The emergence of a vast range of communication devices running on different types of technology has made convergence of technology become the order of the day. This revolution observed in communications technology has ...

Advances in today’s fast growing communication systems have resulted in congestion in the lower frequency bands and the need for higher capacity broadband services. This has made it inevitable for service providers to ...

A simple, low cost microwave plasma enhanced chemical vapour deposition (PECVD) technique for the production of carbon nanostructures has been developed in the School‟s Materials Science Laboratory. The technique utilises ...

This thesis has investigated radioclimatological study in a clear-air environment as applicable to terrestrial line of sight link design problems. Radioclimatological phenomena are adequately reviewed both for the precipitation ...

The continuous growth in wireless networks is not showing any sign of slowing down as new services, new technologies and new mobile users continue to emerge. Satellite networks are expected to complement the terrestrial ...

Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) technology has emerged as a popular technique for enhancing the reliability and capacity of wireless communication systems. In this dissertation, we analyze the spatial modulation (SM) ...

The central focus of this dissertation is mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) and their security. MANETs are autonomous networks of wireless nodes connected in an ad hoc manner, and have unique characteristics ...

Telecommunications in the current information age is increasingly relying on the wireless link. This is because wireless communication has made possible a variety of services ranging from voice to data and now to multimedia. ...

Transmit diversity usually employs multiple antennas at the transmitter. However, many wireless devices such as mobile cellphones, Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), just to name a few, are limited by size, hardware ...

Recent advances in fiber optics technology have enabled extremely high-speed transport