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A Multi-Channel Software Decoder for the LoRa Modulation Scheme

Author:Pieter Robyns, Peter Quax, Wim Lamotte and William Thenaers -- Hasselt University-tUL, Hasselt University-tUL-Flanders Make -- Belgium

A Multi-Channel Software Decoder for the LoRa Modulation Scheme Abstract LoRa is a recently introduced modulation scheme specifically designed for Low-Power Wide-Area Networks. In this paper, w...

Posted by Jackie on September 18, 2019

Empowering Low-Power Wide Area Networks in Urban Settings

Author:Rashad Eletreby, Diana Zhang, Swarun Kumar, Osman Yağan -- Carnegie Mellon University -- Pittsburgh, PA

Empowering Low-Power Wide Area Networks in Urban Settings Abstract Low-Power Wide Area Networks (LP-WANs) are an attractive emerging platform to connect the Internet-of-things. LP-WANs enab...

Posted by Jackie on September 16, 2019

NetScatter:Enabling Large-Scale Backscatter Networks

Author:Mehrdad Hessar, Ali Najafi, Shyamnath Gollakota -- University of Washington

NetScatter:Enabling Large-Scale Backscatter Networks Abstract The paper presents the first wireless protocol that scales to hundreds of concurrent transmissions from backscatter devices. Th...

Posted by Jackie on September 9, 2019

Bolt:A Stateful Processor Interconnect

Author:Felix Sutton, Marco Zimmerling, Reto Da Forno, Roman Lim, Tonio Gsell, Georgia Giannopoulou, Federico Ferrari, Jan Beutel, and Lothar Thiele -- ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Bolt:A Stateful Processor Interconnect Abstract The wireless sensor network community is currently under-going a platform paradigm shift, moving away from classical single-processor motes towar...

Posted by Jackie on July 18, 2019

HitchHike:Practical Backscatter Using Commodity WiFi

Author:Pengyu Zhang，Dinesh Bharadia -- Stanford University; Kiran Joshi，Sachin Katti -- MIT

HitchHike:Practical Backscatter Using Commodity WiFi Abstract We present HitchHike, a low power backscatter system that can be deployed entirely using commodity WiFi infrastructure. With HitchH...

Posted by Jackie on July 16, 2019

Exploiting Multi-Cell Battery for Mobile Devices:Design, Management, and Performance

Author:Sungwoo Baek, Minyoung Go, Seokjun Lee and Hojung Cha -- Yonsei University

Exploiting Multi-Cell Battery for Mobile Devices:Design, Management, and Performance Abstract Extending battery lifetime is an important issue for mobile devices. While extensive attempts have ...

Posted by Jackie on July 15, 2019

Performance and Trade-offs of the new PHY Modes of BLE 5

Author:Michael Spörk，Carlo Alberto Boano and Kay Römer -- Graz University of Technology

Performance and Trade-offs of the new PHY Modes of BLE 5 Abstract With the release of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) version 5, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group introduced three additional phys...

Posted by Jackie on July 11, 2019

LiveTag Sensing Human-Object Interaction Through Passive Chipless WiFi Tags

Author:Chuhan Gao and Yilong Li -- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Xinyu Zhang -- University of California San Diego

LiveTag Sensing Human-Object Interaction Through Passive Chipless WiFi Tags Main content Many types of human activities involve interaction with passive objects. Thus, by wirelessly sensing hum...

Posted by Jackie on July 7, 2019

Interference Alignment and Cancellation

Author:Shyamnath Gollakota, Samuel David Perli and Dina Katabi -- MIT CSAIL

Interference Alignment and Cancellation Main content MIMO can make full use of space resources, achieve multiple transmission and multi-receiver through multiple antennas, can double the system...

Posted by Jackie on May 6, 2019

Vidyut:Exploiting Power Line Infrastructure For Enterprise Wireless Networks

Author:Vivek Yenamandra and Kannan Srinivasan -- The Ohio State University

Vidyut:Exploiting Power Line Infrastructure For Enterprise Wireless Networks Main content Synchronization is especially important for wireless sensors, such as distributed networks with limit...

Posted by Jackie on April 30, 2019