The Internet of Things （loT） is called the world＇ s third wave of the information industry. As the core technology of IoT, Cognitive Radio Sensor Networks （CRSN） technology can improve spectrum utilization effici...The Internet of Things （loT） is called the world＇ s third wave of the information industry. As the core technology of IoT, Cognitive Radio Sensor Networks （CRSN） technology can improve spectrum utilization efficiency and lay a sofid foundation for large-scale application of IoT. Reliable spectrum sensing is a crucial task of the CR. For energy de- tection, threshold will determine the probability of detection （Pd） and the probability of false alarm Pf at the same time. While the threshold increases, Pd and Pf will both decrease. In this paper we focus on the maximum of the difference of Pd and Pf, and try to find out how to determine the threshold with this precondition. Simulation results show that the proposed method can effectively approach the ideal optimal result.展开更多
Many receptors,including thermal receptors and mechanical receptors,are only activated by stimuli within a clearly defined range of intensities.Differences in the receptive ranges enable individual receptors and their...Many receptors,including thermal receptors and mechanical receptors,are only activated by stimuli within a clearly defined range of intensities.Differences in the receptive ranges enable individual receptors and their sensory centers to precisely detect the intensity of the stimulus and changes in intensity.Baroreceptors are the sensory terminals of the baroreflex.It is well understood that an increasing number of baroreceptors are recruited to produce afferent action potentials as the blood pressure increases,indicating that individual baroreceptors have different pressure thresholds.The present study revealed that individual baroreceptors could stop their afferent signals when the blood pressure exceeds a certain level,indicating that individual baroreceptors are sensitive to a specific range of blood pressure.The receptive ranges of individual baroreceptors differ in terms of the total range,the lower threshold,and the upper threshold.Of 85 baroreceptors examined in this study,the upper thresholds for about half were within the physiological blood pressure range.These results indicate that supraphysiological blood pressure is unlikely to be encoded by the recruitment of more baroreceptors.Instead,supraphysiological blood pressure levels might be signaled by an increase in the frequency of action potentials or by other mechanisms.In conclusion,our results indicate that rabbit baroreceptors are activated by blood pressure levels within specific receptive ranges.These findings should encourage further studies to examine the role of population coding of blood pressure by baroreceptors in the baroreflex.展开更多
基金supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.60971082,60872049,60972073and60871042)the National Key Basic Research Program of China(Grant No.2009CB320400)+1 种基金the National Great Science Specific Project(Grant Nos.2009ZX03003-001,2009ZX03003-011and2010ZX03001003)Chinese Universities Scientific Fund,China
文摘The Internet of Things （loT） is called the world＇ s third wave of the information industry. As the core technology of IoT, Cognitive Radio Sensor Networks （CRSN） technology can improve spectrum utilization efficiency and lay a sofid foundation for large-scale application of IoT. Reliable spectrum sensing is a crucial task of the CR. For energy de- tection, threshold will determine the probability of detection （Pd） and the probability of false alarm Pf at the same time. While the threshold increases, Pd and Pf will both decrease. In this paper we focus on the maximum of the difference of Pd and Pf, and try to find out how to determine the threshold with this precondition. Simulation results show that the proposed method can effectively approach the ideal optimal result.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(30770701)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(GK201302052,GK261001007)
文摘Many receptors,including thermal receptors and mechanical receptors,are only activated by stimuli within a clearly defined range of intensities.Differences in the receptive ranges enable individual receptors and their sensory centers to precisely detect the intensity of the stimulus and changes in intensity.Baroreceptors are the sensory terminals of the baroreflex.It is well understood that an increasing number of baroreceptors are recruited to produce afferent action potentials as the blood pressure increases,indicating that individual baroreceptors have different pressure thresholds.The present study revealed that individual baroreceptors could stop their afferent signals when the blood pressure exceeds a certain level,indicating that individual baroreceptors are sensitive to a specific range of blood pressure.The receptive ranges of individual baroreceptors differ in terms of the total range,the lower threshold,and the upper threshold.Of 85 baroreceptors examined in this study,the upper thresholds for about half were within the physiological blood pressure range.These results indicate that supraphysiological blood pressure is unlikely to be encoded by the recruitment of more baroreceptors.Instead,supraphysiological blood pressure levels might be signaled by an increase in the frequency of action potentials or by other mechanisms.In conclusion,our results indicate that rabbit baroreceptors are activated by blood pressure levels within specific receptive ranges.These findings should encourage further studies to examine the role of population coding of blood pressure by baroreceptors in the baroreflex.
