Minimization of dual Reed-Muller forms using dual property. (2007)
Journal Article
Faraj, K., & Almaini, A. E. A. (2007). Minimization of dual Reed-Muller forms using dual property. WSEAS Transactions on Circuits and Systems, 6, 9-15

We present two algorithms in this paper: the first is used to convert between Product of Sums (POS) and Positive Polarity Dual Reed-Muller (PPDRM) forms; while the second algorithm generates all the polarity sets from any polarity set for a single ou... Read More about Minimization of dual Reed-Muller forms using dual property..

An investigation of possible improvements in accuracy of regressions between diffuse and global solar irradiation. (2007)
Journal Article
Clarke, P., Munawwar, S., Davidson, A., Muneer, T., & Kubie, J. (2007). An investigation of possible improvements in accuracy of regressions between diffuse and global solar irradiation. Building Service Engineering Research and Technology, 28, 189-197. https://doi.org/10.1177/0143624407076907

Horizontal hourly and sub-hourly diffuse and beam irradiance are required for the estimation of global irradiance on a given tilted surface. This information is used by engineers and architects for various solar energy applications and also to calcul... Read More about An investigation of possible improvements in accuracy of regressions between diffuse and global solar irradiation..

Interactive digital television and the ‘new’ citizen. (2006)
Book Chapter
Webster, W., & Smith, C. F. (2006). Interactive digital television and the ‘new’ citizen. In V. Bekkers, H. van Duivenboden, & M. Thaens (Eds.), Information and Communication Technology and Public Innovation: assessing the ICT-driven modernization of public administration (121-137). IOS Press

This chapter presents a case study of the use of interactive digital television (iDTV) to deliver electronic public services in the UK. It reviews a number of innovative iDTV initiatives which have sought to test the feasibility of using iDTV technol... Read More about Interactive digital television and the ‘new’ citizen..

Mobile Multicast Route Optimisation (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Romdhani, I., Munoz, J., Bettahar, H., & Bouabdallah, A. (2006, June). Mobile Multicast Route Optimisation. Presented at 2006 IEEE International Conference on Communications

The multiparty nature of multicast applications presents new challenges for Mobile IP users. Unfortunately, when a multicast receiver is mobile, it will experience additional delay in receiving multicast packets due to handover delay, join latency, a... Read More about Mobile Multicast Route Optimisation.

Fast conversion for large Canonical OR-coincidence functions. (2006)
Journal Article
Yang, M., Wang, L. Y., & Almaini, A. E. A. (2006). Fast conversion for large Canonical OR-coincidence functions. Circuits and Systems, 1643-1646. https://doi.org/10.1109/APCCAS.2006.342080

Fixed Polarity Canonical OR-coincidence (COC) expansions based on inclusive-OR and OR operations are dual forms of fixed polarity Reed-Muller expansions. Traditionally, they are obtained from maxterms of Canonical Products-of-sum (CPOS) expansions. T... Read More about Fast conversion for large Canonical OR-coincidence functions..

The place probe: exploring a sense of place in real and virtual environments. (2006)
Journal Article
McCall, R., Benyon, D., Smyth, M., O'Neill, S., McCall, R., & Carroll, F. (2006). The place probe: exploring a sense of place in real and virtual environments. Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 15(6), 668-687. https://doi.org/10.1162/pres.15.6.668

This paper describes the design, application, and refinement of a qualitative tool designed to study sense of place. The Place Probe incorporates a range of stimuli and techniques aimed at articulating a person's sense of place. It has been developed... Read More about The place probe: exploring a sense of place in real and virtual environments..

Aminoacetic acid as complexing agent in baths for electroless deposition of Ni–W–P coatings (2006)
Journal Article
Szczygieł, B., & Turkiewicz, A. (2006). Aminoacetic acid as complexing agent in baths for electroless deposition of Ni–W–P coatings. Transactions of the Institute of Metal Finishing, 84(6), 309-312. https://doi.org/10.1179/174591906x149464

Ni–W–P alloy coatings were deposited from a bath containing, nickel sulphate (VI), sodium tungstate (VI), sodium hypophosphite, sodium formate, and a complexing agent. The complexing agents were formic acid, acetic acid, lactic acid, succinic acid, m... Read More about Aminoacetic acid as complexing agent in baths for electroless deposition of Ni–W–P coatings.

A new design of circularly-polarised conical-beam microstrip patch antennas using a genetic algorithm (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
See, C., Abd-Alhameed, R., Zhou, D., Excell, P., & Hu, Y. (2006, November). A new design of circularly-polarised conical-beam microstrip patch antennas using a genetic algorithm. Presented at 2006 First European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, Nice, France

Two circularly-polarised conical beam air-dielectric microstrip patch antennas for short-range low-power Wireless Sensor Network application were designed using genetic algorithms. They were achieved using two slots or a shorting wall, both designs i... Read More about A new design of circularly-polarised conical-beam microstrip patch antennas using a genetic algorithm.

Design of quadrifilar helical and spiral antennas in the presence of satellite-mobile handsets using genetic algorithms (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zhou, D., Abd-Alhameed, R., See, C., Excell, P., & Amushan, E. (2006, November). Design of quadrifilar helical and spiral antennas in the presence of satellite-mobile handsets using genetic algorithms. Presented at 2006 First European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, Nice, France

Two circularly-polarised quadrifilar helical and spiral antennas, operated at 1.6 GHz and intended for the applications of satellite mobile communications, were designed using genetic algorithms. The antennas were firstly considered as a test on an i... Read More about Design of quadrifilar helical and spiral antennas in the presence of satellite-mobile handsets using genetic algorithms.

Harmonic errors associated with the use of choppers in optical experiments (2006)
Journal Article
Benjamin, K., Armitage, A., & South, R. B. (2006). Harmonic errors associated with the use of choppers in optical experiments. Measurement : journal of the International Measurement Confederation, 39(8), 764-770. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.measurement.2006.02.008

Rotating chopper wheels are used to modulate optical radiation in many experimental systems, typically for measuring the frequency response of an optical system. The assumption is often made that the chopped radiation varies sinusoidally. In practice... Read More about Harmonic errors associated with the use of choppers in optical experiments.

PN code acquisition with a CA-CFAR adaptive digital matched filter and its realisation using FPGA. (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wie, B., Sharif, M., Almaini, A. E. A., & Binnie, D. (2006, September). PN code acquisition with a CA-CFAR adaptive digital matched filter and its realisation using FPGA. Presented at Proceedings of IEEE 13th International Conference on Systems, Signals & Image Processing, IWSSIP’06,

In this paper the performance of a Cell Averaging Constant False Alarm Rate (CA-CFAR) Pseudo-Noise (PN) code adaptive detector is analysed for a single path communication channel. The detection process uses a digital Matched Filter (MF) and is implem... Read More about PN code acquisition with a CA-CFAR adaptive digital matched filter and its realisation using FPGA..

Hierarchical Home Agent Architecture for Mobile IP Communications (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Romdhani, I., Munoz, J., Bettahar, H., & Bouabdallah, A. (2006, June). Hierarchical Home Agent Architecture for Mobile IP Communications. Presented at 11th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC'06)

While the Mobile IP protocol does not exclude the use of multiple Home Agents (HAs), it does not impose any particular model either. Recent solutions propose that a mobile node uses multiple HAs located in different physical links in his home network... Read More about Hierarchical Home Agent Architecture for Mobile IP Communications.

Study of stratification in a (ICSSWH) Integrated CollectorStorage Solar Water Heater. (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Junaidi, H., Henderson, D., Muneer, T., Grassie, T., & Currie, J. (2006, June). Study of stratification in a (ICSSWH) Integrated CollectorStorage Solar Water Heater. Presented at 9th AIAA/ASME Joint Thermophysis & Heat Transfer Conference

Stratification inside the water storage tank of a solar heater is a desirable natural phenomenon that improves the collector output. For an ICS storage heater type, where the storage tank is in direct contact with the heating surface (absorber plate)... Read More about Study of stratification in a (ICSSWH) Integrated CollectorStorage Solar Water Heater..

An approach to obtain compact multi-level mixed polarity Reed-Muller functions with onset table. (2006)
Journal Article
Wang, L. Y., Xia, Y., Yang, M., & Almaini, A. E. A. (2006). An approach to obtain compact multi-level mixed polarity Reed-Muller functions with onset table. WSEAS Transactions on Circuits and Systems, 5, 625-632

In this paper, an approach to obtain the compact multi-level mixed polarity Reed-Muller (MMPRM) from an FPRM function is discussed. By operating on the onset table with rows (columns) swapping and table dividing, some operators such as extraction of... Read More about An approach to obtain compact multi-level mixed polarity Reed-Muller functions with onset table..

Design of broadband slotted ground plane microstrip antenna for 3G communication (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Abd-Alhameed, R., Ali, N., See, C., Gizas, B., & Excell, P. (2006, May). Design of broadband slotted ground plane microstrip antenna for 3G communication. Presented at 2006 IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (MELECON), Malaga, Spain

Designs for small, lightweight and low profile broadband antennas, able to operate within the 3G frequency band, are proposed and investigated. By inserting different shapes of slot in the ground plane and loading the antenna with high permittivity,... Read More about Design of broadband slotted ground plane microstrip antenna for 3G communication.

Transparent Handover for Mobile Multicast Sources (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Romdhani, I., Bettahar, H., & Bouabdallah, A. (2006, April). Transparent Handover for Mobile Multicast Sources. Presented at International Conference on Networking, International Conference on Systems and International Conference on Mobile Communications and Learning Technologies (ICNICONSMCL'06)

The Internet research community has proposed many routing protocols to support efficient multicast application. However, these protocols were developed for multicast parties whose members are topologically stationary, and they thus do not support bot... Read More about Transparent Handover for Mobile Multicast Sources.

DS-CDMA PN code acquisition in Rayleigh Fading Channel. (2006)
Journal Article
Sharif, M., Obiebi, J., & Sharp, J. (2006). DS-CDMA PN code acquisition in Rayleigh Fading Channel. The Mediterranean journal of electronics and communications, 2, 59-71

In this paper, an adaptive double dwell PN code acquisition circuit suitable for use in DS-CDMA systems is proposed. The adaptive nature of the circuit is based on the cell averaging constant false alarm rate technique. It is analysed in a Rayleigh f... Read More about DS-CDMA PN code acquisition in Rayleigh Fading Channel..

Proposed Circuit Model for Calibration of Nonlinear Responses in Biological Media Exposed to RF Energy (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., Ahmed, I., & Excell, P. S. (2006, March). Proposed Circuit Model for Calibration of Nonlinear Responses in Biological Media Exposed to RF Energy. Presented at Seventh Informatics Workshop for Research Students, University of Bradford, Bradford, UK

Ultra-Wide Bandwidth Curved Surface Square Planar Monopole Antenna (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
See, C. H., Adelowokan, A., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., & Excell, P. S. (2006, March). Ultra-Wide Bandwidth Curved Surface Square Planar Monopole Antenna. Presented at Seventh Informatics Workshop for Research Students, University of Bradford, Bradford, UK

Circular Polarised Microstrip Patch Antennas with Finite Ground for Satellite Communications (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Khalil, K., Siddiqui, F., Abd-Alhameed, R., See, C. H., & Excell, P. S. (2006, March). Circular Polarised Microstrip Patch Antennas with Finite Ground for Satellite Communications. Presented at Seventh Informatics Workshop for Research Students, University of Bradford, UK