• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제33권12A호
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• pp.1138-1146
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• 2008

This paper considers 2-hop wireless cooperative communications networks with fixed decode-and-forward relays. Specifically, we first derive the closed-form BER expression for theoretically evaluating the end-to-end performance of these networks. Then, based on this expression and long-tenn fading statistics, we propose a power allocation method for source and relay. Such a method brings about multiple advantages in tenn of spectral efficiency and implementation complexity over other power allocation methods based on instantaneous fading statistics. A variety of numerical results reveal that the cooperative communications scheme with the proposed power allocation significantly outperforms that with the equal power allocation and the direct transmission scheme for any position of the relay subject to the same total transmit power constraint.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.257-266
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• 2006

The powerful benefits of multi-antenna systems can be obtained by cooperative communications among users in multiple access environments without the need for physical arrays. This paper studies a novel cooperative signaling strategy that achieves high performance and low implementation complexity for synchronous code division multiple access (CDMA) wireless mobile networks. The validity of the proposed strategy under slow flat Rayleigh fading channel plus additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) is verified through closed-form error probability expressions and MonteCarlo simulations. A variety of analytical results reveal that the new cooperative strategy significantly outperforms direct transmission subject to the same spectral efficiency and transmit power constraint.

• 전자공학회논문지
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• 제52권2호
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• pp.18-26
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• 2015

본 논문에서는 직접 변환 방식을 사용하는 RF 중계기에서 I/Q 불균형을 유발하는 파라미터를 분석하고 이를 추정하기 위한 방법에 대하여 연구하였다. 중계기에서는 RF 신호를 기저 대역으로 변환하는 수신단에서 실수부와 허수부의 진폭, 위상 불일치 및 필터 불일치가 발생하며 기저 대역 신호를 RF 신호로 변환하는 송신단에서 진폭과 위상의 불일치가 발생하게 된다. 이에 따라 중계기 구조에서 I/Q 불균형이 발생하는 요소를 순서대로 모델링 하고, 해당 파라미터를 추정하기 위한 송신단에서 수신단으로의 피드백 시험 구조를 제안하였다. 시험 송신 신호와 수신 신호의 비교를 통해 각 실수부와 허수부 신호 성분이 섞이면서 발생한 I/Q 불균형 요소를 추정할 수 있음을 기술하였으며, 추정한 파라미터를 이용하여 직접 변환 RF 중계기에서 I/Q 불균형 현상이 적절히 보상되었음을 확인하였다.

• 한국임상약학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.42-49
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• 2015

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the difference of perception on direct-to-consumer advertisement (DTCA) of prescription drugs between healthcare providers and consumers. Methods: The online and offline survey was conducted from May 26th to June 5th, 2013. The questionnaire was composed of 15 items about perception on DTCA of prescription drugs. Results: A total of 215 healthcare providers and 202 consumers responded to the questionnaire. Consumers had an overall positive attitude on permitting DTCA of prescription drugs and carried favorable views about the influence of the DTCA of prescription drugs on providing drug information, promoting communications between healthcare providers and consumers, and improving images of healthcare providers. Healthcare providers displayed negative perception for the needs of permitting the DTCA of prescription drugs compared to consumers. They showed somewhat skeptical perception about the influence of the DTCA of prescription drugs on necessities and efficiencies of delivering drug information, promoting communications between healthcare providers and consumers, and improving images of healthcare providers. Both healthcare providers and consumers were concerned about the increase of drug prices following the increase in advertisement expenses of pharmaceutical products. Conclusion: This study identified the perception differences on direct-to-consumer advertisements of prescription drugs between healthcare providers and consumers. This study could be of much help in the process of review on permitting DTCA of prescription drugs in Korea.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제31권12C호
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• pp.1265-1272
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• 2006

본 논문에서는 OFDM을 기반으로 하는 직접변환(Direct-conversion) 수신기에서 발생하는 I/Q 불균형(mismatch)문제를 효과적으로 제거할 수 있는 새로운 보상기법을 제시한다. OFDM심볼에 0의 값을 갖는 null 부반송파를 삽입하여 전송한 후에, 수신단에서 FFT후의 null 부반송파로부터 I/Q 불균형 관한 파라미터 값을 추정하고, 이를 이용하여 데이터 심볼에서 I/Q 불균형 효과를 제거하는 방법으로, 효율적이며 낮은 복잡성(complexity)이 제안 방식의 수요 특징이다. 모의실험 결과로부터 소수의 null 부반송파로도 충분한 I/Q 불균형 효과를 제거하는 결과를 얻을 수 있었다. 또한 제안된 방식은 주파수 선택적 페이딩 채널에서도 I/Q 불균형이 잘 제거됨을 보였다.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.766-771
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• 2014

Single-ring all-pass filters with various coupling ratios are designed, fabricated, and characterized to assess the validity of the split-step time-domain modeling approach, which is considered for direct simulation of time-domain characteristics, such as optical delay, of various ring resonator devices. When the coupling ratio of the single-ring all-pass filter is 0.4 and 0.8, the delay time is measured to be about 145 and 42 ps respectively, which is comparable to the time-domain modeling results of 151 and 47 ps respectively. The measurements for two- and three-ring all-pass filters are also found to agree quite well with the simulation results. With these results it is confirmed that the split-step time-domain model could be efficiently incorporated into an optical-communication simulation module for ring resonator delay components in an all-optical packet switching system.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제25권4B호
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• pp.783-787
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• 2000

현재 사용되고 있는 개인용 컴퓨터의 중앙처리장치로서 주종을 이루고 있는 마이크로프로세서는 256KB, 혹은 512KB의 L2(Second Level) 캐쉬를 Direct Mapping, 32B 라인사이즈, 그리고 Write Allocation을 채택하지 않는 형태로 사용하고 있는데, 이러한 L2 캐쉬에서 Mapping 방식을 8-way Set Associative Mapping Procedure로 바꾸고, 라인사이즈를 늘려서 128B 이상으로 변경하고, 그리고 Write Allocation을 채택하였을 경우 그 적중률(Hit Ratio)이 약간의 하드웨어적 추가 비용만으로 2.5% 정도 개선됨을 확인하였다.

• Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.519-528
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• 2009

This paper deals with nonparametric estimation of discontinuous regression curve. Quite number of researches about this topic have been done. These researches are classified into two categories, the indirect approach and direct approach. The major goal of the indirect approach is to obtain good estimates of jump locations, whereas the major goal of the direct approach is to obtain overall good estimate of the regression curve. Thus it seems that two approaches are quite different in nature, so people say that the comparison of two approaches does not make much sense. Therefore, a thorough comparison of them is lacking. However, even though the main issue of the indirect approach is the estimation of jump locations, it is too obvious that we have an estimate of regression curve as the subsidiary result. The point is whether the subsidiary result of the indirect approach is as good as the main result of the direct approach. The performance of two approaches is compared through a simulation study and it turns out that the indirect approach is a very competitive tool for estimating discontinuous regression curve itself.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.475-484
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• 1990

Direct Sequence 스펙트럼 확산방식에서 전원동기를 이용한 전원선 통신장치의 구성을 제안한 것이다. 전원선은 주파수대역폭이 일반적으로 10KHz~450KHz로 제한되어 있고, 특히 동기회로가 복잡해져서 제작가격이 높아지며 또한 시스템 규모가 커지며 다중통신하기가 어렵다. 동기회로를 이루기 위해서 교류전원에 동기하는 전원동기 Clock 발생회로를 제안하고 어드레스 설정기를 두어서 다중통신을 가능하게 하였다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제33권5A호
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• pp.500-508
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• 2008

Direct-sequence ultra-wideband(DS-UWB) system is being considered as one of promising transmission technologies for wireless personal area networks(WPANs). Due to relatively low spreading factors and huge bandwidth of transmit signal, a DS-UWB receiver needs to be equipped not only with a rake receiver but also with an equalizer, of which the equalizer is not required for traditional direct-sequence code division multiple access(DS-CDMA) systems. The number of rake fingers is limited in practice, influencing the performance of the subsequent equalizer. In this paper, we derive a decision feedback equalizer(DFE) for DS-UWB systems based on the minimum mean square error(MMSE) criterion, and investigate the impact of various parameters on the DFE performance in realistic scenarios. In particular, we propose an approach to improving the performance of the DFE using additional channel estimates for multipaths not combined in the rake receiver, and discuss how the accuracy of channel estimation affects desirable DFE configuration. Moreover, we present simulation results that show the impact of turbo equalization on the DFE performance.