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  • Open Access
39 Citations
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30 March 2017

Underwater Sensor Networks (UWSNs) can enable a broad range of applications such as resource monitoring, disaster prevention, and navigation-assistance. Sensor nodes location in UWSNs is an especially relevant topic. Global Positioning System (GPS) i...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances and Challenges in Underwater Sensor Networks)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,756 Views
15 Pages

Synchronization-Free RadChat for Automotive Radar Interference Mitigation

  • Canan Aydogdu,
  • Henk Wymeersch,
  • Olof Eriksson,
  • Hans Herbertsson and
  • Mats Rydström

18 June 2021

Automotive radar interference mitigation is expected to be inherent in all future ADAS and AD vehicles. Joint radar communications is a candidate technology for removing this interference by coordinating radar sensing through communication. Coordinat...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
598 Views
26 Pages

20 July 2026

Accurate underwater acoustic localization is a key enabling capability for autonomous underwater vehicles and underwater drones, which cannot rely on satellite positioning while submerged and therefore depend on acoustic methods to determine their po...

(This article belongs to the Section Unmanned Surface and Underwater Drones)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,731 Views
12 Pages

Picosecond-Level Synchronization over Optical Free Space Link Using White Rabbit

  • Peng Zhang,
  • Dong Hou,
  • Ke Liu,
  • Wenjian Zhou and ,
  • Minghong Li and
  • Lujun Fang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

28 February 2025

White Rabbit (WR) time synchronization has an accuracy up to a sub-nanosecond level. However, the current application scenario of WR is limited to wired transmission links. In this paper, we have proposed a time synchronization technique over a free...

(This article belongs to the Section Microelectronics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3,006 Views
21 Pages

Research on High-Precision Time–Frequency Phase-Synchronization Transmission Technology for Free-Space Optical Communication Systems on Mobile Platforms

  • Fengrui Liu,
  • Ning Sun,
  • Jia Wei,
  • Yingkai Zhao and ,
  • Xingfa Wang,
  • Weijie Zhang and
  • Jianguo Liu
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

This paper proposes a free-space time–frequency phase (TFP)-synchronization transmission architecture based on optoelectronic hybrid technology, addressing the high-precision TFP synchronization and high-speed communication requirements between...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,901 Views
21 Pages

Efficient State Synchronization in Distributed Electrical Grid Systems Using Conflict-Free Replicated Data Types

  • Arsentii Prymushko,
  • Ivan Puchko,
  • Mykola Yaroshynskyi,
  • Dmytro Sinko and ,
  • Hryhoriy Kravtsov and
  • Volodymyr Artemchuk
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

11 January 2025

Modern electrical grids are evolving towards distributed architectures, necessitating efficient and reliable state synchronization mechanisms to maintain structural and functional consistency. This paper investigates the application of conflict-free...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
4,270 Views
18 Pages

A Mobility-Assisted Localization Algorithm for Three-Dimensional Large-Scale UWSNs

  • Junhai Luo,
  • Yang Yang,
  • Zhiyan Wang,
  • Yanping Chen and
  • Man Wu

31 July 2020

As one of the important facilities for marine exploration, as well as environment monitoring, access control, and security, underwater wireless sensor networks (UWSNs) are widely used in related military and civil fields, since the sensor node locali...

(This article belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
790 Views
22 Pages

19 April 2026

The large-scale grid integration of photovoltaic systems, accompanied by extensive power electronic equipment, exacerbates the risk of sub-synchronous oscillation (SSO) and poses a serious threat to the safe and stable operation of modern power syste...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,576 Views
25 Pages

Decentralized Communication-Free Controller for Synchronous Solar-Powered Water Pumping with Emulated Neighbor Sensing

  • Roungsan Chaisricharoen,
  • Wanus Srimaharaj,
  • Punnarumol Temdee,
  • Hamed Yahoui and
  • Nina Bencheva

18 June 2025

Solar-powered pumping systems using series pumps are commonly applied in the delivery of water to remote agricultural regions, particularly in hilly tropical terrain. The synchronization of these pumps typically depends on reliable communication; how...

(This article belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,257 Views
16 Pages

Model Free Predictive Current Control Based on a Grey Wolf Optimizer for Synchronous Reluctance Motors

  • Abdelkader Mahmoudi,
  • Imed Jlassi,
  • Antonio J. Marques Cardoso and
  • Khaled Yahia

13 December 2022

A Model-based predictive current control (MBPCC) has recently become a powerful advanced control technology in industrial drives. However, MBPCC relies on the knowledge of the system model and parameters, being, therefore, very sensitive to parameter...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Digital Control of Power Electronics)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,755 Views
13 Pages

This article presents a robust speed tracking algorithm for a permanent magnet synchronous generator utilized for wind power generation systems, considering the machine parameter and load uncertainties. There are two major contributions: (a) a distur...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Renewable Electric Energy Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
233 Views
20 Pages

20 October 2026

Traditional cascade control structures for surface-mounted permanent magnet synchronous motors (SPMSMs) suffer from strong coupling between the speed and current loops and high sensitivity to parameter variations. To address these issues, this paper...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Design and Control of Electrical Machines)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,826 Views
21 Pages

Design, Modeling, and Model-Free Control of Permanent Magnet-Assisted Synchronous Reluctance Motor for e-Vehicle Applications

  • Songklod Sriprang,
  • Nitchamon Poonnoy,
  • Babak Nahid-Mobarakeh,
  • Noureddine Takorabet and ,
  • Nicu Bizon,
  • Pongsiri Mungporn and
  • Phatiphat Thounthong
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

30 April 2022

This paper describes the model-free control approaches for permanent magnet-assisted (PMa) synchronous reluctance motors (SynRMs) drive. The important improvement of the proposed control technique is the ability to determine the behavior of the state...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Efficiency and Sustainability of the Distributed Renewable Hybrid Power Systems Based on the Energy Internet, Blockchain Technology and Smart Contracts-Volume II)
  • Article
  • Open Access
  • Best Paper Award
57 Citations
3,781 Views
19 Pages

In this work, a dynamic-free adaptive sliding mode control (adaptive-SMC) methodology for the synchronization of a specific class of chaotic delayed fractional-order neural network systems in the presence of input saturation is proposed. By incorpora...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fractional-Order Chaotic System: Control and Synchronization, 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,705 Views
12 Pages

Suppression of Phase Synchronization in Scale-Free Neural Networks Using External Pulsed Current Protocols

  • Bruno Rafael Reichert Boaretto,
  • Roberto C. Budzinski,
  • Thiago L. Prado and
  • Sergio Roberto Lopes

The synchronization of neurons is fundamental for the functioning of the brain since its lack or excess may be related to neurological disorders, such as autism, Parkinson’s and neuropathies such as epilepsy. In this way, the study of synchroni...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Dynamics Days Latin America and the Caribbean 2018)
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
3,831 Views
14 Pages

12 September 2021

Electric vehicle has become the main trend of the development of automobile industry. As a highly symmetrical system, the characteristics of drive motor will have a great impact on the driving comfort. Aiming at the control regulation of permanent ma...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Symmetry in Power Battery Management Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,005 Views
17 Pages

26 December 2024

Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors (PMSMs) are nonlinear, multi-parameter systems that exhibit structural symmetry but are susceptible to parameter variations and external disturbances. These challenges can disrupt the inherent symmetrical character...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Symmetry/Asymmetry in Motor Control, Drives and Power Electronics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,830 Views
25 Pages

The permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) is a critical device that converts kinetic energy into mechanical energy. However, it faces issues such as nonlinearity, time-varying uncertainties, and external disturbances, which may degrade the system...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Permanent Magnet Motors and Driving Control for Electric Vehicles)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,138 Views
23 Pages

From Gamma Coherence to Theta-Phase Synchronization: Task-Dependent Interhemispheric Integration in Boundary-Free Multiple-Object Tracking

  • Yunfang Xu,
  • Xiaoxiao Yang,
  • Zhengye Si,
  • Meiliang Liu and ,
  • Zijin Li,
  • Xinyue Yang and
  • Zhiwen Zhao
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

Background: Multiple-object tracking (MOT) is a cognitively demanding task involving sustained attention and interhemispheric integration. While previous studies have revealed that gamma-band coherence mediates interhemispheric integration in MOT tas...

(This article belongs to the Section Neurotechnology and Neuroimaging)
  • Article
  • Open Access
130 Views
9 Pages

22 October 2026

White Rabbit (WR) is a technology based on fiber-optic networks that enables sub-nanosecond-level time synchronization and deterministic Ethernet data transmission among distributed devices. To investigate the transmission characteristics of WR techn...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Next-Generation Space Laser Communication: Challenges and Opportunities)
  • Article
  • Open Access
667 Views
24 Pages

2 June 2026

To provide a ground-based experimental reference for free-space optical time–frequency synchronization in future space applications, this paper investigates the impact of beam drift and dynamic link-state variations on free-space laser links. A...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Cutting-Edge Developments in Optical Communications, Perception and Computing)
  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
735 Views
33 Pages

12 September 2026

The electrification of ground transport is advancing under a constraint that is as much geopolitical as technical: the rare-earth elements used in high-energy permanent magnets, and especially the heavy-rare-earth additions required for high-coercivi...

(This article belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,649 Views
14 Pages

Although the literature presents promising techniques for the control of integer-order systems, control and synchronizing fractional systems still need further improvement to ensure their robustness and convergence time. This study aims to address th...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Fractional-Order Neural Networks, Volume II)
  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
4,954 Views
16 Pages

Model-Free Predictive Current Control of Synchronous Reluctance Motor Drives for Pump Applications

  • Ismaele Diego De Martin,
  • Dario Pasqualotto,
  • Fabio Tinazzi and
  • Mauro Zigliotto

28 September 2021

Climate changes and the lack of running water across vast territories require the massive use of pumping systems, often powered by solar energy sources. In this context, simple drives with high-efficiency motors can be expected to take hold. It is im...

(This article belongs to the Section Machines Testing and Maintenance)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,600 Views
33 Pages

16 November 2023

Bike-sharing systems suffer from the problem of imbalances in bicycle inventory between areas. In this paper, we investigate the rebalancing problem as it applies to free-floating bike-sharing systems in which the bicycles can be rented and returned...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
160 Views
34 Pages

Topology Data Synchronization Based on Improved CRDTs for Dynamic Multi-UAV Networks

  • Sheng Yu,
  • Cheng Zhu,
  • Lailong Luo,
  • Xianqiang Zhu and ,
  • Yan Li,
  • Liang Wu and
  • Qingquan Feng
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

30 October 2026

Dynamic multi-UAV networks demand seamless topological data synchronization to enable coordination among UAVs in volatile environments with frequent UAV movements, joins and departures, and concurrent updates. Conflict-free replicated data types (CRD...

(This article belongs to the Topic Advanced Technologies and Applications for Unmanned Systems, 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,379 Views
31 Pages

RTOS-Integrated Time Synchronization for Self-Deployable Wireless Sensor Networks

  • Sarah Goossens,
  • Valentijn De Smedt,
  • Lieven De Strycker and
  • Liesbet Van der Perre

29 March 2026

The deployment of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) remains challenging and time consuming due to the manual commissioning, configuration, and maintenance of resource-constrained Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Achieving precise network-wide time syn...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Analysis, Synchronization and Control of Complex IoT and Sensor Networks)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,474 Views
22 Pages

Grid-forming (GFM) converters play a vital role in future power systems due to their ability to independently establish voltage and frequency. However, their interaction with AC circuits may give rise to synchronous oscillations, which pose a threat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
16,734 Views
20 Pages

Acoustic Sensor Planning for Gunshot Location in National Parks: A Pareto Front Approach

  • Francisco Javier González-Castaño,
  • Javier Vales Alonso,
  • Enrique Costa-Montenegro,
  • Pablo López-Matencio and ,
  • Francisco Vicente-Carrasco,
  • Francisco J. Parrado-García,
  • Felipe Gil-Castiñeira and
  • Sergio Costas-Rodríguez
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

26 November 2009

In this paper, we propose a solution for gunshot location in national parks. In Spain there are agencies such as SEPRONA that fight against poaching with considerable success. The DiANa project, which is endorsed by Cabañeros National Park and the SE...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue State-of-the-Art Sensors Technology in Spain)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
5,097 Views
17 Pages

12 September 2017

This study proposes a disturbance observer-based proportional-type DC-link voltage tracking algorithm for permanent magnet synchronous generators (PMSGs). The proposed technique feedbacks the only proportional term of the tracking errors, and it cont...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Emerging Power Electronics Technologies for Power Systems and Machine Drives)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,752 Views
21 Pages

21 June 2025

Conventional model-free control (MFC) is widely used in motor drives due to its simplicity and model independence, yet its performance suffers from imperfect disturbance estimation and input gain mismatch. To address these issues, this paper proposes...

(This article belongs to the Topic Advanced Electrical Machines and Drives Technologies, 2nd Edition)
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,203 Views
9 Pages

10 November 2025

The growing demand for rare-earth-free electric machines, driven by supply shortages and price volatility of rare earth elements, has accelerated research into applying alternative hard magnetic materials. This study investigates the challenging comp...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The Sustainable Mobility and Transportation Symposium 2025)
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
2,126 Views
10 Pages

Ultra-Wide Band (UWB) real-time localization systems usually require either precise and robust synchronization of the anchor transceivers or sufficiently stable clocks for methods referred to as “synchronization-free”. Typically, reasonab...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of European Navigation Conference 2024)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,374 Views
15 Pages

28 March 2023

In a linear compressor, the valve motion significantly affects the thermodynamic efficiency and the compressor’s reliability, especially in oil-free conditions. To better understand the dynamic behavior of the discharge valve, a real-time test...

(This article belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Views
29 Pages

4 November 2026

Broadband acceleration peaks can obscure how a storage rack responds at the excitation frequency. This study examines that distinction through shake-table and free-vibration tests on a full-scale, three-level cold-formed steel rack with restrained ad...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Steel Design: Optimization, Materials, and Integration)
  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
3,817 Views
15 Pages

9 February 2021

This paper proposes a novel model-free super-twisting nonlinear sliding mode control (MFSTNLSMC) strategy with an improved smoothing extended state observer (SESO) for permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) drives. First of all, the improved SESO...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,670 Views
14 Pages

24 September 2023

To remove parameter dependence in existing sensorless control strategies, a parameter-free model predictive current control is proposed for permanent magnet synchronous motor without any position sensor. First, the current variation during one sampli...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Structures, Fault Diagnosis and Tolerant Control of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,854 Views
21 Pages

15 December 2022

Sensorless control based on high-frequency square-wave voltage injection (HFSVI) is one of the most common sensorless control methods for synchronous reluctance motors (SynRMs). However, the injection frequency for SynRMs cannot be too high due to va...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,401 Views
15 Pages

30 May 2024

This article proposes an improved model-free deadbeat predictive current control (MFCC) method for permanent magnet synchronous motors (PMSMs) based on the ultralocal model and H∞ norm. Firstly, the traditional deadbeat predictive current contr...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Analysis and Design of High-Energy-Efficiency Permanent Magnet Machines)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,020 Views
13 Pages

20 November 2025

This paper proposes a super-twisting sliding mode observer-based model-free current controller (ST-MFCC) for permanent-magnet synchronous motor (PMSM). First, the mathematical model of the PMSM is established, and the model dependence of the deadbeat...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Modeling and Control of Power Converters for Power Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
4,190 Views
17 Pages

2 September 2020

In this research, based on the ultra-local model, a novel compound model-free control strategy with an intelligent Proportional-Integral and super-twisting Sliding Mode Control (MFiPISTSMC) strategy for permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) drive...

(This article belongs to the Section Systems & Control Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,062 Views
13 Pages

Cascade-Free Modulated Predictive Direct Speed Control of PMSM Drives

  • Changming Zheng,
  • Jiafeng Yang,
  • Zheng Gong,
  • Ziyu Xiao and
  • Xuanxuan Dong

30 September 2022

Conventional predictive control for permanent magnet synchronous motors (PMSMs) contains dual speed and current loops, and has a complex structure and multiple parameters to be tuned. Conventional predictive direct speed control (PDSC) exhibits an un...

(This article belongs to the Collection Advanced Control and Applications of Power Electronics and Power Converters)
  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
8,127 Views
14 Pages

Experimental Investigation of Coherent Vortex Structures in a Backward-Facing Step Flow

  • Fangfang Wang,
  • Ang Gao,
  • Shiqiang Wu,
  • Senlin Zhu and ,
  • Jiangyu Dai and
  • Qian Liao
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

13 December 2019

Coherent vortex structures (CVS) are discovered for more than half a century, and they are believed to play a significant role in turbulence especially for separated flows. An experimental study is conducted for a pressured backward-facing step flow...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Hydraulics and Hydroinformatics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,448 Views
24 Pages

To solve the problems of low convergence accuracy, slow speed, and common falls into local optima of the Chicken Swarm Optimization Algorithm (CSO), a performance enhancement strategy of the CSO algorithm (PECSO) is proposed with the aim of overcomin...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Bioinspired Algorithms)
  • Article
  • Open Access
341 Views
16 Pages

Broadband Continuous Mode-Hop-Free Tunable Singly Resonant Optical Parametric Oscillator

  • Meng Qi,
  • Ruiyang Li,
  • Yuanji Li,
  • Jinxia Feng and
  • Kuanshou Zhang

20 August 2026

We demonstrate a high-power broadband continuous mode-hop-free (MHF) tunable singly resonant optical parametric oscillator (SRO). To obtain broadband continuous MHF operation, a synchronous etalon-angle locking technique and a feedback-optimized temp...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Perspectives in Laser Nonlinearity: Phenomena, Theory, and Breakthroughs)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,586 Views
26 Pages

An FTC Design via Multiple SOGIs with Suppression of Harmonic Disturbances for Five-Phase PMSG-Based Tidal Current Applications

  • Zhuo Liu,
  • Tianhao Tang,
  • Azeddine Houari,
  • Mohamed Machmoum and
  • Mohamed Fouad Benkhoris

This paper firstly adopts a fault accommodation structure, a five-phase permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG) with trapezoidal back-electromagnetic forces, in order to enhance the fault tolerance of tidal current energy conversion systems. Me...

(This article belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
3,972 Views
16 Pages

30 November 2023

Model predictive control is highly dependent on accurate models and the parameters of electric motor drives. Multiphase permanent magnet synchronous motors (PMSMs) contain nonlinear parameters and mutual cross-coupling dynamics, resulting in challeng...

(This article belongs to the Section Electrical and Autonomous Vehicles)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,617 Views
20 Pages

Model predictive current control (MPCC), owing to its straightforward design and convenient multi-objective optimization, has been widely adopted in applications demanding high dynamic performance. However, the conventional MPCC suffers from poor cur...

(This article belongs to the Section Propulsion Systems and Components)
  • Article
  • Open Access
421 Views
26 Pages

The model predictive current control (MPCC) method has the advantages of a simple structure and fast response. It has been regarded as one of the most effective methods for solving multiphase driving systems. However, mismatches in motor parameters w...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Modeling and Control of Power Converters for Power Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,898 Views
14 Pages

25 January 2018

This study aims to orchestrate a less restrictive learning controller by using the iteration-varying function, the so-called iterative learning controller (ILC), to synchronize two nonlinear systems with free time delay and couple free. The mathemati...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Selected Papers from IEEE ICASI 2017)

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