• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.156-162
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• 2017

This paper investigates two-hop extension communication in wireless body area networks. Many previous studies have demonstrated that two-hop extended topology outperforms single-hop topology. Although many researchers have proposed using two-hop extension communication to improve link reliability, no one has considered using a relay selection algorithm or provided a suitable solution for wireless body area networks. The design goal of the proposed algorithm is selecting a proper relay node to retransmit failed packets distributively. The proposed algorithm configures the carrier sensing period to choose one relay node promptly without requiring additional interaction. We analyze the link conditions corresponding to various body postures and investigate which factors are proper to determine the carrier sensing period. The empirical results show that the proposed algorithm reduces the expected number of transmissions required to deliver a packet successfully.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.633-638
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• 2011

In this paper, we consider resource allocation with proportional fairness in the downlink orthogonal frequency division multiple access relay networks, in which relay nodes operate in decode-and-forward mode. A joint optimization problem is formulated for relay selection, subcarrier assignment and power allocation. Since the formulated primal problem is nondeterministic polynomial time-complete, we make continuous relaxation and solve the dual problem by Lagrangian dual decomposition method. A near-optimal solution is obtained using Karush-Kuhn-Tucker conditions. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm provides superior system throughput and much better fairness among users comparing with a heuristic algorithm.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.1390-1405
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• 2014

This paper investigates optimal relay selection and power allocation under an aggregate power constraint for cooperative wireless sensor networks assisted by amplify-and-forward relay nodes. By considering both transmission power and circuit power consumptions, the received signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) at the destination node is calculated, based on which, a relay selection and power allocation scheme is developed. The core idea is to adaptively adjust the selected relays and their transmission power to maximize the received SNR according to the channel state information. The proposed scheme is derived by recasting the optimization problem into a three-layered problem-determining the number of relays to be activated, selecting the active relays, and performing power allocation among the selected relays. Monte Carlo simulation results demonstrate that the proposed scheme provides a higher received SNR and a lower bit error rate as compared to the average power allocation scheme.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.103-110
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• 2021

본 논문에서는 5G 무선 네트워크 D2D 시스템에서 수행될 수 있는 두 가지 액세스 제어 메커니즘들을 비교해 보고 효과적인 액세스 제어 기법을 제안한다. 현재 5G D2D 시스템에서는 액세스 제어 기법이 표준 규격에 제정 되어 있지 않고 있으나, 두 가지 액세스 제어 기법들이 가능하다. 하나의 방식으로는 UE-to-Network Relay 기반의 액세스 제어 기법이고, 다른 하나의 방식으로는 Remote UE 기반의 액세스 제어 기법이다. 전자의 경우는 UE-to-Network Relay가 액세스 제어 검사를 수행하는 것이며, 후자의 경우는 Remote UE가 액세스 제어 검사를 직접 수행하는 방식이다. 실험 평가 결과, 본 논문에서는 5G 무선 네트워크 D2D 시스템에서 효율적인 액세스 제어 방안으로써 Remote UE 기반의 액세스 제어 기법을 최종 제안한다. Remote UE 기반의 액세스 제어 기법은 UE-to-Network Relay 기반의 액세스 제어 기법이 비하여, 신호 오버헤드를 최소화하고, 서로 액세스 제어 기능들이 다른 경우 보다 효율적인 액세스 제어 검사를 수행할 수 있다.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.186-193
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• 2008

A two-hop multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) relay network which comprises a multiple antenna source, an amplify-and-forward MIMO relay and many potential users are studied in this paper. Consider the achievable sum rate as the performance metric, a joint design method for the processing units of the BS and relay node is proposed. The optimal structures are given, which decompose the multiuser MIMO relay channel into several parallel single-input single-output relay channels. With these structures, the signal-to-noise ratio at the destination users is derived; and the power allocation is proved to be a convex problem. We also show that high sum rate can be achieved by pairing each link according to its magnitude. The sum rate of three broadcast strategies, time division multiple access (TDMA) to the strongest user, dirty paper coding (DPC), and beamforming (BF) are investigated. The sum rate bounds of these strategies and the sum capacity (achieved by DPC) gain over TDMA and BF are given. With these results, it can be easily obtained that how far away TDMA and BF are from being optimal in terms of the achievable sum rate.

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.55-64
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• 2013

본 논문에서는 UWB 기술 기반 무선 USB(WUSB) 프로토콜에서, 디바이스들의 이동성으로 인해 발생하는 Private Distributed Reservation Protocol (DRP) 예약 충돌 현상을 분석한다. 그리고 Private DRP 예약 충돌시 발생하는 성능 저하를 감소시키기 위해 Private DRP 릴레이 통신 기술을 제안한다. 본 논문에서 제안하는 Private DRP 릴레이 통신 프로토콜은 충돌대상 디바이스에게 예약된 자원을 유지할 수 있도록 Direct Link 뿐만 아니라, Private DRP 예약 충돌 시 릴레이 노드를 경유하여 또 다른 Indirect Link 링크를 빠르게 예약할 수 있는 분산적인 자원 예약 프로토콜을 제안한다.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.156-162
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• 2008

Cooperative relays can provide spatial diversity and improve performance of wireless communications. In this paper, we study subcarrier power allocation at the relays for orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM)-based wireless systems. For cooperative relay with amplify-and-forward (AF) and decode-and-forward (DF) algorithms, we investigate the impact of power allocation to the mutual information between the source and destination. From our simulation results on word~error-rate (WER) performance, we find that the DF algorithm with power allocation provides better performance than that of AF algorithm in a single path relay network because the former is able to eliminate channel noise at each relay. For the multiple path relay network, however, the network structure is already resistant to noise and channel distortion, and AF approach is a more attractive choice due to its lower complexity.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제9권10호
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• pp.3945-3964
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• 2015

Since the decentralized structure and the blindness of a large-scale wireless network make it difficult to collect the real-time channel state or other information from random distributed relays, a fundamental question is whether it is feasible to perform the relay selection without this knowledge. In this paper, a Slotted ALOHA based Greedy Relay Selection (SAGRS) scheme is presented. The proposed scheme allows the relays satisfying the user's minimum transmission request to compete for selection by randomly accessing the channel through the slotted ALOHA protocol without the need for the information collection procedure. Moreover, a greedy selection mechanism is introduced with which a user can wait for an even better relay when a suitable one is successfully stored. The optimal access probability of a relay is determined through the utilization of the available relay region, a geographical region consisting of all the relays that satisfy the minimum transmission demand of the user. The average number of the selection slots and the failure probability of the scheme are analyzed in this paper. By simulations, the validation and the effectiveness of the SAGRS scheme are confirmed. With a balance between the selection slots and the instantaneous rate of the selected relay, the proposed scheme outperforms other random access selection schemes.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.389-405
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• 2014

Outdated Channel State Information (CSI) was proved to have negative effect on performance in two-way relay networks. The diversity order of widely used opportunistic relay selection (ORS) was degraded to unity in networks with outdated CSI. This paper proposed a multiple relay selection scheme for amplify-and-forward (AF) based two-way relay networks (TWRN) with outdated CSI. In this scheme, two sources exchange information through more than one relays. We firstly select N best relays out of all candidate relays with respect to signal-noise ratio (SNR). Then, the ratios of the SNRs on the rest of the candidate relays to that of the Nth highest SNR are tested against a normalized threshold ${\mu}{\in}[0,1]$, and only those relays passing this test are selected in addition to the N best relays. Expressions of outage probability, average bit error rate (BER) and ergodic channel capacity were obtained in closed-form for the proposed scheme. Numerical results and Simulations verified our theoretical analyses, and showed that the proposed scheme had significant gains comparing with conventional ORS.

• 한국정보과학회논문지:컴퓨팅의 실제 및 레터
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• 제14권7호
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• pp.743-747
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• 2008

이질적 무선 셀들의 계층적인 오버레이는 차세대 무선망을 위해서 예상되는 구조로 여겨지고 있다. 본 논문은 그러한 특별한 형식의 구조로서 WWAN/WLAN 2-홉 무선 중계 네트워크를 고려하였다. 먼저 이러한 망의 내부에서 기존의 PF 스케줄링 기법이 일으킬 수 있는 문제점을 구성하였다. 그리고 이 문제점을 해결하기 위해서 향상된 PF 스케줄링 기법을 제시하였다. 새롭게 제시된 기법에 대한 검증을 위해서, NS-2를 사용하여 UMTS/WLAN망에서의 시뮬레이션을 진행하였고, 그것을 기반으로 성능을 평가하였다.