Personal networks: An architecture for self-organized personal wireless communications

Distributed Map Construction

Assume that two sub-graphs of a graph are available and that the graph represents the corridors in a building. Without using any previous knowledge on the entire graph, can these two sub-graphs be used to construct an extended view on the entire graph. To test this assumption a collection of algorithms will be designed and implemented which can...

Impact of wireless link quality across communication layers

Nowadays, wireless networks are used in most of the applications with radio technologies being used in all kinds of wireless networks. In all wireless links, the transmitted packets can be lost. How to identify the quality of a certain wireless link and achieve the best delivery performance over a certain wireless network is an open issue. In...

A 4 GHz Continuous-Time ΔΣ ADC With 70dB DR and -74dBFS THD in 125MHz BW

A 4 GHz third-order continuous-time ΔΣ ADC is presented with a loop filter topology that absorbs the pole caused by the input capacitance of its 4-bit quantizer and also compensates for the excess delay caused by the quantizer's latency. The ADC was implemented in 45 nm-LP CMOS and achieves 70 dB DR and -74 dBFS THD in a 125 MHz BW, while...

Terahertz Torching: Towards closed-loop neurostimulation of group-housed freely moving rodents

Close collaboration between the Bioelectronics department at Delft University of Technology and the Neuroscience department at the Erasmus Medical Centre has resulted in a successful tethered design for a real-time epileptic seizure detection and suppression method for mice. The goal of the Neuromate project is to develop this method into a...

Evaluating the suitability of Narrowband Internet-of-Things (NB-IoT) for smart grids

Narrowband Internet-of-Things (NB-IoT), recently introduced by 3GPP, is a relevant Radio Access Technology (RAT) solution for deployment within smart grids, the electricity grids of the future, due to the need to provide low-cost connectivity to a large number of smart meters installed in households. Outage Restoration and Management (ORM), a...

Mixed-Signal IC With Pulse Width ModulationWireless Telemetry for Implantable CardiacPacemakers in 0.18-μm CMOS

A low-power mixed-signal IC for implantable pacemakers is presented. The proposed system features three independent intracardiac signal readout channels with pulse-width-modulated outputs. Also, the proposed system is capable of measuring the amplitude and phase of the bioimpedance with pulse-width-modulated outputs for use in rate adaptive...

Design and Assessment of Random Access Procedures Supporting Massive Connectivity and Low-Delay and High-Reliability Services in 5G

5G networks are expected to be used in many markets, one of which is the Factories of the Future (FoF). In the FoF, applications like regular monitoring and controlling of components (e.g. temperature) are introducing the need of massive deployment of sensors and actuators. Additionally, sensors which are monitoring time-critical components of...

Circuit Design for a Wireless ECG Device: Wireless Electrocardiogram (WiECG)

WiECG aims to create a prototype device which enable ambulance personnel to perform a 12-lead ECG without wires connecting the patient to the monitor. The proposed solution consists of a transmitter and a receiver device. The transmitter transmits the measured signals, the receiver sends the measured signals to the monitor, which shows the...

Link adaptation and equalization for underwater acoustic communication using machine learning

The underwater acoustic environment is amongst the most challenging mediums for wireless communications. The three distinct challenges of underwater acoustic communication are the low and nonuniform propagation speed, frequency-dependent attenuation and time-varying multipath propagation.<br/>To cope with these challenges, physical layer...