Blockchain-Based Network Slice Broker to Facilitate Factory-As-a-Service
The novel concept of factory-as-a-service (FaaS) allows the agility of adapting the manufacturing process by identifying the industry’s supply chain and user […]
Low-Latency Multi-Kernel Polar Decoders
Polar codes have been receiving increased attention for application in beyond 5G networks. They offer low-complexity decoding algorithm and can achieve symmetric […]
Multi-UAV Path Learning for Age and Power Optimization in IoT with UAV Battery Recharge
In many emerging Internet of Things (IoT) applications, the freshness of the is an important design criterion. Age of Information (AoI) quantifies […]
Integrating LEO Satellites and Multi-UAV Reinforcement Learning for Hybrid FSO/RF Non-Terrestrial Networks
Integrating low-altitude earth orbit (LEO) satellites (SATs) and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) within a non-terrestrial network (NTN), we investigate the problem of […]
SCEMA
Protecting large-scale networks, especially Software-Defined Networks (SDNs), against distributed attacks in a cost-effective manner plays a prominent role in cybersecurity. One of […]
Origin of Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity in Direct Band Gap g-C₃N₄ Nanoribbons with Tunable Electronic Properties for Water-Splitting Reaction
In this work we employ density functional theory (DFT) to investigate the edge atomic structures and atomic boundaries in graphitic carbon nitride […]
Lifelong Fine-grained Image Retrieval
Fine-grained image retrieval has been extensively explored in a zero-shot manner. A deep model is trained on the seen part and then […]
Enforcing Statistical Orthogonality in Massive MIMO Systems via Covariance Shaping
This paper tackles the problem of downlink data transmission in massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems where user equipments (UEs) exhibit high spatial […]
Spectral Efficiency Analysis of Hybrid Relay-Reflecting Intelligent Surface-Assisted Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems
A cell-free (CF) massive multiple-input-multiple-output (mMIMO) system can provide uniform spectral efficiency (SE) with simple signal processing. On the other hand, a […]
Typical viewpoints of objects are better detected than atypical ones
Previous work has claimed that canonical viewpoints of objects are more readily perceived than noncanonical viewpoints. However, all of these studies required […]