Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) technology uses multiple antennas at the both link ends and does not need to increase additional transmit power and spectrum, leading to promising link capacity gains of several-fold increase in spectrum efficiency. Increased capacity can be achieved by introducing additional spatial channels that are exploited by using coding such as space-time coding (STC...

This invited paper discusses the challenging task of assessing the millmeter-wave spectrum for the use of 5G mobile systems. 3 key KPIs related to mobile systems, coverage, capacity and mobility are individually assessed and quantified with a simplistic figure of merit (FoM). The coverage and capacity KPIs are assessed through simulations while an analytical approach is developed for mobility. ...

In this study, the authors consider the asymptotic capacity of wireless multicast and unicast transmission schemes in a spectrum-sharing system. In these schemes, a secondary access point (SAP) utilises the licensed spectrum of an active primary user (PU) to send a common information to multiple secondary users simultaneously, as long as the interference power inflicted on the PU is less than a...

IMPROVING capacity utilization of the optical transport network has been an important research challenge for many years. Extensive research efforts have been devoted to developing approaches of grooming subwavelength traffic demand onto large wavelength capacity pipes. These efforts, however, only focus on efficiently utilizing the capacity pipes, without addressing the issue of fixed ITU-T gri...

After successful dynamic spectrum access, cognitive radio (CR) must be able to relay the message/packets to the destination node by utilizing existing primary system(s) (PS) and/or cooperative/cognitive radio nodes in the cognitive radio network. In this paper, we pioneer the exploration of the fundamental behaviors of interference between CRs and PS in such a relay network via network coding. ...

As early as 2014, mobile network operators’ spectral capacity will be overwhelmed by the demand brought on by new devices and applications. To augment capacity and meet this demand, operators may choose to deploy a Dynamic Spectrum Access (DSA) overlay. The signaling and functionality required by such an overlay have not yet been fully considered in the architecture of the planned Long Term Evo...

In this paper we define perceptual phase capacity as the size of a codebook of phase spectra necessary to represent all possible phase spectra in a perceptually accurate manner. We determine the perceptual phase capacity for voiced speech. To this purpose, we use an auditory model which indicates if phase spectrum changes are audible or not. The correct performance of the model was adjusted and...

Autism spectrum disorder is characterized by interpersonal deficits and has been associated with limited cognitive empathy, which includes perspective taking, theory of mind, and empathic accuracy (EA). The capacity for affective empathy may also be impaired. In the present study we aimed to determine if EA in normally developing individuals with varying levels of autism spectrum traits is mode...

Widespread adoption of smartphones, tablets and other smart devices has resulted in mobile operators (MOs) making a transition from voice to data centric business model. As a consequence there has been an increase in demand for radio spectrum. Spectrum availability in the future can be a cause of concern, the main reason of which is being attributed to the traditional and inflexible approach to...

Cognitive Radio Network (CRN) aims to reduce spectrum congestion by allowing secondary users to utilize idle spectrum bands in the absence of primary users. However, the overall user capacity and hence, the system throughput is bounded by the total number of available idle channels in the system. This paper aims to solve the problem of limited user capacity in basic CRN by proposing a 2-tier CR...