• ETRI Journal
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• v.27 no.4
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• pp.355-366
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• 2005

Automatic discovery of physical topology plays a crucial role in enhancing the manageability of modern metro Ethernet networks. Despite the importance of the problem, earlier research and commercial network management tools have typically concentrated on either discovering logical topology, or proprietary solutions targeting specific product families. Recent works have demonstrated that network topology can be determined using the standard simple network management protocol (SNMP) management information base (MIB), but these algorithms depend on address forwarding table (AFT) entries and can find only spanning tree paths in an Ethernet mesh network. A previous work by Breibart et al. requires that AFT entries be complete; however, that can be a risky assumption in a realistic Ethernet mesh network. In this paper, we have proposed a new physical topology discovery algorithm which works without complete knowledge of AFT entries. Our algorithm can discover a complete physical topology including inactive interfaces eliminated by the spanning tree protocol in metro Ethernet networks. The effectiveness of the algorithm is demonstrated by implementation.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2003.05b
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• pp.1141-1144
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• 2003

Metro Ethernet 서비스는 기존의 라우터나 광전송장비를 거치지 않고 기가비트 이더넷으로 구성된 망을 이용해 스위치만으로 LAN과 같이 연결하는 서비스이다. 이 메트로 이더넷은 기존 SONET과는 달리 패킷교환 방식이므로 링크 대역폭의 효율적인 공유, 저렴한 칩과 장비, 사용자가 원하는 다양한 대역폭 할당, 피리고 인터넷 사용자의 증가와 원하는 대역폭의 증가로 등장하게 되었다. Metro Fiber Ethernet에 적용되는 기술로는 패킷분류화, 포트전송율 제어, QoS, 망복구 능련, 이더넷 VPN, 트래픽 엔지니어링 등이 있다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 기술들을 이용한 Metro Ethernet을 국방망에 적용함으로써 초고속 국방 통신망 구축을 제안하고자 한다.

• Journal of KIISE:Information Networking
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• v.32 no.2
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• pp.236-243
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• 2005

Most of the existing legacy DSL networks, about 80 million lines world-widely, adopted ‘ATM(Asynchronous Transfer Mode) over DSL’protocol architecture for the effective interworking with the ATM-based regional backbone networks and for the effective support of native ATM-based multimedia application services. Recently, however, the regional backbone networks are moving towards Metro Ethernet networks, instead of the ATM networks, and most of the current multimedia applications are If-based, not native ATM-based. These environmental changes push the architecture of DSL networks to be accordingly changed, and the‘Ethernet over DSL’protocol architecture, instead of existing‘ATM over DSL’, is tried to be applied to the implementation of next generation DSL networks such as VDSL(Very high-rate DSL) . In this paper, we propose two different implementation models for next generation DSL networks in Metro Ethernet backbone environments, respectively EA(Ethernet-to-ATM) implementation model and RE(Ethernet-to-Ethernet) implementation model. And, a comparative analysis focused on the performance and the backward compatability with the legacy DSL networks will be presented.

• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.78-90
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• 2009

이더넷(Ethernet)은 본래 캠퍼스, 기업이나 가정 등 근거리의 LAN 영역에 주로 사용되는 기술이었으나 플러그 앤 플레이(plug and play)와 같은 단순함(simplicity), 적은 설치 비용 및 쉬운 운용 등을 장점으로, 통신 사업자 및 운용자(carrier)의 고유영역인 MAN/WAN에서도 사용 가능한 메트로 이더넷 및 캐리어 이더넷(Metro/Carrier Ethernet)으로 빠른 속도로 진화 발전하고 있는 상황이다. 캐리어 이더넷은 탄력성(resiliency), 신뢰성(reliability), 확장성(scalability), 관리성(manageability) 등과 같은 특징을 중요시하는 통신 사업자 환경에서 이더넷 기반 서비스를 제공할 수 있는 확장된 이더넷 기술을 의미한다. 본 고에서는 캐리어 이더넷 기술에 대한 정의와 관련 서비스를 소개하고, MEF, IEEE 802, ITU-T, IETF 등 국제 기구 및 연관 포럼에서 진행중인 캐리어 이더넷 기술의 표준화 동향을 살펴보고자 한다.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.265-270
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• 2012

The subscriber access network is cause of the bottleneck phenomenon because equipment and infrastructure were not originally designed for busty high-bandwidth traffic between MAN(Metro Area Network) and LAN(Local Area Network). Whether riding on shorter copper drops or optical fiber, Ethernet is emerging as the future broadband protocol of choice, offering plug and play simplicity, and low cost. EPON(Ethernet Passive Optical Network) combines point-to-multipoint optical infrastructure with low-cost high-bandwidth Ethernet. The future broadband access network will be a combination of point-to-point and point-to-multipoint Ethernet, optimized for transporting IP data, as well as time critical voice and video. EPON is being considered as a novel communications infrastructure for next-generation broadband access network for the convergence of low-cost Ethernet equipment and low-cost fiber infrastructure. But, EPON has a problem with duplex multimedia services. It is the insufficiency of bandwidth for upstream. Because all ONUs use a shared transmission media for upstream. In this paper, we addressed the problem of upstream bandwidth in EPONs. We presented a wavelength division EPON supporting QoS in the differentiated services framework.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Communication Sciences Conference
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• 2004.07a
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• pp.301-301
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• 2004

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.34 no.9B
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• pp.883-891
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• 2009

This paper proposes Ethernet linear protection switching technology in order to provide the SONET/SDH-like resiliency over Metro Ethernet Networks. The proposed design is made of an architecture with a control processor board and several data processing boards, where the control processor board is independent of data processing board, providing a flexible solution for carrier Ethernet system. However, it leads an increasing message delay between inter-processors. In this paper, we implement and confirm a restoration of failed transport connections withing 50 millisecond in spite of increasing message delay between the control processing board and data processing board providing carrier-class network survivability.

• Journal of KIISE:Information Networking
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• v.34 no.1
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• pp.73-80
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• 2007

This paper presents an approach to support dynamic QoS(Quality of Service) requirements of largely emerging SIP(Session Initiation Protocol) multimedia applications in broadband access networks. The topology of QoS-enabled broadband access networks and its operational model to support SIP QoS are firstly suggested. And then the procedures to bind QoS-enabled SIP signaling into an IP QoS mechanism are presented. In this paper, DiffServ-based IP QoS architecture is deployed due to the complexity problem of the other IntServ architecture, and COPS(Common Open Policy Service) and COPS-PR protocol based signaling mechanisms are used to support dynamic DiffServ QoS, correspondent with dynamic SIP QoS. The broadband access network is assumed to support rapidly expanding Metro Ethernet 802.1 D/Q QoS, and how to translate SIP QoS parameters into IP DiffServ classes and DiffServ classes into 802.1 D/Q QoS parameters is also presented in this paper.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea TC
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• v.42 no.4 s.334
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• pp.7-14
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• 2005

Earlier researches have typically concentrated on discovering IP network topology, which implies that the connectivity of all Ethernet devices is ignored. But automatic discovery of Physical topology Plays a crucial role in enhancing the manageability of modem Metro Ethernet mesh networks due to the benefits of Ethernet services, including: Ease of use, Cost Effectiveness and flexibility. Because of proprietary solutions targeting specific product families and related algorithm which depends on Layer 2 forwarding table information it is impossible to discover physical topology in the Ethernet mesh networks. To cope with these shortcomings, in this paper we propose a novel and practical algorithmic solution that can discover accurate physical topology in the Ethernet mesh networks. Our algorithm divides the Ethernet mesh networks into bridged networks and host networks and those bridges located in boundary are named edge bridges. Our algorithm uses the standard spanning tree protocol MIB information for the bridged networks and uses the standard Layer 2 forwarding table MIB information for the host networks. As using the standard MIB information to discover physical topology we can offer interoperability guarantee in the Ethernet mesh networks composed of the various vendors' products.

• 한국정보통신설비학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2002.08a
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• pp.127-129
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• 2002

ADSL, Metro Ethernet등 가입자에게 넓은 대역폭을 할당하는 기술이 서비스 영역에 적용되고 있음에 따라 이를 원활히 수용할 수 있는 초고속 대용량 기간망 구축기술이 필요하다. 현재 사용되는 기술로는 2.5Gbps 또는 10Gbps의 전송속도를 갖는 수 십 채널을 각각 파장이 다른 광반송파(optical carrier)에 실어 광학적으로 다중화한 뒤 한 가닥의 광섬유를 통해 전송시키는 파장분할 다중화(Wavelength Division Multiplexing: WDM) 기술이 있다. 본 논문에서는 채널 당 전송 속도를 40Gbps로 증가시키거나, 증폭기 이득 대역폭을 확장시켜 채널 수를 증가시켜 수 THz의 전송용량을 수 천 km 전송시키는데 필요한 라만 광증폭기 기술, FEC 기술, 변조포맷, 분산관리(Dispersion management)기술 등의 핵심기술을 소개한다.