It is known that a matched filter is optimal for a signal corrupted by Gaussian noise. In a wireless environment, the received signal may be corrupted by Gaussian noise and a variety of other channel disturbances: cochannel interference, multiple access interference, large and small-scale fading, etc. Adaptive filtering is the usual approach to mitigating this channel distortion. Existing adaptive filtering techniques usually attempt to minimize the mean square error (MSE) of some aspect of the received signal, with respect to the desired aspect of that signal. Adaptive minimization of MSE does not always guarantee minimization of bit error rate (BER). The main focus of this research involves estimation of the probability density function (PDF) of the received signal; this PDF estimate is used to adaptively determine a solution that minimizes BER. To this end, a new adaptive procedure called the Minimum BER Estimation (MBE) algorithm has been developed. MBE shows improvement over the Least Mean Squares (LMS) algorithm for most simulations involving interference and in some multipath situations. Furthermore, the new algorithm is more robust than LMS to changes in algorithm parameters such as stepsize and window width. / Master of Science

Emerging Ultra Wideband (UWB) Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) systems hold the promise of delivering wireless data at high speeds, exceeding hundreds of megabits per second over typical distances of 10 meters or less. The purpose of this Thesis is to estimate the timing accuracies required with such systems in order to achieve Bit Error Rates (BER) of the order of magnitude of 10-12 and thereby avoid overloading the correction of irreducible errors due to misaligned timing errors to a small absolute number of bits in error in real-time relative to a data rate of hundreds of megabits per second. Our research approach involves managing bit error rates through identifying maximum timing synchronization errors. Thus, it became our research goal to determine the timing accuracies required to avoid operation of communication systems within the asymptotic region of BER flaring at low BERs in the resultant BER curves. We propose pushing physical layer bit error rates to below 10-12 before using forward error correction (FEC) codes. This way, the maximum reserve is maintained for the FEC hardware to correct for burst as well as recurring bit errors due to corrupt bits caused by other than timing synchronization errors.

A prescription is given to obtain some exact results for certain external potentials �� (r) of the time-independent Gross-Pitaevskii and Schrodinger equations. The study motivation is the ability to program �� (r) experimentally in cold atom Bose-Einstein condensates. Rather than derive wavefunctions that are solutions for a given �� (r), we ask which �� (r) will have a given pdf (probability density function) �� (r). Several examples in 1 dimension (1D), 2 dimensions (2D), and 3 dimensions (3D) are presented for well-known pdfs in the position space. Exact potentials with zero, one and two walls are obtained and explained in detail. Apart from position space, the method is also applicable to obtain exact solutions for the Time-independent Schr¨odinger equation (TISE) and Gross-Pitaevskii equation (GPeq) for pdfs in momentum space. For this, we derived the potentials which are generated from the pdfs of the hydrogen atom in the real space as well as in the momentum space. However, the method was also extended for the time-dependent case. The prescription is also applicable to solve time-dependent pdfs. The aim is to find the ��(r, ��) which generates the pdf ��(r, ��). As a special case, we tested our method by studying the well known case for the Gaussian wave packet in 1D with zero potential ��(��, ��) = 0.

An accurate PDF of irradiance for a FSO channel is important when designing a laser radar, active laser imaging, or a communications system to operate over the channel. Parameters such as detector threshold level, probability of detection, mean fade time, number of fades, BER, and SNR are derived from the PDF and determine the design constraints of the receiver, transmitter, and corresponding electronics. Current PDF models of irradiance, such as the Gamma-Gamma, do not fully capture the effect of aperture averaging; a reduction in scintillation as the diameter of the collecting optic is increased. The Gamma-Gamma PDF of irradiance is an attractive solution because the parameters of the distribution are derived strictly from atmospheric turbulence parameters; propagation path length, Cn2, l0, and L0. This dissertation describes a heuristic physics-based modeling technique to develop a new PDF of irradiance based upon the optical field. The goal of the new PDF is three-fold: capture the physics of the turbulent atmosphere, better describe aperture averaging effects, and relate parameters of the new model to measurable atmospheric parameters. The modeling decomposes the propagating electromagnetic field into a sum of independent random-amplitude spatial plane waves using an approximation to the Karhunen-Loeve expansion. The scattering effects of the turbulence along the propagation path define the random-amplitude of each component of the expansion. The resulting PDF of irradiance is a double finite sum containing a Bessel function. The newly developed PDF is a generalization of the Gamma-Gamma PDF, and reduces to such in the limit. An experiment was setup and performed to measure the PDF of irradiance for several receiver aperture sizes under moderate to strong turbulence conditions. The propagation path was instrumented with scintillometers and anemometers to characterize the turbulence conditions. The newly developed PDF model and the GG model were compared to histograms of the experimental data. The new PDF model was typically able to match the data as well or better than the GG model under conditions of moderate aperture averaging. The GG model fit the data better than the new PDF under conditions of significant aperture averaging. Due to a limiting scintillation index value of 3, the new PDF was not compared to the GG for point apertures under strong turbulence; a regime where the GG is known to fit data well.

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Les mesures de bosons W produits en collisions pPb à une énergie dans le centre de masse de 5,02 TeV sont présentées dans le canal de désintégration muonique. Les données collectées par le détecteur CMS représentent une luminosité intégrée de 34,6 nb-1. Les sections efficaces de production ainsi que plusieurs asymétries sont mesurées en fonction de la pseudo-rapidité du muon, pour des muons ayant tous une impulsion transverse supérieure à 25 GeV/c. Ces observables sont comparées à deux paramétrisations de distributions partoniques (PDF). La première (CT10) ne considère pas de modifications nucléaires sur les PDF et les PDF de noyaux sont donc une superposition de PDF de protons libres. La seconde (EPS09) tient compte de modifications nucléaires. Les mesures obtenues confirment légèrement certaines modifications et une observable en particulier, dévie des deux paramétrisations. Les données pourraient indiquer une dépendance des PDF nucléaires en fonction de la saveur du quark de valence. / Measurements of W bosons produced in pPb collisions at nucleon-nucleon centre-of-mass energy $\sqrt{s\rm{_{NN}}}=5.02$ TeV are presented in the muon plus neutrino decay channel. The data sample of 34.6 nb-1 integrated luminosity was collected by the CMS detector. The W boson differential cross sections, lepton-charge asymmetry and forward/backward asymmetry are computed as a function of the lepton pseudorapidity, for muons of transverse momentum higher than 25 GeV/$c$. These observables are compared to two sets of parton distributions (PDF). One of two assumes nuclear modifications (EPS09) while the other is simply a superposition of free proton PDF CT10). Some of the observables deviate from expectations based on unmodified and currently available nuclear PDF. One in particular slightly deviates from both predictions which may indicates dependence of nuclear PDF as a function of the valence quark flavor.

Ce travail concerne la synthèse et la caractérisation structurale de nanocristaux de faible taille (~1-3 nm) d’oxydes métalliques simples, à savoir le dioxyde de titane (TiO2), le dioxyde d’étain (SnO2) et le monoxyde de zinc (ZnO). Les synthèses ont été réalisées au moyen de méthodes sol-gel non-aqueuses voire strictement non-hydrolytiques sous contrôle cinétique. La caractérisation structurale s’est principalement appuyée sur la diffraction des rayons X, la microscopie électronique en transmission et la méthode des fonctions de distribution de paires atomiques, obtenues grâce à la diffusion totale des rayons X, couplées à des méthodes de modélisation à l’échelle atomique. Dans le cas de TiO2, des nanoparticules d’anatase bien cristallisées de 4 nm à 8 nm ont été synthétisées. Le ratio molaire de donneur d’oxygène par rapport au titane s’est avéré être un paramètre influençant fortement la taille des particules. Nous avons également mis en évidence la formation d’une phase intermédiaire caractérisée par des nanoparticules faiblement cristallisées de très faible taille dont la structure pourrait s’apparenter à une structure brookite désordonnée. Pour SnO2, des nanocristaux présentant une structure rutile ont été obtenus avec des tailles comprises entre 2 nm et 4 nm. Dans le cas de l’utilisation d’un éther, nous avons mis en évidence la formation concomitante d’une phase organique polymérisée et de nanoparticules primaires dont la structure intermédiaire présente de fortes similitudes avec la structure rutile. L’utilisation de solvants possédant une fonction benzyle en présence de tétrachlorure d’étain a conduit à la formation d’eau dans le système. Dans le cas de ZnO, nous avons montré que l’utilisation d’une base organique pour initier la formation du réseau oxyde dans une solution méthanolique d’acétate de zinc en présence d’un agent complexant du zinc permettait d’obtenir des nanoparticules de l’ordre de 1 nm. Même pour les faibles valeurs de taille, les nanoparticules présentent une structure très proche de la wurtzite avec un désordre croissant au niveau du réseau cationique. / The aim of this work was to synthesize small size (~1-3 nm) metal oxide nanocrystals namely titanium dioxide (TiO2), tin dioxide (SnO2) and zinc oxide (ZnO), and to study their structure. Syntheses were conducted via non-aqueous or even strictly non-hydrolytic sol-gel methods under kinetic control. The structural characterization was mainly carried out by X-Ray diffraction methods, transmission electronic microscopy and the study of pair distribution functions, obtained by X Ray total scattering, coupled with atomic scale modelling methods. In the case of TiO2, anatase nanocrystals were obtained with sizes ranging between 4 nm and 8 nm. The molar ratio of the oxygen donor with respect to titanium was shown to be an important parameter to control the nanoparticle size. In peculiar conditions we have been able to isolate an intermediate phase characterized by very small sized and poorly crystallized nanoparticles which the structure can be assimilated to a disordered brookite structure. Concerning SnO2, rutile-type nanocrystals were synthesized with sizes ranging between 2 nm and 4 nm. The use of an ether as oxygen donor led to the simultaneous formation of an organic polymeric phase and of primary nanoparticles characterized by an intermediate structure close but still different from the rutile-type structure. Moreover, the use of benzyl-type solvents in the presence of tin tetrachloride led to the formation of water in the system. Lastly, for ZnO, we have shown that using an organic base to induce the formation of the metal oxide network in a methanolic solution of zinc acetate in the presence of a strong complexing agent of the zinc allowed us to obtain wurtzite nanocrystals of ultrasmall sizes around 1 nm. Even for the smallest sizes, the nanoparticles exhibit a structure very close to that of wurtzite with an increasing disorder of the cationic network.

I dagens byggprocess läggs enormt mycket tid och resurser på hantering av pappersritningar och andra utskrivna dokument som är nödvändiga för att produktion och förvaltning ska fungera. Vid stora projekt kan det handla om tusentals olika ritningar och dokument som ska hanteras och dokumenteras vilket kan vara oerhört omständligt, inte minst när revideringar måste utföras. När ett BIM-projekt utförs idag så tappas en hel del av den information som modellen innehåller till följd av att det ska skrivas ut på en pappersritning, vilket i sin tur gör att mycket av informationen inte kommer till sin rätt. I dagsläget finns ett flertal programvaror med syftet att hantera BIM-modeller och andra dokument rent digitalt i datorn eller i surfplattan. Här har man kommit en bra bit på vägen mot ett ritningsfritt projekt men det finns mycket kvar att arbeta vidare med. Sweco Architects och NCC påbörjade under 2012 ett projekt vid namn ”Det ritningsfria projektet” som till en början delvis gått ut på att kartlägga vilka problem som kan uppkomma vid övergången till ett ritningsfritt projekt. Utifrån författarnas egna funderingar och dessa frågeställningar har examensarbetet formats. Med detta examensarbete vill författarna belysa att det i dagsläget finns ett flertal olika verktyg för hantering av BIM-modeller i byggprocessens olika led även om de inte är fullt utvecklade ännu. Genom att själva testa programmen utifrån given frågeställning kan svagheterna och styrkorna med programvaran kartläggas. Detta är viktigt för att vidare utveckling av programmen och de nya arbetssätt som dessa medför ska kunna ske. Förhoppningsvis leder examensarbetet till vidare arbete mot ett ritningsfritt projekt. / In the building process today, an enormous amount of time and resources are sacrificed to the management of paper drawings and other printed documents, which are all necessary for the production- and management-phases to work. In large projects this could mean thousands of drawings and documents that have to be managed and documented. This can be extremely tedious, especially when revisions need to be made. When BIM-projects are being performed today a lot of the information that the model contains are lost just because it has to be printed as a paper drawing. This makes it redundant to fill the model with that much information in the first place. As of today there are several software programs whose purpose are to handle BIM-models and other documents entirely digitally on the computer or on a tablet device. These software programs have contributed a lot to the movement towards the drawing free project, but there is still a long way to go. In 2012 Sweco Architects and NCC began a project named “Det ritningsfria projektet” which initially passed on to identify the problems faced in the transition to a drawing free project. Based on the author’s own thoughts and these identified problems the thesis has been formed. With this thesis the authors want to highlight that there are a number of tools for managing BIM-models today in the various stages of the building process, even though they all need further development. By testing the software available today based on the given issues the weaknesses and strengths can be highlighted and mapped. This is very important for further work with the software and the new work procedure that the software provides. Hopefully the thesis will lead to further work towards a drawing free project.

ITC/USA 2015 Conference Proceedings / The Fifty-First Annual International Telemetering Conference and Technical Exhibition / October 26-29, 2015 / Bally's Hotel & Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV / Over the past several years DoD imposed constraints on test deliverables, requiring objective measures of test results, i.e., statistically defensible test and evaluation (SDT&E) methods and results. These constraints force the tester to employ statistical hypotheses, analyses and perhaps modeling to assess test results objectively, i.e., based on statistical metrics, probability of confidence and logical inference to supplement rather than rely solely on expertise, which is too subjective. Experts often disagree on interpretation. Numbers, although interpretable, are less variable than opinion. Logic, statistical inference and belief are the bases of testable, repeatable and refutable hypothesis and analyses. In this paper we apply linear regression modeling and analysis of variance (ANOVA) to time-space position information (TSPI) to determine if a telemetry (TM) antenna control unit (ACU) under test (AUT) tracks statistically, thus as efficiently, in C-band while receiving both C- and S-band signals. Together, regression and ANOVA compose a method known as analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). In this, the second of three papers, we use data from a range test, but make no reference to the systems under test, nor to causes of error. The intent is to present examples of tools and techniques useful for SDT&E methodologies in testing.