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RF Convergence of Radar and Communications: Metrics, Bounds, and Systems

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RF convergence of radar and communications users is rapidly becoming an issue for a multitude of stakeholders. To hedge against growing spectral congestion, research into cooperative radar and communications systems has been identified as a critical necessity for the United States and other countries. Further, the joint sensing-communicating paradigm appears…

RF convergence of radar and communications users is rapidly becoming an issue for a multitude of stakeholders. To hedge against growing spectral congestion, research into cooperative radar and communications systems has been identified as a critical necessity for the United States and other countries. Further, the joint sensing-communicating paradigm appears imminent in several technological domains. In the pursuit of co-designing radar and communications systems that work cooperatively and benefit from each other's existence, joint radar-communications metrics are defined and bounded as a measure of performance. Estimation rate is introduced, a novel measure of radar estimation information as a function of time. Complementary to communications data rate, the two systems can now be compared on the same scale. An information-centric approach has a number of advantages, defining precisely what is gained through radar illumination and serves as a measure of spectral efficiency. Bounding radar estimation rate and communications data rate jointly, systems can be designed as a joint optimization problem.
ContributorsPaul, Bryan (Author) / Bliss, Daniel W. (Thesis advisor) / Berisha, Visar (Committee member) / Kosut, Oliver (Committee member) / Tepedelenlioğlu, Cihan (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2017
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A Qualitative Systematic Review on Music Training Programs with Focus on Enhancing Cochlear Implant Users’ Music Appreciation

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Music is an important part of everyday life. It plays a crucial role for human connection and provides a communication network for emotions. Hearing loss can negatively impact the music experience. Although Cochlear Implants (CI) enable individuals with severe to profound hearing loss to successfully understand spoken language, many users…

Music is an important part of everyday life. It plays a crucial role for human connection and provides a communication network for emotions. Hearing loss can negatively impact the music experience. Although Cochlear Implants (CI) enable individuals with severe to profound hearing loss to successfully understand spoken language, many users find their experience with music less than satisfactory. Music training programs may offer a hopeful solution to recondition the music experience for CI users. However, music training programs available to CI users today generally carry more weight on improving the perceptual accuracy of music rather than enhancing appreciation and enjoyment. The primary objective of this review is to identify different types of music training programs and their connection to music appreciation. A brief overview of the factors that contribute to music appreciation are also provided.
ContributorsGellhaus, Jacynda (Author) / Luo, Xin (Thesis advisor) / Rao, Aparna (Committee member) / Berisha, Visar (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2021