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With the growing interest in both public and private 5G services based on millimeter wave (mmWave) communication for indoor usage scenarios such as smart factories, site design specialists are seeking sophisticated methods and tools for simulating indoor radio coverage based on highly accurate path loss prediction models. Although machine learning approaches can be used in path loss modeling thanks to the highly accurate prediction capability, their performance can be limited by the size of available measurement data set used for training. In this paper, we propose new approaches to train path loss models in the few-shot learning scenarios of smart factories. The proposed approaches are based on meta-learning with slight modifications to perform fine-tuning over an entire train data set rather than a meta-test data set. It is shown that the indoor path loss models based on convolutional neural networks (CNNs) trained by meta-learning based on three different meta-train task assignment schemes outperform both a conventional CNN model and an empirical model.

Radio propagation modeling and path loss prediction have been the subject of many machine learning-based estimation attempts. Our current work uses deep learning for the task in question, trying to exploit the potential of applying convolutional neural networks in order to perform predictions based on images. A comparison between data-driven and image-driven estimations has been carried out in order to assess the proposed method. The results show that an appropriately chosen image can, per se, be treated as an alternative to a vector of tabular data and produce reliable predictions. The effect of the image’s size has also been examined.

본 논문에서는 800 ~ 900 MHz 주파수 대역에서 러시아 PNG 지역에 오쿠무라-하타 모델을 적용하여 경로 손실식을 구하였다. 기존의 경로 손실 모델을 이용하여 러시아 PNG 지역의 새로운 경로 손실 특성식을 구하기 위해서, 최소 자승 평균 기법을 적용하여 기존 모델에 대한 수정치를 구하였다. 자유 공간 및 하타 모델과 측정치의 수정치가 28, 13 dB 임을 알 수 있었으며, 이 값을 적용하여 러시아 PNG 지역에 맞는 새로운 경로손실 모델을 제시하였다.

In this paper, we got the 800 ~ 900 MHz path loss model for Russia PNG area using the free space model and the Okumura-Hata Model. In order to add new regional properties to the existing path loss model, the mean square error technique is used to obtain the correction factor. The correction factors for the free space and the Hata model are 28, 13 dB respectively. By applying this correction factors, the new Russain PNG path loss model is proposed.

Radio channel characteristics of mobile nodes are quite different compared with the traditional stationary base station to mobile radio channel. Wireless link reliability estimation is necessary for self-organization of wireless mobile multihop networks. In this paper, we measure narrowband path loss measurements in a typical mobile-to-mobile radio environment. For application, we proposed a method to incorporate link reliability into path reliability evaluation and selection for multipath routing in wireless mobile networks. Simulations show that the proposed method has better performance.

본 논문에서는 SHA-3 프로젝트 현황을 살펴보고 SHA-3 2 라운드에 선정된 알고리즘들을 공격 형태, 안전성 분석 결과, 전체 구조 유형별로 분류한다. 또한, 국내 표준 해쉬 함수인 HAS-160 과 구현 효율성을 비교하여 해쉬 함수의 객관적인 비교 지표로 활용할 수 있도록 한다.

With the recent development of the 4th Industrial Revolution, efforts have been made to carry out communication in a smart factory, farm, etc. at low cost and reliably. Methods for utilizing empty frequencies using TVWS(TV White Space) have been studied which can be used locally within 30 km. However, there have not been many studies on Path-Loss model considering Korean environment. In this paper, the Path-Loss model is divided into LOS (Line Of Sight) and NLOS (None LOS). In case of LOS model, we checked the difference between Free space model, Friis model, 2-ray model and Hata model with measured data. In the case of NLOS model, we checked the difference between Lee Model, ITU-R526-3 Model with measured data. In order to overcome the difference in Korean environment, we derived a model that can be applied in LOS and NLOS and prove its usefulness through performance evaluation through simulation.

Correct prediction of path loss is a pivotal step of WiMAX network planning to estimate external interference level and cell radius accurately. In this paper, different path loss models are compared depending on various parameters like frequency, height of receiver antenna, distance between transmitter and receiver etc. For comparative analysis, COST 231 Hata model, COST 231 Walfisch-Ikegami model, Stanford University Interim (SUI) model, Ericsson model, ECC-33 model and Free Space Path Loss models are used in three different environments (Urban, Suburban and Rural environments). After analyzing the results, it is found that no single model is suited or recommended for all types of propagation environments at 2.5 GHz frequency band.

Mobile Ad-Hoc networks (MANETs) are collection of mobile nodes that dynamically forming a temporary network without pre-existing network infrastructure and communicate with its neighbors to perform peer to peer communication and transmission. It offers unique benefits and versatility for certain environments and certain applications. Since there is no prerequisite fixed infrastructure and base stations, they can be created and used anytime, anywhere. Propagation models focused on predicting the average received signal strength at a given distance from the transmitter, as well as the variability of the signal strength in close spatial proximity to a particular location. The accuracy of any particular propagation model in any given condition will depend on the suitability among the constraints required by the model and depend on terrain. A number of propagation models like Free Space and Two Ray ground have been exist. In this paper, we present comparative study on the behavior of various routing protocols with path loss propagation models, various performance metrics used for this comparison such as packet delivery fraction, average jitter, throughput and average end to end delay. The studies would be helpful in choosing the correct protocol for any active operating environment.

인지무선네트워크에서 기 사용자(primary user)의 위치를 정확하게 파악하는 것은 2차 사용자(secondary user) 들의 스펙트럼 이용 효율 향상 및 적절한 전력제어를 통한 기 사용자에 대한 간섭을 야기하는 것을 회피하는데 사용 될 수 있기 때문에 인지무선네트워크에서 매우 중요한 연구 주제이다. 노드의 위치를 추정하는 다양한 기법들 중, 수 신신호세기(RSS) 기반의 위치 추정 기법은 추가적인 하드웨어 자원 없이 쉽게 구현할 수 있어 일반적으로 가장 많이 사용되는 기법으로 인지무선네트워크에서도 사용될 수 있다. 하지만, 수신신호세기 기반의 위치 추정에서 노드간 거 리 측정은 수신된 신호 세기를 기반으로 이루어져 무선 채널 환경의 페이딩, 쉐도잉 그리고 장애물 등으로 인해서 거 리 추정의 오차가 생긴다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 수신신호세기 기반으로 기 사용자의 위치 측정의 정확도를 향상시키 기 위하여 전송 손실 지수(path loss exponent) 추정기반의 기 사용자 위치 검출 기법을 제안한다. 시뮬레이션 결과를 통해 제안된 방식이 기존 방식보다 기 사용자 위치 측정의 오차를 줄어 기 사용자에 대한 간섭률을 더 줄일 수 있음 을 보였다.

In cognitive radio networks, acquirement of position information of primary user is very important to secondary network since localization information of primary users can be utilized for improving the spectrum efficiency of secondary network and for avoiding harmful interference to primary users by using proper power control. Among various location methods, Received Signal Strength (RSS)-based localization has been widely used for distance measurements in the location detection process despite its inherent inaccuracy because it can be easily implemented without any additional hardware cost. In the RSS-based localization, the distance is measured by the received signal strength, and distance error can be caused by many factors such as fading, shadowing and obstacle between two nodes. In the paper, therefore we propose a localization scheme based on estimation of path-loss exponent to localize the location of primary users more accurately. Through simulations, it is shown that the proposed scheme can provide less localization error and interference rate to primary users than other schemes.

무선 센서 네트워크(WSN)에서 센서 노드의 위치 추정 기술 중 거리 기반의 위치 추정 기술은 거리 측정에 따라 센서 노드의 위치 추정의 정확성이 달라진다. 거리 기반의 위치 추정 기술에서 거리를 측정하는 많은 기술 중에 추가적인 장비 없이 쉽게 구현이 가능한 기술 중 하나는 수신 신호 세기이다. 그러나 수신신호세기 기반의 위치 추정 기법은 몇 가지 문제점을 고려해야 한다. 하나는 수신된 신호는 채널 환경에서 페이딩, 쉐도잉 그리고 장애물 등으로 인해서 거리 추정의 오차가 생긴다. 이로 인해서 센서 노드의 위치 추정의 정확성은 낮게 된다. 또 다른 하나는 거리 기반의 위치 추정 기술은 대부분 센서 노드에 의해서 자신의 위치를 추정한다는 것이다. 하지만 센서 노드의 한정된 배터리 용량 때문에 무선 센서 네트워크의 동작 시간이 감소하게 된다. 반면에 비콘 노드는 센서 노드보다 처리 능력과 배터리 용량이 더 높기 때문에 비콘 노드 기반 위치 추정 기법은 무선 센서 네트워크의 동작 시간을 연장 할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 비콘 노드에서 수신 신호 세기와 전력손실지수 추정을 활용하여 센서 노드의 위치를 추정하는 알고리즘을 제안함으로써 위의 문제점을 극복한다. 시뮬레이션을 통해서 제안한 기법을 검증한다.

In the range-based localization, the localization accuracy will be high dependent on the accuracy of distance measurement between two nodes. The received signal strength(RSS) is one of the simplest methods of distance measurement, and can be easily implemented in a ranging-based method. However, a RSS-based localization scheme has few problems. One problem is that the signal in the communication channel is affected by many factors such as fading, shadowing, obstacle, and etc, which makes the error of distance measurement occur and the localization accuracy of sensor node be low. The other problem is that the sensor node estimates its location for itself in most cases of the RSS-based localization schemes, which makes the sensor network life time be reduced due to the battery limit of sensor nodes. Since beacon nodes usually have more resources than sensor nodes in terms of computation ability and battery, the beacon node based localization scheme can expand the life time of the sensor network. In this paper, therefore we propose a beacon node based localization algorithm using received signal strength(RSS) and path loss calibration in order to overcome the aforementioned problems. Through simulations, we prove the efficiency of the proposed scheme.

무선 센서 네트워크에서, 각 노드들의 정확한 위치 정보를 파악하는 것은 효율적인 네트워크 환경 구축과 수집된 정보를 효율적으로 활용하기 위해 필수적이다. 노드의 위치를 추정하는 다양한 기법들 중, 일반적으로 많이 사용되는 수신신호세기(RSS) 기법은 추가적인 하드웨어 자원 없이 쉽게 구현될 수 있으나 채널의 상태 혹은 장애물 등 외부의 간섭으로 인한 신호의 왜곡 또는 감쇄가 발생하므로 이를 이용한 위치 추정 시 오차에 의한 영향을 충분히 고려하여야 한다. 위치 추정의 정확도를 향상시키기 위해, 일반적으로 충분한 수의 수신 신호 세기 표본의 획득하지만, 표본수가 늘어날수록 전송 시 에너지 소모가 발생한다. 본 논문에서는, 에너지 효율의 문제와 위치 추정의 정확도를 향상시키기 위해 전력 손실 지수 추정을 통한 베이지안 압축 센싱(Bayesian Compressive Sensing)을 사용하는 수신신호 세기 기반 위치 추정 기법을 제안한다. RSS 기반 위치 추정 시 중요한 요소인 전력 손실 지수의 추정을 통해, 실제 채널 환경에서의 적응적인 위치 추정을 가능하게 하며 또한 위치 추정의 정확도를 향상시킬 수 있다. 그리고 적은 수의 표본으로 신호를 복원하는 기술인 압축 센싱(Compressive Sensing) 기법을 무선 센서 네트워크에 적용함으로써 에너지 효율적인 위치 추정 기법을 가능하게 한다. 시뮬레이션 결과에서, 제안하는 기법은 적은 수의 측정으로 다수의 불특정 노드에 대한 정확한 위치 추정이 가능하게 하며 채널 환경에 상관없이 강인한 성능을 가짐을 확인하였다. 그리고 제안하는 방법은 압축된 수신 신호 세기를 취급하므로 네트워크 트래픽과 에너지 소모를 줄이는데 효율적임을 검증하였다.

In Wireless Sensor Network(WSN)s, the detection of precise location of each node is essential for utilizing sensing data acquired from sensor nodes effectively. Among various location methods, the received signal strength(RSS) based localization scheme is mostly preferable in many applications because it can be easily implemented without any additional hardware cost. Since a RSS-based localization scheme is mainly affected by radio channel or obstacles such as building and mountain between two nodes, the localization error can be inevitable. To enhance the accuracy of localization in RSS-based localization scheme, a number of RSS measurements are needed, which results in the energy consumption. In this paper, a RSS based localization using Bayesian Compressive Sensing(BSS) with path-loss exponent estimation is proposed to improve the accuracy of localization in the energy-efficient way. In the propose scheme, we can increase the adaptative, reliability and accuracy of localization by estimating the path-loss exponents between nodes, and further we can enhance the energy efficiency by the compressive sensing. Through the simulation, it is shown that the proposed scheme can enhance the location accuracy of multiple unknown nodes with fewer RSS measurements and is robust against the channel variation.

실내 위치인식 기술 중 하나인 WiFi Fingerprint는 기존의 WiFi access point(AP)의 거리에 따른 신호 세기를 활용하여 위치를 추정하는 편리함 때문에 많은 연구가 이루어지고 있다. 하지만 이 방식은 Radio map에 저장된 Reference point에 의존하기 때문에 다른 방식에 비해 위치의 분해능이 떨어지고 연산량이 많다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위하여 WiFi와 BLE를 융합한 Log-Distance Path Loss Model 기반의 Radio map 설계 알고리즘을 제안한다. 제안한 알고리즘은 Log-Distance Path Loss Model이 적용된 변수 값을 추출하여 Radio map을 설계하는 방식이며 Median Filter를 적용하여 오차를 개선하였다. 기존 Fingerprint와 비교하여 실험한 결과, 위치의 정확도는 평균 2.747m에서 2.112m로 0.635m 감소되는 것을 확인하였으며 연산량은 AP 환경에 따라 33%이상 감소하는 것을 확인하였다.

The fingerprint, which is one of the methods of indoor localization using WiFi, has been frequently studied because of its ability to be implemented via wireless access points. This method has low positioning resolution and high computational complexity compared to other methods, caused by its dependence of reference points in the radio map. In order to compensate for these problems, this paper presents a radio map designed algorithm based on the log-distance path loss model fusing a WiFi and BLE fingerprint. The proposed algorithm designs a radio map with variable values using the log-distance path loss model and reduces distance errors using a median filter. The experimental results of the proposed algorithm, compared with existing fingerprinting methods, show that the accuracy of positioning improved by from 2.747 m to 2.112 m, and the computational complexity reduced by a minimum of 33% according to the access points.

경로 손실(Path Loss)을 예측하는 것은 셀룰러 네트워크(Cellular Network)에서 기지국(Base Station) 의 설치 위치 선정 등 무선망 설계에 중요한 요인 중 하나다. 기존에는 기지국의 최적 설치 위치를 결정하기 위해 수많은 현장 테스트(Field Tests)를 통해 경로 손실 값을 측정했다. 따라서 측정에 많은 시간이 소요된다는 단점이 있었다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위해 본 연구에서는 머신러닝(Machine Learning, ML) 기반의 경로 손실 예측 방법을 제안한다. 특히, 경로 손실 예측 성능을 향상시키기 위해서 앙상블 학습(Ensemble Learning) 접근법을 적용하였다. 부트스트랩 데이터 세트(Bootstrap Dataset)을 활용하여 서로 다른 하이퍼파라미터(Hyperparameter) 구성을 갖는 모델들을 얻고, 이 모델들을 앙상블하여 최종 모델을 구축했다. 인터넷상에 공개된 경로 손실 데이터 세트를 활용하여 제안하는 앙상블 기반 경로 손실 예측 방법과 다양한 ML 기반 방법들의 성능을 평가 및 비교했다. 실험 결과, 제안하는 방법이 기존 방법들보다 우수한 성능을 달성하였으며, 경로 손실 값을 가장 정확하게 예측할 수 있다는 것을 입증하였다.

Predicting path loss is one of the important factors for wireless network design, such as selecting the installation location of base stations in cellular networks. In the past, path loss values were measured through numerous field tests to determine the optimal installation location of the base station, which has the disadvantage of taking a lot of time to measure. To solve this problem, in this study, we propose a path loss prediction method based on machine learning (ML). In particular, an ensemble learning approach is applied to improve the path loss prediction performance. Bootstrap dataset was utilized to obtain models with different hyperparameter configurations, and the final model was built by ensembling these models. We evaluated and compared the performance of the proposed ensemble-based path loss prediction method with various ML-based methods using publicly available path loss datasets. The experimental results show that the proposed method outperforms the existing methods and can predict the path loss values accurately.

Path loss plays fundamental roles in system design, spectrum management, and performance evaluation. The traditional path loss model has a slight inconvenience; it depends on the unknown distance. In this letter, we explore the probability distribution function (PDF) of path loss in an indoor office environment by randomizing out the distance variable. It is shown that the resulting PDF is not Gaussian-like but is skewed to the right, and both the PDF and the moments are related to the size of the office instead of the unknown distance. To be specific, we incorporate the IEEE 802.15.4a channel parameters into our model and tabulate the cumulative distribution function with respect to different room sizes. Through a simple example, we show how our model helps a cognitive spectrum user to infer path loss information of primary users without necessarily knowing their transmitter-receiver distance.

This paper presents a method to model the path loss characteristics in microwave urban line-of-sight (LOS) propagation. We propose new upper- and lower-bound models for the LOS path loss using fuzzy linear regression (FLR). The spread of upper- and lower-bound of FLR depends on max and min value of a sample path loss data while the conventional upper- and lower-bound models, the spread of the bound intervals are fixed and do not depend on the sample path loss data. Comparison of our models to conventional upper- and lower-bound models indicate that improvements in accuracy over the conventional models are achieved.

We present a statistical model for the path loss of ultrawideband (UWB) channels in indoor environments. In contrast to our previously reported measurements, the data reported here are for a bandwidth of 6GHz rather than 1.25GHz; they encompass commercial buildings in addition to single-family homes (20 of each); and local spatial averaging is included. As before, the center frequency is 5.0GHz. Separate models are given for commercial and residential environments and, within each category, for lineof sight (LOS) and non-line-of-sight (NLS) paths. All four models have the same mathematical structure, differing only in their numerical parameters. The two new models (LOS and NLS) for residences closely match those derived from the previous measurements, thus affirming the stability of our path loss modeling. We find, also, that the path loss statistics for the two categories of buildings are quite similar.

This paper analyzes the accuracy of free space path loss and matched filter gain approximated by using a passband rectangular pulse for ultra wideband (UWB) radio systems. The example causal signal, a modulated Gaussian pulse with the same center frequency and frequency bandwidth of the passband rectangular pulse, is used to consider the accuracy. The path loss and matched filter gain of the modulated Gaussian pulse are simulated for the reference results. The UWB free space path loss is shown and is compared with that obtained from simulation and Friis' transmission formula. The UWB matched filter gain is shown and compared with simulation results. From the results, we can see that the UWB path loss formula is more accurate than the Friis' transmission formula. The results from the UWB free space path loss and matched filter gain formulas agree with the simulation. Then, these free space path loss and matched filter gain formulas approximated by using a passband rectangular pulse are appropriate for UWB system.