The increasing social dependency in data communication networks maintains a continuous investment on even more efficient technological solutions. The optimisation of some characteristics such as reliability, transmission speed, service integration, security and extensibility constitutes issues for further development. (...)Keywords: network management;…

Pulse oximetry is a widely used technique in biomedical analyses. It enables monitoring the percentage of saturated hemoglobin and heart pulse in a noninvasive way.The mandatory permanence of patients in medical facilitiesdue to continuous measurements of blood oxygen saturationand cardiac…

In this paper we present a System for the Automatic Generation of Design Tools, for a wide variety of Modelling Techniques (MT's), such as Dataflow Diagrams (DFD's), State Transition Diagrams (STD's), Activity Diagrams (AD's) or Entity Relationship Diagrams (ER's).This System, also called VC System,…

This paper describes the Home Networks Project integrated on a final project for a degree in engineering and inserts itself in the wider project “Casa do Futuro”.The first part shows the current approaches/technologies todistribute data within the home. Only binary…