A Study on the Valuation of Call Quality in Korean Mobile Communication Industry

Kim, Mincheol,Lee, Hyungseok The Korean Institute of Communications and Informa 2001 韓國通信學會論文誌 Vol.26 No.7

The purpose of this paper is to test whether prices of mobile communication service reflect their varying degrees of call quality, controlling for other service attributes. As, in fact, service is intangible goods difficult to measure its value, this paper makes use of econometric model, hedonic price analysis. Hedonic price analysis, has ever been applied in public or environmental economics, is employed and produces estimates of the prices (or the contributions toward the total price) for each characteristic. This paper applied hedonic technique to the value measurement of a service property for the use of Korean mobile communication. This paper uses actual transaction prices of mobile communication service to determine whether or not the market functions in pricing call quality of mobile communication service. Finally, this show that the willingness to pay of consumer increases as call quality increases and so market makes prices on call qualities. Thus, major concern in this paper is about value measurement o service quality, and also suggest of the possibility to determine call quality value (or price) of mobile communication service.

Performance enhancement of GSO FSS TCP/IP network

홍완표,Hong, Wan-Pyo The Korean Institute of Communications and Informa 2007 韓國通信學會論文誌 Vol.32 No.2B

This paper studied the transmission control protocol over IP network to enhance the performance of the GSO satellite communication networks. The focus of this study is how to reduce the long round trip time and the transmission data rates over satellite link in the bidirectional satellite network. To do it, this study applied the caching and spoofing technology. The spoofing technology is used to reduce the required time for the link connection during communication. The caching technology is to improve the transmission bandwidth efficiency in the high transmission data rate link The tests and measurements in this study was performed in the commercial GSO communication satellite network and the terrestrial Internet network. The results of this paper show that the studied protocol in this paper highly enhance the performance of the bidirectional satellite communication network compare to the using TCP/IP satellite network protocol.

Signal Detection for 8 PSK and 16 QAM in EST-Based Modulation

권병욱,황태원,Kwon, Byung-Uk,Hwang, Tea-Won The Korean Institute of Communications and Informa 2011 韓國通信學會論文誌 Vol.36 No.11C

EST (Energy Spreading Transfonn) 기반의 변조는 광대역 무선통신에서 주파수 선택적 fading을 방지하는 효과적인 기술이다. 이 기법은 liner decoder의 복잡도를 가지면서 ISI (Inter-Symbol Interference)-free MFB (Matched Filter Bound) 에 근접한 성능을 나타낸다. EST 기반의 변조는 원래 QPSK에 대해 제안되었다. 하지만, 다중 fading 채널의 capacity를 최대한 이용하기 위해서 higher-order의 변조방식이 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 QPSK 에 대해 제안되었던 기존 EST 기반 변조를 재검토하고, 이를 8 PSK와 16 QAM으로 확장하는 것을 논의한다. 확장한 시스템의 성능은 Proakis B 채널과 8-tap fa이ng 채널에서의 가상실험을 통해 검증되었다. 8 PSK로 확장한 EST기반의 시스템은 MFB에 매우 근접한 성능을 보여주었지만 16 QAM으로 확장한 EST기반의 시스템은 MFB와의 성능 차이를 보여주었다. Energy spreading transform (EST) based modulation is an effective technique to combat frequency-selective fading in broadband wireless communication. It performs close to the inter-symbol interference (ISI)-free matched filter bound (MFB) only at the complexity of a linear detector. Originally, EST-based modulation has been proposed for QPSK. However, to fully utilize the capacity of multipath fading channels, higher-order modulations are also necessary. In this paper, we review the EST based modulation that has originally been proposed for QPSK and discuss its extension to 8 PSK and 16 QAM. The performance of the extended system is verified through simulation in Proakis B and 8-tap fading channel. The EST based modulation for 8 PSK shows the performance which is very close to MFB and the EST based modulation for 16 QAM shows the performance gap between its receiver and MFB.

Multi-Carrier Differential Chaos-Shift Keying with Repeated Spreading Sequence

Quyen, Nguyen Xuan The Korean Institute of Communications and Informa 2018 Journal of communications and networks Vol.20 No.3

This paper proposes a multi-carrier differential chaos-shift keying (MC-DCSK) system using repeated spreading sequence (RSS), namely RSS-MC-DCSK, for chaos-based wireless communications. In the proposed system, instead of transmitting the chaotic spreading sequence on a predefined subcarrier as in conventional MC-DCSK, a DCSK-modulated signal, of which each two-bit duration consisting of reference and data-bearing sequences is sent via this subcarrier. Meanwhile, a repeated spreading sequence is produced by copying the reference sequence of the DCSK-modulated signal to the same and next bit periods. The parallel bit streams are multiplied with this RSS and the resulting signals are then conveyed by corresponding subcarriers. In the receiver, the signal retrieved from the predefined subcarrier is DCSK-demodulated and simultaneously used to recover the repeated spreading sequence. The correlative demodulation is performed for all the signals retrieved from the remaining subcarriers to decode the data. The structure and operation of the proposed system are described. Bit error rate (BER) performance under a multipath Rayleigh fading channel is theoretically analyzed and then verified by numerical simulations. In addition, the BER performance, energy and spectral efficiencies of RSS-MC-DCSK are evaluated in comparison to those of MC-DCSK.

Smart Ship Container With M2M Technology

로네쉬 샤르마,이성로,Sharma, Ronesh,Lee, Seong Ro The Korean Institute of Communications and Informa 2013 韓國通信學會論文誌 Vol.38 No.3C

현대 정보 기술은 새롭고 개선된 방법으로 여러 산업들에 지속적인 제공을 하고 있다. 본 논문에서 고려한 스마트 컨테이너 공급망 관리는 사물지능(M2M)통신의 급속한 발전과 함께 고성능 센서, 컴퓨터 비전, GPS, GSM을 기반으로 형성된다. 기존 공급망관리는 실시간 컨테이너 추적에 제한이 있다는 문제점을 가지고 있다. 본 논문은 인터럽트 및 보통 정기적인 알림에 대한 컨테이너 식별 시스템과 자동 알림 시스템의 개발과 실시간 컨테이너 공급망관리의 연구 및 구현에 초점을 맞추었다. 첫째, 본 논문은 컨테이너 코드 식별 및 실시간 작업에 대해 컴퓨터 비전 라이브러리와 OCR 엔진을 비주얼 스튜디오 2010으로 구현된 식별 알고리즘을 제안하고 있다. 둘째는 실시간 컨테이너 추적 및 그 시스템의 한계에 대해 제공되는 현재 자동 알림 시스템에 대해 설명한다. 마지막으로 본 논문은 고성능 센서와 컴퓨터 비전과 함께 유비쿼터스 모바일 및 위성 네트워크와 실시간 컨테이너 추적 솔루션의 미래에 도전과 가능성을 요약하였다. 뛰어난 운영 및 보안 공급망관리의 우수한 전송을 제공하기 위해 이러한 모든 구성요소를 결합하였다. Modern information technologies continue to provide industries with new and improved methods. With the rapid development of Machine to Machine (M2M) communication, a smart container supply chain management is formed based on high performance sensors, computer vision, Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites, and Globle System for Mobile (GSM) communication. Existing supply chain management has limitation to real time container tracking. This paper focuses on the studies and implementation of real time container chain management with the development of the container identification system and automatic alert system for interrupts and for normal periodical alerts. The concept and methods of smart container modeling are introduced together with the structure explained prior to the implementation of smart container tracking alert system. Firstly, the paper introduces the container code identification and recognition algorithm implemented in visual studio 2010 with Opencv (computer vision library) and Tesseract (OCR engine) for real time operation. Secondly it discusses the current automatic alert system provided for real time container tracking and the limitations of those systems. Finally the paper summarizes the challenges and the possibilities for the future work for real time container tracking solutions with the ubiquitous mobile and satellite network together with the high performance sensors and computer vision. All of those components combine to provide an excellent delivery of supply chain management with outstanding operation and security.

Blood Pressure Cuff Bladders Tailored For Koreans

황락훈,박우성,나승권,Hwang, Lark Hoon,Park, Woo Sung,Na, Seung Kwon The Korean Institute of Communications and Informa 2013 韓國通信學會論文誌 Vol.38 No.9(통신이론)

고혈압은 임상 현장에서 매우 흔한 질환인데 그 유병률이 국제적으로 상승세를 보이고 있다. 고혈압의 폐해는 너무 많으며 여러 장기들에 영향을 미친다. 필요 시 보통 평생 동안 치료해야 한다. 한국질병관리본부에 따르면 고혈압 유병률이 날로 증가하고 있다. 2011 조사에서 성인 중 28.9%가 고혈압이었으며, 여자 보다 남자가 약간 더 높았다. 환자를 분류하고, 혈압관련 위험을 확인하고 그리고 치료법을 안내하는 데 있어 정확한 혈압 측정은 필수적이다. 혈압계의 정확도에 영향을 미치는 요인 중 블래더 크기의 일탈이 장비 에러의 주된 원인이 된다. 혈압을 정확히 측정하기 위해, 위 팔 중심의 둘레에 따른 올바른 크기의 블래더 사용은 필수적이다. 시중의 혈압계를 조사한 결과, 커프 블래더들이 국제 규격 ISO 81060-1:2007에서 권유된 크기와 다름을 알 수 있었다. 블래더가 클 경우 혈압이 더 낮게 나오고, 더 작을 경우 더 높게 나온다는 것은 잘 알려져 있다. 미)심장협회(AHA)가 권고하는 어른용 블래더의 크기는 17-25cm의 팔 둘레를 가진 작은 어른, 24-32 cm의 팔 둘레를 가진 어른, 32-42cm의 팔 둘레를 가진 대다수 어른, 그리고 42-50cm의 팔 둘레를 가진 비만 어른으로 구분 된다. 반면에 한국 어른의 팔 둘레는 23-31cm에 불과하므로 AHA의 어른용 블래더 한 가지에 해당한다. 23-31cm의 팔 둘레를 가진 한국 어른을 위한 블래더의 종류는 ISO 81060-1을 따를 경우 3 개의 블래더가 필요하다. 병원들은 어른 환자들을 위해 보통 하나 혹은 두 가지 크기의 서양식 커프를 사용한다. 이 때문에 일부 환자들은 정확한 혈압 측정을 기대할 수 없다. 한국인에서 취합한 인체치수 참조 데이터에 기초한 블래더의 크기는 한국에서 가장 정확한 혈압을 측정하는데 도움이 될 것이다. Hypertension is one of the most common clinical diseases, with an increasing prevalence globally. Hypertension triggers various harmful consequences and affects multiple organs. Life-long care may be required in some cases. According to the Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the prevalence of hypertension is gradually increasing. A 2011 survey revealed that 28.9% of Korean adults had hypertension. The prevalence rates were slightly higher among men than women. Accurate measurement of blood pressure(BP) is crucial to classify patients, to identify BP-related risks, and to inform correct treatment. For accurate blood pressure measurement, the use of a cuff bladder size appropriate for the mid-upper arm circumference(MUAC) is essential. Incorrect sized cuff bladder is one of the main causes of equipment error affecting sphygmomanometer accuracy. When commercial sphygmomanometers were examined, the cuff bladders differed from the dimensions specified in the ISO 81060-1:2007 standards. Undercuffing is responsible for a spurious overestimation of BP in patients with large arms leading to overdiagnosis of hypertension, whereas overcuffing (that is, use of relatively large cuffs with small arms), may be responsible for an opposite problem, leading to erroneous underestimation of BP levels. The cuff bladder sizes recommended by the American Heart Association(AHA) are an arm circumference(AC) of 17-25 cm for small-sized adults, AC of 24-32 cm for adults, AC of 32-42 cm for normal-sized adults, and AC of 42-50 cm for obese adults. In contrast, the AC of Korean adults ranges from 23-31 cm, belonging to a single type of adult bladder. Three types of bladders are necessary for Korean adults with an AC of 23-31cm. Hospitals often use one or two differently-sized Western cuffs for adult patients, which can yield inaccurate BP determinations. Cuff bladders with dimensions based on anthropometric reference data obtained from Koreans will aid hospitals to measure BP more accurately.

Communication Event-driven Power Management for Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Network

황광일,Hwang, Kwang-Il The Korean Institute of Communications and Informa 2007 韓國通信學會論文誌 Vol.32 No.7b

무선 센서 네트워크에서 가장 큰 문제 중의 한 가지는 네트워크를 구성함에 있어 에너지 소모를 최소화하는데 있다. 센서 네트워크에서 에너지를 효율적으로 사용하기 위해서 주로 다음과 같은 두 종류의 방식을 사용한다. 한 가지는 동적 전력 관리를 사용하는 것이며, 다른 한 가지는 에너지 효율적인 프로토콜을 사용하는 것이다. 전자의 경우 전원 관리자는 해당하는 이벤트들에 대해서 CPU와 해당 I/O들의 적절한 전원 상태를 관리할 책임이 있다. 하지만, 주어진 프로토콜의 내부 동작에 대해서는 관여하지 못한다. 그것은 충돌 등으로 인한 통신 상태에서의 지연에 의한 불필요한 에너지를 낭비할 가능성이 크다. 반면에 에너지 효율적인 프로토콜들은 단지 무선 모뎀의 전원 상태만을 고려한다. 본 논문에서 우리는 통신 이벤트 기반의 전력 관리를 통한 무선 센서 노드들의 불필요한 전력 소비를 충분히 줄일 수 있는 에너지 효율적인 전력 관리 방안을 제안하고, 시뮬레이션을 통해 제안하는 전력 관리 방식이 상당한 에너지를 절약 할 수 있음을 보인다. It is well known that the biggest problem of wireless sensor networks is power conservation. There have been two major approaches to efficiently use energy in wireless sensor networks. One is to use a dynamic power management scheme and the other is to use energy efficient protocols. In the former, the power manager is responsible for managing the proper power state of CPU and each I/O with respect to the events, but the power manager does not concern about the internal operation of the underlying network protocols. Thus such conventional power managers can waste unpredicted power during communication period. On the other hand, the energy efficient protocols are just focused on the power saving operation of the radio PHY. In this paper, we introduce an energy-efficient power saving mechanism that can significantly reduce unwanted power consumption of wireless sensor nodes through the communication event-driven power management. We show that our scheme improves the energy conservation in the entire network through simulations.

SER/BER Analysis for 2-by-N MIMO-STBC Systems in Rayleigh Fading Channels

길계태,이성춘,현광민,Gil, Gye-Tae,Lee, Seong-Choon,Hyun, Kwang-Min The Korean Institute of Communications and Informa 2010 韓國通信學會論文誌 Vol.35 No.6c

In this paper, novel approximated closed-form expressions of the SER(Symbol Error Rate) and BER(Bit Error Rate) are presented for the multi-input multi-output space-time block coding(MIMO-STBC) system employing two transmit and N receive antenna(s) in Rayleigh fading channels. Assuming a zero-forcing equalizer and a single-symbol maximum-likelihood (ML) decoder, the formulas are derived for the SER and BER, and then their approximated counterparts are also derived. In the derivation of the approximated expressions, acurve-fitting model is adopted that can eliminate the integral operators in the exact expressions.

Adjacent Interference Analysis between M-WiMAX OFDMA/TDD and WCDMA FDD System in the 2.6 GHz Band Part II : Adjacent Interference Analysis with Smart Antenna in M-WiMAX System

왕우붕,고상준,장경희,Wang, Yu-Peng,Ko, Sang-Jun,Chang, Kyung-Hi The Korean Institute of Communications and Informa 2007 韓國通信學會論文誌 Vol.32 No.6a

This paper presents the coexistence issues between M-WiMAX TDD and WCDMA FDD systems. To improve the M-WiMAX system performance and to reduce the adjacent channel interference to WCDMA FDD system, transmit and receive beamforming techniques are applied in the base stations of M-WiMAX system. Furthermore, we propose an adjacent channel interference modeling methodology, which captures the effect of transmit beamforming on the adjacent channel interference. Besides, we verify the performance improvement in the uplink of WCDMA system due to the transmit beamforming in M-WiMAX downlink based on the proposed adjacent channel interference modeling methodology. We also verify the performance enhancement due to the receive beamforming in the uplink of M-WiMAX system through system level Monte Carlo simulations, considering random user position, the effect of shadowing and multi-path fading channel. Discussions on the gain of applying transmit and receive beamforming in M-WiMAX system comparing the case of SISO system are also included. Furthermore, we present the performance of cosited M-WiMAX and WCDMA systems, considering commercial deployment, additional channel filter at base stations and the effects of TxBF and RxBF.

SN-Protected Network Entry Process for IEEE 802.16 Mesh Network

임립상,유상조,Lixiang, Lin,Yoo, Sang-Jo The Korean Institute of Communications and Informa 2010 韓國通信學會論文誌 Vol.35 No.6b

The workgroup of IEEE 802 proposed the IEEE 802.16 standard, also known as WiMAX, to provide broadband wireless access (BWA). The standard specifies two operational modes, one is popular PMP mode, and the other is optional mesh mode. In the mesh mode, the network entry process-NetEntry is the pivotal procedure for mesh network topology formulation and thus, influences the accessibility of whole mesh network. Unfortunately, the NetEntry process suffers from the hidden neighbor problem, in which new neighborship emerges after a new node comes in and results in possible collisions. In this paper, we propose a new SN-protected NetEntry process to address the problem. Simulation results show that the new proposed NetEntry process is more stable compared with the standard-based NetEntry process.