Telecommunications Weekly back issues from June 2009:
Study data from M. Bouhtou and co-authors update knowledge of science.
Jun 03, 2009 ... According to recent research from France, "This paper investigates the problem of maximizing the revenue of a telecommunications operator by simultaneously pricing point-to-point services and allocating bandwidth in its network, while facing competition. Customers are distributed into ...
New science study results from West Virginia University described.
Jun 03, 2009 ... "Engine tailpipe emissions as measured by a sampling system and analyser do not clearly reflect the actual transient emissions from the engine at the tailpipe of the vehicle exhaust. With increasing demand for accurate emissions measurements, several research efforts are being made to ...
Study data from University of Texas update understanding of science.
Jun 03, 2009 ... According to a study from the United States, "A novel downlink transmission rate-control and feedback reduction strategy for closed-loop multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) multiple-input multiple-output wireless systems is presented. Unlike conventional systems that use signal to ...
New science study findings have been published by A. Stahl and colleagues.
Jun 03, 2009 ... According to a study from Kista, Sweden, "A diary is generally considered to be a book in which one keeps a regular record of events and experiences that have some personal significance. As such, it provides a useful means to privately express inner thoughts or to reflect on daily ...
Researchers at Istanbul University have published new data on science.
Jun 03, 2009 ... According to recent research published in the journal Iet Communications, "Transmit diversity-orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) systems have been proposed to mitigate the detrimental effects of channel fading. However, owing to the space and power limitations, the use of ...
Study data from M.H. Denton et al provide new insights into science.
Jun 03, 2009 ... "High-speed solar wind streams (HSSs) are periods of persistently high solar wind, which emanate from coronal holes and may recur with a frequency related to the solar rotation period of 27 days. On arrival at the Earth's magnetopause, such streams cause a series of events which ultimately ...
Report summarizes science study findings from University of Michigan.
Jun 03, 2009 ... "Swimming modes are crucial for understanding evolutionary transitions from land to sea, because locomotion affects many aspects of an animal's life. The modern pinniped families Otariidae (fur seals and sea lions), Phocidae (true seals), and Odobenidae (walruses) are thought to share a ...
Study data from Qingdao University update knowledge of science.
Jun 03, 2009 ... According to recent research published in the journal Express Polymer Letters, "Pyrolytic carbon black (PCB) made from used tires was used in ethylene-propylene-diene copolymers (EPDM). The microstructure of PCB was characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM)." "PCB was ...
New science study findings have been published by scientists at Tarbiat Modares University.
Jun 03, 2009 ... According to a study from Iran, "A novel weighted high data rate single-user ultra-wideband transmitted-reference (UWB-TR) system is proposed and its performance in log-normal slow fading channels is investigated, which has not been addressed before. This system employs a novel signalling ...
Research conducted at K. Yamanaga and co-authors has provided new information about telecommunications.
Jun 03, 2009 ... "Electrical modeling for surface-mount passive components; is proposed. In order to accurately capture parasitic inductance, the proposed 2-port model accounts for surrounding ground layer configurations of the print circuit board (PCB) on which the component is mounted," researchers in ...
Seeing invisible resin.
Jun 03, 2009 ... This release is available in German. When manufacturing chipboards, it is important to correctly distribute the resin on the wood shavings. Researchers are now developing a measuring technique that makes it possible to monitor the application of the resin during production. ...
Frail elderly disaster.
Jun 03, 2009 ... Planning for emergencies must take into account the growing numbers of frail elderly people who will by virtue of shifting demographics be involved in any natural or manmade disaster, according to US researchers writing in the International Journal of Emergency Management. As ...
New telecommunications study findings have been reported from Q. Wang et al.(Report)
Jun 03, 2009 ... According to recent research published in the journal Ieice Transactions on Communications, "With the rapid progress of electronic and information technology, an expectation for the realization of body area network (BAN) by means of ultra wide band (UWB) techniques has risen. Although the ...
2009 New York Enterprise Report Small Business Awards Extends Deadline.(Report)
Jun 03, 2009 ... The New York Enterprise Report (nyreport.com), announced that, due to overwhelming response, it has extended nominations for the 2009 Small Business Awards until June 2, 2009. The Small Business Awards is the only awards program honoring the achievements and accomplishments of the 500,000+ ...
Findings from Gunma University in telecommunications reported.
Jun 03, 2009 ... "This paper proposes spread-spectrum clock modulation algorithms for EMI reduction in digitally-control led DC-DC converters. In switching regulators using PWM, switching noise and harmonic noise concentrated in a narrow spectrum around the switching frequency can cause severe EMI," ...
Research from Kyungpook National University provides new data about telecommunications.(Report)
Jun 03, 2009 ... "When we watch television or computer monitor under a certain viewing condition, we partially adapt to the display and partially to the ambient light," scientists writing in the journal Ieice Transactions on Fundamentals of Electronics Communications and Computer Sciences report. ...
Studies from Chonnam National University describe new findings in telecommunications.
Jun 03, 2009 ... "fit this paper, in order to increase system capacity and reduce the transmitting power Of the user's equipment, we propose a modified power control scheme consisting of a modified closed-loop power control (CITC) and open-loop power control (OLPC). The modified CLPC algorithm, combining ...
New telecommunications study findings recently were reported by S.M. Cho and co-researchers.
Jun 03, 2009 ... According to a study from South Korea, "We present a novel frequency partitioning technique of fractional frequency reuse (FFR) that reduces the effect of co-channel interference and increases the capacity of OFDM systems." "The usable sub-channel sets are classified into the ...
Investigators at Okayama University publish new data on telecommunications.
Jun 03, 2009 ... "This paper presents implementation techniques of fast Ate pairing of embedding degree 12. In this case, we have no trouble in finding a prime order pairing friendly curve E such as the Barreto-Naehrig curve y(2) = x(3) + a, a is an element of F-p," scientists writing in the journal Ieice ...
Reports from Tohoku University advance knowledge in telecommunications.
Jun 03, 2009 ... According to a study from Sendai, Japan, "The recognition performance of the conventional 3D face recognition algorithm using ICP (Iterative Closest Point) is degraded for the 3D face data with expression changes." "Addressing this problem, we consider the use of the ...
Studies from Kyung-Hee University yield new data on telecommunications.(Report)
Jun 03, 2009 ... According to a study from South Korea, "In this paper we propose a novel RFID anti-collision technique that intelligently combines polling and random access schemes. These two fundamentally different medium access control protocols are coherently integrated in our design while functionally ...
West Valley Journal Now Publishing Weekly.
Jun 03, 2009 ... The West Valley Journal, a community newspaper serving the west San Gabriel Valley, launched a weekly publication schedule on May 14, 2009. The announcement was made by David Barron, publisher of the community newspaper. The West Valley Journal is a tabloid format newspaper with ...
Research from T.D. Le and co-researchers provides new data on telecommunications.
Jun 03, 2009 ... "Flooding is an indispensable operation for providing control or routing functionalities to mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs). Previously, many flooding schemes have been studied with the intention of curtailing the problems of severe redundancies, contention, and collisions in traditional ...
Reports from Keio University describe recent advances in telecommunications.
Jun 03, 2009 ... According to recent research published in the journal Ieice Transactions on Communications, "A multi-domain GMPLS layer-2 switch capable network with VLAN tag swapping is demonstrated for the first time." "In this demonstration, we verify three new features, establishing path ...
Marquis De Montesquiou Hosts Historic Armagnac Dinner.
Jun 03, 2009 ... On May 1, 2009 La Maison Montesquiou held an historic dinner at Thomas Keller's Michelin-starred Per Se showcasing a range of extremely rare and aged Armagnacs. Hosted by Jean-Francois Collobert, International Director of Pernod, the evening was one of special significance for ...
FiREapps Collaborating with Thunderbird School of Global Management and Heidrick & Struggles to Speak at the Windy City Summit.
Jun 03, 2009 ... FiREapps, the leading provider of on-demand foreign exchange exposure management solutions, announced that FiREapps CEO Wolfgang Koester, Thunderbird School Dean of Faculty, John Mathis and Heidrick & Struggles Treasurer, Maureen Resac will present together at the Windy City Summit in ...
Scientists at Korea University detail research in telecommunications.(Report)
Jun 03, 2009 ... According to a study from Seoul, South Korea, "In low bit-rate video transmission, the payload of a single packet can often contain a whole coded frame due to the high compression ratio in both spatial and temporal domains. Thus, the loss of a single packet can lead to the loss of a whole ...
Flock Announces Powerful New Advances for Twitter and Facebook Users in Its Latest Browser.
Jun 03, 2009 ... Flock, the social web browser, announced the availability of Flock 2.5. This new, free version of the popular browser gives active social users the fastest and easiest way to roam the web, keep in touch with the people and information they care about, and share their favorite content with ...
Greater Phoenix CVB Honors City of Phoenix, Suns Execs.
Jun 03, 2009 ... Visionaries look beyond the challenges of today to capture the promise of tomorrow. On May 27, the Greater Phoenix Convention & Visitors Bureau will recognize the City of Phoenix and Phoenix Suns officials for their visionary contributions to Arizona's economy: completing two key downtown ...
Study findings on telecommunications are outlined in reports from Seoul National University.
Jun 03, 2009 ... "This letter presents the variation of localization error to network parameters, the number of range estimation results from anchor nodes (ANs) and average distance between ANs in centralized Wireless Sensor Network (WSN). In sensor network, ANs estimate the relative range to Target Node ...
Texas Senators Who Voted to Force Hidden and Loaded Guns Onto College Campuses Put Students' Lives at Greater Risk of Gun Violence.
Jun 03, 2009 ... Today the Texas state senate passed dangerous legislation that would force the carrying of hidden and concealed guns at public universities and colleges. The measure now heads to the House where college students and gun violence prevention advocates are calling for leadership to prevent ...
Expedia Unveils Easy-to-Manage, Commission-Based Hotel Program.(Company overview)
Jun 03, 2009 ... Expedia, Inc., the global leader in online travel and the largest provider of online hotel bookings worldwide, announced the introduction of the Expedia(R) Easy Manage program, a commission-based partnership option for qualifying hotels in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region (EMEA). ...
Correction - Fitch Rates Metro Water Dist of Southern California $226MM SIFMA Index Notes 'F1+'.(Correction notice)
Jun 03, 2009 ... (This amends a press release originally issued on May 7, 2009 and reflects changes to the transaction structure for the new bonds. Details of the change are highlighted in the second paragraph of the press release.) Fitch Ratings assigns an 'F1+' rating to Metropolitan Water ...
Scientists at Kyoto University report research in telecommunications.(Report)
Jun 03, 2009 ... "The Boolean network (BN) is a mathematical model of genetic networks. It is known that detecting a singleton attractor, which is also called a fixed point, is NP-hard even for AND/OR BNs (i.e., BNs consisting of AND/OR nodes), where singleton attractors correspond to steady states," ...
Study findings from University of Ghent broaden understanding of telecommunications.
Jun 03, 2009 ... According to a study from Ghent, Belgium, "In this contribution, we investigate the performance of the output buffer of an 'on-demand' video streaming server. The server maintains a local database of stored video clips and movies which can be streamed to the users upon request." ...
AT&T to Expand Its Mini Laptop Lineup and Offer Nationwide Availability.
Jun 03, 2009 ... AT&T* announced that it will soon expand its portfolio of embedded 3G mini laptops - and make them available in AT&T stores nationwide. The expanded embedded device lineup will include Acer, Dell and Lenovo mini laptops. AT&T plans to begin offering the new mini laptops through ...
Studies in the area of telecommunications reported from Okayama University.(Report)
Jun 03, 2009 ... "Image restoration based on Bayesian estimation in most previous studies has assumed that the noise accumulated in an image was independent for cacti pixel. However, when we take optical effects into account, it is reasonable to expect spatial correlation in the superimposed noise," ...
NEC Users Group Gets a Taste of Chicago and NEC's Innovation at 2009 Annual Conference.(Conference news)
Jun 03, 2009 ... NEC Unified Solutions, Inc. (NEC), a leading communications solutions integrator, will demonstrate its latest innovations and solutions at the NEC Users Group 2009 Annual Conference, May 17 - 20 in Chicago. In addition, President Jeffrey P. Kane will give a "State of the Union" address, ...
Sonya McNair Is Named Vice President, Communications, CBS News.
Jun 03, 2009 ... Sonya McNair has been named Vice President, Communications, CBS News, it was announced by Jeff Ballabon, Senior Vice President, Communications, CBS News. Her appointment is effective immediately. In this position, McNair will work directly with Ballabon in the management of ...
Study findings from K.W. Kim et al broaden understanding of telecommunications.(Report)
Jun 03, 2009 ... "In a multi-hop mobile ad-hoc network, broadcasting is an elementary operation to support many applications. Broadcasting by flooding may cause serious redundancy, contention, and collision in the network, which is referred to as the broadcast storm problem," scientists writing in the ...
BizAuctions Announces Contract to Provide On-Going Liquidation Services.
Jun 03, 2009 ... BizAuctions, Inc. (Pink Sheets: BZCN), a prime provider of commercial eBay liquidation services for excess inventories and overstocks, announced a contract to provide on-going liquidation services to a home products company. Delmar Janovec, BizAuctions' CEO noted, "The client ...
Reports outline telecommunications research from C.L. Li and colleagues.
Jun 03, 2009 ... According to recent research from Yokosuka, Japan, "The medical body area network (MBAN) is an emerging technology to resolve the small area connection issues around human body, especially for the medical applications. This paper proposes a dynamic TDMA (DTDMA) protocol for MBAN with focus ...
Pelosi Hails House Passage of Landmark Legislation to Protect Consumers and Curb Credit Card Abuse.
Jun 03, 2009 ... Speaker Pelosi issued the following statement on the Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights Act, which passed the House this afternoon by a vote of 361 to 64. The Senate passed the bill yesterday and it now goes to President Obama, who is expected to sign it into law later this week. ...
Calling All Kayakers!
Jun 03, 2009 ... One of the area's most unique and challenging charity events will take to the water for the ninth year in a row, as Kayak for a Cause IX (KFAC) prepares to launch July 25. The event, which arose out of a challenge between two friends, has grown into a massive fundraising ...
Don't Let Your Summer Vacation Be Threatened by 'Guilty Vacation Syndrome'.
Jun 03, 2009 ... The symptoms often go undetected. They are mistaken for other, less serious ailments. But thanks to a new initiative conducted by the American Resort Development Association (ARDA), more people are getting treatment for their Guilty Vacation Syndrome (GVS). They are learning to embrace ...
E Street Radio Celebrates Memorial Day Weekend With a Celebration of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's Career at the Meadowlands.
Jun 03, 2009 ... SIRIUS XM Radio (NASDAQ:SIRI) announced Memorial Day weekend programming for its E Street Radio channel, the exclusive commercial-free channel dedicated to the music of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. SIRIUS XM listeners will hear special coverage of Bruce Springsteen and the E ...
Video: Cold Front Is Coming This Summer With Launch of New Coors Light Cold Activated Cans.
Jun 03, 2009 ... A nationwide cold front blew in on May 15 in the form of the new 8-, 10-, 12- and 16-ounce Coors Light and Coors Banquet Cold Activated Cans. Triggered by mountains that turn blue when beer is at the optimal drinking temperature, the new cans join the 24-ounce can and the Cold Activated ...
Findings from M. Yoshioka et al in telecommunications reported.
Jun 03, 2009 ... According to a study from Tokyo, Japan, "This paper proposes a new charge pump to suppress spurious noise of phase-locked loops. The spurious noise is induced by charge injection generated from the parasitic capacitors associated with switches and the current-mismatch between the charging ...
Verizon Sale Raises Concerns for Workers, Rural Communities.
Jun 03, 2009 ... The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and the Communications Workers of America have serious concerns about the pending sale of Verizon Communications landlines to Frontier Communications Corp. The unions will continue to review the proposed deal. The sale would ...
lululemon athletica inc. Announces 2009 Annual General Meeting of Stockholders and the Availability of the Annual Report Video Online.
Jun 03, 2009 ... lululemon athletica inc. (NASDAQ: LULU; TSX: LLL) announced that the Company will host its 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time on Wednesday, June 10, 2009 at The Fairmont Waterfront Hotel (Cheakamus Room), 900 Canada Place Way, Vancouver, British Columbia. ...
BillMyParents Launches Unique Online Payment System for Teens and Parents.
Jun 03, 2009 ... Socialwise, Inc. (OTCBB:SCLW) today launched BillMyParents, an innovative online youth payment system that gives teens the freedom to shop online and parents the control over these purchases -- all in a simple, automated system that keeps credit card numbers and other personal information ...
Researchers from Ching-Yun University report recent findings in telecommunications.(Report)
Jun 03, 2009 ... "In this paper, we propose a set of constraints for adaptive broad-band beamforming in the presence of angular errors. We first present spatial and frequency derivative constraints (SFDC) for the design of the quiescent beamformer response," scientists in Chungli, Taiwan report. ...
American States Water Company Announces Sale of Common Shares.
Jun 03, 2009 ... American States Water Company (NYSE:AWR) announced that it sold 1,000,000 common shares to the public on May 14, 2009 at $31.00 per share and granted an over-allotment option to the underwriters to purchase an additional 150,000 shares at the same price per share. The Company intends to ...
Maxwell BLACKsummers'night 2009 North American Tour Dates Announced.
Jun 03, 2009 ... With his long awaited fourth studio album, BLACKsummers'night, slated for release by Columbia Records on July 7, the contemporary soul artist Maxwell will return to the concert stage for first leg of a major North American tour kicking off June 17 in Grand Rapids, Michigan and finishing ...
New data from Y. Tonomura et al illuminate research in telecommunications.(Report)
Jun 03, 2009 ... According to recent research from Yokosuka, Japan, "In this paper. we introduce layered low-density generator matrix (Layered-LDGM) codes for super high definition (SHD) scalable video systems. The layered-LDGM codes maintain the correspondence relationship of each layer from the encoder ...
Study findings on telecommunications are outlined in reports from H. Izumikawa and colleagues.
Jun 03, 2009 ... "The authors propose a user-centric seamless handover (HO) scheme, which is a kind of a vertical HO front a new perspective, toward a next generation network where heterogeneous access networks converge. The users' experience-oriented scheme allows users to enjoy the optimal service ...
Studies from Konkuk University describe new findings in telecommunications.
Jun 03, 2009 ... "The downlink beamforming weights which can suppress interfering signals toward out-of-cell mobile stations for a TDD-based OFDMA system are introduced. First, the downlink beamforming weights are optimally designed based on iteration," investigators in Seoul, South Korea report. ...
PIPC Supports New Comparative Effectiveness Research CER Bill.
Jun 03, 2009 ... Joining Congressman Kurt Schrader (OR-5) and other Members of the New Democrat Coalition, Tony Coelho, chairman of the Partnership to Improve Patient Care (PIPC), spoke with reporters and announced PIPC's support for the Comparative Effectiveness Research Act of 2009. "This ...
New telecommunications research from NTT Corporation discussed.
Jun 03, 2009 ... "A call admission control (CAC) scheme based on statistical information is proposed, called the statistical CAC scheme. A conventional scheme needs to manage session information for each link to update the residual bandwidth of a network in real time," researchers in Musashino, Japan ...
Jamie Foxx Kicks Off Memorial Day Weekend With Live Broadcast of His Exclusive SIRIUS XM Foxxhole Radio Show from Aruba.
Jun 03, 2009 ... SIRIUS XM Radio (NASDAQ:SIRI) announced that Jamie Foxx, the Academy Award(R)-winning actor, American Music Award-winning and Grammy(R)-nominated artist, and comedian, is taking his Foxxhole radio channel to Aruba for a special live Memorial Day Weekend show. The Foxxhole -- ...
New telecommunications study findings have been published by A.W. Astrin and colleagues.(Report)
Jun 03, 2009 ... "Body Area Networks (BAN) can provide a wide range of applications including medical support, healthcare monitoring, and consumer electronics with increased convenience or comfort. To harmonize with the strong demands from both medical and healthcare societies, and information and ...
Research from Y. Lee and co-authors provides new data about telecommunications.
Jun 03, 2009 ... "In this letter, we derive an exact bit error rate (BER) expression for downlink multi-carrier code division multiple access (MC-CDMA) systems with orthogonal restoring combining (ORC) in Nakagami-m fading channel," scientists in South Korea report. "A simple approximated ...
New IPv6 and DKIM Training Courses Added to Upcoming MAAWG Global Meeting.
Jun 03, 2009 ... Two new hands-on training classes taught by recognized industry experts - a class on IPv6 featuring a live IPv6 Web connection and a class on implementing DKIM email authentication - will be available to attendees at the 16th MAAWG General Meeting at no cost. The Messaging Anti-Abuse ...
Research from Osaka University yields new data on telecommunications.(Report)
Jun 03, 2009 ... "In this paper, we propose a distance-based howling canceller with high speech quality. We have developed a distance-based howling canceller that uses only distance information by noticing the property that howling occurs according to the distance between a loudspeaker and a microphone," ...
Research from University of Surrey broadens understanding of telecommunications.(Report)
Jun 03, 2009 ... According to recent research from Guildford, the United Kingdom, "Distributed Video Coding (DVC) is an emerging video coding paradigm that is characterized by a flexible architecture for designing very low cost video encoders. This feature could be very effectively utilized in a number of ...