Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'SiPM sensors'

Simulators are important tools for wireless sensor network (sensornet) design and evaluation. However, existing simulators only support evaluations of protocols and software aspects of sensornet design. Thus they cannot accurately capture the significant impacts of various hardware designs on sensornet performance. To fill in the gap, we proposed SUNSHINE, a scalable hardware-software cross-domain simulator for sensornet applications. SUNSHINE is the first sensornet simulator that effectively supports joint evaluation and design of sensor hardware and software performance in a networked context. SUNSHINE captures the performance of network protocols, software and hardware through the integration of two modules: a network simulator TOSSIM [1] and hardware-software simulator P-Sim composed of an instruction-set simulator SimulAVR [2] and a hardware simulator GEZEL [3]. This thesis focuses on the integration of TOSSIM and P-Sim. It discusses the integration design considerations and explains how to address several integration challenges: time conversion, data conversion, and time synchronization. Some experiments are also given to demonstrate SUNSHINEâ s cross-domain simulation capability, showing SUNSHINE's strength by integrating simulators from different domains.
Master of Science

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O crescimento desenfreado da população nos centros urbanos afeta diretamente a provisão de serviços concebidos para suprir às necessidades dos cidadãos. Com isso, academia e na indústria discutem que, grande parte das cidades, não contam com serviços básicos (como transporte, energia elétrica, água, saneamento básico, saúde pública, educação, segurança pública, etc.) devidamente preparados para suportar tamanho crescimento, nem mesmo possuem a infraestrutura necessária para gerenciar suas consequências. Neste cenário se estabelece o conceito de Cidades Inteligentes, empregando Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação (TICs) para solucionar ou minimizar problemas no âmbito urbano ligados à provisão de serviços, processando dados coletados de entidades imersas neste contexto, a fim de que se entenda a dinâmica de funcionamento da cidade, permitindo compreender os problemas, identificar falhas, propor e implementar soluções e melhorias, adequadas à sua realidade, visando melhorar a qualidade de vida dos cidadãos. Dentre os dados coletados para o propósito citado, vindo de sensores instalados no ambiente, de dispositivos móveis, etc., existe uma quantidade significativa de dados pessoais, que podem ser analisados e combinados - divergindo do objetivo inicial - gerando situações que comprometam a privacidade individual. Com as informações geradas a partir deste processo, organizações privadas e públicas podem beneficiar-se, explorando as necessidades dos indivíduos monitorados ao deter mais informação e conhecimento sobre o indivíduo do que ele próprio. Este panorama reflete a forma como nossos dados são predominantemente tratados atualmente, configurando um paradigma centrado em dados, no qual o indivíduo, seus direitos e preferências são mantidos em segundo plano. Considerando esse contexto, este trabalho realiza um estudo sobre propostas de privacidade para diversos domínios inteligentes, entendidos como peças essenciais na composição de Cidades Inteligente, extraindo os requisitos abordados por esses trabalhos, utéis na construção do Go!SIP, um framework de privacidade para Pessoas como Sensores. A implementação dos requisitos selecionados para avaliação fundamentou-se em uma abordagem quantitativa, baseada na hipótese de que essa abordagem facilita a compreensão do indivíduo, deixando-o ciente dos riscos, e menos propenso a expor seus dados pessoais. Para execução da avaliação utilizou-se o formato de Estudo de Caso, através de storytelling e um gamebook interativo, simulando diferentes cenários de exposição de dados em um ambiente urbano. A abordagem quantitativa de implementação dos requisitos mostrou-se favorável à hipótese inicial, repelindo os usuários das situações que requeriam exposição de suas informações pessoais, demonstrando, dentro das restrições estabelecidas, o potencial da proposta.

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This thesis describes the use of the chloride of 3-n-propyl-pyridinium-silsesquioxane polymer (SiPy+Cl-) as an efficient stabilizer for the synthesis of platinum nanoparticles (NPs-Pt). Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) and measurements of dynamic light scattering (DLS) showed good distribution of NPs-Pt (3-40 nm) in the cavities of the SiPy+Cl-. The nanohybrid (Pt-SiPy+Cl-) obtained was used as polycation in the preparation of thin films by the Layer-by-Layer (LbL) technique. In order to investigate the electrocatalytic properties, films were obtained by the alternated deposition of the polyanions poly-2,5-metoxipropiloxisulfonated-phenylenevinylene (PPV-SO3) and acid (polyvinylsulfonic) (PVS) with Pt-SiPy+Cl- polycation in the architectures (PPV/Pt-SiPy+Cl-)n, (Pt-SiPy+Cl-/PPV)n, (PVS/Pt-SiPy+Cl-)n and (Pt-SiPy+Cl-/PVS)n, respectively. The deposition of the films was monitored by UV-Vis spectroscopy, which showed a linear growth in each bilayer deposited. In addition, it was observed by UV-Vis spectra that the deposition sequence initiated by polyanions (PPV-SO3 or PVS) showed higher absorbance, indicating that the architectures (PPV/Pt-SiPy+Cl-)n and (PVS/Pt-SiPy+Cl-)n contain more species of NPs-Pt available on the surface of the films. The presence of polyelectrolytes in the films and the interaction between them were verified by Infrared spectroscopic (FTIR) and Raman. Electrochemical measurements for the detection of DA, with the LbL films from PVS e Pt-SiPy+Cl-, showed that the oxidation currents for the (PVS/Pt-SiPy+Cl-)3 in presence of its interferent the ascorbic acid (AA) were more intense, with a difference between the oxidation potential equal to 550 mV at pH 7. For the films containing PPV-SO3 and Pt-SiPy+Cl- it was found that the presence of PPV-SO3 is crucial to help the NPs-Pt in the process of electron transfer. The (PPV/Pt-SiPy+Cl-)3 LbL film detected simultaneously the DA and the interferents AA and uric acid (UA) (ΔE = 640 mV) with an oxidation potential difference of 90 mV higher than the observed with the (PVS/Pt-SiPy+Cl-)3 LbL film containing PVS (ΔE =550 mV). In addition, the better values of sensitivity (2,7 μmol L-1), detection limit (LD = 3,19 x 10-7 mol L-1), quantification limit ( LQ = 2,07 x 10-6 mol L-1) were observed in the studies with the LbL films (PPV/Pt-SiPy+Cl-)3 instead of PVS. In order to mimic a biological system, the LbL film (PPV/Pt-SiPy+Cl-)3 was selected to DA detection confined into liposomes from dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine (DPPC). This film provided a difference of oxidation potential of 350 mV of the encapsulated DA, in the presence of AA and UA interfering. In vitro measurements for the detection of DA in striatal rat brain were performed successfully with drop-coated film of polyelectrolyte PPV and Pt-SiPy+Cl-, immobilized on screen-printed carbon electrode. Besides this analyte, the architectures of LbL films (PPV/Pt-SiPy+Cl-)n and (Pt-SiPy+Cl-/PPV)n were used in the detection of H2O2 and glucose. After immobilization of glucose oxidase (GOx) on the surface of the films, the biosensor (PPV/Pt-SiPy+Cl-)6GOx exhibited sensitivity = 1.17 μmol L-1, LD = 27.4 μmol L-1, LQ = 91.4 μmol L-1 e app m k = 2.64 mmol L-1, values greater than more complex films reported in the literature, demonstrating the importance of NPsPt for these films.
Esta tese descreve o uso do polímero cloreto de 3-n-propil-piridínio-silsesquioxano (SiPy+Cl-) como um eficiente estabilizante para síntese de nanopartículas de platina (NPs-Pt). Imagens de Microscopia Eletrônica de Transmissão e medidas de espalhamento dinâmico de luz indicaram boa distribuição das NPs-Pt (3-40 nm) nas cavidades do SiPy+Cl-. O nanohíbrido Pt-SiPy+Cl- obtido foi utilizado como policátion na preparação de filmes finos pela técnica Layer-by-Layer (LbL). Para investigação das propriedades eletrocatalíticas das NPs-Pt incorporadas ao SiPy+Cl-, obteve-se filmes pela deposição alternada dos poliânions poli-2,5-metoxipropiloxi-sulfonado fenilenovinileno (PPV-SO3) e ácido-polivinilsulfônico (PVS) com o policátion Pt-SiPy+Cl-, nas arquiteturas (PPV/Pt-SiPy+Cl-)n e (Pt-SiPy+Cl-/PPV)n, (PVS/Pt-SiPy+Cl-)n e (Pt-SiPy+Cl-/PVS)n, respectivamente. A deposição nos filmes LbL foi monitorada por espectroscopia de absorção na região do UV-Vis, a qual revelou um crescimento linear dos filmes a cada bicamada depositada. Além disso, nos espectros UV-Vis foi constatado que a sequência de deposição iniciada pelos poliânions (PPV-SO3 ou PVS) apresentou maior absorbância, indicando que nas arquiteturas (PPV/Pt-SiPy+Cl-)n e (PVS/Pt-SiPy+Cl-)n há mais espécies disponíveis de NPs-Pt na superfície dos filmes. A presença dos polieletrólitos nos filmes e a interação entre estes foram constatadas por medidas espectroscópicas de infravermelho (FTIR) e Raman. Nas medidas eletroquímicas para detecção de DA, com os filmes formados por PVS e Pt-SiPy+Cl-, verificou-se que o (PVS/Pt-SiPy+Cl-)3 apresentou correntes de oxidação para a DA mais intensas em meio ao interferente ácido ascórbico (AA), com uma diferença entre os potenciais de oxidação igual a 550 mV, em pH 7. Nos filmes contendo PPV-SO3 e Pt-SiPy+Cl- verificou-se que a presença do PPV-SO3 é fundamental para auxiliar as NPs-Pt no processo de transferência de elétrons. O filme LbL (PPV/Pt-SiPy+Cl-)3 detectou simultaneamente a DA em meio aos interferentes AA e ácido úrico (AU) (ΔE = 640 mV), com uma diferença de potenciais de oxidação 90 mV maior do que a observada com o filme contendo PVS (550 mV). Além disto, melhores valores de sensibilidade (2,7 μmol L-1), limite de detecção (LD = 3,19 x 10-7 mol L-1) e limite de quantificação (LQ = 2,07 x 10-6 mol L-1) foram observados nos estudos com o filme LbL (PPV/Pt-SiPy+Cl-)3 em relação ao PVS. A fim de mimetizar um sistema biológico, escolheu-se o filme LbL (PPV/Pt-SiPy+Cl-)3 para detecção de DA confinada nos lipossomos de dipalmitoilfosfatidil colina (DPPC). Este filme possibilitou uma diferença de potencial de oxidação de 350 mV da DA encapsulada, na presença dos interferentes AA e AU. A partir desta constatação, medidas in vitro para a detecção de DA em estriados cerebrais de ratos foram realizadas com sucesso com o filme drop-coated dos polieletrólitos PPV e Pt-SiPy+Cl-, imobilizados sobre eletrodo de carbono impresso. Além deste analito, as arquiteturas dos filmes LbL (PPV/Pt-SiPy+Cl-)n e (Pt-SiPy+Cl-/PPV)n foram utilizadas na detecção de H2O2 e glicose. Após imobilização de glicose oxidase (GOx) na superfície dos filmes, o biossensor (PPV/Pt-SiPy+Cl-)6GOx exibiu sensibilidade = 1,17 μmol L-1, LD = 27,4 μmol L-1, LQ = 91,4 μmol L-1 e appmk = 2,64 mmol L-1, valores estes superiores a filmes mais complexos relatados na literatura, demonstrando a importância das NPsPt para estes filmes.

Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro Tecnológico. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência da Computação.
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Redes de sensores sem fio (RSSF) são compostas por dispositivos chamados nós sensores, os quais são capazes de monitorar alguns fenômenos do meio ambiente que os rodeia, tais como informações escalares (temperatura, aceleração) ou multimídia (áudio, vídeo), transformando-os em sinais digitais e comunicando-se com outros nós da rede. A fim de padronizar o acesso e o comportamento das diversas plataformas existentes, a família de padrões IEEE 1451 foi desenvolvida. Esta padronização introduz conceitos interessantes, como a divisão do sistema em duas partes principais, NCAP (Network Capable Application Processor) e TIM (Transducer Interface Module), e a definição dos TEDS (Transducer Electronic Data Sheet). Porém, o padrão não trata eficientemente os requisitos das RSSF atuais, tal como a necessidade dos sensores executarem de forma eficiente e energeticamente consciente, permitindo economizar sua energia, fator crítico em grande parte destes dispositivos. Assim, este trabalho apresenta um novo modo de execução chamado TIM-IM (TIM Initiated Message), o qual permite que TIMs reportem seus dados sempre que houver novas leituras sensoriadas, ao invés de aguardar por polling originado pelo NCAP, evitando permanecer com o módulo de comunicação ligado grande parte do tempo. Adicionalmente, o padrão IEEE 1451 limita-se às redes de sensores que captam informações escalares. Assim, a presente dissertação visa, também, a integração de sensores multimídia à norma, apresentando algumas modificações tanto nos TEDS quanto nas mensagens trafegadas entre NCAP e TIM. A fim de permitir o acesso aos sensores através da rede do usuário, foi utilizado o protocolo SIP (Session Initiation Protocol). SIP vem sendo bastante utilizado atualmente junto à tecnologia VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol), sendo responsável por estabelecer, modificar e finalizar uma sessão. Devido ao seu tamanho, torna-se inviável seu uso em muitos sistemas embarcados com restrição de recursos. Logo, este trabalho apresenta uma miniaturização do mesmo, alcançada através da eliminação de algumas requisições e campos de cabeçalho (do inglês header fields). Por fim, é apresentada a integração do protocolo SIP ao IEEE 1451. Para isto, foi utilizado o estabelecimento de sessões, assim como o esquema de notificação de presença presente no SIP e a extensão relativa à transferência de mensagens instantâneas. Assim, com a união de ambas as normas, permite-se que sensores sejam acessados por usuários remotos utilizando SIP phones, através da Internet, independentemente de sua localização física.
Wireless sensor networks (WSN) are formed by devices called sensor nodes capable of monitoring some phenomena around them, such as scalar information (temperature, acceleration) or multimedia (audio, video), transforming them into digital signals and communicating with other nodes. In order to standardize the access and behavior of the various platforms available, the IEEE 1451 standards family was developed. This standardization introduces interesting concepts, such as splitting the system into two major parts, NCAP (Network Capable Application Processor) and TIM (Transducer Interface Module), and the definition of TEDS (Transducer Electronic Data Sheet). However, the standard does not address efficiently the requirements of current WSN, such as the need for sensors perform efficiently and energyconscious, saving its energy, which is critical for most of these devices. This work presents a new execution mode called TIM-IM (TIM Initiated Message), which allows TIMs to report its data whenever there are new sensed readings, rather than wait for polling originated by NCAP, avoiding remain with the communication module connected all the time. Additionally, IEEE 1451 is limited to sensor networks that collect scalar information. Thus, this thesis also aims at the integration of multimedia sensors to the standard, presenting some modifications in TEDS and in the messages sent between NCAP and TIM. In order to allow the access to sensors via user#s network, it was used the SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) protocol. SIP has been widely used today by the VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) technology and it is responsible to establish, modify and terminate a session. Due to its size, its use is not feasible in many resource-constrained embedded systems. Thus, this work presented a miniaturization of the protocol, achieved through the elimination of some requests and header fields. Finally, it was presented the integration of SIP to IEEE 1451. For this, it was used the session establishment, as well as the presence notification scheme of the SIP protocol and the extension for the transfer of instant messages. Thus, with the union of both standards, sensors can be accessed by remote users using SIP phones through the Internet, regardless of their physical location.

O Transtorno do Espectro Autista (TEA) inclui em seu diagnóstico diversos sintomas, apresentando uma ampla variedade nos níveis de desenvolvimento e funcionamento. Embora não central ao diagnóstico, diversos pesquisadores têm associado déficits motores e dispraxia a esse diagnóstico. Além disso, tem-se associado prejuízos funcionais decorrentes da dispraxia em crianças com TEA. Na literatura são poucos os estudos que avaliam dispraxia em crianças com TEA, nenhum destes estudos no Brasil. Assim, nosso objetivo foi verificar se as crianças com TEA apresentam um perfil de dispraxia característico. Para isso realizamos coleta com 03 grupos distintos, cada um composto por 30 crianças, foram eles: TEA (G-TEA) nível 1, Síndrome de Down (G-SD) e controle (G-C). Para avaliação da praxia, optamos pelo teste Sensory Integration and Praxis Test (SIPT), que avalia diversas funções de praxia e já foi utilizado em estudos com a população alvo de nosso estudo. Além disso, utilizamos a Escala de Comportamento Adaptativo Vineland (para verificar o nível adaptativo dos indivíduos participantes), escala de Avaliação de Traços Autísticos (ATA) para sustentação diagnóstica do G-TEA e utilizamos a Escala de Classe Social de Pelotas, para verificar se a classe social teria impacto na amostra. Como resultado, as crianças do G-C apresentaram escores dentro da faixa de normalidade, sendo todos os escores positivos, as crianças do G-TEA apresentaram escores mais baixos do que o G-C, no entanto, apenas em 07 dos 17 testes tiveram prejuízos, com desempenho abaixo do normal, sendo estes testes relacionados à praxia (imitação de posturas, movimentos e oral, além de praxia sem indicação visual), função vestibular (equilíbrio e nistagmo) e, estereognosia. As crianças do G-SD apresentaram desempenho abaixo do normal em todos os testes aplicados, possivelmente isso é decorrente da comorbidade da síndrome com deficiência intelectual. Além disso, encontramos uma diferença significativa maior no escore da Vineland relacionado à Atividade de Vida Cotidiana, ao compararmos crianças com TEA com grupo controle. Estudos corroboram o achado em nossa pesquisa, indicando que, crianças com TEA apresentam dispraxia que parece ser característica deste transtorno. Alguns estudos encontraram que as crianças com TEA apresentam prejuízos nas mesmas áreas dos encontrados por nós. Os profissionais embora defendam a intervenção com essas crianças, têm usado poucas avaliações que justifiquem tais intervenções, dessa forma, acreditamos que é importante o uso de instrumentos para avaliação da praxia em crianças com TEA, visando direcionar o planejamento terapêutico e ganhos funcionais para essas crianças
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) includes in its diagnostic several symptoms, with a wide variety in the levels of development and functioning. Although motor deficits and dyspraxia are not relevant to the diagnosis, several researchers have done this association. In addition, functional impairments due to dyspraxia have been associated in children with ASD. In the literature, there are few studies evaluating dyspraxia in children with ASD none of these studies in Brazil. Our aim was to verify if children with ASD have a characteristic dyspraxia profile. To do this, we performed a collection of three different groups, each composed of 30 children: ASD (G-ASD) level 1, Down Syndrome (G-DS) and control (G-C). In order to evaluate praxis, we decided to use the Sensory Integration and Praxis Test (SIPT), which evaluates several praxis functions and has already been used in studies with the target population of our study. In addition, we used the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale (to verify the adaptive level of the participants), Autistic Trait Scale (ATA) for diagnostic support of G-ASD and used the Pelotas Social Class Scale to verify if social class would have an impact on the sample. As a result, G-C presented scores within the range of normal, and all scores were positive, G-ASD children presented lower scores than GC, however, only in 07 of 17 tests with performance below of the normal, being these tests related to praxis (imitation of postures, movements and oral, besides praxis without visual indication), vestibular function (balance and nystagmus) and stereognosis. The G-DS children presented below-normal performance in all applied tests, possibly due to the comorbidity of the syndrome with intellectual disability. In addition, we found a major significant difference in the Vineland score related to Daily Living Activity, when comparing children with ASD with the control group. Studies corroborate the finding in our study, indicating that children with ASD have dyspraxia that appears to be characteristic of this disorder. Some studies have found that children with ASD has same difficulties that we found. Although practitioners advocate intervention with these children, they have used few evaluations instruments to justify such interventions, so we believe that it is important to use instruments to assess praxis in children with ASD, in order to direct the therapeutic planning and functional gains for these children

As sensing technology develops, it plays an important role in context-aware systems. Using context information improves the user experience of ubiquitous computing. One use of sensed information is to detect a meeting in progress in an office or a conference room. In our system, sensors gather context information from an office environment and act as a presence user agent to update a presence server with context changes. These context changes can be utilized by context-aware services. The presence messaging uses the SIP for Instant Messaging and Presence Leveraging Extensions (SIMPLE) protocol and the presence information is described in eXtensible Makeup Language (XML) format. In this thesis we present a context-sensing component that recognizes meetings in a typical office environment. A context-aware system is able to use this occupancy information to infer that the room is empty, an individual is alone in the room, or a meeting is taking place in the meeting room. Context-aware services might utilize this environmental information to automatically forward a user's incoming calls to their voice mail server. This and other example applications were developed to show the usefulness of this context information.
Så som sensor tekniken utvecklas, spelar de en viktig roll i kontextmedvetna system. Genom att använda kontextuell information förbättras användarupplevelsen av 'ubiquitous computing'. Ett användningsområde för sensorinsamlad information är att upptäcka ett möte som pågår i ett kontor eller konferenslokal. I vårt system samlar sensorer information från en kontorsmiljö och uppdaterar en närvaroserver med kontextuella förändringar. Dessa förändringar kan sedan utnyttjas av kontextmedvetna tjänster. För att förmedla den närvarostatusen använder närvaroservern SIP och ’Presence Leveraging Extensions’ (SIMPLE) protokoll. Närvaro information levereras i 'eXtensible Makeup Language' (XML) format. I denna avhandling presenterar vi en kontextsensorkomponent som känner av möten i en typisk kontorsmiljö. Ett kontextmedvetet system kan använda denna komponent för att dra slutsatsen att lokalen är tom, en person är ensam i lokalen, eller ett möte äger rum i lokalen. Kontextmedvetna tjänster kan utnyttja denna information för att automatiskt vidarebefordra en användares inkommande samtal till deras röstbrevlåda. Detta och andra exempel, har utvecklats för att visa nyttan av denna kontextuella information.

This thesis deals with the issue of wireless sensor networks and communication protocols. Is explained of what the network is composed, what standards are used and in what sectors are most often used. The main scope of work is to introduce with the localization algorithms using in WSN. Algorithms are clearly divided into groups according to the methods used. In work is describes the structure used simulation tools J-Sim, for creating a wireless sensor network. To create network will be then applied different localization algorithms, which must first be implemented in a simulator using Java code. All generated classes and the algorithms are detailed described in the work. Results from simulations are detailed and graphically displays for individual localization algorithms.

Ubiquitous Sensor Network (USN) est un réseau conceptuel construit sur des réseaux physiques existantes. Il se sert des données détectées et fournit des services de connaissances à quiconque, n'importe où et à tout moment, et où l'information est générée en utilisant la sensibilité au contexte. Dispositifs et USN portables intelligents émergent rapidement en offrant de nombreux services fiables facilitant la vie des gens. Ces petits terminaux et terminaux très utiles besoin d'un substrat de communication globale pour fournir un service complet de l'utilisateur final global. En 2010, ITU -T a fourni les exigences pour supporter des applications et services USN dans le Next Generation Network (NGN) de l'environnement d'exploiter les avantages du réseau de base. L'un des principaux marchés prometteurs pour l'application et les services USN est la e- santé. Il fournit le suivi des patients en continu et permet une grande amélioration dans les services médicaux. D'autre part, des Véhicules Ad-hoc NETwork (VANET) est une technologie émergente qui permet une communication intelligente entre les véhicules mobiles. Intégrer VANET avec USN a un grand potentiel pour améliorer la sécurité routière et la fluidité du trafic. La plupart des applications VANET sont appliqués en temps réel et ils sont sensibles à retarder, en particulier ceux liés à la sécurité et à la santé. Dans ce travail, nous proposons d'utiliser l'IP Multimédia Subsystem (IMS) comme une sous- couche de contrôle de service dans l'environnement USN fournir un substrat mondiale pour un service complet de bout en bout. De plus, nous vous proposons d'intégrer VANETs avec USN pour des applications et des installations riches plus, ce qui facilitera la vie des humains. Nous avons commencé à étudier les défis sur la route pour atteindre cet objectif
Ubiquités Sensor Network (USN) is a conceptual network built over existing physical networks. It makes use of sensed data and provides knowledge services to anyone, anywhere and at anytime, and where the information is generated by using context awareness. Smart wearable devices and USNs are emerging rapidly providing many reliable services facilitating people life. Those very useful small end terminals and devices require a global communication substrate to provide a comprehensive global end user service. In 2010, the ITU-T provided the requirements to support USN applications and services in the Next Génération Network (NGN) environment to exploit the advantages of the core network. One of the main promising markets for the USN application and services is the e-Health. It provides continuous patients’ monitoring and enables a great improvement in medical services. On the other hand, Vehicular Ad-Hoc NETwork (VANET) is an emerging technology, which provides intelligent communication between mobile vehicles. Integrating VANET with USN has a great potential to improve road safety and traffic efficiency. Most VANET applications are applied in real time and they are sensitive to delay, especially those related to safety and health. In this work, we propose to use IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) as a service controller sub-layer in the USN environment providing a global substrate for a comprehensive end-to-end service. Moreover, we propose to integrate VANETs with USN for more rich applications and facilities, which will ease the life of humans. We started studying the challenges on the road to achieve this goal

This masters thesis project, "Occupancy Sensor System", was conducted at Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden, during the period 2007-04-24 – 2007-12-17. The goal of the project was to design an occupancy sensor system that determines if there exists more than one person in a defined region. The output of this system is for use in a context-aware system at the KTH Center for Wireless Systems (Wireless@KTH). The system is important because there is a need for specific input to context-aware systems concerning occupancy of spaces and because this thesis has focused on a problem that enables new complex and interesting services. Additionally, the specific problem of determining not only occupancy, but if this occupancy is zero, one, many has not been widely examined previously. The significance of zero occupants indicating an empty room has already been recognized as having economic and environmental value in terms of heating, ventilating, air-conditioning, and lighting. However, there has not been an effort to differentiate between a person being alone or if more than one person is present. A context-aware system might be able to use this later information to infer that a meeting is taking place in a meeting room, a class taking place in a classroom or that an individual is alone in a conference room, class room, etc. Thus enabling context-aware services to change their behavior based upon the differences in these situations. An occupancy sensor system prototype was designed to monitor a boundary by using a thermal detector, gumstix computer, an analog to digital converter prototype board, laptop computer, and a context broker. The testing and evaluation of the system, proved it to be sound. However, there are still further improvements and tests to be made. These improvements include: dynamic configuration of the system, communication between the different system entities, detection algorithms, and code improvements. Tests measuring accuracy of a detection algorithm and determining optimal detector placement need to be performed. The next step is to design applications that use the context information provided from the occupancy sensor system and expand the system to use multiple detectors.
Examensarbetet "Occupancy Sensor System" genomfördes på Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH), Stockholm, Sverige, under perioden 2007-04-24 – 2007-12-17. Målet med examensarbetet var att designa ett sensorsystem, som avgör om ett rum är befolkat med fler än en person i ett definierat område. Resultatet av detta system är till för användning i ett kontextmedvetet system som finns i KTH Center for Wireless Systems (Wireless@KTH). Systemet är viktigt eftersom det finns ett behov för specifik input till kontextmedvetna system som berör befolkning av rum och eftersom detta examensarbete har fokuserat på ett problem som möjliggör nya komplexa och intressanta tjänster. Dessutom har det inte tidigare undersökts i vidare bemärkelse hur man kan avgöra om ett rum befolkats av noll, en eller flera personer. Betydelsen av att ett rum är obefolkat har redan ansetts ha ekonomiskt och miljöbetingat värde vad gäller uppvärming, ventilation, luftkonditionering och belysning. Däremot har det inte gjorts ansträngningar att differentiera mellan att en ensam person eller flera är närvarande. Ett kontextmedvetet system skulle kunna använda den senare nämnda informationen för att dra slutsatsen att ett möte pågår i ett mötesrum, en lektion är igång i ett klassrum o.s.v. Detta möjliggör i sin tur för kontextmedvetna tjänster att ändra på sina beteenden baserat på skillnaderna i dessa situationer. En prototyp utvecklades för att övervaka en gräns genom användningen av en termisk detektor, gumstixdator, analog till digital signalkonverterare, bärbar dator och en context broker (kontextförmedlare). Testningar och utvärderingar av systemet visade att systemet var dugligt. Flera förbättringar och tester behöver dock göras i framtiden. Dessa förbättringar inkluderar: dynamisk konfiguration av systemet, kommunikation mellan de olika systementiteterna, detektionsalgoritmer och kodförbättringar. Återstående tester inkluderar mätning av en detektionsalgoritms tillförlitlighet samt optimal placering av detektorer. Nästa steg är att utveckla applikationer som använder kontextinformationen från systemet samt att utveckla systemet till att kunna använda flera detektorer.

High-performance networking (HPN) is of significance today in order to enable next-generation applications using wired and wireless networks. Some of the examples of HPN include low-latency industrial sensing, monitoring and automation using Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). HPN however requires protocol optimization at many layers of the open system interface (OSI) network model in order to meet the stringent performance constraints of the given applications. Furthermore, these protocols need to be impervious to denial of service (DoS) and distributed DoS (DDoS) attacks. Some of the key performance aspects of HPN are low point-to-point and end-to-end latency, high reliability of transmitted frames and performance predictability under various network load situations. This work focuses on two discrete issues in designing protocols for HPN applications. The first research issue looks at the Medium Access Control (MAC) layer of the OSI network model for designing of MAC protocols that provide low-latency and high reliability for point-to-point communication under a WSN. Existing standards in this area are governed by IEEE 802.15.4 specification which defines protocols for MAC and PHY layers for short-range, low bit-rate, and low-cost wireless networks. However, the IEEE 802.15.4 specification is inefficient in terms of latency and reliability performance and, as a result, is unable to meet the stringent operational requirements as defined by counterpart wired sensor networks. Work presented under current research issue describes new MAC protocols that are able to show low-latency transmission performance under strict timing constants for power limited WSNs. This enhancement of the MAC protocols is named extended GTS (XGTS) contained under extended CFP (ECFP) and is published under the IEEE's 802.15.4e standard. The second research issue focuses on the application layer of the OSI network model to design protocols that enhance the robustness of the text based protocols to various traffic inputs. The purpose of this is to increase the reliability of the given text based application layer protocol under a varied load. Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) is used as a case study and the work aims to build algorithms that ensure that SIP can continue to function under specific traffic conditions, which would otherwise deem the protocol useless due to DoS and DDoS attacks. Proposed algorithms investigate techniques that enhance the robustness of the SIP against parsing attacks without performing a deep parse of the protocol data unit (PDU). The desired effect of this is to reduce the time spent in parsing the SIP messages at a SIP router and as a result increase the number of SIP messages processed per unit time at a SIP router.

An ergonomically designed work environment may decrease work related musculoskeletal disorders, lead to less sick leaves and increase production time for operators and companies all around the world. Volvo Construction Equipment wants to deepen the knowledge and investigate more carefully how operators are actually sitting whilst operating the machines, how this affects placement of controls and furthermore optimize controls placements accordingly. The purpose is to enhance their product development process by suggesting guidelines for control placement with improved ergonomics based on operators’ sitting postures. The goal is to deliver a process which identifies and transfers sitting postures to RAMSIS and uses them for control placement recommendations in the cab and operator environments. Delimitations concerns: physical ergonomics, 80% usability of the resulted process on the machine types, and the level of detail for controls and their placements. Research, analysis, interviews, test driving of machines, video recordings of operators and the ergonomic software RAMSIS has served as base for analysis. The analysis led to (i) the conclusion that sitting postures affect optimal ergonomic placement of controls, though not ISO-standards, (ii) the conclusion that RAMSIS heavy truck postures does not seem to correspond to Volvo CE’s operators’ sitting postures and (iii) and to an advanced engineering project process suitable for all machine types and applicable in the product development process. The result can also be used for other machines than construction equipment. The resulted process consists of three independent sub-processes with step by step explanations and recommendations of; (i) what information that needs to be gathered, (ii) how to identify and transfer sitting postures into RAMSIS, (iii) how to use RAMSIS to create e design aid for recommended control placement. The thesis also contains additional enhancements to Volvo CE’s product development process with focus on ergonomics. A conclusion is that the use of motion capture could not be verified to work for Volvo Construction Equipment, though it was verified that if motion capture works, the process works. Another conclusion is that the suggested body landmarks not could be verified that they are all needed for this purpose except for those needed for control placement. Though they are based on previous sitting posture identification in vehicles and only those that also occur in RAMSIS are recommended, and therefore they can be used. This thesis also questions the most important parameters for interior vehicle design (hip- and eye locations) and suggests that shoulder locations are just as important. The thesis concluded five parameters for control categorization, and added seven categories in addition to those mentioned in the ISO-standards. Other contradictions and loopholes in the ISO-standards were identified, highlighted and discussed. Suggestions for improving the ergonomic analyses in RAMSIS can also be found in this report. More future research mentioned is more details on control placement as well as research regarding sitting postures are suggested. If the resulted process is delimited to concern upper body postures, other methods for posture identification may be used.

Disegno e sviluppo del sottosistema metrologico SPS (Shadow Position Sensor) a bordo della missione ESA PROBA-3 il cui scopo è la dimostrazione delle capacità di volo in formazione di due satelliti che costituiranno, inoltre, un coronografo gigante nello spazio. Design and devopment of the SPS (Shadow Position Sensor) metrology subsystem on board the ESA PROBA-3 mission, whose aim is to demonstrate formation-flying capabilites and to deploy in space a large virtual instrument devoted to Sun corona observations.

碩士
國立成功大學
工程科學系碩博士班
94
The study of this thesis focuses on the design and implementation of an intelligent network telephony communication system for a creative office. We will recommend an integrated system combining ZigBee wireless sensor network and SIP communication system. In this study, a system architecture will be suggested to get information from the sensor network, translate the information to meaningful data, and then control the SIP communication system.

碩士
國立臺北科技大學
通訊與資訊產業研發碩士專班
96
In order to enable the design and development of new wireless sensor network (WSN) protocols and applications, it is necessary to monitor and evaluate the operation of WSN. However, nodes deployment, system maintenance, and data collection tasks of real WSNs are labor-intensive, error-prone and cost-inefficient. Evaluating WSN in simulation is an effective and feasible solution under constrains of hard to actually implement and cost consideration. IEEE 802.15.4 is an international standard which specifies the physical (PHY) and medium access control (MAC) layer for low-rate wireless personal area networks (LR-WPANs) which focuses on short-range, low-data-rate and low-power. It is the basis for the ZigBee specification and generally used in various WSN platforms. J-Sim is a Java-developed network simulation framework with high generality, scalability and extensibility. Additionally, J-Sim supports WSN framework, but lacks the WSN protocol module to improve the reliability of simulation results. In this thesis, an IEEE 802.15.4 protocol module in J-Sim is designed, developed and implemented. This module has completed the functions of beacon mode and nonbeacon mode transmissions, and personal area network management. Finally, a large scale WSN scenario based on the proposed module is built on J-Sim to verify the scalability of simulating a large numer of nodes.

In dieser Arbeit wird ein durch eine passive Matrix angesteuertes Sensorarray vorgestellt. Das Sensorarray besteht aus zwei parallel zueinander angeordneten Leiterplatten mit jeweils vier Leiterbahnen, die als Arbeits- und Gegenelektroden verwendet werden. Die Leiterbahnen kreuzen sich in einem Winkel von 90°, wobei an jedem Kreuzungspunkt ein Sensorelement gebildet wird. Ein selektives Auslesen der Sensorelemente wird durch eine mechanische oder auf Kapillarkräften basierenden Unterteilung des Elektrolyten sowie eine spezielle elektrotechnische Auslesemethode erreicht. Durch die Verwendung einer aus Preußisch Blau bestehenden kombinierten Gegen- und Referenzelektrode können in dem Zwei Elektrodensystem Bedingungen, die denen eines Drei Elektrodensystems sehr nahe kommen, realisiert werden.Mit diesem einfach aufzubauenden Sensorarray konnte die Lücke zwischen den, in der Größe limitierten Sensoren mit Einzeladressierung und den wesentlich aufwändigeren, aber eine hohe Packungsdichte aufweisenden CMOS Sensoren geschlossen werden. Die Funktionalität dieses Sensorarrays wurde anhand von zwei unterschiedlichen Anwendungsbeispielen aus dem Bereich der Kombinatorischen Chemie unter Beweis gestellt.

Title of diploma thesis: Sensory integration and praxis - literature review Summary: The aim of the literature review is summary of academic findings and information from foreign sources about the basic concepts of sensory integration by Dr. A. J Ayres. To describe the mechanism of sensory integration during the physiological development of the child and to discover the possibilities of dysfunction of sensory integration with focusing on Sensory Integration and Praxis Tests (SIPT) by Dr. Ayres. Furthermore, it aims to make an analysis of studies in which was used SIPT to identifying dysfunction of sensory integration and praxis, find the characteristic features and specifics of dysfunctions in children with Asperger's syndrome (AS) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD), with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), with learning disorders, in delinquent - prone individuals and institutionalized children against to control group, compare the results with studies using imaging equipments and evaluate the possibilities to use the information for physiotherapy. Methods: Diploma thesis is compiled from an accessible literary sources as a theoretical work in the form of literature review and it has two parts. In the first part is summarized theoretical background dealing with the basic concepts of...

The astronomical increase in the number of wireless devices such as smart phones in 21th century has revolutionized the way people communicate with one another and share information. The new wireless technologies have also enabled researchers to collect real data about how people move and meet one another in different social settings. Understanding human mobility has many applications in different areas such as traffic planning in cities and public health studies of epidemic diseases. In this thesis, we study the fundamental properties of human contact graphs in order to characterize how people meet one another in different social environments. Understanding human contact patterns in return allows us to propose a cost-effective routing algorithm for spreading information in Delay Tolerant Networks. Furthermore, we propose several contact predictors to predict the unobserved parts of contact graphs when only partial observations are available. Our results show that we are able to infer hidden contacts of real contact traces by exploiting the underlying properties of contact graphs. In the last few years, we have also witnessed an explosion in the number of people who use social media to share information with their friends. In the last part of this thesis, we study the running times of several information spreading algorithms in social networks in order to find the fastest strategy. Fast information spreading has an obvious application in advertising a product to a large number of people in a short amount of time. We prove that a fast information spreading algorithm should efficiently identify communication bottlenecks in order to speed up the running time. Finally, we show that sparsifying large social graphs by exploiting the edge-betweenness centrality measure can also speed up the information spreading rate.
Graduate

Η διπλωματική εργασία διαπραγματεύεται την εφαρμοσιμότητα του peer-to-peer υπολογισμού και τεχνικών στα ασύρματα κινητά ad-hoc δίκτυα και στα δίκτυα αισθητήρων. Παρουσιάζεται μια παραλλαγή ενός νέου P2P πρωτοκόλλου (Energy Level Distributed Tree) που σαν κύρια λειτουργία του έχει την αύξηση του προσδόκιμου λειτουργίας ενός δικτύου αισθητήρων. Επίσης, γίνεται αναφορά στα πιο δημοφιλή εργαλεία προσομοίωσης για P2P πρωτόκολλα δρομολόγησης και παρουσιάζεται ένα νέο εργαλείο, d-p2p-sim, με δυνατότητα προσομοίωσης εκατομμυρίων κόμβων. Τέλος, εξετάζουμε την απόδοση ενός νέου P2P πρωτοκόλλου δρομολόγησης, του Nested Balanced Distributed Tree, που απαντά με βέλτιστο τρόπο ερωτήμα ακριβούς ταιριάσματος και ερωτήματα διαστήματος παρουσιάζοντας παράλληλα δύο νέους αλγορίθμους αναζήτησης για αυτό.
In this master thesis we study the applicability of the peer-to-peer computing and techniques on wireless ad-hoc networks and sensor-nets. We propose a simplified mapping of an optimal P2P protocol (NBDT) onto sensor-nets, the so called Energy Level Distributed Tree (ELDT), which has one main operation: the life expectancy of a sensor-net. Furthermore, are examined the most popular Peer-to-Peer simulators and is presented a new distributed simulator for P2P routing algorithms. The key feature of the proposed simulator is the ability to simulate millions of peers. Finally, is presented a revised version of the NBDT protocol which is hot-spot free and achieves a better load distribution introducing a negligible routing overhead.