• Journal of Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers
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• v.40 no.5
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• pp.520-525
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• 2014

When the PCF (Point Coordinated Function) MAC protocol is combined with the frame aggregation method to enhance the MAC performance in IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs, the formulae for the optimal frame aggregation level for best PCF MAC performance were derived in our previous study. We extend the formulae for the PCF protocol to derive the optimal frame aggregation level for the connectivity-based multipolling MAC protocol in IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs. By simulations, we compare the performances of IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs with the optimal and random frame aggregation levels. Compared with the random frame aggregation level, the optimal frame aggregation level significantly improves the performance of IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• v.1 no.4
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• pp.194-198
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• 2003

Recently, the use of TCP/IP protocols over wireless LANs poses significant problems. In this paper, we have analyzed transmission control protocol (TCP) packet transmission time for mobile IP over wireless local area networks (LANs) using a proposed a new random backoff scheme. We call it as a proxy backoff scheme. It is considered the transmission time of TCP packet on the orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) in additive white gaussian noise (AWGN) channel. From the results, a proposed proxy backoff scheme produces a better performance than an original random backoff in mobile IP over wireless LANs environment. Also, in OFDM/quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) medium access control (MAC), we have obtained that the transmission time in wireless channel decreases as the TCP packet size increases.

• Journal of Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers
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• v.37 no.2
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• pp.89-95
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• 2011

The distributed coordination function (DCF) and point coordination function (PCF) protocols are the basic MAC protocols for legacy IEEE 802.11, IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11e, IEEE 802.11g and IEEE 802.11n wireless LANs. When the DCF protocol is used for the various versions of IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs, the MAC performance seriously degrades due to the collisions among the stations (STAs) as more and more STAs attempt to transmit their data frames. On the other hand, the PCF MAC performance becomes poor when many STAs exist in IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs, however, only small number of STAs actually attempt to transmit their data frames. In this paper, we propose the algorithm for improving the MAC performance by selectively using the DCF and PCF protocols according to the state of IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs. Numerical examples are presented to show the MAC performance improvement by the selective use of the DCF and PCF protocols according to the network state.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.28 no.10B
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• pp.845-853
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• 2003

It is expected that wireless LANs will substitute wired LANs and will be tightly coupled with mobile cellular systems. In this integrated network environment, vertical handoff between wireless LANs and mobile cellular systems is needed. In this paper, we propose handoff procedures and requirements for implementing of the vertical handoff. The proposed vertical handoff procedures are likely to be use as a basic example lot implementing of the vertical handoff.

• Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.330-340
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• 2007

IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs employ the backoff algorithm to avoid contentions among STAs when two or more STAs attempt to transmit their data frames simultaneously. The MAC efficiency can be improved if the CW values are adaptively changed according to the channel state of IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs. In this paper, we propose a dynamic contention window control algorithm using the genetic algorithm to improve the MAC throughput of IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs.

• Journal of Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers
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• v.35 no.1
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• pp.119-128
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• 2009

In this paper, we analyze the effect of the data aggregation level on the MAC performance when RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) logistics data, which can be aggregated at RFID readers to reduce the transmission overhead, are transmitted in IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs. For various data aggregation levels, the throughputs and latencies of the DCF (Distributed Coordination Function) and PCF (Point Coordination Function) MAC protocols are analyzed by computer simulation. From the simulation analysis, we propose the appropriate input traffic load for real-time RFID logistics data transmitted in IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs.

• Journal of Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers
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• v.41 no.2
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• pp.220-224
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• 2015

The DCF (Dcistributed Coordination Function) and PCF (Point Coordination Function) are the basic MAC (Medium Access Control) protocols of IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs. According to the DCF, each node performs the exponential backoff algorithm before the transmission of its data frame. Each node doubles the backoff waiting time before the transmission of its data frame whenever it detects the transmission collision with other nodes. Therefore, as the number of the active nodes having the data frames to transmit increases, the overall MAC performance of the DCF decreases. On the other hand, according to the PCF, each node is granted the transmission opportunity by which the PCF transmission is possible without the collision with other nodes. Therefore, as the number of the active nodes increases, the MAC performance of the PCF increases, In this paper, considering the tradeoff of MAC performance between the DCF and PCF, a hybrid MAC protocol is proposed to enhance the performance of IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.5 no.6
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• pp.1045-1049
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• 2001

Wireless LANs in the 2.4 ㎓ ISM- band create a new Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) problem. We investigated the interference characteristics between such wireless LANs in the case of identical systems, systems with different technical parameters for modulation and demodulation, and using a Gaussian noise source as a disturbance source. Experimental results show that higher throughput is obtained when adjacent wireless LANs use different systems, and that interference characteristics can be evaluated experimentally using a Gaussian noise source. Calculated BER characteristics for the interference agree with experimental measurements, indicating that this calculation method can be used for the design of the wireless LAN network to avoid interference. It is possible to construct an efficient wireless LAN network by combining different wireless LAN systems.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.36 no.1B
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• pp.1-6
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• 2011

We have considered fast handoff algorithms to support seamless streaming in wireless LANs. It is impossible to provide seamless streaming service while moving within wireless LANs, In this paper, we proposed a new handoff algorithm where the critical value for handoff can be adjusted according to peripheral wireless circumstances. This algorithm can prevent an unnecessary scanning job and save handoff delay time through the active scanning procedure to the specific channel groups. Also, we evaluated the handoff performance of our proposed algorithm, and compared it with the performance of the existing wireless LAN. We can see that the performance with our proposal is better than that of the general wireless LAN.

• Journal of KIISE:Information Networking
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• v.32 no.3
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• pp.327-338
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• 2005

Since the IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs were known to have several critical weaknesses in the aspect of security, a lot of works have been done to reduce such weaknesses of the wireless LAN security, Among them IEEE 802.lli may be the ultimate long-term solution that requires new security platform with new wireless LAM products. However, it might not be the best solution for small organizations due to its high cost where the cost is a critical issue. This paper proposes FR-WEP, a light-weight key management for wireless LANs that can be used with small changes of the existing Products. FR-WEP is an extension to a lightweight key management, WEP'(9), which was proposed lately. It makes up for the weak points of WEP' by providing lightweight mutual authentication with both host keys and user keys, and seamless key-refresh for authenticated users with fast re-authentication. It would be a good alternative to the heavy standards for wireless LAN security, especially to small organizations hoping for better security.