• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.216-239
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• 2021

The present work addresses the challenging problem of coordinating power allocation with interference management in multi-robot networks by applying the promising expansion capabilities of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) and full duplex systems, which achieves it for maximizing the throughput of networks under the impacts of Doppler frequency shifts and external jamming. The proposed power allocation with interference coordination formulation accounts for three types of the interference, including cross-tier, co-tier, and mixed-tier interference signals with cluster head nodes operating in different full-duplex modes, and their signal-to-noise-ratios are respectively derived under the impacts of Doppler frequency shifts and external jamming. In addition, various optimization algorithms, including two centralized iterative optimization algorithms and three decentralized optimization algorithms, are applied for solving the complex and non-convex combinatorial optimization problem associated with the power allocation and interference coordination. Simulation results demonstrate that the overall network throughput increases gradually to some degree with increasing numbers of MIMO antennas. In addition, increasing the number of clusters to a certain extent increases the overall network throughput, although internal interference becomes a severe problem for further increases in the number of clusters. Accordingly, applications of multi-robot networks require that a balance should be preserved between robot deployment density and communication capacity.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.639-648
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• 2016

Next-generation (4G) systems are designed to support universal frequency reuse (UFR) to achieve best use of valuable spectra. However, it leads to undesirable interference level near cell borders. To control this, 4G systems adopt techniques, such as network multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) and inter-cell interference coordination (ICIC), to improve cell-edge throughput. Network MIMO aims at mitigating inter-cell interference towards cell-edge users (CEUs) through multi-cell cooperation, where each collaborative base station serves both cell-center users (CCUs) and CEUs, including other cells' CEUs, under a power constraint. The present ICIC strategies cannot be directly applied to network MIMO because they were designed in absence of multi-cell coordination. In the presence of network MIMO, this paper investigates antenna orientations in ICIC and the method of power management. Results show that a proper antenna orientation can improve the cell-edge capacity and meantime lower the interference to CCUs. Capacity inconsistency between CCUs and CEUs is detrimental to mobile communications. Simulation results show that the proposed power management for ICIC in network MIMO systems can achieve a uniform data rate regardless users' position.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.339-344
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• 2011

Base station coordination has received much attention as a means to reduce the inter-cell interference in cellular networks. However, this interference reducing ability comes at the expense of increased feedback, backhaul load and computational complexity. The degree of coordination is therefore limited in practice. In this paper, we explore the trade-off between capacity and feedback load in a cellular network with coordination clusters. Our main interest lies in a scenario with multiple fading users in each cell. The results indicate that a large fraction of the total gain can be achieved by a significant reduction in feedback. We also find an approximate expression for the distribution of the instantaneous signal to interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) and propose a new effective scheduling algorithm.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.175-185
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• 2020

Inter-cell interference (ICI) is a major problem in heterogeneous networks, such as two-tier femtocell (FC) networks, because it leads to poor cell-edge throughput and system capacity. Dynamic ICI coordination (ICIC) schemes, which do not require prior frequency planning, must be employed for interference avoidance in such networks. In contrast to existing dynamic ICIC schemes that focus on homogeneous network scenarios, we propose a novel semi-distributed dynamic ICIC scheme to mitigate interference in heterogeneous network scenarios. With the goal of maximizing the utility of individual users, two separate algorithms, namely the FC base station (FBS)-level algorithm and FC management system (FMS)-level algorithm, are employed to restrict resource usage by dominant interference-creating cells. The distributed functionality of the FBS-level algorithm and low computational complexity of the FMS-level algorithm are the main advantages of the proposed scheme. Simulation results demonstrate improvement in cell-edge performance with no impact on system capacity or user fairness, which confirms the effectiveness of the proposed scheme compared to static and semi-static ICIC schemes.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.31-41
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• 2014

The heterogeneous network (HetNet) has been discussed in detail in the Long-Term Evolution (LTE) and LTE Advanced standards. However, the standardization of High-Speed Packet Access HetNet (HSPA HetNet) launched by 3GPP is pushing at full steam. Interference coordination (IC), which is responsible for dealing with the interference in the system, remains a subject worthy of investigation in regard to HSPA HetNet. In this paper, considering the network framework of HSPA HetNet, we propose a quasi-distributed IC (QDIC) scheme to lower the interference level in the co-channel HSPA HetNet. Our QDIC scheme is constructed as slightly different energy-efficient non-cooperative games in the downlink (DL) and uplink (UL) scenarios, respectively. The existence and uniqueness of the equilibrium for these games are first revealed. Then, we derive the closed-form best responses of these games. A feasible implementation is finally developed to achieve our QDIC scheme in the practical DL and UL. Simulation results show the notable benefits of our scheme, which can indeed control the interference level and enhance the system performance.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제40권7호
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• pp.1424-1432
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• 2015

해양 산업과 IT 기술의 융합으로 해상 통신에 대한 여러 무선통신 기술들이 논의됨에 따라 채널 선택에 따른 간섭 제어, 시간영역에서 간섭 제어 등 다양한 간섭 제어 방법이 시도되고 있다. 이를 위해 본 논문에서는 다양한 해양 통신 환경에서 시스템의 성능을 측정하고 검증 및 평가할 수 있도록 하향링크 시스템 레벨 시뮬레이터를 구현하였다. 제안하는 시뮬레이터는 기존의 이동통신 시뮬레이터와 달리 해상에서 선박 간 신호간섭을 조정할 수 있도록 3GPP Release 10의 주요 기술 enhanced inter-cell interference coordination(eICIC)을 적용하였다. 또한 개발한 시스템 레벨 시뮬레이터를 사용하여 eICIC의 주요 기술인 almost blank subframes(ABS)와 cell range expansion(CRE) 변화에 따른 소형 셀의 수율 분포를 도출하였다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제34권5A호
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• pp.421-428
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• 2009

Inter-cell coordination has been an emerging issue for mitigating inter-cell interference in broadband wireless access networks such as IEEE802.16 and 3GPP LTE (Long Term Evolution). This paper proposes uplink/downlink hybrid inter-cell coordination patterns for a TDD (Time Division Duplex)/MC-CDMA (Multi-Carrier Code Division Multiple Access) system. For the performance analysis, closed forms of inter-cell interferences are derived when uplink and downlink transmissions coexist over a multi-cell environment. In the analysis, we find an optimal ratio of downlink transmit powers of BSs (Base Stations) based on the target outage probability and the performance according to ratios of uplink/downlink transmit powers of MSs (Mobile Stations)/BSs is explored. Our numerical results show that interference mitigation utilizing the characteristics of the uplink and downlink power ratio is very effective in improving system performance in terms of QoS.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.63-72
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• 2018

본 논문에서는 동종 또는 이종 무선시스템에 대해 최소결합손실 기반의 주파수 조정을 위한 이론적 모델링 및 계산 결과를 제시한다. 주파수 조정에 핵심 변수들인 시스템 특성, 전파전파 모델, 가용율 및 보호비, 주파수의존제거 또는 인접채널간섭비, 변별각을 고찰하고, 각각에 대해 수치계산 결과를 도출한다. 주파수 조정의 절차를 보이기 위해 도심 또는 부도심에서 간섭원 이동기지국과 피해 고정무선시스템 간의 간섭전력을 분석하며, 가정한 양 시스템 특성에 대해 변별각 및 거리의 함수로 최대허용간섭전력과 간섭 영향을 비교한다. 제시된 방법은 다양한 무선시스템의 주파수 조정에 필요한 상호 공존 또는 양립성을 위한 기술적 분석에 활용이 클 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.14-19
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• 2015

In multicellular wireless networks, intercell interference limits system performance, especially cell edge user performance. One promising approach to solve this problem is the intercell interference coordination (ICIC) scheme. In this paper, we propose a new ICIC scheme based on a resource partitioning approach to enhance cell edge user performance in a wireless multicellular system. The most important feature of the proposed scheme is that the algorithm is performed at each base station in a distributed manner and therefore minimizes the required information exchange between neighboring base stations. The proposed scheme has benefits in a practical environment where the traffic load distribution is not uniform among base stations and the backhaul capacity between the base stations is limited.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제39A권9호
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• pp.548-556
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• 2014

최근 급증하는 데이터 트래픽에 효율적으로 대응하기 위해 매크로 기지국 영역에 매크로 기지국과 같은 주파수를 사용하는 소형 기지국이 공존하는 이종망에 관한 연구가 활발하게 진행 중이다. 이때, 매크로셀로부터 소형셀로의 간섭을 줄이기 위해 시간 영역에서 ABS (Almost Blank Subframe)을 이용한 enhanced Inter-cell Interference Coordination (eICIC) 기법이 제안되어 있다. 그러나 간섭 문제 해결을 위해 데이터를 전송하지 않는 서브프레임들이 발생함으로써 매크로셀 입장에서는 자원 낭비 문제가 발생한다. 본 논문에서는 능동 안테나 시스템 (AAS)과 Genetic Algorithm (GA)을 이용하여 소형 셀 방향으로 안테나 이득을 줄인 매크로 기지국의 3D 섹터 빔을 형성하여 셀간의 간섭신호 세기가 감소 되도록 하고 데이터 전송에 모든 서브프레임을 이용하여 낭비되는 자원이 없도록 한다. LTE -Advanced 시스템 레벨 시뮬레이터를 통해 기존 eICIC 기법과의 성능을 비교 분석하며, 제안된 기법의 성능 향상을 확인한다.