• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.47-57
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• 2015

With the ever growing demand of data applications, the joint macro-relay networks are emerging as a promising heterogeneous deployment to provide coverage extension and throughput enhancement. However, the current cellular networks are usually designed to be performance-oriented without enough considerations on the traffic variation, causing substantial energy waste. In this paper, we consider a joint macro-relay network with densely deployed relay stations (RSs), where the traffic load varies in both time and spatial domains. An energy-efficient scheme is proposed to dynamically adjust the RS working modes (active or sleeping) according to the traffic variations, which is called traffic-aware relay sleep control (TRSC). To evaluate the performance of TRSC,we establish an analytical model using stochastic geometry theory and derive explicit expressions of coverage probability, mean achievable rate and network energy efficiency (NEE). Simulation results demonstrate that the derived analytic results are reasonable and the proposed TRSC can significantly improve the NEE when the network traffic varies dynamically.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제8권11호
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• pp.3876-3895
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• 2014

Recently, Heterogeneous Network (HetNet) with Coordinated Multi-Point (CoMP) scheme is introduced into Long Term Evolution-Advanced (LTE-A) systems to improve digital services for User Equipments (UEs), especially for cell-edge UEs. However, Radio Resource Management (RRM), including Resource Block (RB) scheduling and Power Allocation (PA), in this scenario becomes challenging, due to the intercell cooperation. In this paper, we investigate the RRM problem for downlink transmission of HetNet system with Joint Processing (JP) CoMP (both joint transmission and dynamic cell selection schemes), aiming at maximizing weighted sum data rate under the constraints of both transmission power and backhaul capacity. First, joint RB scheduling and PA problem is formulated as a constrained Mixed Integer Programming (MIP) which is NP-hard. To simplify the formulation problem, we decompose it into two problems of RB scheduling and PA. For RB scheduling, we propose an algorithm with less computational complexity to achieve a suboptimal solution. Then, according to the obtained scheduling results, we present an iterative Karush-Kuhn-Tucker (KKT) method to solve the PA problem. Extensive simulations are conducted to verify the effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed algorithms. Two kinds of JP CoMP schemes are compared with a non-CoMP greedy scheme (max capacity scheme). Simulation results prove that the CoMP schemes with the proposed RRM algorithms dramatically enhance data rate of cell-edge UEs, thereby improving UEs' fairness of data rate. Also, it is shown that the proposed PA algorithms can decrease power consumption of transmission antennas without loss of transmission performance.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.79-95
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• 2016

In order to improve the Quality-of-Service (QoS) of latency sensitive applications in next-generation cellular networks, multi-path is adopted to transmit packet stream in real-time to achieve high-quality video transmission in heterogeneous wireless networks. However, multi-path also introduces two important challenges: out-of-order issue and reordering delay. In this paper, we propose a new architecture based on Software Defined Network (SDN) for flow aggregation and flow splitting, and then design a Multiple Access Radio Scheduling (MARS) scheme based on relative Round-Trip Time (RTT) measurement. The QoS metrics including end-to-end delay, throughput and the packet out-of-order problem at the receiver have been investigated using the extensive simulation experiments. The performance results show that this SDN architecture coupled with the proposed MARS scheme can reduce the end-to-end delay and the reordering delay time caused by packet out-of-order as well as achieve a better throughput than the existing SMOS and Round-Robin algorithms.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제11권9호
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• pp.4220-4241
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• 2017

For the downlink energy-harvesting small cell network, this paper proposes an interference management algorithm based on distributed coalitional game. The cooperative interference management problem of the energy-harvesting small cells is modeled as a coalitional game with transfer utility. Based on the energy harvesting strategy of the small cells, the time sharing mode of the small cells in the same coalition is determined, and an optimization model is constructed to maximize the total system rate of the energy-harvesting small cells. Using the distributed algorithm for coalition formation proposed in this paper, the stable coalition structure, optimal time sharing strategy and optimal power distribution are found to maximize the total utility of the small cell system. The performance of the proposed algorithm is discussed and analyzed finally, and it is proved that this algorithm can converge to a stable coalition structure with reasonable complexity. The simulations show that the total system rate of the proposed algorithm is superior to that of the non-cooperative algorithm in the case of dense deployment of small cells, and the proposed algorithm can converge quickly.

• 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.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.1-16
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• 2013

전화, 일정관리 등 여러 기능을 담고 있는 스마트폰, 타블릿 등은 현대인의 필수품으로 자리 잡고 있다. 이들은 제각기 무선 네트워크 기능을 가진 하나의 MN(Mobile Node)이다. 현대인에게 없어서는 안 될 MN은 광범위한 환경에서 무선 네트워크를 이용할 수 있도록 LTE/3G 환경을 이용하는 모듈을 대다수 내장하고 있으며, 추가적으로 고속으로 네트워크에 접속할 수 있도록 Wi-Fi 모듈역시 내장되어 있는 경우가 대다수이다. 기존의 네트워크 환경에서는 이러한 MN이 네트워크 간 이동성관리를 주도함으로서 MN이 처리해야할 일이 많았으나, 본 논문에서는 호스트 기반 이동성관리가 아닌 네트워크 기반 이동성관리를 이용함으로서 통신사업자가 보다 저렴한 비용으로 네트워크를 유지 및 관리할 수 있는 방법에 대해 제안하고 있다. 또한, 현대인이 많이 쓰는 LTE/3G와 Wi-Fi를 사용하여 수직 핸드오버 환경을 가정하여 성능분석을 수행하였다.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.364-374
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• 2016

With vast amounts of spectrum available in the millimeter wave (mmWave) band, small cells at mmWave frequencies densely deployed underlying the conventional homogeneous macrocell network have gained considerable interest from academia, industry, and standards bodies. Due to high propagation loss at higher frequencies, mmWave communications are inherently directional, and concurrent transmissions (spatial reuse) under low inter-link interference can be enabled to significantly improve network capacity. On the other hand, mmWave links are easily blocked by obstacles such as human body and furniture. In this paper, we develop a multi-hop relaying transmission (MHRT) scheme to steer blocked flows around obstacles by establishing multi-hop relay paths. In MHRT, a relay path selection algorithm is proposed to establish relay paths for blocked flows for better use of concurrent transmissions. After relay path selection, we use a multi-hop transmission scheduling algorithm to compute near-optimal schedules by fully exploiting the spatial reuse. Through extensive simulations under various traffic patterns and channel conditions, we demonstrate MHRT achieves superior performance in terms of network throughput and connection robustness compared with other existing protocols, especially under serious blockage conditions. The performance ofMHRT with different hop limitations is also simulated and analyzed for a better choice of the maximum hop number in practice.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제39B권11호
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• pp.771-778
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• 2014

본 논문에서는 이종네트워크에서 펨토셀의 전력제어 기법을 게임이론을 이용해 정의한다. 저전력으로 고품질의 통신환경을 제공하는 펨토셀은 여러 장점으로 인해 최근 이슈화 되고 있지만 다수의 펨토셀 사용은 매크로셀과의 같은 채널을 사용함으로 인한 많은 량의 간섭으로 작용한다. 게임이론의 적용을 위해 셀룰러 네트워크의 기지국 및 사용자를 게임을 하는 플레이어로 설정하고 서로에게 미치는 간섭 영향을 전력 효용함수로 모델링 하였다. 또한 최적의 전력을 사용하여 시뮬레이션을 통한 저전력 사용, 간섭량 감소 그리고 시스템 전체 성능 향상을 확인하였다.

• 한국콘텐츠학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘텐츠학회 2007년도 추계 종합학술대회 논문집
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• pp.539-542
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• 2007

분자상호작용에 대한 실험방법이 소개되면서 이 분야의 자료가 빠르게 증가되고 있으며, 이와 관련된 데이터베이스는 급격히 증가하고 있다. 하지만 이와 같은 정보를 기반으로 질병의 이해와 같은 분자수준의 반응 기작 연구의 활용에는 어려움이 있었다. 본 연구 우리는 다양한 형태의 분자상호작용 정보를 불러들이고 이를 가시화 할 수 있는 브라우저를 개발하였다. 이 프로그램은 복잡한 구조의 상호작용을 좀더 쉽게 이해시킬 수 있도록 3차원 형태의 네비게이션 기능을 제공하며, 이를 통해 연구자가 자신의 원하는 상호작용 모델을 생성할 수 있도록 해준다. 또한 얻어진 모델을 이용하여 손쉽게 분자 시뮬레이션을 수행할 수 있도록 시뮬레이션 기능을 제공한다. 대장균의 주화성에 대한 신호전달기작을 대상으로 시뮬레이션 분석과정을 테스트해 보았다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제11권12호
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• pp.5712-5728
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• 2017

Recently, there are many studies, that considering green wireless cellular networks, have taken the energy consumption of the base station (BS) into consideration. In this work, we first introduce an energy consumption model of multi-mode sharing BS powered by multiple energy sources including renewable energy, local storage and power grid. Then communication load requests of the BS are transformed to energy demand queues, and battery energy level and worst-case delay constraints are considered into the virtual queue to ensure the network QoS when our objective is to minimize the long term electricity cost of BSs. Lyapunov optimization method is applied to work out the optimization objective without knowing the future information of the communication load, real-time electricity market price and renewable energy availability. Finally, linear programming is used, and the corresponding energy efficient scheduling policy is obtained. The performance analysis of our proposed online algorithm based on real-world traces demonstrates that it can greatly reduce one day's electricity cost of individual BS.