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Guide to Bluetooth Security

May 8, 2017
Author(s)
John Padgette, John Bahr, Mayank Batra, Marcel Holtmann, Rhonda Smithbey, Lidong Chen, Karen Scarfone
Bluetooth wireless technology is an open standard for short-range radio frequency communication used primarily to establish wireless personal area networks (WPANs), and has been integrated into many types of business and consumer devices. This publication

Group Discovery Time in Device-to-Device (D2D) Proximity Services (ProSe) Networks

May 4, 2017
Author(s)
David W. Griffith, Aziza Ben Mosbah, Richard A. Rouil
Device-to-device (D2D) communications for Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks relies on a discovery process to enable User Equipment (UE) to determine which D2D applications and services are supported by neighboring UEs. This is especially important for

Energy Efficiency Challenges of 5G Small Cell Networks

May 1, 2017
Author(s)
Hamid Gharavi
The deployment of a large number of small cells poses new challenges to energy efficiency, which has often been ignored in fifth generation (5G) cellular networks. While massive multiple-input multiple outputs (MIMO) will reduce the transmission power at

AP Selection Algorithm with Adaptive CCAT for Dense Wireless Networks

March 22, 2017
Author(s)
Ye Na Kim, Munsuk Kim, SuKyoung Lee, David W. Griffith, Nada T. Golmie
Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs)-enabled devices are now everywhere and their rapid spread has created dense deployment environments. For such dense WLANs, the High Efficiency WLAN Study Group was formed, and as an extension of their activity, effort

3.5 GHz Environmental Sensing Capability Sensitivity Requirements and Deployment

March 5, 2017
Author(s)
Thao T. Nguyen, Anirudha Sahoo, Michael R. Souryal, Timothy Hall
Spectrum sharing in the 3.5 GHz band between commercial and government users along U.S. coastal areas depends on an Environmental Sensing Capability (ESC), a network of radio frequency sensors and a decision system, to detect the presence of incumbent

Effects of Wireless Packet Loss in Industrial Process Control Systems

February 9, 2017
Author(s)
Yongkang Liu, Rick Candell, Nader Moayeri
Timely and reliable sensing and actuation control are essential in networked control. This depends on not only the precision/quality of the sensors and actuators used but also on how well the communications links between the field instruments and the

2015 Location-Based Services R&D Summit Report

January 30, 2017
Author(s)
Harris Feldman, Adam H. Danielson
The Public Safety Communications Research Program (PSCR) convened over 80 stakeholders at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Boulder, CO campus to build on the findings presented in the 2015 Location-Based Services (LBS) Summit- held

Industrial Wireless Systems: Radio Propagation Measurements

January 30, 2017
Author(s)
Richard Candell, Catherine A. Remley, Jeanne T. Quimby, David R. Novotny, Alexandra Curtin, Peter B. Papazian, Galen H. Koepke, Joseph Diener, Mohamed T. Hany
Radio frequency (RF) propagation measurements were conducted at three facilities representing a cross-section of different classes of industrial environments. Selected sites included a multi-acre transmission assembly factory typical of the automotive

Impact of timing on the Proximity Services (ProSe) synchronization function

January 8, 2017
Author(s)
Samantha Gamboa Quintiliani, Fernando Cintron, David W. Griffith, Richard A. Rouil
Long Term Evolution Advanced (LTE-A) introduces a new feature called Proximity Services (ProSe), which enables device-to-device (D2D) communication between User Equipment (UE) and the capability to operate out-of-network. In order to establish a D2D

Using RTS/CTS to Enhance the Performance of IEEE 802.15.6 CSMA/CA

December 22, 2016
Author(s)
Kamran Sayrafian, Martina Barbi, Mehdi Alasti
IEEE 802.15.6 is a radio interface standard for a wireless connectivity of wearable and implantable sensors and actuators located inside or in close proximity to the human body i.e. Body Area Network (BAN). Medical applications requirements impose

Towards Energy Efficiency in Ultra Dense Networks

December 11, 2016
Author(s)
Wei Yu, Hansong Xu, Amirshahram Hematian, David W. Griffith, Nada T. Golmie
The Ultra Dense Network (UDN), as a key enabler for future wireless networks (such as 5G), is comprised of a massive number of small cells in the network. Nonetheless, energy consumption will be non-negligible when a large number of small- cell Base

Measurement of Wireless Devices in Reverberation Chambers

December 7, 2016
Author(s)
Catherine A. Remley
When the antenna is integrated into the body of a wireless device, as it is for cell phones and many other portable devices, performance testing is typically done under free-field conditions. In this overview presentation, we will discuss free-field

Distributed Control and Communications for Grid Systems

December 5, 2016
Author(s)
Hamid Gharavi
A major problem of the grid system is identifying the source of abnormal behaviors. It is particularly important to identify the areas in which the grid system suffers from power deficiencies due to fault or voltage instability. Phasor Measurement Units

Optimizing the UE Transmission Probability for D2D Direct Discovery

December 5, 2016
Author(s)
David W. Griffith, Fiona Z. Lyons
We develop an analytical model to examine the effect of the transmission probability on type~1 direct discovery in Device-to-Device (D2D) Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks. The model gives us the distribution of the time for a User Equipment (UE) to

Pathloss Models for Indoor Hotspot Deployment at 83.5 GHz

December 3, 2016
Author(s)
Camillo Gentile, Jelena Senic, Peter B. Papazian, Jae-Kark Choi, Kate Remley
Conventional pathloss models are based on the received power from an omnidirectional antenna. Millimeter-wave receivers, conversely, will feature highly directional antennas that can be steered towards the angle with maximum power, exploiting their high
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