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A single-sensor two-detectors system is considered where the sensor communicates with both detectors and Detector 1 communicates with Detector 2, all over noise-free rate-limited links. The sensor and both detectors observe discrete…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-07-19 Pierre Escamilla , Michèle Wigger , Abdellatif Zaidi

A detection system with a single sensor and $\mathsf{K}$ detectors is considered, where each of the terminals observes a memoryless source sequence and the sensor sends a common message to all the detectors. The communication of this…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-05-17 Pierre Escamilla , Michèle Wigger , Abdellatif Zaidi

Recently, cellular Ambient Backscattering has been proposed for cellular networks. Up to now an Ambient backscatter device, called zero-energy device or tag, broadcasted its message by backscattering ambient downlink waves from the closest…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-04-11 Ahmed ElSanhoury , Islam Galal , Khaled AlKady , Aml ElKhodary , Dinh-Thuy Phan-Huy , Ayman M. Hassan

In optical wireless scattering communication, received signal in each symbol interval is captured by a photomultiplier tube (PMT) and then sampled through very short but finite interval sampling. The resulting samples form a signal vector…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-12-14 Difan Zou , Chen Gong , Zhengyuan Xu

Coherent backscattering is due to constructive interferences of reciprocal paths and leads to an enhancement of the intensity of a multiply scattered field near its source. To observe this enhancement an array of receivers is conventionally…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-13 Eric Larose , Oleg I. Lobkis , Richard L. Weaver

Non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) and ambient backscatter communication have been envisioned as two promising technologies for the Internet-of-things due to their high spectral efficiency and energy efficiency. Motivated by this fact,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-08-14 Xingwang Li , Mengle Zhao , Ming Zeng , Shahid Mumtaz , Varun G Menon , Zhiguo Ding , Octavia A. Dobre

Cooperative cognitive radio networks are investigated by using an information-theoretic approach. This approach consists of interpreting the decision process carried out at the fusion center as a binary (asymmetric) channel, whose input is…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2010-08-02 Giorgio Taricco

This paper is concerned with the error performance analysis of binary differential phase shift keying with differential detection over the nonselective, Rayleigh fading channel with combining diversity reception. Space antenna diversity…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2010-08-26 Hua Fu , Pooi Yuen Kam

Ambient backscatter communications (AmBackComs) have been recognized as a spectrum- and energy-efficient technology for Internet of Things, as it allows passive backscatter devices (BDs) to modulate their information into the legacy…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-05-15 Yinghui Ye , Liqin Shi , Xiaoli Chu , Guangyue Lu

Ambient backscatter communication (AmBC) enables ambient Internet of Things (AIoT) devices to achieve ultra-low-power, low-cost, and massive connectivity. Most existing AmBC studies assume ideal synchronization between the backscatter…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-10-06 Yuxin Li , Guangyue Lu , Yinghui Ye , Zehui Xiong , Liqin Shi

New problems arise when the standard theory of joint detection and estimation is applied to a set of signals drawn from a continuous family; decision thresholds must be determined as a function of the continuous parameter x characterizing…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2014-07-17 D. Michael Milder , Robert G. Lindgren , Morris M. Berman

Uncertainty in discriminating between different received coherent signals is integral to the operation of many free-space optical communications protocols, and is often difficult when the receiver measures a weak signal. Here we design an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-06-16 Sanjaya Lohani , Ryan T. Glasser

Spectrum sensing enables cognitive radio systems to detect unused portions of the radio spectrum and then use them while avoiding interferences to the primary users. Energy detection is one of the most used techniques for spectrum sensing…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-03-15 Youness Arjoune

Ambient backscatter communication (AmBC) enables ultra-low-power connectivity by allowing passive backscatter devices (BDs) to convey information through reflection of ambient signals. However, the cascaded AmBC channel suffers from severe…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-02-19 Masoud Kaveh , Farshad Rostami Ghadi , Riku Jantti , Kai-Kit Wong , F. Javier Lopez-Martinez

Ambient backscatter is an intriguing wireless communication paradigm that allows small devices to compute and communicate by using only the power they harvest from radio-frequency (RF) signals in the air. Ambient backscattering devices…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-05-17 Donatella Darsena , Giacinto Gelli , Francesco Verde

Cooperative spectrum sensing is a robust strategy that enhances the detection probability of primary licensed users. However, a large number of detectors reporting to a fusion center for a final decision causes significant delay and also…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-05-28 Laila Hesham , Ahmed Sultan , Mohammed Nafie

We introduce the problem of communication with partial information, where there is an asymmetry between the transmitter and the receiver codebooks. Practical applications of the proposed setup include the robust signal hashing problem…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2009-10-29 Onur Ozyesil , M. Kivanc Mihcak , Yucel Altug

In this paper, we investigate an opportunistic relaying scheme where the selected relay assists the source-destination (direct) communication. In our study, we consider a regenerative opportunistic relaying scheme in which the direct path…

Performance · Computer Science 2011-01-28 Kamel Tourki , Hong-Chuan Yang , Mohamed-Slim Alouni

We consider a mesoscopic measuring device whose conductance is sensitive to the state of a two-level system. The detector is described with the help of its scattering matrix. Its elements can be used to calculate the relaxation and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 S. Pilgram , M. Buttiker

We consider multi-antenna cooperative spectrum sensing in cognitive radio networks, when there may be multiple primary users. A noise-uncertainty-free detector that is optimal in the low signal to noise ratio regime is analyzed in such a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2012-03-29 Lu Wei , Prathapasinghe Dharmawansa , Olav Tirkkonen