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Optimal Signaling and Labelling For Constellation-Constrained Communication Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-25)Most communication systems use a finite signal set as their alphabet set to form a codebook to transmit data over a communication channel in a reliable fashion. The problem with Conventional methods which implement Coded ... -
Optimal Siting and Sizing of Solar Photovoltaic Distributed Generation to Minimize Loss, Present Value of Future Asset Upgrades and Peak Demand Costs on a Real Distribution Feeder
(University of Waterloo, 2011-08-31)The increasing penetration of distributed generation (DG) in power distribution systems presents technical and economic benefits as well as integration challenges to utility engineers. Governments are beginning to acknowledge ... -
Optimal Sizing of Battery/Ultracapacitor-Based Energy Storage Systems in Electric Vehicles
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-19)In recent years, electrification of powertrain has gradually become the core of research and development efforts in automotive industry. This is mainly due to the fact that electrified powertrains can effectively alleviate ... -
The Optimal Steady-State Control Problem
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-05)Many engineering systems -- including electrical power networks, chemical processing plants, and communication networks -- have a well-defined notion of an "optimal'" steady-state operating point. This optimal operating ... -
Optimally-Sized Design of a Wind/Diesel/Fuel Cell Hybrid System for a Remote Community
(University of Waterloo, 2011-09-30)Remote communities, characterized by no connection to the main power grid, traditionally get their power from diesel generators. Long geographical distances and lack of suitable roads make the fuel transportation difficult ... -
Optimization Algorithm for Antenna Impedance Matching in Digitally Tunable Network
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-24)In this work, we explore different methods to tune the antenna impedance in mobile devices. Mismatch from antenna impedance can cause undesirable effects such as spurious emissions, channel leakages, increased noise floor, ... -
Optimization of a Microfluidic Assay Computationally and Experimentally for Rapid and Sensitive Detection of Toxins in Water Samples
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-22)Toxins are biological molecules observed in water resources, harmful to animal and human life. They are produced by certain algae and can find their way to the human body by drinking contaminated water, recreational water ... -
Optimization of the Migration of Virtual Machines Over a Bipartite Mesh Network Topology
(University of Waterloo, 2015-04-22)In today's society, the core network is becoming increasingly important to provide support for the ever growing number of end users as well as the applications that are required to run. While network technology continues ... -
Optimization Placement for SDN Controller: Bell Canada as a Case Study
(University of Waterloo, 2017-11-17)The tremendous proliferation of data traffic has been a key motivator for the upgrading of traditional IP networks One new conceptual model that has been developed for redesigning and managing communication networks is ... -
Optimizations and Hardware Implementations for Composited de Bruijn Sequence Generators
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-21)A binary de Bruijn sequence with period 2^n is a sequence in which every length-n sub-sequence occurs exactly once. de Bruijn sequences have randomness properties that make them attractive for pseudorandom number generators. ... -
Optimizations of Cisco’s Embedded Logic Analyzer Module
(University of Waterloo, 2009-07-24)Cisco’s embedded logic analyzer module (ELAM) is a debugging device used for many of Cisco’s application specific integrated chips (ASICs). The ELAM is used to capture data of interest to the user and stored for analysis ... -
Optimized Hardware Implementations of Lightweight Cryptography
(University of Waterloo, 2017-01-20)Radio frequency identification (RFID) is a key technology for the Internet of Things era. One important advantage of RFID over barcodes is that line-of-sight is not required between readers and tags. Therefore, it is widely ... -
Optimum Power Allocation for Cooperative Communications
(University of Waterloo, 2009-08-25)Cooperative communication is a new class of wireless communication techniques in which wireless nodes help each other relay information and realize spatial diversity advantages in a distributed manner. This new transmission ... -
Optoelectronic Properties and Applications of 3-D Hybrid a-Si:H/ZnO Nanowire Structures
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-08)This Ph.D. dissertation presents the study and development of optoelectronic properties of 3-D hybrid zinc oxide nanowire (ZnO NW) and hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) core-shell structures and a demonstration of ... -
Organic Semiconductor Detector for Large Area Digital Imaging
(University of Waterloo, 2014-05-09)Organic semiconductor technology has gained attention in both the sensor and display markets due to its low cost and simple fabrication techniques. The ability to fabricate organic semiconductor devices such as photodetectors ... -
Organic Thin Film Transistor Integration
(University of Waterloo, 2008-05-23)This thesis examines strategies to exploit existing materials and techniques to advance organic thin film transistor (OTFT) technology in device performance, device manufacture, and device integration. To enhance device ... -
Organic-Inorganic Nanomaterial Based Highly Efficient Flexible Nanogenerator for Self-Powered Wireless Electronics
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-01)As the world progresses towards artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things (IoT), self‐powered sensor systems are increasingly vital for sensing and detection. Nanogenerators, a new technology in energy research, ... -
Organically Grown Microgrids: the Development and Simulation of a Solar Home System-based Microgrid
(University of Waterloo, 2012-05-16)The United Nations has declared 2012 the ``International Year of Sustainable Energy for All''. A substantial portion of the world's population (some 1.3 billion people) currently live without electricity and development ... -
Oscillator-Based Electrochemical Capacitance Imager with Frequency-Division-Multiplexed Readout
(University of Waterloo, 2022-02-24)Electrochemical biosensors, built using complimentary-metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology, have shown promise for various applications in health-care diagnostics, disease detection, and life science research. ... -
Out-of-Distribution Detection for LiDAR-based 3D Object Detection
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-18)3D object detection is an essential part of automated driving, and deep neural networks (DNNs) have achieved state-of-the-art performance for this task. However, deep models are notorious for assigning high confidence ...