Kalalas, Charalampos (Date of defense: 2018-07-19)
The next-generation electric power system, known as smart grid, relies on a robust and reliable underlying communication infrastructure to improve the efficiency of electricity distribution. Cellular ...
Forte Véliz, Giuseppe Francesco (Date of defense: 2014-06-26)
Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) is the most common problem for electronic measuring systems. The presence of those electromagnetic waves can harm the measurements taken from very sensitive instruments, ...
Antonopoulos, Angelos (Date of defense: 2012-12-17)
The introduction of third generation (3G) technologies has caused a vast proliferation of wireless devices and networks, generating an increasing demand for high level Quality of Service (QoS). The wide ...
Ntontin, Konstantinos (Date of defense: 2015-11-03)
As the data rate demands of the cellular users increase, together with their number, it is expected that unprecedented capacity demands should be met in wireless networks in the forthcoming years. ...
López Pastor, Eduardo Tommy (Date of defense: 2013-09-12)
This Thesis proposes the design and the optimization of a hybrid WDM/TDM PON at the L1 (PHY) and L2 (MAC) layers, in terms of minimum deployment cost and enhanced performance for Greenfield NGPON. The ...
Bousia, Alexandra (Date of defense: 2016-02-18)
The rapid expansion of mobile services and the emerging demand for multimedia applications have led to an impressive traffic growth. To this end, Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) seek to extend their ...
Niotaki, Kyriaki (Date of defense: 2014-12-15)
In the future communication systems, it is of key importance that the transceivers are capable of operating in multiple frequency bands and with complex signals. In this context, the power amplifier is ...
Bouali, Faouzi (Date of defense: 2013-09-06)
To overcome the current under-utilization of spectrum resources, the CR (Cognitive Radio) paradigm has gained an increasing interest to perform the so-called Dynamic Spectrum Access (DSA). In this ...
Moragrega Estrany, Anna (Date of defense: 2016-02-04)
In Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN), the ability of sensor nodes to know its position is an enabler for a wide variety of applications for monitoring, control, and automation. Often, sensor data is ...
Kumar, Dhiraj (Date of defense: 2012-07-16)
The increasing need for range-resolved aerosol and water-vapour atmospheric observation networks worldwide has given rise to multi-spectral LIDARs (Light Detection and Ranging, a synonym of laser radar) ...