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Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) technology can significantly improve radar system resolution and target detection ability and become the core technology in millimeter-wave radar systems. Each antenna of a MIMO radar system generates a separate...

This paper presents an FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array) implementation of a low-power VLSI (Very Large-Scale Integration) architecture for medical image scaling in portable diagnostic systems. The proposed architecture employs bilinear interpolat...

Redesigning choice environments appears a promising approach to encourage healthier eating and physical activity, but little evidence exists of the feasibility of this approach in real-world settings. The aim of this paper is to portray the implement...

In this paper, a real-time implementation of a sliding-mode control (SMC) in a hardware-in-loop architecture is presented for a robot with two degrees of freedom (2DOF). It is based on a discrete-time recurrent neural identification method, as well a...

The increasing interconnectivity and digital transformation of Communication, Navigation, and Surveillance (CNS) systems have expanded their attack surface, rendering traditional perimeter-based security models inadequate for protecting these critica...

We are in front of a new digital revolution that will transform the way we understand and use services and infrastructures. One of the key factors of this revolution is related to the evolution of the Internet of Things (IoT). Connected sensors will...

This paper explores the integration of Internet of Things (IoT) devices into modern cybersecurity frameworks, and it is intended to be a binder for the incorporation of these devices into emerging cybersecurity paradigms. Most IoT devices rely on WPA...

The limitations of the classic PACS (picture archiving and communication system), such as the backward-compatible DICOM network architecture and poor security and maintenance, are well-known. They are challenged by various existing solutions employin...

For many vertical Internet of Things (IoT) applications, the high availability is very important. In traditional cloud systems, services are usually implemented with the same level of availability in which the fault detection and fault recovery mecha...

IoT is much more than a large number of objects or customer devices connected to the Internet. IoT offers organizations many more opportunities than they can imagine. According to this, sooner or later they will probably choose to build their own IoT...

Nowadays, a huge amount of digital data is frequently changed among different embedded devices over wireless communication technologies. Data security is considered an important parameter for avoiding information loss and preventing cyber-crimes. Thi...

This work presents two variants of an odd–even sort algorithm that are implemented in a dataflow-based polymorphic computing architecture. The two odd–even sort algorithms are the “fully unrolled” variant and the “compac...

Interest in the adoption of autonomous vehicles (AVs) continues to grow. It is essential to design new software architectures that meet stringent real-time, safety, and scalability requirements while integrating heterogeneous hardware and software so...

Internet of Things (IoT) has brought about a new horizon in the field of pervasive computing and integration of heterogeneous objects connected to the network. The broad nature of its applications requires a modular architecture that can be rapidly d...

In this paper, we propose a set of rules for developing modular architectures. We first consider the well-known concept of “Design Rules” advanced by Baldwin and Clark. We then propose a broader conceptualization called “Modularity...

BIM (building information modeling) is a kind of technology that has great potential to enhance the level of automation in architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) projects. The created virtual model of the facility allows coordinating all i...

The Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) security system follows the “never trust, always verify” principle. The process constantly verifies users and devices trying to access resources. This paper describes how Microsoft Azure uses ZTA to enfor...

Self-organizing map (SOM) is a type of artificial neural network that provides a nonlinear mapping from a given high-dimensional input space to a low-dimensional map of neurons for clustering. The clustering of high-dimensional vectors is too slow fo...

Computing-In-Memory (CIM), based on non-von Neumann architecture, has lately received significant attention due to its lower overhead in delay and higher energy efficiency in convolutional and fully-connected neural network computing. Growing works h...

Enterprise architecture (EA) is one of the most important and effective tools for delivering high-quality e-government services to citizens. In this study, we used organizational performance and change theory to determine factors that contribute to t...

Organizations are attempting to harness the power of big data analytics. Enterprise architecture can be used as an instrument to integrate big data analytics into the existing IT landscape and enabling the development of capabilities to create value...

Next Generation Internet of Things (NGIoT) addresses the deployment of complex, novel IoT ecosystems. These ecosystems are related to different technologies and initiatives, such as 5G/6G, AI, cybersecurity, and data science. The interaction with the...

This paper is concerned with designing and numerically implementing a V2X (Vehicle-to-Vehicle and Vehicle-to-Infrastructure) control system architecture for a platoon of autonomous vehicles. The V2X control architecture integrates the well-known Inte...

LoRa Wide Area Networks (LoRaWAN) can provide a connectivity service to Internet of Things (IoT) for an extremely long run-time and with low power consumption. As the LoRaWAN is extensively applied to various IoT scenarios, LoRaWAN solutions face a f...

The building sector is responsible for a significant amount of energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Thus, the monitoring, control and optimization of energy consumption in buildings will play a critical role in the coming years in i...

Comparative studies of turboshaft fuel controllers commonly report performance advantages without holding the loop bandwidth or anti-windup implementation constant across the compared configurations. This paper asks what survives such a comparison. A...

In this paper, the conceptualization of a control hardware architecture aimed to the implementation of integer- and fractional-order identification and control algorithms is presented. The proposed hardware architecture combines the capability of imp...

Building information modeling (BIM) has traditionally been considered as a tool for the graphical representation of architectural and engineering projects. This technology has become a key instrument for the development of virtual models that simulat...

Smart factories are an integral element of the manufacturing infrastructure in the context of the fourth industrial revolution. Nevertheless, there is frequently a deficiency of adequate training facilities for future engineering experts in the acade...

This paper presents a high-performance and resource-efficient Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)-based architecture for satellite telemetry transmission systems. The proposed design implements a flexible channel coding chain, including Reed–S...

Spectral congestion and modern consumer applications motivate radio technologies that efficiently cooperate with nearby users and provide several services simultaneously. We designed and implemented a joint positioning-communications system that simu...

Agricultural monitoring has greatly benefited from the increased availability of a wide variety of remote-sensed satellite imagery, ground-sensed data (e.g., weather station networks) and crop models, delivering a wealth of actionable information to...

Autonomous vehicles require efficient self-localisation mechanisms and cameras are the most common sensors due to their low cost and rich input. However, the computational intensity of visual localisation varies depending on the environment and requi...

The performance bottleneck arising from the speed disparity between the CPU and DRAM highlights the inherent limitations of the von Neumann architecture. To address this issue, we propose a PIM architecture based on a 2T DRAM structure. The proposed...

Background: With urban logistics facing challenges such as high delivery volumes and driver shortages, autonomous driving emerges as a promising solution. However, the integration of autonomous vans and robots into existing fulfillment processes and...

The paradigms of Industry 4.0 and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) require functional architectures to deploy and organize hardware and software taking advantage of modern digital technologies in industrial systems. In this sense, a lot of the li...

We discuss the architecture and design of parallel sampling front ends for analog to information (A2I) converters. As a way of example, we detail the design of a custom 0.5 µm CMOS implementation of a mixed signal parallel sampling encoder architectu...

This article discusses the redesign of a towing mobile robot to obtain a modern system for implementing mobile robot control research. Controller architecture issues are presented, and a selected control algorithm is considered in detail. The reconst...

The task context switch operation, the inter-task synchronization and communication mechanisms, as well as the jitter occurred in treating aperiodic events, are crucial factors in implementing real-time operating systems (RTOS). In practice and liter...

Manufacturing enterprises face increasing complexity in managing the complete life cycle of production systems, requiring integration of information from diverse sources to support timely maintenance, diagnostics, and operational decisions. This pape...

The use of global navigation satellite system receivers for navigation still presents many challenges in urban canyon and indoor environments, where satellite availability is typically reduced and received signals are attenuated. To improve the navig...

In this paper, we propose a new hardware algorithm for an integer based discrete cosine transform (IntDCT) that was designed to allow an efficient VLSI implementation of the discrete cosine transform using the systolic array architectural paradigm. T...

Blue-green architecture (BGA) describes buildings and open spaces that combine nature-based and technical systems of vegetation and urban water management. This creates positive effects on the urban climate, public health, biodiversity, and water bal...

Time–frequency analysis is critical in studying linear and non-linear signals that exhibit variations across both time and frequency domains. Such analysis not only facilitates the identification of transient events and extraction of key featur...

The Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) model has emerged as a foundational cybersecurity paradigm that eliminates implicit trust and enforces continuous verification across users, devices, and networks. This study presents a systematic literature review o...

This article proposes a Distributed-control Architecture (D-CA) and an operation sequence with start-up strategies for a Digital Signal Processor (DSP)-based Solid-State Transformer (SST). Although various control techniques for SSTs have been report...

This work presents a scalable digit-parallel finite field polynomial multiplier architecture with a digit size of 32 bits for NIST-standardized binary elliptic fields. First, a dedicated digit-parallel architecture is proposed for each binary field r...

Background: Governments increasingly seek whole-system, public-health approaches to prevent serious youth violence. However, there is limited empirical evidence on how such approaches are implemented and sustained in complex, post-conflict settings c...

Geospatial data, especially remote sensing (RS) data, are of significant importance for public services and production activities. Expertise is critical in processing raw data, generating geospatial information, and acquiring domain knowledge and oth...

RISC-V offers a modular technical approach combined with an open, royalty-free instruction set architecture (ISA). However, despite its advantages as a fundamental building block for many embedded systems, the escalating complexity and functional dem...