• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.93-105
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• 2011

This paper presents a flexible low-profile antenna sensor for fatigue crack detection and monitoring. The sensor was inspired by the sense of pain in bio-systems as a protection mechanism. Because the antenna sensor does not need wiring for power supply or data transmission, it is an ideal candidate as sensing elements for the implementation of engineering sensor skins with a dense sensor distribution. Based on the principle of microstrip patch antenna, the antenna sensor is essentially an electromagnetic cavity that radiates at certain resonant frequencies. By implementing a metallic structure as the ground plane of the antenna sensor, crack development in the metallic structure due to fatigue loading can be detected from the resonant frequency shift of the antenna sensor. A monostatic microwave radar system was developed to interrogate the antenna sensor remotely. Fabrication and characterization of the antenna sensor for crack monitoring as well as the implementation of the remote interrogation system are presented.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제57권5호
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• pp.858-865
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• 2008

In this paper, Capacitive Telemetry RF Sensor System using Recursive Least Square (RLS) algorithm was proposed. General Telemetry RF Sensor System means that it should be "wireless", "implantable" and "batterless". Conventional Telemetry RF Sensor System adopts Integrated Circuit type, but there are many defects like complexity of structure and the limitation of large power consumption in some cases. In order to overcome these disadvantages, Telemetry RF Sensor System based on inductive coupling principle was proposed in this paper. Proposed Telemetry RF Sensor System is very simple because it consists of R, L and C and measures the changes of environment like pressure and humidity in the type of capacitive value. This system adopted RLS algorithm for estimation of this capacitive parameter. For the purpose of applying RLS algorithm, proposed system was mathematically modelled with phasor method and was quasi-linearized. As two parameters such as phase and amplitude of output voltage for estimation were needed, Phase Difference Detector and Amplitude Detector were proposed respectively which were implemented using TMS320C2812 made by Texas Instrument. Finally, It is verified that the capacitance of proposed telemetry RF Sensor System using RLS algorithm can be estimated efficiently under noisy environment.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제34권12A호
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• pp.925-932
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• 2009

최근에 온도관리가 필수조건인 신선식품의 유통관리 분야에서 전지 지원 수동형 센서태그에 대한 요구가 크게 증대되고 있다. ISO/IEC18000-6REV1은 산업체에서 널리 사용되고 있는 EPCglobal Class1 Generation2 규격의 RFID 태그와 호환되는 전지 지원 수동형 센서태그를 지원하는 표준을 규정하고 있다. 본 논문에서는 전지 지원 수동형 센서태그를 지원하는 리더 모뎀을 FPGA로 설계하였으며, ISO/IEC18000-6REV1에서 정의하는 센서 데이터 처리기능을 개발하였다. 모뎀의 송신 블록은 표준에서 규정하는 성형필터(pulse shaping filter)를 지원하며, RF출력 신호는 표준에서 권고하는 스펙트럼 마스크를 만족한다. 태그의 신호를 수신하는 모뎀의 수신 블록은 심벌 타이밍 동기에 널리 사용되는 Gardner TED(Timing Error Detection) 방법을 이용하였으며, 동기 방식으로 설계된 수신기는 FM0, Miller-2, Miller-4, 그리고 Miller-8 신호를 모두 수신할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 표준화가 진행중인 ISO/IEC18000-6REV1 규격을 만족하는 모뎀과 센서태그용 리더 시스템을 개발하여 센서태그 및 수동형 태그를 무선 환경에서 안정적으로 인식하였으며, 임베디드 리눅스 기반 플랫폼에서 센서 프로토콜을 구현하여 센서 데이터를 실시간으로 처리하였다.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.17-24
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 LBS(Location Based Service) 응용을 위한 독거노인의 일상 활동의 칼로리 소모 예측 모델을 제안한다. 제안한 방식은 PIR (Passive InfraRed) 움직임 센서를 이용하여 독거노인의 활동 패턴을 측정하고, 물리적 활동과 그에 따른 칼로리 소모의 관계를 검토한다. 제안된 움직임 감지 시스템은 개별 노인 주택에 설치되는 센싱 시스템과 중앙 서버 시스템으로 구성된다. 센싱 시스템은 PIR 센서를 장착한 무선 센싱 노드들로 구성된 무선 센서 네트워크 형태로 구현되었고, 각 센서가 감지한 노인들의 움직임은 홈 게이트웨이를 거쳐 중앙 데이터베이스 서버로 저장된다. 서버 시스템은 데이터베이스 서버와 웹 서버로 구성되어 있으며, 웹 기반 모니터링 시스템을 통해 저장된 움직임 데이터를 가공하여 독거노인들의 수발제공자에게 각 노인들의 효율적인 서비스를 제공한다. 실험을 통해 제안한 칼로리 소모 모델의 성능과 적용 가능성을 확인하였다.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.589-598
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• 2009

In wireless sensor networks, a node that reports information gathered from adjacent assets should relay packets appropriately so that its location context is kept private, and thereby helping ensure the security of the assets that are being monitored. Unfortunately, existing routing methods that counter the local eavesdropping-based tracing deal with a single asset, and most of them suffer from the packet-delivery latency as they prefer to take a separate path of many hops for each packet being sent. In this paper, we propose a routing method, greedy perimeter stateless routing-based source-location privacy with crew size w (GSLP-w), that enhances location privacy of the packet-originating node (i.e., active source) in the presence of multiple assets. GSLP-w is a hybrid method, in which the next-hop node is chosen in one of four modes, namely greedy, random, perimeter, and retreat modes. Random forwarding brings the path diversity, while greedy forwarding refrains from taking an excessively long path and leads to convergence to the destination. Perimeter routing makes detours that avoid the nodes near assets so that they cannot be located by an adversary tracing up the route path. We study the performance of GSLP-w with respect to crew size w (the number of packets being sent per path) and the number of sources. GSLP-w is compared with phantom routing-single path (PR-SP), which is a notable routing method for source-location privacy and our simulation results show that improvements from the point of the ratio of safety period and delivery latency become significant as the number of source nodes increases.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.86-93
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• 2010

RFID has been used as an identification tool that substitutes for bar codes. Its areas of application are increasing due to its suitability in ubiquitous environment. In this paper, first, we review various aspects of RFID, including standards, characteristics, and relationships with wireless sensor networks. Then, we review the technical aspects of RFID and its areas of application, e.g., supply chain management (SCM) and manufacturing since 2005. SCM, in which RFIDs can shorten lead time and ensure the quality of products, is one of the most active application areas. Manufacturing is a relatively new area for RFID applications, but it is believed that it can enhance the productivity and the reliability of the products. Also, the authors suggest research issues and limitations of RFID, as well as possible application areas related to marine engineering.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제7권11호
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• pp.2769-2792
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• 2013

In this paper, we propose an authenticated key agreement scheme, TinyIBAK, based on the identity-based cryptography and bilinear paring, for large scale sensor networks. We prove the security of our proposal in the random oracle model. According to the formal security validation using AVISPA, the proposed scheme is strongly secure against the passive and active attacks, such as replay, man-in-the middle and node compromise attacks, etc. We implemented our proposal for TinyOS-2.1, analyzed the memory occupation, and evaluated the time and energy performance on the MICAz motes using the Avrora toolkits. Moreover, we deployed our proposal within the TOSSIM simulation framework, and investigated the effect of node density on the performance of our scheme. Experimental results indicate that our proposal consumes an acceptable amount of resources, and is feasible for infrequent key distribution and rekeying in large scale sensor networks. Compared with other ID-based key agreement approaches, TinyIBAK is much more efficient or comparable in performance but provides rekeying. Compared with the traditional key pre-distribution schemes, TinyIBAK achieves significant improvements in terms of security strength, key connectivity, scalability, communication and storage overhead, and enables efficient secure rekeying.

• 한국지능시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지능시스템학회 2008년도 춘계학술대회 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.168-173
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• 2008

본 연구는 UKF Algorithm을 이용한 정전용량형 원격RF센서시스템을 개발하였다. 원격 RF센서 시스템이란 wireless, implantable 그리고 batterless을 만족하는 센서 시스템을 의미한다. 기존의 원격 RF센서 시스템은 보편적으로 집적회로 타입을 채택하지만, 그 구조의 복잡성과 전력소모의 제약을 받는다. 이러한 제약을 해결하기 위해 본 연구에서는 R, L 그리고 C만으로 구성되어있는 유도결합원리를 이용한 원격 RF센서 시스템을 제안하였다. 제안된 RF 센서 시스템은 압력 혹은 습도와 같은 환경의 변화를 정전용량 값으로 측정할 수 있으며 센서의 정전 용량 값을 측정하기 위해 비선형시스템의 파라메타추정에 적합한 Unscented Kalman Filter(UKF) 기법을 채택하였다. UKF 기법을 이용하기 위해 제안된 시스템은 페이저법을 사용하여 수학적으로 모델링되었다. 마지막으로, 제안된 UKF 알고리즘을 이용한 원력 RF센서시스템이 잡음환경에서도 정전용량값을 비교적 정확하게 추정가능함을 확인하였다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제7권5호
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• pp.379-392
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• 2011

This paper presents a multi-functional system, consisting of a magnetorheological (MR) damper and an electromagnetic induction (EMI) device, and its applications in stay cables. The proposed system is capable of offering multiple functions: (1) mitigating excessive vibrations of cables, (2) estimating cable tension, and (3) harvesting energy for wireless sensors used health monitoring of cable-stayed bridges. In the proposed system, the EMI device, consisting of permanent magnets and a solenoid coil, can converts vibration energy into electrical energy (i.e., induced emf); hence, it acts as an energy harvesting system. Moreover, the cable tension can be estimated by using the emf signals obtained from the EMI device. In addition, the MR damper, whose damping property is controlled by the harvested energy from the EMI device, can effectively reduce excessive cable vibrations. In this study, the multi-functionality of the proposed system is experimentally evaluated by conducting a shaking table test as well as a full-scale stay cable in a laboratory setting. In the shaking table experiment, the energy harvesting capability of the EMI device for wireless sensor nodes is investigated. The performance on the cable tension estimation and the vibration mitigation are evaluated using the full-scale cable test setup. The test results show that the proposed system can sufficiently generate and store the electricity for operating a wireless sensor node twice per day, significantly alleviate vibration of a stay cable (by providing about 20% larger damping compared to the passive optimal case), and estimate the cable tension accurately within a 2.5% error.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제40권10호
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• pp.1900-1911
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• 2015

본 논문에서는 무선 센서 네트워크 환경에서 전력의 제약이 있는 센서들의 장거리통신을 가능케 하는 backscatter 통신에 대해 소개하고, 이를 접목해 무선전력 통신네트워크(wireless-powered communication networks, WPCN)의 doubly near-far 문제를 해결하는 방안을 논의한다. Backscatter에 기반한 WPCN에서 유저들은 하이브리드 엑세스 지점으로부터 전송되는 신호와 반송파 송신기로부터 전송되는 반송파 신호로부터 에너지를 수집한 후, 주파수 편이 변조를 이용한 반송파 신호의 반사를 통해 정보를 전송하게 된다. 위의 통신환경에서 energy-free 조건과 신호대 잡음비 outage 영역을 정의한다. 또한 본 논문에서는 에너지 수집과 정보 전송을 위한 최적의 시간 할당 방법을 제안하고, 이를 통해 시스템 전체의 정보전송 효율을 최대화할 수 있는 backscatter 기반의 수집 후 전송 프로토콜을 설계한다. 실험결과를 통해 제안한 backscatter 기법이 종래의 WPCN에 비해 광범위한 서비스 영역과 축소된 신호대 잡음비 outage 영역을 갖는 것을 보였고, 정보전송 효율을 최대화할 수 있음을 보였다.