Synchronisation error resistant CDMA detection

Networking heterogeneous embedded systems is a challenge. Every distributed embedded systems requires that the network is designed specifically considering the heterogeneity that exits among different Microcontroller based systems that are used in developing a distributed embedded system. Communication architecture, which considers the addressing of the individual systems, arbitration, synchronisation, error detection and control etc., needs to be designed considering a specific application. The issue of configuring the slaves has to be addressed. It is also important that the messages, flow of the messages across the individual ES systems must be designed. Every distributed embedded system is different and needs to be dealt with separately. This paper presents an approach that addresses various issues related to networking distributed embedded systems through use of universal serial bus communication protocol (USB). The approach has been applied to design a distributed embedded that monitors and controls temperatures within a Nuclear reactor system.

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Synchronisation error resistant multiuser detection for asynchronous CDMA

IEEE VTS 53rd Vehicular Technology Conference, Spring 2001. Proceedings (Cat. No.01CH37202) ◽

10.1109/vetecs.2001.944995 ◽

2002 ◽

Author(s):

F.-C. Zheng

Keyword(s):

Multiuser Detection ◽

Asynchronous Cdma ◽

Synchronisation Error

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Working memory and auditory imagery predict sensorimotor synchronisation with expressively timed music

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology ◽

10.1080/17470218.2017.1366531 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 71 (8) ◽

pp. 1781-1796 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Ian D Colley ◽

Peter E Keller ◽

Andrea R Halpern

Keyword(s):

Working Memory ◽

Individual Differences ◽

Cognitive Processes ◽

Hierarchical Regression ◽

Auditory Imagery ◽

Musical Settings ◽

Sensorimotor Synchronisation ◽

And Control ◽

Synchronisation Error

Sensorimotor synchronisation (SMS) is prevalent and readily studied in musical settings, as most people are able to perceive and synchronise with a beat (e.g., by finger tapping). We took an individual differences approach to understanding SMS to real music characterised by expressive timing (i.e., fluctuating beat regularity). Given the dynamic nature of SMS, we hypothesised that individual differences in working memory and auditory imagery—both fluid cognitive processes—would predict SMS at two levels: (1) mean absolute asynchrony (a measure of synchronisation error) and (2) anticipatory timing (i.e., predicting, rather than reacting to beat intervals). In Experiment 1, participants completed two working memory tasks, four auditory imagery tasks, and an SMS-tapping task. Hierarchical regression models were used to predict SMS performance, with results showing dissociations among imagery types in relation to mean absolute asynchrony, and evidence of a role for working memory in anticipatory timing. In Experiment 2, a new sample of participants completed an expressive timing perception task to examine the role of imagery in perception without action. Results suggest that imagery vividness is important for perceiving and control is important for synchronising with irregular but ecologically valid musical time series. Working memory is implicated in synchronising by anticipating events in the series.

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