• ETRI Journal
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.22-36
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• 1989

In this paper, a design and implementation of an efficient protocol verification system named LOVE has been described. The LOVE has been developed specifically for LOTOS. It performs not only protocol syntax validation (PSV) but also protocol functional verification(PFV). The PSV is a test to check if a protocol is free from protocol syntax errors such as deadlocks and livelocks. The PFV confirms whether or not a protocol achieves its functional objectives. For the PSV, the reachability analysis is employed, and the observational equivalence test is used for the PFV. For protocol verification using the LOVE, a schematic protocol verification methodology has been outlined.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.114-119
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• 2004

According to the computerization of railway signalling systems. the communication protocol for interface between these systems are required. Therefore the new communication protocol for railway signaling system is required. Generally, there are two verification method for new designed protocol in the industrial and academic fields. One is the laboratory testing method which is very popular and general technique. In our research the comparison between existing and new designed protocol for signaling is described and the verification test results are also represented. From these laboratory test, we are verified the conformance of new designed protocol. Another method is verified by formal method. The format verification method is widely used at safety-critical system design but this approach is nor popular at verification communication protocol. However it is very important to verify the safety of new designed protocol for railway signaling system because signaling systems are very safety-critical systems. So, the methodology for formal verification of designed protocol is also reviews in this paper.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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• v.43 no.2 s.344
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• pp.96-104
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• 2006

This paper presents design methodology, encient verification and implementation of a CAN protocol controller. The design methodology uses a heuristic technique to make the design flexible and cost effective. Using the design methodology, we created architecture for a CAN controller which has flexible and low cost features. For faster time-to-market and reliable operation of the designed CAN protocol controller, we p개posed a three-step verification process which uses three different kinds of verification techniques. The goal of this three-step verification is to reduce the number of test sequences in order to rapidly implement the design without loss of reliability for faster time-to-market. The designed CAN protocol controller was fabricated using a 0.35 micrometer CMOS technology.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• v.1 no.4
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• pp.513-519
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• 2006

As a very important part in development of the protocol, verifications for developed protocol specification are complementary techniques that are used to increase the level of confidence in the system functions by their specifications. Using the informal method for specifying the protocol, some ambiguity may be contained therein. This indwelling ambiguity in control systems can cause the occurrence of accidents, especially in the case of safety-critical systems. To clear the vagueness contained in the designed protocol, we use the LTS (Labeled Transition System) model to design the protocol for railway signaling. And then, we verify the safety and the liveness properties formally through the model checking method. The modal ${\mu}$-calculus, which is an expressive method of temporal logic, has been applied to the model checking method. We verify the safety and liveness properties of Korean standard protocol for railway signaling systems. To perform automatic verification of the safety and liveness properties of the designed protocol, a communication verification tool is implemented. The developed tools are implemented by C++ language under Windows XP. It is expected to increase the safety and reliability of communication protocol for signaling systems by using the developed communication verification tool.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2000.07b
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• pp.719-722
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• 2000

It is essential to develop the internetworking strategies between the OBP satellite B-ISDN and the terrestrial B-ISDN for the economical and efficient implementation of the future network infrastructure. We have considered the implementation issues of the emerging B-ISDN, especially interworking strategies of the terrestrial B-ISDN with the OBP satellite B-ISBN. We proposed interworking model between terrestrial B-ISDN and OBP satellite B-ISDN NNI signaling protocol, and describes the design and verification of the interworking protocol. For the verification, interworking protocol is modeled by Predicate/Action Net derived from Petri Net and the designed model is analyzed by reachability tree. Using Unix socket, the verified interworking protocol is implemented in two workstations and implemented interworking protocol is tested by local test method which is outstanding in error detection and recommended by ISO.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 1999.06a
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• pp.13-16
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• 1999

The terrestrial/satellite hybrid network may replace or supply the terrestrial network in some areas or certain application. Futhermore, it can play an important role in the development of B-ISDN due to their features of flexible wide coverage, independent of ground distances and geographical constraints, multiple access and multipoint broadcast. Also, satellite have the capability to supply terrestrial ATM and B-ISDN with flexible links for access networks as well as trunk networks. This paper describes the design and verification of the interworking protocol between terrestrial B-ISDN and satellite network. For the verification, the designed interworking protocol is modeled by Petri-net and analyzed by reachability tree.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.132-140
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• 2002

This paper presents an ARM-based SOC bus transaction verification IP and the usage experiences in SOC designs. The verification IP is an AMBA AHB protocol checker, which captures legal AHB transactions in FSM-style signal sequence checking routines. This checker can be considered as a reusable verification IP since it does not change unless the bus protocol changes. Our AHB protocol checker is designed to be scalable to any number of AHB masters and reusable for various AMBA-based SOC designs. The keys to the scalability and the reusability are Object-Oriented Programming (OOP), virtual port, and bind operation. This paper describes how OOP, virtual port, and bind features are used to implement AHB protocol checker. Using the AHB protocol checker, an AHB simulation monitor is constructed. The monitor checks the legal bus arbitration and detects the first cycle of an AHB transaction. Then it calls AHB protocol checker to check the expected AHB signal sequences. We integrate the AHB bus monitor into Verilog simulation environment to replace time-consuming visual waveform inspection, and it allows us to find design bugs quickly. This paper also discusses AMBA AHB bus transaction coverage metrics and AHB transaction coverage analysis. Test programs for five AHB masters of an SOC, four channel DMAs and a host interface unit are executed and transaction coverage for DMA verification is collected during simulation. These coverage results can be used to determine the weak point of test programs in terms of the number of bus transactions occurred and guide to improve the quality of the test programs. Also, the coverage results can be used to obtain bus utilization statistics since the bus cycles occupied by each AHB master can be obtained.

• Journal of KIISE:Information Networking
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• v.33 no.1
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• pp.1-8
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• 2006

Security protocols have usually been developed using informal design and verification techniques. However, many security protocols thought to be secure was found to be vulnerable later. Thus, the importance of formal specification and verification for analyzing the safely of protocols is increasing. With the rise of mobile communication networks, various mobile security protocols have been proposed. In this paper, we identify the security weakness of the ASK mobile Protocol using formal verification technique. In addition, we propose a new ASK protocol modifying its vulnerability and verify its robustness.

• Journal of KIISE:Computing Practices and Letters
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• v.8 no.6
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• pp.756-764
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• 2002

The verification portion of SoC design consumes about 70% of total design effort. To reduce the verification effort and time, it is necessary and desirable to raise the level of SoC design verifications level from the signal or cycle level to the transaction. This paper describes a generation method of transaction monitor modules that monitor interface signals, logging the transaction executions, and report transaction errors. The input of the generation method is a transaction-oriented interface protocol description.

• The Transactions of the Korea Information Processing Society
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• v.6 no.7
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• pp.1909-1918
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• 1999

The terrestrial/satellite hybrid network may replace or supply the terrestrial network in some areas or certain applications. For example, it may play a major role in global B-ISDN or in certain areas where the deployment of optical cable is not feasible, especially at the early stage of implementing terrestrial B-ISDN. Furthermore, it can play an important role in the development of B-ISDN due to their features of flexible wide coverage, independent of ground distances and geographical constraints, multiple access and multipoint broadcast. Also, satellite have the capability to supply terrestrial B-ISDN/ATM with flexible links for access networks as well as trunk networks. This paper describes the design and verification of the interworking protocol between terrestrial B-ISDN뭉 satellite network. For the verification, the designed interworking protocol is modeled by Petri-net and the model is analyzed by reachability tree.