Vol. 67, n° 11-12, November-December 2012
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An AHP-based resource management scheme for CRRM in heterogeneous wireless networks

Choongyong Shin¹, Jinsung Cho¹, Jeong Geun Kim¹ and Ben Lee²
(1) Kyung Hee University, Korea
(2) Oregon State University, USA

Abstract In a heterogeneous wireless environment, a variety of Radio Access Technologies (RATs) coexist. Since the number of RATs is anticipated to increase in the near future, it is desirable to have radio and network resources managed in a cooperative manner using the Common Radio Resource Management (CRRM) strategy. In order to make RAT-specific radio resources manageable in CRRM, this paper proposes the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) based resource management scheme that efficiently allocates resources among heterogeneous wireless networks.» Read the summary

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Vol. 67, n° 9-10, September-October 2012
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Nature-inspired optimization of Moving Access Point-based radio networks

Dimitrios Karvounas, Kostas Tsagkaris and Panagiotis Demestichas
University of Piraeus, Greece

Abstract Wireless communication systems have penetrated into almost all parts of human life. They have become essential and pervasive and do affect both personal and professional aspects of our lives. While most types of wireless networks, such as cellular mobile communication networks, have been exhaustively studied and optimized, in order to handle various situations, there are also contexts which require efficient handling, e.g., moving hotspots, areas that have lost their infrastructure, and areas with hard morphology.» Read the summary

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Vol. 67, n° 7-8, July-August 2012
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Guest editors
Yacine Amirat, LISSI, University of Paris-Est, France
Abdelhamid Mellouk, LISSI & IUT C/V, University of Paris-Est, France
Norihiro Hagita, ATR, IRC Labs, Japan
Dezhen Song, Texas A&M University, USA

Foreword

Yacine Amirat, Abdelhamid, Mellouk, Norihiro Hagita, Dezhen Song

Autonomous robot exploration in smart environments exploiting wireless sensors and visual features

Andrea Bardella, Matteo Danieletto, Emanuele Menegatti, Andrea Zanella, Alberto Pretto and Pietro Zanuttigh
University of Padova, Italy

Abstract This paper presents a complete solution for the integration of robots and wireless sensor networks in an ambient intelligence scenario. The basic idea consists in shifting from the paradigm of a very skilled robot interacting with standard objects to a simpler robot able to communicate with smart objects, i.e.,» Read the summary

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Vol. 67, n° 5-6, May-June 2012

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Multi-radio multi-channel routing metrics in IEEE 802.11s based wireless mesh networks

Sana Ghannay¹, Sonia Mettali Gammar¹, Fethi Filali² and Farouk Kamoun^1
1 National School of Computer Sciences, La Manouba, Tunisia
² QU Wireless Innovations Center, Doha, Qatar

Abstract IEEE 802.11s is one of the emerging standards designed to build wireless mesh networks which may serve to extend the coverage of access networks. The default IEEE 802.11s path selection protocol Hybrid Wireless Mesh Protocol (HWMP) is based on the radio-aware airtime link metric (ALM) that outperforms the hop-count metric in single channel multi-hop wireless networks.» Read the summary

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Vol. 67, n° 3-4, March-April 2012
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Guest editors
Régis Esnault, Orange Labs, France
Timothy O’Farrell, Sheffield University, UK
Gee Rittenhouse, Bell Labs, USA

In Memoriam of Man Faï Wong

Joe Wiart
Orange Labs, France

Foreword

Joe Wiart
Orange Labs, France

Survey and applications of standardized energy metrics to mobile networks

Hassan Hamdoun¹, Pavel Loskot¹, Timothy O’Farrell² , Jianhua He^1
1 Swansea University, UK
² University of Sheffield, UK

Abstract The energy consumption and the energy efficiency have become very important issue in optimizing the current as well as in designing the future telecommunications networks.» Read the summary

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Vol. 67, n° 1-2, January-February 2012
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Toward automatic GIS–video initial registration

Gaël Sourimant¹, Thomas Colleu¹, Vincent Jantet¹, Luce Morin²  and Kadi Bouatouch^3
1 INRIA Rennes Bretagne Atlantique
² IETR/INSA Rennes
³ Université Rennes 1

Abstract In the context of registration between videos and geographic information system (GIS)-based 3D building models — for instance in augmented reality applications — we propose a solution to one of the most critical problems, namely the registration initialization. Successful automatic 2D/3D matching is achieved by combining two context-dependent improvements. On one hand, we associate semantic information to the low-level primitives we used to reduce the problem complexity.» Read the summary

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