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Wireless ventilation control for large-scale systems : The mining industrial case

Mining ventilation is an interesting example of a large scale system with high environmental impact where advanced control strategies can bring major improvements. Indeed, one of the first objectives of modern mining industry is to fulfill …

Breath : A self-adapting protocol for wireless sensor networks in control and automation

The novel cross-layer protocol Breath for wireless sensor networks is designed, implemented, and experimentally evaluated. The Breath protocol is based on randomized routing, MAC and duty-cycling, which allow it to minimize the energy consumption of …

Adaptive distributed estimation over wireless sensor networks with packet losses

A distributed adaptive algorithm to estimate a time-varying signal, measured by a wireless sensor network, is designed and analyzed. The presence of measurement noises and of packet losses is considered. Each node of the network locally computes …

A distributed estimation algorithm for tracking over wireless sensor networks

A new distributed estimation algorithm for tracking using a wireless sensor network is presented. We investigate how to track a time varying signal, noisily sensed by the nodes of the network. The algorithm is distributed, meaning that it does not …

Enhancing TCP over HSDPA by cross-layer signalling

A comprehensive performance evaluation of a cross-layer solution to increase users' downlink data rates over HSDPA is provided. The solution consists of a proxy entity between a server and the Radio Network Controller, and cross-layer signalling from …

Improving TCP Performance During the Intra LTE Handover

Ensuring a seamless connection when users are moving across radio cells is essential to guarantee a high communication quality. In this paper, performance of TCP during the handover in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network is investigated. …

Predictive control over wireless multi-hop networks

Remote control over wireless multi-hop networks is considered. Time-varying delays for the transmission of sensor and control data over the wireless network are caused by a randomized multi-hop routing protocol. The characterstics of the routing …

Medium Access Control Analytical Modeling and Optimization in Unslotted IEEE 802.15.4 Wireless Sensor Networks

Accurate analytical expressions of delay and packet reception probabilities, and energy consumption of duty-cycled wireless sensor networks with random medium access control (MAC) are instrumental for the efficient design and optimization of these …

Peer-to-peer Estimation over Wireless Sensor Networks via Lipschitz Optimization

Motivated by a peer-to-peer estimation algorithm in which adaptive weights are optimized to minimize the estimation error variance, we formulate and solve a novel non-convex Lipschitz optimization problem that guarantees global stability of a large …

Performance analysis of GTS allocation in Beacon Enabled IEEE 802.15.4

Time-critical applications for wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are an important class of services supported by the standard IEEE 802.15.4. Control, actuation, and monitoring are all examples of applications where information must be delivered within …