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Relative Pose Estimation Using Non-overlapping Multicamera Clusters
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-17)This thesis considers the Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) problem using a set of perspective cameras arranged such that there is no overlap in their fields-of-view. With the known and fixed extrinsic calibration ... -
Relay-aided Interference Alignment in Wireless Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2011-04-29)Resource management in wireless networks is one of the key factors in maximizing the overall throughput. Contrary to popular belief, dividing the resources in a dense network does not yield the best results. A method that ... -
Relay-Assisted Free-Space Optical Communications
(University of Waterloo, 2011-01-21)The atmospheric lightwave propagation is considerably influenced by the random variations in the refractive index of air pockets due to turbulence. This undesired effect significantly degrades the performance of free-space ... -
Reliability Analysis of Power Systems Considering the Effect of Weather Variability
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-09)The continuity of power supply is affected by numerous factors, one of which is related to the weather conditions to which power system components are exposed. Bad weather conditions have been noticed to be one of the major ... -
Reliability-Centered Maintenance and Replacement for Transformer
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-25)Deregulated and competitive power market places utilities under high pressure to assure providing power with a satisfactory level of power continuity. This objective entails a high level of reliability which in turn demands ... -
Reliable Communications over Heterogeneous Wireless Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2011-01-20)The recent years have seen an enormous advance in wireless communication technology and co-existence of various types of wireless networks, which requires effective inter-networking among the heterogeneous wireless networks ... -
A Reliable Multiple Access Scheme Based on Chirp Spread Spectrum and Turbo Codes
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-25)Nowadays, smart devices are the indispensable part of everyone's life and they play an important role in the advancement of industries and businesses.These devices are able to communicate with themselves and build the ... -
Remote Material Characterization using mmWave FMCW Radar with Complex Baseband
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-13)Material characterization has been a topic of interest for many years due to numerous applications in industry and research. Free space material characterization has seen lots of interest lately due to the non-invasive and ... -
Remote vital signs monitoring using a mm-wave FMCW radar
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-23)A vision on the migration from contact standard health monitoring measurement devices to non-contact measurement technologies has gained a tremendous attention in literature and in industry. A promising method for realizing ... -
Replication, Security, and Integrity of Outsourced Data in Cloud Computing Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2013-02-21)In the current era of digital world, the amount of sensitive data produced by many organizations is outpacing their storage ability. The management of such huge amount of data is quite expensive due to the requirements of ... -
Requirement-based Root Cause Analysis Using Log Data
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-14)Root Cause Analysis for software systems is a challenging diagnostic task due to complexity emanating from the interactions between system components. Furthermore, the sheer size of the logged data makes it often difficult ... -
A Requirements-Based Partition Testing Framework Using Particle Swarm Optimization Technique
(University of Waterloo, 2009-01-23)Modern society is increasingly dependent on the quality of software systems. Software failure can cause severe consequences, including loss of human life. There are various ways of fault prevention and detection that can ... -
ReserveTM: Optimizing for Eager Software Transactional Memory
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-26)Software Transactional Memory (STM) helps programmers write correct concurrent code by allowing them to identify atomic sections rather than focusing on the mechanics of concurrency control. Given code with atomic sections, ... -
Resonant excitation of a nanowire quantum dot and optical frequency shifting via electro-optic modulation
(University of Waterloo, 2021-12-21)The ability to create pairs of entangled photons is a requirement for many near-future quantum technologies. Despite this, the current state-of-the-art entangled photon sources are fundamentally limited in their performance ... -
Resource Allocation for Broadband Wireless Access Networks with Imperfect CSI
(University of Waterloo, 2009-08-17)The high deployment and maintenance costs of last mile wireline networks (i.e., DSL and cable networks) have urged service providers to search for new cost-effective solutions to provide broadband connectivity. Broadband ... -
Resource Allocation for Cellular/WLAN Integrated Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-26)The next-generation wireless communications have been envisioned to be supported by heterogeneous networks using various wireless access technologies. The popular cellular networks and wireless local area networks (WLANs) ... -
Resource allocation for heterogeneous wireless networks
(University of Waterloo, 2015-10-15)Demand for high volumes of mobile data traffic with better quality-of-service (QoS) support and seamless network coverage is ever increasing, due to growth of the number of smart mobile devices and the applications that ... -
Resource Allocation in OFDMA Wireless Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2008-12-23)Orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) is becoming a widely deployed mechanism in broadband wireless networks due to its capability to combat the channel impairments and support high data rate. Besides, ... -
Resource Allocation in Relay Enhanced Broadband Wireless Access Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2010-09-28)The use of relay nodes to improve the performance of broadband wireless access (BWA) networks has been the subject of intense research activities in recent years. Relay enhanced BWA networks are anticipated to support ... -
Resource Allocation in SDN/NFV-Enabled Core Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2020-05-19)For next generation core networks, it is anticipated to integrate communication, storage and computing resources into one unified, programmable and flexible infrastructure. Software-defined networking (SDN) and network ...