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Ignas Niemegeers
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Murphy loves CI
Unfolding and Improving Constructive Interference in WSNs
Constructive Interference (CI) phenomenon has been exploited by Glossy, a mechanism for low-latency and reliable network flooding and time synchronization for wireless sensor networks. Recently, CI has also been used for other applications such as data collection and multicasting
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CogCell
Cognitive interplay between 60 GHz picocells and 2.4/5 GHz hotspots in the 5G era
The rapid proliferation of wireless communication devices and the emergence of a variety of new applications have triggered investigations into next-generation mobile broadband systems, i.e. 5G. Legacy 2G-4G systems covering large areas were envisioned to serve both indoor and ou
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Universal Mobile Telecommunications Systems (UMTS) is a third-generation cellular network that enables high-speed wireless Internet connectivity. On the other hand, the IEEE 802.11 ad hoc mode enables peer-to-peer short-range communications without infrastructure support. In this
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A personal network is an overlay network which builds on different wireless networking technologies. This overlay network is responsible of glueing the different wireless networking technologies. In this paper, we consider the cooperation of two key technologies te realize a pers
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Radio over Fiber (RoF) techniques have been long recognized as the promising solution for indoor networking at millimeter-wave bands. We discuss the possbile deployment scenarios of an RoF network for indoor environment. In this paper, we try to find the answer to the question as
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Complementary characteristics of the WLAN and WWAN networks have led tot the current research efforts towards thier integration. The integration can be done at different levels in the network, resulting in interworking architectures of different capabilities and with different de
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We study the application of multipath routing to enhance reliability of high quality video in 60 GHz radio indoor networks. We propose a cross-layer approach taking into account the possibility of layered-coding for video stream transportation and the characteristics of 60 GHz ra
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The WiMAX IEEE 802.16 standard is capable of providing very high data rates over large areas. This wireless broadband access technology is expected to open new market segments and bring a wide range of new applications and services. The WiMAX integration into the existing mobile
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In this paper, we investigate the robustness of the 60 GHz connectivity in typical indoor environments by analyzing the outage probability. We define three realistic indoor scenarios which may host the 60 GHz networks in the future and perform simulations with a verified 3D ray t
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We propose an architecture using the 60 GHz Radio over Fiver along with a novel concept of forming Extended Cells (EC). Since in the indoor environment , the propagation of millimeter wave signals is strongly hindered by walls, people, furniture, etc., a mobile user might experie
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In Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks, detection of spectral opportunity can be viewed as a frequency scanning process leading to detection of legitimate users of radio channel. Continuous scanning results in complete detection but it becomes inefficient in terms of power consumpti
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With the increase in the capacity of mobile communication devices, it is but natural to expect that these devices would work ubiquitously anywhere anytime to offer high data rate support. Recently 60 GHz frequency band has been identified as an obvious choice for the high data ra
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As ZigBee networks operate on the license-free 2.4 GHz Industrial, Scientific, and Medical (ISM) frequency band, coexistence issues arise because many other wireless technologies such as IEEE 802.11b/g Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs), Bluetooth, cordless telephones, etc., al
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Recently, indoor positioning systems (IPSs) have been designed to provide location information of persons and devices. The position information enables location-based protocols for user applications. Personal networks (PNs) are designed to meet the users' needs and interconnect u
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Abstract¿Personal Networks (PN) is a concept in the area of
modern communication networks in which devices belonging to
a person cooperate to offer services to the person regardless of
their geographical locations. A PN may consist of several adhoc
sub-networks (or clusters) whic
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This paper addresses the issues of desiging an infrastructure to support seamless in-building communication at the 60 GHz band. Recently, the 60-GHz band has received much attention due to its 5-GHz of available spectrum. Howevver, the propagation of signals in this band is stron
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Beyond third-generation mobile communications networks will be comprise a multitude of integrated legacy and new wireless networks. Mobile ad hoc networks are such new networks. In this paper, we consider the integration of the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) th
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The 60 GHz technology has a great potential to provide wireless communication at multi-gigabit rates in future home networks. To maintain the network connectivity with 60 GHz links, which are highly susceptible to propagation and penetration losses, is a major challenge. The qual
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The Internet of Things (IoT) is one of the disruptive technologies in today’s connected world. The idea is to connect every thing to the Internet. IoT holds the key to many current and future technologies that will significantly influence the quality and sustainability of life. T
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