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Indoor radio propagation measurements in the V-band (2016)
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In this paper, results of wideband dual polarised measurements conducted at the science site campus of Durham University in different indoor environments are presented. The measurements were performed in two of the frequency bands in the V band ident... Read More about Indoor radio propagation measurements in the V-band.

A Cognitive Radio Enabled Smart Grid Testbed Based on Software Defined Radio and Real Time Digital Simulator (2018)
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With the development of Smart Grid, there is an increasing need for the inter discipline research, analysis and evaluation, especially in the joint research area of communication system and power system. In this paper, we propose a Cognitive Radio en... Read More about A Cognitive Radio Enabled Smart Grid Testbed Based on Software Defined Radio and Real Time Digital Simulator.

Dynamic Time and Power Allocation for Opportunistic Energy Efficient Cooperative Relay (2017)
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Exponential growth in power consumption of wireless communication devices and lack of progress in battery capacity are increasing pressure for more energy efficient (EE) wireless networks. This paper presents an algorithm for optimum EE time allocati... Read More about Dynamic Time and Power Allocation for Opportunistic Energy Efficient Cooperative Relay.

Artificial Dielectric Based Antireflection layer for Terahertz Applications (2016)
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We report on experimental and simulation results for low-loss micromachined silicon artificial dielectrics operating as antireflection coating at terahertz frequencies. The artificial layers consist of subwavelength microgrooves with different profil... Read More about Artificial Dielectric Based Antireflection layer for Terahertz Applications.

Artificial Microstructured Dielectric Layers for Terahertz Applications (2016)
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L-index sensitivity based voltage stability enhancement (2017)
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Voltage stability is a long standing issue in power systems. Due to the requirements of on-line monitoring and high computation efficiency, L-index is used as voltage stability metric in this paper. We propose a novel L-index sensitivity based contro... Read More about L-index sensitivity based voltage stability enhancement.

Electronic nanodevices for energy harvesting: a novel approach to thermal energy conversion (2013)
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Enhanced Narrow-Band Operation of Ultra-Fast Rectennas (2016)
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Incorporating User Utility in a Smart Microgrid with Distributed Generation and Elastic Demand (2017)
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Demand Side Management (DSM) will play a large role in creating a pathway to a low carbon future. Microgrids are an ideal test bed for DSM within the Smart Grid (SG) framework, allowing for increased integration of distributed generation (DG), here f... Read More about Incorporating User Utility in a Smart Microgrid with Distributed Generation and Elastic Demand.

Multi-band multi-antenna chirp channel sounder for frequencies above 6 GHz (2017)
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Improving handover of 5G networks by network function virtualization and fog computing (2018)
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In Fifth Generation (5G) cellular networks, it is necessary to meet a number of requirements, such as high scalability, ultra-low latency, reduced energy consumption, and high energy efficiency. Particularly in the high mobility scenario, the optimiz... Read More about Improving handover of 5G networks by network function virtualization and fog computing.

Angular and positional dependence of Purcell effect for layered metal-dielectric structures (2016)
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We study the enhancement of spontaneous emission of the dipole embedded in the layered metal-dielectric structure. Such systems have attracted great scientific interest over the past decade due to their special optical properties emanating primarily... Read More about Angular and positional dependence of Purcell effect for layered metal-dielectric structures.

Metal-Insulator-Metal Diodes Fabricated on Flexible Substrates (2016)
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A Layered Approach for Enabling Demand Side Management in Smart Grid (2017)
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Smart grid (SG) represents intelligent technologies used to address the climate change. Demand side management (DSM) is an essential part of the SG. This paper establishes a layered model for the DSM. The model involves three participants: power gene... Read More about A Layered Approach for Enabling Demand Side Management in Smart Grid.

Achieving low carbon emission using Smart Grid technologies (2017)
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This paper presents a novel carbon emission flow (CEF) model to assess and analyze the carbon emission of each component in power networks. Through the use of information about CEF, demand side management (DSM) and supply side management (SSM) are co... Read More about Achieving low carbon emission using Smart Grid technologies.

Wideband measurements in indoor and outdoor environments in the 30 GHz and 60 GHz bands (2015)
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Polymer-Based Micro-Golay Cells For THz Detection (2016)
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We report on the design, simulation and fabrication of polymer-composite micro-Golay cells for THz and far-infrared detection. Preliminary experimental results showed that the cell’s mechanical, thermal and optical properties make it an excellent can... Read More about Polymer-Based Micro-Golay Cells For THz Detection.

Using big-data and surface fitting to improve aircraft safety through the study of relationships and anomalies (2017)
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The aim of this paper is to assess the utility of a Big-Data approach to fault detection for ‘systems of systems’, utilising the derivation of empirical relationships identified through surface fitting. So-called Big-Data Integrated Vehicle Health Ma... Read More about Using big-data and surface fitting to improve aircraft safety through the study of relationships and anomalies.

Photonic-Crystal Based Enhancement Of Terahertz Spectroscopy In Microfluidic Cells (2016)
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Design and performance of a micro-rectenna focal plane array for thermal energy harvesting. (2015)
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In this paper, we present the design and experimental implementation of a thermal energy harvesting device. Each energy-harvesting unit cell functions as an individual micro-rectenna and, collectively, as a focal plane array (FPA). The FPA is fabrica... Read More about Design and performance of a micro-rectenna focal plane array for thermal energy harvesting..