{"title":"Comparison and design of VCOs for ultra-low power CMOS temperature sensors","authors":"Waseem Arshad, R. Ramzan, A. Beg, Nabil Bastaki","doi":"10.1109/ICCSPA.2015.7081297","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCSPA.2015.7081297","url":null,"abstract":"Voltage controller oscillator (VCO) based CMOS temperature sensors are capable of lower power operation (albeit at the cost of sensitivity and resolution) than their BJT counterparts. The power consumption of the sense and conversion blocks is much lower than the VCO itself and hence any further power reduction would be a daunting task. In this work, we compare the performance of three types of VCOs that are suitable for ultra-low power CMOS temperature sensing. The proposed VCOs have been implemented in 150 nm standard CMOS technology, and are biased in sub-threshold region to ensure ultra-low power operation. The frequency of operation for the VCOs is purposely kept low in order to reduce the switching losses. The Differential Cross Coupled (DCC) VCO shows the sensitivity of 1.66Hz/°C with power consumption of 2.5nW. While the Current Starved VCO shows better sensitivity, which is 3.66Hz/°C with power consumption of 12nW. The Transmission Gate-based VCO has the worst sensitivity of 0.28Hz/°C with power consumption of 3nW. Based on extensive simulations, we conclude that the DCC-based VCO is the best choice based on its medium sensitivity and ultra-low power consumption.","PeriodicalId":395644,"journal":{"name":"2015 International Conference on Communications, Signal Processing, and their Applications (ICCSPA'15)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121063009","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}
K. Mahmood, S. M. Asad, M. O. B. Saeed, M. Moinuddin, A. Zerguine
{"title":"Rayleigh fading channel estimation using MMSE estimator for MIMO-CDMA system","authors":"K. Mahmood, S. M. Asad, M. O. B. Saeed, M. Moinuddin, A. Zerguine","doi":"10.1109/ICCSPA.2015.7081282","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCSPA.2015.7081282","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we are proposing a pilot-aided channel estimator for the multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) direct-sequence code-division multiple access (DS-CDMA) communication systems based on the minimum mean-square error (MMSE) estimate of the attenuated transmitted signals in the presence of Rayleigh fading channel coupled with the white Gaussian noise. The proposed receiver consists of bank of matched filters matched to the signature waveform of the desired user followed by a nonlinear estimator, resulting from the MMSE estimate of the attenuated transmitted signal. Simulation results carried out for multiple values of signal to noise ratio (SNR) and number of users show that the theoretical predictions are very well substantiated.","PeriodicalId":395644,"journal":{"name":"2015 International Conference on Communications, Signal Processing, and their Applications (ICCSPA'15)","volume":"144 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124590121","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. Rai, N. Werghi, H. Al-Muhairi, Habiba S. Alsafar
{"title":"Using facial images for the diagnosis of genetic syndromes: A survey","authors":"M. Rai, N. Werghi, H. Al-Muhairi, Habiba S. Alsafar","doi":"10.1109/ICCSPA.2015.7081271","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCSPA.2015.7081271","url":null,"abstract":"The analysis of facial appearance is significant to an early diagnosis of medical genetic diseases. The fast development of image processing and machine learning techniques facilitates the detection of facial dysmorphic features. This paper is a survey of the recent studies developed for the screening of genetic abnormalities across the facial features obtained from two dimensional and three dimensional images.","PeriodicalId":395644,"journal":{"name":"2015 International Conference on Communications, Signal Processing, and their Applications (ICCSPA'15)","volume":"871 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123877027","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 Differentially Encoded-Differential Chaos Shift Keying system","authors":"N. Albassam","doi":"10.1109/ICCSPA.2015.7081266","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCSPA.2015.7081266","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a new differentially coherent chaos-based communication scheme is proposed and named as Differentially Encoded-Differential Chaos Shift Keying (D-DCSK). The system utilizes the correlation relationship between chaotic segment and its shifted version. At the transmitter, transitions between successive bits are detected by XOR operation. Based on XOR output, the chaos source generates either a new segment or repeated copy of the previous segment. At the receiver, a reference bit is initialized, and each received segment is correlated with the previous over one bit duration. Correlation value is compared with a threshold and information bits are decoded by comparing threshold output with an updated reference bit. Bit-Error-Rate (BER) performance of D-DCSK is compared with conventional correlation delay shift keying (CDSK), and Chaotic ON-OFF keying (COOK) schemes in Additive White Gaussian Noise (AWGN) environment and with different values of spreading factors. In addition to the simplicity of the structure, results show that the proposed scheme outperforms other systems at higher values of the spreading factor.","PeriodicalId":395644,"journal":{"name":"2015 International Conference on Communications, Signal Processing, and their Applications (ICCSPA'15)","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127925406","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":"Aspect dependent multipath ghost suppression in TWRI under compressive sensing framework","authors":"Abdi T. Abdalla, A. Muqaibel, S. Al-Dharrab","doi":"10.1109/ICCSPA.2015.7081281","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCSPA.2015.7081281","url":null,"abstract":"In through-the-wall radar imaging, multipath propagation can create ghost targets which can adversely affect the image reconstruction process. The fact that the ghost positions changes with the radar locations which is referred to as aspect dependence has been reported as among the features distinguishing ghost from true target. This paper proposes ghost suppression method which exploit the aspect dependence feature under compressive sensing framework. The existing signal model is modified so that the location of reflecting geometry is no longer a constraint. Also the sensing matrix is greatly reduced making the methods more attractive. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed methods.","PeriodicalId":395644,"journal":{"name":"2015 International Conference on Communications, Signal Processing, and their Applications (ICCSPA'15)","volume":"18 10","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131623263","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 Radio network planning for next generation 5G networks: A case study","authors":"Wissam El-Beaino, Ahmad M. El-Hajj, Z. Dawy","doi":"10.1109/ICCSPA.2015.7081315","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCSPA.2015.7081315","url":null,"abstract":"The continuing growth in demand for better mobile experience, higher data rates and lower latencies is driving the development of the forthcoming generation of wireless systems, namely, 5G. Radio network planning (RNP) is one of the essential stages in deploying a wireless network that meets certain coverage, capacity and quality of service (QoS) requirements. While the RNP problem has been studied for existing wireless standards, the major advancements introduced in the upcoming 5G standard necessitate a reinvestigation of the problem. To this end, this paper investigates the RNP process in the context of the upcoming 5G networks. The planning process will minimize and optimize the locations of base stations (BSs) in a selected geographical area using a heuristic algorithm. Even though 5G is still being standardized, the paper will take into account some of the key aspects that would constitute the core of next generation networks such as the use of millimeter wave (mmw) carrier frequencies, and the eventual deployment of heterogeneous and dense networks. Different facets of the 5G RNP process are evaluated for various network scenarios.","PeriodicalId":395644,"journal":{"name":"2015 International Conference on Communications, Signal Processing, and their Applications (ICCSPA'15)","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132336453","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}
Ehab Salahat, H. Saleh, M. S. Zitouni, A. Sluzek, B. Mohammad, M. Al-Qutayri, Mohammad Ismail
{"title":"A robust histogram-based image segmentation ASIC design for System-on-Chip using 65nm technology","authors":"Ehab Salahat, H. Saleh, M. S. Zitouni, A. Sluzek, B. Mohammad, M. Al-Qutayri, Mohammad Ismail","doi":"10.1109/ICCSPA.2015.7081298","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCSPA.2015.7081298","url":null,"abstract":"Image segmentation is an essential preprocessing step for many computer vision and image processing applications. Implementing algorithms that handle such images in hardware will speed up the processing task considerably. In this paper, a new robust histogram-based image segmentation ASIC design of a System-on-Chip (SoC) using 65nm technology is presented. With a clock frequency of 289 MHz, the SoC can reach a frame rate of a 4410 FPS for an image resolution of 256×256. This is few order of magnitudes faster than the FPGA implementation in the literature. The finished-chip details renders it suitable for real-time and mobile applications.","PeriodicalId":395644,"journal":{"name":"2015 International Conference on Communications, Signal Processing, and their Applications (ICCSPA'15)","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114589924","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 optimized Double-Dwell frequency synchronization algorithm for OFDM signals","authors":"Nour Kousa, M. El-Tarhuni","doi":"10.1109/ICCSPA.2015.7081267","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCSPA.2015.7081267","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we propose a Double-Dwell (DD) Carrier Frequency Offset (CFO) estimation algorithm for Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) signals. The proposed scheme is based on a two-stage correlation operation to provide an initial coarse estimate of the carrier offset followed by a much finer search to improve the accuracy. The search step size and search window are varied to optimize the operation of the proposed scheme in order to minimize the mean-square error (MSE). Simulation results under both AWGN and flat fading channels are presented in this paper. It is shown that the proposed DD scheme provides an improvement in MSE of about two-order of magnitude when compared to conventional single-dwell (SD) scheme without increasing the computational complexity.","PeriodicalId":395644,"journal":{"name":"2015 International Conference on Communications, Signal Processing, and their Applications (ICCSPA'15)","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116305269","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":"Enhanced fingerprinting in WLAN-based indoor positioning using hybrid search techniques","authors":"Ayah Abusara, Mohamed S. Hassan","doi":"10.1109/ICCSPA.2015.7081313","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCSPA.2015.7081313","url":null,"abstract":"Selective matching between the received signal strength (RSS) measured by the target and the pre-stored fingerprints can improve fingerprinting algorithms by reducing their computational requirements. This is achieved by minimizing the number of search points needed to find the best match between the target RSS and the pre-stored fingerprints. Therefore, in this paper we propose a hybrid solution of clustering and fast search techniques to reduce the computational requirements of fingerprinting. The performance of the proposed method is quantified by evaluating the positioning accuracy, precision and the required number of search points. Our results show that the proposed hybrid technique can drastically reduce the number of search points, at a tolerable reduction of accuracy and precision.","PeriodicalId":395644,"journal":{"name":"2015 International Conference on Communications, Signal Processing, and their Applications (ICCSPA'15)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128249975","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 on Non-contiguous Carrier Interferometry code for Cognitive Radio","authors":"M. Mukherjee, Prashant Kumar, Rakesh Matam","doi":"10.1109/ICCSPA.2015.7081285","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCSPA.2015.7081285","url":null,"abstract":"Non-contiguous Carrier Interferometry (NC-CI) signature waveforms have been proposed for Dynamic Spectrum Access (DSA) and Cognitive Radio (CR) system in the literature. Walsh-Hadamard (WH) codes cannot ensure orthogonality for non-contiguous carrier allocation, when the number of non-contiguous carrier is not a multiple of 4. In literature, NC-CI and binary orthogonal codes of any code length are proposed for non-contiguous spectrum allocation. In this paper the cross-correlation properties of NC-CI signature waveforms for non-contiguous CI orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (NC-CI/OFDM) and NC-CI multicarrier code division multiple access (NC-CI/MC-CDMA) have been evaluated through simulation and analysis over AWGN channel. Time domain NC-CI waveforms have also been examined for non-contiguous allocation. Cross-correlation analysis and time domain waveforms show that NC-CI codes maintain orthogonality over non-contiguous subcarrier allocation in single user and multiuser environments. For WH code, it has been shown that orthogonality can be maintained with a loss of data rate.","PeriodicalId":395644,"journal":{"name":"2015 International Conference on Communications, Signal Processing, and their Applications (ICCSPA'15)","volume":"61 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115958787","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}