In this paper, we analyze the semiblind mutual information (MI) between the input and output of a MIMO channel. To that end we consider the popular block fading model. We assume that some training/pilot symbols get inserted at the beginning of each burst. We show that the average MI over a transmission burst can be decomposed into symbol position dependent contributions. The MI component at a c...

On 29 July 2017 in the closing session of the XIX International Botanical Congress held in Shenzhen, China, nearly 7,000 plant scientists from 77 countries unanimously endorsed a statement to focus their research and educational efforts on finding solutions to the growing problems of “environmental degradation, unsustainable resource use, and biodiversity loss.” This moment was the culmination ...

Efforts to understand the ecological regulation of species diversity via bottom-up approaches have failed to yield a consensus theory. Theories based on the alternative of top-down regulation have fared better. Paine's discovery of keystone predation demonstrated that the regulation of diversity via top-down forcing could be simple, strong, and direct, yet ecologists have persistently failed to...

In this paper, we derive a capacity inner bound for a synchronous Gaussian Z channel with intersymbol interference (ISI) under input power constraints. This is done by converting the original channel model into an n-block memoryless circular Gaussian Z channel (n-CGZC) and successively decomposing the n-block memoryless channel into a series of independent parallel channels in the frequency dom...

Abstract Prior studies show that coordinating supply chain inventories with common replenishment epochs (CRE) provides benefit for vendor and buyers. Coordination using selective discount (SD) strategy allows some buyers to participate in the coordination scheme while other buyers continue to order as earlier. This can reduce the vendor’s total cost more than that of all buyers participating an...

AbstmctWe propose a carrier frequency offset recovery (CFOR) module for CDMA to operate with STAR, the spatietemporal array-receiver. The new CFOR module implements simple linear regression (LR), similar in approach to that implemented for time-delay synchronization in STAR. Simulations in selective Rayleigh-fading channels at various mobile speeds show that an increasing carrier frequency offs...

Motivated by the trend towards more collaboration in team work, we study networks where some tasks require the simultaneous processing by multiple types of multitasking human or indivisible resources. The capacity of such networks is generally smaller than the bottleneck capacity. In Gurvich and Van Mieghem (2015) we proved that both capacities are equal in networks with a hierarchical collabor...

Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) mobile ad hoc networks have been receiving increased attention in both commercial and military applications. Just as in cellular networks, MIMO technologies can benefit ad hoc networks by providing the diversity and capacity advantages as well as the spatial degree of freedom in designing the media access control (MAC) protocol. However, one fundamental iss...

In this paper we show how a fundamental result from information theory can be used to calculate the aggregate channel capacity in the uplink of an access point or a base station. The fundamental limits for this cell capacity provide an upper bound for any practically implementable multiple-access scheme. The capacity loss due to various implementation constraints is evaluated and a method for a...

The Austral and Neotropical America (ANA) section of the Society for Conservation Biology includes a vast territory with some of the largest relatively pristine ecosystems in the world. With more than 573 million people, the economic growth of the region still depends strongly on natural resource exploitation and still has high rates of environmental degradation and biodiversity loss. A survey ...