We utilize an array of wireless inertial measurement units (IMUs) to measure the movements of subjects (n=30) traversing an outdoor balance beam (zigzag and sloping) as quickly as possible both with and without load (20.5kg). Our objectives are: (1) to use IMU array data to calculate metrics that quantify performance (speed and stability) and (2) to investigate the effects of load on performanc...

The traffic load of Wireless local area networks (WLANs) is often distributed unevenly among access points. In addition, interference from collocated wireless devices operating in the same unlicensed frequency band may cause WLANs to become unstable, leading to temporarily failures of access points. This paper addresses how to dynamically balance the load and how to quickly respond to instabili...

Wireless mesh networks (WMNs) face several challenges such as architectural design and network protocol design issues. The capacity of WMNs is very limited, such as the result in an available singlechannel bandwidth system compared to a multi-channel system. Two problems affect the capacity of mesh networks; i.e. load balancing and interference. To support the mesh network infrastructure, it is...

Static load balancing is attractive due to its simplicity and low communication costs. We analyze under which circumstances a randomized static load balancer can achieve good balance if the subproblem sizes are unknown and choosen by an adversary. It turns out that this worst case scenario is quite close to a more specialized model for applications related to parallel backtrack search. In both ...