J. Asmar, Mohammad Shraif, Hicham El Khoury, Jack Monhem
{"title":"Economic Performance of a 250kW Solar PV System: Application to Lebanon","authors":"J. Asmar, Mohammad Shraif, Hicham El Khoury, Jack Monhem","doi":"10.1109/MENACOMM57252.2022.9998192","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MENACOMM57252.2022.9998192","url":null,"abstract":"Climate change issues have negative impact on the environment and the economy. Renewable energy sources are then a need for any country in order to reduce the pollution and the economic cost of the electricity sector. Therefore, the renewable energy systems are considered as necessary components that must be implemented in any electric grid. In this paper the installation of a grid-connected PV system for the Lebanese Center for Educational Research and Development (CERD) is discussed. The aim of this study is to show the positive impact of the implementation of a grid-connected Photovoltaic (PV) and a battery storage system to meet the building load demand and minimize the dependency of the grid. In addition, a supervisory system is implemented in order to prevent faults and increase the PV system’s efficiency. The study is used in order to define the economic and environment benefits of the PV system.","PeriodicalId":332834,"journal":{"name":"2022 4th IEEE Middle East and North Africa COMMunications Conference (MENACOMM)","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115769203","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}
Khalid A. Darabkh, Asma'a B. Amareen, Muna Al-Akhras, Wafa'a K. Kassab
{"title":"Improving Network Lifetime in IoT Sensor Network Based on Particle Swarm Optimization, Clustering, and Mobile Sink","authors":"Khalid A. Darabkh, Asma'a B. Amareen, Muna Al-Akhras, Wafa'a K. Kassab","doi":"10.1109/MENACOMM57252.2022.9998103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MENACOMM57252.2022.9998103","url":null,"abstract":"Recently, extending the network lifetime and reducing energy consumption have become pressing necessities in the Internet of Things (IoT). Meanwhile, the energy-constrained sensor nodes pose a challenging problem that diminishes the nodes’ lifetime, and so as the entire network system due to energy depletion. Therefore, in this paper, we propose an innovative energy-aware cluster-based protocol considering an adaptive Mobile Sink (MS) movement and utilizing Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO). Accordingly, the circular network area is divided into clusters, where each cluster has its own elected cluster head, depending on the PSO method. The MS, in the proposed work, intends to balance the energy among nodes, thereby avoiding the hotspot problem. In particular, it moves in a circular pattern with constant angular velocity to ensure better coverage. This movement is initiated from the center of the network area and then goes along the radius of the network on a forward and backward basis. The simulation results obtained are so promising and particularly show that our proposed protocol outperforms its counterparts in terms of the network lifetime.","PeriodicalId":332834,"journal":{"name":"2022 4th IEEE Middle East and North Africa COMMunications Conference (MENACOMM)","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123101026","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}
Mohammad Ali Nemer, Joseph Azar, J. Demerjian, A. Makhoul, J. Bourgeois
{"title":"A Review of Research on Industrial Time Series Classification for Machinery based on Deep Learning","authors":"Mohammad Ali Nemer, Joseph Azar, J. Demerjian, A. Makhoul, J. Bourgeois","doi":"10.1109/MENACOMM57252.2022.9998277","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MENACOMM57252.2022.9998277","url":null,"abstract":"This research investigates detecting machine failures in a manufacturing process using multivariate time series data. From a methodological standpoint, fault detection and diagnosis in industrial machines based on supervised deep learning could be divided into convolutional neural network-based and recurrent neural network-based methods. This paper provides a systematic overview of the most recent research developments regarding the two methods. This study uses the raw data from a public Machinery Fault Database to evaluate these models. The results of this study indicate that the Residual Network (ResNet) model adapted for time series provides the best performance. The paper concludes with a summary of the significant challenges from the perspective of industrial applications, followed by a projection of future development directions.","PeriodicalId":332834,"journal":{"name":"2022 4th IEEE Middle East and North Africa COMMunications Conference (MENACOMM)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128430206","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":"Dual-Polarized COVID-19 Microstrip Antenna Array for 5G Applications","authors":"Jihan Salah, M. Madi, K. Kabalan, Asaad Alhindawi","doi":"10.1109/MENACOMM57252.2022.9998271","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MENACOMM57252.2022.9998271","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a novel unique single-layer dual-polarized microstrip patch antenna array with a COVID-19 shape designed for building a Base Station (BS) for sub-6 GHz applications at the resonant frequency 3.16 GHz. Furthermore, it is easy to fabricate and compact, which makes it suitable for 5G applications. Firstly, a single-element fractal shape antenna with a gain of 3 dB is discussed. Secondly, an 8-element 2x4 antenna array is designed with a gain of 8 dB. The antenna is fabricated using an FR4-epoxy double-sided copper board with a thickness of 1.6 mm. It is optimized by performing parametric studies of the dimensions using the finite element method (FEM) software program HFSS. The printed prototype measurements including S-parameters, polarization, and radiation pattern show a good agreement with simulation results.","PeriodicalId":332834,"journal":{"name":"2022 4th IEEE Middle East and North Africa COMMunications Conference (MENACOMM)","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122202437","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}
Rafik Zitouni, Francesco Corrado Casto, Sebti Mouelhi, B. Senouci
{"title":"Efficient V2X Waveforms: NOMA combined with FBMC/UFMC reduces the Co-channel Interference","authors":"Rafik Zitouni, Francesco Corrado Casto, Sebti Mouelhi, B. Senouci","doi":"10.1109/MENACOMM57252.2022.9998235","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MENACOMM57252.2022.9998235","url":null,"abstract":"IEEE 802.11p/bd and 3GPP LTE-Vehicular & 5G NR-V2X technologies counteract the doubly-selectivity properties of wireless vehicular communications thanks to the Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM). However, this waveform is the source of adjacent channel interference caused by high out-of-band emissions and luck of spectrum access fairness as well as channel capacity limitations. Filter Bank Multiple Carrier (FBMC) and Universal Filtered Multiple Carrier (UFMC) are efficient waveforms reducing the inter-channel interference for 5G physical layer and beyond. This paper provides simulation measurements of the channel capacity under these waveforms by applying the Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA) technology with respect to the 3GPP specifications. The results put in evidence less spurious emission and low Bit Error Probability (BEP) using FBMC compared to both OFDM and UFMC waveforms. The spectral efficiency is enhanced as well, thanks to the combination of NOMA with FBMC. The simulation source code is shared for reproduction and further development.","PeriodicalId":332834,"journal":{"name":"2022 4th IEEE Middle East and North Africa COMMunications Conference (MENACOMM)","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131937919","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}
Amro M. Naser, Yanal S. Faouri, Abdul Jabbar, M. Rehman
{"title":"The Design of a Multi-Band Millimeter-Wave Microstrip Antenna for 5G Applications","authors":"Amro M. Naser, Yanal S. Faouri, Abdul Jabbar, M. Rehman","doi":"10.1109/MENACOMM57252.2022.9998239","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MENACOMM57252.2022.9998239","url":null,"abstract":"A multiband compact crescent-shaped microstrip patch antenna is designed and proposed in this paper. The antenna is fed by a microstrip feed line matched to 50 Ohm. The designed antenna operates at four 5G resonant frequencies: 25.6 GHz, 28 GHz, 31.7 GHz, and 37.35 GHz. The antenna has a peak gain of 11.48 dBi at 32 GHz, with a maximum radiation efficiency of 87 % at 34 GHz. The proposed antenna design has a compact footprint of 26 x 20 mm. The antenna is easy to integrate with RF circuitry and is suitable for high throughput mmWave 5G communication.","PeriodicalId":332834,"journal":{"name":"2022 4th IEEE Middle East and North Africa COMMunications Conference (MENACOMM)","volume":"62 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134392658","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}
Abdullah W. Al-Razem, Yanal S. Faouri, Dia Abualnadi
{"title":"Dual-OAM-mode Hexagonal Microstrip Ring Antenna Design","authors":"Abdullah W. Al-Razem, Yanal S. Faouri, Dia Abualnadi","doi":"10.1109/MENACOMM57252.2022.9998212","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MENACOMM57252.2022.9998212","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the design of a microstrip ring antenna able to generate a dual-mode orbital angular momentum (OAM) mode. The patch consists of a hexagonal shape with a hexagonal slot inside it since the hexagonal structure of the antenna is simple, easy to design, and compatible in size. Two SMA connectors have been placed and excited properly to generate the required modes. The antenna operates at 3.515 GHz and generates OAM modes of (l = ±1). Simulation results show that the dual modes have good vortex phase characteristics. Also, the single-element antenna has a gain of 3.5 dB and a bandwidth of 110 MHz. This antenna has potential in the 5G field applications.","PeriodicalId":332834,"journal":{"name":"2022 4th IEEE Middle East and North Africa COMMunications Conference (MENACOMM)","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132338724","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 Efficient EVM Based Jamming Detection in 5G Networks","authors":"C. Örnek, M. Kartal","doi":"10.1109/MENACOMM57252.2022.9998310","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MENACOMM57252.2022.9998310","url":null,"abstract":"5G is expected to support high data rate, low latency and massive number of connectivity requirements. Due to these features, 5G will serve many different tasks such as increased reality, internet of things, emergencies and remote interventions, besides civil communication. Therefore, it has become more important to detect malicious jamming attacks in 5G. Signal level and error rate metrics have been widely proposed for jamming detection in various wireless networks. However, most of the metrics are insufficient to detect jamming at high SJR (Signal-to-Jamming Ratio) values. On the other hand, for 5G networks, we propose a more sensitive and informative jamming detection method that exploits the \"EVM-vs-RB\" measurement obtained by calculating EVM (Error Vector Magnitude) metric for each RB (Resource Block). The presence of jamming is then detected when the predetermined threshold level for EVM is exceeded on the proposed measurement set. As the EVM information is obtained for each RB, it is also revealed which RBs, that is frequency bands, are subject to the jamming attack. Obtained simulation results show that jamming attacks, which cannot be detected in high SJR situations with the classical metrics, can be detected by the proposed method even at high SJR values such as 20 dB.","PeriodicalId":332834,"journal":{"name":"2022 4th IEEE Middle East and North Africa COMMunications Conference (MENACOMM)","volume":"66 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124335044","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":"On the Statistics and Performance Evaluation of κ−µ/Inverse Gamma Shadowed Fading Channel","authors":"Ashish Goswami, Ajay Kumar, Osamah. S. Badarneh","doi":"10.1109/MENACOMM57252.2022.9998229","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MENACOMM57252.2022.9998229","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, new closed-form expressions of the cumulative distribution function (CDF), average symbol error rate (ASER), and average channel capacity for κ−µ/Inverse Gamma shadowed fading channels have been derived. The derived expression for the CDF is expressed in terms of the dual variable Hypergeometric Humbert Φ1 function and is used to evaluate the outage probability. Whereas, the expressions for ASER and channel capacity are in the form of the Meijer G-function. The expression for ASER is used to evaluate the performance of multi-hop communication links. Our analytical derivations are validated via Monte-Carlo simulation and numerical results.","PeriodicalId":332834,"journal":{"name":"2022 4th IEEE Middle East and North Africa COMMunications Conference (MENACOMM)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134084655","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":"Distance Probability Density Functions in D2D-Enabled Cellular Ultra-Dense Networks","authors":"M. Banat, Aya M. Shiab","doi":"10.1109/MENACOMM57252.2022.9998266","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MENACOMM57252.2022.9998266","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we consider a device-to-device-enabled cellular ultra dense network. We use stochastic geometry to model the deployment of base stations, and to locate the users. Users are assumed to be associated to base stations from which they receive maximum power.We investigate the probability density functions of distances between users and serving base stations. Through simulations, it has been found that the distance probability density function can be reasonably accurately approximated by two exponential functions.We apply least squares approximations to determine the optimum parameters of the distance probability density functions. The least squares optimized probability density functions are shown to closely fit the actual probability density functions obtained by simulation.","PeriodicalId":332834,"journal":{"name":"2022 4th IEEE Middle East and North Africa COMMunications Conference (MENACOMM)","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127422036","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}