• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.568-577
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• 2014

We consider a mobile content delivery network (mCDN) in which special mobile devices designated as caching servers (caching-server device: CSD) can provide mobile stations with popular contents on demand via device-to-device (D2D) communication links. On the assumption that mobile CSD's are randomly distributed by a Poisson point process (PPP), an optimization problem is formulated to determine the probability of storing the individual content in each server in a manner that minimizes the average caching failure rate. Further, we present a low-complexity search algorithm, optimum dual-solution searching algorithm (ODSA), for solving this optimization problem. We demonstrate that the proposed ODSA takes fewer iterations, on the order of O(log N) searches, for caching N contents in the system to find the optimal solution, as compared to the number of iterations in the conventional subgradient method, with an acceptable accuracy in practice. Furthermore, we identify the important characteristics of the optimal caching policies in the mobile environment that would serve as a useful aid in designing the mCDN.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.143-152
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• 2022

The ongoing adoption of 5G will increase the data traffic, throughput, multimedia services, and power consumption for future wireless applications and services, including sensor and mobile networks. Multipath fading on wireless channels also reduces the system performance and increases energy consumption. To address these issues, device-to-device (D2D) and cooperative communications have been proposed. In this study, we propose two inter-clustering models using the relay selection method to improve system performance and increase energy efficiency in cooperative D2D networks. We develop two inter-clustering models and present their respective algorithms. Subsequently, we run a computer simulation to evaluate each model's outage probability (OP) performance, throughput, and energy efficiency. The simulation results show that inter-clustering model II has the lowest OP, highest throughput, and highest energy efficiency compared with inter-clustering model I and the conventional inter-clustering-based multirelay method. These results demonstrate that inter-clustering model II is well-suited for use in 5G overlay D2D and cellular communications.

• 인터넷정보학회논문지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2023

최근 스마트 단말 및 다양한 사물인터넷(Internet of Things) 장치들이 요구하는 고품질/대용량 데이터 트래픽 양이 급격히 증가함에 따라 5G/6G 기반의 차세대 셀룰러 네트워크는 단말 간 직접 통신(Device-to-device communication, D2D) 기술에 관심을 집중하고 있다. 하지만, D2D 통신은 매크로 셀의 주파수 재사용으로 전체 시스템 성능은 향상되지만, D2D 사용자 단말(D2D user equipment, DUE)로부터 전송되는 간섭량이 증가하여 매크로 사용자 단말(Macro user equipment, MUE)의 성능은 감소된다. 따라서, 본 논문에서는 차세대 하향링크 셀룰러 네트워크에서 DUE의 수가 증가하여도 MUE의 성능을 보장할 수 있는 D2D 유동적 채널관리 방법을 제안한다. 제안하는 방법은 매크로셀 기지국이 MUE가 수신하는 간섭과 신호 대 간섭 잡음비(Signal to interference and noise ratio) 정보를 기반으로 DUE에게 부채널을 유동적으로 할당한다. 시뮬레이션 결과를 통해 제안하는 D2D 유동적 채널관리 방법이 다른 채널관리 방법들과 비교해 MUE의 SINR 기준값이 증가함에 따라 MUE의 성능이 우수함을 보인다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.32-42
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• 2015

본 논문에서는 LTE (Long Term Evolution)-Advanced 상향링크에서 제한된 자원을 보다 효율적으로 사용하기 위하여 하나의 셀룰러 링크와 다수의 D2D (Device-to-Device) 링크가 자원을 공유하는 시나리오를 고려하였다. 이때, 발생하는 간섭현상을 해결하기 위하여 본 논문에서는 eNB (evolved Node B)에게 영역 정보를 알릴 수 있는 DME (Discovery and Management Entity)라는 보조 장치를 고정위치에 설치한 후, 동일한 자원을 공유하는 CUE (Cellular User Equipment)가 DUE Rx (D2D UE Receiver)에게 주는 간섭을 회피하기 위하여 DME의 영역 정보기반 자원할당 기법을 제안하였고 더 나아가, 앞에서 제기한 영역 정보를 기반으로 자원을 할당한 후, 동일한 자원을 공유하는 D2D 링크들 사이의 간섭을 완화하기 위한 전력제어 기법을 제안하였다. 모의실험을 통하여 비교 및 분석한 결과 D2D 통신의 안정성이 향상되었고 전체시스템 성능도 우수하다는 것을 검증하였다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제41권5호
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• pp.539-545
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• 2016

이 논문에서는 단말 간 직접 통신(Device-to-Device: D2D) 링크가 있는 셀룰러 망 안에서 증폭 후 전달 (Amplify-and- Forward: AF) 방식의 조력국을 사용하여 D2D 전송률을 높이고 D2D 단말기가 셀룰러 망에 미치는 간섭을 제어하는 방법을 제안한다. 전체 시스템의 quality-of-service (QoS)를 높이기 위해 두 가지 방법으로 조력국을 설계한다. 첫 번째는 D2D 단말기가 셀룰러 망에 미치는 간섭을 제한하면서 최저 D2D 전송률을 최대화하는 문제이고, 두 번째는 이것의 dual 문제인 각 D2D 단말기의 최소 전송률을 보장하면서 D2D 단말기가 셀룰러망에 미치는 간섭을 최소화하는 문제이다. 또한, 이 문제들은 semi-definite programming (SDP) 문제로 바뀔 수 있음을 보인다. 실험 결과에서는 AF 조력국이 시스템의 성능을 획기적으로 향상시킬 수 있음을 보인다.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제19권8호
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• pp.1415-1423
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• 2016

Interference in device-to-device (D2D) communication underlaying cellular network needs to be elaborately investigated because of channel sharing. The objective is to improve the quality of D2D communications while maintaining high performance for cellular users. In this paper, we solve the above problem by jointly considering channel allocation and power control using coalition formation game. Our cooperative game theoric approach allows to enhance network-wide performance. We design a merge-and-split algorithm to deal with the complexity of the combinatorial structure in coalition formation problem. The analytical and numerical results show that our algorithm converges to a stable point which achieves high network performance.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.208-211
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• 2016

단말 간 직접통신(D2D: Device-to-Device) 기술은 지리적으로 근접한 단말들이 네트워크 인프라를 거치지 않고 직접적으로 통신하는 기술이다. 특히 셀룰러 네트워크에서는 D2D 통신이 셀룰러 자원을 공간적으로 재사용함으로써 주파수 이용 효율을 향상시킬 수 있다. 하지만 셀룰러 단말의 채널 시변성 및 그에 따른 자원 할당 변화로 인해 셀룰러 자원을 재사용하는 D2D 단말의 채널 품질을 지속적으로 유지할 수 없고, 셀룰러 단말 또한 간섭에 의해 성능이 열화될 수 있다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 D2D 링크가 셀룰러 네트워크의 상향링크 자원을 재사용하는 상황에서 셀룰러 단말의 채널 변화로 인한 D2D 통신 링크의 성능 열화를 완화하는 방안으로 비면허 대역 주파수 자원을 D2D 통신에 보조적으로 활용하는 기술을 제안한다. 모의실험을 통해 제안한 기술의 효용성을 검증한다.

• 한국IT서비스학회지
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.339-353
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• 2012

Mobile communication technology is advancing forward to deliver more connected devices and richer content and applications. The number of subscriptions continues to grow along with an explosive increase in the mobile data traffic demand. Thereby, it creates a significant network capacity shortage concerns for mobile network operators. In order to address this problem, it is essential to increase the network capacity at a low additional cost. The device-to-device (D2D) communication based proximity service is believed to have a promising future mobile communication technology that is capable to create new mobile service opportunities and offload traffic to the eNB. In addition, it is also required to develop new mobile communication services and its business models not only to accommodate the increasing mobile traffic demand but also to foster profitability of mobile business service providers such as the network providers, contents providers and platform providers. In this article, we first analyze current mobile business eco-system in the context of CPNT based value chain. Then, propose service development framework and business model creation methodologies for the device-to-device communication based services in the beyond LTE/LTE-Advanced systems.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.950-975
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• 2016

Device-to-Device (D2D) communication underlaying cellular networks is a promising add-on component for future radio communication systems. It provides more access opportunities for local device pairs and enhances system throughput (ST), especially when mobile relays (MR) are further enabled to facilitate D2D links when the channel condition of their desired links is unfavorable. However, mutual interference is inevitable due to spectral reuse, and moreover, selecting a suitable transmission mode to benefit the correlated resource allocation (RA) is another difficult problem. We aim to optimize ST of the hybrid system via joint consideration of mode selection (MS) and RA, which includes admission control (AC), power control (PC), channel assignment (CA) and relay selection (RS). However, the original problem is generally NP-hard; therefore, we decompose it into two parts where a hierarchical structure exists: (i) PC is mode-dependent, but its optimality can be perfectly addressed for any given mode with additional AC design to achieve individual quality-of-service requirements. (ii) Based on that optimality, the joint design of MS, CA and RS can be viewed from the graph perspective and transferred into the maximum weighted independent set problem, which is then approximated by our greedy algorithm in polynomial-time. Thanks to the numerical results, we elucidate the efficacy of our mechanism and observe a resulting gain in MR-aided D2D communication.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.1481-1500
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• 2016

Device-to-Device (D2D) communication underlaying macro-small cell networks, as one of the promising technologies in the era of 5G, is able to improve spectral efficiency and increase system capacity. In this paper, we model the cross- and co-tier D2D communications in two-tier macro-small cell networks. To avoid the complicated interference for cross-tier D2D, we propose a mode selection scheme with a dedicated resource sharing strategy. For co-tier D2D, we formulate a joint optimization problem of power control and resource reuse with the aim of maximizing the overall outage capacity. To solve this non-convex optimization problem, we devise a heuristic algorithm to obtain a suboptimal solution and reduce the computational complexity. System-level simulations demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method, which can provide enhanced system performance and guarantee the quality-of-service (QoS) of all devices in two-tier macro-small cell networks. In addition, our study reveals the high potential of introducing cross- and co-tier D2D in small cell networks: i) cross-tier D2D obtains better performance at low and medium small cell densities than co-tier D2D, and ii) co-tier D2D achieves a steady performance improvement with the increase of small cell density.