A Survey of Various Schedulers Used for Fair Bandwidth Allocation in WiMAX: IEEE 802.16

ABSTRACT

Wireless Interoperability for Multiple Access (WiMAX) is one of the emerging fields of high-speed wireless communication that has enormous capabilities due to its range and the connection speed. Like wireless local area networks (LANs), WiMAX networks implement multiple quality of service (QoS) frameworks at the Media Access Control (MAC) level for assured data, voice, and video services. The question of ensuring QoS is basically how to distribute available resources to users in order to satisfy QoS parameters such as latency, jitter and throughput requirements. IEEE 802.16 standard does not have any particular guidelines on scheduling of incoming and outgoing data. This has caught the attention of researchers working on WiMAX. This article discusses the various issues in WiMAX along with a classification of various scheduling approaches based upon the type of scheduler for the sake of better understanding the scheduling problem and analyzing various available theories.     

High reliable real-time bandwidth scheduling for virtual machines with hidden Markov predicting in telehealth platform

Reliable and high-performance resource scheduling for Virtual Machines (VMs) in cloud can guarantee the efficiency of remote rescue with telehealth system. When a local disaster, e.g. earthquake and tsunami, happens in a densely populated area, the surging health care demand leads to the increasing workload in Data Centers (DCs) by storing and delivering a mass of patients’ information and real-time physiology signals. However, the current self-adaptive scheduling methods cannot provide a high-accuracy recognizing of the two conditions: urgency or normal, which would procrastinate the system into a high-performance status, while the best rescue time is lost. In this paper, we propose a Primary Node-based architecture for typical telehealth service on cloud, which takes into account both storage and delivery efficiency. We also design a novel algorithm to predicting and allocating the future bandwidth of all VMs in the telehealth service context. This method is able to dynamically adjust each parameter of a Hidden Markov Model (HMM) through collecting the historical information of the bandwidth workload. After we predict the future bandwidth consumption of VMs, a high-performance scheduling method is used to adjust the bandwidth to each VM for health care service. The simulation results prove that this algorithm provides a high-accurate prediction, which guides the allocating module to make decision before the request burst comes. Nevertheless, our algorithm improves the reliability of telehealth services for storing and delivering patients’ information among DCs.     

无源光网络标准发展及关键技术研究

无源光网络(Passive Optical Network,PON)作为当今接入网的主要技术解决方案,具有带宽使用效率高、传输距离远、抗干扰能力强等特点.通过研究PON技术的发展动态,本文首先归纳了各种PON技术的产生背景和应用特点,整理出各技术间的连接关系及主要标准;其次介绍了PON技术的帧结构,并对带宽、波长、传输模式等PON技术的主要参数进行了汇总;然后将国内外研究热点进行划分,围绕媒体访问控制协议、帧结构、动态带宽分配算法、节能机制等关键技术,阐述了其研究现状及在PON中的重要作用;最后对PON技术的发展趋势进行了展望.     

Predictive economic efficiency of combining nuclear power plants with autonomous hydrogen power complex

Currently, the United Energy System (UEC) of Russia is trending in the deficit of peak and half-peak capacity with a simultaneous increase in the number of nuclear power plants (NPPs), which will require the participation of the NPPs in the variable part of the schedule of electrical loads.In addition to the economic need to maintain the high-level utilization rate, there are technological limitations of maneuverability for NPPs.The authors developed an approach to solving this problem by combining with an environmentally friendly energy source – an autonomous hydrogen power complex, which includes thermal batteries and an additional multifunctional low-power steam turbine installation.The developed energy complex can also provide reliable reservation of electricity supply to consumers of their own needs of the nuclear power plant in case of complete blackout of the plant.The feasibility study of the main equipment of the autonomous hydrogen power complex, which is necessary for combining with a two-unit nuclear power plant with WWER-1000, has been evaluated.On the basis of the assessment of the inflation indicators of the Russian economy over the past 11 years, three variants of fuel cost dynamics and tariff rates for electricity (capacity) as well as the size of operating costs, including depreciation deductions to the main equipment, are defined, taking into account the current principles of price formation.The result is a value for accumulated net present value, depending on the ratio of the cost of the half-peak and off-peak electricity at different inflation rates.The positive economic effect of reducing the risk of the core damage accident, replacing the construction of the gas turbine unit as a maneuverable source of electricity in the power grid and increasing the income of the Russian federal budget from the savings of natural gas has been taken into account.The greatest economic efficiency is achieved with maximum projected inflation, which is associated with the maximum rate of discounting and the high rate of growth of electricity tariffs.Reducing the risk of the core damage accident ensures that the proposed approach is competitive in all the inflation options under consideration and the ratio of electricity tariffs.     

线型旅游空间研究——以京杭大运河为例

在旅游地空间结构和相关"线"状空间研究的基础上,借鉴在世界遗产保护领域的先进理念"文化线路",提出"线型旅游空间"概念,界定为基于遗产保护进行旅游开发的旅游地空间类型.以京杭大运河为例,将其空间特征总结为历史悠久、跨越区域、文化多元和产品趋同等4个主要方面,并在此基础上提出了对大运河旅游规划的启示,应树立保护为先的理念,在全局的视角下避免目前的旅游形象和旅游产品趋同的现象,进行多角度的差异性定位;同时,基于大运河的大尺度、跨区域性,提出建立相应机构加强协调管理,并进行流域联合营销和区域联合营销.     

光照重力坝坝基断层影响及处理的三维数值模拟

200m级光照重力坝坝踵和坝趾分别存在较大规模的断层，为了分析和评价断层对重力坝应力位移和坝基稳定性的影响，以及建坝后由于围压变化导致的断层变形模量提高对坝体的影响，对重力坝典型坝段和坝基岩体的联合作用进行三维数值模拟。对两条断层分别进行浮值分析，用强度储备系数法计算受断层影响的坝基安全稳定性，并分别模拟对两条断层进行的不同方式加固处理措施进行模拟。研究结果表明，位于坝趾的F2断层对坝体应力位移状态影响较大，也是坝基稳定性的控制性因素之一，在进行固结灌浆处理提高强度后，不仅可以提高坝基稳定性，而且可使坝体应力状态得到改善。位于坝踵的F1断层开挖并回填混凝土处理不宜过深。同时，建坝后围压变化导致断层变形模量的提高对于坝体应力控制是有利的。     

山东省苍峄铁矿兰陵矿区岩矿芯缩减方案及其意义

近些年来,随着我国地质勘查工作的快速发展,全国范围内产生了数量巨大的岩矿芯等实物资料,根据1990年颁发的《岩矿芯管理通则》的规定要求,由于岩芯增长数量成爆炸式增长,各岩芯产生及保管单位原有的保管库房已远远不能满足保管需求。因此,为了更有效的开展岩芯保管工作,根据"科学论证,慎重处置"的原则,按照规定的工作程序和技术方法对岩矿芯进行缩减已成为必然趋势。     

A new wideband regulated cascode amplifier with improved performance and its application

This paper presents a new high frequency Regulated Cascode (RGC) amplifier with improved performance. The split-length compensation technique is used to increase both the bandwidth and output impedance, and decrease the input impedance of the conventional RGC. The bandwidth of the proposed RGC amplifier is 5.81 GHz, which is about 2.7 GHz larger than that of simple one. The improved performance of the introduced circuit is achieved with no additional passive element and DC power dissipation. In the paper, output impedance and bandwidth of the proposed circuit are derived by using small signal analysis and have also been compared with the traditional one. In addition, a wideband high performance current mirror is designed in the work as an application of the proposed RGC structure. The bandwidth extension ratio (BWER) of the modified wideband current mirror is 1.37. The proposed circuits are designed by using TSMC 0.18 µm CMOS process and BSIM3 Level 49 device model. The circuits are simulated on Spectre simulator of Cadence to validate the analytical results obtained in the paper.     

河流下浅埋深薄基岩煤层部分开采可行性分析

控制覆岩破坏高度是实现水体下安全开采的关键。针对“浅埋深、薄基岩、坚硬顶板”河流下压覆煤炭资源的问题，采用数值模拟的方法，计算了巷柱式和房柱式等部分开采的覆岩破坏高度，并从防水煤岩柱留设、岩梁极限跨度以及煤柱稳定性3个方面论述河流下部分开采的可行性。研究结果表明，部分开采能够很好地控制覆岩破坏高度，煤岩柱厚度基本满足留设防水安全煤岩柱要求；由于上覆基岩柱中存在厚度大于10 m的粗砂岩，在跨度小于8.53 m的情况下可以支撑上覆岩层；设计煤柱安全系数为1.28～1.81，均满足要求。采用采6 m、留6 m的巷柱（窄条带）式开采是最佳方案，面积采出率为50%，按总采出率45%计算，可解放河流压覆区域约52万t煤炭。     

VEGF and FGF2 Improve Revascularization,Survival, and Oocyte Quality of Cryopreserved,Subcutaneously-Transplanted Mouse Ovarian Tissues

This study was conducted to investigate the effect of the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF2) on revascularization, survival, and oocyte quality of cryopreserved, subcutaneously-transplanted mouse ovarian tissue. Autologous subcutaneous transplantation of vitrified-thawed mouse ovarian tissues treated with (experimental group) or without (control group) VEGF and FGF2 was performed. After transplantation to the inguinal region for two or three weeks, graft survival, angiogenesis, follicle development, and oocyte quality were examined after gonadotropin administration. VEGF coupled with FGF2 (VEGF/FGF2) promoted revascularization and significantly increased the survival rate of subcutaneously-transplanted cryopreserved ovarian tissues compared with untreated controls. The two growth factors did not show long-term effects on the ovarian grafts. In contrast to the untreated ovarian grafts, active folliculogenesis was revealed as the number of follicles at various stages and of mature oocytes in antral follicles after gonadotropin administration were remarkably higher in the VEGF/FGF2-treated groups. Although the fertilization rate was similar between the VEGF/FGF2 and control groups, the oocyte quality was much better in the VEGF/FGF2-treated grafts as demonstrated by the higher ratio of blastocyst development. Introducing angiogenic factors, such as VEGF and FGF2, may be a promising strategy to improve revascularization, survival, and oocyte quality of cryopreserved, subcutaneously-transplanted mouse ovarian tissue.