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Since most studies for estimating an angle-of-arrival (AOA) based on the antenna array have considered the antenna array with a single configuration, they are not proper to simultaneously estimate AOAs of multiple signals with various frequencies. In this paper, we introduce a cascade AOA estimation technique consisting of CAPON and Beamspace Multiple Signal Classification (MUSIC), based on a Combined Array Antenna (CAA) with Uniform Rectangular Frame Array (URFA) and Uniform Circular Array (UCA), for enhancing the above problem. In addition, we provide the computational complexity analysis for showing the low computational complexity of this technique comparing to the conventional technique.

The time of arrival (TOA) trilateration is one of the representative location detection technologies (LDT) that determines the true location of a mobile station (MS) using a unique intersection point of three circles based on three radii corresponding to distances between MS and base stations (BSs) and center coordinates of BSs. Since the distance between MS and BS is estimated by using the number of time delays, three circles based on the estimated radii are generally increased and they may not meet at a single point, resulting in the location estimation error. In order to compensate this estimation error and to improve estimation performance, we present two advanced TOA trilateration localization algorithms with detail mathematical expressions. The considered algorithms are the shortest distance algorithm, which calculates an average of three interior intersection points among an entire six intersection points from three intersecting circles, and the line intersection algorithm, which calculates an intersection point of three lines connecting two intersection points of two circles among the three circles, as the estimated location of the MS. In this paper, we present both algorithms with detailed mathematical expressions. The computer simulation results are provided to compare the location estimation performance of both algorithms. In addition, in this paper, mathematical analysis is provided to indicate the relation between the line intersection algorithm and the shortest distance algorithm. In this analysis, we verify that line equations based on the intersection points obtained from the shortest distance algorithm are identical to those obtained from the line intersection algorithm.

The Angle-of-Arrival (AOA) has a variety of applications in civilian and military wireless communication fields. Due to the rapid development of the location-based service (LBS) industry, the importance of the AOA estimation technique has increased. Although a large antenna array is necessary to estimate accurate AOA information of many signals, the computational complexity of conventional AOA estimation algorithms, such as Multiple Signal Classification (MUSIC), is dramatically increased. In this paper, we propose a cascade AOA estimation algorithm employing CAPON and Beamspace MUSIC, based on a flexible (on/off) antenna array. First, this approach roughly finds AOA groups, including several signal AOAs using CAPON, by applying some of the antenna elements. Then, it estimates each signal AOA in the estimated AOA groups using Beamspace MUSIC by applying the full size of the antenna array. In addition to extremely low computational complexity, the proposed algorithm also has similar estimation performance to that of MUSIC. In particular, the proposed cascade AOA estimation algorithm is highly efficient when employing a massive antenna array. Representative computer simulation examples are provided to illustrate the AOA estimation performance of the proposed technique.

The ever-growing mobile station (MS) localization technologies provide an increasingly important role in all aspects of the wireless cellular systems and Internet of Things (IoT). The accurate MS location information is the basis in connection of different devices in IoT. The MS localization techniques based on time of arrival (TOA) trilateration algorithm, which determines the location of MS using an intersection point of three circles based on distances between MS and base stations (BS) and coordinates of BSs, have been actively studied. In general, the distance between the MS and BS is calculated by counting the number of delay samples or measuring the power of the received signal. Since the estimated distance (radius of a circle) between MS and BS is commonly increased, three circles may not meet at a single point, resulting in the estimation error of MS localization. In order to improve this problem, in this paper, we propose the hybrid TOA trilateration algorithm based on the line intersection algorithm for the general case for intersection of three circles and the comparison approach of intersection distances for the specific case where a small circle is located inside the area of two large circles. The line intersection algorithm has an excellent location estimation performance in the general case, but it does not work in the specific case. The comparison approach of intersection distances has good performance only for the specific case. In addition, we propose the mode selection algorithm to efficiently select a proper mode between the general and specific cases. The representative computer simulation examples are provided to verify the localization performance of the proposed algorithm.

In this paper, we propose a novel dynamical love model of Romeo and Juliet, which has an external force with a fuzzy membership function. The external force used in the model has the characteristics of a Gaussian function. The chaotic behavior in the model is demonstrated using time series and phase portraits.

Using the radio wave, RFID(: Radio Frequency IDentification) wirelessly transmits the unique information saved in a tag attached on the specific object. In the construction area, the trend in using RFID for managing the input and inventory of the construction materials is upward. General management systems for the construction materials have only a function of identifying the tag attached on the construction materials, but the management system with a function of identifying and managing the location information of the construction materials employing RFID, for reusing it, is not actively developed. For the efficient reuse of the construction materials, in this paper, we propose the RFID system with a function of estimating and saving the location information of the specific construction materials, based on the estimated distances between the particular subs and reader. The proposed system consists of RFID reader, distance estimate, communication, and memory units.

Due to the global warming, the restriction for emitting the green-house gas is strengthened and a main ingredient of the green-house gas is carbon dioxide (). In order to reduce the amount of , the low-carbon and long-life of the construction and the construction materials management system based on the radio frequency identification (RFID) technique have been actively studied in the construction field. The conventional construction management system based on RFID only focuses on the study and experiment for managing the used amount and location of the construction materials in the construction stage, but it does not consider the study for the status management system for the recycling materials in the construction stage or the building deactivation. In this paper, we propose the effective RFID system for managing the status of the construction materials during the construction stage or the building deactivation. Employing RFID with the frequency of 900MHz, the proposed system consists of the reader unit, communication unit, and memory unit, and its tags are attached in the surface or inside of the construction materials.

Radio-frequency identification (RFID) is a tracking technology that enables immediate automatic object identification and rapid data sharing for a wide variety of modern applications using radio waves for data transmission from a tag to a reader. RFID is already well established in technical areas, and many companies have developed corresponding standards and measurement techniques. In the construction industry, effective monitoring of materials and equipment is an important task, and RFID helps to improve monitoring and controlling capabilities, in addition to enabling automation for construction projects. However, on construction sites, there are many tagged objects and multiple RFID tags that may interfere with each other’s communications. This reduces the reliability and efficiency of the RFID system. In this paper, we propose an anti-collision algorithm for communication between multiple tags and a reader. In order to suppress interference signals from multiple neighboring tags, the proposed algorithm employs the time-division (TD) technique, where tags in the interrogation zone are assigned a specific time slot so that at every instance in time, a reader communicates with tags using the specific time slot. We present representative computer simulation examples to illustrate the performance of the proposed anti-collision technique for multiple RFID tags.

D printer is based on an additive manufacturing technology, which helps in creating the three-dimensional object using a 3D drawing. It is used in various fields, because it prints out a variety of three-dimensional products in a short period of time. In this paper, we consider a technique using the FDM(Fused Deposition Modeling) method by dissolving the ABS(Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene) resin among a diversity of printing technique and materials. This kind of the 3D printer prints out a product in high temperature and cools down it. In this process, a flection phenomenon is occurred according to the size of the printing product and the surrounding environment. Conventional methods for mitigating this phenomenon maintain the temperature at the optimum level, but they require using additional devices. In order to minimize the flection phenomenon in 3D printing products without additional devices, in this paper, we propose a noble technique, which creates holes on suitable positions when they are designed by 3D drawing tools. Also, we suggest mathematical model for the proposed method, and measure and analyse a printing output using a proposed technique.

요 약차량 운행 시 주의분산으로 인한 자동차 사고가 증가 하고 있는데, 주의분산 행동은 전방 주시율, 차로 유지능력, 위험상황별 반응시간의 세 가지 항목에 대해 영향을 미친다. 많은 운전자들이 운행 중 라디오를 청취하게 되는데, 지역의 경계를 넘어가는 경우 특정 방송국의 라디오를 계속 청취하기 위해 라디오의 주파수를 변경하여야 한다. 이 과정에서 운전자의 주의분산이 발생하여 교통사고 발생 가능성이 높아지게 된다. 특히 고속도로에서는 빠른 속도로 차량이 주행하므로 사고의 위험이 더욱 높아지게 된다. 차량 운행 시 라디오 조작으로 인한 사고의 위험성을 줄이기 위해 본 논문에서는 각 방송국의 표준 라디오 주파수를 데이터베이스(D/B : date base)에 저장하고, 특정 지역의 경계에서 내비게이션으로부터 얻은 차량의 위치정보를 이용하여 변경된 지역의 라디오 주파수를 결정한 후, 기존의 주파수와 새로운 주파수를 이용하는 신호 중 수신율이 양호한 주파수를 선택하는 알고리즘을 제안한다. 양호한 수신율을 가지는 주파수를 선택하기 위해 두 주파수에 대한 신호의 신호-대-잡음비(SNR : signal-to-noise ratio)를 기준으로 사용한다. ABSTRACT

On poly and single crystalline Cu substrates, the graphene was synthesized by chemical vapor deposition(CVD). Optical microscopic images which were not possible to show the detailed characterization of graphene growth were adjusted and analyzed using image analyzing software. As a result it was possible to show the detailed growth mechanism of graphene by utilizing the image analysis. Nucleation of graphene on Cu grain boundary and its growth behavior into Cu grain are shown. In addition, the movement of graphene grain boundary interacting with Cu grain boundary and pinholes during growth was illustrated in detail, and the cause and result are discussed as a result of those interactions.

위치 추정 기술 (LDT, Location Detection Technology)은 자원관리 및 통신 서비스의 품질을 향상시키기 위한 무선통신 분야에서 사용되고 있는 LBS(Location Based Service)의 핵심기술 중 하나이다. 이동국(MS, mobile station)의 위치는 세 개의 기지국(BS, base station)들의 좌표와 이동국과 기지국들 사이의 거리에 상응하는 반지름에 기초한 세 개의 원들에 기반한 도래시간(TOA, Time of Arrival)기법을 사용하여 추정된다. 삼각변 측량법을 이용하여 정확한 이동국의 위치를 추정하기 위해서는 세 개의 원들이 한 점에서 만나야 하는데, 이동국과 기지국의 거리를 추정하기 위한 시간지연 개수와 전송 주파수에 따라 원들의 반지름이 증가하여 세 개의 원들이 한 점에서 만나지 못하는 경우들이 발생한다. 반지름이 증가된 세 개의 원들은 여섯 개의 교점을 가지게 되고 이 교점들 중 세 개의 교점들이 특정 이동국의 좌표에 가까이 위치하게 된다. 본 논문에서는 여섯 개의 전체 교점들 중에서 세 개의 내부 교점들을 선택하는 TOA 삼각변 측량법을 위한 최단 거리 알고리즘을 제안한다. 제안된 방법은 여섯 개의 교점들 중 이동국의 좌표와 가장 가까운 세 개의 교점을 선택하고, 선택된 교점들의 평균 좌표를 특정 이동국의 위치로 결정한다. 제안된 알고리즘의 성능은 컴퓨터 시뮬레이션 예를 통해 확인된다.

Radio frequency identification (RFID) is an important and essential components of ubiquitous computing, with the development of wireless communication technologies and mobile computing environment. Recently, RFID becomes the mainstream application that helps fast handling and uniquely identifying the physical objects. It utilizes the electromagnetic energy for data transmission from a tag to a reader in the presence of arbitrary interference and noise. In order to employ the portable mobile RFID reader, a tag-collision problem between two or more adjacent tags should be considered. In this paper, we present the operation of RFID system in which numerous tags are present in the interrogation zone of a single reader at the same time. Since there may exist a number of tagged objects in the narrow area, multiple RFID tags may interfere each other, caused to degrade the data reliability and efficiency of the RFID system. In order to suppress interference signals from multiple neighboring tags, we present an application of Gold code for RFID communication system, which uses spread spectrum technique. In this RFID system, data bits are spreaded in each tags with the unique Gold code and the spreaded data bits are despreaded in the reader with the same Gold code. The performance analysis of the considered RFID anti-collision system is illustrated via computer simulation examples.

RFID (Radio Frequency Identification), which is a kind of the electronic tag, is a wireless access device using the radio frequency for recognizing the ID information. It has a variety of application such as the bus card, gate access card, distribution industry, and management of construction materials. The performance and size of RFID depend on the penetrability, recognition ratio, memory size, multi tag recognition, external pollution dust, and exterior impact, and RFID requires the packaging to protect itself considered above factors. Recently, RFID is diversely employed to effectively manage construction materials and the RFID packaging, which is robust to the external impact, is required to attach RFID on construction materials. In this paper, we propose the construction material RFID packaging designed to be robust for the external impact and to be practicable for change of the broken RFID. For the change of RFID, we separate the cast and body of the packaging. Also, we present the detail drawing for the proposed construction material RFID packaging and implement the performance evaluation of the packaging manufactured using 3D printer.

Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) is an auxiliary safety system for recognizing the condition of tires based on the pressure and temperature data transmitted from the sensor unit installed on a tire of the vehicle. Using TPMS, a driver can frequently check the state of tires and it aids to maintain the optimum running condition of the vehicle. Since TPMS must utilize the wireless communication technique to transmit data from a sensor unit to a signal processing unit installed in the vehicle, it suffers from interference signals caused by various external electrical or electronic devices. In order to suppress high-power interference signals, we employ beamforming techniques based on the uniform linear antenna array. As the number of the antennas is increased, the performance of the interference suppression is improved. However, there is the limit of the number of antennas, installed in the center of a vehicle, because of its size. In this paper, we compare and analyze the performance of the beamformer, when reducing the interelement spacing of antennas, to increase the number of the receiving antennas. For the performance analysis of the beamformers, we consider the switching beamformer and minimum-variance distortionless-response (MVDR) beamformer for TPMS, recently proposed.

A TPMS(Tire Pressure Monitoring System) is a wireless communication system designed to monitor the pressure and temperature of pneumatic tires of a vehicle. In order to provide the aid in protecting a driver, this system reports tire pressure information to the driver of the vehicle. Since the wireless communication technique should be employed to transmit the TPMS data from each tire to signal processing unit in the vehicle, it suffers from interference signals from external electrical or electronics equipments. In this paper, we propose the TPMS interference cancellation technique based on GSC(Generalized Sidelobe Canceler), which does not have only the excellent performance like MVDR(Minimum-Variance-Distortionless-Response) but also has the low computational complexity comparing with MVDR. The performance of interference suppression is conformed by computer simulation examples.

A sparse reconfigurable adaptive filter (SRAF) based on a photonic switch determines the appropriate time delays and weight values for an optical switch implementation of tapped-delay-line (TDL) systems. It is well known that the choice of switch delays is significantly important for efficiently implementing the SRAF. If the same values exist as calculating the sum of weight magnitudes for implementing the connection constraint required by the SRAF, conventional connection algorithm based on sequentially selection the maximum elements might not work perfectly. In an effort to increase the effectiveness of system identification, an upgraded connection algorithm used progressive calculation to obtain the better solution is considered in this paper. The performance of the proposed connection constraint algorithm is illustrated by computer simulation for a system identification application.

A TPMS is a wireless communication system designed to monitor its condition inside the pneumatic tires on various types of vehicles. These systems report the tire pressure information to the driver of the vehicle. While wireless communications is used to transmit the measurement data from TPMS sensors to a central processing unit in the vehicle, it suffers from the various interferences such as sensors of each tire or outside electrical equipments. Based on the conventional beamformer, a switching beamforming technique is proposed to minimize the interference and efficiently receive valid data. Moreover, in order to minimize the interference and reduce power consumption for communication, a system with unique Gold Code is presented for each tire. The performance of interference suppression is illustrated by computer simulations.

Recently, permanent magnet type linear synchronous motors have been used as a driving source of transportation systems, to satisfy requirements such as speeding up of transportation systems and also to simplify maintenance. The authors' laboratory has proposed a stationary discontinuous armature PM-LSM in which the armature is engaged only when accelerated and decelerated operation is necessary, in order to resolve the problem of higher costs, when PM-LSM is used with long-distance transportation systems in factories. However, the stationary discontinuous armature PM-LSM contains the outlet edges which always exist as a result of the discontinuous arrangement of the armature. These edges become a problem, because the cogging force that they exert influences the controllability of the motor. This paper presents the results of an experimental examination and three-dimensional numerical analysis by the finite element method of the cogging force exerted by the outlet edge. Moreover, we modified the permanent magnet on the mover to decrease the cogging force at the outlet edge, and the results are examined using three-dimensional numerical analysis by the finite element method.

A nonblocking photonic switch can be used to implement a tapped delay line with a large number of adaptive weights and a wide range of time delays. An advantage of using optical tapped delay lines for adaptive filtering is that the operating frequency can be quite high, in the 10-100 GHz range. We present a sparse reconfigurable adaptive filter (SRAF) based on a photonic switch with an input/output connection architecture that can be represented by a matrix of adaptive weights. This unique parallel structure can be reconfigured in an adaptive manner to implement a sparse filter impulse response for use in many applications. We consider an adaptive algorithm for this filter that chooses the input and output delays using a cross-correlation-based approach and connects these delays by weights that are adapted using a gradient algorithm. An alternative adaptive algorithm is also considered that is based on a system identification formulation where the weights are first adapted, and then the appropriate delay combinations are chosen. A search algorithm for implementing the connection constraint required by the SRAF is also discussed whereby each input is connected to only one output at any moment. Computer simulation examples are presented to illustrate the behavior of the filter for a system identification model.

The global positioning system (GPS) was designed to provide location estimates for various civilian and military applications using at least four satellites. Since GPS signals have a low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), they also have a low signal-to-jammer ratio so that the accuracy of location estimates is influenced by cochannel interference and intentional jammers. We propose a low-complexity blind adaptive receiver that is based on a novel modified despreader and the constant modulus (CM) array. This system is capable of nulling directional interference and capturing the GPS signal of interest without requiring explicit angle-of-arrival (AOA) information. We also consider the multiple satellite problem and extend the proposed receiver to capture several GPS signals of interest. Representative computer simulation examples are presented to illustrate the performance of the multicomponent system for the suppression of different jammer types.

The global positioning system (GPS) is a one-way satellite-based navigation system employing spread-spectrum techniques that is widely used for commercial and military applications. Although the very low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) is handled by the large spreading gain, GPS is susceptible to high-power interference signals and various types of jammers. We propose multicomponent receiver architectures for GPS interference suppression. A conventional antenna system is first considered which utilizes a minimum-variance distortionless-response (MVDR) beam former and assumes that the GPS signal angle of arrival (AOA) and the antenna model are known at the receiver. However, this receiver is sensitive to AOA estimation errors and can have a high computational complexity. This sensitivity problem is eliminated by a multicomponent system based on a multistage matched filter (MF). Since this MF receiver also has a high computational complexity because the jammer AOAs must be estimated, we introduce a blind interference canceler based on the constant modulus (CM) array that is insensitive to AOA estimation errors and has a low computational complexity. Computer simulations are provided to illustrate the performance of the various systems for interference suppression in example signal scenarios.

The time of arrival trilateration method is one of the representative algorithms for the location detection technology, which estimates the location of mobile station (MS) at a unique intersection point of three circles with radiuses corresponding to distances between MS and base stations (BSs) and centers corresponding to coordinates of BSs. However, there may be serious estimation errors, when they do not meet at a point because the estimated radiuses of them are increased. The solutions for reducing the estimation position error in the main case of meeting three circles with the extended radius have been recently provided as the shortest distance algorithm and the line intersection algorithm. In general, they have good performance for the location estimation, but they may have serious errors in some cases. In this paper, we propose the efficient location estimation algorithm for the specific case of two large circles and one relatively small circle, which is located in the area of two large circles. In this case, there are six intersections in total based on the three extended circles and a small circle has four intersections with two large circles. The proposed approach compares four distances based on four neighboring intersections and selects the shortest one. Finally, it determines the averaged coordinate of two intersections corresponding to the shortest distance, as the location of MS. The location-estimating performance of the proposed algorithm is illustrated by the computer simulation example.

The location determination technology (LDT) is one of the core techniques for the location-based services (LBS) which has various applications, including a mobile robot, for the modern wireless communication system. The time of arrival (TOA), which is a kind of LDTs based on the cellular network, estimates the location of the specific user or object using a trilateration method based on the received signals from three base stations (BS). The true location of a mobile station (MS) is determined based on an intersection point of three circles with the radius corresponding to the distance between each BS to MS. Since the TOA method estimates the distance between BS and MS using the number of time delay, these three circles should not generally meet at a point and the performance of the location detection should be degraded in this case. In order to overcome this problem, we propose the mobile location detection algorithm based on a line intersection of the TOA geometry. In the case of those three circles do not meet at a point; in general, there are six intersection points and three lines which connect two intersection points. In this paper, we determine an intersection point of three lines as the location of a MS. The computer simulation example is provided to illustrate the location detection performance of the proposed algorithm.

A key technology of the next generation robots is the ability to move with high speed, high precision and communication network control. We propose a vector control system by applying optical-EtherCAT to PMSM with two-axes. We describe configurations of hardware and software to vector control of PMSM with two-axis using an optical-EtherCAT and explain two phase coordinate transformations of the d-q-axis that is the basis of vector control with an optical EtherCAT. We also report results of vector current control, vector current and speed, and vector current and position control of PMSM with two-axes for proposed optical EtherCAT. We confirm that we achieved satisfactory control results due to vector control implemented with an optical EtherCAT.