{"title":"Low profile small size monopole antenna for mobile communication","authors":"H. Hamad, A. Hamid","doi":"10.1109/IEEEGCC.2011.5752509","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEEGCC.2011.5752509","url":null,"abstract":"A small size low profile monopole antenna for mobile communication is presented using magnetic coating. The obtained FDTD simulation results show that a magnetic dielectric coating surrounding the monopole antenna may reduce its size approximately by 50%. The antenna size reduction may be controlled by using appropriate magnetic dielectric coating without significant effect on the radiation characteristics of the antenna.","PeriodicalId":119104,"journal":{"name":"2011 IEEE GCC Conference and Exhibition (GCC)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129447904","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"H∞ robust fault detection filter in drum boiler systems","authors":"L. Khoshnevisan, H. Momeni, A. Ashraf-Modarres","doi":"10.1109/IEEEGCC.2011.5752607","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEEGCC.2011.5752607","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, the robust fault detection filter (RFDF) design problem for linear time-invariant (LTI) with unknown disturbances is studied. The fundamental idea of our study is to introduce a reference residual model generator to formulate the robust fault detection filter as a robust H∞ model matching problem through which the generated residual can be evaluated. By applying the robust H∞ optimization control technique, the reference residual model can take into account the robustness against disturbances and sensitivity to faults simultaneously. The robust H∞ optimization control technique is presented via a linear matrix inequality (LMI) formulation. A drum boiler model is used to demonstrate the design procedures and the applicability of the proposed approach.","PeriodicalId":119104,"journal":{"name":"2011 IEEE GCC Conference and Exhibition (GCC)","volume":"83 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123821966","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Enhanced Hidden Markov Models for accelerating medical volumes segmentation","authors":"Shadi Alzu'bi, Naveed Islam, M. Abbod","doi":"10.1109/IEEEGCC.2011.5752537","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEEGCC.2011.5752537","url":null,"abstract":"A fully automated unsupervised image segmentation method using Hidden Markov Models (HMMs) is proposed to segment medical volumes. The application of this system to medical volumes has been evaluated using NEMA IE body phantom and a comparison study has been carried out to evaluate HMM and other segmentation techniques which reveal thatHMMdelivers promising results in terms of accurate region of interest detection. Computational time is the main issue to tackle in HMMs, a solution has been proposed and evaluated with respect to the effects of the accelerators on the system accuracy.","PeriodicalId":119104,"journal":{"name":"2011 IEEE GCC Conference and Exhibition (GCC)","volume":"79 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123346130","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"About the optimal delay for linear equalization of MIMO channels","authors":"H. Gazzah","doi":"10.1109/IEEEGCC.2011.5752528","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEEGCC.2011.5752528","url":null,"abstract":"Delay selection has notoriously a dramatic impact on the equalizer performance. We prove that near-optimal performance can be obtained by choosing the delay to be equal or slightly larger than the channel memory. This results is proved in the general context of a multiple-input multiple-output finite impulse response channels. It constitutes a helpful design criterion that ensures practically optimal performance and whose simplicity contrasts with the huge computation required by optimal delay selection algorithms.","PeriodicalId":119104,"journal":{"name":"2011 IEEE GCC Conference and Exhibition (GCC)","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126566934","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Temporal and spatial realistic clustered channel model for circular array based wideband WLAN MIMO systems","authors":"M. Mangoud, Z. Mahdi","doi":"10.1109/IEEEGCC.2011.5752527","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEEGCC.2011.5752527","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper a spatially and temporally clustered channel model is proposed to be applicable to Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) MIMO systems based on circular antenna arrays (UCA). Properties of multipath taps along with angular and power values of clusters are included in this model to consider wideband signal with frequency selective fading channels. Link performance of systems that utilize UCA at both link ends, the access point (AP) and mobile associated stations (STAs) are investigated. Standard IEEE802.11 TGn channel scenarios are used to simulate different realistic environments. Characteristics of ergodic channel capacity versus azimuth orientation of UCA arrays are analyzed and compared with that of uniform linear array (ULA). Also, the water filling (WF) power allocation scheme performance is investigated under different conditions. Performance of VBLAST UCA bases receivers in combination with successive interference cancelation are also presented for different TGn channel models by utilizing the proposed channel model.","PeriodicalId":119104,"journal":{"name":"2011 IEEE GCC Conference and Exhibition (GCC)","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129989559","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hamideh Rezaee, A. Aghagolzadeh, M. Hadi Seyedarabi, Snadi Al Zu'bi
{"title":"Tracking and occlusion handling in multi-sensor networks by particle filter","authors":"Hamideh Rezaee, A. Aghagolzadeh, M. Hadi Seyedarabi, Snadi Al Zu'bi","doi":"10.1109/IEEEGCC.2011.5752541","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEEGCC.2011.5752541","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we propose a multi sensor tracking method. Tracking is done independently for each view. Fusing several cues including color, edge, texture and motion constrained by structure of environment is used in a novel way and in particle filter framework. The results of individual image planes are projected to ground plane using homography relation. The similarity of projected locations with the reference model and minimum variance estimate are two key points to evaluate the location of the target. Also, we introduce a method based on two views tracking to handle occlusion. Robust statistic is used to declare an occlusion in one view. Homography relation and inter-frame transformation are the tools to cancel the occlusion. Experimental results show the robustness and accuracy of the proposed method.","PeriodicalId":119104,"journal":{"name":"2011 IEEE GCC Conference and Exhibition (GCC)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128955408","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bi-lingual agent-guided touch-screen interface for public information kiosks","authors":"Ameer Abdulsalam, M. Sakr","doi":"10.1109/IEEEGCC.2011.5752612","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEEGCC.2011.5752612","url":null,"abstract":"An effective human-computer interface should allow for intuitive and seamless communication between the human and the computer. With the increased popularity of touchscreens on devices, computers and kiosks, the need arises to further study user interface design for touchscreen enabled information systems catering to users of various linguistic and cultural backgrounds. This paper presents our work on creating a bi-lingual intuitive touchscreen user interface and information system for a kiosk in a mixed-cultural public setting. We use this test-bed to run initial experiments to evaluate the effectiveness of the interface across the English and Arabic languages including the effects of an animated agent on the respective interface languages and user satisfaction.","PeriodicalId":119104,"journal":{"name":"2011 IEEE GCC Conference and Exhibition (GCC)","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114411832","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E. Warriach, Eirini Kaldeli, Jaap Bresser, A. Lazovik, Marco Aiello
{"title":"Heterogeneous device discovery framework for the Smart Homes","authors":"E. Warriach, Eirini Kaldeli, Jaap Bresser, A. Lazovik, Marco Aiello","doi":"10.1109/IEEEGCC.2011.5752621","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEEGCC.2011.5752621","url":null,"abstract":"The future home will be pervaded by mobile and stationary devices which need to dynamically connect and coordinate in order to seamlessly help people in accomplishing their tasks. However, for this vision to become a reality, it is important for researcher and developer to build applications that constantly adapt and integrate heterogeneous devices supported by different communication technologies. Bluetooth efficiently fits in the home environment: the range of communication it provides sufficient for Smart Homes applications consisting of a large number of resource-constraint devices. In this paper, we present a Pervasive Discovery Framework for Smart Homes, and an implementation currently supporting the Bluetooth and UPnP device discovery. The framework is based on robust technologies such as the UPnP protocol and the Java based OSGi bundles.","PeriodicalId":119104,"journal":{"name":"2011 IEEE GCC Conference and Exhibition (GCC)","volume":"90 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129446597","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Importance of Integrated Circuit (IC) packaging in semiconductor companies design flow","authors":"Mahmoud Abou-Gabal","doi":"10.1109/IEEEGCC.2011.5752553","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEEGCC.2011.5752553","url":null,"abstract":"This paper will discuss the IC packaging industry trends and how IC packaging is important and should to be considered in semiconductor companies for successful product design. IC packaging design flow and steps will be discussed on how it is done in the industry.","PeriodicalId":119104,"journal":{"name":"2011 IEEE GCC Conference and Exhibition (GCC)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129713961","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. I. Sulyman, A. Akhlaq, H. Hassanein, A. Alsanie, S. Alshebeili
{"title":"Capacity enhancements in IEEE 802.16J systems using MIMO-relay multiplexing","authors":"A. I. Sulyman, A. Akhlaq, H. Hassanein, A. Alsanie, S. Alshebeili","doi":"10.1109/IEEEGCC.2011.5752493","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEEGCC.2011.5752493","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the analysis of relay multiplexing configuration for IEEE 802.16j systems employing MIMO antennas. The availability of multiple relay paths in IEEE 802.16j motivates two relay configurations: relay diversity and relay multiplexing. Existing works have focused on the relay diversity method. In this paper, we explore the relay multiplexing alternative. Using the concept of code-division multiple relay access (CDMRA), where relay stations (RS) are assigned unique access codes for parallel relaying of independent data streams from source to destination, we derive the capacity of the relay multiplexing system in comparison with the relay diversity methods. We show that while the capacity of the diversity methods grows with the log of the system SNR, the capacity of the relay multiplexing approach grows linearly with the number of parallel relay paths created in the system for iid channel case. Relay multiplexing thus provides affordable means of realizing high-speed multihop communications.","PeriodicalId":119104,"journal":{"name":"2011 IEEE GCC Conference and Exhibition (GCC)","volume":"72 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130081840","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}