Quantum Computing for Military Applications

Quantum computers have the potential to outshine classical alternatives in solving specific problems, under the assumption of mature enough hardware. A specific subset of these problems relate to military applications. In this paper we consider the state-of-the-art of quantum technologies and different applications of this technology....

IT lessons learnt from real time dike monitoring

The Dutch lowlands are protected by many kilometres of dikes. Currently these dikes are visually inspected on a regular basis. During heavy weather this frequency is raised, up to 24/7 in very extreme situations. After a dike failure at the Dutch town Wilnis in 2003, the question was raised whether modern sensor technology could be used to...

Connected Cruise Control: Driver response to the advisory system

Connected Cruise Control (CCC) is a system, that is currently under development within a HTAS project. CCC aims to improve throughput in dense motorway traffic by advising drivers how to drive. The advice will integrate a lane advice, a headway advice and speed advice. The CCC advice will be provided via a nomadic device, using input from...

Multi-Technology SON

The development of SON functions such as Handover optimisation, Admission Control optimisation and Load Balancing has concentrated on the issues of algorithms to adjust parameters dynamically according to performance targets and performance measurements. These functions are created in a largely stand-alone manner, but in a practical...

Early user participation in the identification of use case scenarios for “connected cruise control”

Connected Cruise Control (CCC) aims to improve throughput in dense commuter traffic on motorways by advising drivers on speed, headway and lane-use via a nomadic human-machine interface. The advice is generated from a prediction of future traffic flow, based on actual traffic-loop data and is transmitted to the in-car platform via 3.5G...

Employing Use-cases for Piecewise Evaluation of Requirements and Claims

Motivation – Complex design specifications must be partitioned in manageable pieces to be able to evaluate them in separate experiments. No methodology exists yet to deal with this task. Research approach – Practical experience in Situated Cognitive Engineering and the Mission Execution Crew Assistant is combined with a theoretical perspective...

Towards personalized TV for concurrent use; unlocking the potential of IMS-based IPTV

Television (TV) is getting more personal. It went from a passive broadcast medium without any form of personalization or user identification, to subscription TV, interactive TV and now to IPTV, featuring an integrated return channel. IMS-based IPTV is a good example of a personalised IPTV architecture, featuring advanced identity management....

Use cases, requirements and assessment criteria for future self-organising radio access networks

Self-organisation (self-optimisation, self-configuration, and self-healing) methods are a promising concept to automate wireless access network planning, deployment and optimisation. This paper contains a mind setting exercise. First the mechanisms for which self-organisation is anticipated to be effective and feasible are identified. Then...