Browsing by Subject "Energy efficiency"
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    Energy Efficient Topology Control in Multi-hop Wireless Networks based on One-hop and Two-hop Neighbor Information
    ( 2016-07) Maw, Min Min Thet ; Kunagorn Kunavut
    Topology control in multi-hop wireless networks is a technique used to control nodes' activities to construct a topology with an acceptable level of network connectivity while minimizing energy consumption. It can be broadly classified into two main paradigms which are State Scheduling and Transmission Power Control. Both of them have received lots of attention from many researchers for decades. According to Transmission Power Control technique, most of them take into account only one-hop neighbor information to optimize transmission power and control topology in multi-hop wireless networks. In this paper, an energy efficient topology control based on both one-hop and two-hop neighbor information is proposed to reduce energy consumption without degrading network performances. A number of simulation scenarios are constructed in this work to study energy consumption as well as other network performances that are endto- end delay, throughput, and packet delivery ratio of the proposed algorithm.
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    The Increasing Importance of Advanced Building Simulations in a New Building Design Paradigm
    ( 2015) Zapka, Manfred J. ; Sanphawat Jatupatwarangkul
    This paper presents and discusses the increasing importance of advanced building simulations in the design of high performance buildings. A changing building design industry increasingly requires simulations to achieve high energy efficiency and sustainability, while safeguarding occupant comfort, for the built environment. The paper introduces two main numerical design tools, energy simulations (ES) and computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Much of the building industry and even many academic architecture programs have not yet embraced advanced simulations as indispensable tools of the design process and building operation, as well as an important educational focus for the next generation of architects. The paper discusses how a successful implementation of the new design paradigms based on advanced simulation tools in academia and the building industry are hampered by technology and human barriers. The paper proposes several measures to successful overcome these barriers. Several important of application of advanced simulation are discussed such as building energy consumption;natural ventilation, dispersion of pollutants in and around buildings and occupant comfort performance.