Beamforming in wireless energy harvesting communications systems: A survey

Y Alsaba, SKA Rahim, CY Leow - … Communications Surveys & …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Wireless energy harvesting (EH) is a promising solution to prolong lifetime of power-
constrained networks such as military and sensor networks. The high sensitivity of energy …

A survey on MAC protocols for wireless adhoc networks with beamforming antennas

O Bazan, M Jaseemuddin - IEEE Communications Surveys & …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The beamforming antenna technology is a promising solution to many challenges facing
wireless ad hoc networks. Beamforming antennas have the ability to increase the spatial …

Performance analysis of outdoor mmWave ad hoc networks

A Thornburg, T Bai, RW Heath - IEEE Transactions on Signal …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ad hoc networks provide an on-demand, infrastructure-free means to communicate between
soldiers in war zones, aid workers in disaster areas, or consumers in device-to-device (D2D) …

White space: Definitional perspectives and their role in exploiting spectrum opportunities

F Akhtar, MH Rehmani, M Reisslein - Telecommunications Policy, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) defines white space as the
channels that are unused at a specific location or time. For futuristic cognitive radio (CR) …

Pricing-based interference coordination for D2D communications in cellular networks

R Yin, G Yu, H Zhang, Z Zhang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A pricing-based joint spectrum and power allocation framework is proposed for
decentralized interference coordination among device-to-device (D2D) communications and …

A review of antennas for indoor positioning systems

L Brás, NB Carvalho, P Pinho, L Kulas… - International Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
This paper provides a review of antennas applied for indoor positioning or localization
systems. The desired requirements of those antennas when integrated in anchor nodes …

Sensor-based wireless communication systems using compressive sampling

TA Sexton, CA Devries - US Patent 8,693,597, 2014 - Google Patents
Methods, devices and systems for sensor-based wireless communication systems using
compressive sampling are pro vided. In one embodiment, the method for sampling signals …

Neighbor discovery and routing schemes for mobile ad-hoc networks with beamwidth adaptive smart antennas

G Astudillo, M Kadoch - Telecommunication Systems, 2017 - Springer
The use of smart directional antennas in ad-hoc networks has recently received much
attention since this technology offers a way to optimize power consumption, increase spatial …

[PDF][PDF] A Setup for the Evaluation of MUSIC and LMS Algorithms for a Smart Antenna System.

RM Shubair, M Al-Qutayri, JM Samhan - J. Commun., 2007 - Citeseer
This paper presents practical design of a smart antenna system based on direction-of-arrival
estimation and adaptive beamforming. Direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation is based on the …

Adaptive beamforming using variable step-size LMS algorithm with novel ULA array configuration

RM Shubair, A Hakam - 2013 15th IEEE International …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a new array geometry and a variable step-size (VSS) LMS algorithm to
improve adaptive beamforming in smart antenna systems. The beamformer based on the …