Liao, Ruizhi (Date of defense: 2014-10-06)
IEEE 802.11 based wireless networks, especially the infrastructure based Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) or Wi-Fi networks, are hugely successful, and have become an indispensable part of our life ...
Sanabria-Russo, Luis (Date of defense: 2016-10-21)
Using a deterministic backoff after successful transmissions as a distributed contention mechanism for access to the channel can draw benefits from scheduled operation, like the elimination of simultaneous ...
Cao Minh, Trang (Date of defense: 2014-09-25)
Through advances in sensor, networking, semiconductor and energy storage technologies, Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are increasingly being deployed in many important applications to enable users to ...
Cano Bastidas, Cristina (Date of defense: 2011-03-04)
In the last few years Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) have become an interesting field of research mainly due to the challenges and constraints of their design and the broad range of potential applications ...
Lyamin, Nikita (Date of defense: 2019-01-30)
Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) are aiming to provide innovative services related to different modes of transport and traffic management, and enable various users to be better informed and make ...
Martins Dias, Gabriel (Date of defense: 2016-10-28)
Predictions about the evolution of the Internet of Things (IoT) in the next years are optimistic. The number of interconnected devices will continue to grow exponentially, as well as the amount of ...