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Fall 2010
A significant challenge for fourth generation cellular systems is the reliable delivery of high speed (up to 1 gigabit per second) data to mobile or nomadic users throughout a cluttered urban environment. The wireless channel is a difficult channel over which to achieve high rate reliable...
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Fall 2024
Machine learning (ML) and the Internet of Things (IoT) have many promises but also raise many concerns and challenges. In particular, when several users collaborate in training an ML model, preserving the privacy of their data is quite challenging. Federated learning (FL), as an ML technique...
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Reduced–Complexity Transmission and Reception Strategies in Coordinated Multi-cell Wireless Networks
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Interference is known as a major obstacle for the spectral efficiency increase promised by multiple-antenna techniques in cellular wireless communications. Recently, it has been shown that multi-cell coordination can mitigate interference and improve system performance dramatically. Hence, we...
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Spring 2013
This thesis investigated the feasibility of using the Dedicated Short Range Communication (5.9 GHz) protocol as a vehicular wireless system for transmitting elderly drivers‘ vital signs in medical emergencies. Existing vehicular communication systems, physiological monitors, and low-power...