Electronics, Volume 10, Issue 4

Computing in the cloud-edge continuum, as opposed to cloud computing, relies on high performance processing on the extreme edge of the Internet of Things (IoT) hierarchy. Hardware acceleration is a mandatory solution to achieve the performance requir...

Android is increasingly being targeted by malware since it has become the most popular mobile operating system worldwide. Evasive malware families, such as Chamois, designed to turn Android devices into bots that form part of a larger botnet are beco...

In delay-tolerant networking (DTN), messages are delivered to destination nodes by using opportunistic contacts between contact nodes, even if stable routing paths from source nodes to destination nodes do not exist. In some DTN network environments,...

The paper studies the framework for the application of computational intelligence methods used for estimations in the distribution power system when a decreased number of measured data is present. Due to the lack of all measured data, the estimation...

This paper describes a way to generate a great amount of data and to use it to find a relation between a room controller and a certain room. Therefore, simulation scenarios are defined and developed that contain different room, location, usage and co...

Contemporary advances in neural networks (NNs) have demonstrated their potential in different applications such as in image classification, object detection or natural language processing. In particular, reconfigurable accelerators have been widely u...

Gallium Nitride and Related Wide-Bandgap Semiconductors (WBS) have constantly received a great amount of attention in recent years [...]

In this article, we present an analysis of the accuracy level of methods for modeling the multi-service overflow systems that service Erlang, Engset, and Pascal traffic. In systems with traffic overflow, new calls that cannot be serviced by the prima...

In this paper, we study the transmit power minimization problem with optimal energy beamforming in a multi-antenna wireless powered communication network (WPCN). The considered network consists of one hybrid access point (H-AP) with multiple antennae...

The lateral motion of an Automated Vehicle (AV) is highly affected by the model’s uncertainties and unknown external disturbances during its navigation in adverse environmental conditions. Among the variety of controllers, the sliding mode controller...

The high-level penetration of renewable energy sources (RESs) is the main reason for shifting the conventional centralized power system control paradigm into distributed power system control. This massive integration of RESs faces two main problems:...

Proactive caching of the most popular contents in the cache memory of fog-access points (F-APs) is regarded as a promising solution for the 5G and beyond cellular communication to address latency-related issues caused by the unprecedented demand of m...

The Destiny-class CyberCANOE (Destiny) is a Hybrid Reality environment that provides 20/20 visual acuity in a 13-foot-wide, 320-degree cylindrical structure comprised of tiled passive stereo-capable organic light emitting diode (OLED) displays. Hybri...

Mounted locations and the ground plane structure have remarkable influences on the performance of roof-mounted automotive antennas. To distinguish this influence in radiation, figure of merits (FoMs), including total radiated power (TRP), near-horizo...

This paper presents a pipelined layered quasi-cyclic low-density parity-check (QC-LDPC) decoder architecture targeting low-complexity, high-throughput, and efficient use of hardware resources compliant with the specifications of 5G new radio (NR) wir...

This paper presents relations between information society (IS), electronics and artificial intelligence (AI) mainly through twenty-four IS laws. The laws not only make up a novel collection, currently non-existing in the literature, but they also hig...

Owing to recent advancements in deep learning methods and relevant databases, it is becoming increasingly easier to recognize 3D objects using only RGB images from single viewpoints. This study investigates the major breakthroughs and current progres...

With the gradual maturity of the automatic train operation (ATO) system in subways, its application scope has also expanded to the high-speed railway field. Considering that the ATO system is still in the early stages of operation, it will take time...

This paper proposes an implementation of a Richardson-Lucy (RL) deconvolution method to reduce the spatial degradation in hyperspectral images during the image acquisition process. The degradation, modeled by convolution with a point spread function...

A variety of accurate information inputs are of great importance for automotive control. In this paper, a novel joint soft-sensing strategy is proposed to obtain multi-information under diverse vehicle driving scenarios. This strategy is realized by...

Distributed generation (DG) allows the production of renewable energy where it is consumed, avoiding transport losses. It is envisioned that future DG units will become more intelligent, not just injecting power into the grid but also actively improv...

In recent decades, the genetic algorithm (GA) has been extensively used in the design optimization of electromagnetic devices. Despite the great merits possessed by the GA, its processing procedure is highly time-consuming. On the contrary, the widel...

This article experiments with deep learning methodologies in echocardiogram (echo), a promising and vigorously researched technique in the preponderance field. This paper involves two different kinds of classification in the echo. Firstly, classifica...

Electric power systems are currently confronted with a fundamental paradigm change related to its planning and operation, mainly caused by the massive integration of renewables. To allow higher penetration of them within existing grid infrastructures...

Logo design is a complex process for designers and color plays a very important role in logo design. The automatic colorization of logo sketch is of great value and full of challenges. In this paper, we propose a new logo design method based on Condi...

3-D quasi-optical systems have a more comprehensive range of application scenarios, and their analysis and design are more complicated than those of 2-D systems. In this work, we improve Gaussian beam mode analysis (GBMA) to analyze 3-D multi-reflect...

Dynamic cable-tension is an important bridge-health indicator. However, it is difficult to be measured precisely and efficiently. A remote bridge dynamic cable-tension measurement method is proposed. It uses an interferometric radar sensor, a time-fr...

Long-range (LoRa) wireless communication technology has been widely used in many Internet-of-Things (IoT) applications in industry and academia. Radio wave propagation characteristics in forested areas are important to ensure communication quality in...

This work presents digital retrodirective method to do microwave power transfer (MPT) for solar power satellite (SPS). Due to space environment, there is concern of antenna deformation, which will affect beam forming. Size of SPS is large and synchro...

Many service providers often categorize their users into multi-classes, depending on their service requirements. Each class has strict quality of service (QoS) demands (e.g., minimum required service rate or transfer time) that must be ensured throug...

The growth of the lithium-ion battery market is accelerating. Although they are widely used in various fields, ranging from mobile devices to large-capacity energy storage devices, stability has always been a problem, which is a critical disadvantage...

In this paper, a stator inductance identification process is proposed. The process is based on a three-level neutral-point-clamped (NPC) inverter-fed induction motor (IM) drive with a standstill condition. Previously, a low-speed alternating current...

The aim of this article is to present the fuzzy Petri net algorithm and its implementation on the Guide d’etude des modes de marche et d’arrêt (GEMMA) guide paradigm. Additionally, this article presents a brief description of the GEMMA guide paradigm...

Fifth generation (5G) networks have a high requirement for low latency of data delivery. Information-centric networking (ICN) adopts the paradigm of separation of the identifier and locator. It is efficient in content distribution by supporting in-ne...

This paper aims to improve the marble industry production chain by proposing new technological approaches using the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) systems. The dynamic capabilities of the RFID read-write tags allow the storage of physical char...

The integration of wind energy systems (WECS) into the power grid through power electronic converters should ensure the high performance of the control system. In spite of several advantages of conventional Finite control set-model predictive control...

Boost-type dc-dc converters present non-minimum phase dynamic system characteristics. Therefore, controller design using only the output voltage for feedback purposes is not a very straightforward task. Even though output voltage control can be achie...

Finding depth information with stereo matching using a deep learning algorithm for embedded systems has recently gained significant attention owing to emerging high-performance mobile graphics processing units (GPUs). Several researchers have propose...

Cybersecurity practitioners generate a Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart (CAPTCHAs) as a form of security mechanism in website applications, in order to differentiate between human end-users and machine bots....

This paper introduces an adaptive method for detecting front vehicles under complex weather conditions. In the field of vehicle detection from images extracted by cameras installed in vehicles, backgrounds with complicated weather, such as rainy and...

3D printing is emerging as a technology for future production due to its support for human life. Increasingly more printed products include many applications. Developers and companies have expressed their ambition to develop the next generation to br...

A novel machine learning approach is presented in this paper, based on extracting latent information and using it to assist decision making on ambulance attendance and conveyance to a hospital. The approach includes two steps: in the first, a forward...

The purpose of this study is to provide an efficient search function over a large amount of encrypted data, where the bit length of each item is several tens of bits. For this purpose, we have improved the existing hybrid homomorphic encryption by en...

The security of information is among the greatest challenges facing organizations and institutions. Cybercrime has risen in frequency and magnitude in recent years, with new ways to steal, change and destroy information or disable information systems...

Owing to their advantages over hard disc drives (HDDs), solid-state drives (SSDs) are widely used in many applications, including consumer electronics and data centers. As erase operations are feasible only in block units, modification or deletion of...

This paper presents an extension of the formulation of wave propagation in transverse electric (TE) and transverse magnetic (TM) modes for the case of metallic cylindrical waveguides filled with longitudinally magnetized ferrite. The higher order mod...

The paper is devoted to the theoretical and experimental analysis of an electric circuit consisting of two elements that are described by fractional derivatives of different orders. These elements are designed and performed as RC ladders with properl...

A novel depolarizing chipless tag configuration with high angular insensitivity is presented. The basic tag comprises two dipole resonators arranged with a relative rotation of 45°. The proposed configuration improves the depolarization properties pe...

Electric vehicles are receiving widespread attention around the world due to their improved performance and zero carbon emissions. The effectiveness of electric vehicles depends on proper interfacing between energy storage systems and power electroni...

This paper presents a highly compact frequency-selective surface (FSS) that has the potential to switch between the X-band (8 GHz–12 GHz) and C-band (4 GHz–8 GHz) for RF shielding applications. The proposed FSS is composed of a square conducting loop...