R. Nishimura, B. Jeong, H. Susukita, Takashi Takahashi, K. Takizawa
{"title":"A Cause of Momentary Level Shifts Appearing in Broadcast Satellite Signals","authors":"R. Nishimura, B. Jeong, H. Susukita, Takashi Takahashi, K. Takizawa","doi":"10.1587/transcom.2022ebp3135","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1587/transcom.2022ebp3135","url":null,"abstract":"SUMMARY The degree of reception of BS signals is affected by various factors. After routinely recording it at two observation points at two locations, we found that momentary upward and downward level shifts occurred multiple times, mainly during daytime. These level shifts were observed at one location. No such signal was sensed at the other location. After producing an algorithm to extract such momemtary level shifts, their statistical properties were investigated. Careful analyses, including assessment of the signal polarity, amplitude, duration, hours, and comparison with actual flight schedules and route information implied that these level shifts are attributable to the interference of direct and reflected waves from aircraft flying at approximately tropopause altitude. This assumption is further validated through computer simulations of BS signal interference.","PeriodicalId":48825,"journal":{"name":"IEICE Transactions on Communications","volume":"1 1","pages":"714-722"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88191511","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Signal Detection for OTFS System Based on Improved Particle Swarm Optimization","authors":"Jurong Bai, Lin Lan, Zhaoyang Song, Huimin Du","doi":"10.1587/transcom.2022ebp3140","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1587/transcom.2022ebp3140","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48825,"journal":{"name":"IEICE Transactions on Communications","volume":"44 1","pages":"614-621"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74099241","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Development of a Simple and Lightweight Phantom for Evaluating Human Body Avoidance Technology in Microwave Wireless Power Transfer","authors":"Kazuki Sato, K. Saito","doi":"10.1587/transcom.2022ebp3155","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1587/transcom.2022ebp3155","url":null,"abstract":"SUMMARY In recent years, microwave wireless power transfer (WPT) has attracted considerable attention due to the increasing demand for various sensors and Internet of Things (IoT) applications. Microwave WPT requires technology that can detect and avoid human bodies in the transmission path. Using a phantom is essential for developing such technology in terms of standardization and human body protection from electromagnetic radiation. In this study, a simple and lightweight phantom was developed focusing on its radar cross-section (RCS) to evaluate human body avoidance technology for use in microwave WPT systems. The developed phantom’s RCS is comparable to that of the human body.","PeriodicalId":48825,"journal":{"name":"IEICE Transactions on Communications","volume":"81 1","pages":"645-651"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79699338","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T. Iwakuni, D. Uchida, Takuto Arai, Shuki Wai, N. Kita
{"title":"Handover Experiment of 60-GHz-Band Wireless LAN in over 200-km/h High-Speed Mobility Environment","authors":"T. Iwakuni, D. Uchida, Takuto Arai, Shuki Wai, N. Kita","doi":"10.1587/transcom.2022ebp3078","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1587/transcom.2022ebp3078","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48825,"journal":{"name":"IEICE Transactions on Communications","volume":"125 1","pages":"384-391"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78415688","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Hybrid Routing Algorithm for V2V Communication in VANETs Based on Blocked Q-Learning","authors":"Xiang Bi, Huang Huang, Benhong Zhang, Xing Wei","doi":"10.1587/transcom.2021ebp3210","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1587/transcom.2021ebp3210","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48825,"journal":{"name":"IEICE Transactions on Communications","volume":"16 1","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90982470","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Flow Processing Optimization with Accelerated Flow Actions on High Speed Programmable Data Plane","authors":"Zhiyuan Ling, Xiao Chen, Lei Song","doi":"10.1587/transcom.2022ebp3069","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1587/transcom.2022ebp3069","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48825,"journal":{"name":"IEICE Transactions on Communications","volume":"226 1","pages":"133-144"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83668656","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Quality and Transferred Data based Video Bitrate Control Method for Web-Conferencing","authors":"Masahiro YOKOTA, Kazuhisa YAMAGISHI","doi":"10.1587/transcom.2023ebp3079","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1587/transcom.2023ebp3079","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, the quality and transferred data based video bitrate control method for web-conferencing services is proposed, aiming to reduce transferred data by suppressing excessive quality. In web-conferencing services, the video bitrate is generally controlled in accordance with the network conditions (e.g., jitter and packet loss rate) to improve users' quality. However, in such a control, the bitrate is excessively high when the network conditions is sufficiently high (e.g., high throughput and low jitter) , which causes an increased transferred data volume. The increased volume of data transferred leads to increased operational costs, such as network costs for service providers. To solve this problem, we developed a method to control the video bitrate of each user to achieve the required quality determined by the service provider. This method is implemented in an actual web-conferencing system and evaluated under various conditions. It was shown that the bitrate could be controlled in accordance with the required quality to reduce the transferred data volume.","PeriodicalId":48825,"journal":{"name":"IEICE Transactions on Communications","volume":"69 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136257178","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"D2EcoSys: Decentralized Digital Twin EcoSystem Empower Co-Creation City-level Digital Twins","authors":"Kenji Kanai, Hidehiro Kanemitsu, Taku Yamazaki, Shintaro Mori, Aram Mine, Sumiko Miyata, Hironobu Imamura, Hidenori Nakazato","doi":"10.1587/transcom.2023wwi0001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1587/transcom.2023wwi0001","url":null,"abstract":"A city-level digital twin is a critical enabling technology to construct a smart city that helps improve citizens' living conditions and quality of life. Currently, research and development regarding the digital replica city are pursued worldwide. However, many research projects only focus on creating the 3D city model. A mechanism to involve key players, such as data providers, service providers, and application developers, is essential for constructing the digital replica city and producing various city applications. Based on this motivation, the authors of this paper are pursuing a research project, namely Decentralized Digital Twin EcoSystem (D2EcoSys), to create an ecosystem to advance (and self-grow) the digital replica city regarding time and space directions, city services, and values. This paper introduces an overview of the D2EcoSys project: vision, problem statement, and approach. In addition, the paper discusses the recent research results regarding networking technologies and demonstrates an early testbed built in the Kashiwa-no-ha smart city.","PeriodicalId":48825,"journal":{"name":"IEICE Transactions on Communications","volume":"122 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135158349","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}