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Smart Tupperware: An Example of Bluetooth Wireless Sensor Networks for Human Assistive Mechatronic Systems

June 3, 2007 12:00am PDT

This paper describes Smart Tupperware, a system for automatically maintaining inventory status of kitchen foodstuffs for the purpose of updating the user's shopping list on a PDA (Personal Digital...

Provided by: University of Denver

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Perceptually-Optimized Packet Scheduling for Real-Time 802.11 Video Communications Between Vehicles

June 3, 2007 12:00am PDT

The automotive industry is increasingly looking at solutions for intervehicle wireless communications for applications ranging from safety to entertainment. Warning signals are the most immediate...

Provided by: Politecnico di Torino

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On the Efficiency and Complexity of Distributed Spectrum Allocation

June 3, 2007 12:00am PDT

The authors study the efficiency and complexity of a distributed spectrum allocation algorithm using explicit user coordination. Users self-organize into coordination groups and adjust spectrum...

Provided by: University of California

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Advanced Fade Counter Measures for DVB-S2 Systems in Railway Scenarios

June 3, 2007 12:00am PDT

This paper deals with the analysis of advanced fade countermeasures for supporting DVB-S2 reception by mobile terminals mounted on high-speed trains. Recent market studies indicate this as a...

Provided by: University of Bologna

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Performance Analysis of Link Rendezvous Protocol for Cognitive Radio Networks

June 3, 2007 12:00am PDT

A link rendezvous protocol is proposed in the context of first responder applications. These applications require protocols that can withstand the total loss of infrastructure, evolve...

Provided by: University of Central Florida

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Active and Passive Leadership in Virtual Collaboration Networks

June 2, 2007 12:00am PDT

The tasks of leadership in large, multi-divisional organizations have always been complex, but new computer-mediated technologies for communication and information sharing offer promise to improve...

Provided by: George Mason University

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Unified Communication: Major network equipment and software makers compete for unification.

June 1, 2007 2:25pm PDT

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Unified Communication: Major network equipment and software makers compete for unification.

June 1, 2007 2:12pm PDT

Unified communication, a term that in a nutshell means “Anytime anywhere connectivity� got a lot of attention at the recently concluded INTEROP summit at Las Vegas. As the network’s...

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Photos: Kids groove on tech at camp

June 1, 2007 12:00pm PDT

Along with their bug juice and canoes, today's campers use Flash, Java and the 3D video game applications of the pros.

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Global Delayering For Competitive Advantage

June 1, 2007 12:00am PDT

The benefits of delayering have become apparent over the past several years. In addition to lowering costs, delayering speeds decision making, improves communication up and (town the hierarchy,...

Provided by: Boston Consulting Group

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Building Robust Wireless LAN for Industrial Control With the DSSS-CDMA Cell Phone Network Paradigm

June 1, 2007 12:00am PDT

Wireless LAN for Industrial Control (IC-WLAN) provides many benefits, such as mobility, low deployment cost, and ease of reconfiguration. However, the top concern is robustness of wireless...

Provided by: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

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Interoperability in Future Wireless Communications Systems: A Roadmap to 4G

June 1, 2007 12:00am PDT

Future wireless communications systems are envisioned to offer higher data rates, higher mobility support and seamless communication. They will have to utilize a common platform that will unify a...

Provided by: Ss.Cyril and Methodius University

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Defining 4G: Understanding the ITU Process for the Next Generation of Wireless Technology

June 1, 2007 12:00am PDT

The communications industry is witnessing significant posturing about wireless technologies and systems that are claiming to be "4G." Any claim that a particular technology is a 4G technology or...

Provided by: 3G Americas

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A Security Scheme for Centralized Scheduling in IEEE 802.16 Mesh Networks

June 1, 2007 12:00am PDT

Worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX), designed by the IEEE 802.16 standards group, can deliver high-speed connectivity for both fixed and vehicular speed subscribers. Mesh...

Provided by: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

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Storage Performance Over Fast Ethernet, Giga Ethernet, Giga Ethernet TOE and InfiniBand

June 1, 2007 12:00am PDT

The performance of network storage systems is often limited by overheads in the I/O path, such as memory copying, network access costs, and protocol overhead. As a result, I/O remains the...

Provided by: Qatar University

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Enhancing The Role Of SMEs In Global Value Chains

June 1, 2007 12:00am PDT

The business challenges of the acceleration of globalization, aided by rapid developments in information and communication technologies, improved transport facilities, behind the border regulatory...

Provided by: OECD

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Automatic Generation of User-Centric Multimedia Communication Services

June 1, 2007 12:00am PDT

Multimedia communication services today are conceived, designed, and developed in isolation, following a stovepipe approach. This has resulted in a fragmented and incompatible set of technologies...

Provided by: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

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A Cross-Layer Framework for Exploiting Virtual MISO Links in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

June 1, 2007 12:00am PDT

Space-time communications can help combat fading and, hence, can significantly increase the capacity of ad hoc networks. Cooperative diversity or virtual antenna arrays facilitate spatio-temporal...

Provided by: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

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Defense Against Injecting Traffic Attacks in Wireless Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks

June 1, 2007 12:00am PDT

A mobile ad-hoc network is a group of mobile nodes without a fixed network infrastructure, and nodes can communicate with other nodes out of their direct transmission ranges by cooperatively...

Provided by: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

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Wireless Stand-Alone Portable Patient Monitoring and Logging System

June 1, 2007 12:00am PDT

In this paper, the authors propose a wireless stand-alone, embedded system design that integrates the monitoring of three biomedical parameters into a single personal medical device. The three...

Provided by: American University of Sharjah