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Codes Cross-Correlation Impact on S-curve Bias and Data-Pilot Code Pairs Optimization for CBOC Signals
The aim of this paper is to analyze the impact of spreading codes cross-correlation on code tracking performance, and to optimize the data-pilot code pairs of Galileo E1 Open Service (OS) Composite Binary Offset Carrier (CBOC) signals. The distortion of the discriminator function (i.e., S-curve), due to data and pilot spreading codes cross-correlation properties, is evaluated when only the data or pilot components of CBOC signals are tracked, considering the features of the modulation schemes. Analyses show that the S-curve bias also depends on the receiver configuration (e.g., the tracking algorithm and correlator spacing). In this paper, two methods are proposed to optimize the data-pilot code pairs of Galileo E1 OS. The optimization goal is to obtain minimum average S-curve biases when tracking only the pilot components of CBOC signals for the specific correlator spacing. The S-curve biases after optimization processes are analyzed and compared with the un-optimized results. It is shown that the optimized data-pilot code pairs could significantly mitigate the intra-channel (i.e., data and pilot) codes cross-correlation,and then improve the code tracking performance of CBOC signals
Joint Dynamic Radio Resource Allocation and Mobility Load Balancing in 3GPP LTE Multi-Cell Network
Load imbalance, together with inefficient utilization of system resource, constitute major factors responsible for poor overall performance in Long Term Evolution (LTE) network. In this paper, a novel scheme of joint dynamic resource allocation and load balancing is proposed to achieve a balanced performance improvement in 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) LTE Self-Organizing Networks (SON). The new method which aims at maximizing network resource efficiency subject to inter-cell interference and intra-cell resource constraints is implemented in two steps. In the first step, an efficient resource allocation, including user scheduling and power assignment, is conducted in a distributed manner to serve as many users in the whole network as possible. In the second step, based on the resource allocation scheme, the optimization objective namely network resource efficiency can be calculated and load balancing is implemented by switching the user that can maximize the objective function. Lagrange Multipliers method and heuristic algorithm are used to resolve the formulated optimization problem. Simulation results show that our algorithm achieves better performance in terms of user throughput, fairness, load balancing index and unsatisfied user number compared with the traditional approach which takes resource allocation and load balancing into account, respectively
Low stress and safe handling of outdoor cattle - effective measures to improve work environment and avoid dangerous situations
Grazing cattle are needed to preserve 450 000 hectares of semi-natural grasslands of high biodiversity in Sweden. Keeping cattle outdoors promotes their health and possibili¬ties to conduct natural behaviors. Working with cattle on pasture however, can increase accident rates (Health and Safety Authority, 2011). During the last two years, five fatali¬ties and several accidents have occurred during handling of cattle in Sweden. A method, based on knowledge of the animals’ natural behavior, referred to as low stress stock han¬dling (LSS-method), has been introduced to Sweden for cattle handling (Atkinson, 2011). A handler who consistently uses this method prevents the use of hits, sticks, harsh voice or negative forceful handling techniques. A consistent predictable approach from the han¬dler creates consistent and predictable animal behavior in return. Cattle become more trusting with their handlers and consequently more cooperative. This positive interaction between human being and animal can lead to both a safer work situation and a better animal welfare. On two of five studied farms so far, the LSS-method was actually inter¬vened during the observations, resulted in a successful reversal of conflict behaviour. On farm1, a highly stressed heifer took over three hours in attempt to load into a transport. It was successfully loaded within an hour after the intervention. On another farm, five escaped cows that the farmer had attempted to capture unsuccessfully for three conse¬cutive weeks were successfully captured through using the LSS-method
Alpha-decay chains of and in the Relativistic Mean Field theory
In the recent experiments designed to synthesize the element 115 in the
Am+Ca reaction at Dubna in Russia, three similar decay chains
consisting of five consecutive -decays, and another different decay
chain of four consecutive -decays are detected, and the decay
properties of these synthesized nuclei are claimed to be consistent with
consecutive -decays originating from the parent isotopes of the new
element 115, and , respectively\cite{ogan.03}. Here in
the present work, the recently developed deformed RMF+BCS method with a
density-independent delta-function interaction in the pairing channel is
applied to the analysis of these newly synthesized superheavy nuclei
, , and their -decay daughter nuclei. The
calculated -decay energies and half-lives agree well with the
experimental values and with those of the macroscopic-microscopic FRDM+FY and
YPE+WS models. In the mean field Lagrangian, the TMA parameter set is used.
Particular emphasis is paid on the influence to both the ground-state
properties and energy surfaces introduced by different treatments of pairing.
Two different effective interactions in the particle-particle channel, i.e.,
the constant pairing and the density-independent delta-function interaction,
together with the blocking effect are discussed in detail.Comment: 17 pages, 5 figure
Relativistic mean field theory for deformed nuclei with pairing correlations
We develop a relativistic mean field (RMF) description of deformed nuclei
with the pairing correlations in the BCS approximation. The treatment of the
pairing correlations for nuclei with the Fermi surface being close to the
threshold of unbound states needs a special attention. To this end, we take the
delta function interaction for the pairing interaction with the hope to pick up
those states with the wave function being concentrated in the nuclear region
and perform the standard BCS approximation for the single particle states
generated by the RMF theory with deformation. We apply the RMF + BCS method to
the Zr isotopes and obtain a good description of the binding energies and the
nuclear radii of nuclei from the proton drip line to the neutron drip line.Comment: the version to be published in Progress of Theoretical Physic
Masses, Deformations and Charge Radii--Nuclear Ground-State Properties in the Relativistic Mean Field Model
We perform a systematic study of the ground-state properties of all the
nuclei from the proton drip line to the neutron drip line throughout the
periodic table employing the relativistic mean field model. The TMA parameter
set is used for the mean-field Lagrangian density, and a state-dependent BCS
method is adopted to describe the pairing correlation. The ground-state
properties of a total of 6969 nuclei with and from the
proton drip line to the neutron drip line, including the binding energies, the
separation energies, the deformations, and the rms charge radii, are calculated
and compared with existing experimental data and those of the FRDM and HFB-2
mass formulae. This study provides the first complete picture of the current
status of the descriptions of nuclear ground-state properties in the
relativistic mean field model. The deviations from existing experimental data
indicate either that new degrees of freedom are needed, such as triaxial
deformations, or that serious effort is needed to improve the current
formulation of the relativistic mean field model.Comment: 16 pages, 5 figures, to appear in Progress of Theoretical Physic
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