Theoretical analysis of a fractal surface radiation

We compare, in this paper, the far field radiated by two fractal distributions of current. The first one is obtained by a fractal cut following the Cantor arrangement, the second one keeps the length of each previous current element, but modifies the distance between the elements which is now taken as a constant. We establish the analytical formulations of the far field at any step n of the Cantor set. Then, we extract the array factor and we analyse and compare the following properties : convergence of the radiation pattern, wide of the main lobe, side lobes level and directivity.     

Filtering approaches to accelerated consensus in diffusion sensor networks

The main objective in distributed sensor networks is to reach agreement or consensus on values acquired by the sensors. A common methodology to approach this problem is using the iterative and weighted linear combination of those values to which each sensor has access. Different methods to compute appropriate weights have been extensively studied, but the resulting iterative algorithm still requires many iterations to provide a fairly good estimate of the consensus value. In this paper, different accelerating consensus approaches based on adaptive and non‐adaptive filtering techniques are studied and applied on the problem of acoustic source localization using the adaptive projected subgradient method. A comparative simulation study shows that the non‐adaptive polynomial filters based on Newton's interpolating polynomials and semi‐definite programming can provide more accelerated consensus and better estimation accuracy than adaptive filters evaluated using constrained affine projection algorithm or stochastic gradient algorithm provided that the network topology is known beforehand. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

B-spline explicit active surfaces: an efficient framework for real-time 3-D region-based segmentation

A new formulation of active contours based on explicit functions has been recently suggested. This novel framework allows real-time 3-D segmentation since it reduces the dimensionality of the segmentation problem. In this paper, we propose a B-spline formulation of this approach, which further improves the computational efficiency of the algorithm. We also show that this framework allows evolving the active contour using local region-based terms, thereby overcoming the limitations of the original method while preserving computational speed. The feasibility of real-time 3-D segmentation is demonstrated using simulated and medical data such as liver computer tomography and cardiac ultrasound images.     

Performance evaluation of legacy QCN for multicast and multiple unicast traffic transmission

A multicast congestion control scheme is an interesting feature to control group communication applications such as teleconferencing tools and information dissemination services. This paper addresses a comparison between multiple unicast and multicast traffic congestion control for Carrier Ethernet. In this work, we proposed to study the quantized congestion notification (QCN), which is a layer 2 congestion control scheme, in the case of multicast traffic and multiple unicast traffic. Indeed, the QCN has recently been standardized as the IEEE 802.1Qau Ethernet Congestion Notification standard. This scheme is evaluated through simulation experiments, which are implemented by the OMNeT++ framework. This paper evaluates the reaction point start time congestion detection, feedback rate, loss rate, stability, fairness and scalability performance of the QCN for multicast traffic transmission and multiple unicast traffic transmission. This paper also draws a parallel between QCN for multicast traffic transmission and that for multiple unicast traffic transmission. Despite the benefit of integrating the multicast traffic, results show that performance could degrade when the network scales up. The evaluation results also show that it is probable that the feedback implosion problem caused by the bottlenecks could be solved if we choose to set the queue parameter Qeq threshold value at a high value, 75% of the queue capacity for instance. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

电缆损耗对自动测试设备的影响

1引言 目前有许多测试公司设计、制造并销售引脚数众多的自动测试设备（ATE）。这些测试设备具有非常复杂的集成电路,用于驱动设备的每个引脚。一台测试设备的引脚数可能多达4096个。从图1可以看出：每个引脚通常都有一个相应的驱动器、比较器、负载,有时甚至需要参数测试单元。这些电路通过电缆连接到测试引脚。为了降低成本,供应商可能会选用质量比较差的电缆。而任何电缆,尤其是质量较差的电缆,都会产生损耗。从而降低测试设备的最终性能。     

Mécanisme de l’évolution des champs électromagnétiques dans un simulateur de grandes dimensions. Projet d’un simulateur semi-rhombique

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate theoretically and experimentally the transient electric field in anemp simulator. Using a time domain analysis, the mechanism of the field deformation can be analysed and consequently modifications can be introduced in the conception of new simulators (for example: rhombic simulator).     

Modélisation de l’impédance de transfert des câbles coaxiaux à blindages multiples

The shielding effectiveness of multishielded coaxial cables is determinated through the concept of the equivalent transfer impedance. The transfer impedance is computed from the main parameters of the coaxial structure. We describe in this paper the theoretical formulation to evaluate the amplitude of the disturbing voltage at the end of the cable flowed by the disturbing current. This result is used for the computation of the equivalent transfer impedance when the cable is made of various shields for exemple: homogeneous screens or braids. A comparison with the experimental results is also described.     

Quantification et détection

The basic detection problem consists in deciding on an optimal way between two possible hypotheses. This decision is made by comparing to an appropriate threshold the output of a processing system. The purpose of this paper is to study the consequences of a threshold quantization on the detection performance. Using various possible models of quantization we show that it creates in general a degradation of the performance. From this fact we introduce a new detection criterion using the concept of contrast and we show on some examples how this criterion is adapted to quantized detection problems.     

Optical properties of infrared transmitting materials

The choice of appropriate infrared transmitting materials for high-power laser applications necessitates a knowledge of various optical parameters. Because experimental data is often scant or unreliable in frequency regions of interest it has become important to be able to predict optical parameters from either theoretical or phenomenological models. This requires identification of the major physical mechanisms, and translation of this information into a useful model. Considerable progress has been made recently, especially with regard to the frequency dependence of refraction, absorption α and photoelasticity. It has been found, for example, that frequency dispersion is important at 10.6μm for all three of the latter quantities in most alkali-halides. For most semiconductors, on the other hand, only the effects on α are significant. It is shown that the mix of existing experimental data with recent theory is now providing us, for the first time, with a fairly comprehensive view of the magnitude, frequency dependence, and temperature dependence of optical parameters of infrared transmitting materials.