• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제32권6B호
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• pp.316-324
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• 2007

In this paper we proposed an energy consumption model for IR-UWB wireless sensor networks. The model takes the advantages of PHY-MAC cross layer design, and we used slotted and un-slotted sleeping protocols to compare the energy consumption. We addressed different system design issues that are responsible to energy consumption and proposed an optimum model for the system design. We expect the slotted sleeping will consume less energy for bursty load than that of the un-slotted one. But if we consider latency, the un-slotted sleeping model performs better than the slotted sleeping case.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.39-43
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• 2006

In this paper, we proposed TASL-MAC, a medium-access control (MAC) protocol for wireless sensor networks. In wireless sensor networks, sensor nodes are usually deployed in a special environment, are assigned with long-term work, and are supported by a limited battery. As such, reducing the energy consumption becomes the primary concern with regard to wireless sensor networks. At the same time, reducing the latency in multi-hop data transmission is also very important. In the existing research, sensor nodes are expected to be switched to the sleep mode in order to reduce energy consumption. However, the existing proposals tended to assign the sensors with a fixed Sleep/Listening schedule, which causes unnecessary idle listening problems and conspicuous transmission latency due to the diversity of the traffic-load in the network. TASL-MAC is designed to dynamically adjust the duty listening time based on traffic load. This protocol enables the node with a proper data transfer rate to satisfy the application's requirements. Meanwhile, it can lead to much greater power efficiency by prolonging the nodes' sleeping time when the traffic. We evaluate our implementation of TASL-MAC in NS-2. The evaluation result indicates that our proposal could explicitly reduce packet delivery latency, and that it could also significantly prolong the lifetime of the entire network when traffic is low.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.602-608
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• 2015

In this paper, the limited error tracking problem is investigated for distributed leader-following wireless sensor networks (LFWSNs), where all sensors share data by the local communications, follower sensors are influenced by leader sensors directly or indirectly, but not vice versa, all sensor nodes track a reference state that is determined by the states of all leader sensors, and tracking errors are limited. In a LFWSN, the communicating graph is mainly expressed by some complete subgraphs; if we fix subgraphs that are composed of all leaders while all nodes in complete subgraphs of followers run on the sleeping-awaking method, then the fixed leaders and varying followers topology is obtained, and the switching topology is expressed by a Markov chain. It is supposed that the measurements of all sensors are corrupted by additive noises. Accordingly, the limited error tracking protocol is proposed. Based on the theory of asymptotic boundedness in mean square, it is shown that LFWSN keeps the limited error tracking under the designed protocol.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.421-429
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• 2014

We consider the problem of scheduling communications in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) to ensure battery preservation through the use of the sleeping mode of sensors.We propose a communication protocol for 1-hop WSNs and extend it to multi-hop WSNs through the use of a 1-hop clustering algorithm.We propose to schedule communications in each cluster in a virtual communication ring so as to avoid collisions. Since clusters are cliques, only one sensor can speak or listen in a cluster at a time, and all sensors need to speak in each of their clusters at least once to realize the communication protocol. We model this situation as a mathematical program.

• 재활간호학회지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.97-104
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• 2010

Purpose: This study was to investigate difficulties in daily activities and tingling from patients having treatment of FOLFOX chemotherapy after colon resection. Method: This study included 103 patients hospitalized for FOLFOX chemotherapy in one of the university affiliated hospital from August 1, 2008 through September 30, 2009. Data were collected using the questionnaire comprised general symptoms, tingling, difficulties in daily activities and coping behavior. Using the SPSS 14.0 program, data analytic methods include Chi-Square test, ANOVA, Scheffe's test. Results: The tingling sensation occurred in hands, feet, mouth, throat. Contacts with cold objects and the number of chemotherapy cycle worsen tingling sensation. Patients experienced difficulties in daily activities such as personal hygiene, kitchen work, eating cold food, sleeping cold, using fine motors like button up, writing, or using knife. The coping behavior included drinking warm water, sleeping warm, using gloves and socks, wearing comfortable shoes, massaging hands and getting help from supporters. Conclusion: An educational guideline for promoting coping behavior to relieve tingling sensation and difficulty in daily living in patients with FOLFOX chemotherapy is needed.

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.20-24
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• 2009

센서 노드는 제한된 에너지를 가지고 동작한다. 대부분의 경우에, 에너지가 고간된 배터리를 교체하거나 재충전하는 것은 바람직하지 않거나 불가능하다. 따라서 MAC프로토콜 디자인에서 에너지 소모를 줄이는 것은 매우 중요한 문제 중 하나이다. 하지만, 센서 응용이 지연에 민감할 경우, 지연이 매우 중요한 요소이고, 이 지연은 에너지 소비와 트레이드오프하게 된다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 에너지 소모를 줄이고, 낮은 지연을 얻을 수 있는 MAC프로토콜을 제안한다. 이 프로토콜은 DSMAC을 기반으로, 동적으로 경로 사이의 상대적인 buffer의 패킷의 양에 따라서 duty cycle를 변경하게 된다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제17권12호
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• pp.1273-1277
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• 2011

This paper proposes a control-based approach for duty cycle adaptation in wireless sensor networks. The proposed method, QCon, controls duty cycle through queue management in order to achieve high performance under variable traffic rates. To minimize energy consumption while meeting delay requirement, we design a feedback controller, which adapts the sleeping time according to dynamically changing traffic by constraining the queue length at a predetermined value. Based on control theory, we analyze the adaptive behavior of QCon and derive conditions for system stability. Results from asymptotic analysis and simulations indicate that QCon outperforms existing scheduling protocol by achieving more energy savings while satisfying delay requirement.

• 한국정보과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보과학회 2006년도 가을 학술발표논문집 Vol.33 No.2 (D)
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• pp.240-244
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• 2006

무선 센서 네트워크의 노드들은 소형으로써 배터리로 작동하고, 사용자로부터 원거리 또는 산악지대와 같이 배터리 교체가 쉽지 않은 곳에 배치되기 때문에 한정된 에너지를 효율적으로 사용하는 기술이 매우 중요하다. 이를 위해서 같은 지역에 대해 중첩되게 센싱하고 있는 노드들이 있다면 적정한 수의 노드만 활동하게 하고 나머지는 활동하지 않게 함으로써 노드들의 에너지 사용 효율을 높일 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 센서 노드가 유효센싱범위(ESA, Effective Sensing Area)를 계산하여 threshold초과 여부에 따라 working/sleeping하도록 함으로써 중첩되는 센싱범위를 최소화 하고 전체 센싱 커버리지를 유지시키면서 네트워크 수명을 증가시키는 스케줄링 프로토콜을 제안한다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제34권6A호
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• pp.506-514
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• 2009

센서 네트워크를 위한 MAC 프로토콜들은 전력 소모를 최소화하기 위해 낮은 듀티 사이클(Duty Cycle)을 사용한다. 그 중에서 RMAC [4]의 경우 Pioneer(PION) 프레임을 이용하여 한 주기 내에 여러 홉을 전송한다. 본 논문에서는 HE-MAC(Hop-Extended MAC)이라는 홉 연장 프로토콜을 제안한다. HE-MAC의 데이터 전송은 기존 RMAC과는 달리 한 주기 내에 전달될 수 있는 최대 홉 수 정보가 포함된 Explorer(EXP)를 이용하여 이루어진다. EXP의 정보와 Ready-to-Receive(RTR) 상태를 이용하여 RMAC에 비해 2홉을 늘림으로써 평균 전송 지연 시간을 감소시킨다. 또한, 적응적 슬립을 통하여 불필요한 전력 소모를 최소화할 뿐만 아니라 RMAC에서 나타나는 잦은 트래픽(Traffic)으로 인한 패킷 역전 문제를 해결한다. HE-MAC의 패킷 전송 지연시간을 수학적으로 분석하였으며, ns-2를 이용한 모의실험을 통해 성능평가를 하였다. 300개의 노드가 배치된 랜덤 토폴로지에서 HE-MAC은 RMAC에 비해 전력 소모량과 평균 전승 지연 시간을 14%, 20%만큼 감소시킨다.

• 대한한의학회지
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.40-46
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• 2010

Objective: This study investigated the therapeutic possibility of natural therapy in atopy-camp for children with atopic dermatitis. Methods: 30 children (19 boys and 11 girls, median age 11.5 years, ranging from 9 to 15) participated in natural environment-based activities in a camp-village located in Geumsan-gun for five days. Assessment of symptom change was conducted by self-reporting numeric scale (NRS) for pruritus and sleeping difficulty, investigator global assessment (IGA), eczema area and severity index (EASI score), serum histamine and IgE concentration before and after the camp period. Statistical significance was analyzed by paired t-test. Results: NRS for pruritus ($4.7{\pm}2.0$ into $4.3{\pm}2.1$), sleeping difficulty ($3.1{\pm}2.1$ into $2.9{\pm}2.0$), and serum histamine concentration ($4.27{\pm}7.39$ mol / L into $3.21{\pm}6.08$ mol / L) showed positive changes but didn't reach statistical significance (p > 0.05). IGA ($3.8{\pm}0.9$ into $4.13{\pm}1.0$), while EASI score ($10.8{\pm}9.7$ into $9.1{\pm}9.2$) and IgE ($408{\pm}320$ IU / mL into $385{\pm}3.8$ IU / mL) were significantly improved (p < 0.01). Conclusions: In spite of the limitation of the clinical trial protocol, this study may provide the possibility of natural environment-based therapy for children with atopic dermatitis.