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A Novel 3D Non-Stationary Wireless MIMO Channel Simulator and Hardware Emulator Open
In this paper, a new WINNER+-based 3-D non-stationary geometry-based stochastic model (GBSM) for multiple-input multiple-output channels is proposed, as well as extended evolving algorithms of time-variant channel parameters. Meanwhile, im…
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Designing of logistics systems with using of computer simulation and emulation Open
Designing of logistics systems with using computer simulation and emulation is the main part of effective optimization of manufacturing and warehousing in the company. Latest developments in software tools lead to research in use of comput…
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Challenges in Firmware Re-Hosting, Emulation, and Analysis Open
System emulation and firmware re-hosting have become popular techniques to answer various security and performance related questions, such as determining whether a firmware contain security vulnerabilities or meet timing requirements when …
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An FPGA-Based Quantum Computing Emulation Framework Based on Serial-Parallel Architecture Open
Hardware emulation of quantum systems can mimic more efficiently the parallel behaviour of quantum computations, thus allowing higher processing speed-up than software simulations. In this paper, an efficient hardware emulation method that…
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Development of a Converter-Based Transmission Line Emulator With Three-Phase Short-Circuit Fault Emulation Capability Open
A transmission line emulator has been developed to flexibly represent interconnected ac lines under normal operating conditions in a voltage source converter (VSC)-based power system emulation platform. As the most serious short-circuit fa…
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Real-Time Hardware-in-the-Loop Emulation of High-Speed Rail Power System With SiC-Based Energy Conversion Open
Real-time device-level hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) emulation of a complete high-speed rail system is challenging due to its complex modeling and high computing demand. With higher energy-efficient and switching frequency semiconductor mater…
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Machine Learning Building Blocks for Real-Time Emulation of Advanced Transport Power Systems Open
The revolution of artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming major industries worldwide. With accurate inferencing, AI has caught the attention of many engineers and scientists. Promisingly, hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) emulation can adopt…
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An Automatic Design Framework for Real-Time Power System Simulators Supporting Smart Grid Applications Open
Smart grid technology is the next step to the evolution of classical power grids, providing robustness, reliability, and security throughout the network, enabling real-time management and control. To achieve these goals, distributed comput…
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Real‐time digital multi‐function protection system on reconfigurable hardware Open
This study proposes a multi‐function power system protective relay hardware design built with various functional hardware processing cores on the field programmable gate array (FPGA). This practical and systematic method lends itself to a …
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Conware: Automated Modeling of Hardware Peripherals Open
Emulation is at the core of many security analyses. However, emulating embedded systems is still not possible in most cases. To facilitate this critical analysis, we present Conware, a hardware emulation framework that can automatically ge…
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Machine Learning Based Transient Stability Emulation and Dynamic System Equivalencing of Large-Scale AC-DC Grids for Faster-Than-Real-Time Digital Twin Open
Modern power systems have been expanding significantly including the integration of high voltage direct current (HVDC) systems, bringing a tremendous computational challenge to transient stability simulation for dynamic security assessment…
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Emulation of Quantum Algorithms Using CMOS Analog Circuits Open
Quantum computers are regarded as the future of computing, as they are believed to be capable of solving extremely complex problems that are intractable on conventional digital computers. However, near-term quantum computers are prone to a…
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Hardware Emulation of Energization of a Long Transmission Line by High-Frequency Power Electronic Converter Open
Hardware emulators, simulating a test environment in real time, are an essential tool in testing power system equipment. This article presents a hardware emulator of a programmable transmission line capable of simulating high-frequency tra…
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Three-phase short-circuit fault implementation in converter based transmission line emulator Open
A hardware test-bed (HTB) has been developed to realize power system emulation by mimicking the system components with universal three-phase voltage source converters (VSCs). The VSC-based transmission line emulator has also been successfu…
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Real-time ray-based channel generation and emulation for UAV communications Open
A real-time ray-based hardware emulator for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) communication channels which suits for the Three-Dimensional (3D) dynamic scenarios and considers the movements of both terminals is developed in this paper. The tim…
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Towards Multiple Pipelines Network Emulation with P7 Open
Network emulation traditionally relies on software-based solutions. While extremely useful in many scenarios, it suffers from performance fidelity and inherent scalability constraints. With the advent of P4 and programmable switches like T…
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Fast Validation of Mixed-Signal SoCs Open
Today’s mixed-signal SoCs are challenging to validate. Running enough test vectors often requires the use of event-driven simulation and hardware emulation, which in turn necessitates the creation of analog behavioral models. This paper re…
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EFIC-ME: A Fast Emulation Based Fault Injection Control and Monitoring Enhancement Open
The security and dependability of embedded systems are increasing due to the sensitive and condensed structure of nanodevices. As the chip area shrinks and the technologies upgrade, the probability of Single Event Upset or Multi Bit Upset …
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Design space exploration of near memory accelerators Open
We describe an in-progress approach to resolving the opposing goals of speed and accuracy in designing, prototyping, and evaluating the system level performance of near-memory accelerators. Hardware emulators offer high fidelity and speed …
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Real-Time ML-Assisted Hardware-in-the-Loop Electro-Thermal Emulation of LVDC Microgrid on the International Space Station Open
For being the world’s largest low voltage direct current (LVDC) microgrid (MG) in space, the power generation and distribution systems aboard the International Space Station (ISS) employ a hierarchical assortment of electric power sources,…
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An FPGA-based Approach to Evaluate Thermal and Resource Management Strategies of Many-core Processors Open
The continuous technology scaling of integrated circuits results in increasingly higher power densities and operating temperatures. Hence, modern many-core processors require sophisticated thermal and resource management strategies to miti…
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Optimized Temporal Logic Compilation Open
In many applications of room-temperature ionic liquids, it has been recognized that the interface is a vital component. In electrochemistry, for instance, the electron transfer is significant to the efficiency of the solar cell and is very…
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Comparative Analysis of Reconfigurable Platforms for Memristor Emulation Open
The memristor is the fourth fundamental element in the electronic circuit field, whose memory and resistance properties make it unique. Although there are no electronic solutions based on the memristor, interest in application development …
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FPGA-Based Emulation of Embedded DRAMs for Statistical Error Resilience Evaluation of Approximate Computing Systems Open
Embedded DRAM (eDRAM) requires frequent power-hungry refresh according to the worst-case retention time across PVT variations to avoid data loss. Abandoning the error-free paradigm, by choosing sub-critical refresh rates that gracefully de…
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Fast and Accurate Edge Computing Energy Modeling and DVFS Implementation in GEM5 Using System Call Emulation Mode Open
Stringent power budgets in battery powered platforms have led to the development of energy saving techniques such as Dynamic Voltage and Frequency scaling (DVFS). For embedded system designers to be able to ripe the benefits of these techn…
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Hierarchical Emulation: A Method for Modeling and Comparing Nested Simulators Open
Computer simulators often contain options to include extensions, leading to different versions of a particular simulator with slightly different input spaces. We develop hierarchical emulation, a method for emulating such simulators and fo…
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Building Emulation Framework for Non-Volatile Memory Open
Emerging non-volatile memory (NVM) requires refactoring of the hardware and software stacks used on current computer systems. Modern researchers typically rely on simulators to test their innovations. Unfortunately, running a simulation re…
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Flexible and Low-Cost Emulation of Control Behaviors for Testing and Teaching of AC Microgrid Open
The fast development of distributed generations enables the microgrid a popular solution for the construction of the modern power grid, where the control behaviors of power electronics converters play a crucial role. Under this scenario, t…
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Evaluating Emulation-based Models of Distributed Computing Systems Open
Emulation-based models of distributed computing systems are collections of virtual ma- chines, virtual networks, and other emulation components configured to stand in for oper- ational systems when performing experimental science, training…
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Development of an Architecture for a Cyber-Physical Emulation Test Range for Network Security Testing Open
Although a number of network emulation tools exist, they vary on the level of fidelity of the emulation. Furthermore, most of all emulate a network completely virtually, not allowing for hardware-in-the-loop as part of the emulation. This …