AN ADAPTIVE FEC SCHEME FOR Ka-BAND SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS

Rain attenuation is the major problem for Ka-band satellite communications, and the fading due to rain can be well described by a lognormally distributed, first-order autoregressive model. Forward Error-control Coding (FEC) techniques can be used to reduce the effect of the rain attenuation, but the use of FEC causes a reduction in the bandwidth efficiency. In order to increase the bandwidth efficiency as well as maintain high link availability, an Adaptive Forward Error-control Coding (AFEC) scheme with rain fading prediction is proposed and analyzed in this paper. The results show that AFEC offers a good trade-off between link availability and bandwidth efficiency.     

二维地质模型正演技术在油气勘探中的应用

论述了利用已有地震资料解释成果，根据地质任务建立二维地质模型，在此基础上进行射线追踪、模拟出单炮地震记录和自激自收剖面，从而对观测系统的最大炮检距、道间距等参数进行论证的一些实用方法，这些方法对地震资料采集具有很好的指导作用。在复杂地质构造地震勘探过程中，利用二维地震模型正演技术论证二维观测系统设计能够有效地进行质量技术监控，并能及时指导野外生产，同时验证了以往解释的正确性。     

山西省渠系水利用系数的推算

文中采用正向递推水量平衡法对重点灌区渠道水利用系数进行了计算，并在运用实测结果和计算结果相结合对各种影响因素进行综合分析的基础上，建立了渠道防渗长度比和渠系水利用系数之间的关系，由此推出全省不同地区、各类灌区及全省的渠系水利用系数，为解决全省灌区渠系渗漏损失的估算提供了新的技术路线。     

数字签名技术在解决密钥泄露方面的发展

密钥泄露对数字签名的危害越来越成为人们关注的焦点，该问题很难找到完全彻底的解决办法，只能尽可能减少其危害。对此专家和学者提出了很多新的数字签名机制，这里详细介绍了其中的一些，并指出它们各自的优缺点。针对在SiBIR数字签名机制中由于网络拥塞或攻击者的恶意拦截使得更新信息丢失造成signer和home base不能保持同步的问题，我们提出了超时同步机制。     

Performance of energy-aware and link-adaptive routing metrics for ultra wideband sensor networks

Wireless sensor networks are energy constrained since sensors operate with limited battery capacity. Thus, energy consumption is one of the most critical issues in the design of routing protocols. In addition, the link quality needs to be taken into account in the route decision for a wireless multihop network in order to efficiently exploit the inherent spatial diversity. In this paper we consider energy-aware and link-adaptive routing strategies for UWB (Ultra Wide Band) sensor networks. We utilize the ranging capabilities offered by UWB and employ adaptive modulation to take advantage of favorable link conditions. Different routing metrics are proposed based on the availability of sensor node’s location, link quality and next hop battery capacity information. These routing metrics integrate the measure of next hop remaining battery capacity with the throughput performance measures, Maximum Forward Progress (MFP) or Maximum Information Progress (MIP). The effectiveness of these metrics is evaluated in different simulation scenarios in terms of network throughput and lifetime for both random and grid sensor network topologies. Jinghao Xuis a D.Sc. candidate of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the George Washington University. He received his B.Sc. and M.S. degrees in telecommunication and electrical engineering from the Tianjin University, China, in 1993 and 1996, respectively. From 1996 to 2001, he was with Research Institute of Telecommunication Transmission of Ministry of Information Industry, Beijing, China, and China Wireless Telecommunication Standards group, where he was involved in the standardization of IMT-2000 communication systems for China. His research interests include performance evaluation and modeling of wireless ad hoc networks, Ultra Wide Band systems and multiuser detection techniques. Bojan M. Peric received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro in 2001. He is currently working toward the D.Sc. degree in electrical engineering at the George Washington University, Washington, DC. His research interests include wireless communications, with an emphasis on ad hoc networks. Branimir R. Vojcic is a professor in, and a past Chairman of, the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the George Washington University. He has received his Dipl. Ing., M.Sc. and D.Sc. degrees from the University of Belgrade in Serbia and Montenegro in 1980, 1986 and 1989, respectively. His current research interests are in the areas of communication theory, performance evaluation and modeling mobile and wireless networks, mobile internet, code division multiple access, multiuser detection, adaptive antenna arrays, space-time coding and ad-hoc networks. He has also been an industry consultant and has published and lectured extensively in these areas. He co-authored the book: The cdma2000 System for Mobile Communications. Dr Vojcic received NSF CAREER Award in 1995. He is a Senior Member of IEEE, was an Associate Editor for IEEE Communications Letters and is presently an Associate Editor for Journal on Communications and Networks.     

On the effects of the packet size distribution on the packet loss process

Real-time multimedia applications have to use forward error correction (FEC) anderror concealment techniques to cope with losses in today’s best-effort Internet. The efficiency of these solutions is known however to depend on the correlation between losses in the media stream. In this paper we investigate how the packet size distribution affects the packet loss process, that is, the distribution of the number of lost packets in a block, the related FEC performance and the average loss run length. We present mathematical models for the loss process of the MMPP+M/D/1/K and the MMPP+M/M/1/K queues; we validate the models via simulations, and compare the results to simulation results with an MPEG-4 coded video trace. We conclude that the deterministic packet size distribution (PSD) not only results in lower stationary loss probability than the exponential one, but also gives a less correlated loss process, both at a particular average link load and at a particular stationary loss probability as seen by the media stream.Our results show that for applications that can only measure the packet loss probability, the effects of the PSD on FEC performance are higher in access networks, where a single multimedia stream might affect the multiplexing behavior. Our results show that the effects of the PSD on FEC performance are higher in access networks, where a single multimedia stream might affect the multiplexing behavior and thus can improve the queuing performance by decreasing the variance of its PSD.     

高性能服务器转发模块的设计方法

提出一种基于IOCP实现底层封装基础上的具有高性能的网络转发模块的设计方案。该方案基于Win32平台上并通过c语言开发实现。本文在传统线程池处理并发的基础上,采用多路并发,多线程技术,并通过了严格的压力和性能测试。本文同时提出关联容器映射的方法,保证了数据的准确转发。实验结果表明,该模块在保证准确转发交互的同时,能够支持海量并发连接,且具有较高的数据吞吐量,同时在实际项目应用中也取得了良好的表现。     

Personality and its effects on learning performance: Design guidelines for an adaptive e-learning system based on a user model

An increasingly widespread interest in developing fully adaptable e-learning systems (e.g., intelligent tutoring systems) has led to the development of a wide range of adaptive processes and techniques. In particular, advances in these systems are based on optimization for each user's learning style and characteristics, to enable a personalized learning experience. Current techniques are aimed at using a learner's personality traits and its effect on learning preferences to improve both the initial learning experience and the information retained (e.g., top-down or bottom-up learning organization). This study empirically tested the relationship between a learner's personality traits, analyzed the effects of these traits on learning preferences, and suggested design guidelines for adaptive learning systems. Two controlled experiments were carried out in a computer-based learning session. Our first experiment showed a significant difference in the learning performance of participants who were identified as introverts vs. those who were identified as being extroverts, according to the MBTI scale. As the distinction between extroverted personality types vs. introverted personality types showed the strongest correlation in terms of different learning styles, we used this criteria in our second experiment to determine whether design guidelines for appropriate content organization could reinforce the aforementioned correlation between personality type and learning experience.     

具有三级索引词库结构的中文分词方法研究*

提出了一种分组并具有三级索引结构的词库组织体系,给出了合适的索引密度间隔;针对系统基本词库的扩充问题,考虑了一种基于词频统计并具有过滤功能的关键词自动抽取和小词条添加方法。大量仿真实验结果表明,采用该方法可较大提高中文文本的切词速度及信息的查全查准率。     

Evaluation of embeddable potential sensor for corrosion monitoring in concrete structures

Embeddable potential sensor based on MnO₂ was assembled and characterised in concrete. The stability, reversibility, polarisability and impedance characteristics have been studied with respect to known reference. The corrosion performance of reinforced steel with respect to MnO₂ sensor was monitored by different electrochemical techniques. Reversibility of MnO₂ sensor indicated that difference of ±5 mV between the forward and reverse scan indicates the better reversibility characteristics in concrete. The rebar potentials (E_R) of steel with respect to MnO₂ are −315 and −525 mV for passive and active conditions of rebar in concrete. The corrosion current from potentiodynamic polarisation and R_ct from a.c. impedance technique clearly differentiated the behaviour of steel embedded in chloride contaminated concrete (active condition) from uncontaminated concrete (passive condition) with respect to MnO₂ sensor. All these studies revealed that corrosion monitoring of steel in concrete using embedded MnO₂ as a better potential sensor for steel in concrete. In addition it is easy to fabricate for amenable miniaturisation, varied configuration as demanded for corrosion monitoring in concrete structures.