Position Estimation for IR-UWB Systems

2018 ◽  
pp. 274-316
Author(s):  
Eva Lagunas ◽  
Monica Navarro ◽  
Pau Closas ◽  
Montse Najar ◽  
Ricardo Garcia-Gutierrez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Networks ◽  
Time Domain ◽  
Spatial Domain ◽  
Position Estimation ◽  
Promising Candidate ◽  
Emitter Location ◽  
Step Procedure ◽  
Toa Estimation ◽  
Single Emitter ◽  
Short Time

IR-UWB has emerged as a promising candidate for positioning passive nodes in wireless networks due to its extremely short time domain transmitted pulses. The two-step approaches in which first different TOAs are estimated and then fed into a triangulation procedure are suboptimal in general. This is because in the first stage of these methods, the measurements at distinct anchors are independent and ignore the constraint that all measurements must be consistent with a single emitter location. In this chapter, the authors investigate two techniques to overcome this issue. First, a two-step procedure based on multi-TOA estimation is proposed. Second, a positioning approach omitting the intermediate known as DPE is presented. Complementarily, the authors explore the CS-based modeling of both approaches so that the temporal sparsity of the UWB received signal and the consequent sparseness of the discrete spatial domain are exploited to select the most significant TOAs and to reduce the amount of information to be sent to a central fusion unit in the DPE approach.

scholarly journals Amide-Type Substrates in the Synthesis of N-Protected 1-Aminomethylphosphonium Salts

Catalysts ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 552
Author(s):  
Dominika Kozicka ◽  
Paulina Zieleźny ◽  
Karol Erfurt ◽  
Jakub Adamek
Keyword(s):  
Reaction Times ◽  
The Other ◽  
Hydroxyl Group ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Step Procedure ◽  
Higher Temperature ◽  
Short Time ◽  
Work Up

Herein we describe the development and optimization of a two-step procedure for the synthesis of N-protected 1-aminomethylphosphonium salts from imides, amides, carbamates, or lactams. Our “step-by-step” methodology involves the transformation of amide-type substrates to the corresponding hydroxymethyl derivatives, followed by the substitution of the hydroxyl group with a phosphonium moiety. The first step of the described synthesis was conducted based on well-known protocols for hydroxymethylation with formaldehyde or paraformaldehyde. In turn, the second (substitution) stage required optimization studies. In general, reactions of amide, carbamate, and lactam derivatives occurred at a temperature of 70 °C in a relatively short time (1 h). On the other hand, N-hydroxymethylimides reacted with triarylphosphonium salts at a much higher temperature (135 °C) and over longer reaction times (as much as 30 h). However, the proposed strategy is very efficient, especially when NaBr is used as a catalyst. Moreover, a simple work-up procedure involving only crystallization afforded good to excellent yields (up to 99%).

Optimized Mooring Line Simulation Using a Hybrid Method Time Domain Scheme

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niels Hørbye Christiansen ◽  
Per Erlend Torbergsen Voie ◽  
Jan Høgsberg ◽  
Nils Sødahl
Keyword(s):  
Hybrid Method ◽  
Time Domain ◽  
Computation Time ◽  
Mooring Line ◽  
Mooring Lines ◽  
Fem Model ◽  
Input Variables ◽  
The Time Domain ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Short Time

Dynamic analyses of slender marine structures are computationally expensive. Recently it has been shown how a hybrid method which combines FEM models and artificial neural networks (ANN) can be used to reduce the computation time spend on the time domain simulations associated with fatigue analysis of mooring lines by two orders of magnitude. The present study shows how an ANN trained to perform nonlinear dynamic response simulation can be optimized using a method known as optimal brain damage (OBD) and thereby be used to rank the importance of all analysis input. Both the training and the optimization of the ANN are based on one short time domain simulation sequence generated by a FEM model of the structure. This means that it is possible to evaluate the importance of input parameters based on this single simulation only. The method is tested on a numerical model of mooring lines on a floating off-shore installation. It is shown that it is possible to estimate the cost of ignoring one or more input variables in an analysis.

scholarly journals Time-Domain Circuit Modelling for Hybrid Supercapacitors

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (20) ◽  
pp. 6837
Author(s):  
Fabio Corti ◽  
Michelangelo-Santo Gulino ◽  
Maurizio Laschi ◽  
Gabriele Maria Lozito ◽  
Luca Pugi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Time Domain ◽  
Black Box ◽  
Circuit Modeling ◽  
Hybrid Supercapacitor ◽  
Hybrid Supercapacitors ◽  
Linear Behavior ◽  
Modeling Techniques ◽  
The Time Domain ◽  
Short Time ◽  
Circuit Modelling

Classic circuit modeling for supercapacitors is limited in representing the strongly non-linear behavior of the hybrid supercapacitor technology. In this work, two novel modeling techniques suitable to represent the time-domain electrical behavior of a hybrid supercapacitor are presented. The first technique enhances a well-affirmed circuit model by introducing specific non-linearities. The second technique models the device through a black-box approach with a neural network. Both the modeling techniques are validated experimentally using a workbench to acquire data from a real hybrid supercapacitor. The proposed models, suitable for different supercapacitor technologies, achieve higher accuracy and generalization capabilities compared to those already presented in the literature. Both modeling techniques allow for an accurate representation of both short-time domain and steady-state simulations, providing a valuable asset in electrical designs featuring supercapacitors.

scholarly journals Extended Spatial-Index LED Modulation for Optical MIMO-OFDM Wireless Communication

Electronics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hany S. Hussein ◽  
Mohamed Hagag ◽  
Mohammed Farrag
Keyword(s):  
Time Domain ◽  
Spectral Efficiency ◽  
Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing ◽  
Light Emitting Diode ◽  
Visible Light Communication ◽  
Spatial Domain ◽  
Spatial Modulation ◽  
Spatial Index ◽  
Power Weight ◽  
Modulation Technique

An efficient optical modulation technique for multi-input multi-output (MIMO) orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) visible light communication system is proposed in this paper. The proposed modulation technique is termed as extended spatial-index light-emitting diode (LED) modulation. In the proposed technique, the indices (the spatial domain) of the LEDs are exploited in a dynamic style to not only get rid of the optical OFDM time-domain ( OFDM t d ) shaping problem but also to expand the LED indices spatial modulation domain. The indices of the active LEDs in the proposed technique are changed from the two LEDs active situation to the situation where all or several LEDs are active. Moreover, within the selected active LED indices, the power weight distribution and the positions of the OFDM components are varied to expand the resultant spatial domain. Therefore, the proposed technique offers a considerable spectral efficiency improvement over the up-to-date LED index OFDM modulation schemes even with a lower number of LEDs. The key idea of the proposed technique is to maximize the LEDs’ indices spatial position (spatial domain) utilization, where both the power weight allocation and the positions of the complex OFDM time domain components are varying several times over the same active LED indices combination, which improve the optical system spectral efficiency. The simulation results asserted the superiority of the proposed technique, as it improves both the average bit error rate (ABER) and the achievable data rate (R) compared with existing up-to-date OFDM-LED index modulations with even lower computational complexity.

Time-Domain Characteristics Analysis of Penetration Arc Sound Signal in MIG Welding

2010 ◽  
Vol 154-155 ◽  
pp. 453-456
Author(s):  
Li Jun Liu ◽  
Qi Wang ◽  
Lan Hu
Keyword(s):  
Time Domain ◽  
Sound Signal ◽  
Pitch Estimation ◽  
Zero Crossing ◽  
Butt Welding ◽  
Spray Transfer ◽  
Characteristics Analysis ◽  
Short Time ◽  
Arc Sound ◽  
Arc Sound Signal

Many important time-domain characteristic parameters are extracted through the short-time analysis of arc sound signal in MIG butt welding with spray transfer, which can be used for the diagnosis on the weld penetration status. And the short-time autocorrelation function and short-time average amplitude difference function are adopted to pitch estimation. The analysis results show that the penetration status can be accurately recognized via the short-time energy, average magnitude, average zero-crossing and zero-to-energy and so on. Meanwhile, the pitch estimation of arc sound signal in experiments is at 220 points, that is 5 ms or 200 Hz in cycle. The methods and results provide a foundation for the diagnosis on penetration based on analysis of arc sound signal and have great theoretical meaning and practical value.

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