Abstract: A method and system of preventing a loss/theft of a surveillance target including a mobile device using a wireless personal area network (PAN) or a wireless local area network (LAN) which can receive, from the mobile device included in the surveillance target via a gateway, location information of the surveillance target generated by using mobile device information for the surveillance target, the mobile device information being collected by a sensor of the mobile device, and signal information communicated between the mobile device and a fixed device, can determine whether there is a loss or theft by comparing surveillance target information and a permission standard, and can provide alert information including the location information of the surveillance target when the loss or theft occurs.

Abstract: Provided are a mobile Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) device and a data communication method thereof. In the method, a mobile communication terminal unit provides a command to an mRFID reader unit and receives a response to the command from the mRFID reader unit. It is checked whether there is an error in a protocol message of the command or the response, and the command to the mRFID reader unit according to a check result is re-transmitted.

Abstract: A demodulation apparatus for a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader includes: a direct current (DC) offset cancellation unit for cancelling DC-offset noise contained in a PSK-modulated or ASK-modulated subcarrier tag signal from the tag signal when the tag signal is received; and a subcarrier digital demodulator for eliminating a subcarrier from the tag signal from which DC-offset noise has been cancelled to demodulate the DC-offset noise-cancelled tag signal.

Abstract: Provided is a power control method for a mobile Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader and an RFID reader using the same. The RFID reader includes: an RFID reader transmission/reception control unit for creating a message to be transmitted to an RFID tag and transmitting RFID tag information to a terminal control unit; a reader transmitting unit for encoding and modulating the created message; a power amplifier for amplifying an output signal; a reader receiving unit for demodulating and decoding the signal and transmitting the signal to the RFID reader transmission/reception control unit; and an RFID reader power control unit for controlling power, wherein when the RFID reader transmission/reception control unit receives a command for acquiring the RFID tag information, the RFID reader power control unit applies power to the power amplifier.

Abstract: Disclosed are an RFID reader, an RFID tag, and a controlling method thereof. The RFID tag may include a state information generator to generate state information of the RFID tag, a receiver to receive an activation command including reference state information of the RFID tag, and a controller to activate the RFID tag based on the state information and the reference state information. The RFID tag may be selectively activated according to an inner state of the RFID tag.

Abstract: Provided are a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag and a wake-up method thereof. The RFID tag includes: a power source that supplies a driving voltage; a continuous wave detector that receives the driving voltage from the power supply so as to detect a continuous wave in a signal received from an RFID tag reader; a command detector that selectively receives the driving voltage and detects a command in the signal; and a controller that executes the command detected by the command detector by supplying the driving voltage to the command detector if the continuous wave is detected, and stops the driving voltage from being supplied to the command detector if no command is received from the command detector for a predetermined time period.

Abstract: A time synchronization method in a wireless sensor network, a low power routing method using a reservation scheme, and an apparatus for performing the method are provided. The time synchronization method in the wireless sensor network may include: receiving a first synchronization request command packet from a parent node that manages time synchronization for a predetermined synchronization region; receiving, from the parent node, a second synchronization request command packet that has a transmission timestamp value of the first synchronization request command packet; and performing time synchronization for a child node based on a reception time of the first synchronization request command packet, a reception time of the second synchronization request command packet, and the transmission timestamp value of the first synchronization request command packet.

Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and method for constant amplitude encoding of a transmission signal in a CDM (Code Division Multiplexing) communication system. The apparatus for constant amplitude encoding of a transmission signal includes: an encoding module sequentially performing horizontal encoding and vertical encoding on an input signal; and a spreading and multiplexing module spreading the signal which has been encoded by the encoding module and multiplexing the spread signal in a vertical direction to output a data stream having a constant amplitude.

Abstract: Disclosed is a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag antenna. The tag antenna includes a lower dielectric substrate and an upper dielectric substrate. The lower dielectric substrate is provided at a lower surface thereof with a ground plane and at an upper surface thereof with two microstrip lines. The microstrip lines each have an open-end, the open ends spaced apart from each other from a middle of the lower dielectric substrate while facing each other to form a radiating slot from which radiation of electromagnetic waves occurs. The upper dielectric substrate is provided at an upper surface thereof with at least one electric capacitive device and is stacked on the lower dielectric substrate. The RFID tag antenna enhances radiation efficiency while achieving miniaturization.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of generating a wake-up signal from a passive tag with a battery is provided. According to the present invention, since a wake-up signal is generated by a signal received from a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader, battery life can be extended. That is, a wake-up signal can be generated for the battery to be operated according to a signal from the RFID reader so that the battery included in the tag can be controlled from the RFID reader, thereby controlling the amount of battery power consumed. Therefore, the battery life and the life of the tag including the battery can be increased.

Abstract: Provided is a communication method for radio frequency identification (RFID). In order to transmit a command message with respect to an RFID tag, an RFID reader generates a command message comprising a command code indicating a type of command to be delivered to the RFID tag, a response format having one or more bits for indicating a type of additional data to be added to a response message to be received from the RFID tag, and an identifier identifying the RFID tag; and transmits the command message to the RFID tag, thereby allowing the RFID tag to immediately transmit the additional data via the response message in response to the command message.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for domain name autoconfiguration in an IP-based wireless sensor network is provided. The method includes: receiving sensor node information including position information for representing an installed position of a sensor node, a type of data to be provided by the sensor node, and an internet address of the sensor node; searching for area information including an administrative address corresponding to the position information of the sensor node; generating a domain name of the sensor node based on a type of the sensed data and the found area information; and binding the generated domain name with an internet address of the sensor node and registering the bound result in a domain name server.

Abstract: A distributed channel hopping communication method in a low power wireless ad-hoc network. A beacon transmission and reception scheduling method using a distributed channel hopping method in a wireless ad-hoc network, the method includes: transmitting beacons using channel hopping, before establishing the wireless ad-hoc network including a plurality of nodes having a BP including at least one time slot, and receiving beacons of a plurality of neighboring nodes of each of the plurality of nodes; collecting information about the wireless ad-hoc network and information about the plurality of neighboring nodes from the received beacons; scheduling the receiving of the beacons that are transmitted from the plurality of neighboring nodes in the BP, using TDMA in each of the at least one time slot based on the information about the plurality of neighboring nodes; and scheduling transmitting of a beacon in each of the at least one time slot.

Abstract: There is provided an asynchronous multi-channel adaptation method. An asynchronous multi-channel adaptation method according to an aspect of the invention may include: a channel scanning operation in which a new node, participating in a wireless ad-hoc network, scans channels and selects a receiving channel thereof; and a receiving channel information transmission operation in which the new node transmits information on the selected receiving channel thereof to a neighboring node.

Abstract: There is provided a data communication method using a body area network superframe including an advertisement period, a contention medium access period, a beacon period, and a data transmit period, the data communication method including: broadcasting, by a coordinator node, predetermined information during the advertisement period; transmitting, by nodes, which wish to transmit data, the data only when carrier is not in use as a result of sensing the carrier after the contention medium access period is initiated and a predetermined backoff time elapses; broadcasting, by each of the nodes, periodic beacon signals during the beacon period; and transmitting, by each of the nodes, continuous data and periodic data during the data transmit period

Abstract: Provided is a method of delivering data in a wireless personal area network. One of nodes forming the wireless personal area network broadcasts data including the address and the sequence number of one node to a plurality of other nodes, and broadcasts one of the data and other data to the other nodes depending on whether the data is received from the other nodes within a predetermined time. Accordingly, all the nodes on the network can receive data reliably and simultaneously power consumption is reduced, and thus the life of the network is extended.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for controlling a radiation direction. The apparatus includes parasitic elements disposed in proximity to the antenna, wherein each of the parasitic elements comprises an antenna; a first portion that is inclined with respect to a prepared ground surface at a first angle and a second portion that is inclined with respect to the first portion at a second angle; a lumped element having a variable reactance, which is disposed on each of the first and second portions; and a determination unit controlling the reactance of the lumped element so as to determine the radiation direction of the antenna. By using the apparatus and the method, the antenna has various radiation directions.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for broadcasting data, and an apparatus and method for broadcasting response data, of a sensor node in a beacon mode in a wireless sensor network system including a plurality of nodes.

Abstract: Provided are a tag signal receiving apparatus that can perform digital Amplitude Shift Keying (ASK) demodulation onto signals received in a tag, decode the demodulated tag signal in synchronization, and acquire tag data in a mobile RFID reader, and a method thereof. The tag signal receiving apparatus includes: a digital demodulating block for performing ASK demodulation onto a digital tag signal received through a reader antenna and converted into a digital tag signal in an analog-to-digital (AD) converter; and a decoding block for detecting edge position information of the demodulated tag signal by performing accumulation and decoding the demodulated tag signal by using the detected edge position information. The digital demodulating block includes a channel level comparator, a phase inverter, a signal converter; and an adder. The decoding block includes an edge information detector, a correlator, and a bit data decider.

Abstract: A decentralized scheduling method in a wireless ad hoc network is provided which includes grouping nodes in the network cluster by cluster, determining a cluster head of each cluster, and sequentially performing scheduling cluster by cluster. Accordingly, it is possible to provide an efficient cluster-based scheduling method which is quickly adapt to changes and reduces power consumption.