Feth Eddine Mekki, Hamza Bouhedjeur, Kamal Tourche, Omar Guermoua, Abderrazak Abbane, Med Laid Bencheikh
{"title":"Low cost RF front end realization for an experimental Passive Direction Finding testbed","authors":"Feth Eddine Mekki, Hamza Bouhedjeur, Kamal Tourche, Omar Guermoua, Abderrazak Abbane, Med Laid Bencheikh","doi":"10.1109/DAT.2017.7889151","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DAT.2017.7889151","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the realization of a low cost generic multi-channel RF front end to be integrated in a testbed suitable for Passive Direction Finding architectures and algorithms prototyping. Experimentations involving two well-known algorithms for Angle Of Arrival estimation, conventional beamforming and baseline interferometry, have been conducted. The realized RF front end and National Instruments hardware with LabVIEW programming tool have been used for RF signal conditioning and digital signal processing respectively. The testbed setup and the front end realization steps are explained. The experimental results of the two algorithms are given for test signals of arbitrary frequencies and angles of arrival to demonstrate the utility of the RF front end and the successful implementation of both algorithms.","PeriodicalId":371206,"journal":{"name":"2017 Seminar on Detection Systems Architectures and Technologies (DAT)","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130809527","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}
Badis Lekouaghet, Yassine Himeur, A. Boukabou, A. Senouci
{"title":"A novel clipping based μ-law companding scheme for PAPR reduction over powerline communication","authors":"Badis Lekouaghet, Yassine Himeur, A. Boukabou, A. Senouci","doi":"10.1109/DAT.2017.7889195","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DAT.2017.7889195","url":null,"abstract":"Peak-to-Average Power Ratio (PAPR) is considered as the main obstacle which causes non-linearity at the receiving end through OFDM based channels. In this paper, we propose a new approach for PAPR reduction over powerline communication (PLC) based on the combination of μ-law companding and a novel clipping function. The new clipping process is introduced to remove out the impulsive noise generated over the electric wires and at the same time it is used to reduce the PAPR introduced through the OFDM based PLC. Then, a μ-law companding function is combined with the clipping function to add more robustness against impulsive noise and PAPR. Simulation results show the significant reduction in PAPR and bit error rate (BER) achieved using the proposed technique.","PeriodicalId":371206,"journal":{"name":"2017 Seminar on Detection Systems Architectures and Technologies (DAT)","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133116879","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}
Mohamed Nour El Islam Rouabhia, Ahcène Bellabas, Mohammed Laid Bencheikh, Mohamed El Mounir Abdelaziz
{"title":"On the phase interferometry direction finding: Performance comparison and FPGA implementations","authors":"Mohamed Nour El Islam Rouabhia, Ahcène Bellabas, Mohammed Laid Bencheikh, Mohamed El Mounir Abdelaziz","doi":"10.1109/DAT.2017.7889153","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DAT.2017.7889153","url":null,"abstract":"Direction finding (DF) system employing phase interferometer of long baselines provides high accuracy of Angle Of Arrival (AOA), however, it also implicates phase ambiguity and phase error. The main contribution of this paper involves two parts. The first one concerns the performance comparison of three algorithms applied for determination of unambiguous AOA using simulations. These algorithms are the Second-Order Difference Array (SODA), CORRelative (CORR) interferometer, and Phase Rotation Algorithm (PRA). In the second part, an efficient Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) implementation of PRA, is proposed and compared to the implementation of SODA and CORR algorithms. The proposed architectures allows an important optimization of the required FPGA hardware resources utilization.","PeriodicalId":371206,"journal":{"name":"2017 Seminar on Detection Systems Architectures and Technologies (DAT)","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128247775","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 band monopole antenna using metamaterials","authors":"F. Mouhouche, A. Azrar, K. Djafri","doi":"10.1109/DAT.2017.7889189","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DAT.2017.7889189","url":null,"abstract":"This paper investigated the characteristics of a new shape of metamaterial (MTM) structure; including a new metamaterial (proposed-MTM) as a parasitic element for monopole antenna. The MTM structures are designed to have a resonant frequency around 2.88GHz and achieve Negative values of Permeability and Permittivity within the operating frequency ranges. S-parameter and retrieved effective value for MTM structures, the return loss, bandwidth and radiation pattern for monopole antenna with MTMs are all simulated using CST software. The simulated data show that the proposed MTM can produce a relatively low resonant frequency (dual band) with reduced antenna dimensions without external matching network. It has been remarked that the bandwidth of the proposed monopole antenna is increased when associated with the metamaterial structure.","PeriodicalId":371206,"journal":{"name":"2017 Seminar on Detection Systems Architectures and Technologies (DAT)","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129026585","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":"CFAR detectors for MIMO radars in a Pareto background","authors":"I. Chalabi, A. Mezache, F. Soltani, F. Khaldi","doi":"10.1109/DAT.2017.7889172","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DAT.2017.7889172","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we aim to generalize some of the single-input single-output (SISO) constant false alarm rate (CFAR) detectors, operating in Pareto clutter. That is, for a known scale parameter, we propose to extend to statistical multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radars, closed form expressions of the probability of false alarm of the well-known geometric mean (GM-CFAR), greatest of (GO-CFAR) and smallest of (SO-CFAR) detectors. We use Monte Carlo simulations to assess the detection performance of the proposed detectors and show the usefulness of their architecture.","PeriodicalId":371206,"journal":{"name":"2017 Seminar on Detection Systems Architectures and Technologies (DAT)","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116560035","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}
Hamza Bouhedjeur, Kamal Tourche, Ali Abbadi, Med Laid Bencheikh, B. Magaz
{"title":"Investigation of a joint I/Q demodulation/pulse compression scheme for radar applications","authors":"Hamza Bouhedjeur, Kamal Tourche, Ali Abbadi, Med Laid Bencheikh, B. Magaz","doi":"10.1109/DAT.2017.7889150","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DAT.2017.7889150","url":null,"abstract":"This paper investigates a cost effective approach to extract I/Q signal components at baseband. The approach benefits from the modulation within radar pulses to extract the components through pulse compression. A typical radar system employing coherent quadrature demodulation and pulse compression implements these two steps separately. When I/Q components are extracted at the RF or IF stage, high rate and costly ADCs are needed along with costly digital hardware. The joint I/Q demodulation/pulse compression approach investigated operates at baseband, reducing therefore digitization rate and cost of the associated digital hardware. Furthermore, since the demodulation is combined with pulse compression, the resulting architecture is less complex which is suitable for low cost, less demanding radar applications. The considered simulation scenarios that validate the efficiency of the proposed approach and the obtained results are presented and discussed.","PeriodicalId":371206,"journal":{"name":"2017 Seminar on Detection Systems Architectures and Technologies (DAT)","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131568787","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}
I. Messaoudene, H. Youssouf, Meguedmi Bilal, Massinissa Belazzoug, Salih Aidel
{"title":"Performance improvement of multilayer Butler matrix for UWB beamforming antenna","authors":"I. Messaoudene, H. Youssouf, Meguedmi Bilal, Massinissa Belazzoug, Salih Aidel","doi":"10.1109/DAT.2017.7889156","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DAT.2017.7889156","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we present a design of a beamforming pattern antenna based on the Butler matrix. The study has two component related to the design of the Butler matrix operating in the UWB spectrum (from 3.1 up to 10.6 GHz). The Butler matrix with monolayer it often have a very narrow band, as well a very large size. To overcome these problems, we present in this work the designing of an ultra-wideband matrix with multi-layer features for two different topologies. The first type of conductors of this matrix was designed with a lozenge shape, and the second type designed with an elliptical topology which allows minimizing the losses and ensures a good performance compared to the first type of conductors.","PeriodicalId":371206,"journal":{"name":"2017 Seminar on Detection Systems Architectures and Technologies (DAT)","volume":"186 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132127384","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":"Parameter tuning of Artificial Bee Colony algorithm for energy efficiency optimization in massive MIMO systems","authors":"F. Bouchibane, M. Bensebti","doi":"10.1109/DAT.2017.7889188","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DAT.2017.7889188","url":null,"abstract":"Massive MIMO technology employs a large number of antennae at base station (BS). It can bring substantial improvements over conventional point-to-point MIMO by focusing energy into ever smaller regions of space to bring huge improvements in throughput and radiated energy efficiency. However, increasing the number of antennae at BS will automatically leads to additional energy consumption due to RF chains and signal processing circuit. In this study, we attempt to exploit Artificial Bee Colony (ABC) algorithm in optimizing the energy efficiency by finding the suitable combination (antennae size, active users) that maximize the energy efficiency. The best ABC control parameters are determined to attain the maximal energy efficiency.","PeriodicalId":371206,"journal":{"name":"2017 Seminar on Detection Systems Architectures and Technologies (DAT)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130162048","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":"New code based identification scheme","authors":"Hamza Moufek, K. Guenda","doi":"10.1109/DAT.2017.7889187","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DAT.2017.7889187","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we propose a new identification scheme, based on two hard problems: the syndrome decoding problem and the problem of finding the parity-check matrix from the generator matrix of an MDPC-code. Our scheme is zero-knowledge and it has a short key compared to other protocols.","PeriodicalId":371206,"journal":{"name":"2017 Seminar on Detection Systems Architectures and Technologies (DAT)","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122342294","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":"New Pareto clutter parameters estimators based on log-moments and fractional negative-moments","authors":"Ali Mehanaoui, T. Laroussi, A. Mezache","doi":"10.1109/DAT.2017.7889175","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DAT.2017.7889175","url":null,"abstract":"In this correspondence, we propose two methods for estimating the parameters of the Pareto radar clutter; namely the U-statistic estimator (USE) and the V-statistic estimator (VSE). The closed-form estimators are derived in terms of the data log-based moments, fractional moments and fractional negative moments. Simulation comparison with the order statistics and linear regression estimator (LRA) and the maximum likelihood estimator (MLE), show that the new estimators not only substantially reduce the computational requirements but also yield more accurate and lower variances parameters.","PeriodicalId":371206,"journal":{"name":"2017 Seminar on Detection Systems Architectures and Technologies (DAT)","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126893058","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}