• ETRI Journal
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• 제43권2호
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• pp.232-245
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• 2021

As wireless communication continues to develop in limited frequency resource environments, it is becoming important to identify the state of spectrum utilization and predict the amount needed in future. It is essential to collect reliable information for data analysis. This paper introduces a platform that enables the gathering of the scheduling information of a long-term evolution (LTE) cellular system without connecting to the network. A typical LTE terminal can confirm its assigned resource information using the configuration parameters delivered from a network. However, our platform receives and captures only the LTE signal over the air and then enables the estimation of the data relevant to scheduling for all terminals within an LTE cell. After extracting the control channel signal without loss from all LTE subframes, it detects valid downlink control information using the proposed algorithm, which is based on the error vector magnitude of depatterned symbols. We verify the reliability of the developed platform by comparing it with real data from mobile phones and service operators. The average difference in resource block utilization is only 0.28%.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.527-537
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• 2013

Improving resource utilization has been a hot issue in heterogeneous wireless networks (HWNs). This paper proposes a radio resource management (RRM) method based on access proportion optimization. By considering two or more wireless networks in overlapping regions, users in these regions must select one of the networks to access when they engage in calls. Hence, the proportion of service arrival rate that accesses each network in the overlapping region can be treated as an optimized factor for the performance analysis of HWNs. Moreover, this study considers user mobility as an important factor that affects the performance of HWNs, and it is reflected by the handoff rate. The objective of this study is to maximize the total throughput of HWNs by choosing the most appropriate factors. The total throughput of HWNs can be derived on the basis of a Markov model, which is determined by the handoff rate analysis and distribution of service arrival rate in each network. The objective problem can actually be expressed as an optimization problem. Considering the convexity of the objective function, the optimization problem can be solved using the subgradient approach. Finally, an RRM optimization scheme for HWNs is proposed. The simulation results show that the proposed scheme can effectively enhance the throughput of HWNs, i.e., improve the radio resource utilization.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.34-49
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• 2015

Market means of spectrum trading have been utilized as a vital method of spectrum sharing and access in future cognitive radio system. In this paper, we consider the spectrum trading with multiple primary carrier providers (PCP) leasing the spectrum to multiple secondary carrier providers (SCP) for a short period of time. Several factors including the price of the resource, duration of leasing, and the spectrum quality guides the proposed model. We formulate three trading policies based on the game theory for dynamic spectrum access in a LTE based cognitive radio system (CRS). In the first, we consider utility function based resource sharing (UFRS) without any knowledge of past transaction. In the second policy, each SCP deals with PCP using a non-cooperative resource sharing (NCRS) method which employs optimal strategy based on reinforcement learning. In variation of second policy, third policy adopts a Nash bargaining while incorporating a recommendation entity in resource sharing (RERS). The simulation results suggest overall increase in throughput while maintaining higher spectrum efficiency and fairness.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제6권6호
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• pp.1479-1495
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• 2012

Spectrum scarcity seems to be the most challenging issue to be solved in new wireless telecommunication services. It is shown that spectrum unavailability is mainly due to spectrum inefficient utilization and inappropriate physical layer execution rather than spectrum shortage. Daily increasing demand for new wireless services with higher data rate and QoS level makes the upgrade of the physical layer modulation techniques inevitable. Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) which utilizes multicarrier modulation to provide higher data rates with the capability of flexible resource allocation, although has widely been used in current wireless systems and standards, seems not to be the best candidate for cognitive radio systems. Filter Bank based Multi-Carrier (FBMC) is an evolutionary scheme with some advantages over the widely-used OFDM multicarrier technique. In this paper, we focus on the total throughput improvement of a cognitive radio network using FBMC modulation. Along with this modulation scheme, we propose a novel uplink radio resource allocation algorithm in which fairness issue is also considered. Moreover, the average throughput of the proposed FBMC based cognitive radio is compared to a conventional OFDM system in order to illustrate the efficiency of using FBMC in future cognitive radio systems. Simulation results show that in comparison with the state of the art two algorithms (namely, Shaat and Wang) our proposed algorithm achieves higher throughputs and a better fairness for cognitive radio applications.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제36권8B호
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• pp.910-920
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• 2011

다양한 무선 기술이 증가함에 따라 이기종 네트워크 환경은 여려 우선 기술들이 중첩 되어 공존하는 환경으로 변화되고 있다. 이렇게 혼재하여 공존하는 여러 우선 네트워크들의 효율적인 관리를 위해 통합자원관리 방안(Common Radio Resource Management: CRRM)이 제안되었다. 통합자원관리 방안은 중첩되어 존재하는 다양한 이기종 네트워크들의 자원을 하나의 자원과 같이 통합적으로 관리하는 방안이다. 다양한 네트워크가 중첩되어 존재하고 네트워크에 따른 우선 서비스의 종류도 증가함에 따라 CRRM에서 다양한 네트워크들의 통합적인 자원관리를 위해서는 고려해야 할 사항이 더욱 증가하게 된다. 본 논문에서는 여러 가지 고려요소를 바탕으로 최적의 선택을 결정하는 다기준 의사 기법의 하나인 Analytical Network Process (ANP)를 사용해 통합자원관리 방안을 제안하였다. 또한 본 논문에서는 우선 환경에서 널리 사용되고 있는 Adaptive Modulation and Coding (AMC)를 고려하여 채널 상태 (channel condition) 에 따라 할당되는 대역폭 모델을 제안하였다. 시뮬레이션에서는 자원관리시에 고려될 수 있는 다양한 요소를 적용하여 고려하는 요소에 따라 최적의 자원관리가 적용됨을 확인하였다.

• 한국항행학회논문지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.201-207
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• 2009

게임 이론을 적용한 기술은 전파 인지 시스템에서 전파 자원을 효율적으로 이용할 수 있는 유용한 방법으로 그 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 전파 자원 관리 시스템은 그 효율성에 따라서 전파 통신 시스템의 성능을 좌우하게 되므로 효율적인 알고리즘의 연구가 요구된다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 분산 전력 제어가 적응적으로 구현되도록 하기 위하여 게임 이론을 적용한 새로운 시도를 해석적으로 제안하였다. 기존의 연구 결과들은 전력 제어를 게임 이론적으로 해석하는 가능성만을 보인 반면, 본 논문에서는 전파 인지 네트워크에서 네쉬 균형 (Nash Equilibrium)을 구하는 구체적인 알고리즘을 제안하였다. 네트워크에 접속된 부사용자들이 공동으로 만족하는 네쉬 균형 즉, 최적 전력 제어를 달성하도록 하는 방법을 제안하였다. 특히, 전파 인지 네트워크가 DSSS (Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum) 기술을 사용할 경우를 가정하여 이에 대한 적응적 전력 제어를 위한 게임 이론적 모델을 적용하였다. 게임 이론적인 알고리즘을 적용한 결과 DSSS 네트워크에서 K=63이고 N=12인 경우 네쉬 균형에 도달하기 위한 반복 횟수가 최대 200 이하인 결과를 보였다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제11권11호
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• pp.5264-5281
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• 2017

Multihop relay-based cellular networks are attracting much interest because of their throughput enhancement, coverage extension, and low infrastructure cost. In these networks, relay stations (RSs) between a base station (BS) and mobile stations (MSs) drastically increase the overall spectral efficiency, with improved channel quality for MSs located at the cell edge or in shadow areas, and enhanced throughput of MSs in hot spots. These relay-based networks require an advanced radio resource management scheme because the optimal amount of radio resource for a BS-to-RS link should be allocated according to the MS channel quality and distribution, considering the interference among RSs and neighbor BSs. In this paper, we propose optimal resource planning algorithms that maximize the overall utility of relay-based networks under a proportional fair scheduling policy. In the first phase, we determine an optimal scheduling policy for distributing BS-to-RS link resources to RSs. In the second phase, we determine the optimal amount of the BS-to-RS link resources using the results of the first phase. The proposed algorithms efficiently calculate the optimal amount of resource without exhaustive searches, and their accuracy is verified by comparison with simulation results, in which the algorithms show a perfect match with simulations.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제42권3호
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• pp.562-565
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• 2017

본 논문에서는 다수의 머신 노드들이 동시에 LTE 시스템에 액세스 요청하고, 상향 링크 패킷을 전송하는 7단계 전송 과정을 고려한다. 모델링을 통해서 무선 자원 사용량을 분석하고, 부하가 집중되는 리소스를 파악한다. 시뮬레이션 결과를 통해 하향 링크 제어 채널인 PDCCH (physical down link control channel)의 사용률이 머신 노드의 수의 증가에 따라 급속도로 증가함을 보여준다. 이를 해결하기 위해 본 논문에서는 하향 링크 공유 채널인 PDSCH (physical downlink shared channel) 자원을 PDCCH에 할당한다. 이를 통해 PDCCH 자원 사용률이 개선 되었음을 보인다.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.368-374
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• 2009

This paper focuses on a distributed multiple spectrum pricing scheme to maximize system capacity in next generation multiaccess systems, where multimode user equipments (MUEs) can connect simultaneously to multiple base stations (BSs) with multiple radio access technologies (RATs). The multi-price based scheme provides a distributed decision making for an optimal solution where radio resource allocations are determined by each MUE, unlike most centralized mechanisms where BS controls the whole radio resource. By the proposed optimal solution, MUEs can decide their share of spectrum bands and power allocation according to the spectrum price of each RAT, and at the same time the multiaccess system can achieve maximized total throughput. Numerical analysis shows that the proposed scheme achieves the maximal capacity by distributed resource allocation for the multiaccess system.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제8권8호
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• pp.2590-2606
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• 2014

A problem related to deployment of femtocells is how to manage access of users to radio resources. On one hand, all resources of the femtocell can be reserved for users belonging to a closed subscriber group (CSG), which is a set of users defined by a femtocell subscriber. This approach, known as closed access, however, increases interference to users not included in the CSG as those users do not have a permission to access this femtocell. Contrary, resources can be shared by all users with no priority in an open access mode. In this case, the femtocell subscriber shares radio as well as backhaul resources with all other users. Thus, throughput and quality of service of the subscriber and the CSG users can be deteriorated. To satisfy both the CSG as well as non-CSG users, a hybrid access is seen as a compromise. In this paper, we propose a new approach for sharing radio resources among all users. As in common cases, the CSG users have a priority for usage of a part of resources while rest of the resources is shared by all users proportionally to their requirements. As the simulation results show, the proposed resource sharing scheme significantly improves throughput of the CSG users and their satisfaction with granted bitrates. At the same time, throughput and satisfaction of the non-CSG users is still guaranteed roughly at the same level as if conventional sharing schemes are applied.