Alternatives to standard hemodialysis

Survival of patients on hemodialysis remains poor, but the benefits of increasing urea clearance have probably been maximized within our current treatment schedules. Long dialysis sessions (8 hr) produce impressive outcomes, with mortality 53% to 55% lower than conventional schedules. Even increasing from 4 to 5 hr may improve survival. Increased frequency of dialysis (6 times weekly) produces impressive reductions in left ventricular mass and could conceivably be implemented in‐center. Preliminary data suggest a 61% reduction in mortality with increased frequency. Nightly dialysis combines longer sessions with increased frequency and has produced remarkable clinical gains in blood pressure, left ventricular mass, serum phosphate, and sleep apnea. However, the data are mainly from case series and impact on mortality remains unknown. Expansion of home hemodialysis would be necessary for this modality to grow. Convective therapies remove middle molecules more effectively, and observational data suggest hemodiafiltration has the potential to improve mortality by 35% to 36%. Hemodiafiltration has the advantage of being relatively easy to implement. The uremic milieu is complex and further investigation of the underlying pathophysiology is needed to inform future dialysis interventions. The survival data above are from observational studies, and hence benefits are likely to be exaggerated. Randomized trials of dialysis interventions are desperately needed. They remain difficult to perform, because of the complexity of both the patient population and the interventions, and because of limited available funding.     

GPRS无线DDN系统与应用

介绍基于GPRS网络无线DDN系统的构成、组网以及在电力系统的应用，同时对传输包长度、效率、时延等参数进行分析。     

家庭网络标准及其研究计划

家庭网络处于不断发展的过程中，家电／IT行业与电信行业对于家庭网络的理解和发展思路也不一样，因此无论国际和国内都有很多从事家庭网络标准化的组织，标准不统一。中国正在制订家庭网络相关标准的组织主要有3个，分别是信息设备资源共享协同服务标准工作组（IGRS）、e家佳和中国通信标准化协会（CCSA），目前都已有了一些研究成果。为了提高中国在家庭网络领域自主创新的能力，进一步加快中国家庭网络的标准化进程，3个标准化组织应该打破行业壁垒，加强合作，实现优势互补，以合作共赢的态度研究中国自主的家庭网络标准。     

Foveation-Based Error Resilience and Unequal Error Protection over Mobile Networks

By exploiting new human-machine interface techniques, such as visual eyetrackers, it should be possible to develop more efficient visual multimedia services associated with low bandwidth, dynamic channel adaptation and robust visual data transmission. In this paper, we introduce foveation-based error resilience and unequal error protection techniques over highly error-prone mobile networks. Each frame is spatially divided into foveated and background layers according to perceptual importance. Perceptual importance is determined either through an eye tracker or by manually selecting a region of interest. We attempt to improve reconstructed visual quality by maintaining the high visual source throughput of the foveated layer using foveation-based error resilience and error correction using a combination of turbo codes and ARQ (automatic reQuest). In order to alleviate the degradation of visual quality, a foveation based bitstream partitioning is developed. In an effort to increase the source throughput of the foveated layer, we develop unequal delay-constrained ARQ (automatic reQuest) and rate compatible punctured turbo codes where the punctual pattern of RCPC (rate compatible punctured convolutional) codes in H.223 Annex C is used. In the simulation, the visual quality is significantly increased in the area of interest using foveation-based error resilience and unequal error protection; (as much as 3 dB FPSNR (foveal peak signal to noise ratio) improvement) at 40% packet error rate. Over real-fading statistics measured in the downtown area of Austin, Texas, the visual quality is increased up to 1.5 dB in PSNR and 1.8 dB in FPSNR at a channel SNR of 5 dB.     

802.1 x协议分析及其应用

本文对802.1x协议体系结构、流程及其工作原理作了分析,然后介绍了基于该协议的各种传统应用,在此基础上对协议的应用作了进一步扩展,将其引入到网关系统的访问控制中,并概要分析了几种网关模式的应用场景,最后把它同其它认证方式作了分析和比较.     

传感器网络中基于二元簇的节能路由算法

传感器网络中的分簇算法已经被证明能够有效地节约能量。据此提出了一种基于二元簇的路由算法,其基本思想是网络中的每个节点同时属于2个不同簇,利用二元性来减少在路由发现中的资源浪费,并能够更加确定地发现路由以节约资源。理论分析和模拟实验都表明,该算法在能量消耗和网络生命周期延长方面较优。     

油井远程智能监控系统

根据采油厂油井监控的需求,将油井数据采集、网络视频监控技术和无线通信技术紧密结合起来,设计规划适用于油井的远程智能监控系统。重点介绍了远程智能监控技术的系统原理、组成结构、实现方式及其实际应用效果。     

无线网状网技术与应用

无线网状网(WMNs)由网状路由器节点和客户机节点组成,其中的网状路由器节点组成了无线网状网的网络骨干,其移动性很小。他们一起为无线网状网和其他常规无线网络的客户机节点提供网络的无线接入。WMNs技术结合了中心式控制的蜂窝网与分布式控制的无线自组织网的优点,可有效克服这两种技术的缺陷并显著提高无线网络的性能,已经成为下一代无线通信网络的研究热点之一。WMNs可为无线个域网、局域网、校园网、城域网的一系列应用提供高速无线宽带接入服务。虽然目前WMNs技术发展很快,但其协议栈各层仍存在许多有待研究的课题。首先简要介绍了无线网状网的结构与特点;随后重点分析了其主要的几个应用领域;最后探讨了WMNs各协议层的研究现状与关键技术,并分析了该技术存在的问题及未来的研究方向。     

固定式宽带无线接入技术--LMDS

本地多点分配业务(LMDS)是近年来在国际上兴起的固定式宽带无线接入技术,具有传输容量大、起始费用低的优点,受到了国内外电信业务经营者的普遍关注.文章介绍了LMDS提供的业务类型、工作频率、系统结构和标准化情况,并将LMDS与有线电视网络、ADSL、MMDS等现有的接入技术进行了比较.文章认为LMDS的商业推广尚需解决信号质量、服务区尺寸、费用等制约因素.     

无线网络中TCP与Ipsec的兼容性研究

针对有线网络设计的传输控制协议(TCP),在应用到无线环境中时存在许多不兼容问题,必须对TCP进行修改.目前人们提出了几种对TCP协议在无线网络环境下的改进方案,但是这些改进方案同IP安全协议(IPsec)存在一定的中突.文章分析了IPsec与TCP的改进方案之间的冲突问题,给出了4种解决方案:用传输层安全协议/安全套接层协议(TLS/SSL)代替IPsec、扩展封装安全载荷(ESP)协议、对TCP路径分段和修改IPsec的端到端保护模式,并分析了各方案的优缺点.