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With wireless communication becoming more and more common in simple everyday devices, the available spectrum is quickly filling up and the risk of interference is increasing. This interference could be a slight nuisance to or it could be a more significant
We consider here the use of hovering unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to test spectrum sensing capabilities of Citizen's Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) systems at 3.5 GHz. Aircraft transmit synthesized LTE or pulsed radar modulation to excite spectrum
Kamran Sayrafian, Kaveh Pahlavan, Yishuang Geng, David Cave, GUANQUN BAO, LIANG MI, EMMANUEL AGU, ANDREW KARELLAS, VAHID TAROKH
Small intestine is the longest organ in the gastrointestinal tract where much of the digestion and the food absorption take place. Wireless video capsule endoscope (VCE) is the first device taking 2-D pictures from the lesions and the abnormalities in the
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
Real-time sensor data is essential for making decisions in controlling industrial processes. Wireless sensor networks (WSN's) are becoming more common for industrial processes and condition monitoring. However, wireless communication is subject to
Catherine A. Remley, Chih-Ming Wang, Dylan F. Williams, Joop Aan Den Toorn, Christopher L. Holloway
We develop a significance test that determines whether the component of uncertainty due to the finite number of stepped mode-stirring samples or the component due to the lack of spatial uniformity dominates for a particular chamber set-up and stirring
I-Chun Chao, Kang B. Lee, Rick Candell, Frederick M. Proctor, Chien-Chung Shen
There has been a dramatic push to adopting wireless networking technologies and protocols (such as 802.11, ZigBee, WirelessHART, Bluetooth, ISA100.11a, etc.) into time-critical networks. End-to-end latency is critical to many distributed applications and
David R. Novotny, Josh Gordon, Michael H. Francis, Ronald C. Wittmann, Alexandra Curtin, Jeffrey R. Guerrieri
We have performed spherical and extrapolation scans of two antennas at 118 GHz using a commercial 6-axis robot. Unlike spherical scanning, linear extrapolations do not precisely conform to the native circular movement of the individual robot axes. To
Catherine A. Remley, David W. Matolak, Camillo A. Gentile, Christopher L. Holloway, Qiong Wu, Qian Zhang
We report on ground-based wireless channel characteristics for an urban environment in two public safety bands. Results are based upon measurements taken in Denver in June 2009. The public safety bands we investigated are the 700 MHz and 4.9 GHz bands
Michael R. Souryal, Mudumbai Ranganathan, John Mink, Naceur A. El Ouni
This paper describes the implementation and evaluation of a real-time, centralized spectrum monitoring and alert system. Such a system can be used to support emerging spectrum sharing solutions that use a centralized controller to mediate tiered access to
Although there are many important CPS systems in practice, one of the most complex applications is the Smart Grid whose function is to distribute reliable and efficient electric energy with a high degree of sustainability. While the Smart Grid aims to
There has been a growing interest in the deployment of Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs) not only in high-voltage transmission, but in lower-voltage distribution systems. For a Distributed Generation (DG) grid this would require deployment of PMUs at
Ray R. Tanuhardja, Luis A. Gonzalez, Chih-Ming Wang, William F. Young, Kate Remley
This contribution discusses the use of a metric based on the amplitude variation of a channel in the signal bandwidth to predict whether or not a digital wireless communication test system receiver will be able to demodulate a test signal. This metric is
A Body Area Network (BAN) is a radio standard for wireless connectivity of wearable and implantable sensors located inside or in close proximity to the human body. Medical and some other applications impose stringent constraints on battery powered BAN
Catherine A. Remley, David W. Matolak, Christopher L. Holloway, Camillo A. Gentile
We present outdoor-to-indoor channel dispersion results based on measurements made in several representative urban environments. Root-mean-square delay spread values of less than 90 ns were extracted from measured power-delay profiles. We represent the
Galen H. Koepke, William F. Young, John M. Ladbury, Jason B. Coder
We examine interference and coexistence testing issues, test methods, and the need to update and develop new test methodologies related to the use of wireless devices in critical infrastructure systems. A case study on interference is presented along with
There has been a growing interest in the deployment of Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs) in a Distributed Generation (DG) grid system. The main obstacle is the lack of a communication network infrastructure that can support phasor measurements for
In this treatise, we focus our attention on the cooperative uplink transmissions of systems beyond the LTE-Advanced initiative. We commence a unified treatment of the principle of single-carrier frequency-division multiple-access (FDMA) and the
This incoming Editor In Chief's (EIC) message is expected to appear in the next issue of the IEEE wireless communications. The editorial team will be under the leadership of the new EIC for a period of three years.
Peter B. Papazian, Kate Remley, Camillo Gentile, Nada T. Golmie
NIST has developed a new channel sounder design specifically to support radio-channel model development for 5G millimeter-wave mobile communications. Design elements include 40 GB/s real-time sampling; an electronically switched, high-gain, directional
Ryan Felts, Marc Leh, Tracy A. McElvaney, Dereck R. Orr
The Public Safety community is in a period of great transition. Over the next 20 years, technology advancements will enable data, video, and eventually voice communications to migrate from disparate Land Mobile Radio (LMR) networks to a nationwide public
In this chapter, efficient deployment strategies for mobile sensor networks are proposed to improve the coverage area in target fields containing obstacles. The developed algorithms iteratively calcu- late and update the position of the sensors in order to
Nelson Hastings, Joshua M. Franklin, Larry Feldman, Greg Witte
This bulletin summarizes the information presented in NISTIR 8014, Considerations for Identity Management in Public Safety Mobile Networks, written by Nelson Hastings and Joshua Franklin. The publication analyzes approaches to identity management for