Wireless Personal Communications, Volume 43

Volume 43, Number 1, October 2007

Special Issue on Cooperation in Wireless Networks

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  Frank H. P. Fitzek:
  Editorial: Special Issue on Cooperation in Wireless Networks. 1-2
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  Petros Elia, Somsak Kittipiyakul, Tara Javidi:
  Cooperative diversity schemes for asynchronous wireless networks. 3-12
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  Dandan Wang, Cristina Comaniciu, Uf Tureli:
  Cooperation and Fairness for Slotted Aloha. 13-27
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  Salam A. Zummo:
  Performance of Coded Cooperative Diversity with Interference in Nakagami Fading Environments. 29-40
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  Narottam Chand, Ramesh C. Joshi, Manoj Misra:
  Cooperative Caching Strategy in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks Based on Clusters. 41-63
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  Sathya Narayanan, Shivendra S. Panwar:
  To Forward or not to Forward - that is the Question. 65-87
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  Ferit Ozan Akgül, M. Oguz Sunay:
  Enhancing 3G High Speed Wireless Data Performance Through Utilization of 3G-WLAN System Cooperation: A Cross-Network, Cross-Layer Approach. 89-106
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  Chadi Abou-Rjeily, Norbert Daniele, Jean-Claude Belfiore:
  Distributed Algebraic Space-Time Codes for Ultra-Wideband Communications. 107-121
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  Jerry C. H. Lin, Andrej Stefanov:
  Cooperative Coding for OFDM Systems. 123-139
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  Zhou Wang, Chunxiao Chigan:
  Cooperation Enhancement for Message Transmission in VANETs. 141-156

Volume 43, Number 2, October 2007

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  Tobias Scholand, Christoph Spiegel, Andreas Waadt, Admir Burnic, Peter Jung:
  A Real-Time Zero-Crossing Demodulation Concept. 157-183
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  Jang-Ping Sheu, Chih-Min Chao, Wei-Kai Hu, Ching-Wen Sun:
  A Clock Synchronization Algorithm for Multihop Wireless Ad Hoc Networks. 185-200
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  Tin Yu Wu, Rong-Wei Jhang, Han-Chieh Chao:
  Efficient Architecture and Handoff Strategy used for VoIP Sessions in SIP Based Wireless Networks. 201-214
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  David Mazzarese, Witold A. Krzymien:
  Scheduling Algorithms and Throughput Maximization for the Downlink of Packet-Data Cellular Systems with Multiple Antennas at the Base Station. 215-260
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  Timo Nihtilä, Janne Kurjenniemi, Marko Lampinen, Tapani Ristaniemi:
  Performance of receive diversity and LMMSE chip equalization in WCDMA HSDPA network. 261-280
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  Timo Viero, Kim Rounioja, Teemu Sipilä, Raimo Verkasalo, Jarmo Takala, Jorma Lilleberg:
  Dual Antenna Receivers for High Data Rate Terminals. 281-293
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  Bazil Taha Ahmed, Miguel Calvo-Ramón, Leandro de Haro-Ariet:
  WCDMA Uplink Capacity and Interference Statistics of Highways Shaped Microcells with Imperfect Power Control and Finite Transmitted Power. 295-311
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  Genyuan Wang, Yimin Zhang, Moeness G. Amin:
  Space-Time Cooperation Diversity Using High-Rate Codes. 313-326
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  S. R. Meraji:
  Performance Analysis of Transmit Antenna Selection in Nakagami-m Fading Channels. 327-333
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  Jui Teng Wang:
  Iterative Rate Assignment for Multicarrier Multi-Cell Networks. 335-340
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  Jyoti Saxena, C. S. Rai, P. K. Bansal:
  Near-Far Resistant ICA based Detector for DS-CDMA Systems in the Downlink. 341-353
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  Bazil Taha Ahmed, Miguel Calvo-Ramón, Leandro de Haro-Ariet:
  On the Impact of Ultra Wide Band (UWB) on Macrocell Downlink of CDMA-PCS System. 355-367
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  John Nielsen:
  UWB Impulse Radio Receiver Based on Single Bit Quantization. 369-388
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  Yifan Chen, Zhenrong Zhang, Vimal K. Dubey:
  Effect of Antenna Directivity on Angular Power Distribution at Mobile Terminal in Urban Macrocells: A Geometric Channel Modeling Approach. 389-409
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  Qiangfeng Jiang, Raphael A. Finkel, D. Manivannan, Mukesh Singhal:
  RPSF: A Routing Protocol with Selective Forwarding for Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks. 411-436
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  Gen-Horng Chen, Shyue-Win Wei:
  Sensitivity of Carrier Frequency Offset and MAI in DAPSK-MC-CDMA Systems. 437-447
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  Hwa-Chun Lin, Show-Shiow Tzeng:
  Channel Assignment and Hand-off Policies in Cluster-Based Micro/ Picocellular Wireless Networks. 449-465
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  Pablo Serrano, Albert Banchs, Arturo Azcorra:
  A Throughput and Delay Model for IEEE 802.11e EDCA Under Non Saturation. 467-479
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  Shu-Ming Tseng:
  Vector Channel Estimation and Multiuser Detection for Multicarrier DS CDMA in Time and Frequency Selective Fading Channels. 481-494
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  Georgios K. Theofilogiannakos, Traianos V. Yioultsis, Thomas D. Xenos:
  An Efficient Hybrid Parabolic Equation - Integral Equation Method for the Analysis of Wave Propagation in Highly Complex Indoor Communication Environments. 495-510
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  Jeich Mar, Jun Ping Huang:
  The Complementary Use of 3G WCDMA and GSM/GPRS Cellular Radio Networks. 511-531
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  Minghui Li, Yilong Lu:
  A Refined Genetic Algorithm for Accurate and Reliable DOA Estimation with a Sensor Array. 533-547
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  Yuh-Shyan Chen, Tsung-Hung Lin, Shih-Min Lin:
  RAA: a ring-based address autoconfiguration protocol in mobile ad hoc networks. 549-571
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  Chenguang Lu, Frank H. P. Fitzek, Patrick C. F. Eggers:
  Capacity enhancement by terminal originated beamforming for wireless local area networks. 573-587
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  Sherali Zeadally, Farhan Siddiqui:
  An Empirical Analysis of Handoff Performance for SIP, Mobile IP, and SCTP Protocols. 589-603
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  Hyo-Sik Yang, Luke Ritchie, Andréa W. Richa, Martin Reisslein:
  MANET Routing with Provably Low Complexity Through Constant Density Clustering and Route Request Broadcast. 605-621
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  Shreeram Sigdel, Witold A. Krzymien:
  Performance evaluation of spatially multiplexed MIMO systems with subset antenna transmission in interference limited environments. 623-644
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  Alex P. Palamides, Andreas M. Maras:
  Particle filtering to combat inter-carrier interference in mobile communications. 645-654
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  Rongfang Song, Shu Hung Leung:
  Second order polynomial class of chip waveforms for band-limited DS-CDMA systems. 655-663
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  Dan Forsberg:
  Protected session keys context for distributed session key management. 665-676
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  Joo Heo, InSuk Cha, KyungHi Chang:
  Effective adaptive transmit power allocation algorithm considering dynamic channel allocation in reuse partitioning-based OFDMA system. 677-684
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  Chung-Liang Chang, Ping Sheng Huang, Te-Ming Tu:
  Performance comparison of MRC and EGC on a MC-CDMA system with synchronization errors over fading channels. 685-698
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  Nikos C. Sagias, George K. Karagiannidis:
  Comments on "Average LCR and AFD for SC diversity over correlated Weibull fading channels". 699-701
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  Zi-Wei Zheng:
  Robust channel estimation for the OFDM-based WLAN systems with imperfect synchronization. 703-709
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  Ing-Ray Chen, Weiping He, Baoshan Gu:
  DMAP: integrated mobility and service management in mobile IPv6 systems. 711-723
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  Bazil Taha Ahmed, Miguel Calvo-Ramón:
  W-CDMA uplink capacity and interference statistics of cigar-shaped microcells in over-ground train service with imperfect power control and finite transmitted power. 725-735
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  Jingyu Hua, Zhijiang Xu, Xiaojian Xu, Xiaohu You:
  Comment and further results on paper "Carrier Frequency Recovery Technique in OFDM systems". 737-742
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  Sheng-Tzong Cheng, Mingzoo Wu:
  Adaptive coordination function for IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs. 743-757
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  Xin Zhou, Persefoni Kyritsi, Jimena Martinez Llorente, Axel Adenet, Christophe Lemasson, Patrick C. F. Eggers:
  Assessment of MISO time reversal for short-range communications in the 5 GHz ISM band. 759-776
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  Tharaka A. Lamahewa, Rodney A. Kennedy, Thushara D. Abhayapala, Van K. Nguyen:
  Spatial precoder design for space-time coded MIMO systems: based on fixed parameters of MIMO channels. 777-799

Volume 43, Number 3, November 2007

Special Issue on Seamless Handover in Next Generation Wireless/Mobile Networks

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  Anand R. Prasad, Sunghyun Choi, Selim Aissi, Jeevarathinam Ravikumar:
  Special Issue on Seamless Handover in Next Generation Wireless/Mobile Networks. 801-802
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  Marc Emmelmann, Sven Wiethoelter, Andreas Köpsel, Cornelia Kappler, Adam Wolisz:
  Moving toward seamless mobility: state of the art and emerging aspects in standardization bodies. 803-816
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  Roland Bless, Joachim Hillebrand, Christian Prehofer, Martina Zitterbart:
  A quality-of-service signaling architecture for seamless handover support in next generation, IP-based mobile networks. 817-835
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  Ashutosh Dutta, Subir Das, David Famolari, Yoshihiro Ohba, Kenichi Taniuchi, Victor Fajardo, Rafael Marín López, Toshikazu Kodama, Henning Schulzrinne:
  Seamless proactive handover across heterogeneous access networks. 837-855
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  Vijoy Pandey, Dipak Ghosal, Biswanath Mukherjee, Xiaoxin Wu:
  Call admission and handoff control in multi-tier cellular networks: algorithms and analysis. 857-878
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  Brahmjit Singh:
  An improved handover algorithm based on signal strength plus distance for interoperability in mobile cellular networks. 879-887
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  George Lampropoulos, Nikos I. Passas, Alexandros Kaloxylos, Lazaros F. Merakos:
  A flexible UMTS/WLAN architecture for improved network performance. 889-906
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  Emily Qi, Sangeetha L. Bangolae, Kapil Sood, Jesse Walker:
  BSS transition optimizations and analysis for VoIP over WLAN. 907-918
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  Yong-Sung Kim, Dong-Hee Kwon, Young-Joo Suh:
  Seamless handover support over heterogeneous networks using FMIPv6 with definitive L2 triggers. 919-932
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  Shaojian Fu, Mohammed Atiquzzaman:
  Survivability evaluation of SIGMA and mobile IP. 933-944
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  Henrik Petander, Eranga Perera, Aruna Seneviratne:
  Multicasting with selective delivery: a SafetyNet for vertical handoffs. 945-958
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  Telemaco Melia, Antonio de la Oliva, Ignacio Soto, Pablo Serrano, Rui L. Aguiar:
  Network controlled handovers: challenges and possibilities. 959-974
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  Moon-Sang Jeong, Yeong-Hun Cho, Jong-Tae Park:
  Hierarchical mobile network binding scheme for route optimization in NEMO. 975-995
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  Rajadurai Rajavelsamy, S. Anand, Osok Song, Sungho Choi:
  A novel scheme for mobility management in heterogeneous wireless networks. 997-1018
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  Stefano Salsano, Luca Veltri, Andrea Polidoro, Alessandro Ordine:
  Architecture and testbed implementation of vertical handovers based on SIP session border controllers. 1019-1034
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  Ahmed Hasswa, Nidal Nasser, Hossam S. Hassanein:
  A seamless context-aware architecture for fourth generation wireless networks. 1035-1049

Volume 43, Number 4, December 2007

Special Issue on Seamless Handover in Next Generation Wireless/Mobile Networks

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  Jui Teng Wang:
  Distributed adaptive rate system for wireless packet networks. 1051-1055
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  Guanding Yu, Zhaoyang Zhang, Peiliang Qiu:
  Adaptive subcarrier and bit allocation in OFDMA systems supporting heterogeneous services. 1057-1070
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  Enzo Baccarelli, Mauro Biagi, Cristian Pelizzoni, Nicola Cordeschi:
  A new family of optimized orthogonal Space-Times codes for PPM-based MIMO systems with imperfect channel estimates. 1071-1091
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  Tugrul Çavdar, Ali Gangal:
  A new sequential decoding algorithm based on branch metric. 1093-1100
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  Jean-François Frigon, Ahmed M. Eltawil, Babak Daneshrad, Eugene Grayver, Yuan Li, Gennady Y. Poberezhskiy:
  Simulation, implementation and performance evaluation of a diversity enabled WCDMA mobile terminal. 1101-1112
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  Saralees Nadarajah, Samuel Kotz:
  A class of generalized models for shadowed fading channels. 1113-1120
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  Dimitrios I. Axiotis, Dimitrios Xenikos:
  On the Performance of TETRA Short Data Service-Transport Layer. 1121-1135
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  Saralees Nadarajah, Samuel Kotz:
  A Class of POCA Distributions For rapid fading variations. 1137-1143
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  Albert Banchs, Pablo Serrano:
  Revisiting 802.11e EDCA performance analysis. 1145-1149
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  Traian E. Abrudan, Visa Koivunen:
  Blind equalization in spatial multiplexing MIMO-OFDM systems based on vector CMA and decorrelation criteria. 1151-1172
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  José Víctor Rodríguez, María-José García-Martínez, Jose Maria Molina Garcia Pardo, Leandro Juan-Llacer:
  Analysis of the influence of building modelling in the prediction of over-rooftop multiple diffraction losses in urban areas. 1173-1184
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  Yalçin Isik, Necmi Taspinar:
  Multiuser detection with neural network and PIC in CDMA systems for AWGN and Rayleigh fading asynchronous channels. 1185-1194
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  Polychronis Koutsakis:
  Satellite bandwidth allocation based on MPEG-4 videoconference traffic prediction. 1195-1200
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  David C.-H. Chiang, Yu T. Su:
  Frequency estimators for MIMO-OFDM systems. 1201-1207
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  Junfeng Jiang, Zhigang Cao, Zihua Guo:
  Delay analysis and dynamic tuning of an acknowledged mode radio link control protocol. 1209-1227
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  Nam Joo Jeon, Choon Seong Leem, Min Hyung Kim, Hyoun Gyu Shin:
  A taxonomy of ubiquitous computing applications. 1229-1239
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  Khalida Ghanem, Tayeb A. Denidni, Farid Ghanem:
  Modified-rate-quantization algorithm for multiple-input multiple-output systems under imperfect channel knowledge. 1241-1255
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  Abbas Ali Lotfi Neyestanak, Farrokh Hojjat Kashani, Kasra Barkeshli:
  W-shaped enhanced-bandwidth patch antenna for wireless communication. 1257-1265
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  Azade Khalaj, Nasser Yazdani, Maseud Rahgozar:
  Effect of the contention window size on performance and fairness of the IEEE 802.11 standard. 1267-1278
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  Zhong Fan:
  Throughput and QoS optimization for EDCA-based IEEE 802.11 WLANs. 1279-1290
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  Jeng-Kuang Hwang, Rih-Lung Chung:
  Efficient and robust decision delays selection scheme for multiuser MIMO DFE in power imbalance situation. 1291-1302
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  Artemis A. Koutsorodi, Evgenia F. Adamopoulou, Konstantinos P. Demestichas, Michael E. Theologou:
  Service configuration and user profiling in 4G terminals. 1303-1321
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  Jyh-Horng Wen, Gwo-Ruey Lee, Wen-Hui Kuan, Cheng-Ying Yang:
  Performance evaluation of a new BPSK-OFDM timing estimation algorithm. 1323-1331
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  Jui Teng Wang:
  Distributed subchannel and rate assignment for multi-carrier multi-cell networks. 1333-1337
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  Qian Yu, Guoan Bi, Liren Zhang:
  Modified SMC method of blind multiuser detection for DS-CDMA systems over fading channels. 1339-1349
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  Wei Yang, Junshi Chen, Zhenhui Tan, Shi-Xin Cheng:
  Performance of space-frequency combining at the antenna array of a MC-CDMA system. 1351-1361
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  Yasser Attia Albagory, Moawad I. Dessouky, Hamdy Sharshar:
  An approach for low sidelobe beamforming in uniform concentric circular arrays. 1363-1368
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  Bazil Taha Ahmed, Miguel Calvo-Ramón:
  WCDMA uplink capacity and interference statistics of highways cigar-shaped microcells. 1369-1378
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  Yongdao Zhou, Hong Ma, Huiqi Wang, Wangyong Lv:
  Local polynomial estimator for narrowband interference suppression in TH-UWB systems. 1379-1388
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  Mario E. Magaña, Yuhao Chang:
  A channelized digital receiver design for UWB systems in a multi-path indoor environment. 1389-1397
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  Hossein Samimi, Paeiz Azmi:
  An approximate analytical framework for performance analysis of equal gain combining technique over independent Nakagami, Rician and Weibull fading channels. 1399-1408
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  Polychronis Koutsakis:
  Integrating high quality video streams with FTP traffic over a noisy high capacity wireless cellular channel. 1409-1417
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  Indranil Sen, David W. Matolak:
  Bandwidth efficient MT-DS-SS via reduced subcarrier frequency spacing. 1419-1433
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  Ann-Chen Chang, Chih-Wei Jen:
  Complex-valued ICA utilizing signal-subspace demixing for robust DOA estimation and blind signal separation. 1435-1450
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  Saralees Nadarajah, Samuel Kotz:
  On the model for error vector magnitude. 1451-1452
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  Serdar Özyurt, Oguz Kucur, Ibrahim Altunbas:
  Error Performance of Rotated Phase Shift Keying Modulation over Fading Channels. 1453-1463
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  Longjiang Li, Yunze Cai, Xiaoming Xu:
  Spanning-tree based autoconfiguration for mobile ad hoc networks. 1465-1477
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  Nen-Chung Wang, Jong-Shin Chen, Yung-Fa Huang, Yu-Li Su:
  A Power-Aware Multicast Routing Protocol for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks With Mobility Prediction. 1479-1497
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  Chau-Yun Hsu, Hsin-Chieh Chao:
  Peak power reduction scheme base on transform kernel scrambling for OFDM systems. 1499-1509
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  Felip Riera-Palou, Guillem Femenias, Jaume Ramis:
  Performance Analysis of Multiuser Detectors for Uplink Quasi-synchronous MC-CDMA Systems. 1511-1521
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  Tallal Elshabrawy, Tho Le-Ngoc:
  Radio resource management for downlink multimedia services in TDMA/CDMA interference-limited cellular networks. 1523-1538
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  Nen-Chung Wang, Yung-Fa Huang, Jong-Shin Chen, Po-Chi Yeh:
  Energy-Aware Data Aggregation for Grid-Based Wireless Sensor Networks with a Mobile Sink. 1539-1551
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  Vishwanath Venkataraman, John J. Shynk, Richard P. Gooch:
  A Cyclodespreader Architecture for Detecting Multiple Downlink Aperiodic CDMA Signals. 1553-1567
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  Xianyi Rui, Ronghong Jin, JunPing Geng:
  Capacity analysis of MIMO MRC systems in correlated rayleigh fading environments. 1569-1576
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  Qassim Nasir:
  Chaos Controlled ZCDPLL for Carrier Recovery in Noisy Channels. 1577-1582
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  Hicham Anouar, Christian Bonnet:
  Optimal Constant-Window Backoff Scheme for IEEE 802.11 DCF in Single-Hop Wireless Networks Under Finite Load Conditions. 1583-1602
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  Konstantinos B. Baltzis, John N. Sahalos:
  A Novel Rake Receiver Design for Wideband Wireless Communications. 1603-1624
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  Joseph Jeon, Jongwook Lee, Hyung Seok Kim, Wook Hyun Kwon:
  PECAP: Priority-Based Delay Alleviation Algorithm for IEEE 802.15.4 Beacon-Enabled Networks. 1625-1631
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  Ki-Il Kim:
  Exploring Performance of Hypercube Structure for Multicast in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks. 1633-1651
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  Jeng-Kuang Hwang, Yu-Lun Chiu, Rih-Lung Chung:
  Near Optimum and Highly Efficient Decision-Feedback Receivers for Direct Sequence Ultra-Wideband Radio. 1653-1665
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  Ibrahim Develi:
  Determination of Optimum Antenna Number Ratio Based on Differential Evolution for MIMO Systems under Low SNR Conditions. 1667-1673
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  Yong Pei, Viraj S. Ambetkar:
  Packet-by-Packet Adaptive Scheme for Video Coding and Transmission Over Wireless IP Networks Using Rate-Compatible Punctured Turbo (RCPT) Codes. 1675-1687
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  Pedro Vieira, Manuel Vieira, Paula Queluz, António Rodrigues:
  A Novel Vehicular Mobility Model for Wireless Networks. 1689-1703
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  Ismat Aldmour, Khalid Al-Begain, Aymen I. Zreikat:
  Uplink Capacity/Coverage Analysis of WCDMA with Switched Beam Smart Antennae. 1705-1715
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  Liang Yang:
  MIMO MRC Systems with and without Multiuser Diversity. 1717-1725
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  Dinh Thuy Phan Huy, Jonathan Rodriguez, Atílio Gameiro, Rahim Tafazolli:
  Dynamic Resource Allocation for Beyond 3G Cellular Networks. 1727-1740
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  Longjiang Li, Yunze Cai, Xiaoming Xu, Yonggang Li:
  Agent-Based Passive Autoconfiguration for Large Scale MANETs. 1741-1749
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  Liang Yang:
  Outage Performance of OSTBC in MIMO Channels with Shadowing. 1751-1754
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  Tai-Kuo Woo:
  A Novel Complex Orthogonal Design for Space-Time Coding in Sensor Networks. 1755-1759
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  Adnan Kavak, Mustafa Karakoç:
  Smart Antenna Based OVSF Code Assignment for WCDMA Networks. 1761-1766
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  Dimitrios D. Vergados, Giannis Stergiou:
  An Authentication Scheme for Ad-hoc Networks using Threshold Secret Sharing. 1767-1780
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  Paolo Dini, Francesco Delli Priscoli:
  A Quality of Service Support Module (QASM) for a Wireless Multi-Segment Integrated 3G Network. 1781-1800