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As it is well-known, orange peel is used for making jam and oil. For this purpose, orange samples with high peel thickness are best. In order to predict peel thickness in orange fruit, we present a system based in image features, comprising: area, eccentricity, perimeter, length/area, blue value, green value, red value, wide, contrast, texture, wide/area, wide/length, roughness, and length. A novel...
More often than not, maintaining a utility network requires opening up streets which results in traffic diversions and traffic jams in turn leading to additional nuisance for urban citizens. By aligning the planning of different utility providers, additional synergies can be achieved, which will not only result in fewer nuisances for the city in general, but may also lead to clear cost savings for...
MIMO technology is expected to play a key role in the endeavour to reach the capacity target of 5G systems, in conjunction with the use of frequencies above 6 GHz. This communication paradigm is anticipated to be utilised also in the wireless backhaul domain, in order to meet the high capacity requirements of the future wireless transport networks. The performance of the considered MIMO transmission...
In this paper we discuss the Internet of Things (IoT) by exploring aspects which go beyond the proliferation of devices and information enabled by: the growth of the Internet, increased miniaturization, prolonged battery life and an IT literate user base. We highlight the role of feedback mechanisms and illustrate this with reference to implemented computer enabled factory control systems. As the...
A key issue in fruit export is classification and sorting for marketing. In this work image processing techniques are used to grad Thompson orange fruit. For this purpose, fourteen parameters were extracted, comprising area, eccentricity, perimeter, length/area, blue value, green value, red value, width, contrast, texture, width/area, width/length, roughness, and length. Adaptive neuro fuzzy inference...
This paper analyses the technology change and its impact on the broadcast sector. Different elements of the television ecosystem, such as access technologies, platforms and end-user device technologies, has been reviewed and their evolution discussed, including Internet Protocol Television and Over The Top applications. Moreover, the potential interelation between traditional broadcasters and new...
In the era of Industry 4.0, Navantia is creating a Cyber-Physical System (CPS) for enabling automatic event detection in their pipe workshops. The enhanced identification of the numerous pipes of a shipyard and their traceability, from their origin and through their life-cycle, increase productive capacity and efficiency in the processes. The CPS proposed is able to transmit signals periodically,...
The current CPE deployment model, which is based on deploying “intelligent” independent equipment in the customer premises, has important challenges that have been limiting the profitability of services for telecommunications service providers. Cloud CPE model provides a win for cost and service performance for the future, as it reduces onsite CPE complex requirements to a minimum and moves these...
Current cloud deployment scenarios imply a need for fast testing of user oriented software in diverse, heterogeneous and often unknown hardware and network environments, making it difficult to ensure optimal or reproducible in-site testing. The current paper proposes the use of container based lightweight virtualization with a ready-to-run, just-intime deployment strategy in order to minimize time...
Economists believe that we are entering the Post-Information Age, which is expected to succeed the current Information Age as the principal engine of economic activity. In this paper the authors assess this statement and how this impacts Information and Communications Technology (ICT)'s approach to meeting the needs of the digital transformation in business and society. The demands of systems such...
Digital Transformation has revolutionized the job market. New digital profiles emerge to exercise new professions. However, the gap between the Digital Competences required by companies and the skills developed by the young graduates is large. Current engineer curriculums for masters and bachelor degrees have recently been adapted to the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) and it is early to proceed...
Telecom engineering students should face important challenges in their careers regarding next-generation networks. In fact, in the last few years optical access networks are leading an important revolution in the network sector. Passive Optical Networks (PONs) based on the Ethernet (EPON) and the Gigabit (GPON) protocols are the most deployed optical access networks around the world. Therefore, Universities...
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