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Identifying RF Identification Cards from Measurements of Resonance and Carrier Harmonics

May 27, 2010
Author(s)
Henry Romero, Kate Remley, Dylan Williams, Chih-Ming Wang, Timothy X. Brown
We show that careful measurements of the unloaded resonant frequency and quality factor of radio frequency identification proximity cards allow identification of different card models and, for the set of cards we studied, identification with minimal error

The Impact of Long-term Memory Effects on Diode Power Probes

May 15, 2010
Author(s)
Catherine A. Remley, Hugo Gomes, Alejandro Testera, Nuno B. Carvalho, Monica Barciela
This paper presents an analysis of long term memory effects on power measurements using diode power probes. It will be shown that a power probe calibrated with a single-tone sinusoidal excitation can provide erroneous values when used with modulated

Parametric Study on the use of Reverberation Chambers for Repeatable/Controllable Wireless Testing: Application to BER Measurements

April 12, 2010
Author(s)
Christopher L. Holloway, E Genender, Catherine A. Remley, John M. Ladbury, Galen H. Koepke
We illustrate use of the reverberation chamber to simulate different wireless propagation environments including effects such as narrowband or frequency-selective fading and Doppler spread. These effects have a strong impact on the quality of the wireless

ZigBee-Wireless Mesh Networks for Building Automation and Control

April 12, 2010
Author(s)
Wenqi Guo, William M. Healy, Mengchu Zhou
ZigBee is a wireless technology developed as an open global standard to address the unique needs of low-cost low-power wireless sensor networks. This standard takes full advantages of the IEEE 802.15.4 physical radio specification and operates in

How often and how long should a cognitive radio sense the spectrum?

April 7, 2010
Author(s)
Nader Moayeri
This paper presents a Bayesian framework and a pricing structure for a secondary wireless user that opportunistically uses a RF channel belonging to a network of N primary users. The secondary user operates in a time-slotted fashion, where each time slot

Radio Wave Propagation Into Large Building Structures, Part 2: Characterization of Multipath

April 2, 2010
Author(s)
Catherine A. Remley, Galen H. Koepke, Christopher L. Holloway, Chriss A. Grosvenor, Dennis G. Camell, John M. Ladbury, Robert T. Johnk, William F. Young
We report on measurements that characterize multipath conditions that affect broadband wireless communications in building penetration scenarios. Measurements carried out in various large structures quantify both radio-signal attenuation and frequency

From the Editor's Desk: Where to Go

April 1, 2010
Author(s)
Catherine A. Remley
This is an Editorial for the April, 2010 issue of IEEE Microwave Magazine. Kate Remley, the Editor-in-Chief, writes about timely topics for the members of the Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S).

Wireless Sensor Network Performance Metrics for Building Applications

April 1, 2010
Author(s)
Won Suk Jang, William M. Healy
Metrics are investigated to help assess the performance of wireless sensors in buildings. Wireless sensor networks present tremendous opportunities for energy savings and improvement in occupant comfort in buildings by making data about conditions and

Measurement Bandwidth Extension Using Multisine Signals: Propagation of Error

February 6, 2010
Author(s)
Catherine A. Remley, Dominique Schreurs, M. Myslinski, Dylan F. Williams
We describe a post-processing technique that can extend the effective measurement bandwidth of narrowband vector receivers by phase aligning overlapping measurements. The method requires only knowledge of the desired phases of a periodic, multisine

SER Performance Analysis for Physical Layer Network Coding over AWGN Channel

December 3, 2009
Author(s)
Yi Qian, Kejie Lu, Shengli Fu, Hsiao-Hwa Chen
While original network coding is proposed over data link layer, recent work suggests that it can also be implemented on physical layer. In fact it is more natural for wireless networks because of its omnidirectional transmission. In this paper, we

From the Editor's Desk: Let's Have Some Fun

December 1, 2009
Author(s)
Catherine A. Remley
This is an Editorial for the December, 2009 issue of IEEE Microwave Magazine. Kate Remley, the Editor-in-Chief, writes about timely topics for the members of the Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S).

Rapidly-Deployable Mesh Network Testbed

November 30, 2009
Author(s)
Michael R. Souryal, Nader Moayeri, Andreas Wapf
This paper describes a wireless mesh network testbed for research in rapid deployment and auto-configuration of mesh nodes. Motivated by the needs of first responders and military personnel arriving to an incident area, we developed and tested an automated

From the Editor's Desk: Why We Are Here

October 1, 2009
Author(s)
Catherine A. Remley
This is an Editorial for the October, 2009 issue of IEEE Microwave Magazine. Kate Remley, the Editor-in-Chief, writes about timely topics for the members of the Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S).

Electromagnetic Penetration Studies for Three Different Aircraft

August 17, 2009
Author(s)
Chriss A. Grosvenor, David R. Novotny, Dennis G. Camell, Galen H. Koepke, Robert Johnk, Nino Canales
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has completed penetration studies on three different aircraft for the Federal Aviation Administration. These studies are used to understand cavity coupling characteristics between antennas placed at
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