While most existing loading algorithms for xDSL-DMT systems strive for the optimal energy distribution to maximize their rate, the amounts of bits loaded to subcarriers are constrained to be integers and the associated granularity losses can represent a significant percentage of the achievable data rate, especially in the presence of the peak-power constraint. To recover these losses, we propos...

In recent years, use of biodegradable polymers based nanoparticles has received high interest in the development of vaccines delivery vehicles. The aim of study was to prepare chitosan nanoparticles (CS NPs) for loading Echis carinatus (EC) venom and evaluate their potential as an adjuvant and antigen delivery system on a pilot scale. CS NPs were prepared using ionic gelation method, and their ...

Response surface methodology was used to optimize preparation of biocomposites based on poly(lactic acid) and durian peel cellulose. The effects of cellulose loading, mixing temperature, and mixing time on tensile strength and impact strength were investigated. A central composite design was employed to determine the optimum preparation condition of the biocomposites to obtain the highest tensi...

Minimum shift keying (MSK) modulation has features such as constant envelope, compact spectrum and good error performance, which are all desirable in many digital applications including mobile radio. Numerous receiver structures to demodulate MSK have been suggested, such as correlation receivers, differential detectors and frequency discriminators. MSK is a form of biphase keying and can be de...

In recent years, the scale of container transportation and the size of vessels are becoming larger and larger; development of automatic container cranes becomes a necessity. As a key function of automatic control of unmanned cranes, the optimum route can minimize the cycle time by calculating the most efficient combination of horizontal and vertical motions of container loading/unloading. In th...

Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) with multiple transmit and multiple receive antennas (MIMO-OFDM) is considered a candidate for high-data rate communication in various existing and forthcoming system standards. To achieve the usually desired low frame and bit error rates, MIMO-OFDM should be combined with adaptive bit loading (ABL) and forward error correction (FEC) coding, whe...

This paper presents a new algorithm for distributing bits to the subchannels of a DMT modem. The so-called Inverse Robin Hood algorithm converges rapidly and can effectively optimise the overall bit error rate in a non-Gaussian channel. Key-words: Discrete multi-tone modulation, adaptive bit-loading, DSL modems, non-Gaussian channels.

While bit-loading algorithms over wireless systems have been extensively studied, the development of a protocol which implements bit-loading-based rate adaptation over wireless systems has not been highlighted. The design of such a protocol is not a trivial problem, due to the overhead associated with the feedback information. In this paper, a novel protocol is proposed to provide an efficient ...

In real-world applications, many optimization problems have the time-linkage property, that is, objective function value relies on current solution as well historical solutions. Although rigorous theoretical analysis evolutionary algorithms has rapidly developed in recent two decades, it remains an open problem to theoretically understand behaviors of problems. This paper takes first step rigor...

This paper presents an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) system, which through the use of sub-optimal PTS combined with a preset threshold, achieves low computational complexity to find optimum weighting factors. A specific bit in weighting factor that leads to a smaller peak-to-average power ratio ( ) is identified from the sub-optimum method. And a specific threshold, which fo...