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WCNC
2008
IEEE
13 years 9 months ago
A Resource Allocation Scheme for TH-UWB Networks with Multiple Sinks
Abstract—In this work, we study the time-slot allocation problem in a multi-sink single-hop TH-UWB network scenario, where the traffic from a sensor node is anycasted via a sing...
Hwee-Xian Tan, Mun-Choon Chan, Peng Yong Kong, Che...
WCNC
2008
IEEE
13 years 9 months ago
Exact BER Performance of Asynchronous MC-DS-CDMA over Nakagami-m Fading Channels
—In this contribution an accurate average bit error rate (BER) formula is derived for Nakagami-faded MC-DSCDMA in the context of asynchronous transmissions and random spreading s...
Besma Smida, Lajos Hanzo, Sofiène Affes
WCNC
2008
IEEE
13 years 9 months ago
Analysis of Distributed Reservation Protocol for UWB-Based WPANs with ECMA-368 MAC
— The recent ECMA-368 standard specifies the use of ultra wideband (UWB) technology for high rate communications in wireless personal area networks (WPANs). This paper proposes ...
Nasim Arianpoo, Yuxia Lin, Vincent W. S. Wong, Att...
WCNC
2008
IEEE
13 years 9 months ago
Interference in a Cognitive Network with Beacon
—We study a cognitive network consisting of multiple cognitive users communicating in the presence of a single primary user. The primary user is located at the center of the netw...
Mai Vu, Saeed S. Ghassemzadeh, Vahid Tarokh
WCNC
2008
IEEE
13 years 9 months ago
Bluetooth 2.1 based Emergency Data Delivery System in HealthNet
Abstract—The interests in health care have considerably increased these days as the aging population becomes larger. Health care has grown to the one of most active research area...
Seung-Hoon Lee, Sewook Jung, Alexander Chang, Dae-...
WCNC
2008
IEEE
13 years 9 months ago
WiFlex: Multi-Channel Cooperative Protocols for Heterogeneous Wireless Devices
—1 In ISM bands, many wireless protocols proliferate such as 802.11, Bluetooth, and ZigBee. However, these incompatible protocols create complex coexistence and connectivity prob...
Jiwoong Lee, Jeonghoon Mo, Tran Minh Trung, Jean C...
WCNC
2008
IEEE
13 years 9 months ago
On Spatial Reuse and Capture in Ad Hoc Networks
—Neighbors of both the transmitter and the receiver must keep quiet in a 802.11 wireless network as it requires bidirectional exchange, i.e., nodes reverse their roles as transmi...
Naveen Santhapuri, Srihari Nelakuditi, Romit Roy C...
WCNC
2008
IEEE
13 years 9 months ago
Locate More Nodes in Under Water Sensor Networks Using Out-of-Range Information
Abstract—The sparse network topology, coupled with the limited availability of reference nodes in Under Water Sensor Network (UWSN), significantly reduces the effectiveness of m...
Hui Ling, Taieb Znati
WCNC
2008
IEEE
13 years 9 months ago
Senslets- Applets for the Sensor Internet
The Sensor Internet provides access to sensor services by connecting sensor nodes to the Internet infrastructure. To achieve this, current solutions rely on fixed access points or ...
Frank Siegemund, Muhammad Haroon, Junaid Ansari, P...
WCNC
2008
IEEE
13 years 9 months ago
Arbutus: Network-Layer Load Balancing for Wireless Sensor Networks
—The hot spot problem is a typical byproduct of the many-to-one traffic pattern that characterizes most wireless sensor networks: the nodes with the best channel to the sink are ...
Daniele Puccinelli, Martin Haenggi