{"title":"An integrated CMOS high power amplifier using power combining technique","authors":"Y. Wang, Jiann-Shiun Yuan","doi":"10.1109/SECON.2012.6196999","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SECON.2012.6196999","url":null,"abstract":"A fully integrated power amplifier using the transformer type power combiner is presented. The power amplifier contains two transformers to lead to high output power with small chip size. The parallel combining transformer is realized with 1:1 turn ratio. The transformers are incorporated into the design of power amplifier in a standard 0.18 μm CMOS technology. The power amplifier with built-in power combiner delivers 23.4 dBm of output power at 5.2 GHz with 3.3 V supply voltage.","PeriodicalId":187091,"journal":{"name":"2012 Proceedings of IEEE Southeastcon","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125382009","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}
Tzu-Shiang Lin, Hsu-Cheng Lu, Jen-Hao Liu, Joe-Air Jiang, T. Wen, Chih-Hong Sun, J. Juang
{"title":"Application of a reliable MAC protocol for the urban air quality monitoring system based on the wireless sensor network","authors":"Tzu-Shiang Lin, Hsu-Cheng Lu, Jen-Hao Liu, Joe-Air Jiang, T. Wen, Chih-Hong Sun, J. Juang","doi":"10.1109/SECON.2012.6197065","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SECON.2012.6197065","url":null,"abstract":"Because air pollutants seriously affect human health, the government in Taiwan attempts to reduce the pollutants by passing many environmental laws and establishing various large-scale and expensive air quality monitoring systems. These monitoring systems are capable of large-scale monitoring, but they cannot immediately detect small-scale air quality changes. Wireless sensor networks are novel monitoring tools for small-scale monitoring. Through a wireless network, a large number of tiny sensor nodes can be deployed to a monitoring area. In this research, a reliable medium access control (MAC) protocol is presented for the urban air quality monitoring system based on the wireless sensor network. The proposed MAC protocol uses the concept of overhearing to reduce previously required control messages and data messages in the network. The reconfiguration and rejoining functions are also incorporated into the proposed MAC protocol for improving the stability of data transmission. Moreover, the proposed MAC protocol is designed for the sensor nodes built upon the TinyOS, aiming at air urban quality monitoring in Taipei, Taiwan. This urban monitoring system consists of 36 sensor nodes to detect carbon monoxide (CO) concentration, humidity, and temperature. The experimental data shows that the proposed MAC protocol is capable of stably working a long period of time, and it also indicates a significant difference in the pollutant concentration between the rush and non-rush hours.","PeriodicalId":187091,"journal":{"name":"2012 Proceedings of IEEE Southeastcon","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129888289","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":"Load shedding in smart grid: A reliable efficient Ad-Hoc broadcast algorithm for smart house","authors":"R. Hassan, Mohamed A. Abdallah, G. Radman","doi":"10.1109/SECON.2012.6196919","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SECON.2012.6196919","url":null,"abstract":"Load shedding is required when there is an imbalance between electricity demand (customers' usage) and electricity supply (the ability of the electricity network to generate and transport the required amount of electricity to meet this demand). Hybrid novel design methodology is proposed to enhance the underfrequency load shedding in terms of consumer satisfaction level. A Consumer Priority Assignment Unit (CPAU) is proposed to be placed in each smart house. It gives the consumer the option to decide which loads to be shed. A reliable efficient self-pruning Ad-Hoc broadcast algorithm is proposed. The performance of the proposed algorithm is tested. The results indicate that the proposed algorithm nearly maintain the efficiency of the generic algorithm, at the same time it enforces higher reliability and prevents nodes (CPAUs) from taking wrong decisions.","PeriodicalId":187091,"journal":{"name":"2012 Proceedings of IEEE Southeastcon","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129993520","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":"NORMATIC: A visual tool for modeling Non-Functional Requirements in agile processes","authors":"W. M. Farid, F. Mitropoulos","doi":"10.1109/SECON.2012.6196989","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SECON.2012.6196989","url":null,"abstract":"There is consensus in the research community that agile software development methodologies, such as Scrum, are becoming more and more popular in delivering quality Functional Requirements (FRs). However, agile methodologies have not adequately modeled Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs) and their potential solutions (operationalizations) with FRs in early development phases-let alone having tools to support such initiatives. This research proposes NORMATIC, a Java-based simulation tool for modeling non-functional requirements for semi-automatic agile processes. NORMATIC is the semi-automatic tool that supports the more general Non-Functional Requirements Modeling for Agile Processes (NORMAP) Methodology. Early results show that the tool can potentially help agile software development teams in reasoning about and visually modeling NFRs as first-class artifacts early on during requirements gathering and analysis phases. The tool can also aid project managers and Scrum teams in user story estimate and risk calculations as well as risk-driven planning and visualization of the proposed plans.","PeriodicalId":187091,"journal":{"name":"2012 Proceedings of IEEE Southeastcon","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130318828","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":"Evaluation of gas turbines used in saudi electricity company-south operating area (SEC-SOA): A survey","authors":"M. BenSaleh, Syed Manzoor Qasim, A. Hennache","doi":"10.1109/SECON.2012.6196977","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SECON.2012.6196977","url":null,"abstract":"The Gas turbine technology has steadily advanced since its inception and emerged as a strong force in the generation market. It has been an active area of research. Research and development was one of the major keys to its success. The objective of this paper is to present a survey of two gas turbine designs available from two different companies i.e., General Electric (GE) and Westinghouse used in Saudi Electricity Company for south operating area (SEC-SOA). The paper also presents a thorough study of the fuel system used in these gas turbines.","PeriodicalId":187091,"journal":{"name":"2012 Proceedings of IEEE Southeastcon","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127919008","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}
Justin Fletcher, C. Fountain, C. Kerley, J. Torres, W. Barott, S. Salamah, R. Stansbury
{"title":"Immersive audio-visual system for an Unmanned Robotic Vehicle in a Senior Design Project","authors":"Justin Fletcher, C. Fountain, C. Kerley, J. Torres, W. Barott, S. Salamah, R. Stansbury","doi":"10.1109/SECON.2012.6196969","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SECON.2012.6196969","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a remote, human-controlled, immersive Unmanned Robotic System (URS) designed to assist in search and rescue operations. The system is being designed and constructed by the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Department of Electrical, Computer, Software, and Systems Engineering 2011/2012 Senior Design Team. Described in this paper are two different implementations of the URS - one is controlled using a handheld tablet and the other is controlled by way of a Human Robotic Interaction (HRI) head-mounted display. This paper outlines the architecture, implementation, and design considerations for each system.","PeriodicalId":187091,"journal":{"name":"2012 Proceedings of IEEE Southeastcon","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124940364","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":"Power and energy analysis on intel Single-Chip Cloud Computer system","authors":"Shi Sha, Jiawei Zhou, Chen Liu, Gang Quan","doi":"10.1109/SECON.2012.6197074","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SECON.2012.6197074","url":null,"abstract":"Improving the computing performance of the multicore and many-core systems is one of the primary interests to computer architecture researchers currently. Message Passing Interface (MPI) and Multi-core techniques are converged to solve this problem. With performance enhancement, the power and energy consumption increase correspondingly. The Single-Chip Cloud Computer (SCC) is an experimental processor created by Intel Labs. This paper proposed an approach to study the power and energy consumption on the 48-core SCC many-core system and realized the message passing on the SCC. First, we profile the execution time, voltage and current on each running set. Later, we calculated the power and energy consumption, and compared them with increasing number of cores, varying voltage and frequency levels. Finally, we reached a conclusion focus on its scalability and relationship between power/energy consumption and system performance in terms of execution time.","PeriodicalId":187091,"journal":{"name":"2012 Proceedings of IEEE Southeastcon","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126786846","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":"Single chip spectrum sensing module in CMOS with digital frequency synthesizer and digital output","authors":"R. Mulagada, Yi Yang, T. Weldon, D. Lieu","doi":"10.1109/SECON.2012.6197076","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SECON.2012.6197076","url":null,"abstract":"In a congested wireless environment, an increasing number of applications require the capability to measure frequency spectrum. This motivates the development of a spectrum-sensing module comprised of a minimal architecture spectrum analyzer with integrated frequency synthesized tuning. The module features a frequency synthesizer with digital frequency controlled inputs and an integrated analog-to-digital converter to digitize the output. This module can be incorporated as a basic component in more complex system that require spectral sensing such as spectrum monitoring systems and dynamic spectrum access systems. The proposed single-chip spectrum-sensing module with digital output was fabricated in a standard 0.5 micron CMOS process. Measured results of a prototype are presented for operating range of 20 to 180 MHz.","PeriodicalId":187091,"journal":{"name":"2012 Proceedings of IEEE Southeastcon","volume":"88 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131402481","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":"Vehicular Network simulation propagation loss model parameter standardization in ns-3 and beyond","authors":"Joseph Benin, Michael Nowatkowski, H. Owen","doi":"10.1109/SECON.2012.6196929","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SECON.2012.6196929","url":null,"abstract":"Vehicular Networks (VANETs) continue to mature and their installation is becoming a reality. Meanwhile, simulation has become an indispensable tool for validating design and providing insight into how complex systems work. Yet the results of a simulation are only as good as the simulator's configuration. The network simulator 3 (ns-3) provides a host of propagation loss models, some of which are applicable to VANETs. In this work, we evaluate these models and then offer standard values for the propagation loss model parameters in an effort to normalize VANET simulation and provide researchers the ability to compare their work. The proposed values are then demonstrated to achieve the desired effective range as empirically determined in other work.","PeriodicalId":187091,"journal":{"name":"2012 Proceedings of IEEE Southeastcon","volume":"38 9","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"113941903","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 iterative ellipsoid-based anomaly detection technique for intrusion detection systems","authors":"S. Suthaharan","doi":"10.1109/SECON.2012.6196956","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SECON.2012.6196956","url":null,"abstract":"Intrusion detection datasets play a major role in evaluating machine learning techniques for Intrusion Detection Systems. The Intrusion detection datasets are generally very large and contain many noncontributing features and redundant data. These drawbacks lead to inaccurate intrusion detection and increased computational cost when machine learning techniques are evaluated. Several data cleaning techniques have been proposed to eliminate redundant records and noncontributing features. These techniques reduce the size of the datasets significantly and make the characteristics of the data closer to the characteristics of intrusions in a real network. This paper identifies anomaly problems in normal and intrusion attacks data, and proposes an ellipsoid-based technique to detect anomalies and clean the intrusion detection datasets further. Publically available KDD'99 and NSL-KDD datasets are used to demonstrate its performance. It reveals an interesting property, i.e. monotonically decreasing behavior, of the NSL-KDD dataset.","PeriodicalId":187091,"journal":{"name":"2012 Proceedings of IEEE Southeastcon","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127904092","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}