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Multiple Innovative Kenkyu-kai Association for wireless communications (MIKA) [schedule] [select]

Conference Date Wed, Oct 27, 2021 10:00 - 18:00
Thu, Oct 28, 2021 09:30 - 18:05
Fri, Oct 29, 2021 09:30 - 15:30
Topics Wireless Communication Systems, etc. 
Conference Place  

Wed, Oct 27 AM 
10:00 - 11:00
  10:00-10:10 ( 10 min. )
(1) 10:10-11:00
Wed, Oct 27 AM 
11:00 - 11:50
(2) 11:00-11:50 [Special Invited Talk]
Efforts for Research and Educational Activities toward New Normal
Iwao Sasase (Keio Univ.)
  11:50-13:15 Break ( 85 min. )
Wed, Oct 27 PM 
13:15 - 15:45
(3) 13:15-15:45 [Tutorial Lecture]
Sho Tsugawa (Univ. of Tsukuba)
Wed, Oct 27 PM 
13:15 - 15:35
(4) 13:15-14:15  
  14:15-14:35 Break ( 20 min. )
(5) 14:35-15:35  
  15:45-16:00 Break ( 15 min. )
Wed, Oct 27 PM 
16:00 - 18:00
(6) 16:00-16:30 [Invited Talk]
Wireless Spiking Neural Networks and Its FPGA Implementation
Hiroo Sekiya, Nguyen Kien (Chiba Univ.), Hiroyuki Torikai (Hosei Univ.)
(7) 16:30-17:00 [Invited Talk]
Development of Rotary LED Transmitter for High-Speed Image Sensor Communication
Shintaro Arai (Okayama Univ. of Sci.)
(8) 17:00-17:30 [Invited Talk]
Investigating the Impact of Network and Acoustic Environments on E-Sports Competition
Shigeki Shiokawa, Mari Ueda, Hajime Iwata (Kanagawa Inst. of Tech.)
(9) 17:30-18:00 [Invited Talk]
A prediction method for traffic congestion using dynamics in real traffic data
Hiroyasu Ando (Univ. of Tsukuba)
Wed, Oct 27 PM 
16:00 - 17:00
(10) 16:00-17:00  
  18:30-20:00 ( 90 min. )
Thu, Oct 28 AM 
09:30 - 10:20
(11) 09:30-10:20 [Special Invited Talk]
Network R&D for IOWN (Innovative Optical and Wireless Network)
Shinya Tachimoto (NTT)
  10:20-10:30 Break ( 10 min. )
Thu, Oct 28 AM 
10:30 - 11:30
(12) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
A Study on An Object Detection Scheme Using Sequential Channel State Information in Wireless LAN Systems
Kazuki Noguchi, Osamu Muta (Kyushu Univ.), Tomoki Murakami, Shinya Otsuki (former NTT)
(13) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
Real-Time Field of View Sharing System based on Virtual Reality and 8K 360 Video with Private 5G Networks
Ryoto Kato, Takashi Nishitsuji, Nobuya Shiina, Takuya Asaka (TMU)
(14) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
Toward Cooperative Automated Driving: An Approach from Communications and Control Perspectives
Ryogo Kubo, Masataka Matsuo (Keio Univ.)
(15) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
Adjusting Method for the Size of Clusters Generated by Autonomous Distributed Spectral Clustering in Hierarchical Routing for MANET
Naoki Matsuhashi (Tokyo Metropolitan Univ.), Chisa Takano (Hiroshima City Univ.), Masaki Aida (Tokyo Metropolitan Univ.)
(16) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
Clustering of Multiple Targets by Weighted k-Means Method in MIMO Radar
Liu Ziwei, Nobuyoshi Kikuma, Kunio Sakakibara, Yoshiki Sugimoto (NITech)
(17) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
Full-Duplex Wireless LAN System using Null Beamforming in Cooperative MIMO Communication
Kotaro Nagano, Yuhei Nagao, Hiroshi Ochi (Kyutech)
(18) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
RU Synchronization for Multiple RU Cooperative Communication System
Yuki Susukida, Shohei Takaya, Tetsuya Iye, Yoshimi Fujii (KKE)
(19) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
Human Body Blockage Measurements in Wireless LAN Frequency Bands for Epidemiologic Research on Association Between Radio Frequency Wave Exposure and Children Health
Kohei Yamamoto, Ryunosuke Ozaki, Takashi Hikage, Keiko Yamazaki, Atsuko Araki, Chihiro Miyashita, Naomi Tamura, Reiko Kishi (Hokkaido Univ.)
(20) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
Multi-Hop Wireless Networking Protocol using the 920MHz band for a Real-Time Vital Sings Monitoring of a Group of Exercisers
Takuma Hamagami, Yasutaka Kawamoto (OKI), Hiroyuki Yomo (Kansai Univ), Ryusuke Miyamoto (Meiji Univ), Takunori Shimazaki (Soliton Systems K.K.), Hiroto Maruo (Osaka City Univ)
(21) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
Performance Analysis of Blind Signal Separation Using Kurtosis Maximization Algorithm with Optimizing Control of Stepsize
Keita Sekiyama, Nobuyoshi Kikuma, Kunio Sakakibara, Yoshiki Sugimoto (NIT)
(22) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
A Study on Area Clustering for UAV-Based Mobile User Density Estimation
Kaisei Neichi, Takahiro Matsuda (TMU)
(23) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
Numerical Estimation of Near Fields Coupling Due to Antenna for Implantable Medical Device EMI Assessment
Takuji Nishikawa, Atsuki Ohtsuka, Takashi Hikage, Manabu Yamamoto (Hokkaido Univ.)
(24) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
Improvement of Direction Estimation Accuracy in Blind Array Calibration for Near-field Radio Source Localization Using UCA
Tomoki Hayashi, Nobuyoshi Kikuma, Kunio Sakakibara, Yoshiki Sugimoto (NITech)
(25) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
Adaptive Server Selection Method Using Deep Reinforcement Learning for MPEG-DASH
Jun Yasui, Tomotaka Kimura, Jun Cheng (Doshisha Univ.)
(26) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
Numerical Estimation of Indoor Propagation Characteristics Considering Shadowing due to Human Bodies in Local-5G Frequency Band
Kazuki Yoshida, Takashi Hikage, Manabu Yamamoto, Manabu Omiya (Hokkaido Univ.)
(27) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
A Study on Appropriate Parameter Acquisition Range for Propagation Loss Estimation
Tsuyoshi Ohta, Nishimori Kentaro (Niigata Univ.)
(28) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
Distance Characteristics of K-factor with Antenna Height Variation for a Drone Relay Station
Shun Dohi, Kentaro Nishimori (Niigata Univ.), Wataru Yamada, Nobuaki Kuno (NTT)
(29) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
Performance Evaluation of Deployment Scheduling Method Considering Drone Connectivity
Hirofumi Osumi, Tomotaka Kimura (Doshisha Univ.), Koji Hirata (Kansai Univ.), Jun Cheng (Doshisha Univ.)
(30) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
Study on estimation of arrival direction of WPT interference terminal
Etsuko Hoshino, Kentaro Nishimori (Niigata Univ.)
(31) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
A Study of Relaying Arrangement Considering Traffic of Sensors in Submarine Optical Wireless Networks
Nagisa Iwami, Tomotaka Kimura, Jun Cheng (Doshisha Univ.)
(32) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
Cross layer optimization using machine learning in long distance space communicatons
Atsuhiro Yumoto (TUS), Koji Oshima (NICT), Yusuke Ito, Aohan Li, Mikio Hasegawa (TUS)
(33) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
Examination of Majority Decision Method for Network Intrusion Detection System Using Deep Learning
Koko Nishiura, Yuju Ogawa, Tomotaka Kimura, Jun Cheng (Doshisha Univ.)
(34) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
Development of wireless devices for implementation of epidemic communications
Naoki Yamada, Kyosuke Yanagida, Nobuhiko Ito (NIT), Tomotaka Kimura (DU), Takefumi Hiraguri (NIT)
(35) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
AI image analysis using drones from the sky
Keita Endo (NIT), Tomotaka Kimura (Doshisha Univ.), Nobuhiko Itoh, Takefumi Hiraguri (NIT)
(36) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
Power Allocations for Partial-Access IDMA Systems and Their Performance
Masaya Yamagishi, Tomotaka Kimura, Jun Cheng (Doshisha Univ.)
(37) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
Backscatter communication for synchronous streaming
Yuusuke Kawakita, Hiroshi Tanaka (KAIT), Haruhisa Ichikawa, Jin Mitsugi (Keio Univ.)
(38) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
AoI Evaluation of Energy Harvesting Sensor Networks
Takafumi Oku, Tomotaka Kimura, Jun Chen (Doshisha Univ.)
(39) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
Implementation and Evaluation of Synchronized SS-CDMA for Massive Connect IoT
Suguru Kameda (Hiroshima Univ.)
(40) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
Experimental Study on Noise Aided 4PAM Receiver with 1bit ADC
Takuto Ohtaguro, Masato Saito (Ryukyu Univ.), Takaya Yamazato (Nagoya Univ.)
(41) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
A Study on PSO-Based Drone Movement for Delay-Tolerant Drone Networks
Hiroyuki Asano, Hiraku Okada, Chedlia Ben Naila, Masaaki Katayama (Nagoya Univ.)
(42) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
Performance Evaluation of Sequential Phishing Detection Method Using Deep Learning
Yuji Ogawa, Tomotaka Kimura, Jun Cheng (Doshisha Univ.)
(43) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
Transparent AR system using multiple cameras
Yoshimi Suematsu, Takashi Nishitsuji, Takuya Asaka (TMU)
(44) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
A Study on Influence Prediction on Social Networks Using Graph Neural Networks
Akira Hashimoto, Sho Tsugawa (Tsukuba Univ), Keiichirou Tsukamoto, Shintaro Igari (KADOKAWA Connected)
(45) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
Separation of Multiple Digital Signal Received by Single Antenna using TDL-ICA
Yuya Shimizu, Mitoshi Fujimoto (Fukui Univ.)
  11:30-13:00 Break ( 90 min. )
Thu, Oct 28 PM 
13:00 - 13:50
(46) 13:00-13:50 [Special Invited Talk]
A consideration on basic and applied researches to meet the needs of advanced consumers
Hajime Nakamura (KDDI)
Thu, Oct 28 PM 
14:00 - 18:05
  14:00-14:05 ( 5 min. )
(47) 14:05-14:25 [Invited Talk]
Vibrational agricultural technology
-- Evaluation of the vibrational treatment on the pest control: an example in a whitefly species --
Ryuhei Yanagisawa (Kagoshima Univ.), Ryuichi Suwa (Univ. Ryukyus), Takuma Takanashi (FFPR), Haruki Tatsuta (Kyushu Univ.)
(48) 14:25-14:45 [Invited Talk]
Toward the Development of Mushroom Pest Control Management
-- A novel approach using natural enemy and vibration in mushroom cultivation --
Hiromi Mukai, Takuma Takanashi, Hiroshi Kitajima (Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute)
(49) 14:45-15:05 [Invited Talk]
Promotion of smart fishery
Takaomi Kaneko, Kosei Banura (Fisheries Agency)
(50) 15:05-15:25 [Invited Talk]
Control of fruit harvest time and improvement of quality by mango production system utilizing IoT
Yasushi Shiroma, Hitoshi Afuso, Ryuichi Suwa (Univ. of the Ryukyus), Atsushi Kinjo (National institute of Technology, Okinawa College), Yuki Tonooka (Univ. of the Ryukyus), Takeshi Kaga (Okinawa Cellular Agri &Marche), Itaru Nagayama, Shiro Tamaki (Univ. of the Ryukyus), Gauri Maharjan (Philips)
  15:25-15:35 Break ( 10 min. )
(51) 15:35-15:55 [Invited Talk]
Aiming to revitalize local economies and create cities through agriculture with "ICT"
Taiga Sakai (NTT Agri Technology)
(52) 15:55-16:15 [Invited Talk]
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Hiroshi Mineno (Shizuoka Univ.)
(53) 16:15-16:35 [Invited Talk]
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Keichi Yamamoto (NTT Docomo)
(54) 16:35-16:55 [Invited Talk]
Study of pollination technology using drone bees
Takefumi Hiraguri, Nobuhiko Itoh, Takuya Shindo, Hiroyuki Shimizu (NIT)
  16:55-17:05 Break ( 10 min. )
(55) 17:05-18:05  
Thu, Oct 28 PM 
14:00 - 17:40
(56) 14:00-15:00  
  15:00-15:20 Break ( 20 min. )
(57) 15:20-16:20  
  16:20-16:40 Break ( 20 min. )
(58) 16:40-17:40  
  19:00-21:00 ( 120 min. )
Fri, Oct 29 AM 
09:30 - 10:20
(59) 09:30-10:20 [Special Invited Talk]
Tatsuya Yanagihashi (Nokia)
  10:20-10:30 Break ( 10 min. )
Fri, Oct 29 AM 
10:30 - 11:30
(60) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
Evaluation of RobustICA for Long Delay Wave Removal in Acoustic Signals
Daichi Kondo, Kentaro Nishimori (Niigata Univ)
(61) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
Performance Improvement of TSVD-FOCUSS Algorithm in DOA Estimation Using Array Antenna
Motoya Ichikawa, Nobuyoshi Kikuma, Kunio Sakakibara, Yoshiki Sugimoto (Nitech)
(62) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
Distance dependence of propagation loss through a tree for 5G system using ray tracing method
Kosuke Shibata, Kentaro Nishimori (Niigata Univ.)
(63) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
Adaptive In-band Distortion Compensation for Massive MIMO-OFDM Systems with Deep Peak Cancellation
HIroki Hase, Osamu Muta (Kyushu Univ.)
(64) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
Experimental Evaluation of Equipment for Wave Source Estimation Using UAVs
Hiromu Takarada, Kentaro Nishimori, Shun Takase (Niigata Univ.), Takahiro Matsuda (Tokyo Metoropolitan Univ.)
(65) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
A Study on Single UAV Movement Method for Wave Source Localization in NLOS Environments
Shinichi Murata, Takahiro Matsuda (Tokyo Metropolitan Univ.), Kentaro Nishimori (Niigata Univ.)
(66) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
Evaluation of 5G Simple Evaluation Method in MIMO over 3 Streams using K-factor
Ryo Aoki, Kentaro Nishimori, Hiroki Sato (Niigata Univ)
(67) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
Compressed Sensing Based Power Allocation and User Selection Scheme for Downlink NOMA
Tomofumi Makita, Osamu Muta (Kyushu Univ.)
(68) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
Evaluation on virtual massive array with measured patterns in multi-level modulation scheme
Sota Takahashi, Kentaro Nishimori (Niigata Univ.), Tomoki Murakami (NTT)
(69) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
Local 5G communication quality evaluation and analysis
Kakeru Hirata, Nobuhiko Itoh (NIT), Takahiro Matsuda (TMU), Kenntarou Nishimori (Niigata Univ.), Takefumi Hiraguri (NIT)
(70) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
Performance Evaluation of DPD based Linearizer using Operation Point Estimation Pilot Signal for Multi-level Modulation Signals
Atsushi Masubuchi (Ibaraki Univ.), Masahiro Umehira (Nanzan Univ.), Xiaoyan Wang, Shigeki Takeda (Ibaraki Univ.)
(71) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
A Study of MIMO SC-FDE for Large-capacity Transmission using Millimeter-wave Band
Yoshifumi Matsusaki, Fumiya Yamagishi, Tomohiro Shimazaki, Takayuki Nakagawa, Naohiko Iai (NHK)
(72) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
Experimental evaluation of circular antenna for LoS-MIMO transmission
Riku Okada, Kentaro Nishimori (Niigata Univ.)
(73) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
A study on congestion control scheme in wireless network for IoT systems
Yuto Mogi, Nobuhiko Itoh, Kenko Ota, Takefumi Hiraguri (NIT), Miki Yamamoto (Kansai Univ.), Hideaki Yoshino (NIT)
(74) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
Performance of Higher-order Multidimensional LDPC Coded QAM
Kosei Yoshida, Shigenobu Sasaki (Niigata Univ.)
(75) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
Comments on the Closed Form Expression of Average Block Error Rate in Finite Block-Length Transmission over Fading Channels
Masaya Kambara, Tomotaka Kimura, Jun Cheng (Doshisha Univ.)
(76) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
Development of novel spatial synthetic exposure system for studies on thermal perception thresholds of biological effects exposed to millimeter-wave
Ryunosuke Ozaki, Takashi Hikage (Hokkaido Univ.), Hiroshi Masuda, Tatsuya Ishitake (Kurume Univ.)
(77) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
Study on Traffic Volume Reduction in Cell-Free Massive MIMO Networks
Hirohito Sase, Takahiro Matsuda (TMU), Kentaro Nishimori (Niigata Univ.)
(78) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
Design of optimized for multiple frequency shaped beam reflectarray antenna
Sanshiro Shigemitsu, Shigeru Makino, Shota Takino (KIT)
(79) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
A Study on the Differences in Interaction Locality within Communities between Layers in MultiLayer Social Networks
Daiki Suzuki, Sho Tsugawa (Univ. of Tsukuba)
(80) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
Unsourced Random Access Communications by Clustering Devices' Specific Channel Fading Coefficients
Hinako Nakanishi, Tomotaka Kimura, Jun Cheng (Doshisha Univ.)
(81) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
A Study on Inter-Symbol Interference Reduction for Downlink Asynchronous NOMA
Tomonari Kurayama, Teruyuki Miyajima, Yoshiki Sugitani (Ibaraki Univ.)
(82) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
Optimization of UAV Placement in Source Location Estimation Method Using UAVs.
Shun Takase, Kentaro Nishimori (Niigata Univ.), Takahiro Matsuda (Metropolitan Univ.)
(83) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
Influence analysis of wind power on drones communication
Yuya Tajima (NIT), Tomotaka kimura (DU), Takehumi Hiraguri, Nobuhiko Ito (NIT)
(84) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
Similarity approach for RFI detection in multi-receiver synthetic aperture radar
Ryo Natsuaki (Univ. Tokyo)
(85) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
Optimization of User Pairing in NOMA Systems Using Laser Chaos Decision Maker
Masaki Sugiyama, Aohan Li, Zengchao Duan (TUS), Makoto Naruse (UTokyo), Mikio Hasegawa (TUS)
(86) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
Evaluation of Uplink in a Communication System Using Drones as Relay Stations
Takanobu Watanabe, Kentaro Nishimori (Niigata Univ.)
(87) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
Implementation and experimental evaluation of MAB-based channel selection algorithm for LoRa devices
Minoru Fujisawa, Aohan Li, Ikumi Urabe, Ryoma Kitagawa, Yusuke Ito (TUS), Song-Ju Kim (SOBIN Institute LLC), Hiroyuki Yasuda (UTokyo), Mikio Hasegawa (TUS)
(88) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
Study on Transmission Rate Evaluation Method for 5G Using K-factor
Hiroki Sato, Kentaro Nishimori (Niigata Univ.)
(89) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
Analyzing the impact of Deleting Links in Social Networks for Suppressing Information Diffusion on Social Media
Shiori Furukawa, Sho Tsugawa (Univ. of Tsukuba)
(90) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
Planar Sleeve Antenna with Choke Structure Composed of Zeroth-Order Resonator
Keisuke Sakakibara, Hiroshi Hashiguchi, Naobumi Michishita, Hisashi Morishita (National Defense Academy)
(91) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
Fijian Early Warning System on QZSS
Yui Igarashi, Mari Aoba, Eri Hiraoka, Makoto Ohshima, Keiko Shimazu (AIIT)
(92) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
A Study on Estimation of Modulation Schemes for Multiple Waves by Machine Learning
Takanori Niimi, Mitoshi Fujimoto, Tatsuhito Hasegawa (Fukui Univ.)
(93) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
A Study on Effective Range of RF-EH in Wireless Powered Sensor Network
Ryo Kuwana, Shigenobu Sasaki (Niigata Univ.)
(94) 10:30-11:30 [Poster Presentation]
The Basic Study of Low Latency Relaying Method for Uplink in the High Frequency Band
Ryochi Kataoka, Takeo Ohseki, Taishi Watanabe, Kosuke Yamazaki, Yoji Kishi (KDDI Research)
  11:30-13:00 Break ( 90 min. )
Fri, Oct 29 PM 
13:00 - 15:00
(95) 13:00-13:40 [Invited Talk]
Intelligent illumination-light communication based on VN-CodeSK system
Hiromasa Habuchi, Yusuke Kozawa (Ibaraki Univ.)
(96) 13:40-14:20 [Invited Talk]
Radio Communications in Seawater
Kenichi Takizawa (NICT)
(97) 14:20-15:00 [Invited Talk]
LCX for MIMO Transmission and Positioning
Minoru Okada (NAIST), Yafei Hou (Okayama Univ.), Takeshi Higashino (NAIST)
Fri, Oct 29 PM 
13:00 - 15:30
(98) 13:00-15:30 [Tutorial Lecture]
Koji Ishibashi (UEC)
  15:30-16:00 ( 30 min. )

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