Many companies, organizations and communities are providing wireless hotspots that provide networking access using 802.11b wireless networks. Since wireless networks are more sensitive to variations
in bandwidth and environmental interference than wired networks, most networks support a number of transmission rates that
have different error and bandwidth properties. Access points can communicate with multiple clients running at different rates,
but this leads to unfair bandwidth allocation. If an access point communicates with a mix of clients using both 1 Mb/s and
11 Mb/s transmission rates, the faster clients are effectively throttled to 1 Mb/s as well. This happens because the 802.11
MAC protocol approximate “station fairness”, with each station given an equal chance to access the media. We provide a solution
to provide “rate proportional fairness”, where the 11 Mb/s stations receive more bandwidth than the 1 Mb/s stations. Unlike
previous solutions to this problem, our mechanism is easy to implement, works with common operating systems and requires no
change to the MAC protocol or the stations.
Joseph Dunn received an M.S. in computer science from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2003, and B. S. in coputer science and
mathematics from the University of Arizona in 2001. His research interests are in the general area of computer systems, primarily
focusing on security and scalability in distributed systems. He is currently working on his Ph.D. in computer science from
the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Michael Neufeld received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Colorado at Boulder in December of 2004, having previously received
an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2000 and an A.B. in Computer Science from Princeton
University in 1993. His research interests are in the general area of computer system, specifically concentrating on wireless
networking, software defind/cognitive radio, and streerable antennas. He is currently a postdoc in the Computer Science department
at the University of Calorado at Boulder pursuing research related to software defined radio and new MAC protocols for steerable
phase array antennas.
Anmol Sheth is a Ph.D. student in Computer Science at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He received his B.S. in Computer Science
from the University of Pune, India in 2001. He has been co-leading the development of the MANTIS operating system. He has
co-authored three papers include MAC layer protocol design, energy-efficient wireless communication, and adapting communications
to mobility.
Dirk Grunwald received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois in 1989 and joined the University of Colorado the same year. His work
addresses research and teaching in the broad area of “computer systems”, which includes computer architecture, operating systems,
networks, and storage systems. His interests also include issues in pervasive computing, novel computing models, and enjoying
the mountains. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and in Electrical and Computer
Engineering and is also the Director of the Colorado Center for Information Storage.
John Bennett is a Professor of Computer Science with a joint appointment in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Colorado
at Boulder. He also serves as Associate Dean for Education in the College of Engineering and Applied Science. He joined the
CU-Boulder faculty in 2000, after serving on the faculty of Rice University for 11 years. While at Rice, Bennett pioneered
a course in engineering design for both engineering and non-engineering students that has been emulated at several universities
and high schools. In addition to other teaching awards, Bennett received the Keck Foundation National Award for Engineering
Teaching Excellence for his work on this course. Bennett received his Ph.D. in 1988 from the University of Washington. Prior
to completing his doctoral studies, he was a U.S. Naval Officer for several years and founded and served as President of Pacific
Mountain Research, Inc., where he supervised the design and development of a number of commercial computing systems. Bennett's
primary research interests are broadly focused in the area of distributed systems, and more narrowly in distributed information
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The present article introduced a novel idea for information hiding namely steganography. We have used new notions for the construction of the nonlinear component for block cipher based on inverse LA-semigroups. This nonlinear component fundamentally provides confidentiality in the proposed steganographic algorithm. The construction of the algorithm is fundamentally twofold. Firstly, we have constructed a novel scheme to design confusion component namely substitution box (S-box). Secondly, we have utilized the anticipated nonlinear component in digital steganography. The suggested algorithm is tested for different standard digital images. The authentication of the proposed algorithm is confirmed through statistical analysis.
Electromagnetic wideband absorption is still perceived as a critical and formidable challenge to address with an unambiguous photonic absorber. Subwavelength metamaterial (MM) unit cells with unique and controlled features have recently gained considerable interest. However, meta-atoms, generated using a quantum-inspired pattern distribution, are underwhelming in existing literature to design photonic absorbers and their potential application to manufacture solar sails is still quite uncommon. In this article, to create a flexible, polarization-insensitive, ultrathin, and broadband MM absorber, quantum interference pattern-inspired design is utilized. Herein, a novel approach to fabricating solar sails for the space exploration incorporates the proposed broadband photonic absorber rather than conventional reflectors. The quantum-inspired meta-absorber (QIMA) exhibits an absorption of over 91% for the visible domain, i.e., 380–800 nm under a conventional plane-polarized source. It is shown in the study that broadband absorbers are almost equivalent to excellent reflectors to design the solar sails in terms of the time-averaged force calculated by utilizing the Maxwell stress tensor method. Thus, the QIMA has the potential to be a viable alternative to reflectors in the design of futuristic solar sails for space exploration. The interference theory model is also utilized to assure the dependability of calculated data, and additionally, the standard AM1.5 solar spectrum is utilized to demonstrate the QIMA's solar-harvesting potentiality. 相似文献
The metal‐free reaction of terminal arylacetylenes with α,α‐dichloroaldimines in 1,1,1,3,3,3‐hexafluoro‐2‐propanol as the sole solvent results in the rapid and selective formation of γ,γ‐dichloro‐β‐amino ketones. In this solvent the expected dichlorinated propargylamines and/or allylic amines are not formed. The dichloromethylene moiety of the aldimine acts as an activating group and is essential to accomplish this transformation. Electron‐rich acetylenes lead to the best results and work well with all imines (with or without α′‐H at the nitrogen substituent), while electron‐deficient acetylenes only reacted with N‐tert‐butylaldimines (no α′‐H). The mechanistic pathway showed 1,1,1,3,3,3‐hexafluoro‐2‐propanol to protonate the aldimine, which in the rate‐determining step will react with the arylacetylene to form a resonance‐stabilized allene cation, which is trapped by a HFIP molecule giving rise to an enol ether, which promptly hydrolyzes to furnish exclusively the β‐amino ketones. Using DFT techniques we found that the first C C bond forming step is the rate‐determining step and is associated with a barrier of about 21 kcal mol−1.
Due to unique physiochemical properties, nanoparticles (NPs) have acquired substantial attention in the field of research. However, threats of ecotoxicity and phytotoxicity have limited their biological applications. In this study in vivo experiments were performed to determine the effect of CuO (12.5, 25 and 50 mg/kg) and ZnO (200, 400 and 600 mg/kg) NPs on growth, and antioxidant activities of Brassica nigra. The results showed that CuO NPs did not affect the seed germination while presence of ZnO NPs in the soil generated an inhibitory effect. Both CuO and ZnO NPs positively influenced the growth of stem and other physiological parameters i.e. stem height increased (23%) at 50 mg/kg CuO while root length decreased (up to 44%) with an increase in the concentration of NPs. Phytochemical screening of apical, middle and basal leaves showed elevated phenolic and flavonoid contents in the range of 15.3–59 μg Gallic Acid Equivalent (GAE)/mg Dry Weight (DW) and 10–35 μg Querceitin Equivalent (QE)/mg DW, respectively, in NPs‐treated plants. Antioxidant activity was higher in CuO NPs‐treated plants as compared to ZnO and control plants. Results conclude that CuO and ZnO NPs at low concentrations can be exploited as nanofertilisers in agriculture fields.Inspec keywords: biochemistry, enzymes, renewable materials, crops, nanoparticles, soil, nanofabrication, zinc compounds, organic compounds, agricultural products, toxicology, nanobiotechnologyOther keywords: antioxidative response, ZnO nanoparticles exposure, soil conditions, unique physiochemical properties, germination, antioxidant activities, brassica nigra plant, antioxidant activity, CuO NP‐treated plants, control plants, ZnO NPs effect, mass 15.3 mug to 59.0 mug, mass 10.0 mug to 35.0 mug, CuO, ZnO相似文献
The tannery effluent contaminated lands, adjacent to Depalpur Road, Kasur, Pakistan, have been rendered infertile due to long term effluent logging from the leather industry. The area has been colonized by twelve plant species among which Suaeda fruticosa, Salvadora oleoides and Calatropis procera have been found to be the most common and high biomass producing plants. S. fruticosa was subjected to further experimentation because of its high biomass and phytoextraction capabilities for metals. The pot and field experiments were carried out simultaneously. Pot experiments were conducted using the same field soil in column pots with stoppard bottoms to obtain the leachate. EDTA treatment caused a greater solubility of Cr in the soil pore water. In higher doses more amount of the heavy metal was leached. The increase in the amount of EDTA significantly caused a decrease in the biomass of plants without toxicity symptoms. A higher biomass of plants was observed in the field as compared to the pot experiment. The greatest amount of Na was accumulated by leaves of S. fruticosa followed by stem and roots. Similarly, the greatest amount of Cr was bioaccumulated by leaves of S. fruticosa, but followed by roots and then stem. S. fruticosa can be employed in rehabilitation of tannery effluent contaminated soil using small doses of EDTA. 相似文献