X. Liu, C. Figueira de Morisson Faria, W. Becker, and P. B. Corkum Department of Physics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-4242, USA Centre for Mathematical Science, City University, Northampton Square, London EC1V OHB, UK Max-Born-Institut, Max-Born-Str. 2A, 12489 Berlin, Germany National Research Council of Canada, 100 Sussex Drive,Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1AOR6 (Dated: June 27...

In this paper we adapt and evaluate the performance of two classical pilotaided channel estimation schemes designed for OFDM systems: least square and minimum mean square error, in a relay-assisted scenario. We consider the Amplifyand-Forward, which is the simplest relay protocol for cooperative systems. Also, we consider the use of a single antenna at all the terminals: base station, user term...

This paper introduces a design and implementation of a base station, capable of positioning sensor nodes using an optical scheme. The base station consists of a pulse laser module, optical detectors and beam splitter, which are mounted on a rotation-stage, and a Time to Digital Converter (TDC). The optical pulse signal transmitted to the sensor node with a Corner Cube Retro-reflector (CCR) is r...

planning of air pollution control programs need knowledge of pollutants emitting sources; the department of environmental health, school of public health, tehran university, performed an air monitoring program for a period of six months in 1976-77. a daily sampling was done from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., at ten different stations in metropolitan tehran. saltzman's sampling and analysis procedures were ...

We consider a user-centric co-operative cellular network, where base stations close to a mobile co-operate to detect its signal using a (joint) linear minimum-mean-square-error receiver. The base stations, which have multiple antennas, and mobiles are modeled as independent Poisson Point Processes to avoid dependence on specific node locations. Combining stochastic geometry and infinite random ...

The daily discharge of the Chang Jiang (the Yangtze River) at Yichang (catchment area about one million square kilometres) is derived by routing the daily discharge of the Jinsha Jiang at Pingshan (catchment area about half a million square kilometres) with modelled runoff based on daily precipitation at 14 rainfall stations in the downstream Sichuan basin. Precipitation at each station is tran...

The paper discusses the numerical optimization design of anchoring end of prestressed cable at some hydropower station. There are two types of designing for the anchoring end, namely using square thick steel anchor bearing plate or using the roundtower anchor bearing plate. By the numerical calculation, the anchoring end using the round-tower anchor bearing plate can match the space and mechani...

In this paper the water quality forecasting at the Nanjinguan water quality monitoring station of Yangtze River, China, is presented. The time series data used are weekly water quality data obtained directly from Nanjinguan station measurements over the course of five years. In order to forecast water quality, hybrid models consisting of Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) models a...