An electrochemical immuno-biosensor for detecting glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c) is reported based on glassy carbon (GC) electrodes with a mixed layer of an oligo(phenylethynylene) molecular wire (MW) and an oligo(ethylene glycol) (OEG). The mixed layer is formed from in situ-generated aryl diazonium cations. To the distal end of the MW, a redox probe 1,1'-di(aminomethyl)ferrocene (FDMA) was ...

This paper compares the information rate achieved by SC-FDMA (single-carrier frequency-division multiple access) and OFDMA (orthogonal frequency-division multiple access), where a linear frequency-domain equalizer is assumed to combat frequency selective channels in both systems. Both the single user case and the multiple user case are considered. We prove analytically that there exists a rate ...

In this paper, we analyze the optimal (blockwise) subcarrier allocation schemes in single-carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) uplink systems without channel state information at the transmitter side. The presence of the discrete Fourier transform (DFT) in SC-FDMA/orthogonal frequency division multiple access OFDMA systems induces correlation between subcarriers which degrades t...

This paper presents comparison of Access Techniques used in Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol for Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs). Comparison is performed between Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA), Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance (CSMA/CA), Pure ALOHA and Slotted ALOHA (S-ALOHA). Performance metrics used for comparison ...

SC-FDMA has been selected by the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Long Term Evolution (LTE) and LTE Advanced (LTE-A), as the primary multiple access scheme for the uplink of the 4 G wireless communication systems. This article surveys the different stateof-the-art resource allocation algorithms developed to allocate system’s subcarriers and users’ transmission powers in the uplink of...

The third generation partnership project (3GPP) Long Term Evolution (LTE) is the newest technology to deal with the increasing need of mobile broadband services. Single-Carrier Frequency-Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) technology is being used for uplink (UL) transmission. But SC-FDMA system is also susceptible to CFO, comparable with other Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple (OFDM) based...