Asymmetric FCA for Downlink and Uplink Transmission in Clustered Multihop Cellular Network

A clustered multihop cellular network (CMCN) with virtual cells has been proposed to achieve the characteristics of macrocell/microcell hierarchically overlaid architecture by applying clustering techniques. As a complement to the traditional cellular networks, CMCN is able to incorporate the flexibility of ad hoc networks by allowing multihop transmission. In this paper, we first propose to use dedicated information ports (DIPs) as clusterheads for CMCN; then we analyze the performance of fixed channel assignment (FCA) for downlink transmission in CMCN. Two multi-dimensional Markov chain models are developed to study the call blocking probability. Due to the nature of multihop transmission in CMCN, channel assignment for uplink and downlink transmission is different and unbalanced. We then propose an asymmetric FCA (AFCA) for uplink and downlink transmission in CMCN. By making use of the proposed AFCA for uplink and downlink transmission, we can reduce the call blocking probability significantly as compared with the FCA for traditional single-hop cellular networks. The salient contribution is that the proposed CMCN with AFCA scheme can increase the spectrum efficiency and the system capacity by introducing the structure of CMCN with DIPs for virtual microcells.     

Investigation of Laser-Assisted Microcrystalline SiGe Films Deposited at Low Temperature

SiGe films deposited by conventional plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) were compared with microcrystalline SiGe (μc-SiGe) films deposited at a low temperature using a laser-assisted plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (LAPECVD). In the LAPECVD system, a CO₂ laser was used to assist the pyrolytic decomposition of SiH₄ and GeH₄ reactant gases. The μc-SiGe structure was identified using electron diffraction patterns from high-resolution transmission electron microscopy images. Microcrystalline SiGe films were analyzed using various measurements.     

Influence of Temperature on Shockley Stacking Fault Expansion and Contraction in SiC PiN Diodes

While Shockley stacking fault (SSF) creation and expansion within 4H-SiC bipolar devices is well known, only recently was it observed that this expansion and the associated increase in the forward voltage drop (V _f) could be completely reversed via low-temperature annealing. Here we report the temperature dependence of the recovery rate of the V _f drift via annealing, reporting an activation energy of 1.3 ± 0.3 eV. The V _f drift was observed to saturate following extended electrical stressing, and it was observed that the value of V _f at this saturation was inversely proportional to the stressing temperature. We also observed that SSF and V _f drift recovery could occur in highly stressed diodes at elevated temperatures even under high current injection conditions (14 A/cm²).     

The influence of 1 nm AlN interlayer on properties of the Al0.3Ga0.7N/AlN/GaN HEMT structure

The sheet carrier concentrations, conduction band profiles and amount of free carriers in the barriers have been determined by solving coupled Schrödinger and Poisson equation self-consistently for coherently grown Al_0.3Ga_0.7N/GaN and Al_0.3Ga_0.7N/AlN/GaN structures on thick GaN. The Al_0.3Ga_0.7N/GaN heterojunction structures with and without 1 nm AlN interlayer have been grown by MOCVD on sapphire substrate, the physical properties for these two structures have been investigated by various instruments such as Hall measurement and X-ray diffraction. By comparison of the theoretical and experimental results, we demonstrate that the sheet carrier concentration and the electrons mobility would be improved by the introduction of an AlN interlayer for Al_0.3Ga_0.7N/GaN structure. Mechanisms for the increasing of the sheet carrier concentration and the electrons mobility will be discussed in this paper.     

A behavioral-based multi-agent optimization algorithm for system level radio design

This paper introduces a multi-agent behavioral-based optimization algorithm for system level radio design. Making multi-standard wireless communication receivers that meet their specs while keeping the requirements of the individual blocks as relaxed as possible is the goal of this algorithm. In order to achieve this goal a “divide and conquer” approach is proposed. Different agents focus on different objectives that are pursued in parallel. Agents adopt different behaviors depending on the status of the environment and their interaction with other agents. Agents are cooperative by default as they try to meet their spec without making changes that affect other agents. However, more aggressive behaviors that lead to global changes can be adopted when needed. The interaction between these simple entities yields an emergent behavior able to deal smoothly with the complexity of the problem at hand.     

Noise Temperature Increase Effect on Total Outage Analysis of an Interfered Satellite Link

The ever increasing demand for bandwidth and multimedia services has led to the employment of Ka and V band in modern satellite communication networks. In these frequency bands, rain attenuation is the most dominant fading mechanism deteriorating the performance of the Earth-space links. Moreover, interference due to propagation phenomena increases the outage time of the satellite links and should be taken into account for the reliable design of a satellite communication network. In this paper, a physical propagation model for the prediction of carrier-to-noise plus interference ratio statistics of a broadband satellite link incorporating the receiver noise temperature increase due to rain, is presented The obtained numerical results highlight the significance of the latter effect and investigate the impact of various operational, geometrical and climatic parameters in the total outage analysis. Some simple mathematical formulas for the prediction of the carrier-to-noise plus interference ratio, based on the above theoretical results, are also presented.     

Long Pulse Operation of the THz Gyrotron with a Pulse Magnet

Long pulse operation up to 1 msec of a high frequency gyrotron with a pulse magnet has been successfully carried out in a frequency range including 1 THz. In the experiments, the timing of an electron beam pulse injection is adjusted at the top of the magnetic field pulse, where the variation of field intensity is negligible. The operation cavity modes seem to be TE_{1, 12} and TE_4,12 at the second harmonics. The corresponding frequencies are 903 GHz and 1,013 GHz, respectively. Additionally several features of radiation measurement results of the gyrotron are described and brief considerations are presented.     

Genetic evolutionary algorithm for optimal allocation of wavelength converters in WDM optical networks

In this article, a genetic evolutionary algorithm is proposed for efficient allocation of wavelength converters in WDM optical networks. Since wavelength converters are expensive, it is desirable that each node in WDM optical networks uses a minimum number of wavelength converters to achieve a near-ideal performance. The searching capability of genetic evolutionary algorithm has been exploited for this purpose. The distinguished feature of the proposed approach lies in handling the conflicting circumstances during allocation of wavelength converters considering various practical aspects (e.g., spatial problem, connectivity of a node with other nodes) rather than arbitrarily to possibly improve the overall blocking performance of WDM optical networks. The proposed algorithm is compared with a previous approach to establish its effectiveness and the results demonstrate the ability of the proposed algorithm to efficiently solve the problem of Optimal Wavelength Converters Allocation (OWCA) in practical WDM optical networks.

Uplink Multi-service Capacity and Interference Statistics of City Streets WCDMA Cross-shaped Microcells with Imperfect Power Control and Finite Transmitted Power

The multi-service (combination of more than one service) capacity and interference statistics (mean and variance) of the sectors of the street cross-shaped Wide Band Code Division Access (WCDMA) microcell are studied. A model of 21 cross-shaped microcells is used to analyze the uplink. The two slope propagation model is used to analyze the uplink. The capacity and interference statistics of the sectors are studied for different sector ranges, side lobe levels and power control (PC) standard deviation errors. It is noticed that, increasing the sector range will increase the sector capacity, reducing the side lobe level will also increase the sector capacity. Also it is noticed that, increasing the propagation exponent s ₂ will increase the sector capacity, reducing the standard deviations of the shadowing parameters σ₁ and σ₂ will increase the sector capacity and that reducing the power control standard deviation error σ_c will increase the sector capacity.

Partheno genetic algorithm for dynamic multi-services restoration in WDM networks

Dynamic restoration algorithms which support real-time and multi-services recovery are significant for the survivability of WDM (wavelength division multiplexed) networks. In this article, an intelligent dynamic restoration algorithm for multi-services in WDM networks based on the partheno genetic algorithm is proposed. In these networks, partial wavelength conversion is used. The algorithm is implemented within an interconnected multilayer-graph model and two kinds of optical networks matrix models. Compared with the basic restoration scheme, the proposed algorithm can make use of available network state information and can restore the affected multi-services fast and parallel. Simulation showed that the proposed algorithm can improve the restoration efficiency under high loads and reduce the service disruption ratio on the basis of fully utilizing resources of the network.