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Towards More Effective Spectrum Test

May 16, 2014
Author(s)
Alan D. Skillicorn, Michael H. Kelley, Thomas J. Taylor, Eric Nelson
In response to the Presidential Memorandum on Wireless Innovation and the recommendation of the Presidential Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), the federal government has begun the process of organizing a National Advanced Spectrum and

LTE Physical Layer Performance Analysis

May 15, 2014
Author(s)
Wen-Bin Yang, Michael R. Souryal
In this report, we present results of a physical layer performance study for all MCSs (from MCS0 to MCS28) in terms of block error rate (BLER) and spectral efficiency. The results are obtained by using the Steepest Ascent LTE toolbox for MATLAB which

Efficient Field Coverage in Mobile Sensor Networks: A CPS Perspective

April 17, 2014
Author(s)
Kamran Sayrafian, Hamid Mahboubi, Amir G. Aghdam
Mobile sensor networks (MSN) are an excellent example of Cyber-Physical Systems where motion capability of the network nodes offers an opportunity to co-design the physical and cyber components of the system. As sensor nodes have limited energy resources

Power Supply Issues for Wireless Sensor Networks: A Review

March 1, 2014
Author(s)
Wenqi Guo, William M. Healy, Mengchu Zhou
Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have enabled numerous embedded wireless applications in different areas such as military/battlefield, environmental monitoring, and intelligent building systems. They consist of a large number of nodes that need to operate

Dynamic Spectrum Access: Current State of the Art and Future Challenges

February 2, 2014
Author(s)
Anirudha Sahoo, Michael R. Souryal
Dynamic Spectrum Access (DSA) is emerging as a promising technology to mitigate the spectrum scarcity caused by static frequency allocations. Despite the clear need for more efficient allocation, however, DSA faces a number of challenges, chief among them

Analysis for Dynamic Metrology

January 30, 2014
Author(s)
Andrew M. Dienstfrey, Paul D. Hale
Diverse measurement contexts require estimates of time varying quantities. Ideally the measurement device responds to signal variations significantly more rapidly than the modulation of the signal itself. If so, then well-developed techniques may be used

Greedy Backpressure Routing for Smart Grid Sensor Networks

January 13, 2014
Author(s)
Hamid Gharavi
In this paper, a greedy backpressure routing protocol is proposed for multigate mesh networks. This protocol evaluates the greedy backpressure metric (GBM) value of mesh points and routes packets in the direction of the steepest gradient. The GBM value is

A Simulation Platform to Study Inter-BAN Interference

December 2, 2013
Author(s)
Kamran Sayrafian, John G. Hagedorn, Martina Barbi, Judith E. Terrill, Mehdi Alasti
A Body Area Network (BAN) is a radio standard for wireless connectivity of wearable and implantable sensor nodes that are located inside or in proximity to the human body. Many applications of BANs (e.g. physiological monitoring) require reliable

Efficient Dithering Technique with Periodic Waveforms for RF Test and Characterization

October 7, 2013
Author(s)
Catherine A. Remley, Saeed Farsi, Bart Nauwelaers, Dominique Schreurs
A dithering technique based on ensemble averaging of waveforms is proposed. In the proposed method, instead of performing several measurements with different dithering additive noise, a single measurement of multiple periods of a sine-dithered periodic

INTER-BAN INTERFERENCE EVALUATION & MITIGATION: A PRELIMINARY STUDY

September 27, 2013
Author(s)
Kamran Sayrafian, Martina Barbi, Mehdi Alasti, Roberto Verdone
A Body Area Network (BAN) is a radio standard for wireless connectivity of wearable and implantable sensor nodes that are located inside or in proximity to the human body. Many applications of BANs (e.g. physiological monitoring) require reliable

Correlation Coefficient and Loading Effects for MIMO Antennas in a Reverberation Chamber

August 13, 2013
Author(s)
Nick Janssen, Kate Remley, Christopher L. Holloway, William F. Young
The correlation coefficient is a common metric for assessing the performance of an antenna for a multiple-input, multiple-out wireless device. In this paper, the effect of loading a reverberation chamber on the calculation of the correlation coefficient is

Evaluating Feedback Systems for Residential Building Energy Monitoring

August 10, 2013
Author(s)
Wenqi Guo, Tania Ullah, MengChu Zhou
Rising global energy demand, increasing electricity prices, and the limitation of natural resources have led to increased interest in energy monitoring of residential buildings. Much research has been done to examine the effect of energy use feedback to

On the Link Between Insertion Loss and Lower Bound of Efficiency

August 9, 2013
Author(s)
Levon Barsikyan, Jason Coder, Mark Golkowski, John M. Ladbury
We investigate the effect of chamber loss on the recently developed 2-port antenna model and the associated method of determining antenna efficiency. The loss in the reverberation chamber was controlled using microwave absorbing foam creating four
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