Context-dependent multilevel pattern matching for lossless image compression

In this paper, the multilevel pattern matching (MPM) code for compression of one-dimensional (1D) sequences is first generalized to compress two-dimensional (2D) images, resulting in a 2D multilevel pattern matching (MPM) code. It is shown that among all images of n pixels, the worst case redundancy of the 2D MPM code against any finite-template-based arithmetic code is O(1//spl radic/logn). This result contrasts unfavorably with the fact that among all 1D sequences of length n, the MPM code has a worst case redundancy of O(1/logn) against any finite-state arithmetic code; this is caused by the so-called 2D boundary effect. To alleviate the 2D boundary effect, we extend the 2D MPM code to the case of context modeling, yielding a context-dependent 2D MPM code. It is shown that among all images of n pixels, the context-dependent 2D MPM code has an O(1/logn) worst case redundancy against any finite-template-based arithmetic code satisfying a mild condition; this redundancy is better than that of the 2D MPM code without context models. Experimental results demonstrate that the context-dependent 2D MPM code significantly outperforms the 2D MPM code without context models for bi-level images. It is also demonstrated that, in terms of compression rates, the context-dependent 2D MPM code performs significantly better than the progressive coding mode of JBIG1 for both textual and bi-level images, and better than or comparably to the sequential coding mode of JBIG1 and JBIG2. In addition to its excellent compression performance, the context-dependent 2D MPM code allows progressive transmission of images.     

Effects of Background Plasma on Free Electron Laser with Planar Wiggler

Dispersion equation of planar-wiggler free-electron laser with background plasma is derived using linear fluid theory. The characteristic of this plasma FEL is analyzed in detail. It is shown that reasonable background plasma density tends to improve FEL growth rate. We also find there exits a critical plasma density for FEL operating. When the background plasma density is higher than critical density, the FEL can no longer be excited.     

Sulfur Composite Cathode Materials for Rechargeable Lithium Batteries

Conductive polymer/sulfur composite materials were prepared by heating the mixture of polyacrylonitrile (PAN) and sublimed sulfur. During the heating process, PAN was dehydrogenated by sulfur, forming a conductive main chain similar to polyacetylene. At the same time, the high‐polarity functional group –CN cyclized at the melt state, forming a thermally stable heterocyclic compound in which sulfur was embedded. The nanodispersed composites showed excellent electrochemical properties. Tested as cathode material in a non‐aqueous lithium cell based on poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) gel electrolyte at room temperature, the composite exhibited a specific capacity up to 850 mA h g^–1 in the initial cycle. Its specific capacity remained above 600 mA h g^–1 after 50 cycles, about five times that of LiCoO₂, and recovered partly after replacement of the anode with a fresh lithium sheet. The utilization of the electrochemically active sulfur was about 90 % assuming a complete reaction to the product, Li₂S.     

基于并行技术的机载多天线耦合快速算法

分析机载天线间的干扰情况必须首先解决电大尺寸电磁计算问题.首先讨论一种基于空域分解技术及局域网技术的并行数值算法,这种算法将一个电大尺寸散射体表面划分为一系列子域分别进行处理,在求解子域电流的过程中使用了快速多极子技术进行加速运算,然后运用这种算法对机载天线间的耦合进行分析并对算法的性能进行了总结.     

一种用于实时视频处理的高速二维DCT的电路设计和实现

绝大多数的国际图像和视频压缩标准都采用DCT(离散余弦变换)进行传输编码。本文介绍了一种基于矩阵分解算法的高速实时二维DCT处理器。为了满足视频处理的实时性，整个电路设计中广泛采用了流水线技术，文中详细介绍了二维DCT处理器的电路结构，最后给出了它的FPGA实现。     

Highly miniaturised InP=InGaAs PIN MMIC switches using BCB-based multilayer technology

Fully integrated single-pole-double-throw and single-pole-triple-throw InP/InGaAs PIN switches have been designed and fabricated using a newly proposed BCB-based 3D MMIC technology. The chip sizes of the fabricated InP/InGaAs PIN switches, which show good and broadband RF characteristics, have been significantly reduced compared to those of conventional GaAs-based switches. The results indicate the potential of the proposed 3D MMIC technology for compact embedded MMIC applications.     

NIRA: A New Inter-Domain Routing Architecture

In today's Internet, users can choose their local Internet service providers (ISPs), but once their packets have entered the network, they have little control over the overall routes their packets take. Giving a user the ability to choose between provider-level routes has the potential of fostering ISP competition to offer enhanced service and improving end-to-end performance and reliability. This paper presents the design and evaluation of a new Internet routing architecture (NIRA) that gives a user the ability to choose the sequence of providers his packets take. NIRA addresses a broad range of issues, including practical provider compensation, scalable route discovery, efficient route representation, fast route fail-over, and security. NIRA supports user choice without running a global link-state routing protocol. It breaks an end-to-end route into a sender part and a receiver part and uses address assignment to represent each part. A user can specify a route with only a source and a destination address, and switch routes by switching addresses. We evaluate NIRA using a combination of network measurement, simulation, and analysis. Our evaluation shows that NIRA supports user choice with low overhead.     

Cooperative and opportunistic transmission for wireless ad hoc networks

Moving toward 4G, wireless ad hoc networks receive growing interest due to users' provisioning of mobility, usability of services, and seamless communications. In ad hoc networks fading environments provide the opportunity to exploit variations in channel conditions, and transmit to the user with the currently "best" channel. In this article two types of opportunistic transmission, which leverage time diversity and multi-user diversity, respectively, are studied. Considering the co-channel interference and lack of a central controller in ad hoc networks, the "cooperative and opportunistic transmission" concept is promoted. For opportunistic transmission that exploits time diversity, it is observed that the inequality in channel contention due to the hidden terminal phenomenon tends to result in energy inefficiency. Under this design philosophy, we propose a distributed cooperative rate adaptation (CRA) scheme to reduce overall system power consumption. Taking advantage of the time-varying channel among different users/receivers and being aware of the potential contention among neighboring transmissions, we propose a QoS-aware cooperative and opportunistic scheduling (COS) scheme to improve system performance while satisfying QoS requirements of individual flows. Simulation results show that by leveraging node cooperation, our proposed schemes, CRA and COS, achieve higher network throughput and provide better QoS support than existing work