Akram Al-Hourani

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How much information can a photon carry?

Regardless of technological limitations, and regardless of the receiver's ability to extract this information. Is there a maximum limit on how much information can be encoded in a photon ? Thank...

30 June 2016 3,458 13 View

What is the summation of scaled i.i.d Bernoulli Random Variables ?

I am trying to find the cumulative distribution function of the the random variable (X), where X is defined as the following: X = Sum ( B_k * k^-2 , {k,1,Infinity} ), where B_k is a vector of...

15 May 2015 2,565 3 View

What is the contact distance distribution of Matérn Hard-Core Point Process?

When it comes to Poisson Point Process, it is a straightforward task to formulate the contact distance distribution of a point located at the origin. However, I am wondering if there is a similar...

13 November 2014 7,564 7 View

Can Toriodal distance measure enhance the simulation accuracy of random graphs and stochastic geometry?

When performing analytical math on random graphs and point processes we usually tend to assume infinite sets, that is in order to enhance the tractability. However in practical systems and...

06 November 2014 3,855 3 View

The minimum of energy required to communicate between two nodes (is there a closed form expression)?

In wireless sensor networks, if we know the geometrical distribution process of nodes, can we calculate the expected energy cost to transmit a packet from point (A) to point (B) via other other...

07 August 2014 5,708 21 View

Is modelling Gaussian noise as a constant power accurate?

It is customary to model the noise when calculating the SINR as a constant value. i.e. SINR = P / (I + N), where (P) the desired signal modelled as random variable, (I) is the interference also...

06 August 2014 3,870 10 View

How important are the research results that are based on simulation?

Due to the high complexity level in wireless networks, researchers tend to perform simulations to test and prove their protocols and ideas. How important are the results obtained from such...

15 May 2014 7,785 14 View

Why does the log-distance pathloss model have a wide acceptance among wireless communication community?

Why Major channel models such as WINNIER II, ITU, etc. depend on log-distance equation to model the signal pathloss (the average attenuation of the signal), according to the equation:...

07 May 2014 905 8 View

Does anyone know an open source software or Matlab script that can perform RF ray tracing?

I am looking for a free software for performing Radio Frequency (not optical) ray tracing simulation that can predict Path Loss in Outdoor and Indoor environments. Some commercial products are...

03 January 2014 4,413 4 View