• ETRI Journal
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.491-501
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• 2015

Spectrum sensing is an elementary function in cognitive radio designed to monitor the existence of a primary user (PU). To achieve a high rate of detection, most techniques rely on knowledge of prior spectrum patterns, with a trade-off between high computational complexity and long sensing time. On the other hand, blind techniques ignore pattern matching processes to reduce processing time, but their accuracy degrades greatly at low signal-to-noise ratios. To achieve both a high rate of detection and short sensing time, we propose fast spectrum sensing with coordinate system (FSC) - a novel technique that decomposes a spectrum with high complexity into a new coordinate system of salient features and that uses these features in its PU detection process. Not only is the space of a buffer that is used to store information about a PU reduced, but also the sensing process is fast. The performance of FSC is evaluated according to its accuracy and sensing time against six other well-known conventional techniques through a wireless microphone signal based on the IEEE 802.22 standard. FSC gives the best performance overall.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.460-470
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• 2015

Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) is one of the most widely used technologies in current wireless communication systems and standards. Cognitive radio (CR) provides a robust solution to the problem of spectrum congestion as it offers opportunistic usage of frequency bands that are not occupied by primary users. Due to the underlying sensing, spectrum shaping, scaling, and interoperable capabilities of OFDM, it has been adapted as a best transmission technology for CR wireless systems. However, the performance of an OFDM-based CR wireless system is affected by the existence of narrowband interference (NBI) from other users. Further, due to carrier frequency offset in NBI sources, NBI energy may spread over all subcarriers of an OFDM signal. In this paper, a fixed Amplify-and-Forward (AF) relay that operates at a frequency band that is different from that of direct mode is introduced to suppress the effect of NBI. Analytical expressions are derived for outage probability in direct, AF-relay, and incremental relaying modes. The outage performance of the proposed AF relay-based CR network is proven to be better than that of direct mode.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제9권10호
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• pp.3810-3830
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• 2015

In this paper, we investigate the differential game theoretic approach for distributed dynamic cooperative power control in cognitive radio ad hoc networks (CRANETs). First, a payoff function is defined by taking into consideration the tradeoff between the stock of accumulated power interference to the primary networks and the dynamic regulation of the transmit power of secondary users (SUs). Specifically, the payoff function not only reflects the tradeoff between the requirement for quickly finding the stable available spectrum opportunities and the need for better channel conditions, but also reveals the impact of the differentiated types of data traffic on the demand of transmission quality. Then the dynamic power control problem is modeled as a differential game model. Moreover, we convert the differential game model into a dynamic programming problem to obtain a set of optimal strategies of SUs under the condition of the grand coalition. A distributed dynamic cooperative power control algorithm is developed to dynamically adjust the transmit power of SUs under grand coalition. Finally, numerical results are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm for efficient power control in CRANETs.

• 한국건설관리학회논문집
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.38-48
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• 2017

건설재해의 직접적인 원인은 작업자의 불안전한 행동과 작업장의 불안전한 상태로 분류할 수 있다. 그러나 작업자의 불안전한 행동의 원인은 불안전한 상태에 비해 상대적으로 발견이 어렵다. 왜냐하면 불안전한 행동은 개인의 인지과정을 거쳐 순식간에 발생하기 때문이다. 따라서 작업자 인지과정모델을 통해 불안전한 행동의 원인을 밝히고 그 관리방안을 밝히는 것이 본 연구의 목적이다. 작업자의 인지과정모델을 개발하기 위해 피드백 관계를 규명하기에 알맞은 시스템 다이내믹스 방법론을 사용하였다. 개발된 인지과정모델은 작업자가 위험을 인식하지 못하는 그 상황 자체의 위험성에 대하여 강조하였으며 작업자가 위험을 인식 하였더라도 불안전한 행동을 할 수 있음을 나타냈다. 또한 불안전한 행동이 바로 사고로 이어지지 않는다는 습관은 작업자의 안전에 대한 부정적 태도인 태도로 이어진다는 점에 대해서도 규명하였다. 이러한 분석은 건설현장의 안전관리자가 작업자의 인지상태를 관리하는데 도움이 될 것이다.

• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.291-298
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• 2012

Objective: The aim of this study is to predict Korean text entry on touchscreens using ACT-R cognitive architecture. Background: Touchscreen application in devices such as satellite navigation devices, PDAs, mobile phones, etc. has been increasing, and the market size is expanding. Accordingly, there is an increasing interest to develop and evaluate the interface to enhance the user experience and increase satisfaction in the touchscreen environment. Method: In this study, Korean text entry performance in the touchscreen environment was analyzed using ACT-R. The ACT-R model considering the characteristics of the Korean language which is composed of vowels and consonants was established. Further, this study analyzed if the prediction of Korean text entry is possible through the ACT-R cognitive model. Results: In the analysis results, no significant difference on performance time between model prediction and empirical data was found. Conclusion: The proposed model can predict the accurate physical movement time as well as cognitive processing time. Application: This study is useful in conducting model-based evaluation on the text entry interface of the touchscreen and enabled quantitative and effective evaluation on the diverse types of Korean text input interfaces through the cognitive models.

• 방송공학회논문지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.113-116
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• 2016

무선 인지 네트워크(cognitive radio network)는 주파수 사용을 허가받지 않은 이차 사용자들이 일차 사용자의 통신을 방해하지 않으면서 일차 사용자의 주파수를 사용하도록 하는 기술이다. 본 논문에서는 무선 인지 네트워크에서 다수의 이차 사용자(secondary user)가 하나의 일차 사용자(primary user)의 주파수를 사용할 때 이차 사용자들 간의 충돌을 줄이면서 스펙트럼을 사용할 수 있는 다중 접속(multiple access)을 제안한다. 다중 접속은 p-persistent와 non-persistent 방법을 이차 사용자 네트워크에 적합하게 변형하여 사용하였다. 각 다중 접속 방식에 대해서 전체 이차 사용자의 처리율(throughput)을 수식으로 유도하였고, 이를 몬테카를로(Monte Carlo) 모의실험을 통해 검증하였다. 모의실험 결과 채널 접속 확률 및 최대 대기 프레임 숫자를 적절하게 잡아야 처리율이 최대가 됨을 확인하였다.

• International journal of advanced smart convergence
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.23-36
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• 2018

In wireless communication, efficient spectrum usage is an issue that has been an attractive research area for many technologies. Recently new technologies innovations allow compact radios to transmit with power efficient communication over very long distances. For example, Low-Power Wide Area Networks (LPWANs) are an attractive emerging platform to connect the Internet-of-Things (IoT). Especially, LoRa is one of LPWAN technologies and considered as an infrastructure solution for IoT. End-devices use LoRa protocol across a single wireless hop to communicate to gateway(s) connected to the internet which acts as a bridge and relays message between these LoRa end-devices to a central network server. The use of the (ISM) spectrum sharing for such long-range networking motivates us to implement spectrum sensing testbed for cognitive radio network based on LoRa and GNU radio. In cognitive radio (CR), secondary users (SUs) are able to sense and use this information to opportunistically access the licensed spectrum band in absence of the primary users (PUs). In general, PUs have not been very receptive of the idea of opportunistic spectrum sharing. That is, CR will harmfully interfere with operations of PUs. Subsequently, there is a need for experimenting with different techniques in a real system. In this paper, we implemented spectrum sensing for cognitive radio networks based on LoRa and GNU Radio, and further analyzed corresponding performances of the implemented systems. The implementation is done using Microchip LoRa evolution kits, USRPs, and GNU radio.

• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.149-155
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• 2007

Recently, various devices requiring text input such as mobile phone IPTV, PDA and UMPC are emerging. The frequency of text entry for them is also increasing. This study was focused on the evaluation of Korean text entry interface. Various models to evaluate text entry interfaces have been proposed. Most of models were based on human cognitive process for text input. The cognitive process was divided into two components; visual scanning process and finger movement process. The time spent for visual scanning process was modeled as Hick-Hyman law, while the time for finger movement was determined as Fitts' law. There are three questions on the model-based evaluation of text entry interface. Firstly, are human cognitive processes (visual scanning and finger movement) during the entry of text sequentially occurring as the models. Secondly, is it possible to predict real text input time by previous models. Thirdly, does the human cognitive process for text input vary according to users' text entry speed. There was time gap between the real measured text input time and predicted time. The time gap was larger in the case of participants with high speed to enter text. The reason was found out investigating Eye-Hand Coordination during text input process. Differently from an assumption that visual scan on the keyboard is followed by a finger movement, the experienced group performed both visual scanning and finger movement simultaneously. Arrival Lead Time was investigated to measure the extent of time overlapping between two processes. 'Arrival Lead Time' is the interval between the eye fixation on the target button and the button click. In addition to the arrival lead time, it was revealed that the experienced group uses the less number of fixations during text entry than the novice group. This result will contribute to the improvement of evaluation model for text entry interface.

• 인터넷정보학회논문지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2019

증강현실, 가상현실, 딥러닝 등 최신 어플리케이션들은 재난상황 대처, 게임 등 다양한 분야에서 효율적으로 쓰일 수 있다. 그에 따라 해당 어플리케이션들이 급속도로 개발되고 있다. 그러나 증강현실, 가상현실과 같은 최신 모바일 어플리케이션은 모바일 기기에 에너지 부담을 가중시킨다. 따라서 모바일 기기가 최신 모바일 어플리케이션에만 에너지를 집중하기 위해선 인지무선 통신과 같은 통신 및 네트워킹에는 에너지 소모를 최소화 시켜야 한다. 본 논문은 Stop Reporting Algorithm (SRA)를 고안하여 인지 무선 통신에서 Centralized Cooperative Spectrum Sensing (CCSS) 기법의 에너지 소모를 줄일 수 있는 방안을 제시한다. 시뮬레이션 결과를 통해 SRA가 인지 무선 통신의 에너지 소모를 감소시킬 수 있음을 보인다.

• 한국항해항만학회지
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.231-237
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• 2013

항해사들이 선박을 운항하는 과정에서 수행하게 되는 인지작업을 체계적으로 분석한다는 것은, 선교장비들의 개선, 교육훈련 방법의 개발, 잠재적인 인적오류의 추출 등 다양한 안전항해를 위한 방안들을 마련하기 위한 기초 작업이다. 항공기나 원자력발전 시설과 같이 인적오류에 대해 많은 연구가 수행되어온 분야에서는 인지작업을 분석하기 위한 다양한 분석기법들이 개발되었고, 개발된 기법들을 적용해 왔다. 그러나 해양분야에서는 아직까지 인지작업분석에 대한 연구가 미진한 편이다. 본 연구에서는 선박운항과정에서 수행하는 인지작업을 체계적으로 분석할 수 있는 하나의 인지분석방법을 제안하였다. 제안된 분석방법은 선박운항의 특성들을 반영하고, 인지작업에 영향을 미치는 다양한 요인들을 고려할 수 있도록 개발되었다. 한편 사례분석으로서 컨테이너선 충돌사례에서의 인지작업을 제안된 방법으로 분석하였다.