This paper presents a new concept to improve Ad Hoc Routing Protocols exploiting IEEE 802.11a Link Adaptation information. The IEEE 802.11a Link Adaptation information is used to predict the link stability and link lifetime. After introducing the IEEE 802.11a MAC Layer information and its transmission modes, the paper reviews some insights of the IEEE 802.11a Link Adaptation behaviour. Based on...

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Anomalous, large pipe-to-soil potentials (PSP) have been observed along a natural gas pipeline in eastern Ontario, Canada, where there is a major geological contact between the highly resistive rocks of the Precambrian Shield to the west and the more conductive Paleozoic sediments to the east. This study tested the hypothesis that large variations of PSP are related to lateral changes of Earth ...

Military applications are the primary concern of the wireless sensor networks (WSNs). Efficient target object/event monitoring is a primary goal of military systems in unattended and unmanned areas. Heterogeneous wireless sensor network (HTWSN) is an emerging network for efficient enemy object monitoring in sensitive areas of low cost. The performance of HTWSN is mainly depends on the quality o...

Aiming at the team-based mobile ad-hoc networks (MANETs), this paper proposes a main-route mechanism by the mobility difference degree of nodes and a backup route mechanism by the nodes stability. In this paper, the whole network is divided into different partitions, and the prediction node computes the changing rate of local topology to determine whether local status broadcast is needed. In or...

Internet transmission and switching facilities are partitioned into different administrative domains. To effect data exchange between domains, domain border routers usually establish pairwise peering sessions and exchange routes at exchange points. At some exchangepoints, border routers peer with a Route Server instead. The Route Server computes a set of routes on behalf of each of its client b...

Although XMRV dissemination in humans is a matter of debate, the prostate of select patients seem to harbor XMRV, which raises questions about its potential route of transmission. We established a model of infection in rhesus macaques inoculated with XMRV. In spite of the intravenous inoculation, all infected macaques exhibited readily detectable XMRV signal in the reproductive tract of all 4 m...

The relative importance of different transmission routes of Toxoplasma gondii has been a matter for debate. This ubiquitous parasite is generally thought to be transmitted by infective oocysts excreted by the definitive host, the cat. Ingestion of undercooked meat has also been considered an important route of transmission in many mammals while congenital transmission has generally been conside...

Visitors of complex buildings might be presented with individual visual route instructions shown on ambient displays. Such route instructions can automatically be generated by a modelling software. It was investigated which route instruction format would foster human wayfinding most effectively in a naturalistic wayfinding scenario in a real building. Egocentric, view-based formats (animated vi...