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Surveying wearable human assistive technology for life and safety critical applications: Standards, challenges and opportunities
( MDPI , 2014 , Article Review)In this survey a new application paradigm life and safety for critical operations and missions using wearable Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs) technology is introduced. This paradigm has a vast scope of applications, ... -
Use of Learning, Game Theory and Optimization as Biomimetic Approaches for Self-Organization in Heterogeneous Networks
( Springer Nature , 2014 , Book chapter)In this chapter, we present the use of several bio inspired approaches called biomimetics for the design of Self-organization (SO) in heterogeneous network scenarios. Mainly these approaches are further categorized in ... -
A SON solution for sleeping cell detection using low-dimensional embedding of MDT measurements
( IEEE , 2014 , Conference)Automatic detection of cells which are in outage has been identified as one of the key use cases for Self Organizing Networks (SON) for emerging and future generations of cellular systems. A special case of cell outage, ... -
Prediction of time series using ARMA models in an energy-efficient body area network
( IEEE , 2015 , Conference)This paper investigates the tradeoff between accuracy and complexity cost to predict electrocardiogram values using auto-regressive moving average (ARMA) models in a fully functional body area network (BAN) platform. The ... -
Hybrid data management system for mHealth
( IEEE , 2015 , Conference)Mobile and wearable sensing technology stands to provide a wealth of information to healthcare providers, and allows them to envision systems with reduced costs, automated monitoring and evaluation, and overall improved ... -
LTE and IEEE 802.11p for vehicular networking: a performance evaluation
( Springer Nature , 2014 , Article)Various wireless communication systems exist, which enable a wide range of applications and use cases in the vehicular environment. These applications can be grouped into three types, namely, road safety, traffic efficiency, ... -
Challenges in 5G: How to empower SON with big data for enabling 5G
( IEEE , 2014 , Article)While an al dente character of 5G is yet to emerge, network densification, miscellany of node types, split of control and data plane, network virtualization, heavy and localized cache, infrastructure sharing, concurrent ... -
Towards accurate mobility and radio link modeling for IEEE 802.15.6 wearable body sensor networks
( IEEE , 2014 , Conference)In this paper accurate mobility and radio link modeling for intra-body communication is presented. The proposed enhanced mobility and radio link models introduce space and time variations to existing IEEE 802.15.6 channel ... -
Dynamic and energy efficient wireless BAN platform for remote health monitoring
( IEEE , 2014 , Conference)This paper presents experimental results on a fully functional body area network (BAN) platform in terms of energy consumption, delivery ratio and lifespan. The proposed BAN platform captures, processes, and wirelessly ... -
Self organization of tilts in relay enhanced networks: A distributed solution
( IEEE , 2014 , Article)Despite years of physical-layer research, the capacity enhancement potential of relays is limited by the additional spectrum required for Base Station (BS)-Relay Station (RS) links. This paper presents a novel distributed ... -
Performance evaluation of IEEE 802.15.6 MAC for Wearable Body Sensor Networks using a Space-Time dependent radio link model
( IEEE , 2014 , Conference)In this paper a realistic performance evaluation of the IEEE 802:15:6 Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol for wireless body sensor networks (WBSNs) is presented. The accuracy of the evaluation rely on the enhanced mobility ... -
Energy-aware cooperative content distribution over wireless networks: Design alternatives and implementation aspects
( IEEE , 2013 , Article)This paper presents a comprehensive overview on the area of energy-aware common content distribution over wireless networks with mobile-to-mobile cooperation. It is assumed that a number of mobile terminals (MTs) that are ... -
Resource Allocation in Uplink OFDMA Wireless Systems: Optimal Solutions and Practical Implementations
( John Wiley and Sons , 2012 , Book)Tackling problems from the least complicated to the most, Resource Allocation in Uplink OFDMA Wireless Systems provides readers with a comprehensive look at resource allocation and scheduling techniques (for both single ... -
A survey on uplink resource allocation in OFDMA wireless networks
( IEEE , 2012 , Article Review)OFDMA has been selected as the multiple access scheme for state-of-the-art wireless communication systems. Efficient resource allocation in OFDMA wireless networks is essential in order to meet the quality of service ... -
A Nash bargaining solution for energy-efficient content distribution over wireless networks with mobile-to-mobile cooperation
( IEEE , 2011 , Conference)A game theoretical formulation for energy minimization in mobile-to-mobile cooperative networks is provided. The problem is formulated as a Nash bargaining game, and the Nash bargaining solution is derived. Furthermore, a ... -
A channel-aware reservation protocol for cooperative content distribution over OFDMA networks
( IEEE , 2011 , Conference)In this paper, a channel aware resource reservation protocol for content distribution in an OFDMA wireless network with mobile-to-mobile cooperation is presented. The proposed approach consists of a reservation phase and ... -
A cooperative multihop approach for energy efficient wireless content distribution
( VDE VERLAG GMBH , 2012 , Conference)Cooperative content distribution for the purpose of energy minimization is investigated in the framework of multihop wireless networks. Mobile terminals cooperate to receive content of common interest from the base station ... -
An OFDMA communication protocol for wireless sensor networks used for leakage detection in underground water infrastructures
( IEEE , 2011 , Conference)In this paper, an application of wireless sensor networks for leakage detection in underground water pipes is considered. A mobile sensor immersed in the water pipe is assumed to communicate with relay nodes on the ground ... -
Enhancing the performance of OFDMA underlay cognitive radio networks via secondary pattern nulling and primary beam steering
( IEEE , 2011 , Conference)Cognitive radio networks are receiving a lot of research attention lately. Most user equipment in state-of-the-art wireless communication systems are equipped with two antennas. In this paper, we take advantage of the two ... -
Novel time-frequency reservation Aloha scheme for OFDMA systems
( IEEE , 2011 , Conference)A novel reservation Aloha scheme is presented for OFDMA systems. The proposed scheme is based on two dimensional reservation in time and frequency. The proposed approach is compared to other OFDMA extensions of reservation ...
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