• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.15 no.10
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• pp.2113-2120
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• 2011

In this paper, so as to improve spectral efficiency for cell-boundary users, we introduce a coordinated multi-point (CoMP) system, which is one of inter-cell cooperative transmission strategies studied in 3GPP long-term evolution-advanced (LTE-A) systems, and develop a system-level simulator to evaluate performance. To identify performance improvement of the system with inter-cell cooperative transmission, we select a 3GPP LTE system as a reference, which shows the highest performance among the existing mobile communication systems, and conduct a performance comparison. System-level simulation is performed based on widely-used OPNET tool. We implement modules including central unit (CU), CoMP eNodeB (CeNB), user equipment (UE), and multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) channel model, while designing the inter-cell cooperative transmission system. Under WINNER wireless channel model and international telecommunication union (ITU) network model environments, we then evaluate the performance of edge users who belong to the lower 5% in terms of spectral efficiency. It is finally shown that throughput of the proposed CoMP system gets improved up to 2.5 times compared to that of the 3GPP LTE reference system.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.37A no.12
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• pp.1076-1084
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• 2012

In the CS/CB(Coordinated Scheduling/Beamforming) scheme, the cell edge user throughput is increased by selecting MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) precoders which can minimize the interferences from adjacent base stations (BSs). However, in current LTE(Long Term Evolution) systems, the serving cell is selected in the initialization stage by using the synchronization signals and cell specific reference signals transmitted by adjacent BSs with a single antenna. The selected BS in the initialization stage may not be the best one since the MIMO precoding gain has not been considered in the cell selection stage. In this paper, a new cell selection technique is proposed for LTE systems with MIMO precoder by taking into account the effect of the precoder in the initialization stage. The proposed technique enables a user equipment (UE) in the cell boundary to select the serving BS by using the information (channel rank, effective channel capacity, and effective SINR(Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio)) acquired from cell specific reference signals of candidate BSs. It is verified by computer simulation that the proposed technique can increase the channel capacity significantly in the multi-cell environments, compared with the conventional CS/CB scheme.

• ETRI Journal
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• v.38 no.4
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• pp.622-633
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• 2016

A discontinuous reception (DRX) operation is included in the Long Term Evolution (LTE) system to achieve power saving and prolonged battery life of the user equipment. An improvement in DRX power saving usually leads to a potential increase in the packet delay. An optimum DRX configuration depends on the current traffic, which is not easy to estimate accurately, particularly for non-real-time applications. In this paper, we propose a novel way to vary the DRX cycle length, avoiding a continuous estimation of the data traffic when only non-real-time applications are running with no active real-time applications. Because a small delay in non-real-time traffic does not essentially impact the user's experience adversely, we deliberately allow a limited amount of delay in our proposal to attain a significant improvement in power saving. Our proposal also improves the delay in service resumption after a long period of inactivity. We use a stochastic analysis assuming an M/G/1 queue to validate this improvement.

• Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.104-116
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• 2010

With several advantages such as flexible downlink-to-uplink(DL-to-UL) ratio and flexible spectrum usage, Time Division Duplexing(TDD) is emerging as an alternate to Frequency Division Duplexing(FDD), especially in wireless broadband systems. We already have at least four different TDD systems in the industry: Time Division-Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access(TD-SCDMA), IEEE 802.16e-TDD, IEEE 802.16m-TDD, and Time Division-Long Term Evolution(TD-LTE). A disadvantage of TDD is that tight coordination such as time synchronization between adjacent operators is required to prevent interference between the adjacent TDD systems. In this paper, we investigate coexistence scenarios among the above four well-known TDD systems and calculate spectral efficiency(SE) loss in each scenario. Our findings are that SE loss can be significant if TDD ratios of the adjacent operators are considerably different. However, as long as the TDD ratios of the adjacent operators are similar, configurations in the systems permit perfect time synchronization between the two heterogeneous TDD systems, and the resulting SE loss is zero or reasonably low. We believe that the above findings and the configurations of the TDD systems recommended tominimize SE loss will be helpful for operators who deploy TDD systems in system parameter determination and cross-operator coordination.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2013.06a
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• pp.225-226
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• 2013

본 논문은 OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing)기반의 LTE (Long Term Evolution)하향링크 시스템에서 PS (Primary Synchronization)신호를 이용한 잔여 시간동기 오차를 검출 기법을 제안한다. 제안된 잔여 시간동기 오차 검출 기법은 기존의 잔여 시간동기 오차 검출 기법과 달리, 수신된 PS 신호간의 상호상관 값을 이용하여 잔여 시간동기오차를 검출한다. 제안된 기법은 기존의 기법보다 낮은 복잡도를 가지며, 비슷한 성능을 보여주며 이는 컴퓨터 모의실험을 비교하였다.

• ETRI Journal
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• v.35 no.6
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• pp.1068-1074
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• 2013

This paper proposes an additional forward error correction (FEC) layer to compensate for the defectiveness inherent in the conventional FEC layer in the Long Term Evolution specifications. The proposed additional layer is called a graceful degradation (GD)-FEC layer and maintains desirable service quality even under burst data loss conditions of a few seconds. This paper also proposes a non-delayed decoding (NDD)-GD-FEC layer that is inherent in the decoding process. Computer simulations and device-based tests show a better loss recovery performance with a negligible increase in CPU utilization and occupied memory size.

• Information and Communications Magazine
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• v.33 no.10
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• pp.24-30
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• 2016

본고에서는 IEEE 802.19 무선 상호공존(Wireless Coexistence) 워킹그룹(Working Group)의 구성 및 역할, TV 우휴대역 주파수 공유 시스템간 상호공존 표준기술 및 현재 논의가 진행중인 일반허가접속(General Authorized Access) 주파수 공유시스템간 상호공존 표준기술과 자동차 환경에서의 주파수 공유시스템간 상호공존 표준기술을 소개하고, 비면허대역 LTE(Long Term Evolution)와 무선랜(Wireless Local Area Network, WLAN) 시스템과의 주파수 공유 등의 무선상호공존 이슈들과 관련 표준화 동향에 대해 알아본다.

• Information and Communications Magazine
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.16-22
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• 2009

본고에서는 3GPP망과 비(non) 3GPP망과의 연동 과 핸드오버를 위한 표준화 동향과 망 구조에 대하여 기술한다. 3CPP망에서 무선랜망과의 연동을 위한 구조에 대해 살펴보고 3G LTE(Long Term Evolution)망에서 비 3GPP망과의 핸드오버를 위한 기본 요구 사항, 프로토콜 구조, 망 구조 및 핸드오버 절차에 대해서 알아본다.

• Review of KIISC
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• v.31 no.6
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• pp.37-40
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• 2021

미국, 중국 등에 이어 국내에서도 KT에서 2021년 7월 5G 단독모드(StandAlone)를 상용화 하였다. 5G 비단독모드(Non-StandAlone)에서는 다년간 사용되었던 기존 LTE(Long Term Evolution) 망의 장비를 재활용하기 때문에 신규 장비의 도입은 5G 기지국으로 제한된다. 그러나 5G 단독모드에서는 새롭게 정의된 5G 장비들을 사용하기 때문에 이에 대한 위협 분석과 보안 기능의 정의에 따라 각 장비에 보안의 구현이 제대로 되어 있는지 검증하는 절차가 요구된다. 이러한 환경에서 본 논문은 5G 단독모드 기기의 보안 인증 현황을 제공하고자 한다.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.33 no.10C
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• pp.764-777
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• 2008

In 4G environments, which is the next generation technology for mobile network, it is forecasted that the wireless Internet using a mobile devices such as a mobile phone, PDA will increase because of expansion of Internet and integration of heterogeneous networks. Therefore, we need a Digital ID management technology that can prevent illegal uses and manage private information efficiently in wired and wireless environments. In this paper, we analyze various Digital ID management technologies, and then define requirements of user-centric Digital ID management technology. In addition, we newly propose the authentication mechanism for mobile applications in LTE/SAE network. Finally, we propose the mobile Digital ID Wallet mechanism suitable for 4G environments.