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A User Association and Resource Allocation Algorithm for UAV-Assisted Smart Grid [PDF]

open access: yesSensors
Recently, massive intelligent applications have emerged for the smart grid (SG), such as inspection and sensing. To support these applications, there have been high requirements on wireless communication for the SG, especially in remote areas.
Jianwei Wei   +6 more
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Cross-Entropy Method for Content Placement and User Association in Cache-Enabled Coordinated Ultra-Dense Networks [PDF]

open access: yesEntropy, 2019
Due to the high splitting-gain of dense small cells, Ultra-Dense Network (UDN) is regarded as a promising networking technology to achieve high data rate and low latency in 5G mobile communications.
Jia Yu   +5 more
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Optimal User Association Strategy for Large-Scale IoT Sensor Networks with Mobility on Cloud RANs [PDF]

open access: yesSensors, 2019
In networking systems such as cloud radio access networks (C-RAN) where users receive the connection and data service from short-range, light-weight base stations (BSs), users’ mobility has a significant impact on their association with BSs ...
Taewoon Kim, Chanjun Chun, Wooyeol Choi
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Educational content and challenges encountered when training service user representatives as peer researchers in a mixed study on patient experience of hospital safety

open access: yesResearch Involvement and Engagement, 2020
Background and objectives In France, following the passing of a 2002 law, service user representatives (SURs) are part of hospital committees in charge of care quality and safety issues.
O. Gross   +5 more
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User Association and Power Allocation in Multi-Connectivity Enabled Millimeter-Wave Networks With Limited Backhaul

open access: yesIEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, 2023
Millimeter-wave (mmWave) communication has been recognized as a key technology to improve the rate performance of the next-generation wireless networks.
Miaofeng Wang   +5 more
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Value and learning from carer involvement in a cluster randomised controlled trial and process evaluation - Organising Support for Carers of Stroke Survivors (OSCARSS)

open access: yesResearch Involvement and Engagement, 2020
Background Patient, Carer and Public Involvement (PCPI) should be embedded in health care research. Delivering PCPI can be challenging, but even when PCPI is carried out it is rarely reported resulting in lost opportunities for learning.
C. Mitchell   +7 more
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Load Balancing Multi-Player MAB Approaches for RIS-Aided mmWave User Association

open access: yesIEEE Access, 2023
In this paper, multiple reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) boards are deployed to enhance millimeter wave (mmWave) communication in a harsh blockage environment, where mmWave line-of-sight (LoS) link is completely blocked.
Ehab Mahmoud Mohamed   +4 more
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UCAA: User-Centric User Association and Resource Allocation in Fog Computing Networks

open access: yesIEEE Access, 2020
In recent years, with the eruptive popularity of mobile Internet and the emergence of various new IoT applications, fog computing is proposed to shift the cloud computing services towards the edge, making up for its lack of mobility support and high ...
Shiyuan Tong   +4 more
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The Extended Likeability Framework: A Theoretical Framework for and a Practical Case of Designing Likeable Media Applications for Preschoolers

open access: yesAdvances in Human-Computer Interaction, 2008
A theoretical framework and practical case for designing likeable interactive media applications for preschoolers in the home environment are introduced. First, we elaborate on the theoretical framework. We introduce the uses and gratifications paradigm (
Vero vanden Abeele, Bieke Zaman
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Energy Efficient Joint Power Control and User Association Optimization in Massive MIMO Enabled HetNets

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2018
Massive MIMO enabled heterogeneous cellular networks (HetNets) have a wide application prospect in improving end-to-end performance. To increase the performance of energy efficiency (EE), we formulate the joint optimization problem of power control and ...
Liangrui Tang, Hailin Hu, Yanhua He
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