A compact,reconfigurable antenna supporting multiple wireless services with a minimum number of switches is found lacking in literature and the same became the focus and outcome of this work.It was achieved by designi...A compact,reconfigurable antenna supporting multiple wireless services with a minimum number of switches is found lacking in literature and the same became the focus and outcome of this work.It was achieved by designing a Th-Shaped frequency reconfigurable multi-band microstrip planar antenna,based on use of a single switch within the radiating structure of the antenna.Three frequency bands(i.e.,2007–2501 MHz,3660–3983MHz and 9341–1046 MHz)can be operated with the switch in the ON switch state.In the OFF state of the switch,the antenna operates within the 2577–3280MHz and 9379–1033MHz Bands.The proposed antenna shows an acceptable input impedance match with Voltage Standing Wave Ratio(VSWR)less than 1.2.The peak radiation efficiency of the antenna is 82%.A reasonable gain is obtained from 1.22 to 3.31 dB within the operating bands is achieved.The proposed antenna supports UniversalMobile Telecommunication System(UMTS)-1920 to 2170 MHz,Worldwide Interoperability and Microwave Access(WiMAX)/Wireless Broadband/(Long Term Evolution)LTE2500–2500 to 2690 MHz,Fifth Generation(5G)-2500/3500 MHz,Wireless Fidelity(Wi-Fi)/Bluetooth-2400 to 2480 MHz,and Satellite communication applications in X-Band-8000 to 12000 MHz.The overall planar dimension of the proposed antenna is 40×20mm2.The antennawas designed,along with the parametric study,using Electromagnetic(EM)simulation tool.The antenna prototype is fabricated for experimental validation with the simulated results.The proposed antenna is low profile,tunable,lightweight,cheap to fabricate and highly efficient and hence is deemed suitable for use in modern wireless communication electronic devices.展开更多
The fiber nonlinearity and phase noise(PN)are the focused impairments in the optical communication system,induced by high-capacity transmission and high laser input power.The channels include high-capacity transmissio...The fiber nonlinearity and phase noise(PN)are the focused impairments in the optical communication system,induced by high-capacity transmission and high laser input power.The channels include high-capacity transmissions that cannot be achieved at the end side without aliasing because of fiber nonlinearity and PN impairments.Thus,addressing of these distortions is the basic objective for the 5G mobile network.In this paper,the fiber nonlinearity and PN are investigated using the assembled methodology of millimeter-wave and radio over fiber(mmWave-RoF).The analytical model is designed in terms of outage probability for the proposed mmWave-RoF system.The performance of mmWave-RoF against fiber nonlinearity and PN is studied for input power,output power and length using peak to average power ratio(PAPR)and bit error rate(BER)measuring parameters.The simulation outcomes present that the impacts of fiber nonlinearity and PNcan be balanced for a huge capacity mmWave-RoF model applying input power carefully.展开更多
This paper presents,a novel cactus shaped frequency reconfigurable antenna for sub 10 GHz wireless applications.PIN diode is utilized as an electrical switch to achieve reconfigurability,enabling operation in four dif...This paper presents,a novel cactus shaped frequency reconfigurable antenna for sub 10 GHz wireless applications.PIN diode is utilized as an electrical switch to achieve reconfigurability,enabling operation in four different frequency ranges.In the switch ON state mode,the antenna supports 2177-3431 and 6301-8467 MHz ranges.Alternatively,the antenna resonates within 2329-3431 and 4951-6718 MHz while in the OFF state mode.Radiation efficiency values,ranging from 68%to 84%,and gain values,ranging from 1.6 to 4 dB,in the operating frequency bands.the proposed antenna satisfy the practical requirements and expectations.The overall planner dimensions of the proposed antenna model is 40×21 mm^(2).Moreover,the measurement results from the prototype support the simulation results.Based on the frequency ranges supported by the antenna,it can be used for multiple wireless standards and services,including Worldwide interoperability and Microwave Access(WiMAX),Wireless Fidelity(Wi-Fi),Bluetooth,Long Term Evolution(LTE)and satellite communications.This increases its applicability for use in mobile terminals.展开更多
The automatic detection of noisy channels in surface Electromyogram(sEMG)signals,at the time of recording,is very critical in making a noise-free EMG dataset.If an EMG signal contaminated by high-level noise is record...The automatic detection of noisy channels in surface Electromyogram(sEMG)signals,at the time of recording,is very critical in making a noise-free EMG dataset.If an EMG signal contaminated by high-level noise is recorded,then it will be useless and can’t be used for any healthcare application.In this research work,a new machine learning-based paradigm is proposed to automate the detection of low-level and high-level noises occurring in different channels of high density and multi-channel sEMG signals.A modified version of mel fre-quency cepstral coefficients(mMFCC)is proposed for the extraction of features from sEMG channels along with other statistical parameters i-e complexity coef-ficient,hurst exponent,and root mean square.Several state-of-the-art classifiers such as Support Vector Machine(SVM),Ensemble Bagged Trees,Ensemble Sub-space Discriminant,and Logistic Regression are used to automatically identify an EMG channel either bad or good based on these extracted features.Comparison-based analyses of these classifiers have also been considered based on total classi-fication accuracy,prediction speed(observations/sec),and processing time.The proposed method is tested on 320 simulated EMG channels as well as 640 experi-mental EMG channels.SVM is used as our main classifier for the detection of noisy channels which gives a total classification accuracy of 99.4%for simulated EMG channels whereas accuracy of 98.9%is achieved for experimental EMG channels.展开更多
基金the Deanship of Scientific Research,Najran University.Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,for funding this work under the Research Collaborations funding program Grant Code Number(NU/RC/SERC//11/5).
文摘A compact,reconfigurable antenna supporting multiple wireless services with a minimum number of switches is found lacking in literature and the same became the focus and outcome of this work.It was achieved by designing a Th-Shaped frequency reconfigurable multi-band microstrip planar antenna,based on use of a single switch within the radiating structure of the antenna.Three frequency bands(i.e.,2007–2501 MHz,3660–3983MHz and 9341–1046 MHz)can be operated with the switch in the ON switch state.In the OFF state of the switch,the antenna operates within the 2577–3280MHz and 9379–1033MHz Bands.The proposed antenna shows an acceptable input impedance match with Voltage Standing Wave Ratio(VSWR)less than 1.2.The peak radiation efficiency of the antenna is 82%.A reasonable gain is obtained from 1.22 to 3.31 dB within the operating bands is achieved.The proposed antenna supports UniversalMobile Telecommunication System(UMTS)-1920 to 2170 MHz,Worldwide Interoperability and Microwave Access(WiMAX)/Wireless Broadband/(Long Term Evolution)LTE2500–2500 to 2690 MHz,Fifth Generation(5G)-2500/3500 MHz,Wireless Fidelity(Wi-Fi)/Bluetooth-2400 to 2480 MHz,and Satellite communication applications in X-Band-8000 to 12000 MHz.The overall planar dimension of the proposed antenna is 40×20mm2.The antennawas designed,along with the parametric study,using Electromagnetic(EM)simulation tool.The antenna prototype is fabricated for experimental validation with the simulated results.The proposed antenna is low profile,tunable,lightweight,cheap to fabricate and highly efficient and hence is deemed suitable for use in modern wireless communication electronic devices.
基金The authors acknowledge the support from the Deanship of Scientific Research,Najran University.Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,for funding this work under the research groups funding program grant code number(NU/RG/SERC/11/3).
文摘The fiber nonlinearity and phase noise(PN)are the focused impairments in the optical communication system,induced by high-capacity transmission and high laser input power.The channels include high-capacity transmissions that cannot be achieved at the end side without aliasing because of fiber nonlinearity and PN impairments.Thus,addressing of these distortions is the basic objective for the 5G mobile network.In this paper,the fiber nonlinearity and PN are investigated using the assembled methodology of millimeter-wave and radio over fiber(mmWave-RoF).The analytical model is designed in terms of outage probability for the proposed mmWave-RoF system.The performance of mmWave-RoF against fiber nonlinearity and PN is studied for input power,output power and length using peak to average power ratio(PAPR)and bit error rate(BER)measuring parameters.The simulation outcomes present that the impacts of fiber nonlinearity and PNcan be balanced for a huge capacity mmWave-RoF model applying input power carefully.
基金support from the Deanship of Scientific Research,Najran University.Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,for funding this work under the research groups funding program Grant code number(NU/RG/SERC/11/3).
文摘This paper presents,a novel cactus shaped frequency reconfigurable antenna for sub 10 GHz wireless applications.PIN diode is utilized as an electrical switch to achieve reconfigurability,enabling operation in four different frequency ranges.In the switch ON state mode,the antenna supports 2177-3431 and 6301-8467 MHz ranges.Alternatively,the antenna resonates within 2329-3431 and 4951-6718 MHz while in the OFF state mode.Radiation efficiency values,ranging from 68%to 84%,and gain values,ranging from 1.6 to 4 dB,in the operating frequency bands.the proposed antenna satisfy the practical requirements and expectations.The overall planner dimensions of the proposed antenna model is 40×21 mm^(2).Moreover,the measurement results from the prototype support the simulation results.Based on the frequency ranges supported by the antenna,it can be used for multiple wireless standards and services,including Worldwide interoperability and Microwave Access(WiMAX),Wireless Fidelity(Wi-Fi),Bluetooth,Long Term Evolution(LTE)and satellite communications.This increases its applicability for use in mobile terminals.
基金support from the Deanship of Scientific Research,Najran University.Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,for funding this work under the research groups funding program Grant Code Number(NU/RG/SERC/11/3).
文摘The automatic detection of noisy channels in surface Electromyogram(sEMG)signals,at the time of recording,is very critical in making a noise-free EMG dataset.If an EMG signal contaminated by high-level noise is recorded,then it will be useless and can’t be used for any healthcare application.In this research work,a new machine learning-based paradigm is proposed to automate the detection of low-level and high-level noises occurring in different channels of high density and multi-channel sEMG signals.A modified version of mel fre-quency cepstral coefficients(mMFCC)is proposed for the extraction of features from sEMG channels along with other statistical parameters i-e complexity coef-ficient,hurst exponent,and root mean square.Several state-of-the-art classifiers such as Support Vector Machine(SVM),Ensemble Bagged Trees,Ensemble Sub-space Discriminant,and Logistic Regression are used to automatically identify an EMG channel either bad or good based on these extracted features.Comparison-based analyses of these classifiers have also been considered based on total classi-fication accuracy,prediction speed(observations/sec),and processing time.The proposed method is tested on 320 simulated EMG channels as well as 640 experi-mental EMG channels.SVM is used as our main classifier for the detection of noisy channels which gives a total classification accuracy of 99.4%for simulated EMG channels whereas accuracy of 98.9%is achieved for experimental EMG channels.
