{"title":"Extending the reach of QKD using relays","authors":"S. Barnett, S. Phoenix","doi":"10.1109/IEEEGCC.2011.5752492","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEEGCC.2011.5752492","url":null,"abstract":"One of the obstacles to deployment of QKD solutions has been the distance limitation. Solutions using relays have been proposed but these rely on link-by-link key establishment. We present a new technique to extend the distance of a quantum key distribution channel using an active relay. Each relay acts as an intercept/resend device and allows the establishment of an end-to-end key. It has been argued that such relays cannot be used to extend the distance, but we show that with a suitable adaptation of the protocol the effective key distribution distance can be increased.","PeriodicalId":119104,"journal":{"name":"2011 IEEE GCC Conference and Exhibition (GCC)","volume":"26 3 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":"131241764","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":"Design of anelectrically small meander antenna for LTE mobile terminals in the 800 MHz band","authors":"M. Sharawi, Yanal S. Faouri, S. S. Iqbal","doi":"10.1109/IEEEGCC.2011.5752508","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEEGCC.2011.5752508","url":null,"abstract":"Fourth generation mobile networks (also called Long Term Evolution — LTE) will make use of multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) technology to achieve very high data rates in both the uplink and downlink. MIMO is based on the use of multiple antenna systems within the mobile terminal as well as the base station. The small size of the mobile terminal poses series integration and antenna miniaturization challenges. In this work, we propose an electrically small antenna (ESA) that is based on the meander antenna structure that operates in the 800 MHz band of LTE and 3G cellular standards. The antenna has a measured center frequency of 897 MHz, bandwidth of 185 MHz and total size of 23.5 × 43 mm2. Both simulation and experiment results are presented. A study on the effect of the various antenna parameters that will aid the designer fine tune his structure is also discussed.","PeriodicalId":119104,"journal":{"name":"2011 IEEE GCC Conference and Exhibition (GCC)","volume":"68 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":"127624680","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":"The design of 80 GHz antenna array on LTCC substrate","authors":"M. El-Nawawy, D. Korzec, W. Mahler","doi":"10.1109/IEEEGCC.2011.5752507","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEEGCC.2011.5752507","url":null,"abstract":"A 2×2 array of an aperture coupled microstrip patch antenna (ACMPA) was designed. The antenna was designed on Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramic (LTCC) substrate with an embedded air cavity to increase gain and bandwidth. Simulated S11 was −21.45 dB at 81 GHz with 3.5% bandwidth and the simulated radiation pattern shows a maximum gain of 10.42 dBi. Moreover, a prototype has been fabricated and measured for an ACMPA scaled down to 15 GHz.","PeriodicalId":119104,"journal":{"name":"2011 IEEE GCC Conference and Exhibition (GCC)","volume":"31 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":"133728955","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}
Q. Mahmoud, M. Talib, Z. Maamar, Emad Bataineh, L. Jololian
{"title":"Revitalizing the introductory programming course","authors":"Q. Mahmoud, M. Talib, Z. Maamar, Emad Bataineh, L. Jololian","doi":"10.1109/IEEEGCC.2011.5752575","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEEGCC.2011.5752575","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we present our approach to revitalizing the introductory level programming course at Zayed University in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This course has been re-designed to make computer programming fun and accessible to female students who sign up for the IT program with no background in computing and in particular analytical and problem solving skills. The approach has been used at other universities and represents a marked departure from the use of a single programming language to employ multiple programming tools. The results we have obtained confirm the viability of the approach and is inspiring students to spend more time learning how to design and develop interesting applications that appeal to female students. In addition, ZU students have expressed a great deal of satisfaction and responded positively towards the new approach of learning how to program.","PeriodicalId":119104,"journal":{"name":"2011 IEEE GCC Conference and Exhibition (GCC)","volume":"132 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":"132213564","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":"Impact of damping scheme on damping characteristics of Static Synchronous Series Compensator","authors":"F. Jowder","doi":"10.1109/IEEEGCC.2011.5752515","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEEGCC.2011.5752515","url":null,"abstract":"This paper shows the impact of two damping controllers on the damping characteristics of the Static Synchronous Series Compensator with respect to their ability to improve small signal stability of single-machine infinite bus system. The first damping controller is introduced the through the magnitude control loop of the SSSC while the second is introduced through the angle control loop of the SSSC. Eigenvalue analysis and time domain simulations are performed to show that the first scheme provides higher damping than the second scheme.","PeriodicalId":119104,"journal":{"name":"2011 IEEE GCC Conference and Exhibition (GCC)","volume":"104 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":"134437398","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":"Business Continuity Planning (BCP) methodology — Essential for every business","authors":"M. Dey","doi":"10.1109/IEEEGCC.2011.5752503","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEEGCC.2011.5752503","url":null,"abstract":"Business Continuity Planning (BCP) indicates how well an organization prepares itself to survive in unexpected disasters, disruptions or changes, assuring that the critical business processes will continue to function in most adverse circumstances with acceptable limitations. BCP is also one of the domains of Information Security management. It has been emphasized by BS 25999 standard that an organization must have a Business Continuity (BC) program in place to fulfill its obligations in this world of uncertainty. The main objectives are that in all unusual situations the business should sustain, maintain regulatory compliances and deliver its products and services with minimum losses to its employees, customers, vendors, and to the society at large. This paper illustrates the concept of BCP along with its implication to business in adverse circumstances and enunciates a methodology about how a Business Continuity Planning framework can be established in an organization.","PeriodicalId":119104,"journal":{"name":"2011 IEEE GCC Conference and Exhibition (GCC)","volume":"31 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":"134602277","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":"An algorithm for watermarking mobile phone colour images using BCH code","authors":"J. Jeedella, H. Al-Ahmad","doi":"10.1109/IEEEGCC.2011.5752532","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEEGCC.2011.5752532","url":null,"abstract":"This paper proposes a scheme for embedding phone numbers into color images captured by a mobile phone camera. Firstly, the phone number digits are transformed using BCD encoder and the generated binary vector is appended by the phone number checksum represented in binary format. Then, this binary vector is coded by BCH code before inserting it in the DCT blocks of the image. The coded watermark information are embedded into a predefined low frequency coefficient in the DCT domain. The robustness of the scheme is assessed by using “Stirmark” software package. The new algorithm survived JPEG compression and 3×3 2D filtering.","PeriodicalId":119104,"journal":{"name":"2011 IEEE GCC Conference and Exhibition (GCC)","volume":"25 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":"115587484","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":"Delimiting boundaries of a national Web in a globalized world, UAE case study","authors":"Chiraz BenAbdelkader, Mostafa Sanver","doi":"10.1109/IEEEGCC.2011.5752578","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEEGCC.2011.5752578","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we address the problem of delimiting the boundaries of a specific national Web community. We contend that previous simple techniques, mostly based on IP range and language information, are no longer effective. In reality, the Web has undergone a globalization trend, and we can no longer assume a simple one-to-one mapping between where Web content is hosted, the language it is written in, the target community it is intended for, and its geographic location. We propose a two-stage Web page filtering (classification) method for this problem: (1) a pre-crawl filter designed to quickly prune out most of the irrelevant pages without downloading them, and (2) a post-crawl filter that prunes out (most of) the remaining ones via more detailed albeit time-consuming analysis. We discuss the proposed techniques in the context of the UAE national Web, and present results on Web crawl data collected during the period June-July 2010.","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":"122139560","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":"Low-complexity delay-controlled blind MMSE/ZF multichannel equalization","authors":"H. Gazzah","doi":"10.1109/IEEEGCC.2011.5752472","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEEGCC.2011.5752472","url":null,"abstract":"We propose a blind equalization algorithm that computes the MMSE/ZF equalizer with a specified length and delay. Little computation is needed in addition to the eigen vector decomposition of the channel covariance matrix, resulting in a complexity significantly lower than that of the only existing comparable algorithm.","PeriodicalId":119104,"journal":{"name":"2011 IEEE GCC Conference and Exhibition (GCC)","volume":"46 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":"122651021","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":"Fuzzy Sliding mode Control for missile autopilot design","authors":"N. Sadr, H. Momeni","doi":"10.1109/IEEEGCC.2011.5752563","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEEGCC.2011.5752563","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we have discussed about the Sliding mode Controller (SMC) for missile autopilot. The chattering phenomenon has been studied as the main problem of these systems; we use boundary layer method to overcome this problem. Therefore, the system is robust under various uncertainties and external disturbances. Also, the stability of the system is proved by the Lyapunov theory. In following, Fuzzy control is applied to calculate the controller gain (k), which is responsible for stability.","PeriodicalId":119104,"journal":{"name":"2011 IEEE GCC Conference and Exhibition (GCC)","volume":"45 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":"125220105","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}