{"title":"Generic and Open Media Access for Next Generation Wireless Networks: A Case Study","authors":"M. Sooriyabandara","doi":"10.1109/ICIIS.2006.365750","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIIS.2006.365750","url":null,"abstract":"A number of technology factors including increased connectivity to a diverse range of devices, variety of wireless access technologies (e.g. cellular, WLAN, WPAN, sensor), and highly reconfigurable software and hardware components have been driving telecommunications systems to provide ubiquitous and transparent services. At the same time, dynamically reconfigurable and/ or adaptive communication systems that are capable of operating in a variety of modes increases the heterogeneity of operating communications environments when used by users (including applications and devices) that have conflicting capabilities and requirements. Generic Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are a key technology component to realize flexible and intelligent management of available modes of operations and adaptation of applications because they enable access and control of heterogeneous technologies in a uniform way. The case study presented in this paper explores the concept of generic APIs in the context of adaptive and reconfigurable communications systems. A generic API called Unified Link Layer API (ULLA) developed by a consortium of European researchers (from industry and academia) is reviewed to demonstrate the benefits offered by such a technology to the dynamic optimization of wireless multimedia systems.","PeriodicalId":122994,"journal":{"name":"First International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116562163","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}
S. Kalingamudali, J. Harambearachchi, L. Kumara, J.H.S.R. De Silva, D. Piumwardena, L. De Silva, L. T. Abeynanda, K. Chameera, D. P. Dissanayake, A. Attenayake, S. Molligoda
{"title":"Pedestrian and vehicular traffic friendly uninterrupted solar powered traffic signal light system","authors":"S. Kalingamudali, J. Harambearachchi, L. Kumara, J.H.S.R. De Silva, D. Piumwardena, L. De Silva, L. T. Abeynanda, K. Chameera, D. P. Dissanayake, A. Attenayake, S. Molligoda","doi":"10.1109/ICIIS.2006.365724","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIIS.2006.365724","url":null,"abstract":"During power failures and power cuts road users suffer immense difficulties due to non-availability of traffic signal lights all over the world. Use of solar cells with lead acid accumulators to provide required power and the use of light emitting diode (LED) displays to function as signal lamps to reduce the stored power consumption will be a feasible solution for the same. Since the LED display consists of a number of LEDs, visibility from side ways is better than the conventional signal lamp having a single light source. Failure of the lamp in the conventional signals halts the entire operation of the signal lamp but in the case of failures of few LEDs in a matrix will not cease the entire operation. In most of the LED display traffic light systems, set of LEDs will not illuminate even when only one of the LEDs burnt out since the set is connected in series. In this design, parallel sets of LEDs are connected in series, and therefore, only the defective LEDs will not be illuminated but all the others will be illuminated. Some major advantages of this system are uninterrupted operation around the clock throughout the year, very low maintenance cost for replacing LEDs and the lead acid batteries, and during the installation of new signal posts it is possible to erect the same as a wireless installation. Solar panel with an accumulator can provide power while infrared sensors and diodes could be used to transfer signals between each signal post, hence it is not necessary to dig across the road for control and power cables. For the safety and the convenience of the pedestrians and vehicular traffic, bi-color seven segment digital displays are available to indicate the waiting time and remaining moving time. Considering the signal light requirement for a country, the above solution will have a considerable impact on the national power grid","PeriodicalId":122994,"journal":{"name":"First International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114748613","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}
S. Kalingamudali, J. Harambearachchi, L. Kumara, J.H.S.R. De Silva, R. Rathnayaka, G. Piyasiri, W. Indika, M. Gunarathne, H. Kumara, M. Fernando
{"title":"Remote Controlling and Monitoring System to Control Electric Circuitry through SMS using a Microcontroller","authors":"S. Kalingamudali, J. Harambearachchi, L. Kumara, J.H.S.R. De Silva, R. Rathnayaka, G. Piyasiri, W. Indika, M. Gunarathne, H. Kumara, M. Fernando","doi":"10.1109/ICIIS.2006.365756","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIIS.2006.365756","url":null,"abstract":"Mobile phones have become one of the most popular communication devices among most of the people around the world, and short message service (SMS) is popular among mobile phone users as a cheap and convenient method of communicating. Therefore, SMS technology is a common feature with all mobile network service providers. Since the use of SMS technology is a cheap, convenient and flexible way of conveying data, researchers are trying to apply this technology in many different areas that were not provided by service providers at present. One of such areas that the SMS technology could be used as a cost effective and more flexible way will be remote monitoring and controlling. Therefore, a system has been developed to control and monitor electric circuitry through SMS using the PICmicroreg 16F877A microcontroller remotely. The microcontroller performs all the functions of the system. Standard attention commands are used to control the operation on SMS in the mobile phone. SMS is produced using the concept of protocol data unit","PeriodicalId":122994,"journal":{"name":"First International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems","volume":"116 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114965310","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}
K. Abeywickrama, A. Podoltsev, Y. Serdyuk, S. Gubanski
{"title":"Infuence of Core Characteristics on Inductance Calculations for Modeling of Power Transformers","authors":"K. Abeywickrama, A. Podoltsev, Y. Serdyuk, S. Gubanski","doi":"10.1109/ICIIS.2006.365629","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIIS.2006.365629","url":null,"abstract":"Calculations of effective parameters (inductance and resistance) of transformer windings, including core characteristics, are presented in this paper. Both anisotropic nature of the core and eddy currents in the electrical steel sheets are accounted for. A 3D model is developed and used to find out the inductance and resistance of transformer windings in the frequency range from 10 Hz to 10 MHz. It is shown that strongest variations of the magnetic field inside the core and of the effective parameters occur below 10 kHz, whereas the effect of the magnetic core is negligible above 1 MHz.","PeriodicalId":122994,"journal":{"name":"First International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129425023","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":"Computer Model of Human Reaction Based on Personality Type Theory","authors":"E. Herath","doi":"10.1109/ICIIS.2006.365730","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIIS.2006.365730","url":null,"abstract":"Affect of background information on changing of perception is studied through reactions of different personality types to it. Two parameters are introduced for this purpose. It is proposed to use this method to enable machines to better understand the human reactions in course of man-machine interaction","PeriodicalId":122994,"journal":{"name":"First International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130248482","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}
G. Dissanayake, J. Paxman, J. V. Miró, O. Thane, H.-T. Thi
{"title":"Robotics for Urban Search and Rescue","authors":"G. Dissanayake, J. Paxman, J. V. Miró, O. Thane, H.-T. Thi","doi":"10.1109/ICIIS.2006.365740","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIIS.2006.365740","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes a team of robots that are designed for urban search and rescue applications. The team CASualty consists of four tele-operated robots and one autonomous robot. A brief description of the capabilities of the robot team is presented together with the details of capabilities of the autonomous robot HOMER. In particular, the software architecture, user interface, strategies used for mapping, exploration and the identification of human victims present in the environment are described. The team participated in an international competition on urban search and rescue (RoboCup Rescue) held in Bremen, Germany in June 2006 where HOMER was placed second in the autonomy challenge","PeriodicalId":122994,"journal":{"name":"First International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems","volume":"80 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130560350","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}
Nemat-Talebi, M. Shafiee, B. Subramaniam, J. Karamdel
{"title":"Limit Induced Bifurcation Due to Series Connected FACTS Devices During Voltage Collapse Phenomena","authors":"Nemat-Talebi, M. Shafiee, B. Subramaniam, J. Karamdel","doi":"10.1109/ICIIS.2006.365631","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIIS.2006.365631","url":null,"abstract":"This paper focuses on detailed steady state models with emphasize on control modes of two flexible AC transmission system (FACTS) devices' namely, static series synchronous compensator (SSSC) and thyristor controlled series capacitor (TCSC), to study their effects on voltage collapse phenomena in power systems. Based on results, control loops strategies that could increase system loadability or increases loading level to voltage collapse point are determined. The IEEE 14 bus test system is used to illustrate the effects of various control strategies of FACTS devices on voltage collapse phenomena","PeriodicalId":122994,"journal":{"name":"First International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems","volume":"1034 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123132039","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 Multi Phase In-Wheel Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Motor for Electric Vehicles","authors":"J. Jayasundara, D. Munindradasa","doi":"10.1109/ICIIS.2006.365781","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIIS.2006.365781","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a new design of five phase in-wheel axial flux double outer rotor single double side inner rotor permanent magnet motor architecture which offers better torque and power characteristics and matches with the orientation of the general motor wheel such that it can be directly mounted in-wheel. This paper mainly concerns about the torque and power characteristics with the modeled speed variations of the electric vehicles. Also its increased overall efficiency when used with the electric vehicle without the usage of drive chain is addressed","PeriodicalId":122994,"journal":{"name":"First International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116082611","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":"A theoretical-based approach to e-Learning","authors":"A. Karunananda","doi":"10.1109/ICIIS.2006.365650","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIIS.2006.365650","url":null,"abstract":"E-learning has been revolutionized by the developments in modern ICT. However, the use of appropriate ICT and the pedagogy are still research challenges in e-learning. This paper describes an approach to ontology driven e-learning that has been implemented as agent software. The theoretical basis for e-learning ontology has been provided by the learning ontologies in Buddhist philosophy. This research has postulated to drive the e-learning process by means of the evolution of a specific learning ontology, called `iddhipada' that is described by four mental factors, namely, desire, effort, thoughtfulness and investigation. The test version of the e-learning agent has been developed to run on Apache Web server connecting with MySQL. Agent will be linked with Moodle soon","PeriodicalId":122994,"journal":{"name":"First International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127261053","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":"A Dynamic Distance Based Location Management Strategy Utilizing User Profiles for Next Generation Wireless Networks","authors":"M. S. Sricharan, V. Vaidehi","doi":"10.1109/ICIIS.2006.365758","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIIS.2006.365758","url":null,"abstract":"As more and more applications in the world of computing go mobile, keeping track of mobile users becomes an important and demanding issue. We need an efficient location management scheme that could perform location registration and paging at the minimum possible cost and without loading the network. In this paper, we propose a highly dynamic location management strategy which could reduce the total cost of location management. The existing schemes perform excessive location updates or have large paging areas. Our algorithm reduces the number of location updates by analyzing the mobility profile of the users and dynamically choosing the distance metric scheme, which would best suit them. Call rate is used to fine tune the scheme. The performance of our algorithm is analyzed by comparing it with the existing algorithms","PeriodicalId":122994,"journal":{"name":"First International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133182404","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}