Monday, 12 November 2007

Mo1.1 Welcome and Keynote Address
Chair: Yiannis Vardaxoglou, Loughborough University, UK
Co-Chair: Juan Mosig, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland

Mo2.1 Plenary Talks
Chair: Antoine Roederer, ESTEC, European Space Agency, Netherlands
Co-Chair: Jean-Louis Guiraud, ENSICA, France

Mo3.2 Invited Papers
Chair: Peter Hall, University of Birmingham, UK
Co-Chair: Per Ingvarson, Saab Space, Sweden

Mo3.3 Invited Papers
Chair: Thomas Kürner, Braunschweig Technical University, Germany
Co-Chair: Ken Craig, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK

Mo4.2 Convened Session – Reflectarrays I
Chair: Rolf Jakoby, Institut für Hochfrequenztechnik, Germany
Co-Chair: George Eleftheriades, University of Toronto, Canada

Mo4.3 Propagation Models for Automatic Network Planning
Chair: Emanuel van Lil, KU Leuven, Belgium
Co-Chair: Yves Lostanlen, SIRADEL, France

Mo4.4 Convened Session – ACE - Active, Integrated and -mm Wave Antennas, MEMS I
Chair: Ronan Sauleau, University of Rennes 1, France
Co-Chair: Makoto Ando, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

Small Antennas and Elements

MoPA.001
Miniature Antenna for Circularly Polarized Quasi Isotropic Coverage
M Huchard, C Delaveaud, CEA-LETI MINATEC, France, S Tedjini, LCIS/ESISAR-INPG, France

MoPA.002
Signal and Noise Analysis of Small Antennas Terminated with High-Impedance Amplifiers
K F Warnick, M A Jensen, Brigham Young University, USA

MoPA.003
A Comparative Study of Fractal Patch Antennas based on an Aperture Coupled Feed
D Townend, J A Flint, C B Mulenga, Loughborough University, UK

MoPA.004
An Optimised Stacked E-Shaped Patch Antenna
V Devaraj, K K Ajayan, M R Baiju, College of Engineering, Trivandrum, India

MoPA.005
Double Semi-Rings Patch Antenna
W J Krzysztofik, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland

MoPA.006
Bandwidth Investigation on Low Profile Stacked Patch Antennas with Slot Coupling
T Noro, Chiba University & Japan Radio Co.Ltd, Japan, M Takahashi, K Ito, Chiba University, Japan

MoPA.007
Slotted PIFA for GSM Band
D Bonefaĉić, B Rapinac, J Bartolić, University of Zagreb, Croatia

MoPA.008
PIFA Extended Cavity Model
C Redondo, L de Haro, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain

MoPA.009
Input Impedance-Tuning Slots of PIFA Antennas
H Wang and M Zheng, Nokia UK Limited, UK

MoPA.010
Design of Printed Dipole with Reflector
J M Floc'h, F Queudet, E Fourn, IETR, France

MoPA.011
Improved Design Equations for Asymmetric Coplanar Strip Folded Dipoles on a Dielectric Slab
H J Visser, Holst Centre-TNO, Netherlands

MoPA.012
Wideband Balanced Folded Dipole Antenna for Mobile Handsets
D Zhou, R A Abd-Alhameed, P S Excell, University of Bradford, UK

MoPA.013
Bandwidth Limitations of Dipoles Matched with Non-Foster Impedances
M Hirvonen, A Hujanen, J Holmberg, J C-E Sten, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland

MoPA.014
Why Does Reflector Enhance the Gain of Helical Antennas?
A R Djordjevic, M M Ilic, D I Olcan, M M Nikolic, University of Belgrade, Serbia, A G Zajic, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

MoPA.015
A Double Tapered Microstrip Leaky Wave Antenna
O Losito, University of Salento, Italy

MoPA.016
Dual Frequency Leaky-Wave Antenna Analysis and Design
J R Kelly, A P Feresidis, J C Vardaxoglou, Loughborough University, UK, G Passalacqua, Loughborough University & University of Siena, Italy, F Capolino, M Albani, University of Siena, Italy

MoPA.017
Design of a Stripline Leaky-Wave Antenna for Broadside Radiation
N Gagnon, A Petosa, A Ittipiboon, Communications Research Centre Canada, Canada

MoPA.018
A Novel Dual-Ring Multi-Layer Circular Polarized Antenna
A D Abeygunasekera, C E Free, T Brown, University of Surrey, UK

MoPA.019
Shielding Effectiveness Measurement of Small Enclosures using Linearly and Circularly Polarized Antennas
T Korinek, M Mudroch, M Mazanek, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic

Mobile Antennas

MoPA.020
A Frequency Tunable-Planar Monopole Antenna for Mobile Terminals
V K Palukuru, M Komulainen, M Berg, H Jantunen, E Salonen, University of Oulu, Finland

MoPA.021
Mobile Communication Antennas in Uniform and Gaussian Propagation Channels
C A Tounou, C Decroze, D Carsenat, T Monédière, B Jecko, University of Limoges, France

MoPA.022
Speed Up of Effective SINR Mapping Calculations for System Level Simulations
A Oborina, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland, M Moisio, Nokia Research Center, Finland

MoPA.023
Low-Profile High-Gain Sub-Wavelength Resonant Cavity Antennas for WiMAX Applications
J R Kelly, A P Feresidis, Loughborough University, UK

MoPA.024
A New Design for WLAN Antennas: Synthesis of Parabolic Forms in the Band of 5-6GHz
M Khoury,C Monsef, E A Rachid, Saint Josoph University, Lebanon

MoPA.025
Design of Built-In Penta Band Chip Antenna for GSM850/GSM900/GPS/KPCS/USPCS Mobile Handset
H Choi, D Shin, S Park, H Kim, H Kim, Hanyang University, Korea

MoPA.026
Miniaturized Antennas for Sensor-RFID Applications
G Marrocco, C Calabrese, University of Roma Tor Vergata, Italy

MoPA.027
A Stamped Antenna for Tolling Application at 5.8GHz
F Gallee, E Goron, S Chainon, L Le Garrec, Y Toutain, H Lattard, Antennessa, France

MoPA.028
RF-Design, Characterization and Modelling of Tyre Pressure Sensors
M Brzeska, Siemens VDO Automotive AG & Universität Karlsruhe, Germany, G-A Chakam, Siemens VDO Automotive AG, Germany, J Pontes, W Wiesbeck, Universität Karlsruhe, Germany

MoPA.029
Radio-Electric Characterizations of Jean’s Buttons
J M Floc'h, F Queudet, E Fourn, IETR, France

MoPA.030
One-Layer GPS Antennas Perform Well Near a Human Body
T Kellomaki, J Heikkinen, M Kivikoski, Tampere University of Technology, Finland

MoPA.031
Electromagnetic Heating of a Human Head Model by a Half-Wavelength Dipole Antenna
M A García-Fernández, J F Valenzuela Valdés, A M Martínez-González, D Sánchez-Hernández, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Spain

MoPA.032
The Effects of Hand Phantom on Mobile Phone Antenna OTA Performance
C-H Li, N Kuster, IT’IS Foundation, Switzerland, E Ofli, N Chavannes, Schmid & Partner Engineering, Switzerland

MoPA.033
The SAR Effects of Popular Jewellery on the Human Head
W G Whittow, C J Panagamuwa, R M Edwards, J C Vardaxoglou, Loughborough University, UK

MoPA.034
User Interactions Studies on Handset Antennas
T Huang, K R Boyle, NXP Semiconductors, UK

MoPA.035
A Study of the Effects of Metallic Pins on SAR using a Specific Anthropomorphic Mannequin (SAM) Head Phantom
C J Panagamuwa, W G Whittow, R M Edwards, J C Vardaxoglou, Loughborough University, UK

Diversity and MIMO Antennas

MoPA.036
Optimization of Antenna Diversity Gain by Combining Full-Wave and Circuit Simulations
K Karlsson, SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden, Sweden, J Carlsson, SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden & Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, I Belov, Jönköping University Sweden, G Nilsson, Ascom Wireless Solutions, Sweden, P-S Kildal, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

MoPA.037
The Effect of Mutual Coupling on the Correlation of Spatial Diversity Schemes using Conformal Antennas
T N Kaifas, Technological and Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, Greece,A Georgiadis, Centre Tecnologic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya, Spain, C Kalialakis, Hellenic Telecommunications and Post Commission, Greece

MoPA.038
Envelope Correlation Coefficient and Mean Effective Gain for Multiple Antennas in different use cases
M Pascolini, S Oh, C DiNallo, Motorola Corporate EME Research Labs, USA, M Midrio, Universita' di Udine, Italy

MoPA.039
Compact Diversity Antenna for DCS-UMTS Indoor Environments
M J Ben-Constenla, M Arias, A García Pino, O Rubiños, Universidad de Vigo, Spain

MoPA.040
Space and Pattern Diversity for On-Body Communication Channels in an Indoor Environment at 2.45 GHz
I Khan, L Yu, Y I Nechayev, P S Hall, University of Birmingham, UK

MoPA.041
Angle of Arrival Estimation of On-Body Channels
M R Kamarudin, Y I Nechayev, P S Hall, University of Birmingham, UK

MoPA.042
Hardware Implementation of Adaptive Beamformers used for Smart Antennas
H Wang, M Mohr, T Hollstein, M Glesner, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany

MoPA.043
Novel Smart Antenna based on Half-Wavelength Dipoles
S V Savov, V Vasileva, M Doneva, Technical University of Varna, Bulgaria

MoPA.044
Measured Performances of a SIMO Multi-Standard Receiver
P F Morlat, X Gallon, G Villemaud, J M Gorce, CITI-INSA Lyon, France

MoPA.045
Compact and Low-Profile MIMO Terminal Antenna Employing Bidirectional Yagi-Uda Array
N Honma, K Nishimori, Y Takatori, A Ohta, S Kubota, NTT Corporation, Japan

MoPA.046
Largest Eigenvalue Analysis in Correlated MIMO Rayleigh Channels
T Taniguchi, S Sha, Y Karasawa, University of Electro-Communications, Japan

MoPA.047
Performance Evaluation of Adaptive Active Signal Processing Algorithms and MIMO Antenna System for the Reduction of Electromagnetic Field Density
T Hult, A Mohammed, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden

MoPA.048
Dependency of MIMO Channel Capacity on XPR Around Mobile Terminals for Multi-Band Multi-Antenna
Y Okano, K Cho, NTT DoCoMo, Inc., Japan

MoPA.049
New Definitions of Antenna Correlations without Channel Estimation
S Avrillon, F Nivole, C Brousseau, Université de Rennes 1, France

MoPA.050
Decorrelation of a Closely Spaced Antenna Array and its Influence on MIMO Channel Capacity
S Dumanli, C Railton, D L Paul, University of Bristol, UK

MoPA.051
Performance Evaluation of OFDMA RRM Algorithms with Total Spectrum Reuse
D Zarbouti, D I Kaklamani, National Technical University of Athens, Greece, G Tsoulos, University of Peloponnese, Greece

Multiple Band, Wideband and UWB Antennas

MoPA.052
A Novel Coplanar and Wideband Fractal Antenna
M Jahanbakht, A A Lotfi Neyestanak, Islamic Azad University, Iran, M N Moghaddasi, Islamic Azad University of Science and Research, Iran, H Fathi, Nonprofit University of Kish, Iran

MoPA.053
A Design of the Multi Band Chip Antenna with the Shorting Pin for Mobile Handsets
S Park, H Kim, H Choi, J Cho, H Kim, Hanyang University, Korea

MoPA.054
Dielectric Loaded Monopole Trans-Receive Wideband Antenna System with Mutual Coupling Study
A Roy, S Ghosh, A Chakrbarty, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India

MoPA.055
Wideband Rectangular Microstrip Patch Antenna with U-Slot
A M Hadian, H R Hassani, University of Shahed, Iran

MoPA.056
The Bode-Fano Integral as an Objective Measure of Antenna Bandwidth
N J McEwan, R A Abd-Alhameed, M B Child, D Zhou, University of Bradford, UK, A Ghorbani, Amir-kabir University of Technology, Iran

MoPA.057
New Multi-Band Design for a Microstrip Patch Antenna
J Costantine, C G Christodoulou, University of New Mexico, USA, K Y Kabalan, A El Hajj, American University of Beirut, Lebanon

MoPA.058
Broad-Band Folded Patch Antenna with Shorts and Slots
S Vikan, J A Aas, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

MoPA.059
Design of a Directive Ultra-Wideband Antenna
F Merli, J F Zurcher, A K Skrivervik, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland, A Freni, University of Florence, Italy

MoPA.060
Optimization of the Profile of a Planar Ultra Wide Band Monopole Antenna in Order to Minimize Return Losses
J Martínez-Fernández, J M Gil, J Zapatam, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain

MoPA.061
Small UWB Coplanar Monopole Antenna Design
E Pancera, C Sturm, W Wiesbeck, Universität Karlsruhe (TH), Germany

MoPA.062
A Printed Rugby Ball Monopole Antenna for UWB Applications
H Faezi, K Mohammadpour-Aghdam, A R Gholipour, R Faraji-Dana, University of Tehran, Iran

MoPA.063
UWB Slot Antenna on a Folded Finite Ground Plane
M Leal, C Boaventura, A A Moreira, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal

MoPA.064
A Novel Spherical Bifurcated UWB Antenna for Ultra Wideband Communications
A Mehdipour, K Mohammadpour-Aghdam, R Faraji-Dana, University of Tehran, Iran

MoPA.065
Performances Analysis of LNA-Antenna Co-Design for UWB System
S Bories, M Pelissier, C Delaveaud, R Bourtoutian, CEA-LETI MINATEC, France

MoPA.066
Design, Simulation and Implementation of UWB Antenna Array and Its Application in GPR Systems
M Soliman, Z Wu, University of Manchester, UK

MoPA.067
On Small UWB Antennas
L Guo, S Wang, C C Chiau, X Chen, C G Parini, Queen Mary, University of London, UK

MoPA.068
Differential, Shorted Dipole Antenna for European UWB Applications
R Bourtoutian, C Delaveaud, CEA-LETI MINATEC, France, S Toutain, IREENA, France

MoPA.069
Analysis of UWB Antennas for Carrier-based UWB Impulse Radio
G Quintero Díaz de León, A K Skrivervik, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland

MoPA.070
Ultra-Wideband Monopole Antenna with Rounded Disc Element on Finite Ground Plane
T Hori, M Fujimoto, University of Fukui, Japan

MoPA.071
Coplanar-Waveguide Fed Circular Disc Monopole Antenna with Improved Radiation Characteristics
N-W Chen, Y-C Liang, National Central University, Taiwan

MoPA.072
An UWB Folded Dipole Antenna: Time and Frequency Domain Characterization
L Babour, INP & Radiall, France, E Fond, S Perrot, Radiall, France, R Tamas, INP & Naval Research Centre, Romania, P Saguet, INP, France, S Bories, CEA-LETI, France

MoPA.073
Low-Cost, Compact UWB Antenna with Frequency Band-Notch Function
H J Visser, Holst Centre - TNO, Netherlands

MoPP.001
Tropical Weather Effects on Foliage Propagation
Y H Lee, Y S Meng, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

MoPP.002
Distress Beacons for Maritime Accidents: Measurements of Coastal Sea Coverage
A Vázquez Alejos, I Cuiñas, M García Sánchez, J A Gay Fernández, Universidade de Vigo, Spain

MoPP.003
Rain Drop Size Distribution Modelling in Singapore – Critical Diameters
Y H Lee, S Lakshmi, J T Ong, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

MoPP.004
An Approach to Relate to Each Other Different Propagation Parameters, based on Physical Models of Tropospheric Attenuation
M J Lucas, J M Riera, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain

MoPP.005
Propagation Impairments Mitigation Techniques for Broadband WLANS
A Vázquez Alejos, M García Sánchez, I Cuiñas, Universidade de Vigo, Spain

MoPP.006
Further Statistics Related to Over-Sea Propagation of UHF Radio Waves in the British Channel Islands
S D Gunashekar, E M Warrington, D R Siddle, University of Leicester, UK

MoPP.007
The Simulation of Phase Synchronization of Reference Oscillators through Atmospheric Channel
I B Shirokov, I V Serdyuk, Sevastopol National Technical University, Ukraine

MoPP.008
Equivalent Rain Volume Parameters to Describe Wave Propagation
V Schejbal, D Cermak, University of Pardubice, Czech Republic, O Fiser, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Czech Republic

MoPP.009
Clear-Air Propagation Simulations for High Altitude Platforms (HAPs) using Radiosonde Data
M Grabner, V Kvicera, TESCOM, Czech Republic

MoPP.010
Performance Study of Dual-Hop Transmissions in Millimeter Wireless Mesh Networks
V A Sakarellos, A D Panagopoulos, J D Kanellopoulos, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

MoPP.011
Natural Resonant Frequency Extraction for Concealed Weapon Detection at Millimetre Wave Frequencies
L Zhang, Y Hao, C G Parini, Queen Mary, University of London, UK

MoPP.012
Application of Doppler Spectrum for Retrieval of Statistical Parameters Sea Waves
V Y Karaev, M B Kanevsky, E Meshkov, Institute of Applied Physics RAS, Russia

MoPP.013
Assessment of Millimeterwave Propagation Over Sea by Experiment and Simulation
H Essen, H-H Fuchs, A Pagels, S Stanko, FGAN Research Institute for High Frequency Physics and Radar Techniques, Germany, J Förster, Forschungsanstalt für Wasserschall und Geophysik, Germany, V Fabbro, R Douvenot, ONERA, France

MoPP.014
Optimization of Beam Focusing into the Stark’s Cell for MM-Wave Spectroscopy
P Piksa, P Cerny, S Zvanovec, M Mazanek, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic

MoPP.015
Spatial Spectrum Analysis for Measurement of Beam Aberration by FSSs
A Yamsiri, R S Donnan, Queen Mary, University of London, UK

MoPP.016
Microwaves Scattering on Fractal Surfaces as a New Line of Investigations
A A Potapov, A V Laktyunkin, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

MoPP.017
Effects of Human Body Interference on the Performance of a GPS Antenna
M Ur Rehman, Y Gao, X Chen, C G Parini, Queen Mary, University of London, UK, Z Ying, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, Sweden