DECISION TREE BASED LOCALIZATION IN WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS

Localization in Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) plays a vital role in applications such as military, medical, healthcare, civil and environmental applications etc. Since all the sensor nodes in wireless sensor network are battery powered it is highly required to effectively utilize the sensor nodes in such a way that the lifetime of WSN is higher. Due to the limited availability of battery power in sensor nodes, energy consumption, computation speedup and memory consumption of localization algorithms are to be considered. In this paper a novel decision tree based approach (DTBL) for locating the nodes in WSN is discussed. The proposed approach is energy efficient in nature and high level of accuracy is obtained when compared with other localization techniques

Minimizing Handover Delay and Maximizing Throughput by Heterogeneous Handover Algorithm (HHA) in Telecommunication Networks

Handover mechanism plays a vital role in the wireless telecommunication networks. The process of transferring the control of Mobile Terminal (MT)/Mobile Nodes (MN) due to mobility from one point of attachment to another point of attachment creates problems of delay, link failure, packet loss and error rate in the packets. The proposed work is modeled to analyze the performance of vertical handover considering 4G and wireless data networks. The vertical handover delay is estimated based on radio link quality and merit function of access network. A Matlab based heterogeneous model is considered and with the designed algorithm the performance is analyzed and the delay is evaluated. The comparison of the graphical results is done. Results show the delay estimated is within the pre-assumed range and hence the performance is better. In this paper, a Heterogeneous Handover Algorithm (HHA) is proposed to control the handover mechanism between Wifi, WiMax and LTE networks to reduce the handover delay. The proposed Heterogeneous Handover Algorithm (HHA) is implemented in a wireless scenarios with WiMAX, WiFi and LTE technology and the performance of the technique in different scenario is evaluated through simulation. The results show a significant improvement compared to the existing handover algorithms in terms of delay, service rate and handover dropping probability in heterogeneous networks

Fuzzy Based Mobility Management in 4G Wireless Networks

ABSTRACT Handover is the key procedure in wireless networks to provide required qual ity of service to the users during mobility Handover. As the current scenario of wireless communication comprises of heterogeneity in architecture, application and radio access technologies concentrating on vertical handover becomes important to provide continuous communication and ubiquitous coverage .This paper provides comprehensive survey of the vertical handover, decision technique and parameter used for making proper handover in horizontal and vertical handover . The recent handover schemes are discussed and classified which varies based on concepts and the adopted schemes. A Fuzzy based decision making algorithm is proposed to made the handover decision more appropriate and to avoid loss of communication and provide better performance

A study on leakage current and electrical properties of oleic acid-coated cobalt-doped Mn-Zn ferrite nanocrystalline powders

Abstract Background Mn-Zn ferrites have drawn a continuously an increasing interest because of their potential applications as multifunctional devices. These materials simultaneously exhibit ferroelectricity and ferromagnetism. The dielectric and leakage current properties of Cobalt substituted Mn-Zn ferrites coated with oleic acid were not reported. Methods This paper presents the synthesis, electrical, and leakage properties of nanoparticles of cobalt-doped Mn-Zn ferrite [CoxMnyZnyFe2O4 (x = 0.1, 0.5, and 0.9 and y = 0.45, 0.25, and 0.05)] coated with oleic acid and prepared by chemical co-precipitation method. The crystal structure was determined by X-ray diffraction (XRD), the effect of strain on the electronic structure was analyzed using Williamson-Hall plot. Complex impedance spectroscopic analysis was carried out, and the impedance plots show the resistive and reactive parts of the impedance. Frequency dependence on AC conductivity was investigated for all the compositions, and leakage current properties were also studied. Results The nanoparticles were found to have an average size of 13.62 nm. The average crystallite size (DaveXR) of the precipitated particles found to decrease from 15.22 to 12.65 nm with increasing cobalt substitution. The presence of two semicircular arcs at the lower and higher frequency regions indicates the grain boundary conduction and grain conduction at room temperature. Leakage current density of the order of 10-4 A/cm2 (at field strength of 0.02 kV/cm) was observed for all compositions. Conclusion The variation of the strain values from negative to positive indicates that the strain changes from compression to tensile. The dielectric permittivity was found to decrease from 104to 103 with increase in frequency. The semicircle in the higher frequency region is attributed to the grain conduction of the materials, and the semicircle in the lower frequency region is due to the grain boundary conduction. Both the grain and grain boundary are found to be active at room temperature. AC conductivity is found to be compositional dependent

Investigation of Structural, Morphological, Magnetic Properties and Biomedical applications of Cu2+ Substituted Uncoated Cobalt Ferrite Nanoparticles

ABSTRACT In the present work, Cu2+ substituted cobalt ferrite (Co1-xCuxFe2O4, x = 0, 0.3, 0.5, 0.7 and 1) magnetic nanopowders were synthesized via chemical co-precipitation method. The prepared powders were investigated by various characterization methods such as X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD), scanning electron microscope analysis (SEM), vibrating sample magnetometer analysis (VSM) and fourier transform infrared spectroscopy analysis (FTIR). The XRD analysis reveals that the synthesized nanopowders possess single phase centred cubic spinel structure. The average crystallite size of the particles ranging from 27-49 nm was calculated by using Debye-scherrer formula. Magnetic properties of the synthesized magnetic nanoparticles are studied by using VSM. The VSM results shows the magnetic properties such as coercivity, magnetic retentivity decreases with increase in copper substitution whereas the saturation magnetization shows increment and decrement in accordance with Cu2+ substitution in cobalt ferrite nanoparticles. SEM analysis reveals the morphology of synthesized magnetic nanoparticles. FTIR spectra of Cu2+ substituted cobalt ferrite magnetic nanoparticles were recorded in the frequency range 4000-400cm-1. The spectrum shows the presence of water adsorption and metal oxygen bonds. The adhesion nature of Cu2+ substituted cobalt ferrite magnetic nanoparticles with bacteria in reviewed results indicates that the synthesized nanoparticles could be used in biotechnology and biomedical applications

Biosorption of aniline blue from aqueous solution using a novel biosorbent Zizyphus oenoplia seeds: Modeling studies

This article presents the feasibility for the removal of Aniline Blue dye (AB dye) from aqueous solution using a low cost biosorbent material Zizyphus oenoplia seeds. In this study, a batch mode experiments of the adsorption process were carried out as a function of pH, contact time, concentration of dye, adsorbent dosage and temperature. The experimental data were fitted with Freundlich and Langmuir isotherm equations. The feasibility of the isotherm was evaluated with dimensionless separation factor (RL). The kinetic data of sorption process are evaluated by using pseudo-first order and pseudo-second order equations. The mode of diffusion process was evaluated with intra-particle diffusion model. The thermodynamic parameters like change in enthalpy (ΔHº); change in entropy (ΔSº) and Gibbs free energy change (ΔGº) were calculated using Van’t Hoff plot. The biosorbent material was characterized with Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and the morphology was identified with Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) in before and after adsorption of AB dye