Statistical properties of out-of-frame detection schemes fordigital transmission systems

The importance of the misframe times for DS1 frame synchronization has often been addressed in designing and using network elements and mediation units. By extending the work of J. H. Eu and W. W. Rollins (1991), Markov chain first passage time analysis is used to derive higher moments of the misframe times in both random and burst error environments. This methodology is of great value in evaluating frame synchronization techniques for digital transmission systems. By experimenting with several out-of-frame detection schemes and reasonable values for bit error ratio (BER), it is shown that misframe times are always approximately exponentially distributed for all schemes     

Synthesis of polystyrene/poly(butyl acrylate) core–shell latex and its surface morphology

A polystyrene (PS)/poly(butyl acrylate) (PBA) composite emulsion was produced by seeded emulsion polymerization of butyl acrylate (BA) with PS seed particles which were prepared by emulsifier‐free polymerization of styrene with potassium persulfate (KPS) under a nitrogen atmosphere at 70°C for 24 h with stirring at 60 rpm and swelled with the BA monomer in an ethanol/water medium. The structure of the PS/PBA composite particles was confirmed by the presence of the characteristic absorption band attributed to PS and PBA from FTIR spectra. The particles for pure PS and PS/PBA with a low content of the BA monomer were almost spherical and regular. As the BA monomer content was increased, the particle size of the PS/PBA composite particles became larger, and more golf ball‐like particles were produced. The surface morphology of the PS/PBA composite particles was investigated by AFM and SEM. The T_g's attributed to PS and PBA in the PS/PBA composite particles were found at 110 and ?49°C, respectively. The thermal degradation of the pure PS and PS/PBA composite particles occurred in one and two steps, respectively. With an increasing amount of PBA, the initial thermal decomposition temperature increased. On the contrary the residual weight at 450°C decreased with an increasing amount of PBA. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 88: 595–601, 2003     

具有QoS保证的服务资源联合分配与管理

提出一种具有QoS保证的资源管理系统架构,理论分析表明,该系统架构能够较好地适应资源的动态性;其次将服务资源联合分配问题归化为MMKP(multiple-choice multiple-dimension knapsack problem)问题,并提出两种资源联合分配算法:最优解算法RA_BBLP和启发式算法RA_MHEU,实验结果表明,RA_BBLP保证求得最优解,可作为其他算法的参照系,而RA_MHEU收敛速度极快且所求出的解集接近最优,是一种理想的资源联合分配 算法.     

An adaptive algorithm for QoS-aware service composition in grid environments

Service composition enables users to realize their complex needs as a single request and it has been recognized as a flexible way for resource sharing and application integration since the appearance of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA). For each of the needed individual services there may be many candidate services available presented by different vendors and with different functional and non-functional properties such as Quality of Service (QoS). Approaches are needed to select candidate services with various QoS levels according to user’s performance requirements meanwhile adapt to dynamic churn in grid environments. This paper mainly focuses on adaptive management of QoS-aware service composition in grid environments and proposes an adaptive algorithm for QoS-aware service composition (AQSC). In AQSC we model this problem as the Multi-Constrained Optimal Path selection problem (MCOP) and use heuristic approach for service selection, then backup services set is introduced as an adaptive mechanism so as to ensure the fulfillment of composite service when some candidate services fail or withdraw. Both theoretical analysis and simulation results indicate that AQSC has high composition success rate, finish rate and low cost.     

Growth and characterization of Si doped vapor phase epitaxial GaAs for mesfet

This paper describes the Si-doping of GaAs that was grown using the AsCl₃:H₂:GaAs, Ga Chemical vapor deposition process. The doping sources were AsCl₃:SiCl₄ liquid solutions which proved to be highly reproducible for Si doping within the range, 1×1O¹⁶ to 2×10¹⁹ cm^?3. Incorporation of Si into the GaAs apparently occurs under near equilibrium conditions. This point is considered in detail and the consequences experimentally utilized to grow n, n+ bilayers using a single AsCl₃:SiCl₄ doping solution. Si impurity profiles based upon differential capacitance and SIMS data are presented. These can be very abrupt for n, n⁺ structures with order of magnitude changes occurring within 500 Å. For the 1×10₁₆ to 8×l0¹⁸ cm^?3 doped samples the mobilities at 78 and 298°K are comparable to the higher values reported for GaAs thin films grown by CVD. Power FET devices made from this material have demonstrated an output density of 0.86 watts/mm at 10 GHz.     

基于QoS的网格资源管理

资源管理是网格计算研究领域中的一项重要研究点,目前的研究工作大多致力于解决异构性问题,对于在交付无缝QoS(quality of service)前提下提高资源分配性能方面还缺乏深入的研究.而且,目前对网格QoS的研究集中于将多媒体网络QoS的相关成果融入网格体系架构中以提供对网格QoS的支持,而缺少对网格QoS的特性进行系统化的研究与归纳.为此,提出了网格QoS的层次结构模型,并对其中承上启下的虚拟组织层QoS参数进行了新的分类和测量;然后,利用SNAP(service negotiation and acquisition protocol)协议对基于网格QoS层次结构模型的网格QoS参数的映射转换过程进行了分析;最后,设计了网格资源管理仿真系统,并运用相关的网格QoS的研究改进了现有的Min-Min算法.仿真实验结果表明,基于QoS的网格资源管理可以在满足用户QoS需求下,有效地提高网格资源的利用率和服务请求的成功率.     

化学课程中数字化教学设计的探索

数字化教学是现代信息技术支撑下的一种新型教学方式,它要求教师不断完善自身知识结构、掌握现代教育技术和先进教育理念,才能应对数字化教学的变革。通过探讨化学课程中如何应用数字化教学手段、采取不同的教学设计,来改革现行的教学内容和教学方式,以培养学生的信息素养、合作能力和解决实际问题的能力。     

Design and performance analysis of MAC schemes for Wireless Sensor Networks Powered by Ambient Energy Harvesting

Energy consumption is a perennial issue in the design of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) which typically rely on portable sources like batteries for power. Recent advances in ambient energy harvesting technology have made it a potential and promising alternative source of energy for powering WSNs. By using energy harvesters with supercapacitors, WSNs are able to operate perpetually until hardware failure and in places where batteries are hard or impossible to replace. In this paper, we study the performance of different medium access control (MAC) schemes based on CSMA and polling techniques for WSNs which are solely powered by ambient energy harvesting using energy harvesters. We base the study on (i) network throughput (S), which is the rate of sensor data received by the sink, (ii) fairness index (F), which determines whether the bandwidth is allocated to each sensor node equally and (iii) inter-arrival time (γ) which measures the average time difference between two packets from a source node. For CSMA, we compare both the slotted and unslotted variants. For polling, we first consider identity polling. Then we design a probabilistic polling protocol that takes into account the unpredictability of the energy harvesting process to achieve good performance. Finally, we present an optimal polling MAC protocol to determine the theoretical maximum performance. We validate the analytical models using extensive simulations incorporating experimental results from the characterization of different types of energy harvesters. The performance results show that probabilistic polling achieves high throughput and fairness as well as low inter-arrival times.