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  • Computer Networks EN 2023

    e-Learning Courses
    • M. Hoeft
    • J. Woźniak
    • J. Grochowski
    • K. Gierłowski

    The student becomes familiar with the network layered logical architectures, classifies the basic problems of network communication and identifies and analyzes selected protocols and mechanisms of LAN and WAN (IP) networks.

  • Communication Networks in the Service of the Environmental Monitoring

    In the paper selected issues relating to communication networks in the services of the environmental monitoring (EM) have been described. It is divided into three main parts: introduction, wire and wireless networks. At the beginning of the basic definitions were explained. The wire part focuses on a plain old telephone service (POTS), an integrated services digital network (ISDN), a digital subscriber line (DSL) and a fiber-optic...

  • Wireless Systems of Threats Monitoring

    The concept of wireless system of threats monitoring with self-organizing network of multipurpose data transfer nodes are presented. Two practical applications of this system are also presented. The first of these is the Global Wireless Monitoring System for Containers, and the second is the Mobile Monitoring System for Gas Air Pollution Measurements. Presented practical applications of the wireless threats monitoring system is...

  • Resilient Routing in Communication Networks

    Publication

    - Year 2015

    This important text/reference addresses the latest issues in end-to-end resilient routing in communication networks. The work highlights the main causes of failures of network nodes and links, and presents an overview of resilient routing mechanisms, covering issues related to the Future Internet (FI), wireless mesh networks (WMNs), and vehicular ad-hoc networks (VANETs). For each of these network architectures, a selection of...

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  • Wireless paging system

    Assistance to patients at hospitals and nursing homesoften encounters problems related to obtaining information onthe current needs of the patient. Traditionally, patient informshospital stuff by wire and wireless paging systems. WirelessPaging Systems allow one to overcome the limitations of theirwire counterparts, which include high installation costs (cabling)and lack of patient mobility. The main difference betweenpresented...

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  • Wireless systems of threats monitoring

    The concept of wireless system of threats monitoring with self-organizing network of multipurpose data transfer nodes are presented. Two practical applications of this system are also presented. The first of these is the Global Wireless Monitoring System for Containers, and the second is the Mobile Monitoring System for Gas Air Pollution Measurements.

  • Wireless systems of threats monitoring

    The concept of wireless system of threats monitoring with self-organizing network of multipurpose data transfer nodes are presented. Two practical applications of this system are also presented. The first of these is the Global Wireless Monitoring System for Containers, and the second is the Mobile Monitoring System for Gas Air Pollution Measurements.

  • Wireless Systems of Threats Monitoring

    Concept of wireless system of threats monitoring with self-organizing network of multipurpose data transfer nodes are presented. Two practical applications of this system are also presented. The first of these is the Global Wireless Monitoring System for Containers and the second is the Mobile Monitoring System for Gas Air Pollution Measurements.

  • Modelling of wastewater treatment plant for monitoring and control purposes by state - space wavelet networks

    Publication

    Most of industrial processes are nonlinear, not stationary, and dynamical with at least few different time scales in their internal dynamics and hardly measured states. A biological wastewater treatment plant falls into this category. The paper considers modelling such processes for monitorning and control purposes by using State - Space Wavelet Neural Networks (SSWN). The modelling method is illustrated based on bioreactors of...

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  • Sensor Position Estimation Method for IoT Using Mobile Reference Node

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    The paper proposes an innovative method of locating objects for the Internet of Things (IoT). The proposed method allows the position of a fixed measuring sensor (MS) to be estimated using one mobile base station with a known position moving around the MS. The mathematical analysis of the method, and three algorithms — Newton’s (NA), gradient descent (GD) and genetic (GA) — for solving the system of non-linear positional equations...

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  • Design of Microwave-Based Angular Displacement Sensor

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    This letter presents a novel microwave-based rotation sensor having a wide dynamic range to detect and measure the angular displacement in terms of the change in resonant frequency. The proposed sensor is based on the microstrip technology, where a rotor comprised of a complementary splitring resonator (CSRR) placed on the ground plane of the microstrip line is free to rotate around its axis. The mechanical rotation of CSRR determines...

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  • Next generation ITS implementation aspects in 5G wireless communication network

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    - Year 2017

    In the paper the study of Intelligent Transportation systems implementation in the 5G wireless communication network is presented. Firstly, small-cell concept in Ultra Dense Heterogeneous network was analyzed. Secondly, the 5G network requirements were presented which are important from the point of view of transportation systems development. Next, the study on the 5G network architectures proposals dedicated to the ITS systems...

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  • Cross-layer mDNS/ARP integration for IEEE 802.11s Wireless mesh Network

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    - Year 2016

    Popularization of mobile computing devices created a need for robust, efficient and ubiquitous methods of communication and network access. At the same time, evolution and standardization of Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) technologies made them an attractive solution for building of complex network systems. Moreover, growing maturity of WLAN standards such as IEEE 802.11 allows for introduction of WLAN architectures other than...

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  • Element sensor based on microplasma generators

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    - Sensor Review - Year 2020

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  • Modeling the Networks - ed. 2021/2022

    e-Learning Courses

    The goal of this course is to present optimization problems for road networks, where the road network is a set of n distinct lines, or n distinct (open or closed) line segments, in the plane, such that their union is a connected region.

  • Traffic Remapping Attacks in Ad Hoc Networks

    Publication

    - IEEE COMMUNICATIONS MAGAZINE - Year 2018

    Ad hoc networks rely on the mutual cooperation of stations. As such, they are susceptible to selfish attacks that abuse network mechanisms. Class-based QoS provisioning mechanisms, such as the EDCA function of IEEE 802.11, are particularly prone to traffic remapping attacks, which may bring an attacker better QoS without exposing it to easy detection. Such attacks have been studied in wireless LANs, whereas their impact in multihop...

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  • Enhancing Resilience of FSO Networks to Adverse Weather Conditions

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    - IEEE Access - Year 2021

    Optical wireless networks realized by means of gigabit optical wireless communication (OWC) systems are becoming, in a variety of applications, an important alternative, or a complementary solution, to their fiber-based counterparts. However, performance of the OWC systems can be considerably degraded in periods of unfavorable weather conditions, such as heavy fog, which temporarily reduce the effective capacity of the network....

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  • Self-Organizing Wireless Nodes Monitoring Network

    The concept of data monitoring system and self-organizing network of multipurpose data transfer nodes are presented. Two practical applications of this system are also presented. The first of these is the wireless monitoring system for containers, and the second is the mobile monitoring system for gas air pollution measurements.

  • NetBaltic System-Heterogenous Wireless Network for Maritime Communications

    In case of maritime communications, we observe a growing interest in deployment of multitask satellite-based solutions and development of new maritime-specific systems intended for improvements in safety of e-navigation. Analysis of different types of currently used maritime communication systems leads, however, to a conclusion that neither global and still very expensive satellite systems nor cheaper, but short-ranged transmission...

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  • MAC contention in a wireless LAN with noncooperative anonymous stations

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    Rozpatruje się model sieci bezprzewodowej wykorzystywanej przez wzajemnie nieprzenikalne grupy stacji anonimowych. Przy ustalonej regule wyłaniania zwycięzcy rywalizacji o dostęp do medium, stacje posiadają swobodę wyboru strategii selekcji szczeliny rywalizacyjnej. Dla szerokiego zbioru możliwych strategii proponuje się metodologię ich oceny i testowania wydajności opartą na pojęciu zbliżonym do ewolucyjnej stabilności.

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  • Reliable routing and resource allocation scheme for hybrid RF/FSO networks

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    - Year 2014

    Significant success of wireless networks in the last decade has changed the paradigms of communication networks design. In particular, the growing interest in wireless mesh networks (WMNs) is observed. WMNs offer an attractive alternative to conventional cable infrastructures, especially in urban areas, where the cost of new installations is almost prohibitive. Unfortunately, the performance of WMNs is often limited by the cluttered...

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  • Influence of vacuum sublimation deposited metal layer thickness on metrological parameters of the amperometric gas sensor with Nafion membrane

    Publication

    - Sensor Letters - Year 2010

    The paper presents the results of investigation on an influence of vacuum sublimation deposited platinum layer thickness on the signal, sensitivity and response time of a prototype of sulphur dioxide sensor with Nafion membrane. The working electrode was made by vacuum sublimation deposition of platinum on a surface of Nafion membrane. Pt layers deposited changed an initial structure of Nafion membrane and that phenomenon was utilized...

  • RF Indoor Positioning System Supported by Wireless Computer Vision Sensors

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    In this paper the possibility of increase the accuracy of RF fingerprinting indoor tracking system by the use of additional information from simple vision system is examined. As the distances in signal space differs from ones in real environment the ambiguity in decision process of fingerprinting algorithm can occur when set of closest distances between tag and map points in signal space corresponds to big distances differences...

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  • Hydrogen sulphide electrocatalytic gas sensor

    In this article measurement results of the electrocatalytic gas sensor in different concentrations of hydrogen sulphide are presented. Working principle of such sensor is based on electric current acquisition, while voltage ramp is applied to the sensor. During voltage sweep oxidation and reduction reactions occurs on the sensor electrodes. Obtained current-voltage plot has unique shape connected...

  • Interworking and Cross-layer Service Discovery Extensions for IEEEE802.11s Wireless Mesh Standard

    With the rapid popularization of mobile end-user electronic devices wireless network technologies begin to play a crucial role as networks access technologies. While classic point-to-multipoint wireless access systems, based on fixed infrastructure of base stations providing access to clients, remain the main most popular solution, an increasing attention is devoted to wireless mesh systems, where each connecting client can extend...

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  • A compact smart sensor based on a neural classifier for objects modeled by Beaunier's model

    A new solution of a smart microcontroller sensor based on a simple direct sensor-microcontroller interface for technical objects modeled by two-terminal networks and by the Beaunier’s model of anticorrosion coating is proposed. The tested object is stimulated by a square pulse and its time voltage response is sampled four times by the internal ADC of microcontroller. A neural classifier based on measurement data classifies the...

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  • Influence of Humidity on Parameters of Amperometric Sensor with Nafion Membrane

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    Przedstawiono wyniki badań wpływu umiarkowanych i wysokich wilgotności powietrza na sygnał, czułość i czas odpowiedzi prototypowego czujnika ditlenku siarki ze złotą elektrodą pracującą, próżniowo napyloną na powierzchnię membrany nafionowej. Zaprezentowano także wyniki badań impedancyjnych w zakresie potencjałów, w którym mechanizm utleniania ditlenku siarki jest kontrolowany aktywacyjnie i dyfuzyjnie. Parametry odpowiadające...

  • Embedded device for indoor positioning of mobile terminals in ISM 2.4 GHz frequency band integrated with ESPAR antenna

    Publication
    • T. Dryjański

    - Year 2018

    In the era of multifunctional mobile phones, wireless positioning is one of the most important branches of telecommunications development. This functionality is possible thanks to global positioning systems such as GPS, whose services are available to every average user. Global systems, however, suffer from their low accuracy in confined environments such as forests and building interiors. A popular...

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  • Electrocatalytic Gas Sensor with Reference Layer

    This paper presents studies of gas sensors prepared in ceramic technology with Nasicon as a solid electrolyte. Sensors work in the voltammetric mode thus based on the excitation of a sensor with a periodic potential signal while current response is recorded. The main aim is to investigate a Bi8Nb2O17 reference layer influence on sensor properties. Sensors I-V characteristics in different concentration of nitrogen dioxide have been...

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  • Wireless Network Selection: A Population Dynamics Approach

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    - Year 2011

    W artykule rozpatruje się środowisko wireless multihoming, gdzie terminal bezprzewodowy może w każdej chwili połączyć się z jedną z wielu dostępnych sieci bezprzewodowych. Zwrócono uwagę na rolę informacji zwrotnej z sieci powiadamiającej terminal o bieżącym stanie sieci. Zaproponowano trzy dynamiczne modele wyboru sieci, różniące się dostępem terminala do informacji zwrotnej dotyczących sieci, z którą nie jest aktualnie połączony.

  • Wireless Body Area Network for Preventing Self-Inoculation Transmission of Respiratory Viral Diseases

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    - SENSORS - Year 2023

    This paper proposes an idea of Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs) based on Bluetooth Low-Energy (BLE) standards to recognize and alarm a gesture of touching the face, and in effect, to prevent self-inoculation of respiratory viral diseases, such as COVID-19 or influenza A, B, or C. The proposed network comprises wireless modules placed in bracelets and a necklace. It relies on the received signal strength indicator (RSSI) measurements...

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  • Electrocatalytic gas sensor with reference layer

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    In recent years electrochemical gas sensors based on solid state electrolytes have been intensively developed. They are easy to obtain, use and relative durable. Nasicon is one of the most promising materials, which have been used in construction of gas sensors. Most of these devices work in potentiometric or amperometric mode. However, some works are dedicated to sensors working in electrocatalytic mode. Principle of operation...

  • Mobile wireless measurement system for potatoes storage management

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    The paper discusses the idea and the design of a remote control system for a storage management of agricultural products which temperature may rise in a result of biological processes during the storage. Exemplary potatoes storehouse is discussed as an application of the automation system. Because of existing buildings and infrastructure in the farm, wireless data transfer system has been proposed for both sensors to data acquisition...

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  • Wireless Local Area Network Technologies as Communication Solutions for Unmanned Surface Vehicles

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    As the number of research activities and practical deployments of unmanned vehicles has shown a rapid growth, topics related to their communication with operator and external infrastructure became of high importance. As a result a trend of employing IP communication for this purpose is emerging and can be expected to bring significant advantages. However, its employment can be expected to be most effective using broadband communication...

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  • Service and Path Discovery Extensions for Self-forming IEEE 802.11s Wireless Mesh Systems

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    - Year 2012

    With the rapid growth of the quantity and capabilities of end-user electronic devices, both stationary and mobile, they are employed in increasing number of applications. In this situation, wireless network technologies begin to play a crucial role as networks access technologies, as cable-based solutions tend to be of limited utility in case of easily portable or mobile devices. Resulting development of wireless technologies reached...

  • A framework for detection of selfishness in multihop mobile ad hoc networks

    The paper discusses the need for a fully-distributed selfishness detection mechanism dedicated for multihop wireless ad hoc networks which nodes may exhibit selfish forwarding behaviour. The main contribution of this paper is an introduction to a novel approach for detecting and coping with the selfish nodes. Paper describes a new framework based on Dempster-Shafer Theory called Dempster-Shafer Theory-based Selfishness Detection...

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  • Simple and low-cost wireless voting system

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    This paper presents the concept of a simple and low-cost wireless voting system working on the 868 MHz frequency band. Described system is dedicated to general shareholders assemblies but it can be easily adapted for other applications. The main advantage is its simplicity and mobility as it consists solely of three components - voting modules, base station and a PC application from which the whole system is managed. This architecture...

  • Simple and low-cost wireless voting system

    This paper presents the concept of a simple and low-cost wireless voting system working in the 868 MHz frequency band. The described system is dedicated to general shareholders assemblies but it can be easily adapted for other applications. The main advantage is its simplicity and mobility as it consists solely of three components - voting modules, a base station and a PC application from which the whole system is mamaged. This...

  • Polypyrrole based gas sensor for ammonia detection

    The nature of polypyrrole response to toxic gases does not allow using the sensor in a conventional way. The main aim of this study is to acquire the information about the concentration using different approaches: a linear approximation, a non-linear approximation and a tangent method. In this paper a two-steps procedure for sensor response measurements has been utilized. Polypyrrole films were electrochemically synthesized on...

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  • On a design of a torque sensor for the iCub humanoid robot

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    - Year 2012

    The paper presents the evaluation process of a first version of the one axis torque sensor designed for the iCub humanoid robot. Newly designed strain gauges equipped sensor was found to show a significant readouts hysteresis, therefore several tests were run to define the reason of the hysteresis. Some of the design issues met while testing the new sensor are discussed including the screws connection and relative rigidity of the...

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  • The dataset of coupling coefficients for rotating receiver of multicoil dynamic wireless power transfer system

    Open Research Data

    The provided dataset is part of the simulation results shown in related journal paper "Optimal Rotating Receiver Angles Estimation for Multicoil Dynamic Wireless Power Transfer".

  • Neural networks and deep learning

    Publication

    - Year 2022

    In this chapter we will provide the general and fundamental background related to Neural Networks and Deep Learning techniques. Specifically, we divide the fundamentals of deep learning in three parts, the first one introduces Deep Feed Forward Networks and the main training algorithms in the context of optimization. The second part covers Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) and discusses their main advantages and shortcomings...

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  • Sensor Review

    Journals

    ISSN: 0260-2288 , eISSN: 1758-6828

  • Investigation of electrocatalytic gas sensor properties in presence of chlorine

    Properties of sensor based on Nasicon with two round shaped platinum electrodes are investigated. Influence of different chlorine concentrations on the sensor response is presented. Measurements in different temperatures have been performed in order to determine optimal sensor working temperature.

  • Discouraging Traffic Remapping Attacks in Local Ad Hoc Networks

    Publication

    Quality of Service (QoS) is usually provided in ad hoc networks using a class-based approach which, without dedicated security measures in place, paves the way to various abuses by selfish stations. Such actions include traffic remapping attacks (TRAs), which consist in claiming a higher traffic priority, i.e., false designation of the intrinsic traffic class so that it can be mapped onto a higher-priority class. In practice, TRAs...

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  • A Development of a Capacitive Voltage Divider for High Voltage Measurement as Part of a Combined Current and Voltage Sensor

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    - Elektronika Ir Elektrotechnika - Year 2020

    This article deals with the development of capacitive voltage divider for high voltage measurements and presents a method of analysis and optimization of its parameters. This divider is a part of a combined voltage and current sensor for measurements in high voltage power networks. The sensor allows continuous monitoring of the network distribution status and performs a quick diagnosis and location of possible network failures....

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  • Application of wireless communication to small WECS with induction generator

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    - Year 2010

    Wind energy conversion systems (WECS) seem to be self-evident elements of the future smart grids. Among many generator types the squirrel cage induction generator (SCIG) characterizes robustness and low cost. A full-scale power converter can perform smooth grid connection over wide speed range of multiple-stage geared SCIG. Increasing number of sensors can improve the WECS control and diagnostics but increasing number of thin wires...

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  • Influence of operation temperature instability on gas sensor performance

    Publication

    - Year 2017

    Gas sensors based on the semiconducting metal-oxides, such as SnO2, have been found to be very useful for detecting a wide range of gases. The reversible interactions of the gas with the surface of the sensing layer made of semiconducting metal-oxides are responsible for changes of sensor resistance which is usually used as a measure of sensor response. Semiconductor gas sensors are commercially available and applied in numerous...

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  • Investigation of electrocatalytic gas sensor properties in presence of chlorine

    In this paper performance of an electrocatalytic sensor in presence of chlorine is investigated. Presented studies concern sensor prepared in ceramic technology based on NASICON as a solid electrolyte with two round shaped platinum electrodes. Measurements in different temperatures have been performed in order to determine optimal sensor working temperature.

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  • Disaster Resilience of Optical Networks: State of the Art, Challenges, and Opportunities

    Publication
    • J. Rak
    • R. Girão-Silva
    • T. Gomes
    • G. Ellinas
    • B. Kantarci
    • M. Tornatore

    - Optical Switching and Networking - Year 2021

    For several decades, optical networks, due to their high capacity and long-distance transmission range, have been used as the major communication technology to serve network traffic, especially in the core and metro segments of communication networks. Unfortunately, our society has often experienced how the correct functioning of these critical infrastructures can be substantially hindered by massive failures triggered by natural...

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