• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.116-123
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• 2003

In this paper, we address the problem of designing multirate codes for a multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) system by restricting the receiver to be a successive decoding and interference cancellation type, when each of the antennas is encoded independently. Furthermore, it is assumed that the receiver knows the instantaneous fading channel states but the transmitter does not have access to them. It is well known that, in theory, minimummean- square error (MMSE) based successive decoding of multiple access (in multi-user communications) and MIMO channels achieves the total channel capacity. However, for this scheme to perform optimally, the optimal rates of each antenna (per-antenna rates) must be known at the transmitter. We show that the optimal per-antenna rates at the transmitter can be estimated using only the statistical characteristics of the MIMO channel in time-varying Rayleigh MIMO channel environments. Based on the results, multirate codes are designed using punctured turbo codes for a horizontal codedMIMOsystem. Simulation results show performances within about one to two dBs of MIMO channel capacity.

• 한국전문물리치료학회지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.63-70
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• 2016

Background: The Pediatric Balance Scale (PBS) and the Fullerton Advanced Balance (FAB) scale were used to assess balance function in patients with balance problem. These multidimensional clinical balance scales provide information about potential risk factors for falls. Objects: The purpose of this study was to investigate and compare the predictive properties of the PBS and FAB scales relative to fall risk in children with cerebral palsy (CP) using a receiver operating characteristic analysis. Methods: In total, 49 children with CP (boy=21, girl=28) who were diagnosed with level 1 or 2 according to the Gross Motor Function Classification System participated in this study. The PBS and FAB were performed, and verified cut-off score, sensitivity, specificity, and the area of under the curve (AUC). Results: In this study, the PBS scale was as a predictive measure of fall risk, but the FAB was not significant in children with CP. A cut-off score of 45.5 points provided optimal sensitivity of .90 and specificity of .69 on the PBS, and a cut-off score of 21.5 points provided optimal sensitivity of .90 and specificity of .62 on the FAB. Both scales showed moderately accurate of AUC with .79 and .76, respectively. Conclusion: The PBS is a useful screening tool for predicting fall risk in children with cerebral palsy, and those who score 45.5 or lower indicate a high risk for falls and are in need of balance intervention.

• 전자공학회논문지A
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• 제32A권1호
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• pp.14-25
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• 1995

The main contribution of this paper can be summarized in two items as follws. Firstly, a modelling of mobile communication channel with Rayleigh fading characteristics is presented. Actual signal environments can be approximated as being real measurements by a proper mathematical representation of fluctuation of channel parameters due to Doppler effect, that is determined by the relative speed between transmitter and receiver, and noises, that vary at each sampling time. Secondly, an alternative procedure of synthesizing an adaptive equalizers is presented for recovering original signals that have been corrupted through the modelled channel. In order to compute the optimal tap coefficients for a high speed data(512 k symbol/sec) on a real-time basis, the CGM that guarantees fast and stable convergency is adopted during the training period of each frame. The coefficients obtained by the CGM are used as initial values for the LMS algorithm to trace the optimal coefficients during the data period that vary at each sampling time due to the mobility and noise at the receiver. Using the modelling presented in this paper, distributions of received signal power in various signal environments are demonstrated. The performance of the eqalizer proposed in this paper is shown as a function of BER under the various signal circumstances of mobile communications.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.362-369
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• 2013

The optimal number of users achieving the maximum sum throughput is analyzed in zero-forcing (ZF) based multiuser multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems with a large number of base station (BS) antennas. By utilizing deterministic ergodic sum rates for the ZF-beam forming (ZF-BF) and ZF-receiver (ZF-R) with a large number of BS antennas [1], [2], we can obtain the ergodic sum throughputs for the ZF-BF and ZF-R for the uplink and downlink frame structures, respectively. Then, we can also formulate and solve the optimization problems maximizing the ergodic sum throughputs with respect to the number of users. This paper shows that the approximate downlink sum throughput for the ZF-BF is a concave function and the approximate uplink sum throughput for the ZF-R is also a concave function in a feasible range with respect to the number of users. The simulation results verify the analyses and show that the derived numbers of users provide the maximum sum throughputs for the ZF-BF as well as ZF-R in multiuser MIMO systems with a large number of BS antennas.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제16권10호
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• pp.2293-2302
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• 2012

단일 모드 광섬유의 그룹 속도 분산과 자기 위상 변조에 의해 왜곡된 파장 분할 다중 신호의 효율적인 보상을 위한 새로운 광전송 링크 기술을 제안하였다. 제안된 전송 링크는 WDM 송신이나 수신단 근처에 광 위상 공액기(OPC; optical phase conjugator)가 위치하고 각 중계 구간의 SMF 길이와 RDPS(residual dispersion per span)가 인위적으로 분포하는 구조이다. 시스템 성능을 개선하여 유효 입사 전력 범위와 유효 전체 잉여 분산 (NRD; net residual dispersion)을 늘릴 수 있는 최적의 링크 구조는 OPC가 WDM 수신단에 가깝게 위치하고 후치 보상(postcompensation)에 의해 NRD를 결정하고 중계 구간이 증가할수록 SMF 길이와 RDPS를 점진적으로 감소시키는 링크라는 것을 확인하였다.

• Physical Therapy Rehabilitation Science
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.54-60
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• 2018

Objective: Persons with chronic stroke fall more often than healthy elderly individuals. The Timed Up and Go test (TUG) is used as a fall prediction tool, but only provides a result for the total measurement time. This study aimed to determine the optimal cut-off values for each of the 6 components of the TUG. Design: Retrospective study. Methods: Thirty persons with chronic stroke participated in the study. TUG evaluation was performed using a wearable miniaturized inertial sensor. Sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values were calculated using the Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve analysis for the measured values in each section. Optimal values for fall risk classification were determined. Logistic regression analysis was used to investigate the risk of future falls based on TUG. Results: The cut-off values of the 6 sections of the TUG were determined, as follows: sit-to-stand >2.00 seconds (p<0.05), forward gait >4.68 seconds (p<0.05), mid-turn >3.82 seconds (p<0.05), return gait >4.81 seconds (p<0.05), end-turn >2.95 seconds (p<0.05), and stand-to-sit >2.13 seconds (p<0.05). The risk of falling increased by 2.278 times when the mid-turn value was >3.82 seconds (p<0.05). Conclusions: The risk of falls increased by 2.28 times when the value of the mid-turn interval exceeded 3.82 seconds. Therefore, when interpreting TUG results, the predictive accuracy for falls will be higher when the measurement time for each section is analyzed, together with the total time for TUG.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.91-103
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• 2015

본 논문은 제주 정낭 채널 code I, II에 이은 "수신기 협력을 이용한 간섭 디코딩 기반 3-user NOR 스위칭 채널"을 다루고 있다. 제주 정낭 코드 (Jeju Jong Nang code) 는 스위칭 회로를 "1" 또는 "0" 의 이진 심볼로 해석하는 인류 최초의 HBCC (human binary coded communication)로 여겨진다. 본 논문에서는 3-user 정낭 NOR 스위칭 채널 기반 수신기 협력 간섭 디코딩의 실제적인 예를 소개한다. 제안한 시스템 모델은 TUJN (three user Jong Nang) NOR 스위칭 on-off 로직과 3-user 결정적 (deterministic) NOR 스위칭 채널 및 수신기 협력 GIC (Gaussian interference channel)로 구성되어 있다. 따라서 이 모델은 Shannon의 이진 시스템과 erasure 채널 용량에도 잘 맞는다. 또한 자유도를 증가시키기 위해 각 협력 수신기가 이웃 수신기들을 도울 수 있다는 의미의 결정적 채널을 얻기 위한 3-user Gaussian 간섭 디코딩의 응용 예를 제시하고, 이웃 수신기 협력을 통한 최적 간섭 완화 sum rate이 7 bits에 달한다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.692-710
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• 2013

Conventional interference alignment (IA) for a MIMO interference channel (IFC) requires global and perfect channel state information at transmitter (CSIT) to achieve the optimal degrees of freedom (DoF), which prohibits practical implementation. In order to alleviate the global CSIT requirement caused by the coupled relation among all of IA equations, we propose an IA scheme with a single feedback link of each receiver in a limited feedback environment for a three-user MIMO IFC. The main feature of the proposed scheme is that one of users takes out a fraction of its maximum number of data streams to decouple IA equations for three-user MIMO IFC, which results in a single link feedback structure at each receiver. While for the conventional IA each receiver has to feed back to all transmitters for transmitting the maximum number of data streams. With the assumption of a random codebook, we analyze the upper bound of the average throughput loss caused by quantized channel knowledge as a function of feedback bits. Analytic results show that the proposed scheme outperforms the conventional IA scheme in term of the feedback overhead and the sum rate as well.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제4권5호
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• pp.910-924
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• 2010

As Internet usage has increased, the risk of adolescents being exposed to adult content and harmful information on the Internet has also risen. To help prevent adolescents accessing this content, a novel detection method for adult images is proposed. The proposed method involves three steps. First, the Image Of Interest (IOI) is extracted from the image background. Second, the IOI is distinguished from the segmented image using a novel weighting mask, and it is determined to be acceptable or unacceptable. Finally, the features (color and texture) of the IOI or original image are compared to a critical value; if they exceed that value then the image is deemed to be an adult image. A Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was performed to define this optimal critical value. And, the textural features are identified using a gray level co-occurrence matrix. The proposed method increased the precision level of detection by applying a novel weighting mask and a receiver operating characteristic curve. To demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method, 2850 adult and non-adult images were used for experimentation.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제27권3B호
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• pp.188-195
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• 2002

본 논문에서는 멀티 레이트 부호분할 다중접속(Code Division Multiple Access: CDMA) 방식에서의 효과적인 다중 사용자 검출 기술을 제안한다. 최적 다중 사용자 검출 기술이 최적의 비트 오류 확률(Bit Error Rate: BER) 성능을 보이긴 하지만, 실제 구현을 위해서는 계산상의 복잡도 측면에서의 문제가 있다. 따라서, 본 논문에서는 멀티 레이트 CDMA 환경에서 비교적 낮은 계산상의 복잡도를 갖는 준칙적의 다중 사용자 검출기 구조를 제안하며, 기존의 정합필터(matched filter)와 멀티 레이트 환경에서 제안된 다른 다중 사용자 검출기와의 성능 비교를 수행한다. 레일리 페이딩 환경에서의 컴퓨터 시뮬레이션을 통해 제안된 홉필em(Hopfield) 신경망(neural network) 알고리즘을 이용한 다중 사용자 검출기법의 성능이 우수함을 검증한다.