• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제15권12호
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• pp.1464-1474
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• 2012

In this paper, we propose a QoS (Quality of Service)-aware and cooperative resource reservation scheme using cross-layer link adaptation for wireless high definition video transmission through UWB (Ultra Wide Band) network with D-MAC (Distributed Medium Access Control). A wireless high definition video transmission system usually requires stable high throughput even without line-of-sight, e.g., a destination device in another room separated by a wall. Since the WiMedia D-MAC supporting DRP (Distributed Reservation Protocol) scheme causes lots of DRP resource reservation conflicts due to failure of beacon detection in wireless channel environment, overall performances of the WiMedia D-MAC can be deteriorated. And the current WiMedia MAC standard has not considered QoS provisioning even though QoS parameters such as a range of service rates are provided to each traffic stream. Therefore, we propose Relay DRP protocol with QoS-based relay node selection criterion, which makes a relay path to avoid DRP resource reservation conflicts and guarantee QoS more stably through cross-layer link adaptation of cooperative relay transmission scheme and is compliant with the current WiMedia D-MAC protocol. Simulation results demonstrate performance improvements of the proposed method for throughput and QoS provisioning.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.213-220
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• 2008

This paper analyzes a broadcasting technique for wireless multi-hop sensor networks that uses a form of cooperative diversity called opportunistic large arrays (OLAs). We propose a method for autonomous scheduling of the nodes, which limits the nodes that relay and saves as much as 32% of the transmit energy compared to other broadcast approaches, without requiring global positioning system (GPS), individual node addressing, or inter-node interaction. This energy-saving is a result of cross-layer interaction, in the sense that the medium access control (MAC) and routing functions are partially executed in the physical (PHY) layer. Our proposed method is called OLA with a transmission threshold (OLA-T), where a node compares its received power to a threshold to decide if it should forward. We also investigate OLA with variable threshold (OLA-VT), which optimizes the thresholds as a function of level. OLA-T and OLA-VT are compared with OLA broadcasting without a transmission threshold, each in their minimum energy configuration, using an analytical method under the orthogonal and continuum assumptions. The trade-off between the number of OLA levels (or hops) required to achieve successful network broadcast and transmission energy saved is investigated. The results based on the analytical assumptions are confirmed with Monte Carlo simulations.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제38B권7호
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• pp.543-552
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• 2013

차량통신간 자동차의 정보를 포함하는 메시지인 비콘을 주변의 자동차들에게 주기적으로 전송함으로 차량간의 안전을 보장해야 할 필요가 있다. 그러나 IEEE 802.11p/WAVE 환경에서는 혼잡상황에서 비콘 전송을 경쟁윈도우(Contention window)를 기반으로 한 MAC (Medium Access Control)에서 해결하도록 하였기 때문에 비콘 전송 과정에 충돌이 발생한다. 본 논문에서는 차량 혼잡 상황에서 비콘의 충돌을 막기 위해서 MAC 구조를 슬롯 p-persistent CSMA (Carrier Sense Multiple Access)라 가정하여 전송 확률에 대한 보수행렬(payoff)을 이용한 비 협조적 베이지안 게임이론을 적용하여 베이지안 내쉬 균형점(BNE)을 도출하였다. 본 논문에서는 도출된 BNE를 가지고 포화 상태에서 비콘 전송률을 높일 수 있는 혼잡 제어 알고리즘을 제안했다. 제안된 알고리즘으로 경쟁윈도우크기와 주변 자동차 수에 관련된 함수를 통해 전송 확률을 계산하였다. 시뮬레이션 결과를 통해서 제안된 알고리즘이 안정적으로 동작함을 보였다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제9권11호
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• pp.4367-4386
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• 2015

The concept of Internet of Things (IoT) has shed new light on WSN technologies. MAC protocol issues improving the network performance are important in WSNs because of the increase in demand for various applications to secure spectrum resources. Cognitive radio (CR) technology is regarded as a solution to the problems in this future wireless network. In recent years, energy efficiency has become an issue in CR networks. However, few relevant studies have been conducted. In this paper, an energy-efficient non-overlapping channel MAC (ENC-MAC) for CR-enabled sensor networks (CRSNs) is proposed. Applying the dedicated control channel approach, ENC-MAC allows the SUs to utilize channels in a non-overlapping manner, and thus spectrum efficiency is improved. Moreover, the cooperative spectrum sensing that allows an SU to use only two minislots in the sensing phase is addressed to en-hance energy efficiency. In addition, an analytical model for evaluating the performance, such as saturation throughput, average packet delay, and network lifetime, is developed. It is shown in our results that ENC-MAC remarkably outperforms existing MAC protocols.