No Ocidente, o adenocarcinoma gástrico operado com intenção curativa geralmente compromete a serosa. A AJCC considera que o prognóstico em 5 anos dos doentes neste grupo pode variar de mais 70% a menos de 7% devido características anatomopatológicas da doença. Métodos: Foi realizado estudo retrospectivo observacional de 354 pacientes com cânceres gástricos que comprometem a serosa, operados com intenção curativa, no período de janeiro de 1997 a dezembro de 2005, seguidos até dezembro de 2008 no Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Brasil. Foram analisados os dados clínicos, cirúrgicos, anatomopatológicos e padrão de recidiva destes doentes, divididos em 2 grupos: Grupo pT3(A), invasão exclusiva da serosa; e Grupo pT3(B), invasão da serosa mais tecido mesogástrico. Resultados: Nos 354 doentes a média de idade foi de 60 ±12, com predomínio do sexo masculino (58,8%). O grupo pT3(A) 89 (25,1%) casos e o pT3(B) 265 (74,9%). A estimativa global de sobrevida foi de 54%, com média de 69 ±2 meses (95% IC 33,9 a 74,7 meses). Os fatores influenciaram na sobrevida em 5 anos foram: a localização distal do tumor (48%, p<0,04); pT3(A) versus pT3(B) (70% versus 48%, respectivamente, p<0,000); pN3 (12%, p<0,000); invasão angiolinfática (45%, p=0,002); invasão neural (44%, p<0,000). A análise multivariada mostrou o pT3(A/B) (p=0,02) e pN (p<0,000) como fatores prognósticos independentes. A taxa de recidiva global foi de 43,3%, com predomínio peritoneal (19,2%) seguida da hematogênica (11,2%). Nos pT3A ocorreram 25 (28,1%) casos de recidivas versus 125 (47,2%) nos pT3B (p=0,002). Dos 68 casos de recidivas peritoneais, 57 (83%) ocorreram em pT3B (p=0,05). Dos 40 casos de recidivas linfonodais, 30 (75%) ocorreram em pT3B (p=0,8). Dos 39 casos de recidivas hematogênicas, 33 (84%) ocorreram em pT3B (p=0,1). Dos 27 casos de recidivas locorregionais, 25 (92%) ocorreram em pT3B (p=0,01). Conclusão: A invasão direta dos tecidos vizinhos que se dirigem ao estômago é a forma mais frequente de tumores pT3 e determina pior prognóstico. O comprometimento do tecido mesogástrico representa um risco aumentado de linfonodos metastáticos, infiltração angiolinfática ou neural, recidiva peritoneal e locorregional; e necessita de tratamento adjuvante. Sua detecção pode reclassificar o estágio pT3 em 2 subestágios perfeitamente distintos, pT3A e pT3B. / Background: In the West, adenocarcinoma of the stomach resected with curative intent is usually found to involve the serosa. The AJCC says the 5 year survival prognosis for such patients ranges from more than 70% to less than 7% depending on histopathologic characteristics of the tumor. Methods: Prospective observational study of 354 patients with gastric cancers involving the serosa, resected with curative intent, from January 1997 to December 2005, and followed until December 2008 at the National Cancer Institute of Brazil. The cohort was divided into two groups: pT3(A), comprised of patients whose tumor invaded only the serosa; and pT3(B), where the tumor invaded the serosa and the perigastric tissue. Clinical outcomes including recurrence and mortality were measured for the two groups and related to demographic, clinical, surgical, anatomic and histopathologic variables. Results: Mean age was 60 ±12 years; males were 58.8% of the cohort. The pT3(A) group had 89 cases (25.1%), and the pT3(B) group 265 cases (74.9%). The global estimated five year survival was 54%, with a mean survival of 69 ±2 months (95% CI: 33.9 to 74.7 months). Factors that influenced 5 year survival included: distal location of the tumor in the stomach (48%, p<0.04); pT3(A) versus pT3(B) (70% versus 48%, respectively, p<0.000); pN3 (12%, p<0.000); angiolymphatic invasion (45%, p=0.002); neural invasion (44%, p<0.000). Multivariate analysis demonstrated pT3(A/B) (p=0.02) and pN (p<0.000) as independent prognostic factors. The global recurrence rate was 43.3%. Recurrence occurred in 28.1% of the 25 pT3(A) cases versus 47.2% of the 125 pT3B cases (p=0.002). Recurrence was predominantly peritoneal (19.2%) followed by hematogeneous (11.2%).Of the 68 cases of peritoneal recurrence, 57 (83%) occurred in the pT3(B) group (p=0.05). Of the 40 cases of lymph node recurrence, 30 (75%) occurred in the pT3(B) group (p=0.8). Of the 39 cases of hematogenous recurrence, 33 (84%) occurred in the pT3(B) group (p=0.1). Of the 27 cases of loco-regional recurrence, 25 (92%) occurred in the pT3(B) group (p=0.01). Conclusion: The direct invasion of tissues neighboring the stomach is the most frequent presentation of pT3 tumors and determines with worse prognosis.Involvement of the mesogastric tissue is associated with an increased risk of lymph nodes metastases, angiolymphatic or neural infiltration, peritoneal and loco-regional recurrence, and the need for adjuvant treatment.The presence of mesogastric involvement should be used to reclassify stage pT3 in two completely distinct substages, pT3(A) and pT3(B).

INTRODUÇÃO: O mapeamento do linfonodo sentinela (MLNS) é largamente utilizado em pacientes com melanoma cutâneo, câncer de mama e outras neoplasias malignas sólidas com a finalidade de estadiá-las e indicar esvaziamento linfático apenas na presença de metástase. Nos últimos anos aumentou o interesse pelo uso do MLNS em pacientes com carcinoma papilífero de tireoide (CPT) sem metástases linfáticas detectáveis clinicamente (estádio cN0), devido à alta frequência de metástases ocultas nesses pacientes. O MLNS pode evitar o esvaziamento linfático do compartimento central (ECC) em portadores de CPT sem metástase. Mesmo que não se planeje o ECC eletivo, o MLNS pode também ser usado para estadiar adequadamente o pescoço e indicar tratamento posterior com radioiodoterapia em casos com metástase. Esse estudo tem como objetivo verificar: 1) a efetividade da técnica do MLNS nos pacientes com CPT; 2) a acurácia do MLNS em diagnosticar as metástases linfáticas; 3) se o MLNS pode modificar o estadiamento dos pacientes com CPT cN0. MÉTODOS: Trata-se de estudo de acurácia, prospectivo longitudinal de 38 casos consecutivos de CPT clinicamente N0, atendidos em um único centro, no período de 2010 a 2015. Todos foram submetidos à tireoidectomia total, MLNS com radiofármaco e ECC eletivo. Os resultados relativos ao MLNS foram comparados com o exame anatomopatológico do conteúdo do ECC. RESULTADOS: O tempo médio de seguimento dos doentes foi de 36 ± 13 meses. Os LNS foram localizados com maior frequência nos níveis VI e III. O LNS foi detectado em 95% da casuística e os valores de avaliação de testes diagnósticos foram: 1 falso negativo, 95% de sensibilidade, 100% de especificidade, 94% de valor preditivo negativo e 97% de acurácia. O MLNS foi capaz de reestadiar 49% dos pacientes inicialmente N0 para pN positivo. Quanto ao grupo de estadiamento AJCC (que leva em conta a idade), 3% dos pacientes foram reestadiados para estádio III e 18% para estádio IV. CONCLUSÕES: 1) a técnica de MLNS utilizada nos pacientes com CPT foi efetiva em 95% dos procedimentos realizados; 2) a acurácia do MLNS em diagnosticar as metástases linfáticas cervicais foi de 97%; 3) o MLNS re-estadiou os portadores de CPT, classificados clinicamente como N0, para pN positivo em 49% da casuística, e para estádio III e IVa em 21% / INTRODUCTON: Sentinel lymph node mapping (SLNM) is widely perfomed in melanoma, breast cancer and other solid tumors, to adequately stage these diseases. More recently, the interest in SLNM for clinically N0 Papillary Thyroid Cancer (PTC) has increased due to the high rate of occult metastases in these patients, to avoid unnecessary central neck dissection (CND), and its complications. Even if routine elective CND is not planned, SLNM can be used to adequately stage the neck, and to indicate further treatment with radioiodine in cases with neck metastases, for instance. This study aims to evaluate 1) SLNM effectiveness in PTC patients, 2) SLNM accuracy to diagnosis lymph node metastases and 3) if SLNM can upstage cN0 PTC patients. METHODS: This is a prospective longitudinal, diagnostic test accuracy study with 38 consecutive cN0 PTC patients, treated in a single center between 2010 and 2015. Surgical treatment in all cases included total thyroidectomy and elective CND after SLNM. Results of SLNM were compared to CND pathological findings, in order to verify if sentinel lymph node (SLN) predicted the occurrence of PTC occult lymph node metastasis. RESULTS: The mean patients\' follow-up was 36 ± 13 months. 133 SLN were found in the neck, on levels VI and III. The SLN was identified in 95% of the patients with 1 false negative, 95% sensitivity, 94% negative predictive value and 97% accuracy. The SLNM upstaging from cN0 to pN+ was 49%, with 3% stage III and 18% stage IVa. CONCLUSION: 1) SLNM was effective in 95% of procedures, 2) SLNM accuracy was 97%, 3) SLNM upstaging from cN0 to pN+ was 49%, and to stage III and IVa was 21%

Orientadores: Luiz Roberto Lopes, Celso Dario Ramos / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-21T03:53:07Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Alves_JoseRoberto_D.pdf: 4105947 bytes, checksum: af11b64c91070282e755c061d50774e9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012 / Resumo: Introdução - Com os estudos de Gould et al. (1960), Cabanas (1977) e Morton et al. (1992), estabeleceu-se o conceito da pesquisa do linfonodo sentinela. Esse se baseia na teoria de que ao identificar a presença ou ausência de metástase no primeiro linfonodo que recebe a drenagem linfática a partir do tumor (sentinela), poderia representar o estado de acometimento dos outros linfonodos. Isto evitaria a realização desnecessária de linfadenectomias. Com o passar dos anos, foi consagrada para ser aplicada em casos de melanoma e câncer de mama. Nesta última década, tenta-se estender os princípios da utilização da pesquisa de linfonodo sentinela para os cânceres do aparelho digestivo. Entretanto, no caso do estômago, existem algumas dificuldades, como: presença de sistema de drenagem linfática multidirecional, ocorrência de metástases saltatórias e identificação de mais de um linfonodo sentinela por indivíduo. Objetivo - Criar e padronizar um modelo animal para o treinamento de pesquisa de linfonodos sentinelas em estômago. Método - Trinta e dois coelhos, saudáveis, foram submetidos à anestesia exclusivamente intramuscular. Por meio de laparotomia, foi injetado na subserosa da parede anterior do corpo gástrico, 0,1 ml de fitato marcado com tecnécio-99m (0,2 mCi), em seguida pelo mesmo orifício, de 0,2 ml de Azul Patente V® 2,5%. A cavidade abdominal foi avaliada, "in vivo", para pesquisa de suspeitas de linfonodos azuis (corados em azul) e com detector manual de radiação gamma aos 5, 10 e 20 minutos para detecção de suspeitas de linfonodos radioativos (radioatividade identificada superior a 10X o valor apresentado pelo fundo). Após 20 minutos, realizou-se ressecção e exérese total do estômago, baço e suspeitas de linfonodos, para posterior avaliação da radioatividade "ex vivo". A seguir, encaminharam-se as suspeitas de linfonodos para estudo histológico para identificação de tecido linfóide. Resultados - Foram identificados linfonodos em 30 coelhos (93,75%) com média de 2,2 por animal. Das 90 suspeitas de linfonodos detectadas, em 70 casos (77,77%) obteve-se confirmação histológica para tecido linfóide. Dessas, a maioria foi identificada e localizada na região entre o esôfago e o fundo gástrico durante a avaliação "in vivo" aos 5 minutos. Dois coelhos faleceram durante os experimentos (Taxa de mortalidade = 6,25%). Conclusão - O modelo experimental em coelhos para pesquisa de linfonodos sentinelas em estômago por métodos combinados foi factível, de fácil execução e baixa mortalidade, podendo ser usado para treinamento / Abstract: Introduction - The concept of sentinel lymph node was established by the studies of Gould et al. (1960), Cabanas (1977) and Morton et al. (1992). It is based on the theory that, whenever the presence or absence of metastasis is identified in the first lymph node that receives the lymphatic drainage from the tumor (sentinel) the status of involvement of other lymph nodes might be infered. This could avoid the performance of unnecessary lymphadenectomies. Over the years, its use was consecrated by its application in melanoma and breast cancer. In the last decade, attempts have been made to extend the principles of sentinel lymph node investigation to cancers of the digestive tract. In the case of stomach cancer, additional difficulties were found, such as multiple and aberrant lymphatic routes, the occurrence of skip metastasis and the possible identification of more than one sentinel lymph node in the same patient. Aim - To develop and evaluate an animal model for training sentinel lymph node navigation in the stomach. Methods - Thirtytwo healthy rabbits, were prepped and given intramuscular anesthesia. Through a formal laparotomy, they received a subserosal injection of 0.1 ml of phytate labeled with technetium-99m (0.2 mCi) in the anterior wall of the gastric corpus, followed by 0.2 ml of Blue Patent ® V 2.5%, through the same puncture site. Suspicious lymph nodes were searched in-vivo at 5, 10 and 20 minutes, both visually (Blue Patent stained lymph nodes) and with a manual gamma radiation detector (to detect suspected radioactive lymph nodes, displaying radioactivity levels over 10X the value displayed by the background). En-block resection of the stomach, spleen, visible limph nodes and local fat tissue was then performed and the specimen was assessed "ex vivo" for radioactivity. Suspected lymph nodes were sent for histological study to evaluate the presence of lymphoid tissue. Results - Radiolabeled or stained lymph nodes were identified in 30 rabbits (93.75%) with an average of 2.2 specimens per animal; of the 90 suspicious lymph nodes detected, histology confirmed lymphoid tissue in 70 cases (77.77%). Most lymph nodes were identified at the 5-minute in-vivo evaluation and their most common location was found to be in the region between the esophagus and the gastric fundus. Two rabbits died during the procedure resulting in a 6.25% mortality. Conclusion - The rabbit model proved adequate for training in sentinel node navigation in the stomach by combined methods (dye and radiocolloid) being easy to execute and associated with low mortality / Doutorado / Fisiopatologia Cirúrgica / Doutor em Ciências

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Nowadays most communication networks like GSM, WLan or WiMAX are based on pre-existing infrastructure. These infrastructures are complicated, costly and difficult to deploy in very short time. Whereas Wireless Ad Hoc Networks are infrastructure-free self organizing networks which consist of co-operating nodes. These networks are highly desirable for various emerging applications for military and to extend the range and capacity of infrastructure based wireless networks. One critical issue that we face in Ad Hoc Network is the problem of scheduling. Scheduling algorithms in an Ad Hoc Network allows the nodes to share the wireless channel efficiently. But on the other hand, the scheduling algorithm needs to be easily implementable in a distributed fashion with little, if any, coordination between nodes in the network. Spread spectrum technologies allow interference averaging and therefore are employed in Ad Hoc networks. There are two major types of spread spectrum physical layer, which are frequency hopping (FH) spread spectrum and direct sequence (DS) spread spectrum. FH-CDMA divides the bandwidth into M sub channels, the receiver only sees the interference from the transmitter side which is on the same sub channel whereas in DS-CDMA we increase the spreading code M to decrease the signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) requirement. The purpose of research is to study a hybrid spread spectrum based on physical layer, in which the direct sequence signal is also frequency hoped. The DS will reduce the region of dominating interferes, while frequency hopping will be used within this region intelligently and allow the dominating interferes to transmit on different frequencies. First the system bounds on the transmission capacity of the proposed scheme is evaluated, and than a comparative analysis of different multiple access schemes is done with our proposed model with respect to their transmission capacity to evaluate its performance.

This thesis aims to investigate a method and tool for emulation of the General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) core network needed as an environment to test the routing functionality. GPRS is the most widely adopted mobile packet data delivery technology in the world. It utilizes an Intranet Protocol (IP)-based core network and involves significant changes to the way the Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) air interface is structured. It also forms the basis of the future structure of mobile network transmission and switching. The Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN) is the most fundamental node in GPRS. Ericsson produces and manages an increasing number of SGSN nodes in the world. One of main functionalities of SGSN node is to forward IP packets according to the destination address in the IP header on IP core network. In each new release of SGSN, or when implementation or upgrades have been done on routing application on SGSN, design and test engineers at Ericsson need to emulate the IP core network. This must be done with use of many routers to generate huge amounts of data that can simulate the real world IP core network. The major goal of this thesis was to analyze and verifying the use of a suitable and economical solution to emulating IP Core Network of the GPRS system for testing of different functionality of the routing application running in SGSN , instead of building up a physical Core Network with different infrastructure and many routers. The method chosen for emulating the IP core network with many routers, and investigated in the thesis, is based on a Cisco simulator called “Dynamips”, which runs many actual Cisco Internetwork Operating Systems (IOS) with many different models of Cisco products in a virtual environment on Windows or Linux platforms. With this simulator, engineers at Ericsson will be able to use this simulator to emulate IP core network easily and efficiently to accomplish system test cases. A conclusion of this work is that Dynamips could be used to emulate many complicated IP core network scenarios, with many routers to generate huge amounts of data to simulate the real world IP core network. The emulated system fulfils its purpose for testing of the routing application of SGSN regarding different functionality and characteristics. This is done to ensure and verify that SGSN routing application meets its functional and technical requirements, and also helps to find undiscovered errors as well as helps to ensure that the individual components of routing application on SGSN are working correctly.

Cette thèse est consacrée à l'évaluation de la fiabilité d’une caravane de véhicules intelligents avec les principaux objectifs de fournir une méthode pour évaluer et améliorer la sécurité des ITS. Après examen de l'évolution des ITS et DSRC, la fiabilité/qualité de service (QoS) de transmission de bout-en-bout des communications courtes est analysée. Ensuite, les effets de la transmission et QoS sur le système de commande PID et flou sont étudiés respectivement.D'abord, Les méthodes de protection des données utilisées dans le protocole Bluetooth sont analysées en termes de fiabilité. Un modèle de performance du nœud est construit pour les différentes distributions de temps de service du nœud. Ainsi, chaque nœud dans le réseau peut surveiller directement la qualité de service du nœud à tout moment. Basé sur ce modèle, un protocole de routage ad hoc (NPDSR) est proposé. Ce protocole présente les avantages de maintenir la qualité de service requise de la communication, et des économies de routage.Deuxièmement, les effets sur les systèmes de contrôle, en termes de retards et de pertes, sont analysés en utilisant la méthode mathématique et statistique. Des fonctions descriptives pour les contrôleurs flous de types Mamdani et T-S sont fournies, et la stabilité du contrôleur multi-flou avec un retard de communication est analysée à l'aide des lieux de Nyquist.Enfin, en perspective, l’utilisation possible de NS-2 sur le modèle de simulation et de vérification est discutée, ce qui s’avère intéressant pour simuler des protocoles différents. En outre, il peut être connecté avec Simulink permettant une meilleure analyse de performances des systèmes de contrôle en réseau / This PhD thesis is dedicated to the reliability assessment for intelligent vehicles platoon with the main aim of providing an approach to evaluate and enhance the safety of ITS. After a review of developments of ITS and DSRC, the reliability/QoS of end-to-end transmission of short range communication is analyzed. Then, the effects of transmission QoS on PID sampling control system and fuzzy control system are studied respectively.At first, The data protection methods used in Bluetooth communication protocol are analyzed for the data reliability. A node performance model is built, suitable for different distributions of service time of the node. Hence, a node in the network can monitor the QoS of the node by itself at any time. Based on this model, a QoS-aware ad hoc routing protocol (NPDSR) is proposed. This protocol has the advantages in maintaining requested QoS of communication, and it has less routing overhead.Secondly, for the effects on the control systems, time delay and loss are both discussed using mathematical and statistical simulation methods. Describing functions for both Mamdani and T-S type fuzzy controllers are provided. The stability of multi-fuzzy controller with communication delay is analyzed using Nyquist stability plots.Finally, in the perspective, the possible use of NS-2 on the model simulation and verification has been discussed, which is powerful in simulating different behavior of protocols, routing protocol comparisons. Also, it can be connected with Simulink to enhance performance the simulation of network control systems

Le réseau de capteurs porté est une technologie d’avenir prometteuse à multiple domaines d’application allant du médical à l’interface homme machine. Le projet BoWI a pour ambition d’évaluer la possibilité d’élaborer un réseau de capteurs utilisable au quotidien dans un large spectre d’applications et ergonomiquement acceptable pour le grand public. Cela induit la nécessité de concevoir un nœud de réseau ultra basse consommation pour à la fois convenir à une utilisation prolongée et sans encombrement pour le porteur. La solution retenue est de concevoir un nœud capable de travailler avec une énergie comparable à ce que l’état de l’art de la récolte d’énergie est capable de fournir. Une solution ASIC est privilégiée afin de tenir les contraintes d’intégration et de basse consommation. La conception de l’architecture dédiée a nécessité une étude préalable à plusieurs niveaux. Celle-ci comprend un état de l’art de la récolte d’énergie afin de fixer un objectif de budget énergie/puissance de notre système. Une étude des usages du système a été nécessaire notamment pour la reconnaissance postures afin de déterminer les cas d’applications types. Cette étude a conduit au développement d’algorithmes permettant de répondre aux applications choisies tout en s’assurant de la viabilité de leurs implantations. Le budget énergie fixé est un objectif de 100µW. Les applications choisies sont la reconnaissance de posture, la reconnaissance de geste et la capture de mouvement. Les solutions algorithmiques choisis sont une fusion de données de capteurs inertiels par Filtre de Kalman étendu (EKF) et l’ajout d’une classification par analyse en composante principale. La solution retenue pour obtenir des résultats d’implémentation est la synthèse de haut niveau qui permet un développement rapide. Les résultats de l’implantation matérielle sont dominés principalement par l’EKF. À la suite de l’étude, il apparait qu’il est possible avec une technologie 28nm d’atteindre les objectifs de budget énergie pour la partie algorithme. Une évaluation de la gestion haut niveau de tous les composants du nœud est également effectuée afin de donner une estimation plus précise des performances du système dans un cas d’application réel. Une contribution supplémentaire est obtenue avec l’ajout de la détection d’activité qui permet de prédire la charge de calcul nécessaire et d’adapter dynamiquement l’utilisation des ressources de traitement et des capteurs afin d’optimiser l’énergie en fonction de l’activité / Wireless Body Sensor Network (WBSN) is a promising technology that can be used in a lot of application domains from health care to Human Machine Interface (HMI). The BoWI project ambition is to evaluate and design a WBSN that can be used in various applications with daily usage and accessible to the public. This necessitates to design a ultra-low power node that reach a day of use without discomfort for the user. The elected solution is to design a node that operates with the power budget similar to what can be provided by the state of the art of the energy harvesting. An Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) solution is privileged in order to meet the integration and low power constraints. Designing the dedicated architecture required a preliminary study at several level which are: a state of the art of the energy harvesting in order to determine the objective of energy/power budget of our system, A study of the usage of the system to determine and select typical application cases. A study of the algorithms to address the selected applications while considering the implementation viability of the solutions. The power budget objective is set to 100µW. The application selected are the posture recognition, the gesture recognition and the motion capture. The algorithmic solution proposed are a data-fusion based on an Extended Kalman FIlter (EKF) with the addition of a classification using Principal Component Analysis (PCA). The implementation tool used to design the architecture is an High Level Synthesis (HLS) solution. Implementation results mainly focus on the EKF since this is by far the most power consuming digital part of the system. Using a 28nm technology the power budget objective can be reached for the algorithmic part. A study of the top level management of all components of the node is done in order to estimate performances of the system in real application case. This is possible using an activity detection which dynamically estimates the computing load required and then save a maximum of energy while the node is still.

The number of potential applications for wireless sensor networks is immense. These networks may consist of large numbers of low cost, low power, disposable sensor nodes that can be deployed inside or close to phenomena to be monitored. The nature of these networks necessitates specific design requirements, of which energy efficiency is paramount. The limited available energy of sensor nodes is mainly drained during communication and computational processing. An energy efficient routing protocol can limit the number of message transmissions and the computational complexity of finding routing paths. Many routing protocols have been proposed for wireless sensor networks. Most of them are computationally complex, require a large number of messages to be transmitted or require that sensor nodes possess certain hardware capabilities in order to function. The objective of this dissertation was to develop a Simple Energy Efficient Routing (SEER) protocol for wireless sensor networks that is computationally simple, reduces the number of transmitted messages and does not impose any hardware prerequisites. The new routing protocol, which was developed during this research, uses a flat network structure for scalability and source initiated communication along with event-driven reporting to reduce the number of message transmissions. Computational simplicity is achieved by using a simple method for routing path selection. The SEER protocol selects the next hop for a message by choosing a neighbour that has a smaller or equal hop count to the current node. If multiple neighbours satisfy this requirement, the neighbour with the highest remaining energy is chosen as the next hop. Each node in the network has a table containing the hop count and remaining energy of each of its neighbours. Periodic messages sent through the network update these neighbour tables. SEER uses a novel approach to select the next hop of a message during routing. The protocol increases the lifetime of the network dramatically, compared to other similar routing protocols. This improvement is directly related to the reduction in the number of transmissions made by each node. The simplicity of the protocol reduces the required computational processing compared to other protocols, and at the same time makes this one of the few available protocols that does not impose hardware requirements on nodes in order to function. / Dissertation (MEng (Computer Engineering))--University of Pretoria, 2007. / Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering / unrestricted

The rate at which the integration of distributed generation (DG) penetrates the public power supply has started to put various demands on the distribution system, since they are directly connected to the network. Distribution level protection is based on a time-overcurrent design. The design is to clear faults with as little impact and minimum time on the equipment and the customer. The increasing demands placed by grid services on the DGs, especially the PV types have a serious impact on the distribution system. For example, special protective devices are required to prevent the risk of danger in the event of mains interference. In this thesis, the main focus was on the contribution of fault currents to the distribution networks, and how the high penetration of DGs especially the renewable energy resources (R.E.S.) types affect the coordination of overcurrent (O.C.) protection. In view of the changes in the international regulations, the DGs are expected to stay connected and perform grid-related control functions, instead of shutting down at the first sign of a fault. This problem becomes more acute when the DGs stay connected during faults, known as voltage ride through (VRT). This thesis presented its findings on the impact of the DGs of various types of DGs (synchronous generator, asynchronous and power electronic) on the protection coordination by the high increase of fault currents, and the mitigation techniques of the impact of the inverter interfaced DGs (whose fault current contribution was not so high) on the overcurrent protection. The impact on system’s over-current protection coordination in such hybrid AC and DC microgrid, how the fault current changes by the high penetration of DGs in the hybrid microgrid and their effects on the protection over-current coordination were presented, as the name microgrid was adopted for networks having a point of common connection (PCC). The inverter interfaced-equipment were never in the conventional systems, the few that were there were all on the load side of the distribution system. The inverter interfacing DGs (PVs) and the synchronous types are the types of DGs that affect over-current protection of the distribution system and these were mitigated accordingly, considering the first few cycles of the fault events of the ride through capabilities. The analysis of the different penetration levels of the DGs in an existing 33kV in the Nigerian distribution network, (CocaCola-Challenge Industrial feeder) was thoroughly analysed, for less than 20%, more than 60% and 100% of the feeder load. Most of the DGs, presently existing in that network are the synchronous types, but they are only used as standby sources of power, and the renewables (RES) like the photovoltaics (PV), run of flow (RoF) Hydo and the wind turbine generators (WTG) are proposed additions. The objective of this thesis was to explain the fundamentals of distribution generation (DG) and especially the RES, in relation to distribution protection relay coordination to see why there should be urgency in carrying out the study especially in a developing environment where the grid is unstable, the load is rapidly expanding and RES is intermittent. The radial distribution system (DS) with high penetration of DG was introduced. The motive was to critically investigate protection coordination problems and the solutions to the problems. The main objective was to optimally recommend the type, size and location of the DG for an actual distribution feeder in an unstable environment where the grid supply is not steady. The effect of 100% and above of feeder load penetration on such feeders formed the objective of this research. The literature review which was for investigating in greater details the technical aspects of the operation and control of the high penetration of RES in the distribution system were thoroughly analysed. The review of the existing radial distribution protection system and the effects of high penetration of DG on the protective relaying were thoroughly investigated. The issues of power electronic based inverters and the protection coordination problems, were investigated. The protection coordination as regards to fault level changes and grounding, intentional and un-intentional islanding were major important aspects which were treated in the technical review.