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The IUP Journal of Telecommunications

February '11
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Telecommunication industry continues to implement new technologies to provide high bandwidth efficiency and high speed multimedia data transmission capabilities through sophisticated wire line,

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A Survey of Intercarrier Interference Cancellation Schemes in MIMO-OFDM System
Design and Analysis of a Modified-Cyclic-Banyan-Based Atm/Ip Switching Fabric Using Jenq's Model
A TDMA-Based MAC-Protocol for Ad Hoc Networks
A Simple Slot-Fed Cylindrical Dielectric Resonator Antenna
Optimization of Five-Element Nu-Dipole Yagi-Uda Antenna Using Genetic Algorithms
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A Survey of Intercarrier Interference Cancellation Schemes in MIMO-OFDM System

-- Alka Kalra and Rajesh Khanna

Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) can be used in conjunction with a Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) transceiver to increase the diversity gain and/or the system capacity by exploiting spatial domain. The combination of MIMO techniques with OFDM (MIMO-OFDM) is regarded as a promising solution to enhance the data rate of future broadband wireless communication systems. The great finding was that the well-known flat fading MIMO algorithms can be reused on a carrier-by-carrier basis since the channel becomes orthogonal in the frequency domain with OFDM. This reduces the computational effort and makes MIMO-OFDM attractive for mobile applications. The performance of wireless systems is however limited by multipath fading and interference from other users. In MIMO-OFDM systems, instability of transmitter/receiver Radio Frequency (RF) oscillators and the time varying fading channels can destroy the orthogonality of subcarriers. This causes serious Intercarrier Interference (ICI), thus leading to significant system performance degradation which becomes more severe as the normalized doppler frequency increases. ICI is a major performance limiter in MIMO-OFDM systems. The ICI cancellation in MIMO-OFDM system is an active area of research. In this paper, a review of ICI cancellation techniques has been presented.

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Design and Analysis of a Modified-Cyclic-Banyan-Based Atm/Ip Switching Fabric Using Jenq's Model

-- V S Tripathi and S Tiwari

This paper focuses on the analysis of a large N ´ N high-performance Fast Packet switch suitable for mixed ATM and IP traffic. It is a Banyan network using cyclic interconnection among switching elements of the same stage. We employ deflection-routing algorithm in each switching element. The proposed routing is as simple as that of the generic banyan network, and all the Switching Elements (SEs) have a uniform structure. To design the proposed network and to develop its self-routing property, we observe that all the SEs of the banyan network are arranged in a regular pattern topologically. We, thus, present a growable switch architecture based on the topological properties of banyan networks. As a result, we show that the new network has a far better performance than the other networks.

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A TDMA-Based MAC-Protocol for Ad Hoc Networks

-- Jorma Jormakka

The paper proposes a Medium Access Control (MAC)-protocol for medium-size-Ad Hoc networks. The protocol supports quality-of-service over several hops by reservation of time slots. As a new feature, the protocol avoids the hidden and exposed terminal problem by a two-hop reservation, not by the RTS/CTS protocol.

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A Simple Slot-Fed Cylindrical Dielectric Resonator Antenna

-- R G Madhuri, P M Hadalgi and S L Mallikarjun

This paper experimentally studies a simple slot-fed Cylindrical Dielectric Resonator Antenna (CDRA). The antenna consists of a Cylindrical Dielectric Resonator (CDR) fed by a microstrip line feed through a coupling slot. The study is carried out by using three antennas with different Dielectric Resonator (DR) thickness and provides dual bands with improved bandwidth. It is observed that the impedance bandwidth increases from 37.09% to 70.9% as the thickness of DR is increased. The return loss and radiation patterns of the proposed antennas are measured and presented.

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Optimization of Five-Element Nu-Dipole Yagi-Uda Antenna Using Genetic Algorithms

-- Dauda Umar Suleiman

The paper analyzes the radiation characteristics of an optimized five-element Nu-dipole Yagi-Uda antenna array. Integro-differential equation for the antenna array was formulated. Method of Moment (MOM) technique was then used to convert the formulated integro-differential equation into a matrix form in order to obtain current distribution on the array. Upon computing the current distribution on the antenna array, maximum directive gain, input impedance(Zin) and far zone electric field (Eq(q, f = 90°)) were obtained for uniformly perturbed directors' element lengths and spacings. A combination of MOM and Genetic Algorithm (GA) was used to maximize directive gain as a single objective function for the five-element array. Directive gain and input impedance of 12.31 (dB) and Zin = 4.46 + j 27.0 (W) and 11.71 (dB) and Zin = 2.41 - j 2.70 (W) were obtained for Micro-GA and Conventional-GA, respectively. These results were better when compared to 11.00 (dB) and Zin = 2.94 + j 7.20 (W) for the uniform perturbation. Composite objective function comprising directive gain and input impedance produced values of 9.58 (dB) and Zin = 75.80 - j 0.60 (W) for Micro-GA and 9.60 (dB) and Zin = 75.48 + j 5.35 (W) for Conventional-GA, respectively.

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Automated Teller Machines (ATMs): The Changing Face of Banking in India

Bank Management
Information and communication technology has changed the way in which banks provide services to its customers. These days the customers are able to perform their routine banking transactions without even entering the bank premises. ATM is one such development in recent years, which provides remote banking services all over the world, including India. This paper analyzes the development of this self-service banking in India based on the secondary data.

The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is playing a very important role in the progress and advancement in almost all walks of life. The deregulated environment has provided an opportunity to restructure the means and methods of delivery of services in many areas, including the banking sector. The ICT has been a focused issue in the past two decades in Indian banking. In fact, ICTs are enabling the banks to change the way in which they are functioning. Improved customer service has become very important for the very survival and growth of banking sector in the reforms era. The technological advancements, deregulations, and intense competition due to the entry of private sector and foreign banks have altered the face of banking from one of mere intermediation to one of provider of quick, efficient and customer-friendly services. With the introduction and adoption of ICT in the banking sector, the customers are fast moving away from the traditional branch banking system to the convenient and comfort of virtual banking. The most important virtual banking services are phone banking, mobile banking, Internet banking and ATM banking. These electronic channels have enhanced the delivery of banking services accurately and efficiently to the customers. The ATMs are an important part of a bank’s alternative channel to reach the customers, to showcase products and services and to create brand awareness. This is reflected in the increase in the number of ATMs all over the world. ATM is one of the most widely used remote banking services all over the world, including India. This paper analyzes the growth of ATMs of different bank groups in India.
International Scenario

If ATMs are largely available over geographically dispersed areas, the benefit from using an ATM will increase as customers will be able to access their bank accounts from any geographic location. This would imply that the value of an ATM network increases with the number of available ATM locations, and the value of a bank network to a customer will be determined in part by the final network size of the banking system. The statistical information on the growth of branches and ATM network in select countries.

Indian Scenario

The financial services industry in India has witnessed a phenomenal growth, diversification and specialization since the initiation of financial sector reforms in 1991. Greater customer orientation is the only way to retain customer loyalty and withstand competition in the liberalized world. In a market-driven strategy of development, customer preference is of paramount importance in any economy. Gone are the days when customers used to come to the doorsteps of banks. Now the banks are required to chase the customers; only those banks which are customercentric and extremely focused on the needs of their clients can succeed in their business today.

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