• Office: Rm. 905, 8th Engineering Hall

• Address: 1223-24 Cheonan-daero Seobuk-gu, Cheonan-si Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea.

• Email: wsna at kongju.ac.kr

• Tel: +8241 -521 -9230

• URL: https://sites.google.com/uclab.re.kr/wsna

• Wireless Communications

• Internet of Things

• Media Communications

• Mobile Edge Computing

Woongsoo Na received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in computer science and engineering from Chung-AngUniversity, Seoul, South Korea, in 2010, 2012, and 2017, respectively. He is currently an Assistant Professor with the Division of Computer Science and Engineering, Kongju National University, Cheonan, South Korea. Prior to joining Kongju National University, he was an Adjunct Professor with the School of Information Technology, Sungshin Womens University, Seoul, South Korea, from 2017 to 2018, and a Senior Researcher with Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon, South Korea, from 2018 to 2019. His current research interests include mobile edge computing, flying ad hoc networks, wireless mobile networks, and beyond 5G.

• Chung-Ang University

  • Ph.D in Computer Science and Engineering (2012 - 2017)

    • Thesis: Medium Access Control and Routing Protocols for Directional Antenna in Wireless Networks (Advisor: Prof. Sungrae Cho)

  • M.S. in Computer Science and Engineering (2010 - 2012)

    • Thesis: Joint Channel Hopping/Power Control-based Interference Avoidance for WLAN-based Mobile Vehicular Offices (Advisor: Prof. Sungrae Cho)

  • B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering (2006 - 2010)

• Digital Crime Victim Prevention R&D Competition (2019)

  • Korea Communications Agency (KCA)

• Digital Crime Victim Prevention Idea Competition (2019)

  • Institute for Information & Communication Technology Planning & Evaluation (IITP)

• Excellence in Research Award (2015)

  • Chung-Ang University

• Full Scholarship for Ph.D. Course (2012)

  • Chung-Ang University

• Best Paper Award (2011)

  • Korea Institute of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS) Autumn Conference

• Full Scholarship for M.S. Course (2010)

  • Chung-Ang University

• Assistant Professor, Division of Computer Science and Engineering, Kongju National University, Cheonan, South Korea, 2020 - present.

• Senior Researcher, Media Intelectualization Research Section, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Deajeon, South Korea, 2018 - 2020.

• Adjunct Professor, School of Computer Science and Engineering, Shungshin Women's University, Seoul, South Korea, 2017 - 2018.

• Part-time Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Engineering, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea, 2014 - 2018.

• N.-N. Dao, W. Na, A.-T. Tran, D. N. Nguyen, and S. Cho, "Energy-Efficient Spectrum Sensing for IoT Devices," to appear in IEEE Systems Journal, 2020.

• D.-N. Vu, N.-N. Dao, W. Na, and S. Cho, "Dynamic Resource Orchestration for Service Capability Maximization in Fog-Enabled Connected Vehicle Networks," to appear in IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing (IF: 5.91, Top: 3.5%), 2020.

• D. S. Lakew, U. Saad, N.-N. Dao, W. Na, and S. Cho, "Routing in Flying Ad Hoc Networks: A Comprehensive Survey,” IEEE Communications Survey & Tutorials (IF: 20.6, Top: 0.32%), vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 1071-1120, 2020.

• W. Na, N.-N. Dao, J. Kim, E.-S. Ryu, and S. Cho, "Simulation and Measurement: Feasibility Study of Tactile Internet Application for mmWave Virtual Reality (VR)," ETRI Journal, vol. 42, no. 2, pp. 163-174, 2020.

• N.-N. Dao, D.-N. Vu, A. Masood, W. Na, and S. Cho, "Pre-forwarded Rumor Broadcast Scheme for Peer Aware Communication," Reliability Engineering & System Safety (IF: 3.12, Top: 9.7%), vol. 193, p. 106655, 2020.

• L. Park, L. Cheol, W. Na, S. Choi, and S. Cho, "Two-stage Computation Offloading Scheduling Algorithm for Energy Harvesting Mobile Edge Computing," MDPI Energies Journal, vol. 12, no. 22, 2019.

• W. Na, B. Bae, S. Cho, and N. Kim, "DL-TCP: Deep-Learning Based Transmission Control Protocol for Disaster 5G mmWave Networks," IEEE Access (IF: 3.01, Top: 14.5%), vol. 7, pp. 145134 - 145144, 2019.

• N.-N. Dao, W. Na, and S. Cho, "IEEE 802.15.8: Infrastructureless Peer-Aware Communications with Fully Distributed Coordination," IEEE Communications Standards Magazine, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 40-47, 2019.

• W. Na, D. S. Lakew, J. Lee, and S. Cho, "Congestion Control vs. Link Failure: TCP Behavior in mmWave Connected Vehicular Networks," Elsevier Future Generation Computer Systems, vol. 101, pp. 1213-1222, (IF: 4.73, Top: 7.2%), 2019.

• W. Na, S. Jang, Y. Lee, L. Park, N.-N. Dao, and S. Cho, "Frequency Resource Allocation and Interference Management in Mobile Edge Computing for an Internet of Things System," IEEE Internet of Things Journal (IF: 8.09, Top: 1.6%), vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 4910-4920, June 2019.

• D.-N. Vu, N.-N. Dao, Y. Jang, W. Na, Y.-B. Kwon, H. Kang, J. J. Jung, and S. Cho, "Joint Energy and Latency Optimization for Upstream IoT Offloading Services in Fog Radio Access Networks," Wiley Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, vol. 30, no. 4, April 2019.

• S. Jeong, W. Na, J. Kim, and S. Cho, "Internet of Things for Smart Manufacturing System: Trust Issues in Resource Allocation," IEEE Internet of Things Journal (IF: 8.09, Top: 1.6%), vol. 5, no. 6, pp. 4418-4427, December 2018.

• N.-N. Dao, D.-N. Vu, W. Na, J. Kim, and S. Cho, “SGCO: Stabilized Green Crosshaul Orchestration for Dense IoT Offloading Services,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (IF: 8.98, Top: 3.2%), vol. 36, no. 11, pp. 2538-2548, November 2018.

• W. Na, Y. Lee, N.-N. Dao, D.-N. Vu, A. Masood, and S. Cho, "Directional Link Scheduling for Real-time Data Processing in Smart manufacturing System," IEEE Internet of Things Journal (IF: 8.09, Top: 1.6%), vol. 5, no. 5, pp. 3661-3671, October 2018.

• K.-H. Nam Bui, S. Cho, J. J. Jung, J. Kim, O.-J. Lee, and W. Na, "A Novel Network Virtualization Based on Data Analytics in Connected Environment," Springer Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing, pp. 1-12, October 2018.

• W. Na, J. Yoon, S. Cho, D. Griffith, and N. Golmie, "Centralized Cooperative Directional Spectrum Sensing for Cognitive Radio Networks," IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (IF: 4.27, Top: 8.7%), vol. 17, no. 6, pp.1260-1274, June 2018.

• W. Na, J. Park, C. Lee, K. Park, J. Kim, S. Cho, "Energy-Efficient Mobile Charging for Wireless Power Transfer in Internet of Things Networks," IEEE Internet of Things Journal (IF: 8.09, Top: 1.6%), vol. 5, no. 1, February 2018.

• W. Na, Y. Lee, J. Eom, S. Cho, and H.-H. Park, "Coexistence Scheme of Licensed-Assisted Access Using Long-Term Evolution and Wireless Local Area Network for Wireless Sensor Networks," International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, vol. 13, no. 6, June 2017.

• W. Na, N.-N. Dao, and S. Cho, "Mitigating WiFi Interference to Improve Throughput for In-Vehicular Infotainment Networks," IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine (IF: 10.8, Top: 1.0%), vol. 23, no.1, pp. 22-28, March 2016.

• W. Na, Y. Lee, J. Yoon, J. Park, and S. Cho, "Fully-Distributed Multicast Routing Protocol for IEEE 802.15.8 Peer-Aware Communication," International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, vol. 11, no. 8, August 2015.

• W. Na, N.-N. Dao, and S. Cho, "Reliable Multicasting Service for Densely Deployed Military Sensor Networks," International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, vol. 2015, no. 6, August 2015.

• W. Na, L. Park, and S. Cho, "Deafness-aware MAC Protocol for Directional Antennas in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks," Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks Journal, vol. 24, Part A, pp. 121-134, January 2015.

• J. Lee, W. Na, and S. Cho, "Energy-Efficient Reliable Broadcast Protocol for WSNs Based on IEEE 802.15.5," International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, vol. 10, no. 5, May 2014.

• W. Na, G. Lee, H. Bae, J. Yu, and S. Cho, "Reliable Broadcast Scheme for IEEE 802.15.5 Low-Rate WPAN Mesh Networks," IEICE Transactions on Communications, vol. E95-B, no. 09, pp. 2700-2707, September 2012.

• L. Park, G. Lee, W. Na, C. Lee, C. Park, Y. Cho, and S. Cho, "Mobility-Aware Interference Avoidance Scheme for Vehicular WLANs," KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems, vol. 5, no. 12, pp. 2272-2293, December 2011.

• W. Na, and S. Cho, "Log-based Admission Control Scheme for Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks," IEICE Transactions on Communications, vol.E94-B, no.10, pp.2933-2936, October 2011.

• W. Na, B. Bae, S. Cho, and N. Kim, "Deep-learning Based Adaptive Beam Management Technique for Mobile High-speed 5G mmWave Networks," in Proc. of ICCE Berlin, 2019.

• N.-N. Dao, W. Na, Y. Lee, D.-N. Vu, and S. Cho, "Prefetched asymmetric authentication for infrastructureless D2D communications: Feasibility study and analysis," in Proc. of ICTC, Jeju, Korea, October, 2018.

• Y. Jang, L. Park, W. Na, C. Lee and S. Cho, "Appliance Type Constraint Design for Demand Response Smart Grid Systems," in Proc. of ICUFN, Prague, Czech Republic, July 2018.

• N. B. K. Hoai, S. Cho, J. J. Jung, J. Kim, O.-J. Lee, and W. Na, "Network Engineering: Towards Data-driven Framework for Network Configuration," in Proc. of BDTA, Seoul, Korea, November 2017.

• S. Jang, L. Park, W. Na, N.-N. Dao, J. Eom, Y. Kim, J. Lee, S. Cho, "Optimization of ISM Band Interference Coordination Between WLAN and IEEE 802.15.4 Using NAV on PAN Coordinator," in Proc. of ICUFN, Vienna, Austria, July 2016.

• J. Yu, T. Kim, W. Na, H. Bae, Y. Lee, J. Lee, Zeynep Vatandas, S. Cho, and J. Hur, "Fully Distributed Multicast Routing Protocol for IEEE 802.15.8 Peer-Aware Communications," in Proc. of ICOIN, Siem Reap, Cambodia, January 2015.

• W. Na, L. Park, and S. Cho, "Deafness-aware MAC Protocol for Directional Antennas," in Proc. of IEEE ICCE, Las Vegas, USA, January 2013.

• W. Na, S. Cho, E. Kim, and Y. Choi, "Event Detection in Composite Context Aware-Service," in Proc. of ICUFN, Dalian, China, June 2011.

• W. Na, G. Lee, S. Cho, and Y. Choi, "Automatic Intelligence Application for Office Environment," in Proc. of ICOIN, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, January 2011.

• G. Lee, W. Na, S. Cho, and E. Kim, "Complex Context Information for Video Streaming Service," in Proc. of ICOIN, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, January 2011.

• W. Na, L. Park, G. Lee, and S. Cho, "Performance Analysis of Circular Directional MAC Protocol," in Proc. of ICUFN, Jeju, Korea, June 2010.

• G. Lee, W. Na, L. Park, and S. Cho, "Channel Allocation Scheme for Cognitive Radio Systems," in Proc. of ICUFN, Jeju, Korea, June 2010.

• S. Cho, W. Na, J. Yu, T. Kim, Y. Lee, J. Lee, H. Bae, Z. Vatandas and J. Hur, Apparatus and Method for Managing Multicast Group in Wireless Network, JP 515257, July 17, 2017.

• S. Cho, W. Na, J. Yu, H. Bae, T. Kim, J. Lee, Z. Vatandas, J. Hur and Y. Lee, Apparatus and Method for Receiving Ack in Wireless Network, US 9509453 November 29, 2016.

• S. Cho, W. Na, J. Yu, T. Kim, Y. Lee, J. Lee, H. Bae, Z. Vatandas and J. Hur Device and Method for Managing Multicast Group in Wireless Network, Application Pending, CN 201480030918.9, November 27, 2015.

• S. Cho, W. Na, J. Yu, T. Kim, Y. Lee, J. Lee, H. Bae, Z. Vatandas and J. Hur Device and Method for Managing Multicast Group in Wireless Network, Application Pending, US 14/947402, November 20, 2015.