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Deep Reinforcement Learning Paradigm for Performance Optimization of Channel Observation–Based MAC Protocols in Dense WLANs Open
The potential applications of deep learning to the media access control (MAC) layer of wireless local area networks (WLANs) have already been progressively acknowledged due to their novel features for future communications. Their new featu…
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OPC UA versus ROS, DDS, and MQTT: Performance Evaluation of Industry 4.0 Protocols Open
Ethernet-based protocols are getting more and more important for Industry 4.0 and the Internet of Things. In this paper, we compare the features, package overhead, and performance of some of the most important protocols in this area. First…
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Aggregation‐Based Dynamic Channel Bonding to Maximise the Performance of Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN) Open
Channel bonding is considered by the IEEE 802.11ac amendment to improve wireless local area network (WLAN) performance. In this article, the channel bonding and aggregation method were proposed to increase wireless local area network perfo…
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Millimeter-Wave Wireless LAN and Its Extension toward 5G Heterogeneous Networks Open
Millimeter-wave (mmw) frequency bands, especially 60GHz unlicensed band, are considered as a promising solution for gigabit short range wireless communication systems. IEEE standard 802.11ad, also known as WiGig, is standardized for the us…
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Access and Metro Network Convergence for Flexible End-to-End Network Design [Invited] Open
This paper reports on the architectural, protocol, physical layer, and integrated testbed demonstrations carried out by the DISCUS FP7 consortium in the area of access - metro network convergence. Our architecture modeling results show the…
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Network Calculus Results for TSN: An Introduction Open
Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) is a set of standards that enables the industry to provide real-time guarantees for time-critical communications with Ethernet hardware. TSN supports various queuing and scheduling mechanisms and allows the …
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WDM-based radio frequency dissemination in a tree-topology fiber optic network Open
In this paper, we propose and demonstrate a scheme to achieve point-to-multipoint dissemination of radio frequency (RF) signals in a local area fiber optic network with tree topology based on wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) techniqu…
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Hardware Efficient Clock Synchronization Across Wi-Fi and Ethernet-Based Network Using PTP Open
Precision time protocol (PTP), a state-of-the-art clock synchronization protocol primarily designed for wired networks, has recently gained attention in the wireless community, due to the increased use of the IEEE 802.11 wireless local are…
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Wireless LAN-Based CSI Monitoring System for Object Detection Open
Sensing services for the detection of humans and animals by analyzing the environmental changes of wireless local area network (WLAN) signals have attracted attention in recent years. In object detection using WLAN signals, a widely known …
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Hierarchical Federated Learning through LAN-WAN Orchestration Open
Federated learning (FL) was designed to enable mobile phones to collaboratively learn a global model without uploading their private data to a cloud server. However, exiting FL protocols has a critical communication bottleneck in a federat…
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A Semi-Matching Based Load Balancing Scheme for Dense IEEE 802.11 WLANs Open
A load balancing mechanism can adjust the load distribution among access points (APs) and improve resource utilization for dense wireless local area networks (WLANs). In this paper, we propose a semi-matching-based load balancing scheme fo…
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A Handshake Based Ordered Scheduling MAC Protocol for Underwater Acoustic Local Area Networks Open
Underwater acoustic local area networks (UA-LANs) can be used to improve the coverage of an underwater network by introducing a tier of local area communications. Media access control (MAC) is a crucial issue for UA-LANs. Existing MAC prot…
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FPGA Implementation of RDMA-Based Data Acquisition System Over 100-Gb Ethernet Open
This paper presents an RDMA over Ethernet protocol used for data acquisition systems, currently under development at the ESRF. The protocol is implemented on Xilinx Ultrascale + FPGAs thanks to the 100G hard MAC IP. The proposed protocol i…
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Switched Ethernet Fronthaul Architecture for Cloud-Radio Access Networks Open
A fronthaul design for current and future mobile networks based on the transport of sampled radio signals from/to base station baseband processing units to/from remote radio heads (RRHs) is presented. The design is a pure-Ethernet switched…
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A Survey on the Implementation and Management of Secure Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) and Virtual LANs (VLANs) in Static and Mobile Scenarios Open
Nowadays, the demand for connection between the remote offices of a company, or between research locations, and constantly increasing work mobility (partly due to the current pandemic emergency) have grown hand in hand with the quality and…
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FuPlex: A Full Duplex MAC for the Next Generation WLAN Open
IEEE 802.11 wireless local area network (WLAN) has been increasingly developed over several decades. It requires four times throughput improvement in the next generation WLAN. Thus, researchers focus on the co-frequency co-time full duplex…
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Design and Development of IoT Device to Measure Quality of Water Open
The conventional method of measuring the quality of water is to take the samples manually and send it to laboratory for analysis.This technique is time overwhelming and not economical.Also it is not feasible to take the water sample to the…
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A Genetic Algorithm for the Bi-Level Topological Design of Local Area Networks Open
Local access networks (LAN) are commonly used as communication infrastructures which meet the demand of a set of users in the local environment. Usually these networks consist of several LAN segments connected by bridges. The topological L…
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Robotic Remote Controlled Stereo Slit Lamp Open
The robotic remotely controlled stereo slit lamp system enables remote examination of human subjects.
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In the Room Where It Happens: Characterizing Local Communication and Threats in Smart Homes Open
The network communication between Internet of Things (IoT) devices on the same local network has significant implications for platform and device interoperability, security, privacy, and correctness. Yet, the analysis of local home Wi-Fi n…
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A Deployable Containerized 5G Core Solution for Time Critical Communication in Smart Grid Open
Communication within substatation automation systems in a smart grid environment is often time-critical. The time required for exchanging information between intelligent devices should be within a few milliseconds. The International Electr…
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Comparison of 2.4 and 5 GHz WLAN Network for Purpose of Indoor and Outdoor Location Open
This paper presents comparison of prototype location system built with standard components of 2.4 and 5 GHz WLAN network infrastructure. The system can be used for personal or other objects’ positioning, both for indoor and outdoor environ…
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Throughput Analysis in High Density WLANs Open
This letter proposes a simple but accurate approximation to analytically model both the inter-wireless local area networks (WLANs) interactions and the negative effect of collisions in the performance of high density WLAN scenarios. Inter-…
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Prototype File Transfer Protocol Application for LAN and Wi-Fi Communication Open
FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is one of the earliest Internet protocols developed. An FTP server can be accessed by using a URI (Universal Resource Identifier), using FTP file exchange between client and server is easier to do because the c…
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Simplified Stream Reservation Protocol Over Software-Defined Networks for In-Vehicle Time-Sensitive Networking Open
As the automotive industry adopts Ethernet for in-vehicle network technology, automotive Ethernet has to handle bounded delay traffic. IEEE std 802.1Q introduces the stream reservation protocol (SRP) to reserve resources for time-sensitive…
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Throughput Analysis of IEEE 802.11 WLANs with Inter-Network Interference Open
Recently, we often see the environment where many one-to-one Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) exist in a small area. In this environment, the network throughput of certain WLAN reduces significantly because of the interference from oth…
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Wireless Local Area Networks Threat Detection Using 1D-CNN Open
Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) have revolutionized modern communication by providing a user-friendly and cost-efficient solution for Internet access and network resources. However, the increasing popularity of WLANs has also led to a…
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Security Analysis of Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) Network with the Penetration Testing Method Open
Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) is an alternative in overcoming cabling problems in a local network. Often wireless network security that is installed still uses vendor default settings such as SSID, IP Address, remote management, DHCP …
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Supporting internet protocols in master-slave fieldbus networks Open
In this paper we describe how to integrate Internet Protocols (IP) into a typical hierarchical master-slave fieldbus network, supporting a logical ring token passing mechanism between master stations. The integration of the TCP/IP protocol…
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Experimental Validation of a Converged Metro Architecture for Transparent Mobile Front-/Back-Haul Traffic Delivery Using SDN-Enabled Sliceable Bitrate Variable Transceivers Open
<p>We experimentally demonstrate transparent and dynamic delivery of mobile front-/back-haul in converged optical metro architecture, employing software-defined networking enabled sliceable bandwidth variable transceivers based on ad…