and Wireless Technology Centre (PWTC) and Network. Technology Research
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he Communication Engineering Division has 47
invention is a fibre laser configuration for low noise, narrow
academic staff members, of whom 36 are full-time
linewidth, single polarization mode operation with power
staff and 11 are adjunct staff. Academic staff members of
amplification.
the Division drive most of the research programs hosted by the Satellite Engineering Centre (SEC), Positioning
In addition of the patents, members of the Division won
and Wireless Technology Centre (PWTC) and Network
two Best Paper awards at two different conferences.
Technology Research Centre (NTRC). In addition, the
Mr Sun Hongbo, Mr Liu Weixian and Prof Lu Yilong and
Division hosts two research groups, namely, the Microwave
their collaborators won the best paper award at the CIE
Circuits, Antenna and Propagation (MCAP) group, and the
International Conference on Radar, held on 16-19 October
Modulation, Coding and Signal Processing (MCSP) group.
2006, for their paper entitled ‘A Special Operation
The former focuses on the development of new algorithms
Mode of BoomSAR in Application to Foliage Penetration
and tools for computational electromagnetics, as well as
Imaging’. Mr. Fu Weiming and Asst Prof Tan Eng Leong
innovative design of microwave circuits, antennas, and
won the 2nd Prize of the Best Paper Gold Award at the
wireless systems for industrial applications. The latter focuses
International RF and Microwave Conference, held on 12–14
on information theory and advanced modulation, coding
September 2006, for their paper entitled ‘Unconditionally
and signal processing techniques for wireless and secured
Stable FDTD Technique Including Passive Lumped Elements’.
communications.
Fourteen new projects with more than $4.6m total funding were also awarded to faculty member in the Division in 2006.
Among the major achievements of the Division in 2006 is the award of two patents filed in Singapore. The first patent is for a Temperature Compensation Package for Optic Fibre Gratings developed by Chen Zhihao, Lu Chao and Cheng Tee Hiang. This was granted on 31 March 2006. Specifically, the invention relates to fibre Bragg gratings, comprising uniform gratings, chirped gratings and blazed gratings. The second patent is for a Single Polarization Undirectional Distributed Feedback Fibre Ring Laser invented by Lu Chao, Lai Yicheng and Yang Xiufeng. This was granted on 31 July 2006. The
(Top) Prof. Lu YL and his students, with the Best Paper Award at CIE International Conference on Radar, 2006
(Left) Prof. Tan EL and his student Mr. Fu WM, recipients of the Second Prize of the Best Paper Gold Award at the International RF and Microwave Conference 2006
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Microwave Circuits, Antennas and Propagation Research Group Several members of the group are also carrying out
Objective
The Microwave Circuits, Antennas and Propagation research group aims to develop new algorithms and tools for computational electromagnetics as well as innovative designs of microwave circuits, antennas, and wireless systems for industrial applications.
pioneering work on microwave photonics. One of the projects focuses on the design and development of a radio over fibre (RoF) system, which is a joint project with the Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R), funded under the A*STAR Optical Network Focused Interest Group (ONFIG) programme. A related RoF project received funding support from Japan’s National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NiCT). Another microwave photonics project involves optical processing of microwave signals using differential group delay elements, chirped fibre Bragg
Highlights of Research Activities Most of the research activities of the research group are conducted in conjunction with and reported under other research centres. Certain research activities on computational electromagnetics are reported under the Centre for Modeling and Control of Complex Systems (CMCCS) in the Division of Control and Instrumentation; satellite related research are reported under the Satellite Engineering Centre (SEC), and research work related to wireless communication propagation and RFID, wireless network and GPS are reported under the Positioning and Wireless Technology Centre (PWTC). This section reports only those activities that do not involve the
gratings, and optical buffer. This project is funded by A*STAR. The project team has successfully designed 3-tap photonic microwave filters using a single section of Hi-Bi fibre. These beaming technology for phase arrays, and optically controlled microwave circuits. Other members of the group carry out extensive work on smart antenna systems, array based radar signal processing, millimetre wave circuit design and analysis, miniaturized microwave planar filters and antennas, and propagation characteristics of magnetostatic surface waves under arbitrary orientation of magnetization.
CMCCS, the SEC and the PWTC. A number of members of this research group are involved in radar-related research projects, which include high frequency surface wave radar for over-the-horizon target detection and tracking, and passive radar based through-the-wall surveillance.
Members of the group work closely with local industry to develop new technologies through several research tied-ups. In 2006, the group started a new collaborative Satcom & Sensor Systems research program with ST Electronics Pte Ltd to study microwave integrated antennas and circuits. The group is in the process of finalizing another research programme with Delphi Corporation on multi-mode millimetre wave phased array
The figures shows the Doppler-Range response of GSM signal
antennas and radar.
based passive through-the-wall detection of walking human
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Modulation, Coding and Signal Processing Research Group error correction (FEC) and signal processing techniques for
Objective
The aim of this research group is to conduct theoretical research and hardware implementation in areas related to modulation, coding and signal processing for use in wired and wireless communication systems.
optical communications, and performance analyses of various wireless communications under fading conditions. For space-time coding, the focus is on unifying design criteria for space-time block codes (STBC) of any dimensions as well as combining STBC and beamforming based on the channel state information (CSI) at the transmitter. The research team has found that by combining Alamouti’s code and beamforming, it is possible to increase the number of
Highlights of Research Activities The group’s research covers space time coding on multiinput multi-output (MIMO) systems, orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM), antenna beamforming, channel estimation, speech coding, and application of signal processing techniques for interference rejection in spreadspectrum systems. It also conducts research on forward-
transmit antennas to more than two and thereby improve the bit-error-rate performance significantly even under non-ideal CSI feedback conditions. The team has also proposed an integrated design of linear-structured STBC and beamforming, which gives significant performance improvement compared with the existing integrated design using the unstructured code.
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On MIMO/space-time coding, the group’s contributions include: pioneering the class of quasiorthogonal STBC with minimum decoding complexity (MDC-QOSTBC), achieving the first single-symboldecodable differential space time modulation based on QO-STBC, and discovering the first QO-STBC with code rates more than 1. Three algorithms have been proposed to estimate carrier frequency offset (CFO) in OFDM systems. The first one is the minimum output variance (MOV) algorithm that utilizes the minimum output variance property to estimate the fractional CFO without the aid of pilot symbols. The second algorithm has been derived based on the maximum likelihood criterion, which estimates the integer CFO with the aid of pilot symbols. To estimate the integer and fractional CFO simultaneously, an adaptive LMS-like algorithm has been studied. The LMSlike algorithm can track the variation of the offset caused by the Doppler shift, resulting in a good solution for CFO estimation in practical environments. The group has also attempted to exploit the diversity of MIMO-OFDM systems by means of space-timefrequency (STC) coding, to devise multi-user downlink algorithms for MIMO systems, and to evaluate spacetime coded MIMO systems in rank deficient channels. Another project of the group is the development of semi-blind channel estimation methods for OFDM channels to improve throughput 080 • Nanyang Technological University
and tracking performance. A novel approach, using the probability density function (PDF), is being investigated. Some group members also carry out research on bidirectional joint source-channel decoding of variable length codes for transmission through error-prone channels, perceptually prioritized bit-plane coding for highdefinition advanced audio coding, and
(Top) Beamforming Baseband Signal Processing System Test Bed
DCT-based blind source separation of convolutively mixed signals. Other
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members are working on wavelength-
for implementing a MIMO-OFDM
interleaving and erasure decoding
physical layer
for forward error correction in highrate long-haul optical communication systems subjected to polarization mode dispersion and chromatic dispersion. The BER performance of communication systems using various modulation schemes and employing diversity combining is also being investigated for signal fading that is two-wave with diffuse power (TWDP). Several novel adaptive beamforming techniques have been developed by group members, one of which is capable of performing the usual beamforming function while controlling the side lobe pattern.
Finally, for direct sequence spread spectrum (DS-SS) systems, the group is studying the detrimental effects of intentional or unintentional interference, such as narrowband interference in the form of multitone jamming (MTJ), multiple access interference (MAI) and broadband interference with AWGN, multipath fading and shadowing, on system performance.
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SATELLITE ENGINEERING CENTRE (SEC) Website: http://www.ntu.edu.sg/centre/sec/
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A funded project in inter-satellite link and satellite formation flying technology is also currently in progress.
he Satellite Engineering Centre (SEC) aims to be a centre of excellence in satellite engineering research
The Centre has completed the following projects since its
capable of spearheading the development of innovative
inception:
space technologies for satellite system designs.
• Acting as task force leader in the UN-ESCAP Regional Working Group on Space Technology and Applications to
The research focus of the centre covers: • the design and development of low earth orbit (LEO) micro
develop a Low Cost Mobile Groundstation prototype model (2000)
satellite missions • Ku-Band Satellite Link Simulator Project (2000) • distributed satellite ground system designs for mission control, operation and launch support
• Feasibility Study of LEO Based Area Communication Network System (2002)
• research in space science, technologies and applications for future micro-satellite and educational nano-satellite missions
• Project on the Merlion Communication Payload for the UoSAT-12 mini-satellite mission (2000)
The NTU satellite mission control groundstation and the joint NTU-DSO X-Sat micro-satellite mission and are the two major projects in the SEC.
Ground System for Satellite Mission Control, Operation and Launch Support Highlights of Research Activities Objective
The activities of the group focus on a novel Service Oriented
This research and development programme is to design and develop a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) for implementing an interoperable network-centric satellite mission control, operation and launch support ground system facility in NTU. Interoperations with other international ground system facilities to achieve wide area distributed ground system capabilities are anticipated.
Architecture for the satellite ground system software based on the use of distributed computing technologies. The SOA is an evolution of the component based architecture (Object Oriented Design) and the distributed object system design concepts which have been used extensively for designing and developing enterprise strength information systems. The concept is therefore not entirely new but is rapidly emerging as the premier integration and architectural framework for designing and developing information systems required for today’s complex, heterogeneous distributed computing environment of modern business enterprises. The objective of the SOA design concept is to achieve flexible and School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering • 081
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effective integration between coarse grained services so as to facilitate the composition, orchestration, encapsulation and management of the resultant enterprise applications. The overall design of the satellite mission control software system follows the SOA concept but its implementation framework uses a mixture of component level distributed object systems and service level XML Web Services in order to meet the technical mission operation requirements of a satellite groundstation, which differ from the typical operational requirements of business enterprises. The primary objective of achieving flexible and effective software integration in the SOA design is achieved through
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solutions to the interoperability and
presented at the Ground System
portability problems of distributed
tracking and display, mission planning,
Architecture Workshop GSAW2006 in
object systems. The most direct
mission control and operation, flight
California, USA in March 2006.
dynamics simulation, mission and
benefits of this design approach are the performance and ease of implementation of services using the most appropriate middleware systems to meet the satellite mission control service requirements. The XML Web Services, with the built-in SOA design approach in the middleware system itself, are utilized where the technology is more appropriately intended, namely, the IT services of the ground system. The overall satellite mission control system software design has met the SOA criteria, without the need to adopt a uniform implementation framework for the Enterprise Service Bus using the de-facto standard implementation framework for SOA based on XML Web Services. The research results have been 082 • Nanyang Technological University
The NTU Satellite Groundstation
space bus data acquisition, archival and distribution. The groundstation is currently undergoing testing and commissioning.
The NTU satellite groundstation, located at the rooftop of the Research TechnoPlaza building, is designed to provide mission control, operation and early launch phase support of the X-Sat mission and other compatible Low Earth Orbit satellite missions (i.e. those using the open space-earth link protocol known as CCSDS). It has a 6m dish antenna operating in the S Band frequencies with telemetry, command and ranging facilities. The groundstation provides satellite mission control functionalities (services) such as satellite orbit
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Space Science, Technology and Application Research satellite links, Formation Flying technology for distributed
Objective
This research and development programme is to perform upstream research in space science, technologies and applications in order to achieve new knowledge and advancements in the key areas of space research and to develop novel technologies for use in future space projects. Such research programs will help to advance the quality of education and stimulate interest in advanced studies and research in space science and technology among students in NTU.
satellite clusters, Satellite Based Advanced Data Acquisition and Messaging technologies • Novel and robust designs for micro- and nano-satellite space bus components. Specific focus: advanced multifunction power, controls and structural components. The research group anticipates prototype implementation of the new space system design concepts and the use of low cost experimental/ educational nano-satellite platforms or possible collaborations with satellite missions of other space organizations to flight-prove the designs. It also hopes to foster space research collaborations and academic activities with international space research
Highlights of Research Activities
centers and universities.
The research and development directions of this programme include the following key areas: • New space bus architectural design for enhanced interoperation between space and ground data systems and on-board autonomy. Specific focus: use of Space Internet for space data communication and software agents for distributed system operation/control, communication and autonomous operations of spacecraft. • Fault tolerant and high performance data processing system for on-board data handling. Specific focus: fault tolerant parallel processing unit for on-board data processing, micro-electronic system-on-chip design for fault tolerance and reliability • Novel satellite attitude and position sensors/actuators to meet cost and performance criteria. Specific focus: onboard high dynamic GPS receivers and satellite navigation applications, Star trackers, Micro-thrusters, MEM and Nano
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XSAT, Micro-Satellite Project Highlights of Research Activities
This is a developmental project undertaken by CREST (the Centre For Research in Satellite Technologies jointly set up by DSO and NTU), with participation from the School of EEE and various other schools in NTU, as well as partners such as DSTA, CRISP (Centre for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing, NUS), and overseas collaborators (SaTReCi, ISRO, DLR and DTU, etc.).
The project seeks to develop a low cost 100kg class multimission micro-satellite. The main subsystems of the XSAT are the Attitude Determination and Control Subsystem (ADCS), Power Supply Subsystem (PSS ), the X-Band (XBT), Telemetry and Telecommand sub-system (TTC), the On Board Data Handling subsystem (OBDH) and Structure. Besides the subsystems, XSAT is designed to carry one primary payload and two secondary payloads. The primary payload is the IRIS Camera. The two secondary payloads are an in-house designed Parallel Processor Unit and a GPS receiver from DLR.
Low cost microsatellite bus capable of performing remote sensing operations
The XSAT project objectives are: •
To develop a low cost micro-satellite bus capable of performing remote sensing operations in near realtime scenarios
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To build-up country capability (resources and facilities) in satellite engineering
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To promote academic interest for R&D in this area
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For this first satellite mission, the primary focus is the verification of bus performance. The primary mission, which drives the system specifications for this mission, is the provision of near real-time remote sensing, using 3 spectral bands. This mission definition, which is synonymous with multi-ton remote sensing satellites, is quite unlike microsatellite store and forward systems which are currently being deployed. This is particularly demanding as it would require very high power operation of attitude determination and control, imaging and high data rate downlink within the same orbital pass over the ground station. A Deck configuration was employed to package all the subsystems and payloads into the XSAT. The majority of the electronics for the different subsystems and payloads are housed in trays. These trays are stacked on one another to
the rigors of a rocket launch. Factors like radiation from high
form a rigid column.
energy particles can cause electronic components to suffer from latch-up or change their operating state.
The key challenges in this project are the selection of
In a number of systems, the project helps to promote inter-
components compatible with the space environment and the
disciplinary developments. For example, the RF module
design of compact and low power systems, able to withstand
requires the close co-operation of RF, power and mechanical engineering groups. The project adopts the standard 4-model approach of Prototype, Engineering, Qualification and Flight model approach. Towards the end of 2006, the project will have completed its Engineering model development, which would prove the mission concept and system design. 2007 will see the satellite progress through environmental tests simulating launch and in-orbit operations. In 2008, the Flight model will be completed and the satellite is expected to be ready for launch from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Shar Sriharikota, India. The launch vehicle will be the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
(Above) Power Control Module Tray (Left) TTC Receiver
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POSITIONING AND WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY CENTRE (PWTC) Website: http://www.ntu.edu.sg/centre/pwtc/
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he Positioning and Wireless Technology Centre has formalized three research groups undertaking R&D
activities in the following focus areas: Wireless Network, RF Identification and Tagging (RFID) and Global Navigation Satellite System & Applications. The PWTC’s major achievements and activities in 2006 include the following: • Two new externally funded projects with total research funding of S$1.865 M • Twelve internally funded projects with total research funding of S$879 K • Twelve on-going projects with total research funding of S$2.744 M • Publication of fifty-four papers in renowned international journals and international conferences.
Research Groups
Wireless Network The Wireless Network Research Program aims to excel in the research and development of advanced wireless technology and solutions. Currently, the program’s R&D activities are mainly focused on the PHY (physical), MAC (medium access control) and networking layers of broadband wireless systems.
RF Identification and Tagging (RFID) The RFID Research Program has been extensively involved in the design of many antennas and arrays for various wireless communication systems, such as 900MHz and 2.45GHz RFID systems, GSM and DCS mobile systems, and 60GHz highspeed wireless LAN.
Global Navigation Satellite System and Applications The research areas and topics of interest to the Global Navigation Satellite System and Applications Program include:
With an emphasis on collaborative research, the PWTC continues to form partnerships both within the university and with other universities.
• High accuracy positioning systems and applications such as DGPS reference network and centimeter level positioning systems and algorithms
Organizationally, the PWTC is a research centre within the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. The
• Intelligent in-vehicle navigation system
Centre is composed, however, of not only fifteen academic staff from the School of EEE (from two Divisions) but also
• Multi-objective routing and map matching algorithm
one academic staff each from the School of Computer Engineering, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and School of Civil and Environmental
• GPS-based Attitude determination of LEO micro-satellite using the LAMBDA method
Engineering. Sixteen research staff members have been employed in the Centre in the areas of Identification, Positioning and Tracking technologies. Thirteen international students from Swinburne University, University of Electronic
Upcoming Research Activities Integrated Identification, Ranging and Communication for an IR-UWB RFID System.
Science and Technology of China, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Southeast University and National
Impulse-radio ultra-wideband radio frequency identification
Engineer School of Bourges are also attached to the Centre.
(IR-UWB RFID) systems with combined identification, positioning and low-rate communication capabilities can be used in diverse application areas such as logistics,
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environmental monitoring, pervasive healthcare, safety and
orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) or
disaster recovery, smart space and collaborative workspace.
single-carrier FDMA with frequency-domain equalization
In this project, the Centre will conduct cutting-edge research
(FDE), and capacity-approaching channel coding with
into pertinent baseband signal design/processing algorithms
incremental-redundancy retransmission (commonly called
and techniques to support the following ranging and
Hybrid ARQ or HARQ). At the upper layers, many options for
communication functionalities of such a UWB-RFID system:
multi-hop networking and cross-layer designs are possible to suit different specialized needs.
• Long-range and high-capacity ranging and identification capabilities.
The main objective of this project is to develop a softwarereconfigurable baseband+RF platform that delivers both the
• High-capacity and robust sensor-data communication capabilities. • Solutions for the proposed UWB RFID system to coexist with other non-UWB wireless services. The research topics to be pursued in this project include: • Multi-band IR-UWB pulse and sequence design for high capacity RFID and sensor communication. • Phase-only correlators for two-way RFID ranging in dense
basic and advanced WiMax functionalities, beginning with the physical layer, then moving up the protocol stack. Specific R&D goals include: • Developing a cognitive MIMO-OFDM transceiver, a high efficiency MIMO channel estimation scheme, and a powerful doubly-selective fading mitigation scheme for very-high-mobility users. • Improved peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) reduction and digital baseband predistortion for a WiMAX base station transmitter with large number of subcarriers.
multi-path channels. • Flexible HARQ that exploits MIMO coding and FEC coding • Multi-antenna precoding and beamspot forming on RFID
for multi-class traffic.
nodes. • Multi-cell operation with MESH networking. • Coexistence studies and solutions for IR-UWB RFID system. • Performance evaluation in practical field trials.
Mobile WiMax Testbed Development and Research
Localization and Identification based on Ultra-Wideband Enabled RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) Technology
WiMax provides wireless communication services with much larger coverage areas than WiFi, while requiring much
In an A-STAR funded project, a UWB enabled RFID system
less infrastructure than cellular mobile radio. The WiMax
capable of real-time identification, localization, positioning
backbone supports MESH networking which provides
and tracking of objects and nodes will be designed.
scalability, survivability and security. The WiMax radio is frequency agile and supports a wide range of data rates.
Ultra-wideband RFID is an emerging technology with enormous
With embedded WiMAX modules, various data/CE/voice
market potential. RFID is used in supply chain management,
devices, such as notebook PCs, PDAs, mobile phones and
healthcare and sensor networks. The supply chain management
smart consoles, will be able to support wireless access
industry has a projected market size of US$5 billion in year
in building, in vehicle and possibly even between air to
2008, rising to US$20 billion by the year 2012.
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Ultra-wideband (UWB) is a license-free low-power radio transmission scheme with an enormous bandwidth of 7.5GHz. The use of UWB radio in RFID systems will bring significant benefits such as reduced risk of interfering with sensitive medical equipment in hospital and healthcare applications, very precise positioning for the logistics and retail industries, and ability to locate people through smoke and obstacles in hazardous search-and-rescue missions.
Despite UWB’s low power and short range, the system may be scaled up to serve thousands of nodes over hundreds of meters using networking techniques. Both active and passive tags will be studied. Core capabilities to be developed in this project include: (Top) Printed circular-disc monopole (Left) LNA Microphotograph amplifier (Bottom Left) Measured Return Loss
• Range modeling and parameter extraction
• Characterization of UWB propagation channels for investigations into ranging methods using signal strength,
• Source localization algorithms
time of arrival, angle of arrival, angle of departure • Peer to Peer ranging algorithms and scalable precision
and tracking
positioning algorithms
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EMI on broadband PLC systems, investigation of new signal injection technologies to suppress EMI from PLC systems
The Network Technology Research Centre C (NTRC) is an
and development of building control and monitoring systems
inter-school research centre hosted by the School of
using PLC.
Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) with participation from the School of Computer Engineering (SCE). The
The NTRC’s Power Line Communication (PLC) research
establishment of the NTRC by Digital Equipment Singapore
team has been participating actively in working towards the
and NTU in November 1991 provides a focal point for
identifying and overcoming potential issues in the successful
researchers with an interest in communications and computer
deployment of PLC technology. It has several projects which
networking to undertake research and development work
concern the practicality of implementation. For instance, a
of strategic importance to the Singapore’s economy. At
recent project was in collaboration with an industrial partner
present, our research activities are grouped under four main
to spearhead a research project on the development of
programs: (i) Power Line Communications, (ii) Optical
reliable and efficient communication protocols that will be
Communications, (iii) Network Control and Engineering
implemented in power line modems to provide various
and (iv) Mobile Network Technology.
communication services. In addition, another pilot project aims to replace the traditional electromechanical energy
The NTRC currently enjoys strong research manpower of
meters with new electronic energy meters for 1.3 million
42 staff and 22 PhD students, and owns new state-of-the-
customers in Singapore. The research team is currently
art facilities at Research TechnoPlaza located within NTU.
seeking collaboration with an industry partner for this
The NTRC has a total lab space of 12,000 square feet and
project to carry out a feasibility study of using PLC as a
is fully equipped to provide technical support and facilities
communication medium to link the energy meter units with
to both academic (undergraduate-and postgraduate-
the data concentrator in HDB residential buildings. The PLC
level) and industry-relevant research in the areas of data
research group is looking forward to the technical viability of
communications, local and wide area networks, digital signal
developing in-house local area networking, home automation,
processing, radio systems, optical transmission systems and
building control and monitoring and remote meter reading.
fibre-based computer networks. The Optical Communication group in the NTRC is dedicated
Centre is focused on establishing wireline broadband access in Information and Communication Technology (ICT), an area of strategic importance for the Singapore economy. The NTRC envisages that optical fibre together Currently, the
to designing and developing new methodologies for implementing next-generation optical networks. The key research areas that the NTRC optical group focuses on include Fibre Optics, Generalized Multi-protocol Label Switching (GMPLS), Fibre Bragg Gratings (FBGs) based
with VDSL and emerging power line communication
devices and fabrication systems, Channel Performance
(PLC) technologies will set the stage for new broadband
Monitoring for Terabit WDM Networks and Photonic Crystal
applications and services. Various research projects are
Fibres (PCFs). This particular group has produced many
already being undertaken by the staff and students associated
significant achievements. It has developed a novel design for
with some other schools and research centres from overseas
optical buffers which sets a new world record: the buffer time
universities. To name a few, some of these projects are
is longer than 1.568ms compared to the previous 1ms record.
in IP over WDM networks, generalized multi-protocol
The group has also realized a 72 fs ultrashort soliton pulse
label switching (GMPLS), access network management,
output from a passive mode locked fibre laser at 1550 nm
multi-access scheme for WDM passive optical networks,
wavelength. This is the shortest soliton pulse ever obtained
non-linear technologies for next generation optical fiber
from a fibre cavity. Also, the group is developing ultra-high
communications, optical network protection and restoration,
repetition rate fibre soliton lasers at 660GHz using passively
optical channel monitoring technology, measurement of
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The Network Control and Engineering group has carried out research activities relating to network system performance evaluation, QoS control, traffic engineering, multicast in the internet, routing resource management and traffic control in wireless networks. It has conducted a series of research projects in these areas, such as studies of the following: the impact of loss recovery on congestion control for reliable multicast, nominee selection for multicast congestion control, joint local recovery and congestion control for reliable multicast, and caching policy and cache placement for active reliable multicast. The new Mobile Network Technology research group was formalised in January 2005, and its objective is directed towards the design and development of mobile network, and wireless technologies, protocols and applications. Currently, the group is focusing on building applications such as implementing ad hoc networks using Cellonics UWB radio technology. The project explores possible future applications of UWB ad hoc networks. The group also has a research project funded by Defence Science & Technology Agency (DSTA). This project is to study the system performance of a general trunked radio system and a TETRA/TETRAPOL system in a wireless environment via computer simulation using an OPNET simulation tool. This project is led by Dr. Peter H. J. Chong and the work involves simulation modelling, performance evaluation criteria and performance analysis.
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Cheng Tee Hiang, Associate Professor
Sanjay Kumar Bose Vimal Kishore Dubey Guan Yong Liang Erry Gunawan Law Choi Look Lee Ching Kwang
Ng Chee Hock Ser Wee Shen ZhongXiang Shum Ping Soong Boon Hee Tan Soon Hie
Deputy Division Head Li Kwok Hung, Associate Professor
Professors Koh Soo Ngee Professor and Associate Chair (Academic) Lu Yilong
Associate Professors Sheel Aditya Arokiaswami Alphones
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Tan Soon Yim Teh Kah Chan Zhang Liren Zhong Wende
Zhu Lei Yu Lee Wu
Lee Yee Hui Ma Maode Nagarajan Narayanaswamy Tan Eng Leong Ting See Ho Xiao Gaoxi
Associate Professorial Fellows
Assistant Professor Chong Han Joo Peter Chua Tai Wei Gong Yi
092 • Nanyang Technological University
Kandiah Arichandran Mukkamala Kameshwar Rao Oh Soon Huat Poo Gee Swee@Po See Sui
DIVISION OF COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
Research Interests 1
Arokiaswami Alphones
Associate Professor
Microwave Photonics, Modeling of Microwave and optical integrated Circuits, EBG Structures.
2
Cheng Tee Hiang
Associate Professor
Optical Communications and Networking. Wireless Communications.
3
Chong Han Joo, Peter
Assistant Professor
Wireless/Mobile Communications.
4
Chua Tai Wei
Assistant Professor
Satellite communication.
5
Erry Gunawan
Associate Professor
Spread-spectrum, Channel-coding, Wireless and powerline communications, Radiolocation, MIMO, UWB, Multiuser-detection.
6
Gong Yi, James
Assistant Professor
Space-Time Coding and MIMO Signal Processing.
7
Guan Yong Liang
Associate Professor
Adaptive modulation, near-capacity coding, cross-layer
8
Kandiah Arichandran
Associate Professorial
optimization, channel modeling, digital watermarking. Electromagnetic fields, Wavelets, Cellular radio, RF systems.
Fellow Koh Soo Ngee
Professor
Law Choi Look
Associate Professor
11
Lee Ching Kwang
Associate Professor
Modelling of frequency selective surfaces.
12
Lee Yee Hui
Assistant Professor
Channel Characterisation, Antenna Design, Computational
9
Speech analysis and enhancement. Blind source separation. Joint source-channel coding. Distributed source coding.
10
UWB circuits, Channel measurements and modeling, RFID, Wireless Networks.
Electromagnetics, Evolutionary Techniques, EMC/EMI. 13
Li Kwok Hung
Associate Professor
Mobile communication, Spread-spectrum communication, Signal processing for communications, Coding theory.
14
Lu Yilong
Professor
Radars, antennas, array processing, microwave devices, computational electromagnetics, evolutional optimization.
15
Ma Maode
Assistant Professor
Wireless Networking, Optical networking, Performance evaluation of networks, MAC protocols.
16
Mukkamala Kameshwar Rao
17
NarayanaSwamy Nagarajan
18
Ng Chee Hock
Associate Professorial
Lasers/electro-optics, Thick and thin films, Materials research, Fiber
Fellow
optics, Optoelectronics.
Assistant Professor
Satellite Mission analysis and operations, Orbit & attitude determination and control, GPS Navigation.
Associate Professor
Network modeling & performance analysis. Broadband networks & QoS issues.
19 20
Oh Soon Huat
Poo Gee Swee
Associate Professorial
CDMA systems, Computer and communication networks, Wireless
Fellow
communication fading.
Associate Professorial
Data Communications and Computer Networks.
Fellow
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Research
Interests 21
Sanjay Kumar Bose
Associate Professor
Performance Modelling, Analysis and Simulation of Computer Networks, Optical Networks, Queuing Systems.
22
Ser Wee
Associate Professor
Sensor Array/Beamforming Techniques, Channel Estimation/ Equalization, Brain Signal Analysis.
23
Sheel Aditya
Associate Professor
Photonic microwave systems; Novel printed guiding/radiating structures; Printed antennas.
24
Shen Zhongxiang
Associate Professor
Antennas, Computational electromagnetics, Analysis & design of microwave components and devices.
25 26
Shum Ping
Associate Professor
Optical communications.
Soong Boon Hee
Associate Professor
Mobility, Optimisation for Wireless & Sensor networks, Modelling and QoS control.
27
Tan Eng Leong
Assistant Professor
Computational methods for multilayered electromagnetics, optics, acoustics, RF/Microwave IC, SAW/BAW.
28
Tan Soon Hie
Associate Professor
Satellite ground system and Space internet, Microwave circuits and Antenna.
29
Tan Soon Yim
Associate Professor
Indoor wireless LAN, Cellular or microcellular communications.
30
Teh Kah Chan
Associate Professor
Interference suppression, Multiuser detection, Signal processing for communications.
31
Ting See Ho
Assistant Professor
Wireless communications, MIMO systems and propagation, OFDM systems.
32
Vimal Kishore Dubey
Associate Professor
Xiao Gaoxi
Assistant Professor
Yu Lee Wu
Associate Professor
Zhang Liren
Associate Professor
Zhong Wende
Associate Professor
Coding, modulation and spread spectrum techniques for mobile and wireless communications.
33
Optical and wireless networking, network security, complex networks.
34
Mobile and cellular communications. Network protocols. Optical fiber communications.
35
Network Security, Communication Networks, Switching/Routing Algorithm, QoS, Network Modeling.
36
Optical communication systems and networks, Photonic packet switching.
37
Zhu Lei
Associate Professor
Planar Filters, Planar Antennas, Periodic Structures, Numerical Techniques, Numerical De-embedding.
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DIVISION OF COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
PhD and MEng
Degrees Awarded in 2006 PhD - Communication Engineering
1
Student
Project Title
S/No.
Space-time channel modeling for emerging wireless techniques: A
Supervisor/Co-supervisor
Chen Yifan
Vimal Kishore Dubey
Gao Jing
Zhu Lei
system-dependent approach 2
Fullwave modeling of coplanar-waveguide discontinuities for applications in filter and metamaterial
3
Propagation channel models for wireless communication systems
Jiang Lei
Tan Soon Yim
4
Nonlinear fibre ring laser
Lai Wenn Jing
Shum Ping
5
Orthogonal complementary codes for wideband wireless CDMA
Lu Liru
Vimal Kishore Dubey
communications 6
Design and optimization of frequency selective surfaces (FSS)
Luo Xingfang
Lee Ching Kwang
7
Theoretical Analysis and Mitigation of Inter-Carrier Interference in
Ng Wee Teck
Vimal Kishore Dubey
Ning Guoxiang
Aditya, Sheel
Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing System 8
Analysis of polarization mode dispersion in optical fiber communications
Shum Ping
and photonic microwave filters 9
Wavelength assignment and routing algorithms for WDM networks
Shen Shu
Xiao Gaoxi
10
Periodic structure in graded-index multimode fiber
Su Lei
Lu Chao
Full-wave characterisation of microstrip line structures for innovative design
Sun Sheng
Zhu Lei
Modeling and optimization of planar microwave filters
Wang Wen
Fu Shiang, Jeffrey
13
Lightwave propagation in microstructured optical fibers
Yan Min
Shum Ping
14
Design and crosstalk analysis of FBG-based Optical Cross-connects and
Yuan Hai
Zhong Wende
Yuen Chau
Guan Yong Liang
11
of microwave circuits 12
Xiong Yongzhong
add-drop multiplexers 15
Orthogonal and quasi-orthogonal space-time block codes
Tjhung Tjeng Thiang 16
Design and analysis of P-cycle-based survivable optical networks
Zhang Zhenrong
Zhong Wende
17
Layered space-time architectures for wireless communications in flat fading
Zhao Lan
Vimal Kishore Dubey
channels 18
Multi access schemes for Ethernet passive optical networks (EPONs)
Zhu Yongqing
Ma Maode
19
Combining transmitter beamforming and space-time block codes in slow
Liu Jin
Erry Gunawan
Koh Soo Ngee
Rayleigh flat fading channels 20
Speech enhancement methods based on masking properties
You Changhuai
21
A time domain decomposition based timed-frequency analysis for radar
Cai Chengjie
Fu Shiang, Jeffrey
Zhang Lili
Soong Boon Hee
Susanto Rajardja signal processing 22
Code division multiple access based multi-channel medium access control protocols and topology control for mobile ad hoc networks
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DIVISION OF COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
PhD and MEng
Degrees Awarded in 2006 MEng - Communication Engineering Project Title
S/No. 1
The study of high performance compact electromagnectic band-gap
Student
Supervisor/Co-supervisor
Huang Shaoying
Lee Yee Hui
microstrip filters 2
Study of low frequency FOPEN SAR imaging
Na Yibo
Lee Yee Hui
3
Data communication using earth mobile terminals for LEO satellite
Shantanu Shukla
Kandiah Arichandran
constellations 4
Design & analysis of MAC protocols in CDMA wireless networks
Zhu Qichao
Ma Maode
5
Single-ended broadband silicon carbide MESFET power amplifier
Jean Almira
Shen Zhongxiang
6
On Board Agents for Autonomous Operation of Micro Satellites
Deepak Mohan
Rusli Kandiah Arichandran
Selected
Publications in 2006 List of Selected Publications - Communication Engineering 1
M. F. Karim, A. Q. Liu, A. Alphones and A. B. Yu, “A Tunable bandstop filter via capacitance change of micromachined switches,” J. of Micromechanics and Microengineering, Vol. 16, pp. 851-861, Mar. 2006.
2
A. B. Yu, A. Q. Liu, Q. X. Zhang, A. Alphones and H. M. Hosseini, “Micromachined DC contact capacitive switch on low resistivity silicon substrate,” Sensors and Actuators A, Vol.127, pp.24-30, Jan. 2006.
3
S. Baskar, P. N. Suganthan, N. Q. Ngo, A. Alphones and R. T. Zheng, “Design of triangular FBG filter for sensor applications using covariance matrix adapted evolution algorithm,” Optics Commun., Vol.260, pp.716-722, April 2006.
4
G. Ning, S. Aditya, P. Shum, H. Dong, C. Q. Wu, and Y. D. Gong, “A new approach to determine the effects of PMD and chromatic dispersion on pulse and RF signals,” J. of the Optical Society of America – A, vol. 23, pp.117-123, Jan. 2006.
5
L. Cheng, S. Aditya, Z. Li, and A. Nirmalathas, “Generalized analysis of subcarrier multiplexing in dispersive fiber-optic links using Mach-Zehnder external modulator,” IEEE/OSA J. of Lightwave Technol., Vol. 24, pp. 2296-2304, June 2006.
6
L. Cheng, S. Aditya, Z. Li, A. Nirmalathas, A. Arokiaswami, and M. Ong, “Nonlinear distortion due to cross-phase modulation in microwave fiber-optic links with optical SSB or electro-optic upconversion,” accepted, IEEE Trans., Microwave Theory & Technol., 2006.
7
Y. Ye, T. Y. Chai, T. H. Cheng, and C. Lu, “Dynamic routing and wavelength assignment algorithms in wavelength division multiplexed translucent optical networks,” Computer Commun., 29(15), pp. 2975-2984, 2006.
8
X. Liu, C. Lu, T. H. Cheng and S. N. Koh, “A simplified step-by-step decoding algorithm for parallel decoding of Reed-Solomon codes,” accepted, IEEE Trans. on Commun., 2006.
9
M. Yang and P. H. J. Chong, “Capacity Optimizing Channel Allocation Schemes for Multi-Service Cellular Systems with Mobile Users,” accepted, Wireless Commun. and Mobile Computing, 2006.
10
J. Y. Yu and P. H. J. Chong, “An Efficient Clustering Scheme for Large and Dense Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANETs),” accepted, Computer Commun., 2006.
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DIVISION OF COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
Selected
Publications in 2006 List of Selected Publications - Communication Engineering 11
S. L. Chen and P. H. J. Chong, “Capacity Improvement with Dynamic Channel Assignment and Reuse Partitioning in Cellular Systems,” J. of Commun. and Network, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 13-20, March 2006.
12
Y. Chen, E. Gunawan, K. S. Low, S. C. Wang, Y. Kim and C. B. Soh, “Pulse Design for Time Reversal Method as Applied to Ultra-Wideband Microwave Breast Cancer Detection: A Two-Dimensional Analysis,” accepted, IEEE Trans. on Antennas and Propagation, 2006.
13
J. S. Fu, M. Mollah and N. Karmakar “Chebyshev Distributed Chirped Photonic Bandgap (PBG) Structures,” accepted, International J. of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2006.
14
Z. Du, K. Gong and J. S. Fu, “A Novel Compact Wideband Planar Antenna for Mobile Handsets,” IEEE Trans. on Antenna and Propagation, Vol.54, No.2, pp. 613-619, Feb 2006.
15
M. Mollah, N. Karmakar and J. S. Fu, “A Binomially Distributed PBG Structure and Its Application to Bandpass Filter,” International J. of RF and Microwave Computer-aided Engineering, Vol. 16, No. 4, pp. 355-366, July 2006.
16
Y. Gong and K. B. Letaief, “On the error probability of orthogonal space-time block codes over keyhole MIMO channels,” accepted, IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., 2006.
17
K. Zhong, Y. L. Guan, B. C. Ng, “Full-Rate Orthogonal Space-Time Block Code with Pulse-Shaped Offset QAM for 4 Transmit Antennas,” accepted, IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., 2006.
18
B. Xie, Y. L. Guan, J. Chen and C. Lu, “Wavelength-Interleaved FEC Scheme For Chromatic Dispersion Impaired Optical Systems,” accepted, Optics Commun., 2006.
19
C. Yuen, Y. L. Guan, T. T. Tjhung, “Single-Symbol-Decodable Differential Space-Time Modulation Based on QO-STBC,” IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., Vol. 5, No. 10, October 2006.
20
V. G. Reju, S. N. Koh and I. Y. Soon, “Convolution Using Discrete Sine and Cosine Transforms,” accepted, IEEE Signal Processing Lett., 2006.
21
C. H .You, S. N. Koh and S. Rahardja, “Masking-based beta-Order MMSE Speech Enhancement,” Speech Commun., Vol 48, Issue 1, pp. 57-70, January 2006.
22
Z. Zhang, C. L. Law and E. Gunawan, “Multipath Mitigation Technique Based on Partial Autocorrelation Function,” accepted, Wireless Personal Commun., 2006.
23
P. T. Teo, X. F. Luo, C. K. Lee, “Equivalent Circuit, Transmission Line Model and Smith Chart Approach for Multilayer Periodic Spatial Filter Design”, WSEAS Trans. on Commun., issue 5, Vol. 5, pp.647-655, May 2006.
24
P. T. Teo, X. F. Luo, C. K. Lee, “Frequency Selective Surfaces for GPS and DCS1800 Mobile Communication, Part 2: Integration with Antenna for Scattering Reduction,” accepted, IEE Proc. Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation, 2006.
25
Z. Zhang and Y. H. Lee, “A Modified Model-Based Interpolation Method to Accelerate the Characterization of UWB Antenna System,” accepted, IEEE Trans. on Antenna and Propagation, 2006.
26
F. Yang, K. H. Li and K. C. Teh, “Performance analysis of the blind minimum output variance estimator for carrier frequency offset in OFDM systems,” accepted, EURASIP J. on Applied Signal Processing, 2006.
27
M. H. Li and Y. L. Lu, “Dimension reduction for array processing with robust interference cancellation,” IEEE Trans. on Aerospace and Electronic Systems,” vol. 42, no. 1, pp.103-112, Jan. 2006.
28
M. Cheng and Y. L. Lu, “Structural Stability of Carbon Nanotubes Using Molecular Dynamics and Finite-Difference Time-Domain Methods,” IEEE Trans. on Magnetics. vol. 42, no. 4, pp.891-894, Apr. 2006.
29
M. H. Li and Y. L. Lu, “A refined genetic algorithm for accurate and reliable DOA estimation with a sensor array,” accepted, Wireless Personal Commun., 2006.
30
M. Ma and Q. Zhu, “Providing Real-Time Service in CDMA Wireless Networks,” accepted, Wireless Personal Commun., 2006.
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DIVISION OF COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
Selected
Publications in 2006 List of Selected Publications - Communication Engineering 31
Y. Zhu, M. Ma, & T. H. Cheng, “Hierarchical scheduling to support differentiated services in ethernet passive optical networks,” Computer Networks, 50(3), pp. 350-366, 2006.
32
Y. Zhang, M. Ma, and M. Fujise, "Call Completion in Wireless Network Over Lossy Link", accepted, IEEE Trans. on Vehicular Technology, 2006.
33
Y. Zhu, M. Ma, and T. H. Cheng, “An Efficient Solution for Mitigating Light Load Penalty in EPONs,” accepted, J. of Computers and Electrical Engineering, 2006.
34
G. S. Poo and Y. Zhou, “A New Multicast Wavelength Assignment Algorithm in Wavelength-Routed WDM Networks,” IEEE J. of Selected Areas in Commun., Part II: Optical Commun. and Networking, Vol. 24, No. 4, pp. 2-12, April 2006.
35
G. S. Poo and Y. Zhou, “Wavelength Assignment with Sparse Wavelength Conversion for Optical Multicast in WDM Networks,” accepted, Photonic Network Commun., 2006.
36
W. Ser, H. W. Chen and Y. L. Yu, “Self-Calibration based Robust Nearfield Adaptive Beamforming for Microphone Array”, accepted, IEEE Trans. Circuits and Systems II, 2006.
37
Y. J. Liu, Z. Shen, and C. L. Law, “A compact dual-band cavity-backed slot antenna”, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Lett., vol. 5, pp. 4-6, 2006.
38
J. Wang and Z. Shen, “A novel method for two-dimensional frequency estimation,” IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems II, vol.53, no.2, pp. 148-151, 2006.
39
H. Chen, Z. Shen, and E. Li, “Analysis of a three-dimensional antenna radiating through a two-dimensional radome using a fast high-order method,” IEEE Trans. on Magentics, vol.MAG-42, no.4, pp. 699-702, 2006.
40
X. Dong, P. Shum, C. C. Chan, and X. Yang “FSR-Tunable Fabry-Perot Filter With Superimposed Chirped Fiber Bragg Gratings,? IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., vol. 18, pp. 184-186. Jan. 2006.
41
X. Yu, M. Yan, L. W. Luo, and P. Shum, “Theoretical investigation of highly birefringent all-solid photonic bandgap fiber with elliptical cladding rods,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., vol. 18, pp. 1243-1245, June 2006.
42
M. Tang, X. Tian, P. Shum, S. Fu, H. Dong, Y. Gong, “Four-wave mixing assisted self-stable 4×10 GHz actively mode-locked Erbium fiber ring laser,” Optics Express, vol. 14, Issue 5, pp. 1726-1730, March 2006.
43
L. C. Hau, B-H Soong, and S. K. Bose, “Path Selection with Preemption and Re-routing Control for Multi-Protocol Label Switching Networks,” accepted, Computer Commun., 2006.
44
Y. Zhang and B. H. Soong, “Performance of Mobile Network with Wireless Channel Unreliability and Resource Insufficiency”, IEEE Trans. on Wireless Commun., vol. 5, no. 5, pp. 990-995, May 2006.
45
L. Zhang, B. H. Soong, W. Xiao, “Location-Aware Two-Phase Coding Multi-Channel MAC Protocol (LA-TPCMMP) for MANETs,” accepted, IEEE Trans. for Wireless Commun., 2006.
46
E. L. Tan, “Recursive Asymptotic Impedance Matrix Method for Electromagnetic Waves in Bianisotropic Media,” IEEE Microw. Wireless Comp. Lett., Vo. 16, No. 6, pp. 351-353, 2006.
47
E. L. Tan, “Enhanced R-Matrix Algorithms for Multilayered Diffraction Gratings,” Appl. Opt., Vol. 45, No. 20, pp. 4803-4809, 2006.
48
E. L. Tan, “Hybrid Compliance-Stiffness Matrix Method for Stable Analysis of Elastic Wave Propagation in Multilayered Anisotropic Media,” J. Acou. Soc. Am., Vol. 119, No. 1, pp. 45-53, 2006.
49
W. Q .Luo and S. Y. Tan, “A Radiated Emission Model for Power Line Communications”, IEEE Trans. Power Delivery, Vol. 21, No. 3, pp.1245-124, Jul 2006.
50
W. Q. Luo and S. Y. Tan, “A Distributed Circuit Model for Power Line Communications”, accepted, IEEE Trans. Power Delivery, 2006.
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DIVISION OF COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
Selected
Publications in 2006 List of Selected Publications - Communication Engineering 51
M. Huang and S. Y. Tan, “An Improved Spherical Antenna Array for Wideband Phase Mode Processing,” accepted, Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, 2006.
52
Z. Qin and K. C. Teh, “Iterative reduced-complexity multiuser detection based on Chase decoding for synchronous turbo-coded CDMA system,” IEEE J. Select. Areas Commun., Vol. 24, pp. 200-208, Jan. 2006.
53
X. Liu, K. C. Teh, and E. Gunawan, “Performance analysis of blind adaptive subspace multiuser detectors over multipath fading channels,” accepted, IEEE Trans. Vehic. Technol., 2006.
54
Y. Han and K. C. Teh, “Performance study of asynchronous FFH/MFSK communications using various diversity-combining techniques with MAI modeled as Alpha-Stable process,” accepted, IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., 2006.
55
S. H. Ting, K. Sakaguchi, K. Araki, “A robust and low complexity adaptive algorithm for MIMO eigenmode transmission system with experimental validation,’’ IEEE Trans. on Wireless Commun., Vol.5, no.7, pp. 1775-1784, July 2006.
56
S. H. Ting, K. Sakaguchi and K. Araki, ``A Markov-Kronecker model for analysis of closed-loop MIMO systems,’’ IEEE Commun. Lett., Vol.10, no.8, pp.617-619, August 2006.
57
S. Shen, G. Xiao, and T. H. Cheng, ‘A novel method of link-state update in wavelength-routed networks,” OSA/IEEE J. of Lightwave Technol., 24(3), pp. 1112-1120, 2006.
58
S. Shen, G. Xiao, and T.-H. Cheng, “Benefits of Advertising Wavelength Availability in Distributed Lightpath Establishment,” Computer Networks, Vol. 50, No. 13, pp. 2364-2379, Sept. 2006.
59
Q. Zhang, J. Sun, G. Xiao, and E. Tsang, “Evolutionary Algorithms Refining A Heuristic: Hyper-Heuristic for Shared-Path Protections in WDM Networks under SRLG Constraints,” accepted, IEEE Trans. on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part B, 2006.
60
H. Fu, L Zhang, S .Kawamura, and M. Zhang, “Replication Attack on Random Key Pre-distribution Schemes for Wireless Sensor Networks,” accepted, ACM Transaction on Information and System Security, 2006.
61
L. Zhang, H. Fu, and V. Goel, “Unified Solution to Registration, Authentication and Billing for Wireless Hotspots: Architecture and Protocols,” accepted, ACM Transaction on Information and System Security, 2006.
62
S. Fu, L. Zhang and P. Shum, “Design of SOA-Based Dual Loop Optical Buffer with a 3×3 Collinear Coupler: Guideline and Optimizations,” IEEE J. of Lightwave Technol., Vol.24, No.7, pp. 2768 – 2778, 2006.
63
B. Chen, W. D. Zhong, S. K. Bose, “Applying Saturated Cut Method in Dynamic Traffic Grooming for IP/MPLS over WDM Networks,” IEEE Commun. Lett., vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 117-119, February 2006.
64
N. Liu, W. D. Zhong, et al., “Improved chromatic dispersion monitoring technique,” Optics Commun., vol. 259, pp. 553-561, 2006.
65
N. Liu, W. D. Zhong, et al., “PMD and chirp effects suppression in RF-tone based chromatic dispersion monitoring,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., vol. 18, pp. 673-675, Mar. 2006.
66
Y. Zhang and L. Zhu, “Printed dual spiral-loop wire antenna for broadband circular polarization,” IEEE Trans. on Antennas and Propagation, Vol.54, No.1, pp. 284-288, January 2006.
67
J. Gao, L. Zhu, W. Menzel, F. Bögelsack, “Short-circuited CPW multiple-mode resonator for ultra-wideband (UWB) bandpass filter,” IEEE Microw. Wireless Comp. Lett., Vol.16, No.3, pp. 104-106, March, 2006.
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S. Sun and L. Zhu, “Capacitive-ended interdigital coupled lines for UWB bandpass filters with improved out-of-band performances,” IEEE Microw. Wireless Comp. Lett., Vol.16, No.8, pp. 440-442, 2006.
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