Intelligent Covert Communication Design for Cooperative Cognitive Radio Network

Extensive research attentions have been devoted to studying cooperative cognitive radio networks(CCRNs),where secondary users(SU)providing cooperative transmissions can be permitted by primary users(PU)to use spectrum.In order to maximize SU’s utility,SU may transmit its own information during the period of cooperative transmission,which stimulates the use of covert transmission against PU’s monitoring.For this sake,this article reviews the motivations of studying covert communications in CCRN.In particular,three intelligent covert transmission approaches are developed for maximizing SU’s utility in CCRNs,namely,intelligent parasitic covert transmission(IPCT),intelligent jammer aided covert transmission(IJCT)and intelligent reflecting surface assisted covert transmission(IRSC).Further,some raw performance evaluations are discussed,and a range of potential research directions are also provided.

Topological resonators based on hexagonal-star valley photonic crystals

In valley photonic crystals, topological edge states can be gained by breaking the spatial inversion symmetry without breaking time-reversal symmetry or creating pseudo-spin structures, making highly unidirectional light transmission easy to achieve. This paper presents a novel physical model of a hexagonal-star valley photonic crystal. Simulations based on the finite element method(FEM) are performed to investigate the propagation of TM polarized mode and its application to ring resonators. The results show that such a topologically triangular ring resonator exhibits an optimum quality factor Q of about 1.25×104, and Q has a maximum value for both frequency and the cavity length L. Our findings are expected to have significant implications for developing topological lasers and wavelength division multiplexers.

Development of Network Interconnection in China

This paper introduces the current situation of China power industry and interconnection, the necessity to develop interconnection, the principle of nationwide interconnection and the key technologies to be studiedinclude HVDC and FACTS. The paper also discusses thefeasibility of 750 kV to be used in the northwest.regionand to speed up research and development of nighervoltage level in other regions of China, as well as scl-ence and technical innovation for transmission and dis-tribution projects.

QoT-Aware Grooming, Routing, and Wavelength Assignment(GRWA) for Mixed-Line-Rate Translucent Optical Networks

A Mixed Line Rate(MLR)optical network is a good candidate for a core backbone network because of its ability to provide diverse line rates to effectively accommodate traffic demands with heterogeneous bandwidth requirements.Because of the deleterious effects of physical impairments,there is a maximum transmission reach for optical signals before they have to be regenerated.Being expensive devices,regenerators are expected to be sparsely located and used in such a network,called a translucent optical network.In this paper,we consider the Grooming,Routing,and Wavelength Assignment(GRWA)problem so that the Quality of Transmission(QoT)for connections is satisfied,and the network-level performance metric of blocking probability is minimized.Cross-layer heuristics to effectively allocate the sparse regenerators in MLR networks are developed,and extensive simulation results are presented to demonstrate their effectiveness.

A Study of Fine Denier Propylene Knitted Fabrics' Wet Comfort-The Wet Comfort Studied by Subjective Wear Trial and Synthetic Discussion

This paper is mainly concerned with the wet comfort of the fine denier propylene knitted garment. The subjec-tive sensation to these propylene garments is recorded in wear trial and analyzed. The relations among the normal objective test, the manikin test and the subjective wear test are discussed. The wicking height, the moisture re-sistance, the water holding ability, the moisture releas-ing and drying ability are recommended as the normal objective ways to evaluate fabric’s wet comfort. At last, some principles on designing this type of fabrics are sug-gested .

Environment-friendly Insulating Gases for HVDC Gas-insulated Transmission Lines

Environment-friendly gas insulating mediums adapted to a DC gas-insulated transmission line(GIL)electric field condition is the key to the next generation of Environment-friendly HVDC GILs.In this paper,we review the literature on sulfur hexafluoride(SF6)alternatives including the scientific understanding,control,and implementation of gas-solid systems in this type of power transmission.First,the structure-activity relationship between the molecular structure and physico-chemical properties of Environment-friendly insulating gases is presented.Then,the search and prediction of important physicochemical properties of gases are summarized.Subsequently,in view of the potential of environmental friendly insulating gases,the swarm parameters of gas discharge and breakdown properties in a quasi-uniform field,inhomogeneous field,and at the gas-solid interface,that need to be taken into account with industrialized DC GILs are discussed.The latest research progress on insulation characteristics,especially the polarity effect in DC gas-solid insulation systems,the sensitivity to the electrode surface state,and the non-uniformity of the electric field,and the influence of metal particles and their variation with air pressure,is highlighted.In addition,the heat transfer characteristics of insulating gases,related to DC GIL transmission with a large current-carrying capacity and the influence of alternative gases on the heat transfer characteristics are described.Finally,aiming at solving the contradiction of low environmental impact,high dielectric strength and low liquefaction temperatures in the selection of alternative gases,an coordinated regulation model for Environment-friendly gases in DC GILs is established.Considerations for future work on this topic are also presented.

A New Jacobi Elliptic Function Expansion Method for Solving a Nonlinear PDE Describing Pulse Narrowing Nonlinear Transmission Lines

In this article, we apply the first elliptic function equation to find a new kind of solutions of nonlinear partial differential equations （PDEs） based on the ho- mogeneous balance method, the Jacobi elliptic expansion method and the auxiliary equation method. New exact solutions to the Jacobi elliptic functions of a nonlinear PDE describing pulse narrowing nonlinear transmission lines are given with the aid of computer program, e.g. Maple or Mathematica. Based on Kirchhoff＇s current law and Kirchhoff＇s voltage law, the given nonlinear PDE has been derived and can be reduced to a nonlinear ordinary differential equation （ODE） using a simple transformation. The given method in this article is straightforward and concise, and can be applied to other nonlinear PDEs in mathematical physics. Further results may be obtained.

A new construction method of LDPC codes for optical transmission systems

Based on the construction method of system- atically constructed Gallager （SCG）（4, k） code, a new improved construction method of low density parity check （LDPC） code is proposed. Compared with the construction method of SCG（4, k） codes improved before, the proposed construction method has some advantages, such as saving storage space and reducing computation complexity in the hardware implementation. And then LDPC（5929, 5624） code with 5.42% redundancy is constructed by the proposed method. The simulation results and analysis show that the constructed LDPC（5929, 5624） code has better error-correction performance, lower redundancy and lower decoding complexity than those of a classic Reed- Solomon （RS）（255, 239） code. Therefore, LDPC（5929, 5624） code, constructed by the proposed construction method on LDPC codes, can better suitable for optical transmission systems.