{"title":"Forward V-band vector network analyzer based on a modified six-port technique","authors":"K. Haddadi, T. Lasri","doi":"10.1109/WISNET.2015.7127400","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WISNET.2015.7127400","url":null,"abstract":"A V-band forward network analyzer based on a modified six-port technique is proposed for the measurement of complex reflection (S11) and transmission (S21) coefficients. The millimeter-wave part of the system is implemented on a thin alumina ceramic substrate. The measurement performance is evaluated by comparing the results obtained from the system proposed to those given by a conventional network analyzer in the frequency band 55-65 GHz.","PeriodicalId":293397,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE Topical Conference on Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks (WiSNet)","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121622161","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}
M. Hierold, Simon P. Ripperger, Darija Josic, F. Mayer, R. Weigel, A. Koelpin
{"title":"Low-weight wireless sensor network for encounter detection of bats","authors":"M. Hierold, Simon P. Ripperger, Darija Josic, F. Mayer, R. Weigel, A. Koelpin","doi":"10.1109/WISNET.2015.7127416","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WISNET.2015.7127416","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper a compact low weight wireless sensor node for proximity detection is presented. The energy-efficient system design enables an operation time of more than 9 days at a total weight of the tag of less than 2 g. Test measurements in a colony of bats proof the applicability of the system for encounter detection of individual bats based on received signal strength measurements.","PeriodicalId":293397,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE Topical Conference on Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks (WiSNet)","volume":"161 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132325162","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":"DMA-driven control method for low power sensor node","authors":"Takashi Enami, K. Kawakami, H. Yamazaki","doi":"10.1109/WISNET.2015.7127418","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WISNET.2015.7127418","url":null,"abstract":"Power reduction in sensor nodes is an essential technique for long-term operation. We noticed that central processing units (CPUs) accounted for a large volume of power consumption and that CPU functions were usually excessive for sensor node control. Direct memory access (DMA) was substituted for the CPU when iterative routine processing was operated in this research, and the CPU was made to fall asleep while the DMA responsibly controlled tasks. The experimental results revealed that DMA-driven control reduced power consumption to 37% compared with CPU-driven control in 28 MHz operation. We concurrently discovered defects in the existing micro-controller units (MCUs) for further reducing power. We also propose an improved hardware architecture.","PeriodicalId":293397,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE Topical Conference on Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks (WiSNet)","volume":"238 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116462338","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}
N. Pohl, S. Stanko, M. Caris, A. Tessmann, M. Schlechtweg
{"title":"An ultra-high resolution radar-system operating at 300 GHz","authors":"N. Pohl, S. Stanko, M. Caris, A. Tessmann, M. Schlechtweg","doi":"10.1109/WISNET.2015.7127406","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WISNET.2015.7127406","url":null,"abstract":"The presented FMCW radar system, operating at 300 GHz, using an ultra-wide bandwidth of 44.41 GHz. Due to the relatively high output power of 4 dBm and the receiver noise figure of 15 dB, a high dynamic range can be achieved. One-dimensional single target measurements demonstrate a flat frequency response in the full bandwidth and a good range resolution of 3.29 mm (3-dB width without window function). Finally a SAR image of objects on the soil prove the potential for high resolution imaging applications.","PeriodicalId":293397,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE Topical Conference on Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks (WiSNet)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129148144","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}
T. Nikoubin, J. Muñoz-Ferreras, R. Gómez‐García, Daan Liang, Changzhi Li
{"title":"Structural health monitoring of wind turbines using a low-cost portable k-band radar: An ab-initio field investigation","authors":"T. Nikoubin, J. Muñoz-Ferreras, R. Gómez‐García, Daan Liang, Changzhi Li","doi":"10.1109/WISNET.2015.7127404","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WISNET.2015.7127404","url":null,"abstract":"This paper addresses an ab-initio field investigation around using low-cost portable radars to capture coherent Doppler signatures of wind turbines for structural health monitoring (SHM) applications. A handheld low-cost K-band radar sensor is employed to point at the blades of a turbine, and their Doppler signatures from different angles and distances are measured. In particular, spectrograms are built and analyzed. Preliminary results show that the derived Doppler information can be related to physical and kinematical features of the blades. This leads to a great potential of these low-cost radar sensors for real-time wind-turbine SHM.","PeriodicalId":293397,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE Topical Conference on Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks (WiSNet)","volume":"82 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132603793","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}
Frank X. Li, A. Islam, Amer S. Jaroo, Hiwa F. Hamid, J. Jalali, M. Sammartino
{"title":"Urban highway bridge structure health assessments using wireless sensor network","authors":"Frank X. Li, A. Islam, Amer S. Jaroo, Hiwa F. Hamid, J. Jalali, M. Sammartino","doi":"10.1109/WISNET.2015.7127417","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WISNET.2015.7127417","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a wireless sensor network for assessing the structural health of urban highway bridges. Sensor data were collected on two pre-stressed box beam bridges (PSBB) with eight wireless sensor nodes. The wireless sensor was able to collect one hundred Accelerometer data samples per second without losing any wireless sensor data. Application software was developed to transform the sample data into frequency domain. Sensor data from all eight wireless sensor nodes have shown the similar peak frequencies with multiple trial runs on the same bridge. The peak frequency component was unique to each highway bridge. The signal to noise ratio in frequency domain is greater than seven to one. By comparing the actual wireless sensor data with the predictions from a finite element bridge model, a hypothesis of evaluating the structural health of the bridge was presented.","PeriodicalId":293397,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE Topical Conference on Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks (WiSNet)","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132327251","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":"Generation of UWB pulses utilizing directly modulated tunable MEMS-VCSEL","authors":"C. Gierl, Q. Le, C. Damm, F. Kueppers","doi":"10.1109/WISNET.2015.7127398","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WISNET.2015.7127398","url":null,"abstract":"We propose a solution for reconfigurable wired-wireless converged networks with high data rates, based on directly modulated tunable vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSEL). Wired-wireless converged networks require simple and low-cost solutions for the generation of the UWB signal in the optical domain. Direct modulation of VCSEL in combination with optical filtering enable a low-cost generation of ultra-wideband (UWB) pulses. VCSEL typically show large direct modulation bandwidths 10 GBit/s due to their short cavity related short photon lifetime. Another advantage of the short cavity is its inherent large free spectral range (FSR) which enables ultra wide continuous wavelength tuning.","PeriodicalId":293397,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE Topical Conference on Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks (WiSNet)","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132422666","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":"Robust localization of passive UHF RFID tag arrays based on phase-difference-of-arrival evaluation","authors":"M. Scherhaufl, M. Pichler, A. Stelzer","doi":"10.1109/WISNET.2015.7127414","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WISNET.2015.7127414","url":null,"abstract":"This paper introduces a robust 2D localization system for passive UHF RFID transponders based on phase evaluation where no calibration is required. To handle the ambiguity caused by phase measurement, several transponders are arranged to form a uniform linear array whose position is estimated simultaneously with its orientation based on phase-difference-of-arrival evaluation. A MIMO system where paths take turns to act as transmitter with the remaining paths serving as receivers is used to enable the position estimation. For proof of concept, a local position measurement system demonstrator comprising a commercial off-the-shelf RFID reader, conventional passive EPCglobal Class-1 Gen-2 UHF RFID tags, several transceivers, baseband hardware, and signal processing was built. Measurements were carried out in an indoor office environment, and the experimental results showed robust localization with a root-mean-square deviation of 0.10 m.","PeriodicalId":293397,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE Topical Conference on Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks (WiSNet)","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123938570","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":"Millimeter-wave radar systems on-chip and in package: Current status and future challenges","authors":"R. Feger, A. Stelzer","doi":"10.1109/WISNET.2015.7127407","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WISNET.2015.7127407","url":null,"abstract":"In this work, we give an overview on recent developments that have been made in the field of mm-wave systems which are integrated on chip or in package. Several aspects like waveforms and signal generation, multi-channel systems for beamforming applications as well as integration of antennas into packages will be discussed. The focus of this work is put on approaches which are suitable for on-chip and in-package integration. The restrictions imposed by the integration into single devices are discussed and several prototype systems are presented.","PeriodicalId":293397,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE Topical Conference on Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks (WiSNet)","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126331881","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. Ayhan, Sven Thomas, N. Kong, S. Scherr, M. Pauli, T. Jaeschke, J. Wulfsberg, N. Pohl, T. Zwick
{"title":"Millimeter-wave radar distance measurements in micro machining","authors":"S. Ayhan, Sven Thomas, N. Kong, S. Scherr, M. Pauli, T. Jaeschke, J. Wulfsberg, N. Pohl, T. Zwick","doi":"10.1109/WISNET.2015.7127413","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WISNET.2015.7127413","url":null,"abstract":"In production and automation engineering the need for highest precision distance sensors is ubiquitous especially in the field of micro-machining processes where an extremely accurate positioning is indispensable. Although the work pieces become smaller and smaller many machine tools stay big and heavy. The reason for this is that a high precision is necessary and in this way the machine tools must be robust and stiff in their rails to prevent positioning errors due to tilts or twists. By using accurate sensors integrated in the rails of the machine tool the positioning error increases since the distance between the measurement of the position and the machine tool itself is relatively large. For this reason it might be advantageous to measure as close as possible at the tool center point (TCP) which could also allow for a reduction in machine sizes. A radar system might be a promising approach for this measurement due to the progressive development in radar technology along with new and fast algorithms. In this paper an frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar system is presented working around a center frequency of 80 GHz with a modulation bandwidth of 10 GHz. In combination with an innovative signal processing concept that uses frequency and phase evaluation a sub-micrometer accuracy can be achieved over distances up to several meters. The high accuracy of ±0.5 μm is demonstrated in a novel measurement setup for a kinematic using compliant mechanisms with flexure hinges.","PeriodicalId":293397,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE Topical Conference on Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks (WiSNet)","volume":"321 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123506831","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}