Workshop Program

Recently, demands on microwave technologies for intelligent mobility are increasing worldwide. This special session is dedicated to present trends of microwave technologies for intelligent mobility.
First, activities of IEEE MTT-S on this topic are summarized by Dr. Tim Lee, MTT-S President, and upcoming 2016 IEEE MTT-S International Conference on Microwave Technologies for Intelligent Mobility (ICMIM2016), which will be held in San Diego, USA, is introduced by Dr. Hiroshi Kondoh, TPC Chair. In addition, technical aspects of automotive radar signal processing and wireless local positioning are overviewed by Prof. Christian Waldschmidt, University Ulm, Germany, and Martin Vossiek Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Germany, respectively.

Keyword ： Intelligent Mobility, Automotive Radars, Imaging Radar, Wireless Local Positioning, RFID, Real-Time Locating Systems

In next-generation ITS communication systems, radio wave interference with frequency sharing with existing systems, such as Wi-Fi at 5.8GHz/5.9GHz band has become a problem. In order to overcome this issue, it is crucial to cooperate with various points of view from microwave devices, antennas, and system levels through application, legal and administrative levels. However, this multi-level problem has not been discussed so far or even there is no place for the discussion.
This panel session discusses challenges and potential solutions for the problem for the first time with multi level professionals.

Keyword ： ITS, DSRC, Radio Wave Interference, Low Latency

This seminar introduces the basic theory of composite right/lefthanded (CRLH) transmission lines, and explains the principle of negative impedance converters which generate non-Foster impedances including negative capacitance and negative inductance.
Though a big breakthrough is required to realize stable nondispersive metamaterials, their unique features are also introduced.

Keyword ： Left-Handed Metamaterial, CRLH Transmission Line, Non-Foster Impedance, Non-Dispersive Metamaterial

According to lessons learned from the Great East Japan Earthquake happened in 11 March 2011, disaster resilient information and communication technologies (ICT) have been studied by various research institutes of industry, academia and government.
This session introduces disaster resilient ICT such as the Strategic Innovation Promotion program (SIP), wireless relay using small unmanned aircraft, Movable and Deployable ICT Resource Unit (MDRU) and multi-mode portable Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) for satellite communications.

Keyword ： Disaster Resilience, ICT, Small Unmanned Aircraft, MDRU, VSAT

IoT (Internet of Things)connects a thing and a thing. What is IoT different from a conventional sensor network as a system? When a thing and a thing are connected in the real physical world, the exchanged information between them is processed at more direct working level. A network for IoT is also reconfigurable for constructing multifunctional advanced system.
In this workshop, key idea and system-level issues in IoT from such point of view discuss.

Keyword ： IoT, Semiconductor Device, Energy, Sensing, Network

Location-based service (LBS) technology includes technology of real-time positioning and of service generation based on the location. It provides information on dynamic changes of society such as people and vehicle movement and can enrich information collected through IoT by adding position data of sensors. LBS technology and service needs innovation of wireless communication technology for further improvements.
This workshop provide opportunity of reviewing current status of LBS and discussing future directions of wireless technology for future LBS.

Keyword ： Location-Based Service, Real-Time Positioning Technology, Wireless Communication Technology, Future Trend and Research and Development

The most commonly used S parameters are normalized to a real reference resistance, typically 50Ω. In some cases, the use of S-parameters normalized to some complex reference impedance is essential or convenient. But there are different definitions of complex-referenced S parameters that are incompatible with each another and serve different purposes. To make matters worse, different simulators implement different ones and which ones are implemented is rarely properly documented.
In this seminar, we will consider possible scenarios in which using the right one matters.

Keyword ： S Parameters, Reference Impedance, Microwave Simulator, EM Simulator

Smart devices utilize wireless communication wisely and everyone use it as a part of their life. Nowadays, more and more systems use wireless communications. Especially in advanced nations including Japan, IoT for industry is one of the most emerging application, in which practical and reliable sensor network is the essential.
This session illustrates system examples and explains knowledge and technologies required for constructing appropriate sensor networks.

Keyword ： Smart Device, Sensor Network, Industry System

It is essential for wireless sensor network to design and evaluate end to end utilized system among sensor, connectivity and cloud connection.
This introductory seminar is organized to help engineer to understand wireless sensor IC usage and cloud connection through simple demonstration with typical Texas Instruments sensor & connectivity IC.

Keyword ： Sensor, Connectivity, Cloud Connection