Open Access Journals: Recent submissions

  • Experimental Analysis of a Node B Coverage Based on the CPICH and Ec/Io Values 
    Zamudio-Castro, Iván; Vidal-Beltrán, Sergio; Ponce-Rojas, Jazmín; Sosa-Pedroza, Jorge (Scientific Research Publishing, 2011-01)
    This paper presents experimental results of a coverage analysis in a WCDMA network using the 850 MHz band; an urban electromagnetic propagation environment is considered. Obtained coverage estimation maps are based on Krige ...
  • An Efficient Method to Reduce the Numerical Dispersion in the HIE-FDTD Scheme 
    Chen, Juan; Zhang, Anxue (Scientific Research Publishing, 2011-01)
    A parameter optimized approach for reducing the numerical dispersion of the 3-D hybrid implicit-explicit finite-difference time-domain (HIE-FDTD) is presented in this letter. By adding a parameter into the HIE-FDTD formulas, ...
  • Bandwidth Enhancement and Size Reduction of Microstrip Patch Antenna by Magnetoinductive Waveguide Loading 
    Joshi, Jayant G.; Pattnaik, Shyam S.; Devi, Swapna; Lohokare, Mohan R. (Scientific Research Publishing, 2011-01)
    A planar magnetoinductive (MI) waveguide loaded rectangular microstrip patch antenna is presented and discussed. The MI waveguide consists of two planar metamaterial split squared ring resonators (SSRRs) placed in between ...
  • On the Design of Circular Fractal Antenna with U-Shape Slot in CPW-Feed 
    Kumar, Raj (Scientific Research Publishing, 2010-10)
    new ultawideband circular fractal antenna with notched-band characteristics is presented. A notched-band characteristic is achieved by employing a U-shape slot in 50 Ω feed lines. The ultra-wideband impedance matching and ...
  • Interference Mitigation in Satellite Personal Communication Networks Using Adaptive Antenna Arrays and Filtering Technique 
    Iwasokun, Sunday E.; Kolawole, Michael O. (Scientific Research Publishing, 2010-10)
    We address the problem of interference as related to Satellite Personal Communication Networks (S-PCNs). Basic low Earth orbit (LEO) constellation is considered. The paper uses combined adaptive antenna arrays and adaptive ...
  • Rain Attenuation at Terahertz 
    Ishii, S. (Scientific Research Publishing, 2010-10)
    Rain attenuation values were calculated using empirical raindrop-size distributions, which were, Marshall-Palmer (M-P), Best, Polyakova-Shifrin (P-S) and Weibull raindrop-size distributions, and also calculated using a ...
  • Ad Hoc Network Hybrid Management Protocol Based on Genetic Classifiers 
    Garzia, Fabio; Perna, Cristina; Cusani, Roberto (Scientific Research Publishing, 2010-10)
    The purpose of this paper is to solve the problem of Ad Hoc network routing protocol using a Genetic Algorithm based approach. In particular, the greater reliability and efficiency, in term of duration of communication ...
  • Optimization of Impedance Plane Reducing Coupling between Antennas 
    Joe, Yong S.; Essiben, Jean-François D.; Hedin, Eric R.; Bisse, Jacquie T.; Mаtаngа, Jаcques (Scientific Research Publishing, 2011-01)
    This paper provides a solution for the design optimization of two-dimensional impedance structures for a given elec-tromagnetic field distribution. These structures must provide electromagnetic compatibility between antennas ...
  • Inhomogeneous Perforated Reflect-Array Antennas 
    Moeini-Fard, Mojtaba; Khalaj-Amirhosseini, Mohammad (Scientific Research Publishing, 2011-03)
    A new reflect-array antenna structure is proposed. This structure utilizes a perforated substrate as a reflecting surface with the lattice of different holes. The effective electric permittivity of the dielectric substrate ...
  • A Self-Optimization of the Dynamic Resource Management Based on the Cognitive Radio 
    Raiyn, Jamal (Scientific Research Publishing, 2011-04)
    This paper describes a novel self-optimized approach for resource management based on the cognitive radio in the cellular networks. The cognitive radio techniques offer several features like autonomy, sensing and negotiation. ...
  • Aperture Coupled Microstrip Antenna for Dual-Band 
    Vishwakarma, Rajesh K.; Tiwari, Sanjay (Scientific Research Publishing, 2011-04)
    This paper presents air gap aperture coupled microstrip antenna for dual-band operation over the frequency range of (2.9 to 6.0 GHz). This antenna differs from any other microstrip antenna with their feeding structure of ...
  • Layout Design of LC VCO with Current Mirror Using 0.18 µm Technology 
    Prasad, Namrata; Gamad, Radheshyam (Scientific Research Publishing, 2011-04)
    This paper presents a new design of complementary oxide semiconductor voltage controlled oscillator (CMOS VCO) for improve tuning range and phase noise with low power consumption. Design is area efficient and easy to ...
  • A Self-Similar Fractal Cantor Antenna for MICS Band Wireless Applications 
    Srivatsun, Gopalakrishnan; Rani, Sundaresan S.; Krishnan, Gangadaran S. (Scientific Research Publishing, 2011-04)
    Low profile antenna in communication is a new methodology. Fractal geometry is a methodology through which size reduction is achieved. A Self-similar fractal antenna using multicantor technique is proposed and experimentally ...
  • A New Algorithm of Mobile Node Localization Based on RSSI 
    Zhang, Jie; Liu, Hongli; Huang, Bowei (Scientific Research Publishing, 2011-04)
    Position mobile node coordinate is a key component to determine the accuracy and efficiency of positioning in wireless sensor networks. Flexible location algorithm admits to adjust the accuracy and time cost of positioning ...
  • Measurement of Rain Attenuation in Terahertz Wave Range 
    Ishii, Seishiro; Sayama, Syuji; Kamei, Toshihisa (Scientific Research Publishing, 2011-07)
    ain attenuation at 355.2 GHz in the terahertz wave range was measured with our new 355.2 GHz measuring system under rainfall intensities up to 25 mm/hr. Rain attenuation coefficients were also calculated using four ...
  • Design of Aperture Coupled Microstrip Antenna Using Radial Basis Function Networks 
    Bose, Tanushree; Gupta, Nisha (Scientific Research Publishing, 2010-10)
    This paper, two Artificial Neural Network (ANN) models using radial basis function (RBF) nets are developed for the design of Aperture Coupled Microstrip Antennas (ACMSA) for different number of design parameters. The ...
  • Design of an Acoustic Communication System Based on FHMA for Multiple Underwater Vehicles 
    Zhao, Zixin; Guo, Shuxiang (Scientific Research Publishing, 2010-07)
    This paper designs an underwater acoustic communication system based on tamed spread spectrum and Frequency Hopping Multiple Access (FHMA) for multiple underwater vehicles. In this system, multiple underwater vehicles can ...
  • Cognitive Radio Sensing Using Hilbert Huang Transform 
    Narayanankutty, K. A.; A. Nair, Abhijith; Soori, Dilip; Pradeep, Deepak; Teja, V. Ravi; K.B., Vishnu (Scientific Research Publishing, 2010-07)
    Vast segments of the frequency spectrum are reserved for primary (licensed) users. These legacy users often un-der-utilize their reserved spectrum thus causing bandwidth waste. The unlicensed (secondary) users can take ...
  • Sensor Placement to Improve the Positioning Performance Based on Angle of Arrival (AOA) 
    Omidali, Behzad; Shirazi, S. S. (Scientific Research Publishing, 2010-07)
    In this paper, a method for sensor placement to improve the placement quality based on angle of arrival of signal in a specific area is proposed. The installation place of sensors may be constrained with specified boundaries. ...
  • Performance of Double-Pole Four-Throw Double-Gate RF CMOS Switch in 45-nm Technology 
    Srivastava, Viranjay M. (Scientific Research Publishing, 2010-10)
    In this paper, we have investigated the design parameters of RF CMOS switch, which will be used for the wireless tele-communication systems. A double-pole four-throw double-gate radio-frequency complementary-metal-oxide-semicon- ...