Mohamed El-Ghoboushi, A. Ghuniem, A. Gaafar, H. Abou-Bakr
{"title":"A 2D multilateration algorithm used for air traffic localization and tracking","authors":"Mohamed El-Ghoboushi, A. Ghuniem, A. Gaafar, H. Abou-Bakr","doi":"10.1109/NRSC.2018.8354364","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NRSC.2018.8354364","url":null,"abstract":"Space capacity and safety of Airspace Surveillance Systems are regularly increasing to meet the demands of air traffic control. Researchers are interested in many directions like optimal sensors deployment, localization and tracking algorithms. Thus, a 2-D Multilateration algorithm is proposed to accurately identify the aircraft position. It is based on the classical Two Ray propagation model. Important parameters that affect the final aircraft estimation position are presented like the path gain factor (interference factor) which is a function of the divergence factor, reflection coefficient and the path difference between the direct and ground reflected rays. The proposed algorithm uses the geographic coordinates (Latitude and Longitude) which are considered more practically used in navigation than Cartesian coordinates that are used in previous algorithms in literature. Hence, General expressions for both the latitude and longitude will be deduced. In order to simulate the algorithm, the Multilateration network at Cairo International Airport is considered to be a pilot area and the results are presented. The results of the proposed algorithm are applied to Kalman filter to achieve aircraft continuous tracking. Finally, the path gain factor effect on tracking capability is discussed.","PeriodicalId":202771,"journal":{"name":"2018 35th National Radio Science Conference (NRSC)","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122076845","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}
Mahmoud S. Abouyoussef, A. El-Tager, H. El-Ghitani
{"title":"Quad spiral microstrip resonator with high quality factor","authors":"Mahmoud S. Abouyoussef, A. El-Tager, H. El-Ghitani","doi":"10.1109/NRSC.2018.8354348","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NRSC.2018.8354348","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper a simple planar quad spiral microstrip resonator is proposed with high Q, compact size and ease of fabrication. First, its structure consists of quarter wavelength resonator coupled to quad spiral resonators to improve its Q factor. Second, its equivalent circuit is presented. Third, a parametric analysis is deduced to obtain design guidelines for this novel structure. Fourth, two optimized high Q X-band and Ku-band resonators are introduced; one for high resolution microstrip fabrication facility with ultra-high loaded Q reaches 1200 and the other matches the low resolution facilities with high loaded Q of about 400. Finally, the proposed resonator is verified using fabrication and measurements. Measurements are compared to the 3D EM simulations and to the results of other published work. They are found very promising compared to single and dual spirals; above 50% enhancement in loaded Q. This proves the proposed idea and shows the technical penifits compared to the state of the art. Therefore, it could be utilized in modern microwave filters, miniaturized sensors and low phase noise oscillators.","PeriodicalId":202771,"journal":{"name":"2018 35th National Radio Science Conference (NRSC)","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121065162","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":"TECEAP: Two-tier era-based clustering energy-efficient adaptive and proactive routing protocol for wireless sensor networks","authors":"Reem E. Mohamed, Walid R. Ghanem, M. A. Mohamed","doi":"10.1109/NRSC.2018.8354363","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NRSC.2018.8354363","url":null,"abstract":"The role of relay nodes in Wireless Sensor Network in proactive periodic monitoring applications is to route data from all the sensors in the Region of Interest (ROI) to the Base Station (BS). Accordingly, random relay nodes selection is used in energy-efficient routing protocols to avoid the energy-hole problem; however, cluster-based routing protocols usually depend on periodic topology formation, which adds significant energy overhead. The proposed cluster-based routing protocol has a two-tier structure that combines the benefit of cluster-head distribution and chain-based routing to minimize cluster-head (CH) loss due to data aggregation and ROI to BS data transmission. Additionally, it uses an adaptive length of time for network reconstruction to maintain network adaptability with minimal network overhead through network awareness approach to maintain network connectivity. The results of our work have been compared to competing for energy efficient routing protocols that have probabilistic nature like LEACH and NEECP and routing protocols that tackle the same problem of relay nodes loss in far ROI to BS transmission. These results proved the advancement of TECEAP by showing about 100% increase in network stability period, and the extremely low rate of network energy and node losses. The results also proved that in TECEAP, the ROI coverage is sufficiently preserved through the network lifetime.","PeriodicalId":202771,"journal":{"name":"2018 35th National Radio Science Conference (NRSC)","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117313727","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 study of using graphene coated microstrip lines for crosstalk reduction at radio frequency","authors":"Mahmoud I. Refaie, W. El-Deeb, M. Abdalla","doi":"10.1109/NRSC.2018.8354350","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NRSC.2018.8354350","url":null,"abstract":"Crosstalk between printed-circuit board (PCB) neighboring routes is the most critical factor affecting signal quality in high-density and high-frequency electronic circuits. A technique based on employing graphene sheet as a coating layer for microstrip lines is investigated in this work. The test structure of two parallel microstrips is treated as symmetrical 4-port network and S parameters simulation is processed. It has been successfully demonstrated by simulation and comparison with all previous techniques that, graphene coated microstrip lines give the best optimum low values for the peak voltage of near-end crosstalk and far-end crosstalk jointly, with very low attenuation in the transmitted power absorbed by graphene coating layer. It also has great potential in offering low cost, lightweight and flexible shielding material.","PeriodicalId":202771,"journal":{"name":"2018 35th National Radio Science Conference (NRSC)","volume":"118 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123231427","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":"Reconfigurable plasma circularly polarized magneto-electric dipole antenna","authors":"H. Malhat, S. Zainud-Deen","doi":"10.1109/NRSC.2018.8354354","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NRSC.2018.8354354","url":null,"abstract":"This paper proposes a plasma based circularly polarized (CP) magneto-electric (ME) dipole antenna with reconfigurable radiation characteristic. The antenna consists of two horizontal trapezoidal plasma patches, two vertical plasma patches, and shaped metallic cavity. The antenna is fed using Γ-shaped plasma dipole. The antenna introduces wide impedance matching bandwidth of 75 % (from 1.64 GHz to 3.7 GHz) and wide circular polarization bandwidth of 68% (from 1.9 GHz to 3.7 GHz). The operating frequency bandwidth of the ME-dipole is controlled by the plasma frequency according to its applications such as DCS/UMTS (1.71–2.18 GHz), 3G/LTE (1.84–2.69 GHz), and through-the-wall imaging radars (1.6–3.7 GHz). The radiation characteristics of the proposed ME-dipole antenna are investigated for different plasma frequencies. The antenna introduces a stable gain with peak value of 10.7 dB and high efficiency of 95%. A 2𢈗2 ME-dipole antenna array with sequential feed is employed to improve the antenna gain and circular polarized bandwidth of the plasma ME-dipole antenna. Two array arrangements have been investigated for high gain and wideband CP characteristics.","PeriodicalId":202771,"journal":{"name":"2018 35th National Radio Science Conference (NRSC)","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129062961","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 compact high efficient WPT system utilizing half ring resonators (HRRs) DGS for short range applications","authors":"H. Atallah","doi":"10.1109/NRSC.2018.8354360","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NRSC.2018.8354360","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a new design for high efficient and compact size wireless power transfer (WPT) systems. The proposed system is based on coupled resonators of defected ground structures (DGS). A half ring resonator defected ground structure (HRR-DGS) band-stop filter is designed and proposed, and when two HRRs-DGS are coupled back-to-back, it transfers to a band-pass filter leading to compact WPT system operating at 3.4 GHz. The measured efficiency of the proposed HRRs-DGS WPT system is 96.87 % at a separation of 12 mm filled with foam which is suitable for charging electronic devices and biomedical applications. The measured performance of the prototype system is in good agreement with the simulated one.","PeriodicalId":202771,"journal":{"name":"2018 35th National Radio Science Conference (NRSC)","volume":"72 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132127318","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":"Textile antenna integrated with a cap for L1 GPS application","authors":"W. Hassan, A. Attiya","doi":"10.1109/NRSC.2018.8354357","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NRSC.2018.8354357","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a new textile antenna for L1 GPS application. The textile antenna is based on a grounded flannel substrate (100% cotton). The designed textile fractal antenna is integrated with caps of different materials. The effect of the cap on the performance of the designed antenna is investigated. The textile antenna integrated with a cap is studied also in the presence of a human head to obtain the effect of the human head on the performance of the designed antenna. In addition the specific absorption rate (SAR) inside the human head due to the antenna is also studied.","PeriodicalId":202771,"journal":{"name":"2018 35th National Radio Science Conference (NRSC)","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125847111","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 new image denoising technique using orthogonal complex wavelets","authors":"M. Fahmy, O. Fahmy","doi":"10.1109/NRSC.2018.8354367","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NRSC.2018.8354367","url":null,"abstract":"The complex wavelet Transforms CWTs are known for their excellent edge preserving together with nearly shift invariant features. They are implemented as two real DWTs connected in parallel. These two DWTs are designed such that their wavelet coefficients form a nearly Hilbert transform pairs at every decomposition level. This paper, presents a new orthogonal filter design for these CWT Hilbert transform pairs. The proposed design satisfies in a least squares sense, the Hilbert constraints over the filter's pass-band. In the meantime, the half band properties of the orthogonal filter, are guaranteed. Simulation results show that the designed filter is nearly shift invariant. Next, the designed filter was used in image de-noising. In this respect, the bivariate shrinkage algorithm is used to threshold the magnitudes of the CWT wavelet coefficients. Unlike earlier designs that suffer from excessive processing time, a simple model is proposed to model the dependence between the magnitudes of the wavelet coefficient and its parent at adjacent sub band. This allows the derivation of a closed form expression for the thresholded magnitudes. Subsequently, a fast estimation of the clean wavelet coefficient, at every pixel and every sub band is obtained. Several illustrative examples are given to verify the superior de-noising performance and their nearly shift invariance features.","PeriodicalId":202771,"journal":{"name":"2018 35th National Radio Science Conference (NRSC)","volume":"129 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126270027","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}
Mostafa Rabie, H. El-Henawy, Fatma El-Hefnawy, F. Ibrahim
{"title":"Meshed conductor and meshed substrate GPS L1 band microstrip antenna for Cubesat applications","authors":"Mostafa Rabie, H. El-Henawy, Fatma El-Hefnawy, F. Ibrahim","doi":"10.1109/NRSC.2018.8354359","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NRSC.2018.8354359","url":null,"abstract":"Due to the ease of integration, low cost and high radiation efficiency, microstrip antennas are the optimum choice for Cubesat applications. Microstrip antenna structure is characterized by its opacity, preventing solar energy from reaching the Cubesat's solar cells. Therefore a transparent microstrip antenna design is required. In this paper a transparent meshed conductor and meshed substrate, circularly polarized (CP) L1 band Global Positioning System (GPS) microstrip antenna design, is designed, simulated using C ST and fabricated. The required antenna specifications are: Operating frequency, fr = 1.575 GHz (LI band), Bandwidth, BW ≥ 2.9 % of fr, Antenna Gain, G ≥ 5 dBi, Antenna efficiency, eo ≥ 90 %, Percentage of Transparency, PT ≥ 60 % and Circularly Polarized.","PeriodicalId":202771,"journal":{"name":"2018 35th National Radio Science Conference (NRSC)","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132153653","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":"Radar cross section reduction using perforated dielectric material and plasma AMC structure","authors":"N.A. Shabayk, H. Malhat, S. Zainud-Deen","doi":"10.1109/NRSC.2018.8354358","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NRSC.2018.8354358","url":null,"abstract":"This paper investigates three approaches for radar cross section (RCS) reduction from the perfect electric conductor (PEC) plate. The first approach employs a graded perforation holes in one direction of the dielectric sheet loaded on a PEC plate. The perforation technique is used to alter the dielectric constant of the sheet. The RCS reduction is achieved for different scaling coefficients for the hole radii at 11.75 GHz with wide reduction angle. The second approach employs perforation on both directions of the dielectric sheet. The dielectric sheet is virtually subdivided into 13×13 block each one includes four identical holes. The effect of varying the focal position of the dielectric sheet on the reduction of the RCS has been investigated. The third approach employs the plasma artificial magnetic conductor (AMC) to reduce the RCS from the PEC. The effect of changing the dispersive properties of the plasma material on the AMC and on the RCS responses are investigated. A full-wave simulation using the finite integration technique (FIT) is depicted to study the proposed structures.","PeriodicalId":202771,"journal":{"name":"2018 35th National Radio Science Conference (NRSC)","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133185748","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}