• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제10권11호
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• pp.5229-5252
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• 2016

With proliferation of diverse network access technologies, users demands are also increasing and service providers are offering a Quality of Service (QoS) to satisfy their customers. In roaming, a mobile node (MN) traverses number of available networks in the heterogeneous wireless networks environment and a single operator is not capable to fulfill the demands of user. It is crucial task for MN for selecting a best network from the list of networks at any time anywhere. A MN undergoes a network selection situation frequently when it is becoming away from the home network. Multiple Attribute Group Decision (MAGD) method will be one of the best ways for selecting target network in heterogeneous wireless networks (4G). MAGD network selection process is predominantly dependent on two steps, i.e., attribute weight, decision maker's (DM's) weight and aggregation of opinion of DMs. This paper proposes Multi-Attribute Intuitionistic Fuzzy Group Decision Method (MAIFGDM) using TOPSIS for the selection of the suitable candidate network. It is scalable and is able to handle any number of networks with large set of attributes. This is a method of lower complexity and is useful for real time applications. It gives more accurate result because it uses Intuitionistic Fuzzy Sets (IFS) with an additional parameter intuitionistic fuzzy index or hesitant degree. MAIFGDM is simulated in MATLAB for its evaluation. A comparative study of MAIFDGM is also made with TOPSIS and Fuzzy-TOPSIS in respect to decision delay. It is observed that MAIFDGM have low values of decision time in comparison to TOPSIS and Fuzzy-TOPSIS methods.

• 한국정보과학회논문지:정보통신
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.163-172
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• 2009

다중 인터페이스를 가지는 단말들이 다양한 이기종 무선 네트워크 서비스를 사용할 때 사용자의 버티컬 핸드오버가 증가하게 되었고, 이로 인한 네트워크 자원의 통합적인 관리 문제가 대두되고 있다. 이는 이기종 네트워크에서 자원의 통합 관리(Common Radio Resource Management: CRRM)를 통해 효율적으로 해결 될 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 새로운 사용자가 네트워크에 진입할 때 사용자의 요구 사항을 만족하는 네트워크를 선택하는 Integrated Network Selection 알고리즘과 가용자원이 부족하여 새로운 사용자의 요청을 처리할 수 없을 때 기존 사용자를 주변의 네트위크로 버티컬 핸드오버하여 가용자원을 확보하는 Integrated Vertical Handover 알고리즘을 제안하였고, 그 우수성을 시뮬레이션을 통해 검증하였다.

• 정보학연구
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.131-142
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• 2005

The principles on which the Internet was designed and has evolved were first laid out in an explicit way 20 years age. The basic principle is that in layered communications network such as the Internet, functions should always be implemented at the end systems whenever the option exists. This applies to all functions that can be implemented either in the network or at the end systems. End-to-end arguments have recently been reexamined as the Internet and its uses have evolved, and a new set of requirements has begun to emerge. In addition to these, it add a new, and perhaps more important, requirement to this list in the case of heterogeneous networks: the proliferation of unpredictable wireless networks. Wireless networks must cope with dynamic link conditions not present in wired infrastructures, which place a heavy burden on quality of service management solutions. Managing QoS in the face of constantly changing operating conditions demands dynamic management approaches that span multiple layers in the protocol stack. Such as cross-layer design approaches have recently received attention in the context of cellular and mobile special networks. This article introduce the notion of network predictability and describe its relationship to achievable QoS. This relationship is used to propose a framework for cross layer design that can be used to guide development efforts and direct investment decisions for future networks.

• 한국정보처리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보처리학회 2015년도 추계학술발표대회
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• pp.335-336
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• 2015

Seamless mobility is one of the most crucial feature of telecommunication industry. Researches are going on in full swing to deal with this feature in most efficient manner. Software Defined Networking (SDN) is seen as the next generation paradigm which can facilitate seamless mobility across heterogeneous networks by segregating the control plane and data plane functionalities, and logically centralizing the control plane. In this paper, we propose a simplified Layer 2 handover mechanism for enterprise wireless networks, based on SDN framework. We present a network assisted L2 handover method using the IEEE 802.21 Media Independent Handover (MIH) protocol and SDN concepts, to achieve seamless mobility across heterogeneous networks.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제16권12호
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• pp.3836-3854
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• 2022

The student group division is benefit for universities to do the student management based on the group profile. With the widespread use of student smart cards on campus, especially where students living in campus residence halls, students' daily activities on campus are recorded with information such as smart card swiping time and location. Therefore, it is feasible to depict the students with the daily activity data and accordingly group students based on objective measuring from their campus behavior with some regular student attributions collected in the management system. However, it is challenge in feature representation due to diverse forms of the student data. To effectively and comprehensively represent students' behaviors for further student group division, we proposed to adopt activity data from student smart cards and student attributes as input data with taking account of activity and attribution relationship types from different perspective. Specially, we propose a novel student group division method based on a multi-view student attribute heterogeneous information network (MSA-HIN). The network nodes in our proposed MSA-HIN represent students with their multi-dimensional attribute information. Meanwhile, the edges are constructed to characterize student different relationships, such as co-major, co-occurrence, and co-borrowing books. Based on the MSA-HIN, embedded representations of students are learned and a deep graph cluster algorithm is applied to divide students into groups. Comparative experiments have been done on a real-life campus dataset collected from a university. The experimental results demonstrate that our method can effectively reveal the variability of student attributes and relationships and accordingly achieves the best clustering results for group division.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.1307-1312
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• 2015

스마트폰의 대중화에 따라 무선 데이터 트래픽이 기하급수적으로 증가하고 있으며, 이러한 데이터 트래픽을 원활히 수용하기 위하여 차세대 이동통신 네트워크에 대한 연구가 활발히 진행 중이다. 특히, 매크로 셀과 소형 셀을 활용하여 공간 재활용성을 높임으로써 네트워크 용량을 획기적으로 개선할 수 있는 이종 이동 통신망이 많은 관심을 끌고 있다. 이종 이동 통신망에서는 매크로 기지국과 소형 기지국 간의 송신전력의 차이로 인하여 부하 불균형과 간섭등의 문제가 발생하며, 이를 해결하기 위하여 cell range expansion (CRE) 기술을 활용한다. 본 논문에서는, 초밀집 이종 이동 통신망 에서 CRE bias (CREB)를 적응적으로 적용하는 새로운 셀 선택 방식을 제안하고 시스템 레벨 시뮬레이션을 통하여 셀 평균 전송률을 분석하고, 기존의 셀 선택 방식과 비교 한다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제11권11호
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• pp.5301-5323
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• 2017

Small cell deployment offers a low-cost solution for the boosted traffic demand in heterogeneous cellular networks (HCNs). Besides improved spatial spectrum efficiency and energy efficiency, future HCNs are also featured with the trend of network architecture convergence and feasibility for flexible mobile applications. To achieve these goals, dual connectivity (DC) is playing a more and more important role to support control/user-plane splitting, which enables maintaining fixed control channel connections for reliability. In this paper, we develop a tractable framework for the downlink SINR analysis of DC assisted HCN. Based on stochastic geometry model, the data-control joint coverage probabilities under multi-frequency and single-frequency tiering are derived, which involve quick integrals and admit simple closed-forms in special cases. Monte Carlo simulations confirm the accuracy of the expressions. It is observed that the increase in mobility robustness of DC is at the price of control channel SINR degradation. This degradation severely worsens the joint coverage performance under single-frequency tiering, proving multi-frequency tiering a more feasible networking scheme to utilize the advantage of DC effectively. Moreover, the joint coverage probability can be maximized by adjusting the density ratio of small cell and macro cell eNBs under multi-frequency tiering, though changing cell association bias has little impact on the level of the maximal coverage performance.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제10권8호
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• pp.3529-3550
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• 2016

In heterogeneous networks (HetNets), energy saving is vital for a sustainable network development. Many techniques, such as spectrum allocation, network planning, etc., are used to improve the network energy efficiency (EE). In this paper, micro BSs utilizing cell range expansion (CRE) and spectrum allocation are considered in multi-channel heterogeneous networks to improve EE. Hotspot region is assumed to be covered by micro BSs which can ensure that the hotspot capacity is greater than the average demand of hotspot users. The expressions of network energy efficiency are derived under shared, orthogonal and hybrid subchannel allocation schemes, respectively. Particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm is used to solve the optimal ratio of subchannel allocation in orthogonal and hybrid schemes. Based on the results of the optimal analysis, we propose three service control strategies on the basis of large-scale user behaviors, i.e., adjust micro cell rang expansion (AmCRE), adjust micro BSs density (AmBD) and adjust micro BSs transmit power (AmBTP). Both theoretical and simulation results show that using shared subchannel allocation scheme in AmBD strategies can obtain maximal EE with a very small area ratio. Using orthogonal subchannel allocation scheme in AmCRE strategies can obtain maximal EE when area ratio is larger. Using hybrid subchannel allocation scheme in AmCRE strategies can obtain maximal EE when area ratio is large enough. No matter which service control strategy is used, orthogonal spectrum scheme can obtain the maximal hotspot user rates.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제38B권1호
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• pp.26-33
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• 2013

저전력, 저가의 초소형 기지국인 펨토셀은 heterogeneous network 의 중요 구성 요소 중 하나이다. 그러나 펨토셀 설치에 따른 셀 구조의 변화는 셀 간 간섭과 signaling overhead 증가와 같은 기술적인 문제를 야기할 수 있다. 이와 같은 기술적인 문제의 해결 방법 중 하나는 펨토셀이 SON(Self-Organized Network)과 같은 기법을 이용하여 자율적으로 전송전력을 조절하는 것이다. 펨토셀은 전송전력 조절을 통해 시스템 throughput을 향상시키거나 overhead를 감소시킬 수 있다. 일반적으로 시스템 throughput을 최대화하기 위한 펨토셀 전송 전력과 시스템 overhead 감소를 위한 펨토셀 전송 전력은 일치하지 않는다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 펨토셀이 시스템 overhead를 감소시키는 동시에 시스템 throughput을 향상시키도록 전송 전력을 조절하는 방법을 제안한다. 모의실험을 통해 제안 기법이 throughput만을 최대화하는 기법에 비하여 시스템 overhead를 41% 감소시키는 것을 확인하였다. 또한 커버리지만을 최적화 하는 기법에 비하여 throughput이 63% 향상되는 것을 확인하였다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제37권1B호
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• pp.31-38
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 원격송신국을 활용하는 이종 네트워크 시스템 (HetNet, heterogeneous network)에서 다수의 전송 노드가 협력적으로 신호를 전송하여 셀 경계에 위치한 사용자의 성능 개선을 위한 방법을 제안한다. 이를 위해 셀 경계지역의 특정 위치에 원격송신국을 배치하며, 기지국과 셀 경계 원격송신국 간의 동작 빈도를 조정함으로써 효율적인 동작 방식을 제안한다. 특히 제안방식에서는 LTE-Advanced (Long Term Evolution - Advanced) 표준 회의에서 논의되고 있는 CoMP (coordinated multi-point transmission and reception) 시나리오에서의 시스템 모델 파라미터를 사용한 컴퓨터 시뮬레이션을 활용하여 실험 결과의 신뢰성을 높였다. 또한 기존의 방식과의 비교를 통해 셀 경계지역에 원격송신국을 위치시킴으로 특히 평균 전송률 측면의 하위 사용자 성능을 향상시키는 효과가 있음을 보임으로써 사용자 간의 공평성 문제를 개선할 수 있는 방식임을 입증한다.