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Relaying Protocols for Wireless Energy Harvesting and Information Processing

March 25, 2013 12:00am PDT

An emerging solution for prolonging the lifetime of energy constrained relay nodes in wireless networks is to avail the ambient Radio-Frequency (RF) signal and to simultaneously harvest energy and...

Provided by: Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers

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Link Scheduling for Multiple Multicast Sessions in Distributed Wireless Networks

March 22, 2013 12:00am PDT

In this paper, the authors investigate link scheduling algorithms for throughput maximization in multicast wireless networks. According to their system model, each source node transmits to a...

Provided by: Cornell University

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When Cellular Meets WiFi in Wireless Small Cell Networks

March 22, 2013 12:00am PDT

The deployment of Small Cell Base Stations (SCBSs) overlaid on existing macro-cellular systems is seen as a key solution for offloading traffic, optimizing coverage, and boosting the capacity of...

Provided by: University of Dubuque

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Reliable Throughput for Two-way Relay Systems by Network Coding

March 22, 2013 12:00am PDT

The throughput of wireless network can be improved by wireless network coding, without adding additional resources. However, most of the previous work focuses on the AWGN channel. In fact, the...

Provided by: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

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Network Coding Based Reliable Broadcast Protocol in Multi-Channel Multi-Radio Wireless Mesh Networks

March 22, 2013 12:00am PDT

Multi-Channel Multi-Radio (MCMR) Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs) have emerged as a new paradigm in multi-hop wireless networks. In a typical MCMR WMNs, each node has multiple radios with multiple...

Provided by: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

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A Contention-Vector Based Hybrid Scheduling Algorithm for Wireless Networks

March 22, 2013 12:00am PDT

A good scheduling algorithm in wireless networks is the key for the efficient use of wireless medium. This paper presents a hybrid scheduling algorithm, called Contention-Vector based Hybrid...

Provided by: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

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Towards an Efficient Usage of UbiSOAP Middleware for Ubiquitous Networks

March 22, 2013 12:00am PDT

With the drastic evolution of wireless technologies, software services can become truly ubiquitous, being not solely accesses but also hosted by wirelessly networked portable gadgets. As a result,...

Provided by: Creative Commons

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Method for Preventing Selective Jamming Attacks

March 22, 2013 12:00am PDT

Wireless medium provides high speed wireless connectivity so, it is more vulnerable to interference attacks, called as jamming attack. This jamming interference in wireless transmissions of data...

Provided by: Creative Commons

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Block social networking sites with DansGuardian

March 21, 2013 10:08am PDT

If your SMB doesn't want to fool with the hassle of monitoring employees' use of social media sites and creating a social media policy, try the open source DansGuardian to block such sites altogether.

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Improving Network Efficiency by Removing Energy Holes in WSNs

March 21, 2013 12:00am PDT

Cluster based Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) have been widely used for better performance in terms of energy efficiency. Efficient use of energy is challenging task of designing these protocols....

Provided by: Cornell University

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Z-SEP: Zonal-Stable Election Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks

March 21, 2013 12:00am PDT

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are comprised of thousands of sensor nodes, with restricted energy, that co-operate to accomplish a sensing task. Various routing Protocols are designed for...

Provided by: Cornell University

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Divide-and-Rule Scheme for Energy Efficient Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks

March 21, 2013 12:00am PDT

From energy conservation perspective in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs), clustering of sensor nodes is a challenging task. Clustering technique in routing protocols play a key role to prolong the...

Provided by: King Saud University

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M-ATTEMPT: A New Energy-Efficient Routing Protocol for Wireless Body Area Sensor Networks

March 21, 2013 12:00am PDT

In this paper, the authors propose a new routing protocol for heterogeneous Wireless Body Area Sensor Networks (WBASNs); Mobility-supporting Adaptive Threshold-based Thermal-aware Energy-efficient...

Provided by: King Saud University

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Q-LEACH: A New Routing Protocol for WSNs

March 21, 2013 12:00am PDT

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) with their dynamic applications gained a tremendous attention of researchers. Constant monitoring of critical situations attracted researchers to utilize WSNs at...

Provided by: King Abdulaziz University

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Energy Consumption Rate Based Stable Election Protocol (ECRSEP) for WSNs

March 21, 2013 12:00am PDT

In recent few years Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) have seen an increased interest in various applications like border field security, disaster management and medical applications. So large...

Provided by: King Abdulaziz University

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Error Performance and Diversity Analysis of Multi-Source Multi-Relay Wireless Networks with Binary Network Coding and Cooperative MRC

March 21, 2013 12:00am PDT

In this paper, the authors contribute to the theoretical understanding, the design, and the performance evaluation of multi-source multi-relay network-coded cooperative diversity protocols. These...

Provided by: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

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Problematic firmware upgrades in NETGEAR switches

March 20, 2013 12:32am PDT

To get the latest OS on his NETGEAR switches, Mark Pimperton wrestled two-stage upgrades, multiple "latest versions," and failed file transfers.

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CellTV - on the Benefit of TV Distribution Over Cellular Networks: A Case Study

March 20, 2013 12:00am PDT

As mobile IP-access is becoming the dominant technology for providing wireless services, the demand for more spectrum for this type of access is increasing rapidly. Since IP-access can be used for...

Provided by: Cornell University

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Hybrid DEEC: Towards Efficient Energy Utilization in Wireless Sensor Networks

March 19, 2013 12:00am PDT

The clustering algorithm is considered as a kind of key technique used to reduce energy consumption. It can help in increasing the stability period and network life time. Routing protocol for...

Provided by: University of Alaska, Fairbanks

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EAPESS: An Adaptive Transmission Scheme in Wireless Sensor Networks

March 19, 2013 12:00am PDT

Reduced energy consumption in sensor nodes is one of the major challenges in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) deployment. In this regard, Error Control Coding (ECC) is one of techniques used for...

Provided by: University of Alaska, Fairbanks