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ICC
2009
IEEE
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Adaptive Coherent Lp-Norm Combining
— In this paper, we introduce an adaptive Lp–norm metric for robust coherent diversity combining in non–Gaussian noise and interference. We derive a general closed–form exp...
Amir Nasri, Ali Nezampour, Robert Schober
ICC
2009
IEEE
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An Energy-Efficient Cooperative SIMO Transmission Scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks
—This paper presents a cooperative single-input multiple-output (SIMO) transmission scheme for wireless sensor networks (WSNs), where the number of antennas and the constellation...
Chin-Liang Wang, Yan-Wun Huang, Yu-Chih Huang
ICC
2009
IEEE
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Random Linear Network Coding for Time Division Duplexing: Energy Analysis
—We study the energy performance of random linear network coding for time division duplexing channels. We assume a packet erasure channel with nodes that cannot transmit and rece...
Daniel Enrique Lucani, Milica Stojanovic, Muriel M...
ICC
2009
IEEE
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Markov Chain Minimum Bit Error Rate Detection for Multi-Functional MIMO Uplink
— In this paper, we introduce a novel Markov Chain (MC) representation aided Minimum Bit Error Rate (MBER) detection method that is applicable to an M-QAM modulated SDM/SDMA upli...
Shinya Sugiura, Sheng Chen, Lajos Hanzo
ICC
2009
IEEE
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Optimum Internet Gateway Selection in Ad Hoc Networks
—Wireless ad hoc networks are connected to the fixed Internet by means of Internet gateways. Whenever a node within the ad hoc network wishes to communicate with a host in the I...
Felix Hoffmann, Daniel Medina
ICC
2009
IEEE
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Effects of Imperfect Channel State Information on Achievable Rates of Precoded Multi-User MIMO Broadcast Channels with Limited F
—We consider multi-user MIMO broadcast channels with limited feedback. A recently proposed linear precoding technique, regularized block diagonalization (RBD), is used to mitigat...
Bin Song, Martin Haardt
ICC
2009
IEEE
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Optimal Sleep-Wake Policies for an Energy Harvesting Sensor Node
—We study a sensor node with an energy harvesting source. In any slot, the sensor node is in one of two modes: Wake or Sleep. The generated energy is stored in a buffer. The sens...
Vinay Joseph, Vinod Sharma, Utpal Mukherji
ICC
2009
IEEE
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On Quantizer Design for Soft Values in the Multiple-Access Relay Channel
—A network with two sources, one relay, and one destination is considered. Under the assumption of noisy sourcerelay links causing the relay to be unable to decode without error,...
Georg Zeitler, Ralf Koetter, Gerhard Bauch, Jö...
ICC
2009
IEEE
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Reducing Power Consumption in Backbone Networks
—According to several studies, the power consumption of the Internet accounts for up to 10% of the worldwide energy consumption, and several initiatives are being put into place ...
Luca Chiaraviglio, Marco Mellia, Fabio Neri