Slim Chaoui^1,*, Omar Alruwaili¹, Faeiz Alserhani¹, Haifa Harrouch²

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.142, No.2, pp. 1933-1954, 2025, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2025.059346 - 27 January 2025

Abstract In this paper, we propose a hybrid decode-and-forward and soft information relaying (HDFSIR) strategy to mitigate error propagation in coded cooperative communications. In the HDFSIR approach, the relay operates in decode-and-forward (DF) mode when it successfully decodes the received message; otherwise, it switches to soft information relaying (SIR) mode. The benefits of the DF and SIR forwarding strategies are combined to achieve better performance than deploying the DF or SIR strategy alone. Closed-form expressions for the outage probability and symbol error rate (SER) are derived for coded cooperative communication with HDFSIR and energy-harvesting relays. Additionally,… More >

Muhammad Awais¹, Shahid Bashir¹, Awais Khan^1,2, Muhammad Asif², Nasim Ullah^3,*, Hend I. Alkhammash⁴

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.75, No.1, pp. 669-681, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.033939 - 06 February 2023

Abstract This paper presents a compact Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) antenna with WLAN band notch for Ultra-Wideband (UWB) applications. The antenna is designed on 0.8 mm thick low-cost FR-4 substrate having a compact size of 22 mm × 30 mm. The proposed antenna comprises of two monopole patches on the top layer of substrate while having a shared ground on its bottom layer. The mutual coupling between adjacent patches has been reduced by using a novel stub with shared ground structure. The stub consists of complementary rectangular slots that disturb the surface current direction and… More >

Awais Khan^1,2,*, Shahid Bashir¹, Salman Ghafoor³, Hatem Rmili^4,5, Jawad Mirza⁶, Ammar Ahmad¹

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.75, No.1, pp. 911-925, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.033866 - 06 February 2023

Abstract Mutual coupling reduction or isolation enhancement in antenna arrays is an important area of research as it severely affects the performance of an antenna. In this paper, a new type of compact and highly isolated Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) antenna for ultra-wideband (UWB) applications is presented. The design consists of four radiators that are orthogonally positioned and confined to a compact 40 × 40 × 0.8 mm³ space. The final antenna design uses an inverted L shape partial ground to produce an acceptable reflection coefficient (S11 < −10 dB) in an entire UWB band (3.1–10.6) giga hertz (GHz).… More >