Electronics, Volume 12, Issue 12

This study proposed the dimensions of 55 mm × 34 mm × 1 mm for wearable antenna; the copper Y-slot patch and copper partial ground are attached to a felt substrate. The partial ground has the higher impact in antenna gain enhancement comp...

With the emergence of Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and Software-Defined Networks (SDN), Service Function Chaining (SFC) has evolved into a popular paradigm for carrying and fulfilling network services. However, the implementation of Mobile E...

In this paper, we propose for the first time a novel feed approach to a tightly coupled dipole array (TCDA). Firstly, compact zigzagging microstrip feedlines are utilized as baluns to feed our array elements to obtain wideband impedance-matching char...

In three-dimensional (3D) shape measurement based on fringe projection, various factors can degrade the quality of the point cloud. Existing point cloud filtering methods involve analyzing the geometric relationship between 3D space and point cloud,...

In Computed Tomography (CT) images of the coronary arteries, the segmentation of calcified plaques is extremely important for the examination, diagnosis, and treatment of coronary heart disease. However, one characteristic of the lesion is that it ha...

To address the advancements in jamming technology, it is imperative to consider robust adaptive beamforming (RBF) methods with finite snapshots and gain/phase (G/P) errors. This paper introduces an end-to-end RBF approach that utilizes a two-stage co...

This paper addresses the issue of external unknown environmental interference affecting the trajectory tracking performance and driving stability of autonomous vehicles. This seriously impacts the performance and stability of the vehicle while drivin...

This paper presents a hierarchical Digital Twin architecture and implementation that uses real-time simulation to emulate the physical grid and support grid planning and operation. With the demand for detailed grid information for automated grid oper...

The design and optimization of next-generation indoor wireless communication networks require detailed and precise descriptions of the indoor environments. Environmental awareness can serve as a fundamental basis for the dynamic adaptation of the wir...

Object detection in autonomous driving scenarios has become a popular task in recent years. Due to the high-speed movement of vehicles and the complex changes in the surrounding environment, objects of different scales need to be detected, which plac...

In order to address the issue of power loss resulting from partial shadow and enhance the efficiency of photovoltaic power generation, the photovoltaic array reconfiguration technology is being increasingly utilized in photovoltaic power generation s...

A preponderance of brain–computer interface (BCI) publications proposing artificial neural networks for motor imagery (MI) electroencephalography (EEG) signal classification utilize one of the BCI Competition datasets. However, these databases...

Dynamic economic dispatch (DED) plays an important role in the operation and control of power systems. The integration of DED with space and time makes it a complex and challenging problem in optimal decision making. By connecting plug-in electric ve...

This paper investigates an FPGA architecture whose primary function is to accelerate parallel computations involved in the rapid-exploring random tree (RRT) algorithm. The RRT algorithm is inherently serial, while in each computing step there are man...

Traditional deep-learning-based fusion algorithms usually take the original image as input to extract features, which easily leads to a lack of rich details and background information in the fusion results. To address this issue, we propose a fusion...

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are a highly sought-after technology with numerous applications in both military and non-military uses. The identification of targets is a crucial aspect of UAV applications, but there are challenges associated with co...

For the first time, an extensive theoretical comparative study of the electronic structure and spectra of the η⁵-cyclopentadienyl half-sandwich [(Cp)(EPh₃)], E = Se, Te) organochalcogenides was carried out using direct space electronic structure...

The node–edge–cloud collaborative computation paradigm has introduced new security challenges to data sharing. Existing data-sharing schemes suffer from limitations such as low efficiency and inflexibility and are not easily integrated wi...

Load disaggregation determines appliance-level energy consumption unintrusively from aggregated consumption measured by a single meter. Deep neural networks have been proven to have great potential in load disaggregation. In this article, a temporal...

Self-location plays a crucial role in a framework of autonomous navigation, especially in a GNSS/radio-denied environment. At the current time, self-location for artificial agents still has to resort to the visual and laser technologies in the framew...

The generation of standardized requirements specification documents plays a crucial role in software processes. However, the manual composition of software requirements specifications is a laborious and time-consuming task, often leading to errors th...

The present work analyzed the influence of the particle size of irregular aluminum powder on the properties of Binder-Jetting-printed parts, which can be used as electronic components. Powders of various particle sizes as well as blends in the ratio...

In recent years, radar, especially frequency-modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar, has been extensively used in non-contact vital signs (NCVS) research. However, current research does not work when multiple human targets are close to each other, es...

The proliferation of flying ad hoc networks (FANETs) enables multiple applications in various scenarios. In order to construct and maintain an effective hierarchical structure in FANETs where mobile nodes proceed at high mobility, we propose a novel...

The task of semantic segmentation holds a fundamental position in the field of computer vision. Assigning a semantic label to each pixel in an image is a challenging task. In recent times, significant advancements have been achieved in the field of s...

Along with the recent advancements in video streaming, concerns over the security of transferred data have increased. Thus, the development of fast and reliable image encryption methodologies has become an emerging research area in the field of commu...

Edge computing can reduce the transmission pressure of wireless networks in earthquakes by pushing computing functionalities to network edges and avoiding the data transmission to cloud servers. However, this also leads to the scattered storage of da...

To overcome the fault of convolutional networks, which can be over-smooth, blurred, or discontinuous, a novel transformer network with cross-window aggregated attention is proposed. Our network as a whole is constructed as a generative adversarial ne...

With the development of 5G, the number of IoT (Internet of Things) devices connected to the Internet will grow explosively. However, due to the vulnerability of the devices, attackers can launch attacks on the vulnerable IoT devices, causing great im...

Processing in memory (PIM) is a new computing paradigm that stores the function values of some input modes in a lookup table (LUT) and retrieves their values when similar input modes are encountered (instead of performing online calculations), which...

The widespread adoption and utilization of electric vehicles has been constrained by power battery performance. We proposed a fault diagnosis method for power batteries based on multiple-model fusion. The method effectively fused the advantages of va...

Due to the widespread use of low-power embedded devices in both industrial and consumer applications, research into the use of alternate energy sources has been sparked by the requirement for continuous power. Due to its accessibility and ability to...

The increasing complexity of Multi-Agent Systems (MASs), coupled with the emergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Large Language Models (LLMs), have highlighted significant gaps in our understanding of the behavior and interactions of diverse e...

As a large number of flexible elements such as distributed power and flexible load are connected to microgrids, the economic improvement of microgrids has become an important topic through rational energy distribution. In this paper, an economic sche...

Cochlear implantation is the common treatment for severe to profound sensorineural hearing loss if there is no benefit from hearing aids. Measuring the electrode impedance along the electrode array at different time points after surgery is crucial in...

A full connected world is expected to be introduced in the sixth generation mobile network (6G). As a typical fully connected scenario, the internet of vehicle (IoV) enables intelligent vehicle operations via artificial intelligence (AI) and edge com...

In order to obtain better prediction results, this paper combines improved complete ensemble EMD (ICEEMDAN) and the whale algorithm of multi-objective optimization (MOWOA) to improve the bidirectional gated recurrent unit (BIGRU), which makes full us...

The baseband signal of the 406 MHz COSPAS-SARSAT emergency beacon is a 144-bit or 112-bit data with 0 and 1 code, including the information bits and error correcting check bits. In order to improve the coding efficiency of the baseband signal for the...

One of the most significant graph data analysis tasks is graph classification, as graphs are complex data structures used for illustrating relationships between entity pairs. Graphs are essential in many domains, such as the description of chemical m...

The field of mobile robotics has seen significant growth regarding the use of indoor laser mapping technology, but most two-dimensional Light Detection and Ranging (2D LiDAR) can only scan a plane of fixed height, and it is difficult to obtain the in...

Two-level DC/AC inverter topologies are widely used for low voltage and high voltage applications in power systems and industrial areas. Space Vector Modulation (SVM) is a popular Pulse-Width Modulation technique used for controlling the inverters an...

Damage to bridge expansion joints arises from a variety of causes such as increasingly deteriorated bridges, abnormal temperatures, and increased traffic. To detect anomalies in the expansion joints, this study proposes an Artificial Intelligence (AI...

The analysis of sports data and the possibility of using machine learning in the prediction of sports results is an increasingly popular topic of research and application. The main problem, apart from choosing the right algorithm, is to obtain data t...

Radar cross section (RCS) is a scattering measure of an object that scatters to the radar. However, existing methods for near-field (NF) measurement and data processing rarely extract amplitude characteristics, and there is a lack of effective verifi...

As the core carrier of information storage, a semiconductor memory device is a basic product with a large volume that is widespread in the integrated circuit industry. With the rapid development of semiconductor manufacturing processes and materials,...

At present, the mobile device sector is experiencing significant growth. In particular, wearable devices have become a common element in society. This fact implies that users unconsciously accept the constant dynamic collection of private data about...

With the surge in tasks for in-vehicle terminals, the resulting network congestion and time delay cannot meet the service needs of users. Offloading algorithms are introduced to handle vehicular tasks, which will greatly improve the above problems. I...

Solutions for emotion recognition are becoming more popular every year, especially with the growth of computer vision. In this paper, classification of emotions is conducted based on images processed with convolutional neural networks (CNNs). Several...

Nitrogen is an essential macronutrient for the growth and development of tomatoes. However, excess nitrogen fertilization can affect the quality of tomato fruit, making it unattractive to consumers. Consequently, the aim of this study is to develop a...

Distribution systems are mostly composed of radial structures, which are susceptible to an increased variability and complexity of system operation due to frequent line changes during operation. When multiple changes in distribution lines occur simul...