{"title":"Remote Healthcare Monitoring System Architecture using Sensor Networks","authors":"D. Benhaddou, M. Balakrishnan, Xiaojing Yuan","doi":"10.1109/TPSD.2008.4562760","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TPSD.2008.4562760","url":null,"abstract":"Ubiquitous processing is impacting several applications affecting our lives. In this paper we propose a remote health care monitoring system that uses sensor networks to extend the coverage of medical application to underserved area. We delineate the challenges that face researchers in this area. In addition, the paper describes the general architecture and proposes a MAC scheme for healthcare sensor networks (MACH) that adapts channel provisioning based on the information criticality. MACH enables emergency traffic to meet its quality of service (QoS) requirements. Performance evaluation using analytical modeling shows that our proposed MAC give preference to emergency traffic which is crucial for medical applications.","PeriodicalId":410786,"journal":{"name":"2008 IEEE Region 5 Conference","volume":"80 3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130136531","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":"Electromagnetic Radiation Study of Commercial Cellular Phones with a TEM Cell for Biological Applications","authors":"N. Boriraksantikul, P. Kirawanich, N. Islam","doi":"10.1109/TPSD.2008.4562716","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TPSD.2008.4562716","url":null,"abstract":"Electromagnetic radiation effects of the GSM 900 and 1800 commercial cellular phones were estimated using a TEM cell. A standard TEM cell was modified with a double-ended monopole antenna as a signal leader for incoming and outgoing signals between the TEM cell's outer surface. The electric field distribution was studied with parameters such as the cellular phone position, polarization, dialing type, and dialing frequency. The field uniformity can be improved with either the use of a shorter signal leader or the TEM cell with a reduction in size. It also showed a good agreement between the results from experiments and simulations. With the proposed exposure technique, the Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) result from simulation also indicated the energy absorption by the test sample, confirming a potential usage of the proposed setup in studies related to biological applications.","PeriodicalId":410786,"journal":{"name":"2008 IEEE Region 5 Conference","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130843975","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":"Robustness of Distance Relay with Mho Characteristic against Inter Phase Faults Resistance","authors":"H. Shateri, S. Jamali","doi":"10.1109/TPSD.2008.4562745","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TPSD.2008.4562745","url":null,"abstract":"This paper discusses the maximum fault resistance, which can be tolerated by a distance relay with Mho characteristic in the case of inter phase, phase to phase and three phase, faults. This is defined as the boundary fault resistance, that in the case of the lower fault resistances, the relay can discriminate between in-zone and out-of-zone faults satisfactorily. The robustness criterion is defined based on the boundary fault resistance. In order to achieve this objective, the related equations are derived and then the boundary fault resistance curve and the robustness criterion are presented.","PeriodicalId":410786,"journal":{"name":"2008 IEEE Region 5 Conference","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126620212","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":"Signal Strength Analysis for Optimal Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks","authors":"L. Vespa, K. Mei, R. Maitree, N. Weng","doi":"10.1109/TPSD.2008.4562721","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TPSD.2008.4562721","url":null,"abstract":"This paper explores methods with which to use wireless signal properties to calculate the distance between wireless sensor nodes, as well as how to use this information to estimate transmission power consumption and ultimately calculate an optimum information routing path for nodes in a wireless sensor network. A method for increasing the accuracy of wireless distance calculation using a so called \"Environment Coefficient\" is also introduced. Our results have demonstrated the feasibility that our location aware sensor nodes can automatically determine power efficient routing paths by detecting received signal strength.","PeriodicalId":410786,"journal":{"name":"2008 IEEE Region 5 Conference","volume":"75 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116019609","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":"Computation of Capacitance of Shielded and Coupled Transmission Lines","authors":"S. Musa, M. Sadiku","doi":"10.1109/TPSD.2008.4562726","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TPSD.2008.4562726","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we present the modeling of shielded three vertically coupled striplines and shielded four coupled microstrip lines embedded in a dielectric material media using finite element method (FEM). We specifically determine the capacitance per unit length of shielded three vertically coupled striplines and shielded four coupled microstrip lines embedded in a dielectric material. We compare our results with those obtained by method of lines (MoL) and found them to be in good agreement.","PeriodicalId":410786,"journal":{"name":"2008 IEEE Region 5 Conference","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115699232","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":"Modeling of Unshielded Suspended and Inverted Substrate Microstrip Lines","authors":"S. Musa, M. Sadiku","doi":"10.1109/TPSD.2008.4562714","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TPSD.2008.4562714","url":null,"abstract":"Microstrip transmission lines have an important rule in designing microwave integrated circuits. In this paper, we will illustrate modeling of unshielded microstrip lines using finite element method (FEM). We specifically determine the capacitance per unit length, inductance per unit length, and characteristic impedance of unshielded suspended and inverted substrate microstrip lines. We compare our results with those obtained by other methods and found them to be in agreement.","PeriodicalId":410786,"journal":{"name":"2008 IEEE Region 5 Conference","volume":"66 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128732959","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. I. Quinteros, K. Cartwright, E. Kaminsky, R.U. Gallegos
{"title":"A Novel Expanded 16-Dimensional Constant Envelope Q2PSK Constellation","authors":"M. I. Quinteros, K. Cartwright, E. Kaminsky, R.U. Gallegos","doi":"10.1109/TPSD.2008.4562732","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TPSD.2008.4562732","url":null,"abstract":"We introduce a 16-dimensional constant-amplitude constellation that is generated by concatenating either four constant envelope quadrature-quadrature phase shift keying (CEQ2PSK) symbols from Saha and Birdsall or four CEQ2PSK symbols recently discovered by Cartwright and also introduced here. Our new constellation doubles the number of points available for data transmission without decreasing the distance between points or increasing energy, and may therefore be used in a trellis coded modulation (TCM) system without constellation expansion penalty. Because the new constellation has constant envelope, the modulation scheme becomes very attractive for nonlinear channels such as the magnetic recording channel or the satellite channel with traveling wave tube amplifiers.","PeriodicalId":410786,"journal":{"name":"2008 IEEE Region 5 Conference","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122479513","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-Site Wind Energy Measurement and Preliminary Transmission Assessment: Case Studies in Wyoming","authors":"K. Meah, A. Ula","doi":"10.1109/TPSD.2008.4562748","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TPSD.2008.4562748","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents on-site wind energy measurement data at 50 meter and the wind turbine layout diagram for three different sites in Wyoming. This paper also presents a preliminary transmission assessment for each site with existing transmission lines and the steps required for transmission line interconnection. The capacity factor, geographic location, and nearby existing transmission line at each site are suitable for developing a wind energy farm. The study shows that commercial wind electricity generation is feasible technically and economically.","PeriodicalId":410786,"journal":{"name":"2008 IEEE Region 5 Conference","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123410289","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":"Pre-processing for Improved Query Routing in Super-peer P2P Systems","authors":"R. Mohamed, C. Buckingham","doi":"10.1109/TPSD.2008.4562755","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TPSD.2008.4562755","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we present the construction of location-based schema caching for query routing at the client-peer in super-peer networks. This cached information is used for directly routing subsequent repeated queries towards their actual resource locations without going via the super peer. Instead of storing the previous query with its result, our proposed approach caches the query with the routing information, which contains the locations where the query data were previously found. This helps avoid outdated results. The paper describes the main processes, including how the input query is decomposed, rewritten, and cached at the client peer.","PeriodicalId":410786,"journal":{"name":"2008 IEEE Region 5 Conference","volume":"67 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126469131","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":"Effect of Loop-Unrolling in Hardware Reconfigurable Implementations of RC5-192 Encryption Algorithm","authors":"O. Elkeelany, S. Nimmagadda","doi":"10.1109/TPSD.2008.4562753","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TPSD.2008.4562753","url":null,"abstract":"The objective of this paper is to determine the effects of 'loop-unrolling' design concept, on the performance of hardware based implementations of the RC5 encryption algorithm. An effort has been done to determine the best value of the number of unrolled loops to implement the RC5 algorithm using 192-bit encryption key. The various models tested were based on single-custom processor with: no-loop-unrolling; loop unrolled implementations with different unrolling sizes. In this research, various performance measures are considered, such as the maximum frequency of operation, circuit size, throughput, and energy consumption. To achieve proper comparison results, all models were developed and mapped to the same hardware reconfigurable chip, a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). The performance parameters of each model were evaluated to determine the best hardware model. Verilog hardware description language was used to model and test all implementations. While no-loop-unrolling provided the least circuit size, the 3-loop-unrolled approach provided the highest throughput, amongst all tested implementations. A throughput speed up of 24% was achieved compared to a reference system implemented in a different target device using a Xilinx FPGA family. Comparing our implementations on the same Altera FPGA family, a maximum throughput speed up of 50% was achieved.","PeriodicalId":410786,"journal":{"name":"2008 IEEE Region 5 Conference","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114483131","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}