기반으로 상위 프로토콜과 응용을 규격화한 기술이다. 특히 개방된 무선 환경인 ZigBee 네트워크에서는 무엇보다 보안의 중요성이 대두되고 있으며, ZigBee Alliance 규격에도보안 계층이 포함되어 있다. 그러나 암호화에 사용되는 링크키를 생성하기 위해 신뢰성 있는 정보(마스터키)를 평문으로 전송하기 때문에 직접적으로 노출되는 위험성과 방문자 위치 추적 등 디바이스의 이동이 빈번한 환경에서 PAN 코디네이터의 과부하가 발생할 수 있는 등의 여러 가지 문제점이 존재하고 있다. 본 논문에서는 Du 등이 제안한 사전 키 분배 기법을 이용하여 ZigBee 네트워크에서의 효율적인 키 분배 프로토콜을 제안하였다. 제안된 프로토콜은 디바이스에게 임의의 행렬 열과 행 값을 송신하여 링크키를 생성함으로서 이전의 문제점을 해결하고 더욱 빠른 통신이 가능하도록 하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2005.05a
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• pp.1279-1282
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• 2005

지금까지 무선 통신 기술은 높은 데이터 처리량을 가진 통신에 대하여 집중 개발되었으나, 낮은 처리량과 적은 비용, 낮은 전력소모의 요구사항을 가진 소형 경량의 무선 통신 분야의 기술개발은 활발하지 못했다. 현존하는 무선 통신 기술들을 낮은 처리율과 낮은 가격, 낮은 전력소모의 요구사항에 적용하기에는 필요이상의 성능과 비용이 들어가며, 특히 많은 전력을 소모하는 문제점이 발생한다. 이러한 문제점을 해결하기 위해 소형 경량의 무선 통신 기술인 ZigBee가 생겨나게 되었다. 본 논문에서는 현존하는 무선 통신 기술과 ZigBee 기술을 비교분석하여 ZigBee 기술의 필요성과 장단점을 제시하고, ZigBee의 핵심 기술 중 하나인 IEEE 802.15.4 MAC(Medium Access Control) 프로토콜 개발결과를 기술한다.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.61 no.4
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• pp.632-638
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• 2012

ZigBee network, based on PHY, MAC layer provides a specification for a suite of high level communication protocols using small, low-power digital radio based on an IEEE 802.15.4 standard. Meshing is a type of daisy chaining from one device to another. This technique allows the short range of an individual node to be expanded and multiplied, covering a much larger area. Each wireless technology that makes it to market serves a special purpose or function. Zigbee provides short-range connectivity in what is called a personal-area network (PAN). Within ZigBee PAN coordinator as manages an entire ZigBee network, the short range of frequency band was only selected because the technology allows typically less than 100 kbp or ZigBee troubles in retransmission processing and delaying data tranmission works to create unproductive condition of work. This research was proposed the method, based on short range frequency of zigBee nodes enable to long range of remote data transmission with specific algorithm tools.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.39C no.1
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• pp.90-96
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• 2014

IEEE802.15.4 that is a standard for sensor networks is mainly used the wireless personal area networks such as ZigBee networks and it features low-power, low-speed data communication. However, recently research for interworking sensor network based voice communication and Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) for long-range, multi-user support has been actively conducted. In this paper, we designed a integrated base station based existing systems for interworking sensor networks based voice communication and SIP. We measured number of packet and delay according to increase the number of users to evaluate the performance of designed Base Station.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• v.40 no.7
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• pp.629-634
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• 2016

This paper describes the implementation of a ZigBee sensor node that can be utilized as a multiband and machine to machine (M2M) communication gateway. The IEEE 802.15.4-2003 standard was used as the wireless network frequency band. Ember's Type EM357 SoC was used as the transmission and reception device to perform the communication function, and it was also used for both the main M2M gateway and the sensor node. For the implementation of the operating protocol, EmberZNet Stack 4.5.4 from the Ember Corporation was used. The measurement of the reception sensitivity in the receiving module and the actual output signal from the reference were obtained from the transmission of a packet, and the packet included the M2M gateway within the attached ZigBee sensor. The packet error rate was measured as 0% with a -98 dBm reception sensitivity at the ZigBee frequency. In addition, excellent current characteristics of the ZigBee modules were shown by the implementation of the low-power circuit.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2006.04a
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• pp.171-173
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• 2006

Because sensor networks use wireless communication, they are vulnerable to attacks which are more difficult launch in the wired domain. Many wired networks benefit from their inherent physical security properties. It is unlikely that an adversary will dig up the Internet backbone and splice into the line. However, wireless communications are difficult to protect; they are by nature a broadcast medium. In a broadcast medium, adversaries can easily eavesdrop on, intercept, inject, and alter transmitted data. In addition, adversaries are not restricted to using sensor network hardware. We have analyzed the IEEE 802.15.4, ZigBee specification which includes a number of security provisions and options. In this paper, we highlight places where USN security considerations and home network attack scenarios.