Rate-Adaptation Based Congestion Control for Vehicle Safety Communications

This thesis deals with the scalability of Vehicle Safety Communications (VSC), where vehicles exchange periodic status messages to support future driver assistance applications. We systematically develop a design methodology for congestion control in VSC and present a resulting protocol named PULSAR. While previous works typically focused on controlling channel load only, we thereby integrate a concept which allows the adaptation to operate within the limits defined by safety applications

Cumulative Noise and 5.9 GHz DSRC Extensions for ns-2.28

The network simulator ns-2 is a widely used tool in the field of wired and wireless communications research. Although the ns-2 implementation is in constant evolution, it fails, for obvious reasons, to reflect all aspects related to the newest communication technologies. One example of such technology is 5.9GHz Direct Short Range Communications (DSRC) for vehicular environments, which is currently attracting attention due to its promises to reduce the amount of road fatalities and improve vehicular traffic efficiency on public roads. The IEEE 802.11p group is currently developing a standard to enable future 5.9GHz DSRC based inter-vehicle communications. In this report, we describe the modifications realized in ns-2 in order to model more accurately future wireless communications in vehicular environments. Section 2 reports the extensions performed to the PHY and MAC modules in order to include cumulative noise capabilities. Note that vehicular environments are specially sensible to the way interferences are modeled since safety related information will be commonly transmitted in a broadcast fashion. Section 3 describes the adjustments required to the MAC and PHY modules to reflect the behavior described in the current draft of IEEE 802.11p

ComunicARTE. The concept of theatre as a social transformation tool

Traballo Fin de Grao en Educación Social. Curso 2015-2016[GL] O traballo fin de grao “ComunicARTE. O teatro como ferramenta de transformación social” xorde a raíz dun compromiso persoal coas artes e, concretamente, coa inclusión do teatro no ámbito educativo, con especial interese na intervención con persoas con diversidade funcional. Este traballo realízase co fin de explorar o estado da cuestión e consolidar argumentos que avalen a inserción do teatro como ferramenta educativa. Nunha primeira parte abórdase o marco conceptual co fin de relacionar e mobilizar conceptos. Na segunda parte do traballo se desenvolve unha proposta de intervención socioeducativa, ComunicARTE, contextualizada no Centro Ocupacional AMIPA de Sorribas (Rois), na que se emprega o teatro e a potenciación da creatividade como medio para unha mellor comunicación entre as persoas implicadas e a comunidade. Este traballo ven a reclamar formación especializada nas diferentes artes ao longo da traxectoria inicial das educadoras e dos educadores sociais.[ES] El trabajo fin de grado “ComunicARTE. El teatro como herramienta de transformación social” surge a raíz de un compromiso personal con las artes y, concretamente, con la inclusión del teatro en el ámbito educativo, con especial interés en la intervención con personas con diversidad funcional. Este trabajo se realiza con el fin de explorar el estado de la cuestión y consolidar argumentos que avalen la inserción del teatro como herramienta educativa. En una primera parte se aborda el marco conceptual con el fin de relacionar y movilizar conceptos. En la segunda parte del trabajo se desenvuelve una propuesta de intervención socioeducativa, ComunicARTE, contextualizada en el Centro Ocupacional AMIPA de Sorribas (Rois), en la que se utiliza el teatro y la potenciación de la creatividad como medio para una mejor comunicación entre las personas implicadas y la comunidad. Este trabajo viene a reclamar formación especializada en las diferentes artes a lo largo de la trayectoria inicial de las educadoras y de los educadores sociale[EN] The final project "ComunicARTE. The concept of theatre as a social transformation tool” arises from a personal commitment towards art and specifically with the inclusion of theatre in education, with special attention to people with functional diversity. This work is done in order to explore the state of this issue and strengthen arguments that guarantee the inclusion of theatre as an educational tool. The first part deals with the conceptual framework in order to connect and mobilize concepts. The second part of the work unravels a proposal for socio educational intervention, comunicARTE, contextualized in AMIPA, the occupational centre in Sorribas (Rois), in which theatre and the promotion of creativity is used as a means for better communication among the people involved in the community. This work requires special training in the different arts during the initial path of the family support specialist