Performance Evaluation of Space–Time Block Codes Over Keyhole Weibull Fading Channels

It is well known that degenerate channel phenomena known as keyholes may significantly reduce the capacity of multiple-input and multiple-output (mimo) channels. Keyhole mimo channels were predicted theoretically and also observed experimentally. In this paper, a novel method of analyzing the performance of keyhole mimo channels is proposed. The proposed method is based on the assumption that the received signal at the keyhole encompasses an arbitrary number of multipath components and the propagation environment is such that the resulting signal is observed as a non-linear function of the modulus of the sum of these components. Based on this assumption, we initially introduce the double Weibull fading model, constructed by the product of two independent Weibull distributed fading envelopes. Closed-form expressions for its moments-generating function, probability density function, cumulative distribution function, and moments are also derived. Based on these formulas, we analytically evaluate the performance of a 2 × 2 mimo space–time block-coding (stbc) system, where performance metrics such as the average symbol error probability for several modulation schemes, outage probability, amount of fading and ergodic capacity are given in closed form. Various performance evaluation results are presented in order to verify the proposed analysis.

Design and Performance Evaluation of Space–time Receivers with Dynamically Adjustable Tap Delays

The delay elements of a conventional two-dimensional space–time receiver are fixed. The rather inflexible design is inappropriate since the received signals among the antenna branches are correlated due to limited spacing, and the fading environment is time-varying. In this paper we propose a dynamic finger assignment strategy for a space–time receiver, where the delay taps are adjusted dynamically, based on the theory of finite projective planes, to improve the signal-to-noise ratio in correlated antenna branches. The proposed finite projective plane (FPP) based finger assignment scheme maximizes the collected energy by dynamically setting the tap delays depending on the correlation among antenna branches and the delay spread of the channel. In the performance evaluation, we demonstrate that the FPP based finger assignment scheme can improve the signal-to-noise ratio significantly in comparison to the conventional mesh-grid configuration when the correlation among antenna branches is high and the channel dispersion is relatively long in comparison to the overall span of the fingers. However, the gain is moderate if the channel dispersion ratio is short, where the gain of reduced correlation among antenna branches must compensate for the reduced signal-to-noise ratio due to the missed signals.

Integrative Evaluation of the Current Postal Services by Employing the Evaluation Method of GE Corporation

Thevarietyof postalserviceshasbecomegreaterthanever.Andthemarketcapacityandmarketprospectofallcategoriesofpostalservicetakeonatendencyofdifferentiation .Meanwhilethestrengthsofpostalenterprisesforthedevelopmentofthesecategoriesofservicesareverydifferent.Thequestionthatpostalenterprisesmustconfrontishowtopoolthepropertytoattachimportancetopromot ingtheservicesholdingwidemarketprospect.Sothepostalenterprisesmusthaveanintegrativeevalu ationofthecurrentmaincategoriesofpostalservicesbyemployingthes…     

RCS Evaluation of Dihedral corner Renector by Complex Ray Method

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Study of the Improvement on Network Management Performance with Mobile Agent

1　IntroductionWiththerapiddevelopmentofInternet,thenetworkisbecominglargerandmorecomplex ,whichcallsformoresophisticatednetworkmanage mentstrategiestobeadoptedinordertoguaranteeadequatelevelsofperformance .Confrontedwiththepresentstatusofnetworkmanagement,manyschol arsmakegreateffortstoinventnewapproachesforthepurposeofimprovingtheperformanceofnet workmanagement.MobileAgenttechnologiesandtheirapplicationtonetworkmanagementaread vancedunderthisbackground .Althoughalotofworkhasstilltobedone ,t…     

Performance Evaluation of Time-Reversal on Measured 60 GHz Wireless Channels

Time-reversal (TR) signal processing has the potential to focus the transmitted signal at a desired receive (Rx) location in both space and time. At lower frequency bands, TR in conjunction with array antennas at transmit (Tx) or Rx has been shown to significantly improve its focusing performance relative to the case of single antennas at both link ends. This work for the first time investigates TR processing for multi-antenna systems in the 60 GHz band. We consider both multiple-input-single-output and single-input-multiple-output (SIMO) channels measured in the 60 GHz band in a conference room environment and investigate the effect of array size and its orientation on spatial and temporal compression properties of TR. It is observed that the root mean square (RMS) delay spread can be reduced significantly by the application of TR in the 60 GHz band and that the orientation of the Rx array significantly affects TR performance for SIMO systems.     

Interference Management and Six-Sector Macrocells for Performance Improvement in Femto–Macro Cellular Networks

Femtocells are considered as a solution for indoor high data rate demands. Interference mitigation is a fundamental challenge in two-tier femto–macrocell networks. In this paper, we consider six-sector macrocell layout for reducing the co-tier interference in the macrocell network and cross-tier interferences from macrocell to femtocell network. As interference reduces, the whole of available spectrum can be used in each macrocell which increases the spectrum efficiency. We also consider interference-level algorithm to allocate resource for femtocell in which macrocell uses the whole of spectrum. In the coverage area of each sector, femtocell uses a portion of the spectrum that is not used by the macrocell users. This approach ignores the high co-channel interference from the macrocell network to the femtocell network and vice versa in each sector. Simulation results show that the proposed layout and interference management scheme reduce the downlink interference and increase the efficiency of the orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA)-based femtocell and macrocell. Consequently, system throughput and outage probability are improved significantly.     

Key of Time腕表

“控制时间的快慢”——这个想法是不是有点儿疯狂？这款由Mathias Buttet和Confrerie Horlogere团队设计开发的不同寻常的手表Key of Time便拥有能够调节时间快慢的机芯：1号位为半速（即常规的一小时只显示为半小时）。     

Implementation of the Broad-band User Access Network and the Study of the Key Algorithm for Improving the Performance of Asymmetrical Networks

Implementation of the Broad-band User Access Network and the Study of the Key Algorithm for Improving the Performance of Asymmetrical Networks     

School of Management of UESTC

University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) is a leading university in the domain of information science and technology. It is one of the universities being supported both by the national "211 Project" and co-built by Ministry of Education and the local provincial government. It is also a research-oriented university with its own graduate school. The university has long been reputed as "the cradle of the Chinese national electronic industry". Today UESTC has developed into a multidisciplinary university, which has electronics information science and technology as its nucleus, engineering as its major field, and incorporates science, management and liberal arts.     

A Theoretical Method for Estimating Performance of Reed-Solomon Codes Concatenated with Orthogonal Space-Time Block Codes

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Cost–Performance Analysis and Optimization of Fuel-Burning Thermoelectric Power Generators

Energy cost analysis and optimization of thermoelectric (TE) power generators burning fossil fuel show a lower initial cost compared with commercialized micro gas turbines but higher operating cost per energy due to moderate efficiency. The quantitative benefit of the thermoelectric system on a price-per-energy ($/J) basis lies in its scalability, especially at a smaller scale (<10 kW), where mechanical thermodynamic systems are inefficient. This study is based on propane as a chemical energy source for combustion. The produced heat generates electric power. Unlike waste heat recovery systems, the maximum power output from the TE generator is not necessarily equal to the economic optimum (lowest $/kWh). The lowest cost is achieved when the TE module is optimized between the maximum power output and the maximum efficiency, dependent on the fuel price and operation time duration. The initial investment ($/W) for TE systems is much lower than for micro gas turbines when considering a low fractional area for the TE elements, e.g., 5% to 10% inside the module. Although the initial cost of the TE system is much less, the micro gas turbine has a lower energy price for longer-term operation due to its higher efficiency. For very long-term operation, operating cost dominates, thus efficiency and material ZT become the key cost factors.     

Polyoxometalate Modified Separator for Performance Enhancement of Magnesium–Sulfur Batteries

The magnesium–sulfur (Mg-S) battery has attracted considerable attention as a candidate of post-lithium battery systems owing to its high volumetric energy density, safety, and cost effectiveness. However, the known shuttle effect of the soluble polysulfides during charge and discharge leads to a rapid capacity fade and hinders the realization of sulfur-based battery technology. Along with the approaches for cathode design and electrolyte formulation, functionalization of separators can be employed to suppress the polysulfide shuttle. In this study, a glass fiber separator coated with decavanadate-based polyoxometalate (POM) clusters/carbon composite is fabricated by electrospinning technique and its impacts on battery performance and suppression of polysulfide shuttling are investigated. Mg–S batteries with such coated separators and non-corrosive Mg[B(hfip)₄]₂ electrolyte show significantly enhanced reversible capacity and cycling stability. Functional modification of separator provides a promising approach for improving metal–sulfur batteries.     

Performance of Layered Steered Space–Time Codes in Wireless Systems

Layered Steered Space–Time Codes (LSSTC) is a recently proposed multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system that combines the benefits of vertical Bell Labs space–time (VBLAST) scheme, space–time block codes (STBC) and beamforming. In this paper, we derive the error performance and capacity of a single-user LSSTC system. The analysis is general enough to any layer ordering and modulation schemes used. In addition, the derived analysis is general for any LSSTC structure in which layers may have different number of antenna arrays and may be assigned power according to any power allocation. Furthermore, we analytically investigate the tradeoff between the main parameters of the LSSTC system, i.e., diversity, multiplexing and beamforming. Our results give recursive expressions for the probability of error for LSSTC which showed nearly perfect match to the simulation results. Results have also revealed the possibility of designing an adaptive system in which it was shown that combining beamforming, STBC, and VBLAST has better performance than VBLAST at high SNR range.     

A New Approach for Performance Evaluation of TCP over Interference-Limited Wireless Channels over Interference Wireless Channels

A new metric for performance evaluation of transport control protocol(TCP) overwireless channels based on the interference-limited characteristics of code division multipleaddress(CDMA) system is proposed.According to the new metric,the performance of TCP over CDMAcorrelated channel for different protocol parameters and different versions is investigated.The resultsshow that appropriate selection of protocol parameters and packet error rate(PER) operation point canimprove significantly the capacity of packet-switched CDMA-based network.     

Comments and Further Results on ‘Performance Evaluation of a New BPSK-OFDM Timing Estimation Algorithm’

This comment first points out some inaccurate formulae and irrelevant comparisons between Wen’s algorithm and Beek’s one. Then, the correct formulae are provided, the limitations of these two estimators are discussed and some investigations on the local maximum in timing estimation are also presented. Both the simulation and the analysis demonstrate that the timing precision of Wen’s algorithm highly depends on the length of cyclic prefix (CP) and the channel fading rate. On the other hand, Beek’s algorithm will work better under a large CP length and in fast fading channels.

Analysis of Key Issues of Fixed Mobile Convergence

Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) is the focus of the future communications network development,on which the industry has kept strengthening its relevant research. However,before a large scale of implementation,there are still lots of key issues to be explored. The adoption of IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) architecture to replace the real-time services in the traditional application needs to solve the Quality of Service (QoS) problem in the IP domain,unify the method that the fixed and mobile users of the traditional circuit domain access IMS,complete the mapping of circuit domain service flow to IMS,guarantee the security of IMS bearer network,transform the traditional operation mode,and set up a new pattern adaptable to the convergence.     

Method for Synthesis of Gordon–Mills–Welch Sequences for Discrete Information Transmission Systems

Journal of Communications Technology and Electronics - A method for synthesis of Gordon–Mills–Welch sequences (GMWSs) over extended field GF[(2m)n], based on the relationship of the...     

Flame-Retardant Host–Guest Films for Efficient Thermal Management of Cryogenic Devices

Phase change materials hold tremendous potential for thermal energy storage and temperature management due to their high latent heat and chemical stability. However, the manufacture of flame-retardant, form-stable phase change films working under a cryogenic environment remains difficult. Herein, an organic polydopamine-aramid nanofiber (PANF) aerogel film with a limiting oxygen index (LOI) of 32 is applied as a host to confine a unique phase change guest material (i.e., deep eutectic solvent, DES) to fabricate PANF-DES host–guest flame-retardant cryogenic phase change films. The PANF aerogel film is prepared through the in situ polymerization of dopamine within the aramid nanofiber hydrogel film, exhibiting a high specific surface area of 289 m² g⁻¹. The cryogenic phase change material is a ternary DES composed of ammonium chloride (NH₄Cl), ethylene glycol (Eg), and deionized water (H₂O). The as-prepared PANF-DES host–guest films with the phase transition temperature of −21 °C and melting enthalpy of 225 J g⁻¹ can withstand fire for 60 s without naked flame, and the peak of heat release rate (pkHRR) is only 26.0 MJ kg⁻¹. This study opens the way for developing ultra-low flammable phase change composite films, as well as shows great potential applications for thermal management in cryogenic devices.     

Outage Performance of Hybrid Decode–Amplify–Forward Protocol with the nth Best Relay Selection

In this paper, we consider the Hybrid Decode–Amplify–Forward protocol with the \(n\) th best-relay selection scheme. In the best-relay selection scheme, the best relay only forwards the source signal to the destination, regardless of working in the Amplify-and-Forward mode or the Decode-and-Forward mode. However, the best relay might be unavailable due to some reasons; hence we might bring into play the second, third or generally the \(n\) th best relay. We derive closed-form expression for the outage probability using the probability density function and moment generating function of the signal-to-noise ratio of the relayed signal at the destination node. Results show that with the \(n\) th best relay the diversity order is equal to \((m-n+2)\) where \(m\) is the number of relays. Simulation results are also given to verify the analytical results.