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ICC
2009
IEEE
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Mitigating Channel Estimation Error via Cooperative Communications
— Channel estimation error problem is among the main causes of performance degradation in wireless networks. In this paper, we investigate the impact of cooperative communication...
Ahmed S. Ibrahim, K. J. Ray Liu
ICC
2009
IEEE
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Characterization of the Dynamic Narrowband On-Body to Off-Body Area Channel
Abstract—A characterization of the dynamic narrowband onbody to off-body area channel is presented based on realtime measurements of the time domain channel response at carrier f...
David B. Smith, Leif Hanlen, Jian (Andrew) Zhang, ...
ICC
2009
IEEE
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Biometric Mobile Template Protection: A Composite Feature Based Fingerprint Fuzzy Vault
—Biometric authentication is emerging as the promising solution to conventional cryptography based authentication technologies. However, protecting users’ biometric templates s...
Kai Xi, Jiankun Hu
ICC
2009
IEEE
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A Cross-Layer Perspective on Rateless Coding for Wireless Channels
Abstract—Rateless coding ensures reliability by providing everincreasing redundancy, traditionally at the packet level (i.e. the application layer) through erasure coding. This p...
Thomas A. Courtade, Richard D. Wesel
ICC
2009
IEEE
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QoS Enhancement and Performance Evaluation of Ad-Hoc Routing Protocols for Rural Public Safety
—In this paper, we explore the feasibility of using Mobile Ad-hoc Networks (MANETs) for rural public safety. First, we discuss a QoS enhancement to a standard routing protocol, D...
Chad Bohannan, Li Zhang, Jian Tang, Richard S. Wol...
ICC
2009
IEEE
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An Enhanced Multiple-Feedback Algorithm for RFID MAC Protocols
Abstract— This paper introduces two new tree-based anticollision schemes using multiple feedback symbols for uplink tag random access of emerging radio frequency identification (...
You-Chang Ko, Sumit Roy, Choong-Ho Cho, Hyong-Woo ...
ICC
2009
IEEE
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A Laplace Transform-Based Method to Stochastic Path Finding
—Finding the most likely path satisfying a requested additive Quality-of-Service (QoS) value, such as delay, when link metrics are defined as random variables by known probabili...
Suleyman Uludag, Ziyneti Elif Uludag, Klara Nahrst...
ICC
2009
IEEE
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Optimization for Fractional Cooperation in Multiple-Source Multiple-Relay Systems
Abstract—In fractional cooperation, many relays simultaneously assist the source, and each relay is responsible to relay only a fraction of the source transmission. In this paper...
Josephine P. K. Chu, Andrew W. Eckford, Raviraj Ad...
ICC
2009
IEEE
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Virtual Calibration for RSSI-Based Indoor Localization with IEEE 802.15.4
— Localization systems based on Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) exploit fingerprinting (based on extensive signal strength measurements) to calibrate the system paramet...
Paolo Barsocchi, Stefano Lenzi, Stefano Chessa, Ga...
ICC
2009
IEEE
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A First Order Logic Security Verification Model for SIP
: It is well known that no security mechanism can provide full protection against a potential attack. There is always a possibility that a security incident may happen, mainly as a...
Dimitris Geneiatakis, Costas Lambrinoudakis, Georg...