... extraction of oil contained in dry pomace Before the extraction process, the process of distillation ofthe pomace oil separates the hexane from the oil and allows the sale ofthe pomace oil inthe ... importance of all environmental burdens contained inan LCI and at aggregating them to a single indicator, GWP100 On the types and quantities of gases emitted into the atmosphere, expressed in terms ... 2012, pp.541-552 Interpretation ofthe results Inthe assessment ofthe GHG savings ofthe bioenergy system, the definition ofthe fossil reference system is very important For instance, fossil-derived...
... Allocation in WiMAX Then, the performance evaluation of these algorithms is made Section presents a synthesis table ofthe main scheduling mechanisms and highlights the main points of each of them ... chapters include both theoretical and technical information, which provides anin depth review ofthe most recent advances inthe field for engineers and researchers, and other readers interested in ... shows the packets scheduling inthe Base Station (BS) and inthe Subscriber Station (SS) (Ma, 2009) Fig Packet scheduling inthe BS and inthe SS (Ma, 2009) Inthe downlink scheduling, the BS...
... below the main results inthe literature on resource allocation inthe case of full CSI, mainly for the sake of completeness 1) Sum rate maximization Consider the problem of maximizing the sum of ... faced by an algorithm for the downlink traffic An uplink scheduling algorithm does not have all theinformation about the SSs such as the queue size An uplink algorithm at the BS has to coordinate ... controls the traffic ofthe 802.16 network The physical layer is OFDM The BS uses the dynamic uplink/downlink slot assignment for the TDD mode Both the BS and all SSs use packing and fragmentation in...
... associated with k inthe whole band is equal to the sum ofthe ergodic capacities corresponding to both bands I and P A For instance, thepartofthe capacity corresponding to the protected band P A is ... from the source to the receiver: the size ofthe data-link layer queue can be represented by the small basin size and the transmission speed by the width ofthe hole at the small basin bottom In ... to the different data-link layer queues ofthe active RATs and then transmitted independently one ofthe others It follows that the out -of- order delivery of packets and the consequent performance...
... defined inthe standard Scheduling In WiMAX, the scheduling mechanism consists of determinating theinformation element (IE) sent inthe UL MAP message that indicates the amount ofthe allocated bandwidth, ... preferred inthe opposite case The results reported in Fig 6(a) also confirm that inthe case of a single user the perceived throughput can significantly increase thanks to the use ofthe parallel transmission ... presents the advantage of supporting the link adaptation called adaptive modulation coding (AMC) AMC consist ofan adaptive modification ofthe combination of modulation, channel coding types and coding...
... within the request interval ofthe uplink subframe Upon receiving the bandwidth requests, the BS then allocates bandwidth and data slots for data transmission inthe uplink data interval of frame ... used inthe outer set of fixed point equations evolving around the traffic load ofan SS, ρ Inthe following, we will develop the outer set of fixed point equations for ρ 3.2 Mean service time ofan ... placed inthe buffer until it becomes the head -of- the- line (HOL) packet The REQ service time of this packet is defined as the time duration from the beginning ofthe request interval where the backoff...
... to obtaining the uplink UCD (Uplink Channel Description) messages and UL-MAP (Uplink MAP) The UCD describes the physical characteristics ofthe uplink channel and the UL-MAP contains the physical ... managing and maintaining the QoS for all ofthe packet transmissions The BS manages this by actively distributing usage time to subscriber stations through information embedded inthe transmitted ... (REGREQ) and BS replies with a Registration Response (REG-RSP) Another important feature ofthe IEEE 802.16e standard is the exchange ofinformation between neighboring BSs The BS sends the same information...
... results and fundamental knowledge ofthe behaviour ofthe air interface Key performance indicators include spectral efficiency, robustness ofthe codes and modulations, influence ofthe HPA non linearity ... WiMAX and LTE The emphasis is put on the main differences in handling QoS in both 4G systems Even though the underling technologies differ in many aspects, it is important to Evaluation of QoS and ... Rate (MRTR) of existing connections and recent bandwidth utilization Instead of using predefined thresholds, the proposed ARCAC takes an advantage ofthe fact that Base Station (BS) has the ability...
... to quantify the achievable improvement inthe overall network throughput and identify the critical issues that 252 Quality of Service and Resource Allocation in WiMAX influence the performance ... Service mapping The QoS concept incorporated inthe IEEE802.16 standard assumes the ability to manage incoming traffic based on application requirements Although the set of functionalities and recommendations ... well-known handshaking procedure to request bandwidth resources from the BS (Andrews, 2007).With appearing needs of bandwidth increase for existing service connections due to the dynamic behaviour of...
... will be further expanded inpart ‘m’ ofthe standard (Ahmandi, 2011, written by Intel’s chief technology officer) Broadband wireless access continues to be rolled out in many parts ofthe world ... & Motani, 2005) an adaptive scheme that leverages information across the layers can cope with the volatile state ofthe channel due to fading and shadowing and the constrained available bandwidth ... most important informationofthe compressed video bit stream of P- and B-pictures, including the MB addresses, MVs, and essential headers If any MBs in these pictures are intra-coded, their frequency...
... determine the position of original information after interleaving, rather than the complicated encrypting the actual information Security information, a key for instance, can be combination of numerical ... which interleavers are active inthe interleaving path and thus the aggregate interleaving length at any time, a memory for storing information during interleaving and mappings between information ... of VANET Inthe VANET we envisioned, each vehicle has the ability to communicate with any neighbouring vehicles Depending on the nature ofthe message, theinformation either remains within the...
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... Fellow ofthe Engineering Institute of Canada, the Canadian Academy of Engineering, the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the International ... value of 0.42 for human resources indicates the human effort involved in designing and maintaining the automated machines The ranking assigned for human resources may be higher during manufacturing, ... achievement inthe development of Canada, and the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering’s Angus Medal for outstanding contributions to the management and practice of mechanical engineering He...
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