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MIMO vehicle to vehicle channels: An experimental study

In this paper, a platform for measuring the impulse response of wireless multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) channels is presented. The platform is developed using Rice University Wireless Open-Access Research Platform (WARP) boards and utilized to perform an experimental study of V2V channels through conducting field measurements. A full characterization of MIMO-V2V

An in-band full-duplex transceiver prototype with an in-system automated tuning for RF self-interference cancellation

This paper presents a transceiver prototype capable of in-band full duplex communication. Apart from a conventional transceiver and antenna, this prototype relies on a tunable electrical balance duplexer to minimize the in-band self-interference at RF. Such duplexer however requires continuous-time tuning to ensure accurate impedance balancing with the antenna across different environmental

Proactive scheduling for content pre-fetching in mobile networks

The global adoption of smart phones has raised major concerns about a potential surge in the wireless traffic due to the excessive demand on multimedia services. This ever increasing demand is projected to cause significant congestions and degrade the quality of service for network users. In this paper, we develop a proactive caching framework that utilizes the predictability of the mobile user

Hybrid intensity- and phase- based optical flow tracking of tagged MRI

Accurate tracking of the myocardium tissues in tagged Magnetic Resonance Images (MRI) is essential for evaluating the cardiac function. Current tracking methods utilize either the image intensity or the image phase as landmarks that can be tracked. In either case, the performance is vulnerable to the image quality and the fading of the tag lines. In this work, we propose a hybrid optical flow

Single and multiple risk factors in the Egyptian stock market

The return-risk trade-off of the 100 stocks contained in the Egyptian EGX100 index is examined. The Egyptian stock market has an average free float of only 45%. It is estimated that 50% of trading in the free float stocks is dominated by large investors, and local and international fund managers. The market suffers from low turnovers and more recently long periods of trade suspension after the

Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Competitiveness

Improved memristor-based relaxation oscillator

This paper presents an improved memristor-based relaxation oscillator which offers higher frequency and wider tunning range than the existing reactance-less oscillators. It also has the capability of operating on two positive supplies or alternatively a positive and negative supply. Furthermore, it has the advantage that it can be fully integrated on-chip providing an area-efficient solution. On

Energy and Water
Circuit Theory and Applications
Software and Communications
Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Competitiveness

Improved spectrum mobility using virtual reservation in collaborative cognitive radio networks

Cognitive radio technology would enable a set of secondary users (SU) to opportunistically use the spectrum licensed to a primary user (PU). On the appearance of this PU on a specific frequency band, any SU occupying this band should free it for PUs. Typically, SUs may collaborate to reduce the impact of cognitive users on the primary network and to improve the performance of the SUs. In this

Circuit Theory and Applications
Software and Communications
Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Competitiveness

The deterministic multicast capacity of 4-node relay networks

In this paper, we completely characterize the deterministic capacity region of a four-node relay network with no direct links between the nodes, where each node communicates with the three other nodes via a relay. Towards this end, we develop an upper bound on the deterministic capacity region, based on the notion of a one-sided genie. To establish achievability, we use the detour schemes that

Software and Communications
Agriculture and Crops

Optimal random access for a cognitive radio terminal with energy harvesting capability

We consider a cognitive radio scenario with an energy harvesting secondary user (SU) attempting to access a primary channel randomly. We assume multipacket reception (MPR) capability and investigate a system in which the SU may or may not exploit the primary feedback messages. The access probabilities are obtained to maximize the secondary throughput under the constraints of primary queue
Software and Communications
Agriculture and Crops

Optimization of fractional-order RLC filters

This paper introduces some generalized fundamentals for fractional-order RL β C α circuits as well as a gradient-based optimization technique in the frequency domain. One of the main advantages of the fractional-order design is that it increases the flexibility and degrees of freedom by means of the fractional parameters, which provide new fundamentals and can be used for better interpretation or

Circuit Theory and Applications
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Mechanical Design