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Current Research in Wireless at UNT

Description: This presentation discusses wireless networks, access point selections, traffic balancing, multi-cell CDMA, user distribution modeling, and call admission control.
Date: October 2004
Creator: Akl, Robert G.

WiFi and WCDMA Network Design

Description: This presentation discusses WiFi access point selection and traffic balancing, multi-cell wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA) with multiple classes, user modeling using 2D Gaussian distribution, and intra-cell and inter-cell interference and capacity.
Date: April 2005
Creator: Akl, Robert G.

Self-Configuring Wireless MEMS Network

Description: This presentation discusses miniature, lightweight, self-powered wireless sensors, and networking software needs.
Date: January 2008
Creator: Akl, Robert G.; Kavi, Krishna M. & El Rewini, Hesham

Cell Design to Maximize Capacity in CDMA Networks

Description: This presentation discusses the code division multiple access (CDMA) inter-cell effects, capacity regions, maximizing network capacity, mobility, a call admission control algorithm, and network performance.
Date: April 2002
Creator: Akl, Robert G.

Retention and Recruitment of Women in Computer Engineering

Description: This presentation discusses strategies and goals for recruiting more women to Computer Science and Engineering degree (CSE) programs at the University of North Texas (UNT). It also describes a series of activities aimed at improving retention rates of women students already in our programs. Such recruitment and retention of women is critical to the country's efforts to increase the number of engineering professionals, and is a priority for the CSE Department at UNT.
Date: July 2006
Creator: Akl, Robert G. & Garlick, Ryan

CDMA Network Design

Description: This presentation gives an overview of code-division multiple access (CDMA) and inter-cell effects, network capacities, sensitivity analysis of base station locations, pilot-signal power, and transmission power of the mobiles, and concludes with numerical results.
Date: May 2002
Creator: Akl, Robert G.

Subscriber Maximization in CDMA Cellular Networks

Description: This presentation gives an overview of code division multiple access (CDMA), traffic and mobility models, subscriber optimization formulation, and numerical results.
Date: August 2004
Creator: Akl, Robert G.

Research, Teaching, and Outreach

Description: This presentation discusses research in sensor network routing, WiFi network optimization, 3G cellular call admission, and the outreach and resources needed.
Date: December 9, 2005
Creator: Akl, Robert G.

Robocamp: Encouraging Young Women to Embrace STEM

Description: This presentation discusses Robocamp, a special summer camp that was created by the University of North Texas (UNT) Computer Science and Engineering department. Robocamp successfully promotes engineering among high school women.
Date: February 2009
Creator: Akl, Robert G.; Keathly, David & Garlick, Ryan

Call Admission Control Scheme for Arbitrary Traffic Distribution in CDMA Cellular Systems

Description: This presentation discusses call admission control (CAC). The authors define a set of feasible call configurations that results in a CAC algorithm that captures the effect of having an arbitrary traffic distribution and whose complexity scales linearly with the number of cells.
Date: September 2000
Creator: Akl, Robert G.; Hegde, Manju V.; Naraghi-Pour, Mort & Min, Paul S.

Flexible Allocation of Capacity in Multi-Cell CDMA Networks

Description: This presentation discusses flexible allocation of capacity in multi-cell CDMA networks. The effect of reverse power levels on the capacity of a code-division multiple-access (CDMA) cellular network is evaluated.
Date: July 1999
Creator: Akl, Robert G.; Hegde, Manju V.; Naraghi-Pour, Mort & Min, Paul S.

Cell Placement in a CDMA Network

Description: This presentation discusses research on cell placement in a CDMA network. In order to enable iterative cell placement the authors use a computationally efficient iterative process to calculate the inter-cell and intra-cell interferences as a function of pilot-signal power and base station location.
Date: September 1999
Creator: Akl, Robert G.; Hegde, Manju V.; Naraghi-Pour, Mort & Min, Paul S.

CCAP: A Strategic Tool for Managing Capacity of CDMA Networks

Description: This presentation discusses CCAP, a strategic tool for managing capacity of CDMA networks. CCAP is a graphical interactive tool for CDMA that calculates the coverage area, call capacity of a CDMA network, and subscriber network performance to optimize capacity.
Date: 1998
Creator: Akl, Robert G.

Wildlife Monitoring

Description: This presentation discusses research on solar powered wildlife monitoring systems. The goal of the project was to develop an off grid video system using solar power for collecting visual data of the burrowing owl roosting behavior in the West Texas region.
Date: July 28, 2013
Creator: Jones, Raechelle; Meyer, Chelsea; Wolf, Lori; Williams, Jennifer & Acevedo, Miguel F.

2013 Research Experience for Teachers - Robotics

Description: Presentation for the 2013 Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) project. This presentation discusses a research project on robotics involving multi-sensor robotics and potential uses for robotic communication.
Date: 2013
Creator: Freeman, Elizabeth; Bell, Jesse; Namuduri, Kamesh & Costilla, Omar

Rocket Recovery Systems for High Power Model Rocketry

Description: This presentation discusses research on rocket recovery systems for high power model rocketry using Arduino microprocessors with GPS and GSM shields for tracking. This research is part of Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Sensor Education, a National Science Foundation (NSF) funded grant project.
Date: 2013
Creator: Bih, Michael; Gscheidle, Karl H.; Hardy, Debra; Kulle, Gregory; Acevedo, Miguel F.; Kollipara, Naveen et al.

Indoor Air Quality: CO₂ Sensors and Demand Controlled Ventilation

Description: This presentation discusses research on indoor air quality (IAQ) and building a small IAQ control system using Arduino microcontroller board and micro gas sensors (CO2, O3, etc.). This research is part of Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Sensor Education, a National Science Foundation (NSF) funded grant project.
Date: July 28, 2013
Creator: Parsons, David; Jordan, Georgette; Cheggwidden, Dawn; Li, Xinrong; Thompson, Ruthanne & Abraham, Sherin
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