연구홍보포털

 - 대학ICT연구센터·ICT혁신인재4.0 사업 지원 대학원생, 차세대 6G 통신을 위한 효율적인 빔 탐색 기술제안

 - 과기정통부 및 IITP 지원으로 중앙대, ETRI와 공동연구 성과 창출

 

□ 국립한밭대학교(총장 오용준) 전자공학과 노고산 교수 연구팀이 지난 10월 27일부터 30일까지 부산에서 열린 국제학술대회 ‘ISPACS 2026(International Symposium on Intelligent Signal Processing and Communication Systems)'에서 최우수논문상(Best Paper Award)을 수상했다고 밝혔다.

 ○ ISPACS는 지능형 신호처리와 통신 시스템 분야의 최신 연구 성과를 공유하는 국제학술대회로, 이번 대회는 한국통신학회(KICS)가 주관하고 국제전기전자공학회 통신 분과(IEEE Communications Society)가 기술 공동 후원했다.

□ 이번 수상 논문은 ‘Bayesian-Guided Hierarchical Near-Field Beam Training for Hybrid XL-MIMO Systems'로, 국립한밭대 Gabriel Kotei Hammond, Joshua Yabana, Theodore Woode 대학원생, 노고산 교수와 중앙대 이경재 교수, 한국전자통신연구원(ETRI) 김경표 연구원이 공동저자로 참여했다.

 ○ 본 연구를 통해 차세대 6G 통신을 위한 초대규모 다중안테나 시스템에서 사용자에게 적합한 통신 빔을 효율적으로 찾는 기술을 제안했다.

 ○ 연구팀은 측정 정보를 종합적으로 활용해 탐색 효율을 높이는 기법을 개발했으며, 시뮬레이션에서는 기존 방식보다 적은 탐색으로 높은 통신 성능을 확보해 차세대 무선통신의 효율을 높일 수 있는 가능성을 확인했다.

 ○ 이번 연구는 과학기술정보통신부 재원으로 정보통신기획평가원(IITP)이 지원하는 극초다수 다중입출력 송수신(E-MIMO) 시스템 기술개발 과제와 대학ICT연구센터(ITRC) 사업, 학․석사연계 ICT핵심인재양성사업인 ICT혁신인재4.0(ICAN)의 지원을 받아 수행됐다.

 ○ 국립한밭대 ITRC 6G 연구센터장인 전자공학과 노고산 교수는 “이번 수상은 학생들의 연구와 대학․연구기관의 협력이 국제학술무대에서 인정받은 성과”라며, “학생들이 6G 핵심기술 연구와 국제표준화 역량을 갖춘 인재로 성장하도록 지원하겠다”고 말했다.

 ○ 또, ICT혁신인재4.0 사업 연구책임자인 국립한밭대 전자공학과 정영배 교수는 “학부와 대학원의 교육․연구를 연계한 지원이 국제적인 연구 성과로 이어져 뜻깊다”며, “학생들이 연구 경험을 쌓고 전문인력으로 성장할 수 있도록 계속해서 노력하겠다”고 밝혔다.

□ 한편, 이번 성과는 국립한밭대학교가 과학기술정보통신부와 정보통신기획평가원(IITP)의 지원을 받아 수행 중인 대학ICT연구센터(ITRC) 6G 무선통신 표준화를 위한 핵심기술 연구 및 글로컬 인재양성사업과 ICT혁신인재4.0 사업이 대학․연구기관 간 공동연구 활성화 및 국제학술대회 수상이라는 실질적인 성과로 이어졌다는 점에서 의미가 크다.

 

□ Professor Noh Go-san's research team from the Department of Electronic Engineering at Hanbat National University (President Oh Yong-jun) announced that they received the Best Paper Award at the international conference 'ISPACS 2026 (International Symposium on Intelligent Signal Processing and Communication Systems)' held in Busan from October 27 to 30.

○ ISPACS is an international conference for sharing the latest research achievements in the fields of intelligent signal processing and communication systems. This year’s event was organized by the Korea Institute of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS) with technical co-sponsorship from the Communications Division of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE Communications Society).

□ The awarded paper, 'Bayesian-Guided Hierarchical Near-Field Beam Training for Hybrid XL-MIMO Systems,' was co-authored by graduate students Gabriel Kotei Hammond and Joshua Yabana from the University of Hanbat, Professor Noh Go-san, Professor Lee Kyung-jae from Chung-Ang University, and researcher Kim Kyung-pyo from the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI).

○ This study proposes a technology for efficiently finding user-optimized communication beams in massive multi-antenna systems for next-generation 6G communications.

○ The research team developed a technique that enhances search efficiency by comprehensively utilizing measurement data, and simulations confirmed the potential to improve the efficiency of next-generation wireless communication by achieving high performance with less search than existing methods.

○ This research was conducted with support from the Ministry of Science and ICT, the Institute for Information & Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation (IITP) for the Extreme High-Density Multiplexed Input-Output Modulation (E-MIMO) System Technology Development project, the University ICT Research Center (ITRC) program, and ICT Innovation Talent 4.0 (ICAN), a project for nurturing core ICT talents through academic and master's degree linkage.

○ Professor Noh Go-san of the Department of Electronic Engineering and Director of the ITRC 6G Research Center at Hanbat National University said, "This award is a recognition of the students' research and the collaboration between the university and research institutions on the international academic stage," adding, "We will support students in growing into professionals equipped with the research capabilities for core 6G technologies and the ability to contribute to international standardization."

○ Additionally, Professor Young-Bae Jeong of the Department of Electronic Engineering at Hanbat National University, the principal investigator of the ICT Innovation Talent 4.0 project, said, "It is meaningful that support linking undergraduate and graduate education and research has led to international research achievements," adding, "We will continue our efforts to help students gain research experience and grow into professionals."

□ Meanwhile, this achievement is significant as it resulted in tangible outcomes such as the activation of joint research between universities and research institutions and the receipt of an international academic conference award, through the Core Technology Research for 6G Wireless Communication Standardization and the ICT Innovation Talent 4.0 project under the University ICT Research Center (ITRC), both supported by the Ministry of Science and ICT and the Institute for Information & Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation (IITP), as well as the Glocal Talent Development Project.