Optimal Downlink Transmission for Cell-Free SWIPT Massive MIMO Systems with Active Eavesdropping (2019)
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Alageli, M., Ikhlef, A., Alsifiany, F., Abdullah, M., Chen, G., & Chambers, J. (2020). Optimal Downlink Transmission for Cell-Free SWIPT Massive MIMO Systems with Active Eavesdropping. IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, 50, 1983-1998. https://doi.org/10.1109/tifs.2019.2954748

This paper considers secure simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) in cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. The system consists of a large number of randomly (Poisson-distributed) located access points... Read More about Optimal Downlink Transmission for Cell-Free SWIPT Massive MIMO Systems with Active Eavesdropping.

Recommendation-based Trust Model for Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) (2019)
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Alnasser, A., Sun, H., & Jiang, J. (2020). Recommendation-based Trust Model for Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X). IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 7(1), 440-450. https://doi.org/10.1109/jiot.2019.2950083

Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) is one of the main systems which have been developed to achieve safe traffic and efficient transportation. It enables the vehicles to establish connections with other road entities and infrastructure units usin... Read More about Recommendation-based Trust Model for Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X).

Rain Statistics Investigation and Rain Attenuation Modeling for Millimeter Wave Short-range Fixed Links (2019)
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Huang, J., Cao, Y., Raimundo, X., Cheema, A., & Salous, S. (2019). Rain Statistics Investigation and Rain Attenuation Modeling for Millimeter Wave Short-range Fixed Links. IEEE Access, 7, 156110-156120. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2019.2949437

Millimeter wave (mmWave) communication is a key technology for fifth generation (5G) and beyond communication networks. However, the communication quality of the radio link can be largely affected by rain attenuation, which should be carefully taken... Read More about Rain Statistics Investigation and Rain Attenuation Modeling for Millimeter Wave Short-range Fixed Links.

Spectrum Occupancy Measurements and Analysis in 2.4 GHz WLAN (2019)
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Cheema, A. A., & Salous, S. (2019). Spectrum Occupancy Measurements and Analysis in 2.4 GHz WLAN. Electronics, 8(9), Article 1011. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics8091011

High time resolution spectrum occupancy measurements and analysis are presented for 2.4 GHz WLAN signals. A custom-designed wideband sensing engine records the received power of signals, and its performance is presented to select the decision thresho... Read More about Spectrum Occupancy Measurements and Analysis in 2.4 GHz WLAN.

Computer Aided Patterning Design for Self-Assembled Microsphere Lithography (SA-MSL) (2019)
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Lees, R., Cooke, M., Balocco, C., & Gallant, A. (2019). Computer Aided Patterning Design for Self-Assembled Microsphere Lithography (SA-MSL). Scientific Reports, 9, Article 12849. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-48881-z

In this paper, we use a finite difference time domain solver to simulate the near field optical properties of self-assembled microsphere arrays when exposed to an incoherent light source. Such arrays are typically used for microsphere lithography whe... Read More about Computer Aided Patterning Design for Self-Assembled Microsphere Lithography (SA-MSL).

Stackelberg Game-theoretic Model for Low Carbon Energy Market Scheduling (2019)
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Hua, W., Li, D., Sun, H., & Matthews, P. (2020). Stackelberg Game-theoretic Model for Low Carbon Energy Market Scheduling. IET Smart Grid, 3(1), 31-41. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-stg.2018.0109

Excessive carbon emissions have posed a threat to sustainable development. An appropriate market-based low carbon policy becomes the essence of regulating strategy for reducing carbon emissions in the energy sector. This study proposes a Stackelberg... Read More about Stackelberg Game-theoretic Model for Low Carbon Energy Market Scheduling.

Achieving Low Carbon Emission for Dynamically Charging Electric Vehicles through Renewable Energy Integration (2019)
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Mou, X., Zhang, Y., Jiang, J., & Sun, H. (2019). Achieving Low Carbon Emission for Dynamically Charging Electric Vehicles through Renewable Energy Integration. IEEE Access, 7, 118876-118888. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2019.2936935

Dynamic wireless charging for Electric Vehicles (EVs) can promote the take-up of EVs due to its potential of extending the driving range and reducing the size and cost of batteries of EVs. However, its dynamic charging demand and rigorous operation r... Read More about Achieving Low Carbon Emission for Dynamically Charging Electric Vehicles through Renewable Energy Integration.

Low Probability of Intercept-Based Optimal Power Allocation Scheme for an Integrated Multistatic Radar and Communication System (2019)
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Shi, C., Wang, F., Sellathurai, M., Zhou, J., & Salous, S. (2020). Low Probability of Intercept-Based Optimal Power Allocation Scheme for an Integrated Multistatic Radar and Communication System. IEEE Systems Journal, 14(1), 983-994. https://doi.org/10.1109/jsyst.2019.2931754

This paper investigates the problem of low probability of intercept-based optimal power allocation (LPI-OPA) for an integrated multistatic radar and communication system, which consists of multiple transmitters operating at different frequencies, a r... Read More about Low Probability of Intercept-Based Optimal Power Allocation Scheme for an Integrated Multistatic Radar and Communication System.

Survey on Magnetic Resonant Coupling Wireless Power Transfer Technology for Electric Vehicle Charging (2019)
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Mou, X., Gladwin, D. T., Zhao, R., & Sun, H. (2019). Survey on Magnetic Resonant Coupling Wireless Power Transfer Technology for Electric Vehicle Charging. IET Power Electronics, 12(12), 3005-3020. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-pel.2019.0529

Wireless Power Transfer technology (WPT) makes it possible to supply power through an air-gap, without the need for current-carrying wires. One important technique of WPT technology is magnetic resonant coupling (MRC) WPT. Based on the advantages of... Read More about Survey on Magnetic Resonant Coupling Wireless Power Transfer Technology for Electric Vehicle Charging.

Conduction mechanisms in metal/self-assembled monolayer/metal junctions (2019)
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Etor, D., Dodd, L. E., Balocco, C., & Wood, D. (2019). Conduction mechanisms in metal/self-assembled monolayer/metal junctions. Micro and Nano Letters, 14(7), 808-811. https://doi.org/10.1049/mnl.2018.5747

The conduction mechanisms in metal-insulator-metal (MIM) junctions where the insulator consists of a self-assembled monolayer are investigated. Temperature dependence measurements from 2.5 to 300 K, show that the conduction is dominated by tunnelling... Read More about Conduction mechanisms in metal/self-assembled monolayer/metal junctions.

Differential Downlink Transmission in Massive MU-MIMO Systems (2019)
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Alsifiany, F., Ikhlef, A., Alageli, M., & Chambers, J. (2019). Differential Downlink Transmission in Massive MU-MIMO Systems. IEEE Access, 7, 86906-86919. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2019.2925321

In this paper, a differential downlink transmission scheme is proposed for a massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system without explicit channel estimation. In particular, we use a downlink precoding technique combined with a different enco... Read More about Differential Downlink Transmission in Massive MU-MIMO Systems.

Metal-insulator-metal diodes based on alkyltrichlorosilane self-assembled monolayers (2019)
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Jin, J., Wang, L., Zheng, Z., Zhang, J., Hu, X., Lu, J. R., …Balocco, C. (2019). Metal-insulator-metal diodes based on alkyltrichlorosilane self-assembled monolayers. AIP Advances, 9(6), https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5100252

This paper reports on the experimental investigation of metal-insulator-metal (MIM) diodes based on alkyltrichlorosilane self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) with different alkyl chain lengths. The insulating SAM is sandwiched between two metal contacts,... Read More about Metal-insulator-metal diodes based on alkyltrichlorosilane self-assembled monolayers.

Toward Pre-empted EV Charging Recommendation Through V2V Based Reservation System (2019)
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Cao, Y., Tao, J., Kaiwartya, O., Sun, H., Zhou, H., & Wang, R. (2021). Toward Pre-empted EV Charging Recommendation Through V2V Based Reservation System. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, 51(5), 3026-3039. https://doi.org/10.1109/tsmc.2019.2917149

Electric vehicles (EVs) are being introduced by different manufacturers, thanks to their environment-friendly perspective to alleviate CO₂ pollution. In this paper, the proposed EV charging management scheme enables pre-empted charging service for he... Read More about Toward Pre-empted EV Charging Recommendation Through V2V Based Reservation System.

Stackelberg Game-Theoretic Low Probability of Intercept Performance Optimization for Multistatic Radar System (2019)
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Shi, C., Qiu, W., Wang, F., Salous, S., & Zhou, J. (2019). Stackelberg Game-Theoretic Low Probability of Intercept Performance Optimization for Multistatic Radar System. Electronics, 8(4), Article 397. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics8040397

In this paper, the problem of Stackelberg game-theoretic low probability of intercept (LPI) performance optimization in multistatic radar system is investigated. The goal of the proposed LPI optimization strategy is to minimize the transmitted power... Read More about Stackelberg Game-Theoretic Low Probability of Intercept Performance Optimization for Multistatic Radar System.

Dynamic Charging of Electric Vehicles Integrating Renewable Energy: A Multi-Objective Optimisation Problem (2019)
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Humfrey, H., Sun, H., & Jiang, J. (2019). Dynamic Charging of Electric Vehicles Integrating Renewable Energy: A Multi-Objective Optimisation Problem. IET Smart Grid, 2(2), 250-259. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-stg.2018.0066

Dynamically charging electric vehicles (EVs) have the potential to significantly reduce range anxiety and decrease the size of battery required for acceptable range. However, with the main driver for progressing EV technology being the reduction of c... Read More about Dynamic Charging of Electric Vehicles Integrating Renewable Energy: A Multi-Objective Optimisation Problem.

Cyber Security Challenges and Solutions for V2X Communications: A Survey (2019)
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Alnasser, A., Sun, H., & Jiang, J. (2019). Cyber Security Challenges and Solutions for V2X Communications: A Survey. Computer Networks, 151, 52-67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comnet.2018.12.018

In recent years, vehicles became able to establish connections with other vehicles and infrastructure units that are located in the roadside. In the near future, the vehicular network will be expanded to include the communication between vehicles and... Read More about Cyber Security Challenges and Solutions for V2X Communications: A Survey.

Adaptive jamming waveform design for distributed multiple-radar architectures based on low probability of intercept (2019)
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Shi, C., Wang, F., Salous, S., & Zhou, J. (2019). Adaptive jamming waveform design for distributed multiple-radar architectures based on low probability of intercept. Radio Science, 54(1), 72-90. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018rs006668

This paper investigates the problem of low probability of in-tercept (LPI) based adaptive jamming waveform design for distributed multiple-radar architectures. Such a smart jammer system adopts a multibeam work-ing mode, where multiple simultaneous j... Read More about Adaptive jamming waveform design for distributed multiple-radar architectures based on low probability of intercept.