Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'Point à point (PtP)'

This diploma thesis deals with the Precise Point Positioning (PPP) method in various variants. The thesis describes the theoretical foundations of the PPP method and the most important systematic errors that affect accuracy. The accuracy of the PPP method was evaluated using data from the permanent GNSS station CADM, which is part of the AdMaS research center. Data of the period 2018 – 2019 were processed. The results of combinations of different GNSS and the results of different observation periods were compared. Finally, the accuracy was verified at 299 IGS GNSS stations.

GPS processing, like every processing method for geodetic applications, relies upon least-squares estimation. Quality measures must be defined to assure that the estimates are close to reality. These quality measures are reliable provided that, first, the covariance matrix of the observations (the stochastic model) is well defined and second, the systematic effects are completely removed (i.e., the functional model is good). In the GPS precise point positioning (PPP) the stochastic and functional models are not as complicated as in the differential GPS processing. We will assess the quality of the GPS Precise Point Positioning in this thesis by trying to define more realistic standard deviations for the station position estimates. To refine the functional model from systematic errors, we have 1) used the phase observations to prevent introducing any hardware bias to the observation equations, 2) corrected observations for all systematic effects with amplitudes of more than 1cm, 3) used undifferenced observations to prevent having complications (e.g. linearly related parameters) in the system of observation equations. To have a realistic covariance matrix for the observations we have incorporated the ephemeris uncertainties into the system of observation equations. Based on the above-mentioned issues a PPP processing method is designed and numerically tested on the real data of some of the International GNSS Service stations. The results confirm that undifferenced stochastic-related properties (e.g. degrees of freedom) can be reliable means to recognize the parameterization problem in differenced observation equations. These results also imply that incorporation of the satellite ephemeris uncertainties might improve the estimates of the station positions. The effect of troposphere on the GPS data is also focused in this thesis. Of particular importance is the parameterization problem of the wet troposphere in the observation equations.

QC 20130218

Cette thèse étudie l’application des codes produits Reed Solomon (RS) dans les systèmes de communication optique, visant à améliorer la correction d’erreurs et optimiser les performances tout en réduisant la complexité. Cela permet l’utilisation de composants à faible coût, essentiel dans les réseaux d’accès optiques où l’aspect économique est crucial. La thèse présente les réseaux optiques passifs (PON) et leurs avancées, en mettant l’accent sur les configurations Point-à-Point (PtP). Elle aborde également la nécessité de correction d’erreurs fiable et explore la théorie des codes de canal, notamment les codes RS, leur construction, propriétés et décodage. Une contribution importante de cette thèse est l’association des codes RS avec des codes Single Parity Check (SPC), analysée à travers des simulations de performance avec de paquets de taille dynamiques. Enfin, la thèse évalue la performance des codes produits RS de faible complexité dans les canaux optiques, notamment dans des systèmes de 50 et 100 Gb/s dans les sens montant et descendant, utilisant la modulation binaire (NRZ) et la modulation d’amplitude en impulsions (PAM4) associées à une modulation d’intensité et détection directe (IM/DD). Les résultats montrent que les codes produits RS améliorent la correction d’erreurs dans les réseaux optiques, en augmentant la fiabilité tout en équilibrant coût et complexité
This thesis studies the application of Reed Solomon (RS) product codes in optical communication systems, with a focus on improving error correction and optimizing system performance while reducing complexity. This allows the use of low-cost components, a crucial factor in optical access networks where cost is a key consideration. The thesis introduces Passive Optical Networks (PON) and their advances, with emphasis on Point-to-Point (PtP) configurations. It also discusses the need for reliable error correction and explores the channel coding theory, in particular RS codes, their construction, properties and decoding. An important contribution of this thesis is the association of RS codes with Single Parity Check (SPC) codes, analyzed through performance simulations with dynamic packet sizes. Lastly, the thesis evaluates the performance of low-complexity RS product codes in optical channels, particularly in downstream and upstream 50 and 100 Gb/s systems using NRZ and pulse amplitude modulation (PAM4) with intensity modulation and direct detection (IM/DD). The findings show that RS-based product codes improve error correction in optical networks, enhancing reliability while balancing cost and complexity

Vid GNSS-positionering i samband med fastighetsbildningsåtgärder används vanligtvis den traditionella RTK-mätningen (Real-Time Kinematic) via SWEPOS nätverks-RTK-tjänst. Denna tjänst kräver mobiltelefontäckning eller motsvarande tvåvägskommunikation, vilket kan vara problematiskt inom områden med bristfällig mobiltelefontäckning. Under dessa förhållanden kan istället PPP-mätning (Precise Point Positioning) vara användbart vid fastighetsbildningsåtgärder då dessa tjänster tar emot korrektionsdata i realtid från satelliter. PPP kräver inte någon mobiltelefontäckning, däremot krävs en kommunikationslänk, en RTX-tjänst för att erhålla korrektioner externt från en RTX-satellit. Syftet med studien är att undersöka möjligheten till att nyttja PPP i realtid vid fastighetsbildningsåtgärder som ett alternativ till traditionell GNSS-mätning med nätverks-RTK. För att PPP ska vara ett alternativ till traditionell GNSS-mätning i realtid krävs det att mätosäkerhetskraven inom fastighetsbildning uppfylls. Mätosäkerheten undersöktes genom att utgå ifrån redan kända koordinater (RIX 95-punkter). Mätningarna har genomförts på fem olika platser i Sverige, Göteborg, Vänersborg, Karlstad, Torsby och Malung-Sälen. Mätdata som erhölls från undersökningsplatserna har analyserats samt jämförts med fastighetsbildningskraven. Resultatet av studien erhölls i form av analyserad mätdata med jämförelser mot redan kända (RIX 95) punkter. Avikelsen från känd RIX 95-punkt redovisas i resultatet utifrån tidsaspekten, den systematiska avvikelsen av translativ art, förändringar i avvikelsen från söder till norr samt utifrån två beräkningsmodeller, varav en translation och en transformation. För att få den erhållna mätdatan från RTX-tjänsten att överensstämma bättre med referenspunkten (RIX 95-punkten) togs beräkningsmodellerna fram för att möjliggöra modellering av systematiska avvikelser som uppkommit och därmed uppfylla kraven inom fasighetsbildningsåtgärder. Genom att ha analyserat och granskat olika samband har det framkommit att efter ca 20 minuters mätning, börjar precisionen för mätningarna att bli stabila. Utifrån resultatet är slutsatsen att PPP inte fungerar vid fastighetsbildningsåtgärder för områden inom stomnät, däremot fungerar metoden för skogs- och jordbruksfastigheter utanför stomnät. Förutsatt att en modellering genom translation alternativt transformation som är framtagen i denna studie används för att justera koordinaterna så fungerar PPP-mätning inom samtliga fastighetsbildningsåtgärder. Detta kräver då att mätdata erhålls efter 20 minuters mätning eller mer.
GNSS positioning in conjunction with the real property is usually used the traditional RTK measuring (Real-Time Kinematic) by SWEPOS network RTK service. This service requires mobile phone coverage or equivalent two-way communication, which can be problematic in areas with poor mobile phone coverage. Under these circumstances, PPP (Point Positioning Precise) could be more useful in real property measures when such services receives the correction data in real time from the satellites. PPP does not require any cell phone coverage, however it requires a communication link, a RTX service to obtain corrections externally from a RTX satellite. The purpose of the study is to examine the possibility of using PPP in real time at the real property as an alternative to traditional GNSS measurements with network RTK. The measurement uncertainty was investigated by starting out from already known coordinates (RIX 95 points). The measurements were performed out at five different locations in Sweden, Gothenburg, Vanersborg, Karlstad, Torsby and Malung-Salen. Measurement data obtained from the observations have been analyzed and compared with real property requirements. The results of the study were obtained in the form of data analyzed by comparison of the known (RIX 95) points. The deviation is known from RIX 95 point recognized in income based on the time factor, the bias of the translative case species, changes in deviation from south to north and from two calculation models, a translation and a transformation. To correct the measured values from the RTX service for a better match to the RIX 95 points calculation models were developed to facilitate the modeling of systematic deviations incurred and meet the demands of real property. Analyzing and examining various relationships have shown that after about 20 minutes of measuring, the precision of the measurements starts to become more stable. Based on the results, the conclusion is that the PPP does not work in real property areas within the core network, however, the method works for forestry and agricultural properties outside the core network. Assuming a modelling through translational alternative transformation, developed in this study is used to adjust the coordinates, the PPP measurement is working in all real property registration measures. This requires that the measurement data is obtained after 20 minutes of measurement or more.

Precise Point Positioning (PPP) ermöglicht eine präzise Positionsbestimmung mittels globaler Satellitennavigationssysteme (Global Navigation Satellite System, GNSS) ohne die direkte Verwendung der Beobachtungsdaten von regionalen Referenzstationen. Die wesentlichste Einschränkung von PPP im Vergleich zu differenziellen Auswertetechniken (Real-Time Kinematic, RTK) ist die deutlich längere Konvergenzzeit. Voraussetzung für die Verkürzung der Konvergenzzeit ist die Festsetzung der geschätzten Mehrdeutigkeiten auf ganzzahlige Werte. Die Mehrdeutigkeitslösung verlangt ein robustes funktionales Modell und beruht auf einem zweistufigen Mehrdeutigkeitsfestsetzungsverfahren, welches frei von ionosphärischen Einflüssen 1. Ordnung ist. Die sowohl auf Code- als auch auf Phasenbeobachtungen basierende Melbourne-Wübbena-Linearkombination erlaubt hierbei eine einfache Festsetzung der Widelane-Mehrdeutigkeiten. Infolgedessen kann zur Berechnung der ionosphären-freien Linearkombination die im Vergleich zur Wellenlänge der ionosphären-freien Linearkombination deutlich größere Narrowlane-Wellenlänge verwendet werden. Zur Stabilisierung des im Normalfall lediglich auf den Beobachtungsdaten des amerikanischen Global Positioning System (GPS) beruhenden funktionalen Modells können die Beobachtungsdaten des russischen GLObal’naya NAvigatsioannaya Sputnikovaya Sistema (GLONASS) beitragen. Aufgrund der Technik, die GLONASS zur Identifizierung der einzelnen Satelliten einsetzt (Frequency Division Multiple Access, FDMA), unterscheiden sich die Frequenzen der einzelnen Satelliten. Die leicht unterschiedlichen Frequenzen erschweren die Modellierung und Korrektion der instrumentell bedingten Signalverzögerungen (z. B. Fractional-Cycle Biases (FCB)). Vor diesem Hintergrund kann das konventionelle Mehrdeutigkeitsfestsetzungsverfahren nur bedingt für GLONASS verwendet werden. Die Untersuchung der instrumentell bedingten GLONASS-Signalverzögerungen sowie die Entwicklung einer alternativen Methode zur Festsetzung der GLONASS-Mehrdeutigkeiten mit dem Ziel einer kombinierten GPS/GLONASS-Mehrdeutigkeitslösung sind die Schwerpunkte der vorliegenden Arbeit. Die entwickelte alternative Mehrdeutigkeitsfestsetzungsstrategie baut auf der puren Widelane-Linearkombination auf, weshalb globale Ionosphärenmodelle unabdingbar sind. Sie eignet sich sowohl für GLONASS als auch für GPS und zeigt gleichwertige Ergebnisse für beide GNSS, wenngleich im Vergleich zur konventionellen Methode mit geringeren Mehrdeutigkeitsfestsetzungsquoten zu rechnen ist
Precise Point Positioning (PPP) allows for accurate Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) based positioning without the immediate need for observations collected by regional station networks. The fundamental drawback of PPP in comparison to differential techniques such as Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) is a significant increase in convergence time. Among a plurality of different measures aiming for a reduction of convergence time, fixing the estimated carrier phase ambiguities to integer values is the key technique for success. The ambiguity resolution asks for a robust functional model and rests upon a two-stage method ruling out first-order ionospheric effects. In this context the Melbourne-Wübbena linear combination of dual-frequency carrier phase and code measurements leverages a simple resolution of widelane ambiguities. As a consequence the in comparison to the wavelength of the ionosphere-free linear combination significantly longer narrowlane wavelength can be used to form the ionosphere-free linear combination. By default the applied functional model is solely based on observations of the Global Positioning System (GPS). However measurements from the GLObal’naya NAvigatsioannaya Sputnikovaya Sistema (GLONASS) can contribute to improve the model’s stability significantly. Due to the technique used by GLONASS to distinguish individual satellites (Frequency Division Multiple Access, FDMA), the signals broadcast by those satellites differ in their frequencies. The resulting slightly different frequencies constitute a barricade for both modelling and correcting any device-dependent signal delays, e.g. fractional-cycle biases (FCB). These facts limit the applicability of the conventional ambiguity-fixing approach when it comes to GLONASS signals. The present work puts a focus both on investigating the device-dependent GLONASS signal delays and on developing an alternative method for fixing GLONASS ambiguities with the ultimate objective of a combined GPS/GLONASS ambiguity resolution. The alternative ambiguity resolution strategy is based on the pure widelane linear combination, for which reason ionospheric corrections are indispensable. The procedure is applicable for GLONASS in the first instance but reveals equivalent results for both GPS and GLONASS. The disadvantage relative to the conventional approach is the reduced ambiguity fixing success rate

Utvecklingen av satellitbaserad positionsbestämning gör det idag befogat att begära låga osäkerheter med GNSS. Det är idag möjligt att uppnå osäkerheter kring centimetern. Bäst mätosäkerhet ger relativ mätning som sker med stöd av antingen enkelstations- eller nätverks-RTK. I Sverige erbjuder Lantmäteriet med sitt SWEPOS ett tätt referensnätverk som förser användaren med korrektionsdata oavsett position inom Sveriges gränser. Dock är det inte alla länder som kan erbjuda denna positionstjänst. Geografiskt stora länder har mycket svårt att skapa ett referensnät, det skulle betyda flera tusen stationer och gör det till en ekonomisk fråga. Det är bl.a. ur den synpunkten andra metoder har växt fram. En av dessa är Precise Point Positioning (PPP). Enligt G. Hedling (personlig kommunikation, 18 mars 2015) har PPP fått en väl etablering inom jordbruket samt på maritima gruv- och oljeplattformar. Metoden är lämplig vid stora öppna ytor och när avståndet till närmsta referensstation är stor. PPP använder sig av absolut positionering och kan mäta både statiskt och kinematiskt och resultat kan fås i realtid och genom efterberäkning. Det ligger i Lantmäteriets intresse att testa kinematisk PPP i Sverige och den här studien testar kinematisk PPP i realtid med programvaran BNC 2.11 och med korrektioner från International GPS Service (IGS). Enligt Bisnath & Gao (2009) erhålls decimeterosäkerhet med kinematisk PPP och för att bestämma dess tillförlitlighet har i den här studien koordinatavvikelse beräknats mellan BNC och enkelstations-RTK med stöd från SWEPOS. Koordinaterna från enkelstations-RTK har vid testerna angivits som de sanna koordinaterna, genom ett statiskt test har det undersökts om det är motiverat. Utifrån den statiska mätningen har även intialiseringstiden kunnat utredas, alltså den tid det tar för PPP att konvergera. Efterberäkningstjänsten CSRS-PPP har också testats och jämförts mot kända koordinater vid den statiska mätningen.Studien visar att efter närmare en timmes observation avviker PPP under 2 dm i plan mot enkelstations-RTK. Den visar också att 15-30 minuters konvergeringstid är nödvändig för att erhålla osäkerheter på några decimeter. Några av de faktorer som påverkar resultatet är bl.a. jonosfärstörning. högt PDOP-värde och antal processerade satelliter i mjukvarorna, hur mycket är svårt att säga. Vid en tappad signal krävs en ny omintialisering på flera tiotals minuter. Studien visar också att det är lämpligt att använda enkelstations-RTK som sanning. Vid den statiska mätningen avviker enkelstations-RTK kring centimetern mot den kända punktens koordinater, vilket anses godtagbart. CSRS-PPP uppvisar bra resultat och är inte mycket sämre än det resultat enkelstations-RTK redovisar.
Today it´s possible to achieve low uncertainties when surveying with GNSS. You can expect uncertainties around centimeter-level. The best results are achieved when using relative-surveying with corrections from single-station- or network-RTK. The Swedish mapping, cadastral and land registration authority (Lantmäteriet) is providing a well-developed network of reference stations. The network, called SWEPOS, offers corrections for its users independent of position within the Swedish borders. Far from all nations has the ability or the financial resources to create such an expanded network. Instead, other methods for satellite surveying have been developed, including Precise Point Positioning (PPP). According to G. Hedling (personal communication, 18 march 2015) PPP is well-established in the agriculture and in the maritime mining- and oil-industry. The method is suitable in open areas and it is independently of nearby reference stations. PPP is using what’s called absolute-surveying. The surveying is performed either kinematic or static and the results can be obtained thru post-processing or in real-time. “Lantmäteriet” has interest in testing kinematic PPP in Sweden and for this thesis kinematic PPP in real-time is tested with BNC 2.11 software and corrections is given from the International GPS Service (IGS). According to Bisnath & Gao (2009) it is possible to achieve uncertainties in decimeter-level with kinematic PPP. To determine the reliability of PPP the deviation has been calculated against single-station-RTK. The single-station-RTK coordinates have in this study been used as the “truth” and in an additional test using static measurements it has been investigated if that’s correct. From the static test the initialization time for PPP as well as the quality of the post-processing service CSRS-PPP has been studied.The results show that after nearly an hour of observation the deviation between PPP and single-station-RTK are below 2 dm for the level-coordinates. The initialization time of 15-30 minutes is necessary to achieve uncertainties of a few decimeters. Elements that are affecting the results are disturbance in the ionosphere, high PDOP and number of processed satellites in the software. In which extent it’s not possible to determine. When the signal is lost between rover and satellites a re-initialization of 15-30 minutes is needed. It also shows that it is reasonable to use single-station-RTK as the “truth”. Single-station-RTK deviates a proximately one centimeter in relation to known coordinates. The post-processing service CSRS-PPP gives remarkably good results not far from what single-station-RTK offers.

GPS processing, like every processing method for geodetic applications, relies upon least-squares estimation. Quality measures must be defined to assure that the estimates are close to reality. These quality measures are reliable provided that, first, the covariance matrix of the observations (the stochastic model) is well defined and second, the systematic effects are completely removed (i.e., the functional model is good). In the GPS precise point positioning (PPP) the stochastic and functional models are not as complicated as in the differential GPS processing. We will assess the quality of the GPS Precise Point Positioning in this thesis. To refine the functional model from systematic errors, we have 1) used the phase observations to prevent introducing any hardware bias to the observation equations, 2) corrected observations for all systematic effects with amplitudes of more than 1cm, 3) used undifferenced observations to prevent having complications (e.g. linearly related parameters) in the system of observation equations. To have a realistic covariance matrix for the observations we have incorporated the ephemeris’ uncertainties into the system of observation equations. The above-mentioned technique is numerically tested on the real data of some of the International GNSS Service stations. The results confirm that undifferenced stochastic-related properties (e.g. degrees of freedom) can be reliable means to recognize the parameterization problem in differenced observation equations. These results also imply that incorporation of the satellite ephemeris uncertainties might improve the estimates of the station positions.
QC 20120503

This thesis investigates the major errors and processes affecting the performance of a viable, standalone point positioning technique known as single frequency Precise Point Positioning (PPP). The PPP processing utilises both single frequency code and carrier phase GPS observables. The mathematical model implemented is known as the code and quasi-phase combination. Effective measures to improve the quality of the positioning solutions are assessed and proposed. The a priori observations sigma (or standard deviation) ratio in the sequential least squares adjustment model plays a significant role in determining the accuracy and precision of the estimated solutions, as well as the solutions convergence time. An

This report concerns the implementation of a simulation framework to evaluate an emerging peer-to-peer network topology scheme using 8-point hypercircles, entitled HyperCircle. This topology was proposed in order to alleviate some of the drawbacks of current P2P systems evolving in an uncontrolled manner, such as scalability issues, network overload and long search times. The framework is supposed to be used to evaluate the advantages of this new topology. The framework has been built on top of an existing simulator software solution, the selection of which was an important part of the development. Weighing different variables such as scalability and API usability, the selection fell on OverSim, an open-source discreet-event simulator based on OMNET++.

After formalizing the protocol for easier implementation, as well as extending it for better performance, implementation followed using C++ with OverSim’s API and simulation library. Implemented as a module (alongside other stock modules providing their own protocols such as Chord and Kademlia), it can be used in OverSim to simulate a user-defined network using one of the simulation routine applications provided (or using a custom application written by the user). For the purposes of this thesis, the standard application KBRTestApp was used; an application sending test messages between randomly selected nodes, while adding and removing nodes at specific time intervals. The adding and removing of nodes can be configured with probability parameters.

Tentative testing shows that this implementation of the HyperCircle protocol has a certain performance gain over the OverSim implementations of the Chord and Kademlia protocols, measurable in the time it takes a message to get from sender to recipient. Further testing is outside the scope of this thesis.

The research of this paper-based dissertation is focused on the Fast Precise Point Positioning (Fast-PPP) technique. The novelty relies on using an accurate ionosphere model, in combination with the standard precise satellite clock and orbit products, to reduce the convergence time of state-of-the-art high-accuracy navigation techniques from approximately one hour to few minutes. My first contribution to the Fast-PPP technique as a Ph.D. student has been the design and implementation of a novel user navigation filter, based on the raw treatment of undifferenced multi-frequency code and carrier-phase Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) measurements. The innovative strategy of the filter avoids applying the usual ionospheric-free combination to the GNSS observables, exploiting the full capacity of new multi-frequency signals and increasing the robustness of Fast-PPP in challenging environments where the sky visibility is reduced. It has been optimised to take advantage of the corrections required to compensate the delays (i.e., errors) affecting the GNSS signals. The Fast-PPP corrections, and most important, their corrections uncertainties (i.e., the confidence bounds) are added as additional equations in the navigation filter to obtain Precise Point Positioning (PPP) in few minutes. A second contribution performed with the new user filter, has been the consolidation of the precise ionospheric modelling of Fast-PPP and its extension from a regional to a global scale. The correct use of the confidence bounds has been found of great importance when navigating in the low-latitude areas of the equator, where the ionosphere is difficult to be accurately modelled. Even in such scenario, a great consistency has been achieved between the actual positioning errors with respect to the formal errors, as demonstrated using similar figures of merit used in civil aviation, as the Stanford plot. A third contribution within this dissertation has been the characterisation of the accuracy of different ionospheric models currently used in GNSS. The assessment uses actual, unambiguous and undifferenced carrier-phase measurements, thanks to the centimetre-level modelling capability within the Fast-PPP technique. Not only the errors of the ionosphere models have been quantified in absolute and relative terms, but also, their effect on navigation.
La investigació d'aquesta Tesi Doctoral per compendi d'articles es centra en la tècnica de ràpid Posicionament de Punt Precís (Fast-PPP). La novetat radica en l'ús d'un model ionosfèric precís que, combinat amb productes estàndard de rellotge i de l'òrbita de satèl·lit, redueix el temps de convergència de les actuals tècniques de navegació precisa d'aproximadament una hora a pocs minuts. La meva primera contribució a la tècnica Fast-PPP com a estudiant de Doctorat ha estat el disseny i la implementació d'un filtre de navegació d'usuari innovador, basat en el tractament de múltiples freqüències de mesures de codi i fase sense diferenciar (absolutes). La estratègia del filltre de navegació evita l'aplicació de l'habitual combinació lineal lliure de ionosfera per a aquests observables. Així, s'explota la capacitat completa dels senyals multi-freqüència en el nous Sistemes Globals de Navegació per Satèl·lit (GNSS) i s'augmenta la robustesa del Fast-PPP en entorns difícils, on es redueix la visibilitat del cel. S'ha optimitzat per tal de prendre avantatge de les correccions necessàries per a compensar els retards (és a dir, els errors) que afecten els senyals GNSS. Les correccions de Fast-PPP i més important, les seves incerteses (és a dir, els intervals de confiança) s'afegeixen com a equacions addicionals al filltre per aconseguir Posicionat de Punt Precís (PPP) en pocs minuts. La segona contribució ha estat la consolidació del modelat ionosfèric precís de Fast-PPP i la seva extensió d'un abast regional a una escala global. La correcta determinació i ús dels intervals de confiança de les correccions Fast-PPP ha esdevingut de gran importància a l'hora de navegar en zones de baixa latitud a l'equador, on la ionosfera és més difícil de modelar amb precisió. Fins i tot en aquest escenari, s'ha aconseguit una gran consistència entre els errors de posicionament reals i els nivells de protecció dels usuaris de Fast-PPP, tal com s'ha demostrat amb figures de mèrit similars a les utilitzades en l'aviació civil (els diagrames de Stanford). La tercera contribució d'aquesta Tesi Doctoral ha estat la caracterització de l'exactitud dels models ionosfèrics utilitzats actualment en GNSS. L'avaluació utilitza mesures de fase, sense ambigüitats i sense diferenciar, gràcies a la capacitat de modelatge centimètric emprat a la tècnica de Fast-PPP. No només els errors dels models de la ionosfera han estat quantificats en termes absoluts i relatius, sinó també, el seu efecte sobre la navegació
La investigación de esta Tesis Doctoral, por compendio de artículos, se centra en la técnica de rápido Posicionamiento de Punto Preciso (Fast-PPP). La novedad, radica en el uso de un modelo ionosférico preciso que, combinado con productos estándard de reloj y órbita de satélite, reduce el tiempo de convergencia de las actuales técnicas de navegación precisa de una hora a pocos minutos.Mi primera contribución a la técnica Fast-PPP como estudiante de Doctorado ha sido el diseño y la implementación de un filtro de navegación de usuario innovador, basado en el tratamiento de múltiples frecuencias de medidas de código y fase sin diferenciar (absolutas). La estrategia del filtro de navegación evita la aplicación de la habitual combinación lineal libre de ionosfera para dichos observables. Así, se explota la capacidad de la señal multi-frecuencia en los nuevos Sistemas Globales de Navegación por Satélite (GNSS) y se aumenta la robustez del Fast-PPP en entornos difíciles, donde se reduce la visibilidad del cielo. Se ha optimizado para tomar ventaja de las correcciones necesarias para compensar los retardos (es decir, los errores) que afectan las señales GNSS. Las correcciones de Fast-PPP y más importante, sus incertidumbres (es decir, los intervalos de confianza) se añaden como ecuaciones adicionales al filtro para conseguir Posicionamiento de Punto Preciso (PPP) en pocos minutos. La segunda contribución ha estado la consolidación del modelado ionosférico preciso de Fast-PPP y la extensión de su cobertura regional a una escala global. La correcta determinación y uso de los intervalos de confianza de las correcciones Fast-PPP ha sido de gran importancia a la hora de navegar en zonas de latitudes ecuatoriales, donde la ionosfera es más difícil de modelar con precisión. Incluso en dicho escenario, se ha conseguido una gran consistencia entre los errores de posicionamiento reales y los niveles de protección de los usuarios de Fast-PPP, tal como se ha demostrado con figuras de mérito similares a las utilizadas en la aviación civil (los diagramas de Stanford).La tercera contribución de esta Tesis Doctoral ha sido la caracterización de la exactitud de los modelos ionosféricos utilizados actualmente en GNSS. El método usa medidas de fase, sin ambigüedad y sin diferenciar, gracias a la capacidad de modelado centimétrico empleado en la técnica de Fast-PPP. No solo los errores de los modelos de la ionosfera han sido cuantificados en términos absolutos y relativos, sino también, su efecto sobre la navegación.

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
The use of differential GPS post-procesing for precise trajectography computation has been widely used since early 90s. Up to recent dates, installation of a GPS receiver in a well known position (base station) has been mandatory. Operating range from this base station varies from 50 km up to 100 km, depending on the accuracy required, which impose single or dual frequency GPS technique. Nowadays, the huge amount of GPS base stations continuous logging data worldwide have allowed to improve the error models a lot. Using these precise models, it is possible to achieve centimeter accuracy in GPS trajectography by using only one GPS receiver without range to a base station restrictions. This technique is called Precise Point Positioning (PPP). The performance results for PPP obtained after a real 10 flights campaign will be presented.

Different Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) constellations are available these days. This has led to an increase in the number of satellites available for the user, and that presents different performance levels for the user requirements like accuracy and convergence time. However, these benefits come from different constellations that have different reference times and for some, different frequencies. At the same time, the Precise Point Positioning (PPP) has also been presented as being a position solution within a certain level of accuracy and precision. Therefore, it is important to investigate the potential benefits from the PPP with a view to using a single or multi-constellation. These investigations include accuracy, precision, and convergence time. In addition, it is important to look at the individual performance of these constellations regarding the above improvements. This will give a clear decision about adopting a single or multi-constellation. It will also provide an independent solution, for instance for the station coordinates and troposphere, and independent estimated station velocities, without additional cost. This research has been conducted in three stages. Firstly, the research begins with an evaluation of the GPS and the GLONASS (GLO) constellation geometry using a new approach for computing the cumulative dilution of precision (DOP) rather than the conventional DOP which was found to be latitude-dependent. Then it investigates the achievable station coordinate accuracy from PPP scenarios for static positioning after choosing the most appropriate PPP strategy that needs to be followed. Furthermore, the effect of different precise products (satellite orbits and clocks) on the PPP solutions and the difference between those products has been covered. It has been proven that PPP solutions can reach the same precision as a Global Double-Difference (GDD) GPS solution. Most importantly, the PPP GLO is found to be capable of producing similar precision and accuracy when compared to PPP GPS as well as the GDD GPS solution. Secondly, this research also investigates the conventional strategy (using a model for the hydrostatic component and estimating the wet component) for estimating the troposphere Zenith Total Delay (ZTD) from the PPP solutions with an evaluation of the obtained accuracy of the tropospheric ZTD from four tropospheric models. It also presents an alternative strategy (estimating both components using different mapping functions and different process noises) for estimating the tropospheric ZTD from the PPP that can give millimeters of ZTD accuracy without affecting the station coordinate estimation and without relying on any metrological data or models. Validations have been conducted for the new strategy using PPP GPS, PPP GLO and PPP GPS+GLO. Regional validation was conducted over seven consecutive days for seven weeks, using the Ordnance Survey of Great Britain (OSGB) stations in the UK, and long-term (over one year) validation was conducted using 22 stations from the OSGB. The regional and long-term validations have been conducted using three different final precise products (satellite orbits (SP3) and clocks (CLK)), which are the EMX, ESA and GFZ. A global validation using ~76 IGS stations was conducted over a different period. This was conducted in three stages, using the final EMX, final IGS and real-time IGS precise products. It was found that this approach can be used in real-time as well as in post processing without a significant difference between the results. Finally, this research has investigated the potential of using the PPP GLO for crustal motion separate to using the PPP GPS. Consistent horizontal station rates were found between PPP GPS and GDD GPS solutions. It was also concluded that it should be possible to use the PPP GLO for crustal motion, as an independent and precise solution. However, there was a bias in the orientation components of the estimated horizontal station rates between the PPP GLO and both other solutions (PPP GPS and GDD GPS), which was concluded to be a system bias rather than a strategy bias.

First-generation, line-of-sight (LOS) fixed broadband wireless access techniques have been around for several years. However, services based on this technology have been limited in scope to service areas where transceivers can communicate with their base stations, unimpeded by trees, buildings and other obstructions. This limitation has serious consequences in that the system can deliver only 50% to 70% coverage within a given cell radius, thus affecting earned revenue. Next generation broadband fixed wireless access techniques are aimed at achieving a coverage area greater than 90%. To achieve this target, these techniques must be based on a point-to-multipoint (PMP) cellular architecture with low base station antennas, thus possessing the ability to operate in true non-line-of-sight (NLOS) conditions. A possible limiting factor for these systems is link degradation due to interference. This thesis presents a new model to estimate the levels of co-channel interference for such systems operating within the 3.5 GHz multichannel multipoint distribution service (MMDS) band. The model is site-specific in that it uses statistical building/roof height distribution parameters obtained from practically modeling several metropolitan cities in the U.S. using geographic information system (GIS) tools. This helps to obtain a realistic estimate and helps analyze the tradeoff between cell radius and modulation complexity. Together, these allow the system designer to decide on an optimal location for placement of customer premises equipment (CPE) within a given cell area.
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La contamination de plusieurs poches de nutrition parentérale (PNP) par une bactérie inconnue, a déclenché une investigation, toujours en cours. Les objectifs essentiels étaient de caractériser cette bactérie sur le plan taxonomique pour permettre de la reconnaître dans d'autres contextes. Le séquençage du gène rrs, codant l'ARN 16S, a permis de positionner la bactérie inconnue parmi les Enterobacteriaceae, à proximité des genres Ewingella, Rahnella, Serratia, Yersinia et Hafnia. Le séquençage du génome total de la bactérie a permis d'utiliser cinq gènes pour une étude MLSA (multi-locus sequence analysis). L'arbre phylogénétique ainsi obtenu montre que la bactérie (six isolats ne représentant qu'une seule souche) représente un nouveau genre de la famille Enterobacteriaceae que nous avons appelé Rouxiella, l'espèce étant Rouxiella chamberiensis. Un des isolats a été désigné souche-type et déposé dans les collections dans deux pays différents (CIP, France et DSMZ, Allemagne). Les propriétés physiologiques et biochimiques de R. chamberiensis ont permis d'en faire une description. R. chamberiensis ne se développe pas à 37 °C, ce qui ne plaide pas pour une action pathogène active sur l'homme, ne produit pas de nitrate réductase (au contraire de la très grande majorité des Enterobacteriaceae, mais comme Erwinia), et ne fermente que peu de glucides. Le nom Rouxiella chamberiensis a été validé par publication dans l'International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. Dès que ce nouveau genre et espèce a été publié, d'autres chercheurs ont isolé de l'environnement des souches qui étaient proches de Rouxiella. Une collaboration avec une équipe allemande a permis de décrire deux nouvelles espèces de Rouxiella, « R. badensis » et « R. sylvae »
The contamination of several parenteral nutrition bags (PNB) with unknown bacterium started an investigation, which is still ongoing. The essential objectives were: to characterize this bacterium taxonomically to allow to recognize it in others contexts. Sequencing the rrs gene (encoding 16S rRNA) allowed to position the unknown bacterium in the family Enteriobacteriaceae, close to genera Ewingella, Rahnella, Serratia, Yersinia and Hafnia. Whole genome sequencing was done. Five genes were used for a MLSA (multi-locus sequence analysis) study. The MLSA phylogenetic tree showed the bacterium (six isolates were only one strain) to represent a new genus of the family Enteriobacteriaceae, named Rouxiella, the species being Rouxiella chamberiensis. One isolate have been designated as the type strain and deposited in two collections in two different countries (CIP, France and DSMZ, Germany). The physical and biochemical properties of R. chamberiensis were used in a formal species description. R. chamberiensis failed to grow at 37 °C, this does not plead for a pathogenic action for human, negative results in tests for reduction of nitrate (which is rare in the Enterobacteriaceae, excepted Erwinia), and fermented a few carbohydrates. The name Rouxiella chamberiensis has been approved by publication in International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. When this new genus and species has been published, other researchers have isolated environmental strains close to Rouxiella chamberiensis. Collaboration with a German team allowed us to describe two new species of Rouxiella, "R. badensis" and "R. sylvae"

This master thesis deals with possibilities for addressing customers at point of sale. Its objective is to apply current theoretical approaches to the field of research in order to design a concrete solution for increase of communication effectiveness of dermo-cosmetics products at pharmacies.

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This paper discusses the growing importance of the infantile-consumer segment in the market, focusing in the point of purchase (POP) and the procedures to be implemented in order to attract this type of consumer. This study is based on the conceptual framework of retailing and Brazilian s market trends, ending with a research on parents and kids at the point of purchase (POP).
Este trabalho discute e demonstra o crescimento da importância do consumidor infantil no mercado, principalmente no que se refere ao ponto de venda e as articulações que podemos demandar para atrair a atenção desta clientela. Parte de um referencial teórico do marketing destinado ao varejo, passa pelas tendências de mercado brasileiro, terminando com uma pesquisa realizada com pais e filhos no ponto de venda.

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Atulim (2002) and Racanicchi (2003) had planned and implemented a geodetic GPS network in São Carlos city, which needed maintenance and revision. The proposals of this dissertation had consisted of: i) to bring up to date the GPS geodetic network in the city of São Carlos and to make it compatible with the SIRGAS2000 (Geocentric Reference System of Americas 2000), with new network adjustment and injunction in two geodesic vertices in the urban area of São Carlos, homologated by the IBGE after the implantation of the original geodetic network in 2003; ii) to evaluate and to compare the new results of the geodetic network coordinates obtained with the relative positioning through the tracking of artificial satellites, according to technology NAVSTAR/GPS and adjusted through the Least Squares Method, with results of coordinates obtained through the Precise Point Positioning (PPP) Method, processed by PPP on-line services. Analyzing the results obtained in this dissertation, it was possible to evaluate that the application of PPP Method, since that followed the specific orientations of each on-line service used, takes care perfectly to the required to support of cadastral registry and location services for the most varied purposes, however it does not substitute yet other services that demand highest degree of accuracy only obtained with vectors and network adjustment with statistical control of processes that demand high computational activity.
Atulim (2002) e Racanicchi (2003) planejaram e implantaram uma rede geodésica GPS no município de São Carlos, que necessitou de manutenção e revisão. As propostas desta dissertação consistiram em: i) atualizar a rede geodésica GPS no município de São Carlos e compatibilizá-la com o SIRGAS2000 (Sistema de Referência Geocêntrica das Américas 2000), com novo ajustamento da rede geodésica e injuncionamento em dois vértices geodésicos na área urbana de São Carlos, homologados pelo IBGE após a implantação da rede geodésica original; ii) avaliar e comparar os novos resultados das coordenadas da rede geodésica de São Carlos obtidas com posicionamento relativo através do rastreamento de satélites artificiais, segundo a tecnologia NAVSTAR/GPS (Navigation Satellite Timing and Ranging/Global Positioning System) e ajustadas através do Método dos Mínimos Quadrados (MMQ), com os resultados das coordenadas obtidas através do Método de Posicionamento Pontual Preciso (PPP), processadas por serviços de cálculo de PPP on-line. Analisando os resultados obtidos nesta dissertação, foi possível avaliar que a aplicação do Método PPP, desde que seguidas as orientações específicas de cada serviço on-line utilizado, atende perfeitamente à exigência requerida para apoiar serviços de cadastro e locação para as mais variadas finalidades, porém não substitui ainda outros serviços que demandam alto grau de exatidão conseguidas somente com vetores e ajustamento de rede com controle estatístico de processos que demandam alta atividade computacional.

The diploma thesis described the basic principles and characters of the long period fiber gratings (LPFGs). Our concern was to describe basic mathematical description of these gratings needed to their modelation and simulation. Consequently some exact models leading to changes in the shape of the spectrum LPFGs were suggested, these methods were the chirping, apodization and changes in the average refractive index navg. In the Matlab environment, programes for counting the important parametres LPFGs were created and meanwhile each model leading to the change in the shape of the spectrum was simulated.

Cette thèse débute par la question de la représentation et de la mobilité de ses seuils, elle évolue vers celle de la perception du déséquilibre. Une analyse de la Tavoletta de Brunelleschi, - par laquelle le monde s'offre à voir dans une représentation à l'exactitude qui fait écran sur le réel -, intègre le corps du regardeur qui ajuste entre ses mains le représenté au réel. La représentation est un dispositif au sein duquel le corps est impliqué. Les Délocaliser confrontent inscription et représentation du lieu et retracent des expérimentations sur des matériaux non représentationnels. L'inscription sous l'image que permet le dispositif ordinateur change entièrement les données liées à la représentation et procède d'un langage manipulable. La forme peut être, dès lors, considérée comme un simple " échangeur ", espace de réélaboration entre langage et image. Un dispositif-image. Dans la Tentation de voir, le visiteur est invité à pénétrer dans une chambre blanche aux déplacements imperceptibles afin d'explorer la frontière polyesthésique d'un doute, d'une incertitude qui surgit entre stabilité et instabilité, entre égomotion et allomotion et ouvre la voie vers de nouvelles perceptions exquises. Une étude de l'Atelier Brouillard-Précis, lieu d'expérimentation et de réflexion dans lequel de nombreuses œuvres ont été créées, constitue la dernière partie de cette thèse
This thesis opens with the question of representation and its thresholds' mobility, it evolves towards the question of perception, of desequilibrium. An analysis of Brunelleschi's Tavoletta, — through which the world is to be seen within a representation at the exactness, that makes screen upon the real —, embodies the the viewer who adjusts between his hands the represented to the real. Representation is an apparatus within which the body is involved. The" delocalisings ", confront inscription et representation of the locus and recall experimentations upon non representationnal matters. The inscription beneath the image that the computer apparatus allows changes completely the datas linked to representation, and arises from a handelable language. The shape can be then considered as a mere " exchanger ", reelaboration space between langage and image. An image apparatus. In la Tentation de voir, the visitor is invited to step into a white room (the moves of which are unperceivable) so as to explore the polyaesthésic border of a doubt, of an uncertainty that arises from between stability and unstability, between égomotion and allomotion ; opens the way towards new exquisit perceptions. A study of Brouillard-Précis' workshop, an experimentation and reflection place where numerus works have been created, form the last part of this thesis

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Tecnologias constantemente estão avançando nas áreas de sistemas distribuídos e computação paralela. Isso acontece porque a compra de equipamentos eletrônicos esta acessível, por isso empresas, cada vez mais, estão apostando em soluções baratas para que todos tenham acesso. Consequentemente, existe um problema que é o desperdício na utilização destes equipamentos. Grande parte de seu tempo esses equipamentos ficam ociosos. Nesse contexto, esta dissertação apresenta o modelo BSPonP2P para minimizar o problema, buscando aproveitar esse desperdício para algum fim útil. O BSPonP2P utiliza uma abordagem de Computação em Grade P2P, ela visa utilizar os equipamentos para execução de computação útil. O objetivo e fazer as execuções de maneira concorrente. O BSPonP2P cria um ambiente com abordagens baseadas nos modelos estruturado e não estruturado vindos da arquitetura P2P, o que foi implementado para agilizar o gerenciamento da comunicação e das informações dentro da rede. Outro diferencial do modelo proposto e a utilização do modelo de programação paralela Bulk Synchronous Parallel (BSP), que cria um ambiente para execução de processos, validando as dependências e aprimorando a comunicação entre eles. A partir de avaliações de métricas como memória, computação, comunicação e dados de equipamentos, e criado um índice denominado de PM. Esse índice é avaliado periodicamente para definir migrações conforme a variável de ambiente a , que esta diretamente ligada as barreiras das supersteps. A partir de avaliações obtidas nas distribuições de processos em um ambiente heterogêneo criado, o modelo BSPonP2P se mostrou eficaz porque ele obteve bons resultados, como, por exemplo, na simples execução da aplicação, comparando com a execução do BSPonP2P, houve um aumento menor que 4% no tempo de execução. Além disso, na execução de 26 processos com 2000 Supersteps e a = 16, obteve-se um ganho de 6% a partir de 24 migrações de processos. Sendo assim, como contribuição científica, optou-se pela utilização de redes em Grades P2P com aplicações BSP, usando métricas como memória, computação, comunicação e dados de equipamentos para avaliação do ambiente. Além de, serviços como migração e checkpoint que possibilitaram um bom desempenho do modelo.
Technologies are constantly advancing in the areas of distributed systems and parallel computing. This is because the purchase of electronic equipment is accessible, so companies increasingly are betting on cheap solutions for every one to access. Accordingly, there is a problem that the wasteful use of such equipment. Most of these have access to the execution of computation, however, a large part of their time sit idle. In this context, this dissertation proposal presents BSPonP2P model to minimize the problem trying to enjoy this waste for any useful purpose. In the proposed model, a P2P Desktop Grid that seeks to use equipment to perform useful computing competitor among its users and Desktop Grid network users way approach will be used. The BSPonP2P will create an environment with models based on structured and unstructured P2P architecture approaches coming, that will be implemented to streamline the management and communication of information within the network. Another difference that the proposed model will have is the use of Bulk Synchronous Parallel (BSP) parallel programming model, which creates an environment for process execution dependencies validating and improving the communication between them. From reviews of metrics such as memory, computation, data communications equipment and an index called PM is created. This index is periodically valuated to define migration as the environment variable α, which is directly linked to the supersteps’ barriers. Based on the ratings obtained from the distributions of processes in a heterogeneous environment created, BSPonP2P model is demonstrated effective. This is because the model had good results, for example, the simple execution application compared to running the BSPonP2P there was a smaller increase than 4% in execution time. Moreover, the implementation of 26 cases with 2000 supersteps and alpha = 16 yielded a gain of 6% from 24 migration process. Thus, atom scientific contribution opted for the use of networks in P2P Grids with BSP applications using metrics such as memory, computation, communication and data equipment for environmental assessment.

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Nesta dissertação investiga-se o Posicionamento por Ponto Preciso (PPP), nos modos estático e cinemático, utilizando o Filtro de Kalman Estendido. Foram corrigidos os erros devido aos efeitos da refração troposférica, relatividade, movimento de rotação da Terra, variações das marés terrestres, correção do centro de fase da antena do satélite e fase Wind- up. Os efeitos devido à ionosfera foram minimizados através da combinação linear Ion-Free. A perda de ciclo foi detectada através da combinação linear widelane, envolvendo as duas observáveis: fase da onda portadora e pseudodistância. Quando a perda de ciclo é detectada, uma nova ambigüidade é inicializada no lugar da antiga. As implementações foram realizadas no software FILTER_FCT, em desenvolvimento na FCT/UNESP, o qual processava apenas a pseudodistância. Visando mostrar a acurácia que pode ser obtida com o PPP, foram realizados três experimentos: PPP no modo estático, PPP estático simulando o modo cinemático e PPP cinemático. No primeiro e no segundo experimentos foram utilizados dados das estações GPS: PPTE, VICO, RIOD e FORT, pertencentes à Rede Brasileira de Monitoramento Contínuo (RBMC), e da estação FRDN, localizada em Fredericton, no Canadá. No terceiro experimento foram utilizados dados do receptor GPS a bordo do satélite CHAMP. No PPP estático, utilizou-se como estratégia de processamento a modificação da variância das coordenadas e do relógio do receptor na matriz de variância-covariância do Filtro de Kalman Estendido. Verificou-se uma discrepância em relação às coordenadas consideradas verdadeiras na ordem de decímetros, com exceção das estações VICO e RIOD, que foram da ordem de centímetros.
In this dissertation the Precise Point Positioning (PPP), in static and kinematic modes, using Extended Kalman Filter is investigated. The errors due to troposphere refraction, relativity, movement of Earth's rotation, tide loading, satellite antenna phase center offset and phase wind-up were corrected. The effects due to ionosphere were minimized through the Ionospheric-Free linear combination. The widelane combination, involving phase and pseduorange, was used to detect cycle slips. When a cycle slip is detected, a new ambiguity is initialized in the place of the old one. The implementations were accomplished in the FILTER_FCT software. To show the accuracy in the PPP, three experiments were accomplished: PPP in the static mode, PPP in the static mode simulating the kinematic mode and PPP in kinematic mode. In the first and second experiments, data from PPTE, VICO, RIOD and FORT stations belonging to Brazilian Network for Continuous Monitoring (RBMC), and FRDN station located in Fredericton, Canada, were used. In the third experiment data from a GPS receiver on board of the CHAMP satellite were used. In static PPP, the modification of the coordinates variance and the receiver clock was used as processing strategy. The discrepanc ies obtained in the static positioning were on the order of decimeters, except for VICO and RIOD stations where they were on the order of centimeters. When the clock receiver variance was increased from (3.300)ø mø to (10.000)ø mø , the values of the discrepancies also increased, on the order of centimeters. Then, there is influence of the receiver clock variance in the estimated coordinates. The residual part of the tropospheric effects was estimated with the introduction of a scale factor in the processing.

This work covers the implementation of a raw Ethernet communication module for the Open MPI message passing library. Thereby it focuses on both the reduction of the communication latency for small messages and maximum possible compatibility. Especially the need for particular network devices, adapted network device drivers or kernel patches is avoided. The work is divided into three major parts: First, the networking subsystem of the version 2.6 Linux kernel is analyzed. Second, an Ethernet protocol family is implemented as a loadable kernel module, consisting of a basic datagram protocol (EDP), providing connection-less and unreliable datagram transport, and a streaming protocol (ESP), providing connection-oriented, sequenced and reliable byte streams. The protocols use the standard device driver interface of the Linux kernel for data transmission and reception. Their services are made available to user-space applications through the standard socket interface. Last, the existing Open MPI TCP communication module is ported atop the ESP. With bare EDP/ESP sockets a message latency of about 30 us could be achieved for small messages, which compared to the TCP latency of about 40 us is a reduction of 25 %.

We develop an optimization-based approach for a point-to-point route planning problem that arises in many large scale delivery systems(for example, less-than-truckload freight, rail, mail and package delivery, communications). In these settings, a firm which must ship goods between many origin and destination pairs on a network needs to specify a route for each origin-destination pair so as to minimize transportation costs and/or transit times. Typically, the cost structure is very complicated. The approach discussed in this paper exploits the structure of the problem to decompose it into two smaller subproblems, each amenable to solution by a combination of optimization and heuristic techniques. One subproblem is an 'assignment' problem with capacity constraints. The other subproblem is a mixed-integer multicommodity flow problem. We propose solution methods based on Lagrangian relaxation for each subproblem. Computational results with these methods and with a heuristic procedure for the multicommodity flow problem on a problem met in practice are encouraging and suggest that mathematical programming methods can be successfully applied to large-scale problems in delivery systems planning and other problems in logistical system design.
This paper was also printed as a Working Paper at the Yale School of Organization and Management, Series B, No. 103.

Das Ziel dieser Arbeit ist es, die Strukturen im äußeren Erdkern zu untersuchen und Rückschlüsse auf die sich daraus ergebenden Konsequenzen für geodynamische Modellvorstellungen zu ziehen. Die Untersuchung der Kernphasenkaustik B mit Hilfe einer kumulierten Amplituden-Entfernungskurve ist Gegenstand des ersten Teils. Dazu werden die absoluten Amplituden der PKP-Phasen im Entfernungsbereich von 142 ° bis 147 ° bestimmt und mit den Amplituden synthetischer Seismogramme verglichen. Als Datenmaterial dienen die Breitbandregistrierungen des Deutschen Seismologischen Re-gionalnetzes (GRSN 1 ) und des Arrays Gräfenberg (GRF). Die verwendeten Wellen-formen werden im WWSSN-SP-Frequenzbereich gefiltert. Als Datenbasis dienen vier Tiefherdbeben der Subduktionszone der Neuen Hebriden (Vanuatu Island) und vier Nuklearexplosionen, die auf dem Mururoa und Fangataufa Atoll im Südpazifik stattgefunden haben. Beide Regionen befinden sich vom Regionalnetz aus gesehen in einer Epizentraldistanz von ungefähr 145 °. Die Verwendung eines homogen instrumentierten Netzes von Detektoren und die Anwendung von Stations- und Magnitudenkorrekturen verringern den Hauptteil der Streuung bei den Amplitudenwerten. Dies gilt auch im Vergleich zu Untersuchungen von langperiodischen Amplituden im Bereich der Kernphasenkaustik (Häge, 1981). Ein weiterer Grund für die geringe Streuung ist die ausschließliche Verwendung von Ereignissen mit kurzer impulsiver Herdzeitfunktion. Erst die geringe Streuung der Amplitudenwerte ermöglicht eine Interpretation der Daten. Die theoretischen Amplitudenkurven der untersuchten Erdmodelle zeigen im Bereich der Kaustik B einen gleichartigen Kurvenverlauf. Bei allen Berechnungen wird ein einheitliches Modell für die Güte der P- und S-Wellen verwendet, das sich aus den Q-Werten der Modelle CIT112 und PREM 2 zusammensetzt. Die mit diesem Q-Modell berechneten Amplituden liegen in geringem Maße oberhalb der gemessenen Amplituden. Dies braucht nicht berücksichtigt zu werden, da die kumulierte Amplituden-Entfernungskurve anhand der Lage des Maximums auf der Entfernungsachse ausgewertet wird. Folglich wird darauf verzichtet, ein alternatives Q-Modell zu entwickeln.
Hinsichtlich der Lage des Kaustikmaximums lassen sich die untersuchten Erdmodelle in zwei Kategorien einteilen. Eine Gruppe besteht aus den Modellen IASP91 und 1066B, deren Maxima bei 144.6 ° und 144.7 ° liegen. Zur zweiten Gruppe von Modellen zählen AK135, PREM und SP6 mit den Maxima bei 145.1 ° und 145.2 ° (SP6). Die gemessene Amplitudenkurve hat ihr Maximum bei 145 °. Alle Entfernungsangaben beziehen sich auf eine Herdtiefe von 200 km. Die Kaustikentfernung für einen Oberflächenherd ist jeweils um 0.454 ° größer als die angegeben Werte. Damit liegen die Maxima der Modelle AK135 und PREM nur 0.1 ° neben dem der gemessenen kumulierten Amplitudenkurve. Daher wird auf die Erstellung eines eigenen Modells verzichtet, da dieses eine unwesentlich verbesserte Amplitudenkurve aufweisen würde. Das Ergebnis der Untersuchung ist die Erstellung einer gemessenen kumulierten Amplituden-Entfernungskurve für die Kaustik B. Die Kurve legt die Position der Kaustik B für kurzperiodische Daten auf ± 0.15 ° fest und bestimmt damit, welche Erdmodelle für die Beschreibung der Amplituden im Entfernungsbereich der Kaustik B besonders geeignet sind. Die Erdmodelle AK135 und PREM, ergänzt durch ein einheitliches Q-Modell, geben den Verlauf der Amplituden am besten wieder. Da die Amplitudenkurven beider Modelle nahe beieinander liegen, sind sie als gleichwertig zu bezeichnen.
Im zweiten Teil der Arbeit wird die Struktur der Übergangszone in den inneren Erdkern anhand des spektralen Abklingens der Phase PKP(BC)diff am Punkt C der Laufzeitkurve untersucht. Der physikalische Prozeß der Beugung ist für die starke Abnahme der Amplituden dieser Phase verantwortlich. Die Diffraktion beeinflußt das Abklingverhalten verschiedener Frequenzanteile des seismischen Signals auf unterschiedliche Weise. Eine Deutung des Verhaltens erfordert die Berechnung von Abklingspektren. Dabei wird die Abschwächung des PKP(BC)diff Signals für acht Frequenzen zwischen 6.4 s und 1.25 Hz ermittelt und als Spektrum dargestellt. Die Form des Abklingspektrums ist charakteristisch für die Beschaffenheit der Geschwindigkeitsstruktur direkt oberhalb der Grenze zum inneren Erdkern (GIK). Die Beben, deren Kernphasen im Regionalnetz als diffraktierte Kernphasen BCdiff registriert werden, liegen in einem Entfernungsbereich jenseits von 150 °. In dieser Distanz befinden sich die Erdbebenherde der Tonga-Fidschi-Subduktionszone, deren Breitbandaufzeichnungen verwendet werden. Die Auswertung unkorrigierter Wellenformen ergibt Abklingspektren, die mit plausiblen Erdmodellen nicht in Einklang zu bringen sind. Aus diesem Grund werden die Daten einer spektralen Stationskorrektur unterzogen, die eigens zu diesem Zweck ermittelt wird. Am Beginn der Auswertung steht eine Prüfung bekannter Erdmodelle mit unterschiedlichen Geschwindigkeitsstrukturen oberhalb der GIK. Zu den untersuchten Modellen zählen PREM, IASP91, AK135Q, PREM2, SP6, OICM2 und eine Variante des PREM. Die Untersuchung ergibt, daß Modelle, die einen verringerten Gradienten oberhalb der GIK aufweisen, eine bessere Übereinstimmung mit den gemessenen Daten zeigen als Modelle ohne diese Übergangszone. Zur Verifikation dieser These wird ein Erdmodell, das keinen verringerten Gradienten oberhalb der GIK besitzt (PREM), durch eine Reihe unterschiedlicher Geschwindigkeitsverläufe in diesem Bereich ergänzt und deren synthetische Seismogramme berechnet. Das Resultat der Untersuchung sind zwei Varianten des PREM, deren Frequenzanalyse eine gute Übereinstimmung mit den Daten zeigt. Das Abklingspektrum des Erdmodells PD47, das in einer 380 km mächtigen Schicht einen negativen Gradienten besitzt, zeigt eine große Ähnlichkeit mit den gemessenen Spektren. Dennoch kann es nicht als realistisches Modell angesehen werden, da der Punkt C in einer zu großen Entfernung liegt. Darüber hinaus müßte die zu kurze Differenzlaufzeit zwischen PKP(AB) und PKP(DF) beziehungsweise PKIKP durch eine größere Änderung der Geschwindigkeitsstruktur im inneren Kern kompensiert werden. Es wird deshalb das Modell PD27a favorisiert, das diese Nachteile nicht aufweist. PD27a besitzt eine Schicht konstanter Geschwindigkeit oberhalb der GIK mit einer Mächtigkeit von 150 km. Die Art des Geschwindigkeitsverlaufs steht im Einklang mit der geodynamischen Modellvorstellung, nach der eine Anreicherung leichter Elemente oberhalb der GIK vorliegt, die als Ursache für die Konvektion im äußeren Erdkern anzusehen ist.
In this thesis the structure of the outer core is investigated with PKP core phases. The knowledge of the physical properties of the earth′s deep interior in this region is important for the understanding of geodynamical processes like the convective flow in the liquid outer core and the differential rotation of the earth′s inner core.
The first part of this thesis describes the investigation of the PKP caustic point B near 145 °. For this purpose a cumulative amplitude distance curve is determined and compared with theoretical amplitude distance curves of different standard earth models. The data are broadband seismograms of the German Regional Seismic Network (GRSN) and the Gräfenberg Array (GRF). In order to measure the absolute amplitudes of the PKP phases, a WWSSN-SP filter is applied to the seismograms. The source regions are located in the South Pacific near Vanuatu Island (4 earthquakes) and on the French atolls Mururoa and Fangataufa (4 explosions). The advantage of a standardized network of seismic stations and the usage of station and magnitude corrections is a reduction of the scatter of the amplitude data. There is even less scatter than in studies with long period amplitude data (Häge, 1981). Another reason for the reduced scattering is the use of events with an impulsive source time function. Only the low scattering of the amplitude values makes it possible to interpret the data. More scattering of the data would have prevented an interpretation. The theoretical amplitude curves are similar in the caustic B distance range. The Q depth distribution for P and S waves used for calculating the synthetic seismograms is a combination of the values of the models CIT112 and PREM. The amplitudes determined with the help of this kind of model are slightly higher than the actually measured amplitudes. However, this needs not be taken into account because the interpretation is based on the position of the caustic peak. Therefore I rejected the computation of an improved Q model.
Regarding the position of the caustic point there are two categories of earth models. The first group consists of the models IASP91 and 1066B with their maxima at 144.6 ° and 144.7 ° respectively. AK135, PREM and SP6 belong to a second group of models with caustic peaks at 145.1 ° and 145.2 ° (SP6). The measured curve has its maximum at 145 °. All distances refer to a source depth of 200 km. For a surface focus the increase in distance is 0.454 °. Therefore the peaks of the models AK135 and PREM are only 0.1 ° beside the maximum of the measured amplitude curve. The main result of this investigation is the amplitude distance curve in the vicinity of the cusp B. The curve determines the position of this point with an accuracy of ± 0.15 ° and points to earth models which would be good for modeling the amplitudes in the distance range of the PKP caustic B. The synthetic seismograms calculated for AK135 and PREM together with a standardized Q model fit the measured amplitude curve equally well.
In the second part of this study the structure of the transition zone to the earth′s inner core is investigated by using the spectral decay of the diffracted wave PKP(BC)diff at point C of the travel time curve. The physical process of diffraction is responsible for the strong reduction in amplitude of this wave. The influence of the diffraction on the seismic signal strongly depends on frequency. The interpretation of this phenomenon requires a calculation of decay spectra. In practice the attenuation of the PKP(BC)diff signal for eight frequencies between 6.4 s and 1.25 Hz are measured and visualized as a decay spectrum. The shape of a spectrum is characteristic of the velocity gradient above the inner core boundary (ICB). Those earthquakes whose core phases are recorded as diffracted core phases BCdiff lie beyond 150 °. In this distance range there are the epicenters of the Tonga-Fiji slab. The broadband waveform data of the earthquakes in this region is used in this study. Decay spectra of waveform data which are not corrected for station site effects are incompatible with standard earth models. Therefore a spectral station correction is applied, which was especially determined for this purpose. The investigation starts with a review of a number of well-known earth models like PREM, IASP91, AK135Q, PREM2, SP6, OICM2 and a version of PREM. All these models have different velocity structures at the ICB. It is shown that models with a reduced velocity gradient above the ICB agree with the data rather than models without such a transition zone. For verification purposes a model without such a reduced gradient (PREM) is completed with different kinds of gradient zones to calculate synthetic seismograms. Two variants of the PREM correspond with the measured decay constants. The decay constants of model PD47 are very close to the measured ones. This model has a 380 km thick negative gradient above the ICB. Nevertheless it is not a realistic model because point C lies in a unrealistic great distance. As a result of the low velocity zone above the inner core there is a differential travel time between the PKP(AB) and the PKP(DF) phase (also PKIKP) which is too short. This would have to be compensated by a correction of the velocities in the inner core. Thus PD27a is the most suitable model which does not have the above mentioned disadvantages. PD27a has a 150 km thick layer of constant velocity above the ICB. This kind of velocity model is compatible with geodynamical theories according to which an enrichment of light elements above the ICB is present and powers the convection in the outer earth core by its buoyancy.

[EN] Precise Point Positioning (PPP) method involves an absolute positioning technique from a single receiver with GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite Systems). Its theoretical basis consists of solving the position with observations using a single receiver, with clock and orbit state models, among other products. The main advance concerning the current differential technique is that differential or relative positioning uses the double-differences solution that requires, at least, two receivers to get a precise position or a receiver connected to a network of reference stations. However, until recently, and from a practical point of view, a precise absolute positioning with centimeter accuracy with a single GNSS receiver was considered unfeasible. The reason was the difficulty in cancellation of errors and the ambiguity resolution. The main factor that limits Precise Point Positioning (PPP) accuracy is the dependence on external information, which models the error sources, that is to say: the performance of the orbit and clock products, the quality of the observations, and the effects of the un-modeled or un-calibrated error sources. Precise ionospheric corrections and troposphere state models are also essential in order to improve positioning at centimeter level. Furthermore, in real-time PPP precise streams of products and state models are needed, and they must meet certain requirements of latency and continuous availability. In the case study of real-time positioning, the PPP technique is very sensible to gaps and outliers in the reception of the products and fluctuations in the constellation, producing lost of convergence, delay in initialization and a lack of accuracy in the results. Nowadays, this situation is changing, but it needs to evolve even more, because the real-time determination and the performance of the orbital parameters, clock states or other modeled errors of the GNSS satellites and signals, are still in a stage of improvement by the International GNSS Service, by the Analysis Centers and by researches all around the world. Therefore, the objective of this investigation was the study of Precise Point Positioning technique applied to the real-time case study, considering the performance of the available products in several sceneries and environments. The study focused on its application and how to improve limitations in the performance. The main tasks developed are: -A preliminary study of the multi - constellation context, the state of the art of Precise Point Positioning technique and modeling error sources, (chapters 1 and 2). -The review of the emission of the state models into a standard format and the discussion of the limitations in the alternatives in the generation of the models, (chapters 3 and 4). -The analysis of the optimization of this method with the development of new constellations, by means of the test of new products, and multiple simultaneous observations performed, (chapter 6). -To explore the possibilities of real-time recovering of integer ambiguities for PPP and the impact in the performance, providing practical demonstrations with experimental and standardized approaches, (chapter 7). -To study tactics to provide combined products in quasi-real time and real-time latency, (chapter 8), and in a regional or continental frame, with own applied solutions, (chapter 9). -The design and development of processing and analysis tools, (chapter 5), monitoring and distribution of results with the real-time PPP method, (chapter 10), and the study of potential applications, (chapter 11).
[ES] El método Precise Point Positioning, (PPP), consiste en una técnica de posicionamiento absoluto con un solo receptor GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite Systems). Su fundamento teórico se basa en resolver la posición con las observaciones de un único equipo, utilizando correcciones de osciladores y de órbitas de satélites, entre otros modelos. La potencia del método con respecto a la técnica diferencial reside en que el posicionamiento diferencial o relativo utiliza la solución de dobles diferencias que requiere, al menos, dos receptores para obtener una posición precisa o un receptor conectado a una red de estaciones de referencia. Sin embargo hasta hace poco y a efectos prácticos, un posicionamiento absoluto con precisión de centímetros con un solo equipo se ha considerado irrealizable. El motivo reside en la dificultad de la cancelación de errores y de obtener la resolución de ambigüedades enteras. El principal factor que limita, por tanto, el posicionamiento absoluto preciso es la dependencia de productos externos que modelen las fuentes de error, es decir: el rendimiento de los modelos de órbitas y relojes, la calidad de las observaciones, y los errores no modelados o no calibrados. Las correcciones ionosféricas y modelos de estado de la troposfera también son esenciales para alcanzar precisiones a nivel del centímetro. Por otro lado, si se trabaja con la técnica PPP en tiempo real, se necesita productos y modelos de estado recibidos continuamente a través de paquetes de datos por Internet, que deben cumplir con ciertos requisitos de latencia y disponibilidad continua. En el caso de estudio de posicionamiento en tiempo real, la técnica PPP es además muy sensible a las anomalías y las pérdidas en la recepción de los productos, y a las fluctuaciones de la constelación, produciendo pérdidas de convergencia, retrasos en la inicialización, y falta de continuidad y exactitud en los resultados. En este momento esta situación está experimentando grandes cambios, pero necesita evolucionar aún más, ya que la determinación en tiempo real y el rendimiento de los parámetros orbitales, estados de reloj u otros modelos de error de los satélites GNSS y sus señales, se encuentra todavía en fase de mejora por parte del International GNSS Service, por parte de los Centros de Análisis y por parte de investigadores de todo el mundo. Por lo tanto, el objetivo de este trabajo ha sido el estudio de la técnica de posicionamiento Precise Point Positioning enfocada al caso de tiempo real, en base al rendimiento de los productos disponibles en varios escenarios y entornos. El estudio se centró en su aplicación y en la implementación de soluciones para mejorar sus limitaciones. Las principales tareas desarrolladas son: -Un estudio preliminar del entorno multi-constelación, del estado del arte de la técnica Precise Point Positioning, así como de los errores a modelar, (capítulos 1 y 2). -La supervisión de la emisión de modelos en un formato estándar, y la discusión de las limitaciones existentes en las alternativas para su generación, (capítulos 3 y 4). -El análisis de la optimización de este método con el desarrollo de nuevas constelaciones, a través de la evaluación de nuevos productos y sesiones simultáneas de observación, (capítulo 6). -La exploración de las posibilidades de recuperación de la naturaleza entera de las ambigüedades y su repercusión en términos de rendimiento, proporcionando demostraciones reales, con aproximaciones experimentales y estandarizadas, (capítulo 7). -El estudio de las tácticas para proporcionar productos combinados robustos en tiempo quasi-real y real, (capítulo 8), y en un marco regional o continental, (capítulo 9), con soluciones propias aplicadas. -El diseño y desarrollo de herramientas de cálculo y apoyo, (capítulo 5), de monitorización y distribución de resultados procedentes de PPP en tiempo real, (capítulo 10), y el e
[CAT] El mètode Precise Point Positioning, (PPP), consisteix en una tècnica de posicionament absolut amb un sol receptor GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite Systems). El seu fonament teòric consisteix a resoldre la posició amb observacions d'un únic equip utilitzant correccions d'oscil¿ladors i d'òrbites de satèl¿lits, entre altres models. La potència del mètode respecte a la tècnica diferencial és que el posicionament diferencial o relatiu utilitza la solució de dobles diferències que requereix, almenys, dos receptors per a obtenir una posició precisa o un receptor connectat a una xarxa d'estacions de referència. No obstant això, fins fa poc i a efectes pràctics, un posicionament absolut amb precisió de centímetres amb un sol equip GNSS s'ha estat considerant irrealitzable. El motiu es troba en la dificultat de la cancel¿lació d'errors i d'obtenir la resolució d'ambigüitats senceres. El principal factor que limita, per tant, el posicionament absolut precís és la dependència de productes externs que modelen les fonts d'error, es a dir: el rendiment dels models d'òrbites i oscil¿ladors, la qualitat de les observacions, i els errors no modelats o no calibrats. Les correccions ionosfèriques i models d'estat de la troposfera també són essencials per a aconseguir precisions a nivell del centímetre amb un equip. D'altra banda, si es treballa amb la tècnica PPP en temps real, es necessita productes i models d'estat rebuts contínuament a través de paquets de dades per Internet, que han de complir amb certs requisits de latència i disponibilitat contínua. En el cas d'estudi de posicionament en temps real, la tècnica PPP és a més molt sensible a les anomalies i les pèrdues en la recepció dels productes, i a les fluctuacions de la constel¿lació, produint pèrdues de convergència, retards en la inicialització i falta de continuïtat i exactitud en els resultats. En aquest moment aquesta situació està experimentant grans canvis, però necessita evolucionar encara més, ja que la determinació en temps real i el rendiment dels paràmetres orbitals, els estats de rellotge o altres models d'error dels satèl¿lits GNSS i els seus senyals, es troben encara en fase de millora per part de l'International GNSS Service, per part dels Centres d'Anàlisi i per part d'investigadors de tot el món. Per tant, l'objectiu d'aquest treball ha consistit en l'estudi de la tècnica Precise Point Positioning enfocat al cas de temps real, fonamentat amb el rendiment dels productes disponibles a diversos escenaris i entorns. L'estudi es va centrar en la seva aplicació i en la implementació de solucions per millorar les limitacions en la seua productivitat. Les principals tasques desenvolupades són: -Un estudi preliminar de l'entorn multi-constel¿lació, l'estat de l'art de la tècnica Precise Point Positioning, així com dels errors a modelar, (capítols 1 i 2). -La supervisió de l'emissió de models amb un format estàndard, i la discussió de les limitacions en les alternatives a la generació de models, (capítols 3 i 4). -Anàlisi de l'optimització d'aquest mètode amb el desenvolupament de noves constel¿lacions, amb l'avaluació de nous productes i múltiples sessions simultànies d'observació, (capítol 6). -L'exploració de les possibilitats de recuperació de la naturalesa sencera de les ambigüitats i la seva repercussió en termes de rendiment, proporcionant demostracions reals, utilitzant aproximacions experimentals i estandarditzades, (capítol 7). -L'estudi de les tàctiques per a proporcionar productes combinats robustos en temps quasi-real i en temps real, (capítol 8), i en un marc regional o continental, amb solucions pròpies aplicades, (capítol 9). -El disseny i desenvolupament d'eines de càlcul i suport (capítol 5), de monitorització i distribució de resultats aplicats al cas de PPP en temps real, (capítol 10), i l'estudi de potencials aplicacions de la tècnica, (capí
Capilla Romá, R. (2015). Aportación al estudio de la capacidad de los modelos conceptuales en posicionamiento absoluto preciso (Precise Point Positioning) para tiempo real a través del análisis del rendimiento de productos y prototipos en un escenario multi-constelación GNSS [Tesis doctoral]. Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/52814
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The present study investigates the strength of the hybridization by substituting Ce atom in Kondo lattice CeIn3 with Gd, Tb, and Dy and by changing the chemical environment around the Ce atom in substituting Pt with Ni in CePtSi2. This thesis covers four chapters outline as follows: Chapter 1 introduces the theoretical background in rare earths elements, and an overview of the physics of heavy-fermion and Kondo systems. Chapter 2 presents the experimental details used in this thesis. Chapter 3 report the effect of substituting Ce with moment bearing rare-earth elements RE = Gd, Tb and Dy in CeIn3, through x-ray diffraction (XRD) and electrical resistivity measurements

Service providers within an enterprise network are often governed by Client Service Contracts (CSC) that specify, among other constraints, the rate at which a particular service instance may be accessed. The service can be accessed via multiple points (typically middleware appliances) in a proxy tier configuration. The CSC and thus the rate specified have to be collectively respected by all the middleware appliances. The appliances locally shape the service requests to respect the global contract. We investigate the case where the CSC limits the rate to a service to X requests with an enforcement/observation interval of T seconds across all the middleware appliances. In this thesis, we define and evaluate the performance of Credit-based Algorithm for Service Traffic Shaping (CASTS), a decentralized algorithm for service traffic shaping in middleware appliances, in both a simulation and a realistic production level enterprise network setting. We show that CASTS respects the CSC and improves the responsiveness of the system to the variations of the input rate and leads to larger service capacity when compared to the traditional static allocation approach.

The past two decades have seen a surge in the number of applications requiring precise positioning data. Modern cellular networks offer many services based on the user's location, such as emergency services (e.g., E911), and emerging wireless sensor networks are being used in applications spanning environmental monitoring, precision agriculture, warehouse and manufacturing logistics, and traffic monitoring, just to name a few. In these sensor networks in particular, obtaining precise positioning data of the sensors gives vital context to the measurements being reported. While the Global Positioning System (GPS) has traditionally been used to obtain this positioning data, the deployment locations of these cellular and sensor networks in GPS-constrained environments (e.g., cities, indoors, etc.), along with the need for reliable positioning, requires a localization scheme that does not rely solely on GPS. This has lead to localization being performed entirely by the network infrastructure itself, or by the network infrastructure aided, in part, by GPS. In the literature, benchmarking localization performance in these networks has traditionally been done in a deterministic manner. That is, for a fixed setup of anchors (nodes with known location) and a target (a node with unknown location) a commonly used benchmark for localization error, such as the Cramer-Rao lower bound (CRLB), can be calculated for a given localization strategy, e.g., time-of-arrival (TOA), angle-of-arrival (AOA), etc. While this CRLB calculation provides excellent insight into expected localization performance, its traditional treatment as a deterministic value for a specific setup is limited. Rather than trying to gain insight into a specific setup, network designers are more often interested in aggregate localization error statistics within the network as a whole. Questions such as: "What percentage of the time is localization error less than x meters in the network?" are commonplace. In order to answer these types of questions, network designers often turn to simulations; however, these come with many drawbacks, such as lengthy execution times and the inability to provide fundamental insights due to their inherent ``block box'' nature. Thus, this dissertation presents the first analytical solution with which to answer these questions. By leveraging tools from stochastic geometry, anchor positions and potential target positions can be modeled by Poisson point processes (PPPs). This allows for the CRLB of position error to be characterized over all setups of anchor positions and potential target positions realizable within the network. This leads to a distribution of the CRLB, which can completely characterize localization error experienced by a target within the network, and can consequently be used to answer questions regarding network-wide localization performance. The particular CRLB distribution derived in this dissertation is for fourth-generation (4G) and fifth-generation (5G) sub-6GHz networks employing a TOA localization strategy. Recognizing the tremendous potential that stochastic geometry has in gaining new insight into localization, this dissertation continues by further exploring the union of these two fields. First, the concept of localizability, which is the probability that a mobile is able to obtain an unambiguous position estimate, is explored in a 5G, millimeter wave (mm-wave) framework. In this framework, unambiguous single-anchor localization is possible with either a line-of-sight (LOS) path between the anchor and mobile or, if blocked, then via at least two NLOS paths. Thus, for a single anchor-mobile pair in a 5G, mm-wave network, this dissertation derives the mobile's localizability over all environmental realizations this anchor-mobile pair is likely to experience in the network. This is done by: (1) utilizing the Boolean model from stochastic geometry, which statistically characterizes the random positions, sizes, and orientations of reflectors (e.g., buildings) in the environment, (2) considering the availability of first-order (i.e., single-bounce) reflections as well as the LOS path, and (3) considering the possibility that reflectors can either facilitate or block reflections. In addition to the derivation of the mobile's localizability, this analysis also reveals that unambiguous localization, via reflected NLOS signals exclusively, is a relatively small contributor to the mobile's overall localizability. Lastly, using this first-order reflection framework developed under the Boolean model, this dissertation then statistically characterizes the NLOS bias present on range measurements. This NLOS bias is a common phenomenon that arises when trying to measure the distance between two nodes via the time delay of a transmitted signal. If the LOS path is blocked, then the extra distance that the signal must travel to the receiver, in excess of the LOS path, is termed the NLOS bias. Due to the random nature of the propagation environment, the NLOS bias is a random variable, and as such, its distribution is sought. As before, assuming NLOS propagation is due to first-order reflections, and that reflectors can either facilitate or block reflections, the distribution of the path length (i.e., absolute time delay) of the first-arriving multipath component (MPC) is derived. This result is then used to obtain the first NLOS bias distribution in the localization literature that is based on the absolute delay of the first-arriving MPC for outdoor time-of-flight (TOF) range measurements. This distribution is shown to match exceptionally well with commonly assumed gamma and exponential NLOS bias models in the literature, which were only attained previously through heuristic or indirect methods. Finally, the flexibility of this analytical framework is utilized by further deriving the angle-of-arrival (AOA) distribution of the first-arriving MPC at the mobile. This distribution gives novel insight into how environmental obstacles affect the AOA and also represents the first AOA distribution, of any kind, derived under the Boolean model. In summary, this dissertation uses the analytical tools offered by stochastic geometry to gain new insights into localization metrics by performing analyses over the entire ensemble of infrastructure or environmental realizations that a target is likely to experience in a network.
Doctor of Philosophy
The past two decades have seen a surge in the number of applications requiring precise positioning data. Modern cellular networks offer many services based on the user's location, such as emergency services (e.g., E911), and emerging wireless sensor networks are being used in applications spanning environmental monitoring, precision agriculture, warehouse and manufacturing logistics, and traffic monitoring, just to name a few. In these sensor networks in particular, obtaining precise positioning data of the sensors gives vital context to the measurements being reported. While the Global Positioning System (GPS) has traditionally been used to obtain this positioning data, the deployment locations of these cellular and sensor networks in GPS-constrained environments (e.g., cities, indoors, etc.), along with the need for reliable positioning, requires a localization scheme that does not rely solely on GPS. This has lead to localization being performed entirely by the network infrastructure itself, or by the network infrastructure aided, in part, by GPS. When speaking in terms of localization, the network infrastructure consists of what are called anchors, which are simply nodes (points) with a known location. These can be base stations, WiFi access points, or designated sensor nodes, depending on the network. In trying to determine the position of a target (i.e., a user, or a mobile), various measurements can be made between this target and the anchor nodes in close proximity. These measurements are typically distance (range) measurements or angle (bearing) measurements. Localization algorithms then process these measurements to obtain an estimate of the target position. The performance of a given localization algorithm (i.e., estimator) is typically evaluated by examining the distance, in meters, between the position estimates it produces vs. the actual (true) target position. This is called the positioning error of the estimator. There are various benchmarks that bound the best (lowest) error that these algorithms can hope to achieve; however, these benchmarks depend on the particular setup of anchors and the target. The benchmark of localization error considered in this dissertation is the Cramer-Rao lower bound (CRLB). To determine how this benchmark of localization error behaves over the entire network, all of the various setups of anchors and the target that would arise in the network must be considered. Thus, this dissertation uses a field of statistics called stochastic geometry} to model all of these random placements of anchors and the target, which represent all the setups that can be experienced in the network. Under this model, the probability distribution of this localization error benchmark across the entirety of the network is then derived. This distribution allows network designers to examine localization performance in the network as a whole, rather than just for a specific setup, and allows one to obtain answers to questions such as: "What percentage of the time is localization error less than x meters in the network?" Next, this dissertation examines a concept called localizability, which is the probability that a target can obtain a unique position estimate. Oftentimes localization algorithms can produce position estimates that congregate around different potential target positions, and thus, it is important to know when algorithms will produce estimates that congregate around a unique (single) potential target position; hence the importance of localizability. In fifth generation (5G), millimeter wave (mm-wave) networks, only one anchor is needed to produce a unique target position estimate if the line-of-sight (LOS) path between the anchor and the target is unimpeded. If the LOS path is impeded, then a unique target position can still be obtained if two or more non-line-of-sight (NLOS) paths are available. Thus, over all possible environmental realizations likely to be experienced in the network by this single anchor-mobile pair, this dissertation derives the mobile's localizability, or in this case, the probability the LOS path or at least two NLOS paths are available. This is done by utilizing another analytical tool from stochastic geometry known as the Boolean model, which statistically characterizes the random positions, sizes, and orientations of reflectors (e.g., buildings) in the environment. Under this model, considering the availability of first-order (i.e., single-bounce) reflections as well as the LOS path, and considering the possibility that reflectors can either facilitate or block reflections, the mobile's localizability is derived. This result reveals the roles that the LOS path and the NLOS paths play in obtaining a unique position estimate of the target. Using this first-order reflection framework developed under the Boolean model, this dissertation then statistically characterizes the NLOS bias present on range measurements. This NLOS bias is a common phenomenon that arises when trying to measure the distance between two nodes via the time-of-flight (TOF) of a transmitted signal. If the LOS path is blocked, then the extra distance that the signal must travel to the receiver, in excess of the LOS path, is termed the NLOS bias. As before, assuming NLOS propagation is due to first-order reflections and that reflectors can either facilitate or block reflections, the distribution of the path length (i.e., absolute time delay) of the first-arriving multipath component (MPC) (or first-arriving ``reflection path'') is derived. This result is then used to obtain the first NLOS bias distribution in the localization literature that is based on the absolute delay of the first-arriving MPC for outdoor TOF range measurements. This distribution is shown to match exceptionally well with commonly assumed NLOS bias distributions in the literature, which were only attained previously through heuristic or indirect methods. Finally, the flexibility of this analytical framework is utilized by further deriving angle-of-arrival (AOA) distribution of the first-arriving MPC at the mobile. This distribution yields the probability that, for a specific angle, the first-arriving reflection path arrives at the mobile at this angle. This distribution gives novel insight into how environmental obstacles affect the AOA and also represents the first AOA distribution, of any kind, derived under the Boolean model. In summary, this dissertation uses the analytical tools offered by stochastic geometry to gain new insights into localization metrics by performing analyses over all of the possible infrastructure or environmental realizations that a target is likely to experience in a network.

Tu Point es un aplicativo móvil que satisface una necesidad del mercado con la oferta de información útil de manera innovadora y oportuna, el aplicativo les ofrece a los clientes (discotecas) la posibilidad de mejorar su posicionamiento en el mercado, a través de la captación de público interesado en el uso de herramientas tecnológicas para la búsqueda de información y nuevas alternativas de diversión, en este caso, para encontrar una discoteca que llene sus expectativas. En una primera etapa el proyecto inicia sus operaciones en Lima Metropolitana, con miras al futuro de poder extender operaciones a nivel nacional, el presente proyecto ha desarrollado diversos estudios y aplicado diversas herramientas y metodologías, las cuales permiten aseverar la viabilidad del mismo. La realización de este proyecto permitirá el crecimiento y desarrollo profesional y personal, además contribuye con la generación de empleo.
Tu Point is a mobile application that satisfies a market need with the offer of useful information in an innovative and timely manner, the application offers customers (discotheques) the possibility of improving their market positioning, through the capture of public interested in the use of technological tools to search for information and new fun alternatives, in this case, to find a disco that meets their expectations. In a first stage the project starts its operations in Metropolitan Lima, with a view to the future of being able to extend operations at national level, the present project has developed several studies and applied various tools and methodologies, which allow to assert the viability of the same. The realization of this project will allow professional and personal growth and development, as well as contributing to the generation of employment
Trabajo de investigación

TESIS PARA OPTAR AL GRADO DE MAGÍSTER EN ADMINISTRACIÓN
Klapp, María Ignacia, [Parte I], Cifuentes, Felipe, [Parte II]
Es un hecho que la economía y sociedad chilena está cada vez más abierta al mundo, por lo que la interacción con individuos de habla no hispana es más frecuente y de gran importancia en las carreras profesionales y en el desarrollo de emprendimientos. Por otro lado, la educación chilena ha avanzado en las últimas décadas en la enseñanza del inglés. Sin embargo, hay una brecha importante entre quienes tienen nociones básicas y quienes pueden expresarse fluidamente. En estos días los chilenos están dispuestos a pagar para reducir esta brecha, ya que esto les permite facilitar su interacción con extranjeros y a su vez permite un mejor desempeño en sus trabajos. Meeting Point busca potenciar a aquellos con nociones básicas de inglés para que avancen en su aprendizaje y puedan desenvolverse en diversos contextos en dicho idioma. Las sesiones grupales en diversos lugares de esparcimiento, la dinámica colaborativa entre participantes más el feedback personalizado constituyen una ventaja única que permite proyectar una buena entrada de Meeting Point al mercado de la enseñanza de lenguas extranjeras. A lo anterior se suman actividades de marketing dirigidas al segmento de clientes interesados en desarrollo personal mediante un equilibrio entre metodología y experiencia, esto permite proyectar un crecimiento sostenible. Meeting Point considera ponerse en marcha inicialmente en las comunas urbanas de Santiago tanto para personas como para empresas y organizaciones. El potencial de escalamiento a zonas semiurbanas como también a otras ciudades permite proyectar un fuerte crecimiento dentro de los primeros cinco años, lo que se traduce en positivos rendimientos al capital para sus socios a contar del segundo año. Asimismo, el payback se da luego de dos años y 10 meses. Para poder poner en marcha a Meeting Point es necesario lograr financiamiento por 10.000.000, para así poder cubrir parte del capital de trabajo mínimo equivalente a al mayor déficit de flujo de caja del primer año de funcionamiento, los restantes CLP 12,7 MM serán efectuados a través de inyección de capital de los socios fundadores. Con respecto a la rentabilidad, el proyecto presenta un VAN positivo por CLP 58 MM pesos al quinto año y un valor residual de la evaluación a perpetuidad de CLP 238 MM, por lo tanto es concluyente que el proyecto es rentable y que se debería invertir en él. La tasa de descuento calculada para este proyecto es de 18,68% anual. Lo mismo es corroborado con la TIR del negocio donde su valor al quinto año alcanza un 58%.

The diploma thesis solves a theater with a cafe in the town of Humpolec in the Vysočina Region. It contains complete documentation for execution, assessment in terms of fire safety and in terms of building physics. Furthermore, the proposal ventilation for cinema, foyer and cafe. There is a cinema and a cafe, which is located on the second floor. Cinema is designed with a capacity of 196 seats, of which 5 seats are reserved for people with limited mobility. Screening is provided as 2D mode and 3D projection. The café is designed for moviegoers and the general public. The café seats 36 seats. The building is designed as a two storey with dissected floor plan with rounded shapes with no sharp edges with a protruding portion of the roof of cinema, which is located on the north side of the building and has the function division of the building into individual units. The building has dimensions of 39.15 meters x 29.45 meters. The supporting structure of the building consists of reinforced concrete reinforced walls and ceilings. In the southern part of the building with rooms Foyer café is designed glass facade of the LOP. Supporting roof structure over the cinema hall is made up of wooden trusses joined punched punched plates.

CONSELHO NACIONAL DE DESENVOLVIMENTO CIENTÍFICO E TECNOLÓGICO
A crescente demanda dos usuários por serviços de banda larga tais como dados a alta velocidade, vídeo, aúdio e multimídia, tem levado ao uso de sistemas rádio ponto- multiponto em freqüências superiores a 10 GHz, que além de menos utilizadas, permitem oferecer as grandes larguras de banda necessárias. Nessas freqüências, as perdas de propagação do sinal devem-se principalmente ao efeito de chuvas. A atenuação por chuvas afeta diretamente a cobertura e o desempenho dos sistemas que operam nestas faixas de freqüência. No presente trabalho é desenvolvido um modelo empírico para a previsão da distribuição cumulativa da atenuação por chuvas, utilizando a base oficial de ITU-R e resultados experimentais de medidas realizadas no Brasil. Este modelo fornece resultados mais precisos do que os atualmente propostos na literatura técnica e permite avaliar o impacto das chuvas na cobertura de sistemas ponto-multiponto tipo LMDS (Local Multipoint Distribution System). Além disto, foram desenvolvidos dois modelos para a previsão da distribuição da atenuação diferencial por chuvas, fator essencial para a determinação de efeitops de interferência e seu impacto das chuvas no desempenho de sistemas LMDS. Finalmente, foram desenvolvidos modelos para a previsão da duração total e média, de eventos de atenuação por chuvas, estatísticas também relevantes na análise de performance de sistemas LMDS.
The growing demand for broadband services such as high- speed data, video, audio and multimedia, has lead to the use of point-multipoint radio systems operating in frequencies above of 10 GHz, that are not yet allocated for other services and allow the use of the large bandwidths required by these services. At these frequencies, the main contribution for the propagation losses is due to rain attenuation. The rain directly affects the area coverage and the performance of systems operating at these frequencies. In the present work, an empirical model is developed for predicting the cumulative distribution of rain attenuation prediction, using the ITU-R data base and results of propagation measurements campaigns performed in Brazil. The model provides better results than others currently found in the technical literature and allows the evaluation of the impact of rain attenuation in the coverage of LMDS (Local Multipoint Distribution System/Local Multipoint Communications System). Also, two models were developed for predicting distributions of differential rain attenuation, an essential factor for interference effects and its impact in LMDS performance. Finally, models were developed for the prediction of total and average duration of rain attenuation events, also relevant for systems performance assessment.

The design of a mixed-use market, three axes of influence was studied on a site at the end of King Street in Alexandria, VA. A semicircular form was developed that terminated the main circulation axis down King Street, continued the free form edge of the Potomac, and acted as a visual beginning to the "new world" of Washington, DC across the river. While the marketplace still remains as an enduring and appealing image of the city, it has diminished in recent years. Climate controlled indoor malls and shopping centers sprawl across the . country, and many of the real marketplaces have fallen into disrepair, physically and symbolically losing their traditional role as a forum for the people. There has, however, been a resurgence of interest in the markets in the past decade. As people grow tired of impersonal service, the poor quality of goods and produce, and the often nondescript atmosphere, many of the older markets are being re-inhabited by farmers, artists and others seeking to sell their products. Around many urban centers, people are rediscovering the simple premise of the market which serves as a canvas for the explosion of colors, sights, sounds and smells it contains.
Master of Architecture

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The advent of Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) point cloud collection has significantly improved the ability to model the world in precise, fine, three-dimensional details. The objective of this research was to demonstrate accurate, foundation methods for fusing LiDAR data and photogrammetric imagery and their potential for change detection. The scope of the project was to investigate optical image to LiDAR registration methods, focusing on several dissimilar image types including Optical Bar Camera (OBC), high resolution aerial frame, and WorldView 1 satellite with varying LiDAR point densities. An innovative optical image to LiDAR data registration process was established. This approach was demonstrated for one image type using the rational polynomial coefficients (RPC) representation of the panoramic math model improving accuracy from 1.9 m to 0.5 m root mean square (RMS) error. Comparison of stereo imagery point cloud data to the LiDAR point cloud using a 90% confidence interval highlighted changes that included small scale (< 50cm), sensor dependent change and large scale, new home construction change. This research also proposed a fused LiDAR and stereo image base layer as the foundation for further LiDAR/image fusion.

The work within this Thesis is concerned with the manufacturing processes associated with the production of blade root mounting slots in aeroengine compressor and turbine discs. Typically slots are of dovetail or fir-tree geometry dependent on specific design requirements. The state of the art process across the industry is broaching however, despite achieving required geometrical tolerances and surface integrity for decades the process is not without its disadvantages. Primarily these include the inflexibility of the process, machine tool cost; size and cutting forces, complexity of tooling and set up and further the limited level of control of the process beyond tooling design. This has led to research into alternative processes across a range of conventional and non-conventional manufacturing techniques. Work presented here focuses on two key technology areas, namely point grinding and electrolytic point grinding. The former applies small diameter single layer grinding wheels on a high speed machining centre with spindle capability in the region of 60,000rpm. Target geometry was a complex fir-tree root form requiring dimensional control to within +/- 5um and a surface integrity in line with critical aerospace components. The later process investigated the unification of point grinding and electrochemical machining on a vertical machining centre to assess process performance across a range of variables.

Thesis (M.S. in Engineering Science (Electrical Engineering))--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2003.
Thesis advisor(s): David C. Jenn, Jeffrey B. Knorr. Includes bibliographical references (p. 73). Also available online.

Given the current developments and advances in the scientific and technological aspects of human knowledge and introducing new approaches in various fields of telecommunication technologies and industries, there has been an increasing growth in its players' plans and a positive change in their outlooks in order to achieve the target of "anywhere and anytime access". Recent developments of WiMAX (Worldwide interoperability for Microwave Access) networks, as a sign of increasing needs and demands for new telecommunication services and capabilities, have led to revolutions in global telecommunication which should be perceived properly in terms of the commercial and technical aspects in order to enjoy the new opportunities. Most experts believe that WiMAX technology is a preliminary step to develop Fourth Generation networks known as 4G technologies. It has not only succeeded in the utilization of several of the latest telecommunication techniques in the form of unique practical standards, but also paved the way for the quantitative and qualitative developments of high-speed broadband access. IEEE 802.16 Standard introduces several advantages, and one of them is the support for Quality of Services (QoS) at the Media Access Control (MAC) level. For these purposes, the standard defines several scheduling classes at MAC layer to treat service flow in a different way, depending on QoS requirements. In this thesis, we have proposed a new QoS framework for Point-to-Multi Point (PMP) 802.16 systems operating in Time Division Duplexing (TDD) mode over a WirelessMAN-OFDM physical layer. The proposed framework consists of a Call Admission Control (CAC) module and a scheduling scheme for the uplink traffic as well as a simple frame allocation scheme. The proposed CAC module interacts with the uplink scheduler status and it makes its decision based on the scheduler queue status; on the other hand, the proposed scheduling scheme for the uplink traffic aims to support realtime flows and adapts the frame-by-frame allocations to the current needs of the connections, with respect to the grants boundaries fixed by the CAC module. Extensive OPNET simulation demonstrates the effectiveness of the proposed architecture.