An Improved Chevron Configuration for the Detection of Magnetic Field Vectors

A modified version of Chevron type Magnetoresistive Recording Heads (MRH) sensor is described. Two shielded ferromagnetic thin-film vertical-type MRH are biased at the linear region simultaneously using a small piece of permanent magnet chip. The biasing rotates the magnetisation vector Ms of each MRH . through 4S· with respect to their respective current vectors J resulting in an effective Chevron orientation of 90·. This configuration is shown to be most effective to detect field vectors in applications such as non-destructive detection of grain structures and loss variation in electrical steels, and in packing more bits of information in magnetic disc storage

Telecommunications in Malaysia: diversity in adversity

The telecommunications industry in Malaysia has experienced a tremendous transformation in just over a decade. The government-owned Jabatan Talikom, which hitherto operated the network, was incorporated in 1987 and subsequently privatized a few years later, with a majority share holding by the government. The regulatory aspects were spun off under the slim looking JTM. This marked the beginning of liberalization, and many new players entered the fray. This article reviews the telecommunications infrastructure and services available in Malaysia and briefly visits some of the telcos offering these services. Some pertinent issues affecting the industry are also discussed

Low Complexity Partial Transmit Sequence with Complex Gain Memory Predistortion in OFDM Systems.

In this paper the peak to average power ratio (PAPR) reduction and digital predistortion effects in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) systems are investigated. By applying a predistortion technique called complex gain memory predistortion (CGMP), power amplifier works at higher power efficiency. The proposed enhanced partial transmit sequence scheme is applied for PAPR reduction and integration with CGMP technique results in increasing in OFDM system efficiency and prolonged battery life. Simulation and results are examined with actual power amplifier and OFDM signal with quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) modulation

A crest factor reduction scheme based on recursive optimum frequency domain matrix

One of the main imperfections in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) techniques is a peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) or crest factor (CF). High crest factor signal forces a power amplifier in communication systems to back-off which leads to power efficiency degradation. Several techniques have been proposed in literature to mitigate the high peaks in OFDM signal; however most of them suffer from complexity and PAPR performance. In conventional SLM (C-SLM), increasing the number of inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT) leads to excessive hardware resources requirement and increases system cost. In this paper a novel crest factor scheme based on recursive optimum frequency domain matrix is proposed which requires only two IFFT which results in significant reduction in the computational complexity. Simulation results show both the complexity and crest factor are reduced significantly compared to the conventional methods

Agile-SD: A Linux-based TCP Congestion Control Algorithm for Supporting High-speed and Short-distance Networks

Recently, high-speed and short-distance networks are widely deployed and their necessity is rapidly increasing everyday. This type of networks is used in several network applications; such as Local Area Networks (LAN) and Data Center Networks (DCN). In LANs and DCNs, high-speed and short-distance networks are commonly deployed to connect between computing and storage elements in order to provide rapid services. Indeed, the overall performance of such networks is significantly influenced by the Congestion Control Algorithm (CCA) which suffers from the problem of bandwidth under-utilization, especially if the applied buffer regime is very small. In this paper, a novel loss-based CCA tailored for high-speed and Short-Distance (SD) networks, namely Agile-SD, has been proposed. The main contribution of the proposed CCA is to implement the mechanism of agility factor. Further, intensive simulation experiments have been carried out to evaluate the performance of Agile-SD compared to Compound and Cubic which are the default CCAs of the most commonly used operating systems. The results of the simulation experiments show that the proposed CCA outperforms the compared CCAs in terms of average throughput, loss ratio and fairness, especially when a small buffer is applied. Moreover, Agile-SD shows lower sensitivity to the buffer size change and packet error rate variation which increases its efficiency.Comment: 12 Page

Partial transmit sequence scheme with new phase sequence for PAPR reduction in OFDM systems

One of the effective methods used for reducing peak to average power ratio (PAPR) in OFDM systems is partial transmit sequence (PTS). In the conventional PTS (CPTS) several inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT) operations and complicated calculation to obtain optimum phase sequence, increase the computational complexity of C-PTS. In this paper, we propose a technique to reduce the number of IFFT operations to half at the expense of a slight PAPR degradation. Simulations are performed with QPSK modulation with OFDM signal and Saleh model power amplifier. The effects of digital predistortion (DPD) to increase the linearity and efficiency of the Saleh model power amplifier (PA) are also examined

The FPBA algorithm with controlled capture ICC2001

Abstract-In this paper, we introduce a new mixed priority scheme that utilizes the LESRTPL model [S] to control the assignment of the transmitter power levels, assigned to each priority class, whose contending over the wireless channel using the FPBA algorithm [l] to capture the channel. The wireless channel capture model includes Rayleigh fading, shadowing, and path loss. The performance of the algorithm is evaluated using simulation models. Results show that the new priority scheme offers significant improvement to the throughput and the waiting time of the different priority classes, especially to high priority class packets

Providing Dynamic TXOP for QoS Support of Video Transmission in IEEE 802.11e WLANs

The IEEE 802.11e standard introduced by IEEE 802.11 Task Group E (TGe) enhances the Quality of Service (QoS) by means of HCF Controlled Channel Access (HCCA). The scheduler of HCCA allocates Transmission Opportunities (TXOPs) to QoS-enabled Station (QSTA) based on their TS Specifications (TSPECs) negotiated at the traffic setup time so that it is only efficient for Constant Bit Rate (CBR) applications. However, Variable Bit Rate (VBR) traffics are not efficiently supported as they exhibit nondeterministic profile during the time. In this paper, we present a dynamic TXOP assignment Scheduling Algorithm for supporting the video traffics transmission over IEEE 802.11e wireless networks. This algorithm uses a piggybacked information about the size of the subsequent video frames of the uplink traffic to assist the Hybrid Coordinator accurately assign the TXOP according to the fast changes in the VBR profile. The proposed scheduling algorithm has been evaluated using simulation with different variability level video streams. The simulation results show that the proposed algorithm reduces the delay experienced by VBR traffic streams comparable to HCCA scheduler due to the accurate assignment of the TXOP which preserve the channel time for transmission.Comment: arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1602.0369