International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 26-29, 1992 / Town and Country Hotel and Convention Center, San Diego, California / Telemetry operation is used extensively on a typical Department of Defense (DOD) test range to transfer data from an airborne transmitter to a ground receiver. The conventional telemetry systems employed are usually narrow-band systems. When a large number of airborne transmitters need to transfer data simultaneously to a ground station, a spread spectrum modulation scheme can be used. The drawback of such a scheme, however, is the large emission bandwidth required. The present frequency channeling plans in the telemetry band do not support frequency approval of large bandwidth data telemetry systems. However, a key requirement for obtaining the frequency approval can be satisfied if it can be shown that the spread spectrum modulated signal does not interfere with other systems in the same band. That is, the spread spectrum telemetry systems (SSTS’s) are feasible if these systems are electromagnetically compatible with the existing narrow-band telemetry receivers (NBTR’s) in their immediate environment. The electromagnetic compatibility (EMC between the SSTS transmitters and the conventional NBTR would promise the beginning of a new era for the telemetry operations on a DOD test range. This paper develops a methodology to establish the EMC between multiple airborne transmitters of an SSTS employing the code division multiple access (CDMA) technique and a ground-based conventional NBTR on a typical DOD test range operating simultaneously in the same band. The paper calculates the electromagnetic interference (EMI) levels between the SSTS and the NBTR to establish the EMC between the two systems.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-27T18:12:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Roberta Robba Asola Fratti.pdf: 1045802 bytes, checksum: a3bb5045a43064f459393edbd811e6cf (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-02-19 / Introduction: Despite technological advances currently available, the audiometric test tonal still represents the only test that evaluates the hearing in a range of frequencies. Due to cases of incompatibility of results in clinical practice is essential to conduct research using different stimuli during the tests. Objective: To compare PTA thresholds gotten with the warble and narrow band stimuli in subjects with sensorio-neural hearing loss, without and with tinnitus. Method: The audiometric thresholds by air conduction with the stimulus warble and narrow band were researched in the frequencies 250 to 8000Hz in both ears in three groups: subjects with normal hearing, with hearing loss and without tinnitus and with hearing loss and tinnitus. Results: The results demonstrated meaningful statistic differences between warble and narrow band in all of groups. In the comparative analysis, the differences had been higher, with significance statistics, in the groups with hearing loss when compared with the subjects with normal hearing, independently of the tinnitus. Conclusion: the use of different stimulus in the audiometric evaluation can represent an important strategy for attainment of trustworth thresholds, mainly in subjects with hearing losses / Introdução: Apesar dos avanços tecnológicos atualmente disponíveis, a audiometria tonal ainda representa o único teste de audição que avalia a acuidade auditiva em uma determinada faixa de freqüências. Devido aos casos de incompatibilidade dos resultados encontrados na prática clínica é fundamental a realização de pesquisas utilizando diferentes estímulos durante os testes. Objetivo: Comparar os limiares audiométricos obtidos com os estímulos warble e narrow band em sujeitos com perda auditiva sem e com a presença de zumbido. Método: Foi realizada a audiometria tonal liminar por via aérea com os estímulos warble e narrow band nas freqüências de 250 a 8000 Hz (Hertz) em ambas as orelhas em três grupos: normo-ouvintes, com perda auditiva e sem zumbido e com perda auditiva e com zumbido. Resultados: Os resultados encontrados mostraram diferenças estatisticamente significantes entre o warble e narrow band intragrupos. Na análise comparativa, as diferenças foram maiores, com significância estatística, nos grupos com perda auditiva quando comparados aos normo-ouvintes, independentemente da presença de zumbido. Conclusão: a utilização de diferentes estímulos na realização da avaliação audiométrica pode representar uma importante estratégia para obtenção de limiares fidedignos, principalmente em indivíduos com perdas auditivas

Tradicionalmente, o processo de análise para obtenção da vida à fadiga em sistemas estruturais ou componentes mecânicos sujeitos a carregamentos dinâmicos é realizado no domínio do tempo, procedimento que, mesmo sendo amplamente conhecido, demanda maior tempo e esforço computacional. Nas últimas décadas, tem se aperfeiçoado métodos de solução no domínio da frequência que vêm apresentando maior eficiência e mostrando-se competitivos, além de um campo com promissor potencial de desenvolvimento. Assim, neste trabalho será desenvolvida uma abordagem visando reduzir os recursos computacionais consumidos numa análise de vida à fadiga, utilizando para isso métodos no domínio da frequência, onde excitação e resposta são representadas por PSD, e também uma abordagem de análise Global-Local. Para isso, será realizada uma sequência de etapas que de forma resumida são: geração do modelo Global, análise modal, geração do modelo Local e matriz de compatibilidade, cálculo da PSD a partir do carregamento, transformação do sistema para o domínio da frequência, montagem da Função de Resposta em Frequência, e por fim, utilizando dados da curva S-N do material será realizada a aplicação do modelo de Dirlik para prever a vida em fadiga. Todas estas etapas foram implementadas em programa numérico, e seus resultados testados com exemplos da literatura, gerando assim, um conjunto de ferramentas para pesquisa da fadiga no domínio da frequência. O estudo desenvolvido utiliza como hipóteses que a resposta do sistema estrutural seja linear, o carregamento seja randômico, estocástico e ergódico, a distribuição de picos siga uma distribuição gaussiana, e o método probabilístico para previsão da vida a fadiga se baseie nos parâmetros espectrais. / Traditionally the analysis process to obtain the fatigue life of structural systems or mechanical components subjected to dynamic loading is performed in the time domain, a procedure which, although widely known, requires more time and computational effort. In the last decades it has been optimized solution methods in the frequency domain that has shown greater efficiency and proving to be competitive, besides a field with promising potential development. Thus, this work will be developed an approach aimed at reducing the computational resources consumed in an analysis of fatigue life, using for this frequency domain method, where excitement and response are represented by PSD, and also a global-local analysis approach. Thereunto, there will be a sequence of steps that briefly are: Global model generation, modal analysis, generation of local model and compatibility matrix, calculation of the PDS from the load, system transformation to the frequency domain, assembly frequency response function and finally, using data from the SN curve of the material will be realized the application of Dirlik model to predict the fatigue life. All these steps were implemented in numerical software and their results were tested with literature examples, generating a set of search tools to fatigue in the frequency domain. The study was developed using hypotheses that the structural system response is linear, the loading is random, stochastic and ergodic, the peaks distribution follow a Gaussian distribution, and the probabilistic method to prediction of life for the fatigue is based on the spectral parameters.

n the problem of time delay estimation (TDE), the desired source signals of interest are correlated and with a specific spectral distribution. In such cases, the convergence speed using the conventional approaches, viz., time domain adaptive constrained and unconstrained LMS TDE algorithms, becomes slowly and the performance of TDE will be degraded, dramatically. In fact, the convergence rate depends highly on the distribution of spectral density of the desired signal sources. Also, the performance of TDE is affected by the background noises, accordingly. To circumvent the problem described above, in this thesis, a transformed domain adaptive constrained filtering scheme, refers to the constrained adaptive DCT-LMS algorithm, for TDE is devised. We show that this new proposed constrained algorithm, with the so-called direct delay estimation formula, for non-integer TDE does perform better than the conventional time domain adaptive constrained and unconstrained LMS TDE algorithms and the unconstrained adaptive DCT-LMS TDE algorithm. Finally, to further reduce the spread of eigenvalue in the unconstrained adaptive DCT-LMS algorithm, the Gram-Schmidt orthogonalizer approach realizing by the adaptive Escalator is investigated. It indicates that bias of TDE will occur without using the constraint of weight vector. That is, it could not be used to alleviate the effect due to background noises.

The convergence speed using the conventional approaches, viz., time-domain adaptive constrained and unconstrained LMS algorithms, becomes slowly, when dealing with the correlated source signals. In consequence, the performance of time delay estimation (TDE) will be degraded, dramatically. To improve this problem, the so-called transform-domain adaptive constrained filtering scheme, i.e., the adaptive constrained discrete-cosine-transform (DCT) LMS algorithm, has been proposed in [15]. However, the use of any one orthogonal transform will not result in a completely diagonal the input signal auto-correlation matrix for all types of input signals. In fact, the significant non-diagonal entries in the transform-domain auto-correlation matrix, will deteriorate the convergence performance of the algorithm. To further overcome the problem described above, in this thesis, a modified approach, referred as the adaptive constrained modified DCT-LMS (CMDCT-LMS) algorithm, is devised for TDE under a wide class of input processes. In addition, based on the orthogonal discrete wavelet transform (DWT), an adaptive constrained modified DMT-LMS (CMDWT-LMS) algorithm is also devised and applied to the problem of TDE. We show that the proposed two modified constrained approaches for TDE does perform well than the unmodified approaches under different source signal models. Moreover, the adaptive CMDCT-LMS filtering algorithm does perform slightly better than the adaptive CMDWT-LMS filtering algorithm as observed from the simulation results.

The technique of direct sequence code division multiple access (DS-CDMA) cellular system has been the focus of increased attention. In this thesis, we will consider the environment of DS-CDMA systems, where the asynchronous narrow band interference due to other systems is joined suddenly to the CDMA system. The suddenly joined narrow band interference will make the system crush down. The main concern of this thesis is to deal with suddenly joined narrow band interference cancellation. An adaptive filtering algorithm based on sliding window criterion and variable forgetting factor is known to be very attractive for violent changing environment. In this thesis, a new sliding window linearly constrained recursive least squares (SW LC-RLS) algorithm and variable forgetting factor linearly constrained recursive least squares (VFF LC-RLS) algorithm on the modified minimum mean squared error (MMSE) structure [9] is devised for RAKE receiver in direct sequence code-division multiple access (DS-CDMA) system over multipath fading channels. Where the channel estimation scheme is accomplished at the output of adaptive filter. The proposed SW LC-RLS algorithm and VFF LC-RLS has the advantage of having faster convergence property and tracking ability, and can be applied to the environment, where the narrow band interference is suddenly joined to the system, to achieve desired performance. Via computer simulation, we show that the performance, in terms of mean square errors (MSE) and signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR), is superior to the conventional LC-RLS and orthogonal decomposition-based LMS algorithms based on the MMSE structure [9].

Copies of author's previously published articles inserted. / Bibliography: leaves 118-126. / 160 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / The subject of this thesis is the improvement of the design of High fidelity (HF) Radio modems by interpreting the high fidelity radio channel from a signal design perspective. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 1996?

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Texas at El Paso, 2008. / Title from title screen. Vita. CD-ROM. Includes bibliographical references. Also available online.

Tradicionalmente, o processo de análise para obtenção da vida à fadiga em sistemas estruturais ou componentes mecânicos sujeitos a carregamentos dinâmicos é realizado no domínio do tempo, procedimento que, mesmo sendo amplamente conhecido, demanda maior tempo e esforço computacional. Nas últimas décadas, tem se aperfeiçoado métodos de solução no domínio da frequência que vêm apresentando maior eficiência e mostrando-se competitivos, além de um campo com promissor potencial de desenvolvimento. Assim, neste trabalho será desenvolvida uma abordagem visando reduzir os recursos computacionais consumidos numa análise de vida à fadiga, utilizando para isso métodos no domínio da frequência, onde excitação e resposta são representadas por PSD, e também uma abordagem de análise Global-Local. Para isso, será realizada uma sequência de etapas que de forma resumida são: geração do modelo Global, análise modal, geração do modelo Local e matriz de compatibilidade, cálculo da PSD a partir do carregamento, transformação do sistema para o domínio da frequência, montagem da Função de Resposta em Frequência, e por fim, utilizando dados da curva S-N do material será realizada a aplicação do modelo de Dirlik para prever a vida em fadiga. Todas estas etapas foram implementadas em programa numérico, e seus resultados testados com exemplos da literatura, gerando assim, um conjunto de ferramentas para pesquisa da fadiga no domínio da frequência. O estudo desenvolvido utiliza como hipóteses que a resposta do sistema estrutural seja linear, o carregamento seja randômico, estocástico e ergódico, a distribuição de picos siga uma distribuição gaussiana, e o método probabilístico para previsão da vida a fadiga se baseie nos parâmetros espectrais. / Traditionally the analysis process to obtain the fatigue life of structural systems or mechanical components subjected to dynamic loading is performed in the time domain, a procedure which, although widely known, requires more time and computational effort. In the last decades it has been optimized solution methods in the frequency domain that has shown greater efficiency and proving to be competitive, besides a field with promising potential development. Thus, this work will be developed an approach aimed at reducing the computational resources consumed in an analysis of fatigue life, using for this frequency domain method, where excitement and response are represented by PSD, and also a global-local analysis approach. Thereunto, there will be a sequence of steps that briefly are: Global model generation, modal analysis, generation of local model and compatibility matrix, calculation of the PDS from the load, system transformation to the frequency domain, assembly frequency response function and finally, using data from the SN curve of the material will be realized the application of Dirlik model to predict the fatigue life. All these steps were implemented in numerical software and their results were tested with literature examples, generating a set of search tools to fatigue in the frequency domain. The study was developed using hypotheses that the structural system response is linear, the loading is random, stochastic and ergodic, the peaks distribution follow a Gaussian distribution, and the probabilistic method to prediction of life for the fatigue is based on the spectral parameters.

Tradicionalmente, o processo de análise para obtenção da vida à fadiga em sistemas estruturais ou componentes mecânicos sujeitos a carregamentos dinâmicos é realizado no domínio do tempo, procedimento que, mesmo sendo amplamente conhecido, demanda maior tempo e esforço computacional. Nas últimas décadas, tem se aperfeiçoado métodos de solução no domínio da frequência que vêm apresentando maior eficiência e mostrando-se competitivos, além de um campo com promissor potencial de desenvolvimento. Assim, neste trabalho será desenvolvida uma abordagem visando reduzir os recursos computacionais consumidos numa análise de vida à fadiga, utilizando para isso métodos no domínio da frequência, onde excitação e resposta são representadas por PSD, e também uma abordagem de análise Global-Local. Para isso, será realizada uma sequência de etapas que de forma resumida são: geração do modelo Global, análise modal, geração do modelo Local e matriz de compatibilidade, cálculo da PSD a partir do carregamento, transformação do sistema para o domínio da frequência, montagem da Função de Resposta em Frequência, e por fim, utilizando dados da curva S-N do material será realizada a aplicação do modelo de Dirlik para prever a vida em fadiga. Todas estas etapas foram implementadas em programa numérico, e seus resultados testados com exemplos da literatura, gerando assim, um conjunto de ferramentas para pesquisa da fadiga no domínio da frequência. O estudo desenvolvido utiliza como hipóteses que a resposta do sistema estrutural seja linear, o carregamento seja randômico, estocástico e ergódico, a distribuição de picos siga uma distribuição gaussiana, e o método probabilístico para previsão da vida a fadiga se baseie nos parâmetros espectrais. / Traditionally the analysis process to obtain the fatigue life of structural systems or mechanical components subjected to dynamic loading is performed in the time domain, a procedure which, although widely known, requires more time and computational effort. In the last decades it has been optimized solution methods in the frequency domain that has shown greater efficiency and proving to be competitive, besides a field with promising potential development. Thus, this work will be developed an approach aimed at reducing the computational resources consumed in an analysis of fatigue life, using for this frequency domain method, where excitement and response are represented by PSD, and also a global-local analysis approach. Thereunto, there will be a sequence of steps that briefly are: Global model generation, modal analysis, generation of local model and compatibility matrix, calculation of the PDS from the load, system transformation to the frequency domain, assembly frequency response function and finally, using data from the SN curve of the material will be realized the application of Dirlik model to predict the fatigue life. All these steps were implemented in numerical software and their results were tested with literature examples, generating a set of search tools to fatigue in the frequency domain. The study was developed using hypotheses that the structural system response is linear, the loading is random, stochastic and ergodic, the peaks distribution follow a Gaussian distribution, and the probabilistic method to prediction of life for the fatigue is based on the spectral parameters.