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and the associated packet drop rate as a quality of service (QoS) requirement. The objective is to maximize the weighted sum-rate between source-destination pairs, while the corresponding QoS requirements are satisfied. We introduce two new distributed cross-layer dynamic route selection schemes in this setting

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This thesis presents CraneTracker, a multi-modal sensing and communication system for monitoring migratory species at the continental level. By exploiting the robust and extensive cellular infrastructure across the continent, traditional mobile wireless sensor networks can be extended to enable

Abstract—It is generally considered that concurrent trans-missions should be avoided in order to reduce collisions in wireless sensor networks. Constructive interference (CI) envisions concurrent transmissions to positively interfere at the receiver. CI potentially allows orders of magnitude

these protocols build and maintain substantial network state to cope with the dynamics of low-power wireless links. Recent protocols depart from this design by leveraging synchronous transmissions (ST), whereby multiple nodes simultaneously transmit towards the same receiver, as opposed to pairwise link

I would like to thank Prof. Dr. Torsten Braun, head of the Computer Network and Distributed Systems group (RVS), for supervising this work and for his insightful advises. Prof. Dr. Torsten Braun encouraged and motivated me to publish my research results and he provided me the opportunity to present

dynamical processes, among others. Thus, it is important to blend ideas from information theory and control theory to address problems at the core of such distributed systems. This dissertation looks at communication scenarios, in which there are feedback channels available for enhancing communication

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