Author:Mamushiane, Lusani; Mwangama, J; Lysko, Albert A; Kobo, Hlabishi IDate:Aug 2022The global impact of COVID-19 has been unprecedented, with over-the-top (OTT) services consumption growing at a staggering rate. While OTT does consume revenue-generating data, OTT services are gradually substituting the traditional primary ...Read more
Author:Molefi, M; Markus, ED; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MIDate:Nov 2021A Conformal Strongly Coupled Magnetic Resonance (CSCMR) wireless power transfer (WPT) system is a small footprint technology suitable for applications such as small low power sensors and implantable medical devices. These applications require ...Read more
Author:Baruni, Kedimotse P; Mokoena, Nthabiseng ME; Veeraragoo, Mahalingam; Holder, Ross PDate:Dec 2021Face recognition is one of the biometric technologies that is mostly used in surveillance and law enforcement for identification and verification. However, face recognition remains a challenge in verifying and identifying individuals due to ...Read more
Author:Mathebula, I; Isong, B; Gasela, N; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MIDate:Nov 2020Software-Defined Wireless Sensor Networks (SDWSN) has received significant attention in recent years due to its inherent challenges such as network security, trust management, inefficient energy consumption, and so on. In particular, inefficient ...Read more
Author:Molose, RSS; Isong, B; Dladlu, N; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MIDate:Dec 2021Energy consumption is a typical challenge that is inherent in wireless sensors networks (WSN). Despite the proposals and the development of several routing protocols and Software-defined WSN (SDWSN) introduction to address the challenge and ...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:Marais, LauretteDate:Sep 2021Multilingual Grammatical Framework (GF) domain grammars have been used in a variety of different applications, including question answering, where concrete syntaxes for parsing questions and generating answers are typically required for each ...Read more
Author:Le Roux, E; Ndiaye, M; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MIDate:Jun 2021The article proposes a gate automation system based on automatic number plate recognition (ANPR). The system uses a convolutional neural network (CNN) to identify and classify each number plate which is then compared to a database of authorized ...Read more
Author:Maremi, Keneilwe J; Thulare, Tumiso; Herselman, Martha EDate:May 2022The objective of this paper is to provide insight into how the successful implementation of Digital Transformation (DT) can help address the challenges and hindrances in South Africa's e-Government. It is essential to aid South Africa's ...Read more
Author:Wilken, Ilana; Marais, LauretteDate:Nov 2023South Africa is facing a literacy crisis, with the latest PIRLS results showing that 8 out of 10 learners cannot read for basic comprehension by the time they leave the foundation phase. In this climate, the development of strategies to assist ...Read more
Author:Govender, Avashna; King, SDate:Nov 2023Cognitive load of text-to-speech (TTS) synthesis systems measured in the past consistently showed that processing synthetic speech is more difficult to process than human speech in the presence of noise. However, the systems previously evaluated ...Read more
Author:Dlamini, Sifiso B; Meyer, Isabella ADate:Dec 2020Resilience is a popular concept in development studies, particularly in research and development on how Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) can be used to improve livelihoods. As much as the primary focus is on using ICTs to ...Read more
Author:Afachao, K; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MI; Hancke, GPDate:Aug 2023This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of nature-inspired metaheuristic algorithms for achieving energy efficiency in the Edge-Cloud environment. The study focuses on the Particle Swarm Algorithm (PSO), Ant Colony Optimization (ACO), ...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:Mokoatle, Mpho; Coleman, Toshka; Mokilane, Paul MDate:Dec 2023The likelihood that an earthquake will occur in a specific location, within a specific time frame, and with ground motion intensity greater than a specific threshold is known as a seismic hazard. Predicting these types of hazards is crucial ...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