{"title":"NeBuST: Low-latency congested sensor data transmission protocol","authors":"H. Higaki","doi":"10.1109/ICCITECHNOL.2011.5762690","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCITECHNOL.2011.5762690","url":null,"abstract":"In wireless sensor networks, sensor data messages are transmitted to a sink node by using wireless multihop transmission with help of intermediate sensor nodes. In event-based sensor networks, no or few sensor data messages are transmitted in usual and burst sensor data messages are required to be transmitted when a sensor detects occurrence of a certain event. It may cause congestion along a multihop transmission route and result in lost messages by buffer-overflow and longer transmission delay. To solve this problem, we propose NeBuST protocol in which congested sensor data messages are buffered not only in the sensor nodes in the route but also in neighbor sensor nodes of the route. Simulation experiments show that the proposed protocol requires shorter transmission delay than the conventional data message buffering only in sensor nodes along the route.","PeriodicalId":211631,"journal":{"name":"2011 International Conference on Communications and Information Technology (ICCIT)","volume":"98 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126051957","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Improving QoS for UGS, rtPS, nrtPS, BE in WIMAX networks","authors":"J. Ben-othman, L. Mokdad","doi":"10.1109/ICCITECHNOL.2011.5762687","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCITECHNOL.2011.5762687","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we present a new admission control (AC) for IEEE 802.16. The AC aims to accept new connections according to the negotiated service class (UGS, rtPS, nrTPS, and BE). To achieve this goal we propose to use the token bucket concept that provide QoS for real time traffics without degrading the QoS of non real time traffic. To show the benefit of the proposed AC, an analytical model based on Markov Chain has been developed. Numerical results confirm our assumptions.","PeriodicalId":211631,"journal":{"name":"2011 International Conference on Communications and Information Technology (ICCIT)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129551813","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Planar bandpass filter for ultrawideband communication systems","authors":"A. Abbosh, M. Bialkowski","doi":"10.1109/ICCITECHNOL.2011.5762684","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCITECHNOL.2011.5762684","url":null,"abstract":"A broadside-coupled structure is used to build a planar bandpass filter with ultra-wideband (UWB) performance. The design is aimed at achieving a passband that covers the frequency range from 3.1 GHz to 10.6 GHz as required by the modern UWB indoor and outdoor communication systems. To achieve a wide upper stopband, a stepped impedance resonator is employed to suppress the harmonic responses outside the band of interest. The presented results confirm ultra passband performance. Furthermore, the device has a wide upper stopband that extends above 20 GHz, and. It shows a flat group delay with less than 0.1 ns peak-to-peak variation across the passband revealing a distortionless performance when operating in pulsed RF systems. The designed coupler has a compact size of 1.2 cm×1.8 cm.","PeriodicalId":211631,"journal":{"name":"2011 International Conference on Communications and Information Technology (ICCIT)","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125707135","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An enhanced Neural Network Ensemble for automatic sleep scoring","authors":"A. AlSukker, A. Al-Ani","doi":"10.1109/ICCITECHNOL.2011.5762662","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCITECHNOL.2011.5762662","url":null,"abstract":"Improving the diversity of Neural Network Ensembles (NNE) plays an important role in creating robust classification systems in many fields. Several methods have been proposed in the literature to create such diversity using different sets of classifiers or using different portions of training/feature sets. Neural networks are often used as base classifiers in multiple classifier systems as they adapt easily to small changes in the training data, therefore creating diversity that is necessary to make the ensemble work. This paper presents a novel algorithm based on generating a set of classifiers such that each one of them is biased towards one of the target classes. This will improve the ensemble diversity and hence its performance. Results on sleep data sets show that the proposed method is able to outperform the traditional fusion algorithms of bagging and boosting.","PeriodicalId":211631,"journal":{"name":"2011 International Conference on Communications and Information Technology (ICCIT)","volume":"325 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116342203","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Planar array antenna for ultra wideband microwave imaging system","authors":"A. Abbosh, B. Mohammed, M. Bialkowski","doi":"10.1109/ICCITECHNOL.2011.5762679","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCITECHNOL.2011.5762679","url":null,"abstract":"This paper reports the design of a planar antenna array for an ultra-wideband (UWB) microwave imaging system aimed for the operation in the band from 3.1 GHz to 10.6 GHz. The proposed planar array includes 6 × 2 UWB antenna elements in the form of compact (22 mm × 40 mm) corrugated tapered slot antennas (TSAs). The antenna elements are designed to operate in a coupling medium to improve the matching with the imaged object, and thus to increase the dynamic range of the imaging system. They are covered with a dielectric material to protect them from the adverse effects of the coupling liquid. The designed array is tested in the presence of a multilayer phantom representing an imaged object. The simulation performance of the designed array shows good impedance match and low mutual coupling of its elements and thus its readiness for use in UWB imaging system.","PeriodicalId":211631,"journal":{"name":"2011 International Conference on Communications and Information Technology (ICCIT)","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130755206","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Italian Sign Language Sign Bank: Using WordNet for Sign Language corpus creation","authors":"P. Prinetto, U. Shoaib, G. Tiotto","doi":"10.1109/ICCITECHNOL.2011.5762664","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCITECHNOL.2011.5762664","url":null,"abstract":"Sign languages are visual-gestural languages used by deaf people to communicate with others. As with spoken languages, Sign languages vary among countries and have their own vocabulary and grammar. Since they suffer of an extreme variability within the same country as they don't have a standard lexicon. This paper describes a LIS Sign Bank, a large scale LIS lexicon automatically linked to Word Net, that allows a rich extension with meanings. The development of large parallel corpus between Italian and Italian Sign Language (Lingua Italiana dei Segni, LIS) is described1.","PeriodicalId":211631,"journal":{"name":"2011 International Conference on Communications and Information Technology (ICCIT)","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121430892","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A transport layer interoperability model for mobile ad-hoc environment","authors":"H. Safa, M. Karam, R. A. Assi, H. Mcheick","doi":"10.1109/ICCITECHNOL.2011.5762663","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCITECHNOL.2011.5762663","url":null,"abstract":"Mobile ad-hoc networks (MANETs) are dynamic in nature. Links between nodes may constantly change due to mobility. The performance of the transmission control protocol (TCP) degrades in such an environment mainly due to its inability to differentiate between congestion and link failures which are frequent in MANETs. Several TCP variants were proposed to adapt TCP to a mobile environment. In addition, other reliable transport protocols were especially designed for MANETs as an alternative to these TCP variants. Several network settings might require different transport protocols to coexist and interoperate. In this paper we present a model that can be used to achieve interoperability between reliable transport protocols. The proposed model consists of forming an intermediate easy-to-implement thin layer between the network layer and the transport layer in the TCP/IP stack. Such layer will be invoked at the receiver side and will preserve the semantics of the sender's transport protocol. Our proposed model focuses on TCP and ATP, the ad-hoc transport protocols, but it can be expanded to accommodate other protocols.","PeriodicalId":211631,"journal":{"name":"2011 International Conference on Communications and Information Technology (ICCIT)","volume":"81 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122701670","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Alleviating the effect of the strict avalanche criterion (SAC) of symmetric-key encryption in wireless communication channels","authors":"M. Matalgah, Walid Y. Zibideh, Amer M. Magableh","doi":"10.1109/ICCITECHNOL.2011.5762665","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCITECHNOL.2011.5762665","url":null,"abstract":"The strict avalanche criterion (SAC) is a desirable property of traditional symmetric-key cryptographic algorithms. The SAC is said to be satisfied if, whenever a single input bit is complemented, each of the output bits changes with a probability of one half. In terms of the block ciphers context, such a small change in either the key or the plaintext should cause a drastic change in the ciphertext. Consequently catastrophic error results when decrypting the ciphertext. Although this criterion is desirable to assure security, these algorithms do not take into account the bit error characteristics of the wireless channel. If an error occurs in the encrypted data over the channel, which is highly likely in wireless channels, the decryption process at the receiver results in half the original bits to be in error due to the SAC effect. Therefore, the need for new secure encryption algorithm that takes into account the bit error characteristics of the wireless channel becomes necessary. In this paper, we present two methods to tackle this effect while at the same time not tolerating security. We first present a modification to the way the traditional Data Encryption Standard (DES) itself is performed to make it prone to errors caused by the wireless channel. Secondly, we present a modification to the way encrypted data is transmitted over the channel. The two proposed methods are shown to achieve less SAC effect and hence improved error performance, higher data rates, and at at least as secure as traditional encryption algorithms. We assume the additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) channel model in our analysis.","PeriodicalId":211631,"journal":{"name":"2011 International Conference on Communications and Information Technology (ICCIT)","volume":"129 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133239683","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Towards improving machine translation using user generated content","authors":"Atheer S. Al-Khalifa, Hend Suliman Al-Khalifa","doi":"10.1109/ICCITECHNOL.2011.5762660","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCITECHNOL.2011.5762660","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a novel approach to overcome the limitation inherited in statistical machine translation services where the translation of new terms is not covered. The proposed approach is based on the power of user generated content to drive Arabic translations of English words. Our initial pilot experiment reveals the potential of our approach. This approach can act as an add-on to improve the quality of existing statistical translation services such as Google Translate.","PeriodicalId":211631,"journal":{"name":"2011 International Conference on Communications and Information Technology (ICCIT)","volume":"59 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133140762","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On assessment of brain function adaptability in Open Learning systems using Neural Networks modeling (cognitive styles approach)","authors":"H. Mustafa, S. Badran","doi":"10.1109/ICCITECHNOL.2011.5762686","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCITECHNOL.2011.5762686","url":null,"abstract":"The piece of research presents a conceptual overview on diverse cognitive styles reflections in adaptable Open Learning systems. The main goal of this approach is quantitative forecasting the performance of adaptable Open Learning (equivalently e-learning) Systems using cognitive Neural Network modelling. Furthermore, analysis of interactive two diverse learners' cognitive styles with a friendly adaptable teaching environment(e-courses material). Consequently, presented paper provides e-learning systems' designers with relevant guide for learning performance enhancement. Additionally, it supports e-learners in fulfilment of better learning achievements during face to face tutoring. Accordingly, quantitative analysis of e-learning adaptability performed herein, via assessment of matching between learning style preferences and the instructor's teaching style and/or e-courses material. Interestingly, application of two realistic cognitive models using Artificial Neural Network gives an opportunity to experience well assessment of adaptable e-learning features. Such as adaptability mismatching, adaptation time convergence, and individual differences of e-learners' adaptability.","PeriodicalId":211631,"journal":{"name":"2011 International Conference on Communications and Information Technology (ICCIT)","volume":"150 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121409125","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}