Pub Date : 2018-11-01DOI: 10.1109/ACIT.2018.8672710
Ali Haroun, Rawad Nasr, A. Ghouwayel
This paper presents a novel architecture of a soft NB-LDPC decoder for joint iterative MIMO receivers. The architecture is able to decode the rate R= 1/2 with frame length N=384 LDPC code using a 64 QAM modulation. To our knowledge, it is the first soft decoder architecture that implements the belief propagation algorithm based on vertical shuffle schedule. The proposed architecture implements a single variable node processor where the Log Likelihood Ratio (LLR) computation block is removed. It also implements a single Check Node processor that is composed of six Elementary Check Nodes. Synthesis results show that the proposed architecture consumes 6.476 K slices and run at a maximum clock frequency of 70 MHz. Taking only the decoding process part alone, 188 clock cycles are required to perform decoding iterations.
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Pub Date : 2018-11-01DOI: 10.1109/ACIT.2018.8672714
Ahmad Drak, A. Asteroth
In this paper we present work towards finding an optimal flight zone of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) as adhering to space-restricting factors brought upon by a dynamic vector field extraction algorithm. The objective of the UAV is to perform side-by-side tracking and following of a lightweight ground vehicle while acquiring high quality video of tufts attached to the side of the tracked vehicle. The recorded video is supplied to a dynamic vector field extraction algorithm that produces the positions and deformations of the tufts over time as they interact with the surrounding air, resulting in an airflow model of the tracked vehicle. The present limitations of wind tunnel tests and computational fluid dynamics simulation suggest the use of a UAV for real world evaluation of the aerodynamic properties of the shell of the vehicles exterior. The novelty of the proposed approach is alluded to defining specific flight zone restricting factors while adhering to the vector field extraction algorithm, where as a result we were capable of formalizing a locally-static and a globally-dynamic geofence attached to the tracked vehicle and enclosing the UAV. Moreover, a drone video quality and stability analysis tool was implemented to aid in quantifying the quality of the drone video and in constructing the geofence.
{"title":"Towards Finding an Optimal Flight Zone for a Side-by-Side Tracking UAV w.r.t Extraction of Dynamic Vector Fields","authors":"Ahmad Drak, A. Asteroth","doi":"10.1109/ACIT.2018.8672714","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACIT.2018.8672714","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we present work towards finding an optimal flight zone of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) as adhering to space-restricting factors brought upon by a dynamic vector field extraction algorithm. The objective of the UAV is to perform side-by-side tracking and following of a lightweight ground vehicle while acquiring high quality video of tufts attached to the side of the tracked vehicle. The recorded video is supplied to a dynamic vector field extraction algorithm that produces the positions and deformations of the tufts over time as they interact with the surrounding air, resulting in an airflow model of the tracked vehicle. The present limitations of wind tunnel tests and computational fluid dynamics simulation suggest the use of a UAV for real world evaluation of the aerodynamic properties of the shell of the vehicles exterior. The novelty of the proposed approach is alluded to defining specific flight zone restricting factors while adhering to the vector field extraction algorithm, where as a result we were capable of formalizing a locally-static and a globally-dynamic geofence attached to the tracked vehicle and enclosing the UAV. Moreover, a drone video quality and stability analysis tool was implemented to aid in quantifying the quality of the drone video and in constructing the geofence.","PeriodicalId":443170,"journal":{"name":"2018 International Arab Conference on Information Technology (ACIT)","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128733628","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2018-11-01DOI: 10.1109/ACIT.2018.8672703
Jamal Haydar, Ahmad NourAldeen, H. Fayad, W. Fahs, Hussein Al Haj Hassan
Accumulation of dust on the surface of solar panels distract the light from reaching solar cells. This leads to significant degradation in the performance of solar panels in terms of output power. In this paper, we present a simple and low cost cleaning system to mitigate the effect of dust on the performance of solar panels. The mechanical as well as the electrical subsystems are described, an algorithm for controlling the cleaning mechanism is proposed. Results show that the cleaning system allows the solar panel to provide regular power output.
{"title":"A Low Cost Automated Cleaning System for Photovoltaic Panels","authors":"Jamal Haydar, Ahmad NourAldeen, H. Fayad, W. Fahs, Hussein Al Haj Hassan","doi":"10.1109/ACIT.2018.8672703","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACIT.2018.8672703","url":null,"abstract":"Accumulation of dust on the surface of solar panels distract the light from reaching solar cells. This leads to significant degradation in the performance of solar panels in terms of output power. In this paper, we present a simple and low cost cleaning system to mitigate the effect of dust on the performance of solar panels. The mechanical as well as the electrical subsystems are described, an algorithm for controlling the cleaning mechanism is proposed. Results show that the cleaning system allows the solar panel to provide regular power output.","PeriodicalId":443170,"journal":{"name":"2018 International Arab Conference on Information Technology (ACIT)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124383019","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2018-11-01DOI: 10.1109/ACIT.2018.8672687
Mahmoud Al Shareeda, Ayman Khalil, W. Fahs
The most significant elements of a vehicular ad hoc network (VANET), besides VANET-enabled vehicles, are roadside units (RSUs). The effectiveness of a VANET mainly depends on the density and location of these RSUs. Throughout the primary stages of VANET, it will not be potential to deploy a big number of RSUs either due to the low marketplace penetration of VANET enabled vehicles or due to the deployment price of RSUs. There is, therefore, a need to optimally place a limited number of RSUs in a specified area in order to accomplish maximum performance. In this paper, we present the well-known genetic algorithm based on RSU location to find an optimal or near optimal solution. We provide the basic simulation environment of this work OSM to download real map data, GatcomSUMO to generate car mobility, SUMO to simulate road traffic, veins model framework for running vehicular network simulations on Omnet++, Omnet++ to simulate realistic network and Matlab to build the algorithm in order to analyze the results. The simulation scenario is based on the Hamra district of Beirut, Lebanon. Based on the genetic algorithm, our proposed RSU placement model demonstrates that an optimal RSU position that can enhance the reception of basic safety message (BSM) delivered from the vehicles, can be accomplished in a specified road-map layout.
{"title":"Towards the Optimization of Road Side Unit Placement Using Genetic Algorithm","authors":"Mahmoud Al Shareeda, Ayman Khalil, W. Fahs","doi":"10.1109/ACIT.2018.8672687","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACIT.2018.8672687","url":null,"abstract":"The most significant elements of a vehicular ad hoc network (VANET), besides VANET-enabled vehicles, are roadside units (RSUs). The effectiveness of a VANET mainly depends on the density and location of these RSUs. Throughout the primary stages of VANET, it will not be potential to deploy a big number of RSUs either due to the low marketplace penetration of VANET enabled vehicles or due to the deployment price of RSUs. There is, therefore, a need to optimally place a limited number of RSUs in a specified area in order to accomplish maximum performance. In this paper, we present the well-known genetic algorithm based on RSU location to find an optimal or near optimal solution. We provide the basic simulation environment of this work OSM to download real map data, GatcomSUMO to generate car mobility, SUMO to simulate road traffic, veins model framework for running vehicular network simulations on Omnet++, Omnet++ to simulate realistic network and Matlab to build the algorithm in order to analyze the results. The simulation scenario is based on the Hamra district of Beirut, Lebanon. Based on the genetic algorithm, our proposed RSU placement model demonstrates that an optimal RSU position that can enhance the reception of basic safety message (BSM) delivered from the vehicles, can be accomplished in a specified road-map layout.","PeriodicalId":443170,"journal":{"name":"2018 International Arab Conference on Information Technology (ACIT)","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126051739","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2018-11-01DOI: 10.1109/ACIT.2018.8672724
A. Shaout, Brennan Crispin
Children and infants being left in cars on hot summer days is a major public health issue across the world. With modern sensor and connectivity technology, it should be possible to detect these scenarios by uploading raw data to the cloud. In the cloud, systems will be able to respond to this data and make judgements to notify proper response personnel. In this paper, we explore cloud technology to process updates from a sensor system and how it could be used to send notifications to prevent these tragic occurrences.
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Pub Date : 2018-11-01DOI: 10.1109/ACIT.2018.8672704
N. E. Elshaiekh, Yasir Ali Ahmed Hassan, Amna Abdelrouf Alhassan Abdallah
Remote working is a kind of work process that keep workers to do their job activities from distance or out of work surroundings. In this review paper, the concepts, advantages and disadvantages of remote working are elaborate, then specific issues of remote working has been discussed, specially issues that raised by researchers and expirees who examined and analyzed these issues and the most challenging facing by them. There are different kinds of remote working; According to the workers who use it, the place, type of work, the environment, and the purpose of use. According to the reviews there are positive and negative impacts on workers performance by using the remote working which may include; Information and communication (LCT) had useful effects on more results, such as job happiness, performance, revenue intent, and role stress,: minimum physical necessities, individual monitor over work pace, defined deliverables, a need for concentration, and a comparatively low need for communication. The persons who worked at home effectively were found to be extremely self-motivated and self-disciplined and to have abilities which providing them with bartering influence. They also made the plan either because of family desires or because they preferred few social fraud facts beyond family. The negative impacts include; pressures of time management, Financial pressures or uncertainty, Loneliness from lack of colleague contact, Separation in the workplace - feeling ‘left out’, Absence of regular routine, market yourself, Lack of sympathetic from others who choose more conformist paths. Difficulty swapping off’ at the end of the day. and Pressure in close relations.
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Pub Date : 2018-11-01DOI: 10.1109/ACIT.2018.8672726
M. Sabri, M. Odeh, M. Saad
This paper is aimed at discussing a novel approach in linking Knowledge Management Enablers (KMEs) to an object-based Business Process Architecture (BPA) method using a semantic-driven approach. The semantic enriched Riva BPA (srBPA) has been selected to be linked to the abstract knowledge management enablers' ontology (aKMEOnt). The aKMEOnt has been utilized in order to generate the Essential Business Entities (EBEs) of the srBPA ontology. Linking between these two artifacts is demonstrated using a typical example of the deposits department in banking. In conclusion, this new linkage approach between KMEs and BPA has informed the effectiveness of using semantic KMEs and Semantic Web Rule Language (SWRL) rules in the semi-automatic identification of representative EBEs. These EBEs constitute the first essential building block of the Riva BPA method which drives the development of Units of Work and the subsequent 1st and 2nd cut Riva process architectures.
本文旨在讨论一种使用语义驱动方法将知识管理推动者(KMEs)与基于对象的业务流程体系结构(BPA)方法连接起来的新方法。选择语义丰富的Riva BPA (srBPA)与抽象知识管理推手本体(aKMEOnt)相关联。aKMEOnt已被用于生成srBPA本体的基本业务实体(Essential Business Entities, EBEs)。这两个工件之间的链接使用银行存款部门的典型示例进行演示。综上所述，基于语义KMEs和语义Web规则语言(SWRL)的语义语义语义关联方法在代表性ebe半自动识别中的有效性得到了验证。这些ebe构成了Riva BPA方法的第一个基本构建块，该方法驱动了工作单元的开发以及随后的第一和第二阶段Riva过程体系结构。
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Pub Date : 2018-11-01DOI: 10.1109/ACIT.2018.8672679
Alaa Abd-Raheem, Farah AlDeiri, Musa Alyaman
3D scanning is the process of generating a computer aided design model from an existing physical part. It can be achieved by different methods whether using: LASER, camera, and many advanced optical techniques. In this paper, we will concentrate on camera scanning technique, which is known as Photogrammetry. The input is a set of photographs, and the output is a 3D model of a real-world object. By using a camera and acquiring many images with predefined positions and orientations. 3D reconstruction from 2D images using Structure from Motion algorithm produces the point cloud and eventually the complete textured mesh. This system is specialized in 3D scanning of small objects. It involves the design of a fully automatic closed system of controlled scanning conditions in terms of lighting and angles of captured images.
三维扫描是从现有的物理部件生成计算机辅助设计模型的过程。它可以通过不同的方法来实现，无论是使用激光，相机，还是许多先进的光学技术。在本文中，我们将集中讨论相机扫描技术，即摄影测量学。输入是一组照片，输出是一个真实世界物体的3D模型。通过使用相机并获取具有预定义位置和方向的许多图像。利用Structure from Motion算法对二维图像进行三维重建，生成点云，最终生成完整的纹理网格。该系统专门用于小物体的三维扫描。它涉及设计一个全自动的封闭系统，控制扫描条件的照明和捕获图像的角度。
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Pub Date : 2018-11-01DOI: 10.1109/ACIT.2018.8672686
Ruba Mohammad Haj Hamad, M. Fayoumi
Cloud computing is a vital paradigm which has become a top priority in companies around the world. Small to medium enterprises (SMEs) are thinking about how to adopt Cloud computing with high hopes of improving efficiency, using the latest technologies, increasing agility, avoiding the headache of acquiring hardware and software in CDC and, finally, saving money by minimizing the upfront cost. However, there are currently no accurate feasibility or Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) studies to encourage them to go for the Cloud approach and stop modernizing CDC. Since Cloud cost is one of the key topics nowadays, a one-year project was conducted to modernize and innovate a Classical Data Center (CDC) owned by a Jordanian information technology company and track the associated expenses to determine whether modernization of a CDC or adoption of Cloud computing instances is more cost-effective. To achieve clear insights, this study presented the cost difference between modernization of CDC and Oracle Cloud adoption. The results of this research study revealed that Cloud Computing is highly cost effective when TCO is calculated. Moreover, this study could be useful and applicable for information technology enterprises and banking domains.
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Pub Date : 2018-11-01DOI: 10.1109/ACIT.2018.8672581
Hassan Zahr, Hussein Al Haj Hassan, Jamal Haydar
The world is witnessing major developments in many technologies. This enables the use of new methods to ease the life of humans. Among these methods, speech recognition is used in several fields including automation, health care and assisting. In this paper, we present a web-based framework that employs speech recognition and can be used in assisting users (or customers) in many facilities such as universities or malls. The components of the system are explained and the used technologies are described. Finally, we show the implementation of an application that uses the proposed framework to help students in IUL university.
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