简介：Thepurposeofthispaperistodevelopahighspeeddetectionschemeformovingand/orstationarypointtargetsinamultitargetenvironmentasregisteredinanIRimagesequence.Aniterativeapproximate3-Dlinesearchingalgorithmbaseduponthegeometricrepresentationoflines(fornon-maneuveringtargetsinspace)ina3-Dspaceisderived.Theconvergencyofthealgorithmisproved.Ananalysisisperformedofthetheoreticaldetectionperformanceofthealgorithm.ThestatisticalexperimentresultsshowhigheffectivenessandcomputationalefficiencyofthealgorithminthecaseoflowSNR.Theideamaybeemployedtosatisfythereal-timeprocessingrequirementofanIRsystem.

简介：Anon-intrusivedesignformonitoringeverydayactivitiesofanelderlypersonispresented.Theproposedsystemisintendedtobeusedinthebedroom,allowingtheelderstostayathomeinasafeenvironment.Therequiredhardwaredesignissimpleinstructureandcosteffective.ThesensordesignisimplementedbyusingcapacitivesensorsandanArduinomicrocontrollerunit.Andarealtimegraphicaluserinterfaceisimplementedtomonitortheelderlyperson.Theperformanceanalysisshowsthatthesensordesignisabletodifferentiatebetweenahumanbodyandahousepet.

简介：InaCDMAcommunicationnetworkusingconventionalsignaldetection,systemcapacityislimitedanditsperformanceisdegradedbythemulti-accessinterference(MAI).Multiuserdetection,whichmakesuseofcross-correlationinformationbetweenspreadspectrumcodes,canreduceoreliminatetheMAIinaGaussianchannelsoastomitigatethenear-fareffectsandincreasethesystemcapacity.ThispaperextendsthemultiuserdetectortoaflatRayleighfadingCDMAenvironment,anddiscussesthebiterrorrateoftypicalmultiuserdetectionalgorithmsinsuchaenvironmentbycombiningtheoreticalanalysisandcomputersimulation.ItisshownthatmultiuserdetectionissuperiortoconventionaldetectionsintheflatRayleighfadingchannels.

简介：Inthispaper,weconsiderthespectrumsharingCognitiveRadio(CR)system,whereinSingle-InputMulti-Output(SIMO)cognitivefadingchannelisassumed.Subjecttotheaveragein-terferenceconstraintofprimaryuser,theergodiccapacityofcognitiveuserinvolvingjointbeamformingandpowercontrolisanalyzed.Wederivetheoptimaljointbeamformingandpowercontrolstrategyanddeducethegeneralintegralexpressionforergodiccapacity.Furthermore,underdifferentchannelfadingsincludingRaleighfading,Nakagami-mfadingandLognormalshadowingfading,thespecificexpressionsofergodiccapacityforSIMOcognitivechannelareexhibited.Mostoftheexpressionsarepresentedinclosed-formorwithsomespecialintegralfunctions.Largeamountofsimulationsareconductedtocorroborateourtheoreticalresults.

简介：TheperiodiccellstreamisaveryimportantmemberamongtheinputtrafficsourcesinATMnetworks.Inthispaper,afinite-bufferedATMmultiplexerwithtrafficsourcescomposedofaperiodiccellstream,multiplei.i.dBernoullicellstreamsandburstytwo-stateMarkovModulatedBernoulliProcess(MMBP)cellstreamsisexactlyanalyzed.Theprobabilitymassfunctionofqueuingdelay,theautocorrelationandpowerspectrumofdelayjitterforthisperiodiccellstreamarederived.TheanalysisisusedtoexposethebehaviorofdelayjitterforaperiodiccellstreamthroughanATMmultiplexerinaburstytrafficenvironment.Thesimulationresultsindicatethattheanalyticalresultsareaccurate.

简介：ConsideringtheimportantchangesintheSwissenergysector,especiallyinrenewableenergy(RE)technologies,newrevenuepossibilitiesforsmallandmediumsizedenterprises(SMEs)emerge.However,theadaptionofRE-technologiesforSwissenterprisesreliesontangiblefinancialreturns,basedoncomplexcalculations.Thisarticleanalysesbusinessopportunities(BOs)ofeightSwissSMEsconsideringthenetpresentvalueofRE-investmentsinanuncertaineconomicenvironment.WeidentifytwoprofitableBOsforSwissSMEsandthreewhicharenotprofitable.Further,thearticledemonstratesthattheprofitabilityofsuchinvestmentsremainsmostlypositiveevenundereconomicuncertainties.SurprisinglytheprofitabilitydoesnotchangesignificantlyiftheSMEreceivesasubsidyornot.ThesupportinstrumentoftheSwissGovernmenthasnotaponderousimpactonthedecisiontoinvestinRE-technologiesornot.Therefore,thearticleemphasizestheimportanceofincludingSMEintheSwissattempttodecentralizetheenergymarket.