Search Results - "IEEE GLOBECOM 2007 - IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference"

Soft Combination and Detection for Cooperative Spectrum Sensing in Cognitive Radio Networks by Jun Ma, Ye Li

“…In this paper, we consider cooperative spectrum sensing based on energy detection in cognitive radio networks. Soft combination of the observed energy values…”
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Protograph LDPC Codes Design Based on EXIT Analysis by Liva, G., Chiani, M.

“…In this paper, a novel extrinsic information transfer (EXIT) analysis is presented for protograph-based and multi- edge type low-density parity-check (LDPC)…”
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Node Placement Algorithm for Deployment of Two-Tier Wireless Mesh Networks by Franklin, A.A., Murthy, C.S.R.

“…In the deployment of wireless mesh networks (WMNs) the placement of Mesh Nodes (MNs) is an important design issue. The performance of WMNs is greatly affected…”
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An Improved Dynamic User Authentication Scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks by Huei-Ru Tseng, Rong-Hong Jan, Wuu Yang

“…Over the last few years, many researchers have paid a lot of attention to the user authentication problem. However, to date, there has been relatively little…”
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Power Allocation in OFDM-Based Cognitive Radio Systems by Peng Wang, Ming Zhao, Limin Xiao, Shidong Zhou, Jing Wang

“…In this paper, we investigate the optimal power allocation strategy that aims at maximizing the capacity in OFDM- based cognitive radio systems. We show that…”
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Combined SINR Based Vertical Handoff Algorithm for Next Generation Heterogeneous Wireless Networks by Kemeng Yang, Gondal, I., Bin Qiu, Dooley, L.S.

“…Next generation heterogeneous wireless networks offer the end users with assurance of QoS inside each access network as well as during vertical handoff between…”
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Achievable Rates for the Gaussian Interference Relay Channel by Sahin, O., Erkip, E.

“…In this paper, an interference relay channel where two independent sources communicate with two destinations by the help of a relay is studied. The relay is…”
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Uplink Capacity and Interference Avoidance for Two-Tier Cellular Networks by Chandrasekhar, V., Andrews, J.G.

“…Two-tier femtocell networks-comprising a conventional macrocellular network plus embedded femtocell hotspots- offer an economically viable solution to…”
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Stochastic Channel Selection in Cognitive Radio Networks by Yang Song, Yuguang Fang, Yanchao Zhang

“…In this paper, we investigate the channel selection strategy for secondary users in cognitive radio networks. We claim that in order to avoid the costly…”
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Ergodic and Outage Capacities of Spectrum-Sharing Systems in Fading Channels by Musavian, L., Aissa, S.

“…In this fast growing technology world, where communications play a major rule for connecting people and machines together, the growth in wireless applications…”
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A Kalman Filter Based Link Quality Estimation Scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks by Senel, M., Chintalapudi, K., Dhananjay Lal, Keshavarzian, A., Coyle, E.J.

“…Communication among wireless sensor nodes that employ cheap low-power transceivers is often very sensitive to the variations of the wireless channel. Sensor…”
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Cooperative Spectrum Sensing and Detection for Cognitive Radio by Unnikrishnan, J., Veeravalli, V.V.

“…One of the main requirements of cognitive radio systems is the ability to reliably detect the presence of licensed primary transmissions. Previous works on the…”
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Spectrum Sensing Using Cyclostationary Properties and Application to IEEE 802.22 WRAN by Hou-Shin Chen, Wen Gao, Daut, D.G.

“…Spectrum sensing in a very low SNR environment (less than -20 dB) is considered in this paper. We make use of the noise rejection property of the…”
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Joint Beamforming and Scheduling in Cognitive Radio Networks by Hamdi, K., Wei Zhang, Ben Letaief, K.

“…Cognitive radio has been recently proposed as a promising technology to improve the spectrum utilization. In this paper, we consider the coexistence between a…”
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An Optimal Strategy for Cooperative Spectrum Sensing in Cognitive Radio Networks by Zhi Quan, Shuguang Cui, Sayed, A.H.

“…Spectrum sensing is a key enabling functionality in cognitive radio (CR) networks, where the CRs act as secondary users that opportunistically access free…”
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A New Design of Bloom Filter for Packet Inspection Speedup by Yang Chen, Kumar, A., Jun Xu

“…Bloom filter is a space-efficient randomized data structure for group membership query. It is widely used in networking applications which involve the packet…”
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A Voronoi Approach for Coverage Protocols in Wireless Sensor Networks by Boukerche, A., Xin Fei

“…The Voronoi Diagram(VD) is a fundamental algorithm for resolving the coverage problems of wireless sensor networks. Most VD based coverage algorithms collect…”
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A Quantitative Approach to Evaluate DSRC Highway Inter-Vehicle Safety Communication by Xianbo Chen, Refai, H.H., Xiaomin Ma

“…Inter-vehicle safety applications on highways rely considerably on the real-time and reliable communication in the vehicular ad hoc network. For engineers and…”
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LTRT: Least Total-Route Temperature Routing for Embedded Biomedical Sensor Networks by Takahashi, D., Yang Xiao, Fei Hu

“…In this paper, we propose Least Total-Route- Temperature (LTRT), a thermal aware routing algorithm, to reduce temperature caused by biomedical sensors…”
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Burst Construction and Packet Mapping Scheme for OFDMA Downlinks in IEEE 802.16 Systems by Ohseki, T., Morita, M., Inoue, T.

“…In this paper, we propose a burst construction and packet mapping scheme in the orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA) downlinks of IEEE 802.16…”
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