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View article: Learned Bayesian Cramér-Rao Bound for Unknown Measurement Models Using Score Neural Networks
Learned Bayesian Cramér-Rao Bound for Unknown Measurement Models Using Score Neural Networks Open
The Bayesian Cramér-Rao bound (BCRB) is a crucial tool in signal processing for assessing the fundamental limitations of any estimation problem as well as benchmarking within a Bayesian frameworks. However, the BCRB cannot be computed with…
View article: Opportunistic Weather Sensing by Smart City Wireless Communication Networks
Opportunistic Weather Sensing by Smart City Wireless Communication Networks Open
This paper presents how the concept of opportunistic integrated sensing and communication (ISAC), focusing on weather sensing, is incorporated into wireless smart cities’ networks. The concept, first introduced in 2006, utilized standard s…
View article: Intensity estimation after detection for accumulated rainfall estimation
Intensity estimation after detection for accumulated rainfall estimation Open
This work focuses on optimizing the estimation of accumulated rain from measurements of the attenuation level of signals from commercial microwave links (CMLs). The process of accumulated rain estimation is usually based on estimation afte…
View article: A Statistical Approach to Retrieve Rainfall Intensity by Attenuation Measurements From Commercial Microwave Links
A Statistical Approach to Retrieve Rainfall Intensity by Attenuation Measurements From Commercial Microwave Links Open
Commercial microwave link (CML) has become one of the most widely used opportunistic sensors for rainfall monitoring. The high density and coverage of CMLs enable us to monitor near‐ground rainfall in high spatial resolution. The empirical…
View article: In-City Rain Mapping from Commercial Microwave Links—Challenges and Opportunities
In-City Rain Mapping from Commercial Microwave Links—Challenges and Opportunities Open
Obtaining accurate rainfall measurements is highly important in urban areas, having a significant impact on different aspects in city life. Opportunistic rainfall sensing utilizing measurements collected by existing microwave and mmWave-ba…
View article: Learning to Bound: A Generative Cramér-Rao Bound
Learning to Bound: A Generative Cramér-Rao Bound Open
The Cramér-Rao bound (CRB), a well-known lower bound on the performance of any unbiased parameter estimator, has been used to study a wide variety of problems. However, to obtain the CRB, requires an analytical expression for the likelihoo…
View article: Rain Field Retrieval by Ground-Level Sensors of Various Types
Rain Field Retrieval by Ground-Level Sensors of Various Types Open
Rain gauges (RGs) have been utilized as sensors for local rain monitoring dating back to ancient Greece. The use of a network of RGs for 2D rain mapping is based on spatial interpolation that, while presenting good results in limited exper…
View article: Editorial: Women in signal processing
Editorial: Women in signal processing Open
EDITORIAL article Front. Signal Process., 16 August 2022Sec. Radar Signal Processing https://doi.org/10.3389/frsip.2022.977475
View article: Switching in the Rain: Predictive Wireless x-haul Network Reconfiguration
Switching in the Rain: Predictive Wireless x-haul Network Reconfiguration Open
Wireless x-haul networks rely on microwave and millimeter-wave links between 4G and/or 5G base-stations to support ultra-high data rate and ultra-low latency. A major challenge associated with these high frequency links is their susceptibi…
View article: Learning to Bound: A Generative Cramér-Rao Bound
Learning to Bound: A Generative Cramér-Rao Bound Open
The Cramér-Rao bound (CRB), a well-known lower bound on the performance of any unbiased parameter estimator, has been used to study a wide variety of problems. However, to obtain the CRB, requires an analytical expression for the likelihoo…
View article: Water Vapor Density Retrieval Studies Using Commercial Millimeter-Wave Links at 38 GHz and E-Band
Water Vapor Density Retrieval Studies Using Commercial Millimeter-Wave Links at 38 GHz and E-Band Open
We study the performance of water vapor monitoring using commercial millimeter-wave backhaul links from the fifth-generation cellular networks and smart cities. A 38 GHz link and an E-band link located in Gothenburg, Sweden, are used for a…
View article: Empirical Study on the Effect of Birds on Commercial Microwave Links
Empirical Study on the Effect of Birds on Commercial Microwave Links Open
With emerging technologies, such as the and , wireless communication has become increasingly dominant in human life. Many applications require high quality of service (), in which even momentarily interruptions may cause irreversible dama…
View article: In Remembrance of Peter Schultheiss [In Memoriam]
In Remembrance of Peter Schultheiss [In Memoriam] Open
Recounts the career and contributions of Peter Schultheiss.
View article: Advancements in the Statistical Study, Modeling, and Simulation of Microwave-Links in Cellular Backhaul Networks
Advancements in the Statistical Study, Modeling, and Simulation of Microwave-Links in Cellular Backhaul Networks Open
While the effect of rainfall and other environmental phenomena on a link budget in microwave wireless communication has been well studied for network design, it has usually been done for each microwave-link separately. Recently, attenuatio…
View article: Vertical Precipitation Estimation Using Microwave Links in Conjunction with Weather Radar
Vertical Precipitation Estimation Using Microwave Links in Conjunction with Weather Radar Open
When monitoring rain rates by weather radar in semi-arid regions and when measuring precipitation at an arid region; precipitation particles, rain, or snowflakes may evaporate before reaching the ground. This evaporation is regarded as the…
View article: Capitalizing on Cellular Technology—Opportunities and Challenges for Near Ground Weather Monitoring
Capitalizing on Cellular Technology—Opportunities and Challenges for Near Ground Weather Monitoring Open
The use of existing measurements from a commercial wireless communication system as virtual sensors for environmental monitoring has recently gained increasing attention. In particular, measurements of the signal level of commercial microw…
View article: On the potential for reconstructing the moisture field using commercial microwave network data
On the potential for reconstructing the moisture field using commercial microwave network data Open
The atmospheric greenhouse effect and the hydrological cycle of Earth are key components enabling the planet to support life. Water vapor is a central element in both of these, accounting for approximately half of the present day greenhous…
View article: On the Use of Measurements from a Commercial Microwave Link for Evaluation of Flash Floods in Arid Regions
On the Use of Measurements from a Commercial Microwave Link for Evaluation of Flash Floods in Arid Regions Open
Flash flood warning in deserts is a challenging task, and local rain bursts are of high significance. In the last decade, commercial microwave telecommunication links have been shown to be a valuable tool for near ground rainfall estimatio…
View article: Parameter Estimation from Heterogeneous/Multimodal Data Sets
Parameter Estimation from Heterogeneous/Multimodal Data Sets Open
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View article: Improving Rainfall Measurement in Gauge Poor Regions Thanks to Mobile Telecommunication Networks
Improving Rainfall Measurement in Gauge Poor Regions Thanks to Mobile Telecommunication Networks Open
Eighty-seven participants from 18 countries met to discuss the prospect for rainfall measurement and high-resolution mapping based on commercial microwave links in Africa. Experts from Europe and Israel provided training to African student…
View article: Accumulated Mixed Precipitation Estimation Using Measurements from Multiple Microwave Links
Accumulated Mixed Precipitation Estimation Using Measurements from Multiple Microwave Links Open
Recently, microwave communication networks have been shown to be valuable tools for rainfall monitoring, based on the well-known Power-Law which relates rain-rate to attenuation in microwave frequencies. However, once precipitation other t…