{"title":"Smart wireless sensor network management based on software-defined networking","authors":"Alejandro De Gante, Mohamed Aslan, A. Matrawy","doi":"10.1109/QBSC.2014.6841187","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/QBSC.2014.6841187","url":null,"abstract":"In this position paper, we propose the use of software-defined networking (SDN) in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) for smart management. We argue that smart management using SDN promises a solution to some of inherent problems in WSN management. Furthermore, we propose a generic architecture for a base station in a software-defined wireless sensor network. We also propose a general framework for a software-defined wireless sensor network where the controller is implemented at the base station. We then raise some important questions that need to be investigated in future research in software-defined wireless sensor networks.","PeriodicalId":314871,"journal":{"name":"2014 27th Biennial Symposium on Communications (QBSC)","volume":"135 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131382592","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":"Multi-eigenvalue communication via the nonlinear Fourier transform","authors":"S. Hari, F. Kschischang, Mansoor I. Yousefi","doi":"10.1109/QBSC.2014.6841191","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/QBSC.2014.6841191","url":null,"abstract":"Information transmission using only the discrete component of the nonlinear Fourier transform is studied and multi-eigenvalue signal sets are presented that achieve spectral efficiencies greater than 3 bits/s/Hz.","PeriodicalId":314871,"journal":{"name":"2014 27th Biennial Symposium on Communications (QBSC)","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133744608","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":"Multiple description coding with polar codes","authors":"M. Valipour, S. Yousefi","doi":"10.1109/QBSC.2014.6841195","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/QBSC.2014.6841195","url":null,"abstract":"The use of multiple descriptions (MD) provides a reliable communications solution over packet loss channels; the polar source coding (PC) takes advantage of reasonable complexities in both the encoder and decoder sides. In this paper, a polar multiple description coding is introduced for the binary input sequence with Hamming distortion in which the central decoder is aided by a common description from the encoder. The algorithm for the frozen bit selection is studied. The performance evaluation demonstrates the effectiveness of the proposed system for MD with PC.","PeriodicalId":314871,"journal":{"name":"2014 27th Biennial Symposium on Communications (QBSC)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128499803","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}
Mohammad Abdul Ghani Sayani, B. K. Singh, J. Coulter, K. Tepe
{"title":"Segment wise communication delay measurement for Smart Grid applications","authors":"Mohammad Abdul Ghani Sayani, B. K. Singh, J. Coulter, K. Tepe","doi":"10.1109/QBSC.2014.6841201","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/QBSC.2014.6841201","url":null,"abstract":"In order to meet the communication delay requirements of various message types when developing applications for the Smart Grid (SG), selection of appropriate communication technology is crucial and requires network segment-wise delay characterization under different network conditions. Thus, this paper presents a segment-wise communication delay measurement technique and experimental results for SG applications. In this technique, an Arduino based test bed is developed to characterize communication delays across multiple hops using different communication technologies such as Wi-Fi, Ethernet, and cellular communication. This test bed is customized for the measurement of the delay involved in several network segments between remotely deployed photovoltaic (PV) panels and monitoring locations. Extensive delay measurement tests are conducted with varying data packet sizes under various controlled background traffic conditions, including Internet traffic. The test results can be used to infer the suitability of various communication technologies under diverse network conditions. For example, Ethernet technology provides minimum and predictable delay and is therefore suitable for safety critical messaging to be sent locally.","PeriodicalId":314871,"journal":{"name":"2014 27th Biennial Symposium on Communications (QBSC)","volume":"125 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115615310","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":"Capacity of free space optical links with spatial diversity and aperture averaging","authors":"P. Kaur, V. Jain, Subrat Kar","doi":"10.1109/QBSC.2014.6841175","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/QBSC.2014.6841175","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we evaluate the capacity of a Free Space Optic (FSO) link considering the impairments caused by presence of atmospheric turbulence and various weather conditions. It is seen that the capacity degrades in presence of fog, haze and drizzle as compared to that in very clear air condition. The effect of multi-input multi-output (MIMO) with equal gain combining (EGC) and aperture averaging on the capacity is studied and compared. It is observed that MIMO schemes give an increase in the capacity which at low SNRs is more significant in very clear air and clear air/drizzle conditions as compared to haze and fog. There is a substantial increase in capacity as the number of independent diversity branches increases. For an aperture averaged link, capacity initially increases with the increase in diameter and then tends to saturate. Since there are constraints on the physical size of the receiver aperture diameter, aperture averaging cannot provide adequate capacity as provided by various MIMO configurations.","PeriodicalId":314871,"journal":{"name":"2014 27th Biennial Symposium on Communications (QBSC)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114171072","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":"Quantifying the accuracy of high SNR BER approximation of MPSK and MDPSK in fading channels","authors":"Xuegui Song, Julian Cheng","doi":"10.1109/QBSC.2014.6841194","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/QBSC.2014.6841194","url":null,"abstract":"We study the relation between the exact bit-error rate (BER) and the approximate BER, which is obtained by dividing the symbol-error rate by the number of bits per symbol, for M-ary phase-shift keying (MPSK) and M-ary differential PSK (MDPSK) in fading channels. The asymptotic BER estimation error of the approximate BER is quantified analytically through our asymptotic analysis. Our results show that the accuracy of the approximate BER of both MPSK and MDPSK depends on the fading severity. We also show analytically that the approximate BER is excellent for both MPSK and MDPSK in large signal-to-noise ratio regimes for an additive white Gaussian noise channel.","PeriodicalId":314871,"journal":{"name":"2014 27th Biennial Symposium on Communications (QBSC)","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114753887","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":"Random Linear Network Coding for converge-cast Smart Grid wireless networks","authors":"Gowdemy Rajalingham, Quang-Dung Ho, T. Le-Ngoc","doi":"10.1109/QBSC.2014.6841215","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/QBSC.2014.6841215","url":null,"abstract":"The power electric grid is undergoing a paradigm shift with the inclusion of information and communication technologies that allow for two-way flow of information, automation and distributed intelligence. A reliable and secure Smart-Grid Communications Network (SGCN), is necessary to achieve the SG goals. In particular, the SG Neighbor Area Network (NAN) poses a communications challenge due to the bottlenecks associated with the converge-cast nature of uplink traffic. This can potentially be addressed through network coding. Therefore, this paper aims to determine the feasibility of Random Linear Network Coding (RLNC) at the SG NAN level. Specifically, RLNC is considered in converge-cast scenarios while both network size and link reliability are varied. This preliminary study suggests that inter-session RLNC does achieve throughput enhancements but at the cost of higher network load. Additionally, performance drops sharply with low link reliabilities due to the lack of partial decoding. Therefore, for large converge-cast networks, as in the case of the SG NAN, network coding that allows for partial decoding operations should be more beneficial.","PeriodicalId":314871,"journal":{"name":"2014 27th Biennial Symposium on Communications (QBSC)","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127064195","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}
A. Khwaja, M. Naeem, A. Anpalagan, A. Venetsanopoulos
{"title":"Optimization of non-convex multiband cooperative sensing","authors":"A. Khwaja, M. Naeem, A. Anpalagan, A. Venetsanopoulos","doi":"10.1109/QBSC.2014.6841185","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/QBSC.2014.6841185","url":null,"abstract":"This paper proposes a pattern search (PS) based algorithm to optimize non-convex multi-band cooperative sensing problem. We present a two-step PS-based solution: The first step uses uniformly distributed random sets of input points to find a solution. The set of points that gives the maximum throughput is chosen as input to the second step, which consists of solving the problem using PS algorithm. We give numerical examples that show the improvement of our method over existing algorithms.","PeriodicalId":314871,"journal":{"name":"2014 27th Biennial Symposium on Communications (QBSC)","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124505521","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 mobility tolerant routing algorithm for vehicular ad hoc networks","authors":"Izhar Ahmed, K. A. Rahman, K. Tepe","doi":"10.1109/QBSC.2014.6841196","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/QBSC.2014.6841196","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a vehicular ad hoc network routing protocol with link expiration time (VARP-LET) that uses LET information in the creation of routes. The proposed protocol uses LET information to increase the reliability and stability of the routes. In addition to LET, a route break indicator (RBI) message is used to reduce the packet loss. The effective use of LET and RBI is tested in simulated network environment using NS-2. The simulation results show that VARP-LET protocol increases packet delivery ratio by 20.7% in Manhattan mobility model and by 30% in highway mobility scenario compared to the traditional AODV protocol. It is also shown that the protocol significantly reduces frequent route failure and routing overhead.","PeriodicalId":314871,"journal":{"name":"2014 27th Biennial Symposium on Communications (QBSC)","volume":"114 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121909206","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":"Enhanced pilot-based spectrum sensing algorithm","authors":"Ghaith Hattab, M. Ibnkahla","doi":"10.1109/QBSC.2014.6841184","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/QBSC.2014.6841184","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we develop an enhanced pilot-based spectrum sensing algorithm for cognitive radio. Unlike conventional pilot-based detectors which merely detect the presence of pilot signals, the proposed detector also utilizes the presence of the signal that carries the actual information. We analytically compare the performance of the proposed detector with the conventional one, and we show that the detection performance is significantly improved.","PeriodicalId":314871,"journal":{"name":"2014 27th Biennial Symposium on Communications (QBSC)","volume":"250 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123584278","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}