@article {11515935620160506,
	title = {Achieving QoS in Virtual MIMO systems: a satisfaction equilibrium analysis.},
	journal = {EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications \& Networking},
	volume = {2016},
	number = {1},
	year = {2016},
	pages = {1 - 13},
	abstract = {This paper presents a game theoretic framework to analyze a cellular-WLAN heterogeneous network from a virtual multiple-input multiple-output (VMIMO) perspective. Namely, we restrict to the uplink case and consider a non-cooperative game where each user seeks to meet some quality of service (QoS). Moreover, mobile users are allowed to re-inject, through their WLAN interfaces, a part of their throughput in the induced game. Thus, the interaction among users defines a distributed VMIMO with a possibly throughput exchange. This mechanism will help all users to meet their respective QoS expressed by the perceived average throughput. The average throughput is considered to be the utility function used in this framework. Now, each mobile user experiences a certain throughput composed of two parts: (1) the throughput received from cellular subsystem and (2) the throughput received from WLAN subsystem. Naturally, we use the concept of satisfaction equilibrium to predict the behavior of the ne},
	keywords = {Cellular/WLAN heterogeneous network, Equilibrium {\textendash} Research, Game theory, Game theory {\textendash} Research, MIMO systems {\textendash} Research, Quality of service, Quality of service {\textendash} Research, Satisfaction equilibrium, Virtual multiple input multiple output, Wireless LANs {\textendash} Research},
	issn = {16871472},
	url = {http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true\&db=iih\&AN=115159356\&site=ehost-live},
	author = {Bennani, Hassan and Sabir, Essaid and Kobbane, Abdellatif and Ben-Othman, Jalel and El-Koutbi, Mohamed}
}
@article {11164386420151201,
	title = {Design of compact wideband multi-band and ultrawideband band pass filters based on coupled half wave resonators with reduced coupling gap.},
	journal = {IET Microwaves, Antennas \& Propagation},
	volume = {9},
	number = {15},
	year = {2015},
	pages = {1786 - 1792},
	abstract = {In this paper we propose a technique to design compact multi-band and UWB bandpass filters based on coupled half wave resonators. The proposed design consists of the modification of a conventional parallel coupled Chebyshev bandpass filter structure by setting a very small or null coupling gap between the resonators of the center sections jointly with a very small spacing between resonators of the extremity sections. This spacing determines the performances of selected frequency bands. An ultrawideband response is accomplished by applying null spacing between all the adjacent resonators. We analysed the effect of the separation distance between the coupled lines on both the fractional bandwidth and group velocity of the filter response. The effect of the order assumed for the initial Chebyshev filter was also discussed. As an illustration of the proposed technique, we designed and measured a dual band and a tri-band filter for the frequencies covering the WiMAX/WLAN/X system bands dem},
	keywords = {Bandpass filters {\textendash} Research, Chebyshev systems {\textendash} Research, Electric resonators {\textendash} Research, Ultra-wideband antennas {\textendash} Research, Wireless LANs {\textendash} Research},
	issn = {17518725},
	url = {http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true\&db=iih\&AN=111643864\&site=ehost-live},
	author = {Naghar, Azzedin and Aghzout, Otman and Vazquez Alejos, Ana and Garcia Sanchez, Manuel and Essaaidi, Mohamed}
}
