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Managing and Improving Upon Bandwidth Challenges in Computer Network
Managing the bandwidth of a computer network is always faced with great challenges. This research was
necessitated by the urgent need to manage the University network currently experiencing congestion in both the
local LA� and on the internet backhaul with a view to improving network performance and reduce the huge
recurrent on the WA� link. However, there exists various ways that have been deployed towards solving these
problems. In this paper we examined existing bandwidth management, effect of limited bandwidth on the
network performance and profound solutions of techniques that enhanced or improved the bandwidth efficiency.
Also, included in this research work are the studies of the effect of limited bandwidth on work load, type of
protocol used and the effect of network congestion on the quality of service of a Wide Area �etwork (WA�). By
comparison, from the modeling of the effect of work load and limited bandwidth on the throughput of a wide
area network based on experimental simulation and real time simulation scenarios, some observations were
made and recommendation of solutions were given from the analyzed results
Controlling Link Congestion on Complex Network
We studied the impact of bandwidth utilization factor on converged network of Zain Contact Centre which is a complex network environment in Nigeria. Some congestion control techniques were reviewed. Experiments were carried out on the real network, a legacy network and an integrated converged network considering the same number of users. The corresponding packets were compared. As a result, higher throughput and minimal packet loss were achieved at lower bandwidth utilization and better than what was obtained at higher utilization using the same parameters
The orbital motion of the Quintuplet cluster - a common origin for the Arches and Quintuplet clusters?
We investigate the orbital motion of the Quintuplet cluster near the Galactic
center with the aim of constraining formation scenarios of young, massive star
clusters in nuclear environments. Three epochs of adaptive optics high-angular
resolution imaging with Keck/NIRC2 and VLT/NACO were obtained over a time
baseline of 5.8 years, delivering an astrometric accuracy of 0.5-1 mas/yr.
Proper motions were derived in the cluster reference frame and were used to
distinguish cluster members from the majority of field stars. Fitting the
cluster and field proper motion distributions with 2D gaussian models, we
derive the orbital motion of the cluster for the first time. The Quintuplet is
moving with a 2D velocity of 132 +/- 15 km/s with respect to the field along
the Galactic plane, which yields a 3D orbital velocity of 167 +/- 15 km/s when
combined with the previously known radial velocity. From a sample of 119 stars
measured in three epochs, we derive an upper limit to the velocity dispersion
in the core of the Quintuplet cluster of sigma_1D < 10 km/s. Knowledge of the
three velocity components of the Quintuplet allows us to model the cluster
orbit in the potential of the inner Galaxy. Comparing the Quintuplet's orbit
with the Arches orbit, we discuss the possibility that both clusters originated
in the same area of the central molecular zone. [abridged]Comment: 40 pages, 12 figures, accepted for publication in Ap
The Conditional Lucas & Kanade Algorithm
The Lucas & Kanade (LK) algorithm is the method of choice for efficient dense
image and object alignment. The approach is efficient as it attempts to model
the connection between appearance and geometric displacement through a linear
relationship that assumes independence across pixel coordinates. A drawback of
the approach, however, is its generative nature. Specifically, its performance
is tightly coupled with how well the linear model can synthesize appearance
from geometric displacement, even though the alignment task itself is
associated with the inverse problem. In this paper, we present a new approach,
referred to as the Conditional LK algorithm, which: (i) directly learns linear
models that predict geometric displacement as a function of appearance, and
(ii) employs a novel strategy for ensuring that the generative pixel
independence assumption can still be taken advantage of. We demonstrate that
our approach exhibits superior performance to classical generative forms of the
LK algorithm. Furthermore, we demonstrate its comparable performance to
state-of-the-art methods such as the Supervised Descent Method with
substantially less training examples, as well as the unique ability to "swap"
geometric warp functions without having to retrain from scratch. Finally, from
a theoretical perspective, our approach hints at possible redundancies that
exist in current state-of-the-art methods for alignment that could be leveraged
in vision systems of the future.Comment: 17 pages, 11 figure
Faint Infrared Flares from the Microquasar GRS 1915+105
We present simultaneous infrared and X-ray observations of the Galactic
microquasar GRS 1915+105 using the Palomar 5-m telescope and Rossi X-ray Timing
Explorer on July 10, 1998 UT. Over the course of 5 hours, we observed 6 faint
infrared (IR) flares with peak amplitudes of mJy and durations
of seconds. These flares are associated with X-ray
soft-dip/soft-flare cycles, as opposed to the brighter IR flares associated
with X-ray hard-dip/soft-flare cycles seen in August 1997 by Eikenberry et al.
(1998). Interestingly, the IR flares begin {\it before} the X-ray oscillations,
implying an ``outside-in'' origin of the IR/X-ray cycle. We also show that the
quasi-steady IR excess in August 1997 is due to the pile-up of similar faint
flares. We discuss the implications of this flaring behavior for understanding
jet formation in microquasars.Comment: 10 pages, 4 figures Accepted for publication in ApJ Letter
Condensates beyond mean field theory: quantum backreaction as decoherence
We propose an experiment to measure the slow log(N) convergence to mean-field
theory (MFT) around a dynamical instability. Using a density matrix formalism,
we derive equations of motion which go beyond MFT and provide accurate
predictions for the quantum break-time. The leading quantum corrections appear
as decoherence of the reduced single-particle quantum state.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. Let
Optimal conditions for observing Josephson oscillations in a double-well Bose-gas condensate
The Josephson oscillations between condensates in a double-well trap are
known theoretically to be strongly effected by the mean field interaction in
dilute atomic gases. The most important effect is that the amplitude of
oscillation in the relative population of the two wells is greatly suppressed
due to the mean field interaction, which can make it difficult to observe the
Josephson effect. Starting from the work of Raghavan, Smerzi, Fantoni, and
Shenoy, we calculate the maximum amplitude of oscillation in the relative
population as a function of various physical parameters, such as the trap
aspect ratio, the Gaussian barrier height and width, and the total number of
atoms in the condensate. We also compare results for Na and
Rb. Our main new result is that the maximum amplitude of oscillation
depends strongly on the aspect ratio of the harmonic trap and can be maximized
in a ``pancake'' trap, as used in the experiment of Anderson and Kasevich.Comment: 8 pages with 5 embeded figure
Spectroscopy of Infrared Flares from the Microquasar GRS 1915+105
We present near-infrared medium-resolution () spectra of the
microquasar GRS 1915+105 on 1997 August 13-15 UTC from the Hale 200-inch
telescope. The spectra showed broad emission lines of He I (2.058 m) and H
I (2.166 m - Br), consistent with previous work. On August 14 UTC,
we took spectra with -minute time resolution during infrared flaring
events similar to those reported in Eikenberry et al. (1998a), which appear to
reveal plasma ejection from the system. During the flares, the emission line
fluxes varied in approximately linear proportionality to the IR continuum flux,
implying that the lines are radiatively pumped by the flares. We also detected
a weak He II (2.189 m) emission line on August 14 UTC. The nature of the
line variability and the presence of the He II feature indicate that the
emission lines in GRS 1915+105 arise in an accretion disk around the compact
object, rather than in the circumstellar disk of a proposed Oe/Be companion.
The radiative line pumping also implies that the flare emission originates from
ejecta which have moved out of the accretion disk plane.Comment: 13 pages plus 4 figures, to appear in ApJ Letter
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