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Joint sensing time and power allocation in cognitive networks with amplify-and-forward cooperation
Cognitive radio is a novel approach to cope with spectrum scarcity, in which either a network or a wireless node changes its transmission or reception parameters to communicate efficiently. However, it is diff...
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A Bandwidth-Efficient Transmission Scheme Based on Spectrum Sensing Results in CR Networks
A bandwidth-efficient transmission scheme based on conservative spectrum sensing results without a common reporting channel is proposed for cognitive radio (CR) networks. A secondary relay node can assist a se...
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Open AccessA power efficient MAC protocol for wireless body area networks
Applications of wearable and implanted wireless sensor devices are hot research area. A specialized field called the body area networks (BAN) has emerged to support this area. Managing and controlling such a n...
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Open AccessSecurity and Privacy Issues in Wireless Sensor Networks for Healthcare Applications
The use of wireless sensor networks (WSN) in healthcare applications is growing in a fast pace. Numerous applications such as heart rate monitor, blood pressure monitor and endoscopic capsule are already in us...
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Mutual interference considered power allocation in OFDM-based cognitive networks: the multiple SUs case
Power allocation for secondary users (SUs) in cognitive networks is an important issue to ensure the SUs’ quality of service. When the mutual interference between the primary users (PUs) and the SUs is taken i...
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Fair exchange signature schemes
In this paper a new class of fair exchange signature scheme (FESS) is proposed that allows two players to exchange digital signatures in a fair way. The new signature scheme is a general model and has various ...
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Open AccessEvaluation of Implant Communication with Polarisation and Unslotted CSMA/CA Protocol in Wireless Body Area Networks
The performance of the implant inside a human body with polarisation, distance, and different power settings at the base-station is presented. In addition, the unslotted CSMA/CA protocol is studied for a heter...
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Comprehensive Capacity Ensured Distributed Binary Power Allocation in Dense Cognitive Networks
Considering the capacity gain of the secondary system and the capacity loss of the primary system caused by the newly accessing user, a distributed binary power allocation (admittance criterion) is proposed in...
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Open AccessA TR-UWB Downconversion Autocorrelation Receiver for Wireless Body Area Network
Low power UWB receiver architecture is proposed for a Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN). This receiving technology is a synergy of existing downconversion-based narrowband rejection mechanism in RF front end a...
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Multiple Access M-ary Modulation UWB System Based on Code-Selected Direct Sequence Bipolar PAM
This work presents an M-ary multiple access code-selected direct sequence (DS) ultra wideband (UWB) communication system. A high data rate multiple access UWB system can be obtained by a code selection mechanism....
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Blind adaptive multiuser detector for nonlinearly modulated satellite mobile CDMA systems
This paper presents a novel blind adaptive noncoherent decorrelative multiuser detector for nonlinearly modulated satellite mobile Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) systems. By using the known signature wav...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Improving Handoff Performance by Using Distance-Based Dynamic Hysteresis Value
In this study, an adaptive handoff algorithm with a dynamic hysteresis value, based on the distance between the mobile station and the serving base station, is proposed for cellular communications. Handoff pro...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Performance Analysis of an Adaptive Soft Handoff Algorithm for Mobile Cellular Systems
In this paper, an adaptive soft handoff algorithm, which dynamically calculates the threshold values for soft handoff based on the received signal strength, is proposed for mobile cellular communication system...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Performance Analysis of DS-BPAM UWB System over Fading Channels—Uncoded and Coded Schemes
This paper investigates the performance of two direct sequence ultra wideband (DS-UWB) communication systems over multipath fading channels. The first system is the classic DS-UWB system and the second is obta...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Flexible ZCD-UWB with High QoS or High Capacity Using Variable ZCD Factor Code Sets
In this paper, we propose a Variable ZCD(Zero Correlation Duration) Factor Code Sets. Additionaly, Flexible ZCD-UWB(Ultra Wide Band) with High QoS or High Capacity using Variable ZCD Factor Code Sets are prese...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Interference-Free ZCD-UWB for Wireless Home Network Applications
Interference-free ZCD-UWB for Wireless Home Network Applications(WHNA) are presented in this paper. Interference-free ZCD-UWB could be a very useful solution for an enhanced wireless home network applications ...
