Author:Ngwenya, SO; Heymann, R; Swart, TG; Lysko, Albert ADate:Oct 2023It has been said that the spread of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and global interconnectedness has a great potential to accelerate human progress, to bridge the “digital divide” and to develop knowledge societies, in countries ...Read more
Author:Mekuria, Fisseha; Mzyece, M; Mfupe, Luzango P; Odusola, ADate:Sep 2021Innovation on sustainable ICT technologies to realize affordable broadband connectivity for rural and underserved communities is a crucial component of the effort to achieve the aim of "leaving no one behind by 2030" as championed by the ...Read more
Author:Olwal, TO; Chuku, PN; Lysko, Albert ADate:Mar 2021Antennas are a critical component in any wireless link. The significance of their role continues to grow, together with the rise of machine-to-machine (M2M) communications and telecommunications starting to move from the fourth generation ...Read more
Author:Olwal, TO; Chuku, PN; Lysko, Albert ADate:Mar 2021Antennas are a critical component in any wireless link. The significance of their role continues to grow, together with the rise of machine-to-machine (M2M) communications and telecommunications starting to move from the fourth generation ...Read more
Author:Ngwenya, SO; Heymann, R; Swart, TG; Lysko, Albert ADate:Jul 2023This paper considers the differences between rural and urban access to Information and Communication Technology (ICT) through non-intrusive research methodologies that are deemed effective in obtaining the relevant information required to ...Read more
Author:Zlobinsky, N; Johnson, DL; Mishra, AK; Lysko, Albert ADate:Feb 2022In this work, we evaluate the application of four different metaheuristic optimisation algorithms for solving the channel assignment problem in a multi-radio multi-channel Wireless Mesh Network (WMN) using Dynamic Spectrum Access (DSA). The ...Read more
Author:Modungwa, Dithoto M; Mekuria, Fisseha; Kekana, Mzuzwezulu ZDate:Sep 2021The design of an autonomous underwater robot based on biomimicry is presented in this paper. The systematic design of the robot focuses on integrating 5G-AI-IoT- as effective technological tools to autonomously monitor and harvest invasive ...Read more
Author:Sefala, R; Gebru, T; Mfupe, Luzango P; Moorosi, N; Klein, RDate:Dec 2021Aerial images of neighborhoods in South Africa show the clear legacy of apartheid, a former policy of political and economic discrimination against non-European groups, with completely segregated neighborhoods of townships next to gated wealthy ...Read more
Author:Mamushiane, Lusani; Mwangama, J; Lysko, Albert ADate:Mar 2021Software Defined Networking (SDN) has emerged as a promising solution to revolutionize network deployment, operations and economic growth. This paradigm aims to address management and configuration complexities in legacy networks so as to ...Read more
Author:Dludla, Angeline G; Mekuria, FissehaDate:May 2021Radio Frequency spectrum is the superhighway enabling a myriad of wireless ICT services and applications. Spectrum scarcity and expensive licensing cost has resulted in research and innovations by the CSIR, wireless network providers and ...Read more
Author:Kinabo, ABD; Mwangama, JB; Lysko, Albert ADate:Mar 2021In industry, mission-critical assignments require special characteristics for their networks. Chief among these requirements is reliability – proven to be even more desired than other characteristics such as low latency. IEEE 802.1 Time ...Read more
Author:Ngcama, Lwando; Mostert, NDate:Nov 2021With the rapid increase in social media use in higher education institutions, social media policies and guidelines have generally been implemented by those institutions as a means to monitor and manage their staff and students’ social media ...Read more
Author:Hussien, HM; Katzis, K; Mfupe, Luzango PDate:Dec 2022Aiming at the problem of downlink power allocation in cognitive high-altitude platform wireless networks exploiting TV white space spectrum, it is mathematically formulated as a constrained optimization problem, and then an improved immune ...Read more
Author:Matogoro, J; Mfupe, Luzango P; Mvungi, N; Anatory, JDate:Oct 2021A study was conducted to investigate radio propagation characteristics in ultra-high frequency (UHF) bands over straight and circular paths in central Tanzania. The received signal power values (in dBm) were collected using a spectrum analyzer ...Read more
Author:Vilakazi, Mlamuli C; Sebopetse, Nakampe; Khutsoane, Oratile ODate:Sep 2021This paper overviews a designed Low-Cost Spectrum Monitoring (LCSM) node that is installed in universities around South Africa. LCSM node is an electronic device that automatically monitors the frequency spectrum and then communicates the ...Read more
Author:Makute, T; Mwangama, J; Lysko, Albert ADate:Nov 2021The mobile networking industry has proposed the adoption of network function virtualisation in the various components of the core network, including the Gi-LAN which houses a large set of network functions. However, virtualisation introduces ...Read more
Author:Sebopetse, Nakampe S; Burger, Chris R; Mofolo, Raarone OM; Lysko, Albert ADate:Apr 2021This work discusses how the TCP window size affects the throughput and its measurements and estimated packet delivery delay on two experimental setups using freely available tools JPerf and PsPing. The first setup is a direct connection between ...Read more
Author:Hussien, HM; Katzis, K; Mfupe, Luzango P; Bekele, ETDate:Sep 2021Cognitive radio-based TV White Space (TVWS) is a promising idea which seeks to increase spectrum utilization by opportunistically accessing spectrum initially licensed to TV transmitters or incumbents. Orthogonal frequency multiple access ...Read more