【Best Paper Award】

• Latency Visualization for Teleoperation System's Operability Enhancement

  Yudai SATO, Shuntaro KASHIHARA, Tomohiko OGISHI

• Development of Electrically Insulated Antenna System Using Optical Fiber for Lightning Protection of Radio Equipment

  Kensuke IKEDA

【Best Tutorial Paper Award】

• Future Challenges for EMC Research in Telecommunication Service Aimed Innovative Sustainable Society: Assuming Telecommunication Service in 2040

  Kimihiro TAJIMA, Ryuichi KOBAYASHI, Tetsuya TOMINAGA, Yoshiharu AKIYAMA

• Wireless Link Quality Prediction Using Physical Space Information based on Deep Learning

  Riichi KUDO, Kahoko TAKAHASHI, Hisashi NAGATA, Tomoki MURAKAMI, Tomoaki OGAWA, Koichi TAKASUGI

【Best Paper Award】

• Blind Signal Separation for Array Radar Measurement Using Mathematical Model of Pulse Wave Propagation

  Takuya SAKAMOTO

• Channel Arrangement Design in Lumped Amplified WDM Transmission over NZ-DSF Link with Nonlinearity Mitigation Using Optical Phase Conjugation

  Shimpei SHIMIZU, Takayuki KOBAYASHI, Takeshi UMEKI, Takushi KAZAMA, Koji ENBUTSU, Ryoichi KASAHARA, Yutaka MIYAMOTO

• Sigma-Delta Beamformer DOA Estimation for Distributed Array Radar

  Toshihiro ITO, Shoji MATSUDA, Yoshiya KASAHARA

• Highly Accurate Vegetation Loss Model with Seasonal Characteristics for High-Altitude Platform Station

  Hideki OMOTE, Akihiro SATO, Sho KIMURA, Shoma TANAKA, HoYu LIN

【Best Tutorial Paper Award】

• Experiment of Integrated Technologies in Robotics, Network, and Computing for Smart Agriculture

  Ryota ISHIBASHI, Takuma TSUBAKI, Shingo OKADA, Hiroshi YAMAMOTO, Takeshi KUWAHARA, Kenichi KAWAMURA, Keisuke WAKAO, Takatsune MORIYAMA, Ricardo OSPINA, Hiroshi OKAMOTO, Noboru NOGUCHI

【ComEX Best Letter Award】

• Multishape radio: new approach to utilizing the physical properties of electromagnetic waves

  Doohwan Lee, Yasunori Yagi, Hiroyuki Shiba

【Best Magazine Paper Award】

• ICT Applications in Disaster Response and Disaster Management Chatbot SOCDA

  Masatsugu Hangyo, Hiroki Azuma, Tamami Kamiya, Kiyonori Ohtake

【Best Paper Award】

• Consideration Towards Maximum Number of Accommodated Users for Linear Precoding Based Massive MIMO

  Kentaro NISHIMORI

• Demonstration of Flex Ethernet over OTN Link State Monitoring Method

  Takafumi TANAKA, Seiki KUWABARA, Tetsuro INUI

【Best Tutorial Paper Award】

• NR Features Realizing Ultra-Reliable and Low Latency Communication

  Tetsuya YAMAMOTO, Ayako IWATA, Ryoko KAWAUCHI, Yasuaki YUDA, Hidetoshi SUZUKI

• Future Vision of Beyond 5G Network ― Overview of Architecture and Breakthrough Technologies for 2030 ―

  Naoaki YAMANAKA, Mitsuhiro NISHIMURA, Masaki ISHIGURO, Yoshikatsu OKAZAKI, Tetsuya KAWANISHI, Takehiro TSURITANI, Akihiro NAKAO, Hiroaki HARAI, Toshihiko HIROOKA, Hideaki FURUKAWA, Masanori MIYAZAWA, Naokatsu YAMAMOTO, Shuichi YOSHINO

【Best Paper Award】

• A Novel Concatenation Scheme of Protograph-Based LDPC Codes and Markers for Recovering Synchronous Errors

  Ryo SHIBATA, Gou HOSOYA, Hiroyuki YASHIMA

• Stochastic Geometry Analysis of Inversely Proportional Carrier Sense Threshold and Transmission Power for WLAN Spatial Reuse

  Koji YAMAMOTO, Takayuki NISHIO, Masahiro MORIKURA, Hirantha ABEYSEKERA

• Field Trial of Dynamic Mode Switching for 5G New Radio Sidelink Communications towards Application to Truck Platooning

  Manabu MIKAMI, Kohei MOTO, Koichi SERIZAWA, Hitoshi YOSHINO

• 4K 120fps HEVC Encoder with Multi-Chip Configuration

  Yuya OMORI, Ken NAKAMURA, Takayuki ONISHI, Daisuke KOBAYASHI, Tatsuya OSAWA, Hiroe IWASAKI

• Base Station Cooperation Technologies Using 28GHz-Band Digital Beamforming in High-Mobility Environments

  Tatsuki OKUYAMA, Nobuhide NONAKA, Satoshi SUYAMA, Yukihiko OKUMURA, Takahiro ASAI

【ComEX Best Letter Award】

• Load impedance perturbation formulas for class-E power amplifiers

  Takashi OHIRA

【Best Magazine Paper Award】

• Rethinking about Connectivity for ADAS and AD

  Satoshi MAKIDO

【Best Paper Award】

• Validation of Malware Dynamic Analysis Method Using Real IoT Devices

  Satoshi HARA, Jia XIONG, Tatsuya TAMAI, Kazuki TAMIYA, Rui TANABE, Akira FUJITA, Katsunari YOSHIOKA, Tsutomu MATSUMOTO

• PAPR Reduction of Coded Modulation Schemes Using Product Codes over Hexagonal Constellations

  Hirohisa KITAHARA, Hiroyoshi MORITA, Akiko MANADA

• Block Diagonalization using General Inverse Matrix for MU-MIMO

  Keiya UCHIDA, Mitoshi FUJIMOTO, Koshiro KITAO, and Tetsuro IMAI

【Best Tutorial Paper Award】

• Network and Node Architectures for Introducing Elasticity and Spatial Parallelism into Optical Networks

  Masahiko JINNO

【Best Paper Award】

• Efficient Reliability Evaluation of Multi-Domain Networks with Secure Intra-Domain Privacy

  Atsushi TANIGUCHI, Takeru INOUE, Kohei MIZUNO, Takashi KURIMOTO, Atsuko TAKEFUSA, Shigeo URUSHIDANI

• Software-Based Time-Aware Shaper for Time-Sensitive Networks

  Yasin OGE, Yuta KOBAYASHI, Takahiro YAMAURA, Tomonori MAEGAWA

• Enhanced Selected Mapping for Impulsive Noise Blanking in Multi-Carrier Power-Line Communication Systems

  Tomoya KAGEYAMA, Osamu MUTA, Haris GACANIN

• Complexity-Reduced Adaptive PAPR Reduction Method Using Null Space in MIMO Channel for MIMO-OFDM Signals

  Taku SUZUKI, Mikihito SUZUKI, Yoshihisa KISHIYAMA, Kenichi HIGUCHI

• A ZigBee/Wi-Fi Cooperative Channel Control Method and Its Prototyping

  Kazuhiko KINOSHITA, Shu NISHIKORI, Yosuke TANIGAWA, Hideki TODE, Takashi WATANABE

【ComEX Best Letter Award】

• Two-step path loss prediction by artificial neural network for wireless service area planning

  Kentaro Saito, Yongri Jin, CheChia Kang, Jun-ichi Takada, Jenq-Shiou Leu

【Best Magazine Paper Award】

• Research and Development Trends of Space Optical Communications for Realizing Large Capacity Communication

  Tomohiro Araki

【Best Paper Award】

• Weathercast-linked Control of Lithium-Ion Battery in Green Base Stations

  Masaki NAKAMURA, Kazuhiko TAKENO

• Development of Search Coil Magnetometer with Built-in ASIC Preamplifier Improving High Radiation Tolerance In Space Environments

  Yuya TOKUNAGA, Mitsunori OZAKI, Satoshi YAGITANI, Hiroki KOJI, Hirotsugu KOJIMA, Daisuke YONETOKU

【Best Tutorial Paper Award】

• Deep Learning Based Optical Monitoring toward Optical Network Automation

  Takahito TANIMURA, Takeshi HOSHIDA, Kazunari SHIOTA, Eri KATAYAMA, Tomoyuki KATO, Shigeki WATANABE, Hiroyuki MORIKAWA

• End-to-end Application Design of Internet of Things in Agricultural Sensor System

  Ryo SHIGETA, Yoshihiro KAWAHARA

【Best Paper Award】

• Design of Criterion for Adaptively Scaled Belief in Iterative Large MIMO Detection

  Takumi TAKAHASHI, Shinsuke IBI, Seiichi SAMPEI

• Designing Distributed SDN C-Plane Considering Large-Scale Disruption and Restoration

  Takahiro HIRAYAMA, Masahiro JIBIKI, Hiroaki HARAI

• A Novel Low Complexity Lattice Reduction-Aided Iterative Receiver for Overloaded MIMO

  Satoshi DENNO, Yuta KAWAGUCHI, Tsubasa INOUE, Yafei HOU

【Best Tutorial Paper Award】

• A Survey of Social Network Analysis Techniques and their Applications to Socially Aware Networking

  Sho TSUGAWA

• On-Demand Data Gathering with a Drone-Based Mobile Sink in Wireless Sensor Networks Exploiting Wake-Up Receivers

  Hiroyuki YOMO, Akitoshi ASADA, Masato MIYATAKE

【ComEX Best Letter Award】

• Improved adaptive STBC-TD in low-to-high mobility environments

  Tomoyuki SAITO, Amnart BOONKAJAY, Fumiyuki ADACHI

【Best Magazine Paper Award】

• Instructional Design: Techniques to Improve Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Engagement of Learning

  Katsuaki Suzuki

【Best Paper Award】

• A Study on Modulation Method for Transmission System Using Phased Array Antennas

  Jun GOTO, Kazunari KIHIRA, Toru TAKAHASHI, Masataka OHTSUKA, Hiroaki MIYASHITA

• Design and Performance of Aerial Line Structure Inspection Support System with Mobile Mapping System

  Yoshitaka ENOMOTO, Tetsuya IWADO, Takashi GOTO, Masaki WAKI, Toshio KURASHIMA, Yoshiyuki KAJIHARA

【Best Tutorial Paper Award】

• IoT Traffic Models for 5G Researches

  Ryoichi SHINKUMA, Takanori IWAI, Kozo SATODA

• On the Model-Based Scattering Power Decomposition of Fully Polarimetric SAR Data

  Yoshio YAMAGUCHI, Gulab SINGH, Hiroyoshi YAMADA

【Best Paper Award】

• An Iterative Cancellation Technique for Adjacent Channel Interference Induced by Amplifier Nonlinearity in 60 GHz Band Wireless Communication Systems

  Noboru Osawa, Shinsuke Ibi, Seiichi Sampei

• Routing-Based Mobility Architecture for Future 5G Cellular Networks

  Yo Nishiyama, Masanori Ishino, Yuki Koizumi, Toru Hasegawa,Kohei Sugiyama, Atsushi Tagami

【Best Tutorial Paper Award】

• Multi-dimensional Radio Channel Measurement, Analysis and Modelling for High Frequency Bands

  Minseok Kim, Jun-ichi Takada, Kentaro Saito

• Network Function Virtualization: A Survey

  Malathi Veeraraghavan, Takehiro Sato, Molly Buchanan,Reza Rahimi, Satoru Okamoto, Naoaki Yamanaka

• Mobile Edge Computing Empowers Internet of Things

  Nirwan Ansari, Xiang Sun

【ComEX Best Letter Award】

• Feasibility evaluations of three-dimensional-printed high-gain reflectarray antenna for W-band applications

  Shunichi Futatsumori , Kazuyuki Morioka, Akiko Kohmura,Nobuhiro Sakamoto, Tomio Soga, Naruto Yonemoto

【Best Magazine Paper Award】

• Spatio-temporal Data Analysis for Realizing Ambient Intelligence

  Naonori Ueda

【Best Paper Award】

• Space-Time Code Division Multiple Access based on SM

  Megumi FUKUMA, Koji ISHII

• Development of Receiving Section of Microwave Power Transmission: Test Model

  Yuichiro OZAWA, Teruo FUJIWARA, Naohiro TANAKA, Kenji SASAKI, Shuji NAKAMURA

【Best Tutorial Paper Award】

• Development of Signal Processing Antennas in Mobile Communications

  Yasutaka OGAWA, Toshihiko NISHIMURA, Takeo OHGANE

• Non-orthogonal Multiple Access Scheme Suitable for Machine Type Communication (MTC) and Its Applications

  Eiji OKAMOTO, Masayuki HOSHINO

【Best Paper Award】

• On Approximated LLR for Single Carrier Millimeter-Wave Transmissions in the Presence of Phase Noise

  Makoto Nishikori, Shinsuke Ibi, Seiichi Sampei

• Extended S-Parameter Method for Measuring Reflection and Mutual Coupling of Multi-Antennas

  Takashi Yanagi, Toru Fukasawa, Hiroaki Miyashita

• NDN-Based Message Delivery with Collaborative Communication for Reducing Base Station Power Consumption in Disasters

  Yuki Koizumi, Suhwuk Kim, Yuki Urata, Toru Hasegawa

【Best Tutorial Paper Award】

• A Survey of Efficient Ray-Tracing Techniques for Mobile Radio Propagation Analysis

  Tetsuro Imai

• Survey of Cloud-Based Content Sharing Research: Taxonomy of System Models and Case Examples

  Shinji Sugawara

【ComEX Best Letter Award】

• Proposal of Zero-Padded CAZAC sequence with discrete chirp signal

  Mio Hourai, Hideo Kobayashi, Takashi G. Nitta

【Best Magazine Paper Award】

• Development of Functional Textile “hitoe”: Wearable Electrodes for Monitoring Human Vital Signals

  Nahoko Kasai, Takayuki Ogasawara, Hiroshi Nakashima, Shingo Tsukada

【Best Paper Award】

• Development and Experimental Evaluation of Tablet System for Snow-Blower Support

  Yusuke KUBOTA, Hiroshi YAMAMOTO, Katsuyuki YAMAZAKI

• A Search Algorithm of Optimal Perturbation Vectors by Applying Ray Detection in Real Signal Space to MU-MIMO NLP Based on LR-THP

  Kazuki IMAMURA, Fumio TAKAHATA

• Network Rheology: Analyzing Network Throughput Dynamics with Viscoelastic Material Model

  Hiroshi YOSHIDA, Kazuyuki SASAJIMA, Tutomu MURASE, Kozo SATODA

【Best Tutorial Paper Award】

• Performance Evaluation of Nonlinear Multiuser MIMO Transmission for High-Capacity Wireless Communication

  Kazuto YANO, Satoshi TSUKAMOTO, Satoshi SONOBE, Yafei HOU, Takahiro MAEDA, Hiroshi BAN, Masahiro UNO, Kiyoshi KOBAYASHI

【Best Paper Award】

• User Equipment Centric Downlink Access in Unlicensed Spectrum for Heterogeneous Mobile Network

  Riichi KUDO, B. A. Hirantha Sithira ABEYSEKERA, Yusuke ASAI, Takeo ICHIKAWA, Yasushi TAKATORI, Masato MIZOGUCHI

• BotProfiler: Detecting Malware-infected Hosts by Profiling Variability of Malicious Infrastructure

  Daiki CHIBA, Takeshi YAGI, Mitsuaki AKIYAMA, Kazufumi AOKI, Takeo HARIU, Shigeki GOTO

• Contact Duration-aware Epidemic Broadcasting in Delay/Disruption-Tolerant Networks

  Kohei WATABE, Hiroyuki OHSAKI

• Accelerating the Performance of Software Tunneling using a Receive Offload-aware Novel L4 Protocol

  Ryota KAWASHIMA, Hiroshi MATSUO

【Best Tutorial Paper Award】

• Massive MIMO Technologies and Challenges towards 5G

  Xiaolin HOU, Yoshihisa KISHIYAMA

【ComEX Best Letter Award】

• A method of controlling the base station correlation for MIMO-OTA based on Jakes model

  Kazuhiro HONDA, Kun LI

【Best Magazine Paper Award】

N/A

【Best Paper Award】

• A Proposal and Evaluation of a Method of Constructing Routing Tables With Configurable Max Path Length or Routing Table Size

  Seung-eon OH, Kota ABE, Hayato ISHIBASHI, Toshio MATSUURA

• An Evaluation Method of Bit-Error Rate for Optical Coherent Detection Affected by Optical and Electrical Filters

  Seiji NORIMATSU, Akihiro NAKAHARA, Yuichiro KANO

• Development of Digital Beam Former and Digital Channelizer for Satellite-Terrestrial Integrated Mobile Communications System

  Amane MIURA, Teruaki ORIKASA, Hiroyuki TSUJI, Yoshiyuki FUJINO, Yoichi KOISHI, Naoki KOBAYASHI, Takeo KUMAGAI, Takaomi MATSUZAKI

【Best Tutorial Paper Award】

• Structured Low Density Parity Check Code Suitable to Broadband Mobile Communications and Its Performance

  Nobuhiko MIKI

【Best Paper Award】

• A Novel SAR-Probe Calibration Method Using a Waveguide Aperture in Tissue-Equivalent Liquid

  Nozomu ISHII, Lira HAMADA, Soichi WATANABE

• Information Gathering for Wireless Sensor Networks with Information Converting to Wireless Physical Parameters

  Tomomi ENDOU, Shunta SAKAI, Takeo FUJII

• Concept of Chaos-Based Hierarchical Network Control and Its Application to Transmission Rate Control

  Masaki AIDA

【Best Tutorial Paper Award】

• S-parameter Method and Its Application for Antenna Measurements

  Takayuki SASAMORI, Toru FUKASAWA

• Channel Models and Beamforming at Millimeter-Wave Frequency Bands

  Katsuyuki HANEDA

【ComEX Best Letter Award】

• Configuration of MIMO System Using Single Leaky Coaxial Cable for Linear Cell Environments

  Yafei HOU, Satoshi TSUKAMOTO, Takahiro MAEDA, Masayuki ARIYOSHI, 　Kiyoshi KOBAYASHI, Tomoaki KUMAGAI, Minoru OKADA

【Best Magazine Paper Award】

N/A

【Best Paper Award】

• Measurement of Enhanced Backscattering from Randamly Distributed Conductive Spheres at 60-GHz and Comparison with Computer Simulation

  Kazumasa Kaneko, Toshio Ihara, Tomohiro Oguchi

• Measurement System of Electric Fields by Using Optically Modulated Scatterer

  Takahiro Kurosawa, Takashi Komakine

【Best Tutorial Paper Award】

• Overview of Very High Throughput Wireless LAN Standard IEEE 802.11ac and Experimental Evaluation of Multiuser-MIMO Transmission

  Yusuke Asai, Koichi Ishihara, Tomoki Murakami, Riichi Kudo, Takeo Ichikawa, Yasushi Takatori, Masao Mizoguchi

• Design and Analysis of Decoupling and Matching Feeding Networks for Array Antennas

  Kenichi Kagoshima, Shigeki Takeda, Atsuhiro Kagaya, Kohei Ito

【Best Paper Award】

• Experiments Validating the Effectiveness of Multi-Point Wireless Energy Transmission with Carrier Shift Diversity

  Daiki Maehara, Gia Khanh Tran, Kei Sakaguchi, Kiyomichi Araki, Minoru Furukawa

• Natural Synchronization of Wireless Sensor Networks by Noise-Induced Phase Synchronization Phenomenon

  Hiroyuki Yasuda, Mikio Hasegawa

• Polarization Dispersion Characteristics of Propagation Paths in Urban Mobile Communication Environment

  Tetsuro Imai, Koshiro Kitao

【Best Tutorial Paper Award】

• A Survey on OpenFlow Technologies

  Kazuya Suzuki, Kentaro Sonoda, Nobuyuki Tomizawa, Yutaka Yakuwa, Terutaka Uchida, Yuta Higuchi, Toshio Tonouchi, Hideyuki Shimonishi

• Spectrum Usage in Cognitive Radio Networks: From Field Measurements to Empirical Models

  Miguel López-benítez, Fernando Casadevall

【ComEX Best Letter Award】

• Performance evaluation of a simple decoding method for millimeter-wave short-range MIMO transmission through a wall

  Kazumitsu Sakamoto, Ken Hiraga, Tomohiro Seki, Tadao Nakagawa, Kazuhiro Uehara

【Best Magazine Paper Award】

N/A

【Best Paper Award】

• A Series-Slotted Waveguide Array Antenna Covered by a Dielectric Slab with a Post-Wall Cavity

  Satoshi Yamaguchi, Toru Takahashi, Yoji Aramaki, Masataka Ohtsuka, Yoshihiko Konishi, Kunio Sawaya

• Ultra-Low-Power Data-Driven Networking System and Its Evaluation

  Hiroaki Nishikawa, Kazuhiro Aoki, Shuji Sannomiya, Kei Miyagi, Makoto Iwata, Keisuke Utsu, Hiroshi Ishii

• Development and Evaluation of Simple Indoor Localization System Using Mobile Phone Built-In UHF Passive Tag Reader and Active Tag

  Masaaki Yamamoto, Takayoshi Abe, Naohiro Furukawa, Takanori Yamazoe

【Best Tutorial Paper Award】

• Design Methods and Electrical Performances of Small Normal-Mode Helical Antennas

  Yoshihide Yamada, Naobumi Michishita

【Best Paper Award】

• MAC Protocol for Energy Efficiency and Service Differentiation with High Goodput in Wireless Sensor Networks

  SangKwon Moon, Jong-Woon Yoo, Jaesub Kim, Kyu-Ho Park

• Performance Evaluation of Joint MLD with Channel Coding Information for Control Signals Using Cyclic Shift CDMA and Block Spread CDMA

  Teruo Kawamura, Ryota Takahashi, Hideyuki Numata, Nobuhiko Miki, Mamoru Sawahashi

• Miniaturization of Parallel-Plate Lens Antenna for Evaluation of Wave Absorber Placed on Ceiling of ETC Gate

  Takenori Yasuzumi, Nayuta Kamiya, Ryosuke Suga, Osamu Hashimoto, Yukinori Matsushita, Yasuyuki Matsuda

【Best Letter Award】

N/A

【Best Tutorial Paper Award】

• A User's Guide to Compressed Sensing for Communications Systems

  Kazunori Hayashi, Masaaki Nagahara, Toshiyuki Tanaka

• A Survey of the Research on Future Internet and Network Architectures

  Toru Hasegawa

【ComEX Best Letter Award】

• Simple analytical method for wireless distributed networks considering contending and hidden nodes

  Hiraku Okada, Kenichi Mase

【Best Magazine Paper Award】

• New Development of Sensor Network Technologies for Ecology Observation

  Hiroshi Yamamoto, Maki Yamamoto, Katsuyuki Yamazaki

【Best Paper Award】

• Small Broadband Handset Antenna Using Composite Right/Left-Handed Transmission Line

  Naobumi Michishita, Hirohisa Kitahara, Yoshihide Yamada

• Laser Diode Optical Frequency Stabilization by Employing Modulated Sideband Light

  Akira Mizutori, Masafumi Koga

【Best Tutorial Paper Award】

• Submillimeter-Wave Antenna and Receiver Optics for JEM/SMILES

  Takeshi Manabe, Toshiyuki Nishibori, Ken-ichi Kikuchi, Satoshi Ochiai, Masumichi Seta, Hiroyuki Ohmine

• Adaptive Arrays for OFDM Signal Reception

  Mitoshi Fujimoto

【Best Paper Award】

• Simplified Capacity-Based User Scheduling Algorithm for Multiuser MIMO Systems with Block Diagonalization

  Kiyomichi Araki, Yuyuan Chang

• Single Front-End MIMO Architecture with Parasitic Antenna Elements

  Mitsuteru Yoshida, Kei Sakaguchi, Kiyomichi Araki

• Analysis of Effect of User Misbehaviours on the Reservation-Based MAC Protocols in Wireless Communication Networks

  Norrarat Wattanamongkhol,Warakorn Srichavengsup, Pisit Vanichchanunt, Robithoh Annur, Jun-ichi Takada, Lunchakorn Wuttisittikulkij

【Best Letter Award】

N/A

【Best Tutorial Paper Award】

• Design of MIMO Antennas for Indoor Base Station and Mobile Terminal

  Hiroyuki Arai, Daisuke Uchida

• Survey of RFID and Its Application to International Ocean/Air Container Tracking

  Minoru Katayama, Hiroshi Nakada, Hitoshi Hayashi, Masashi Shimizu

• Using a Renormalization Group to Create Ideal Hierarchical Network Architecture with Time Scale Dependency

  Masaki Aida

【Best Magazine Paper Award】

• Prospect of ITS as a Machine-to-Machine Communication

  Tetsuo Horimatsu, Kunihiko Sasaki, Masaharu Hamaguchi

【Best Paper Award】

• Fundamentals of Wireless Connections with Near Field Coupled Antennas

  Naoki Inagaki, Satoshi Hori

• A Method for Inferring BGP Link Failures Based on Prefix Variation

  Masafumi Watari, Atsuo Tachibana, Shigehiro Ano, Katsuyuki Yamazaki

• A Method of Dual-Frequency Decoupling for Closely Spaced Two Small Antennas

  Hiroshi Sato, Yoshio Koyanagi, Koichi Ogawa, Masaharu Takahashi

【Best Tutorial Paper Award】

• Experiment of Satellite Communication Systems: Present State and Future Prospects

  Nei Kato, Hiroshi Kazama, Hiroki Nishiyama

【Best Paper Award】

• Distance-Adaptive Path Allocation in Elastic Optical Path Networks

  Akira Hirano, Kazushige Yonenaga, Masahiko Jinno

• Combined Nyquist and Compressed Sampling Method for Radio Wave Data Compression of a Heterogeneous Network System

  Doohwan Lee, Takayuki Yamada, Hiroyuki Shiba, Yo Yamaguchi, Kazuhiro Uehara

• Optical Plug and Play Technique for Automatic GMPLS Network Construction

  Rie Hayashi, Kaori Shimizu, Kohei Shiomoto

• Optimal Placement of Transparent Relay Stations in 802.16j Mobile Multihop Relay Networks

  Yongchul Kim, Mihail L. Sichitiu

• The Gaussian MIMO Broadcast Channel under Receive Power Protection Constraints

  Ian Dexter Garcia, Kei Sakaguchi, Kiyomichi Araki

【Best Letter Award】

N/A

【Best Tutorial Paper Award】

• Survey of Network Coding and Its Applications

  Takahiro Matsuda, Taku Noguchi, Tetsuya Takine

【Best Magazine Paper Award】

• Delay Tolerant Networking Technology-The Latest Trends and Prospects

  Masato Tsuru, Masato Uchida, Tetsuya Takine, Akira Nagata, Takahiro Matsuda, Hiroyoshi Miwa, Shinya Yamamura

【Best Paper Award】

• Development of GBAS for GNSS Using SBAS Ranging Signals

  Susumu Saito, Naoki Fujii

• Propagation Experiments and Prediction Method of LF Standard Frequency Waves

  Kenro Nozaki, Shigeru Tsuchida, Kuniyasu Imamura, Hideo Maeno, Norio Nagahama, Masamichi Umetsu, Noboru Wakai

• An Outdoor Power-Supply System Using Nickel-Metal-Hydride Batteries

  Riichi Kitano, Akihiro Miyasaka, Akira Yamashita, Takahisa Shodai

【Best Tutorial Paper Award】

• Dynamic and Bandwidth-Scalable Optical Network Architecture and Its Supporting Technologies

  Masahiko Jinno, Hidehiko Takara, Bartlomiej Kozicki

【Best Paper Award】

• Adaptive Power Saving Mechanism for 10 Gigabit Class PON Systems

  Ryogo Kubo, Jun-ichi Kani, Yukihiro Fujimoto, Naoto Yoshimoto, Kiyomi Kumozaki

• Antenna Array Calibration Based on Frequency Selection in OFDMA/TDD Systems

  Yoshitaka Hara, Yasuhiro Yano, Hiroshi Kubo

• Plane-Wave and Vector-Rotation Approximation Technique for Reducing Computational Complexity to Simulate MIMO Propagation Channel Using Ray-Tracing

  Wataru Yamada, Naoki Kita, Takatoshi Sugiyama, Toshio Nojima

• Marginalized Particle Filter for Blind Signal Detection with Analog Imperfections

  Yuki Yoshida, Kazunori Hayashi, Hideaki Sakai, Wladimir Bocquet

【Best Letter Award】

• Interoperability Experiment of VLAN Tag Swapped Ethernet and Transmitting High Definition Video through the Layer-2 LSP between Japan and Belgium

  Sho Shimizu, Wouter Tavernier, Kou Kikuta, Masahiro Nishida, Daisuke Ishii, Satoru Okamoto, Didier Colle, Mario Pickavet, Piet Demeester, Naoaki Yamanaka

• A Throughput-Aimed MAC Protocol with QoS Provision for Cognitive Ad Hoc Networks

  Yichen Wang, Pinyi Ren, Guangen Wu

【Best Tutorial Paper Award】

N/A

【Best Magazine Paper Award】

• MIMO Technologies for Ultra High-speed Wireless Transmission

  Yasutaka Ogawa, Takeo Ohgane, Toshihiko Nishimura

【Best Paper Award】

• Analysis of Answering Method with Probability Conversion for Internet Research

  Atsushi Tagami, Chikara Sasaki, Teruyuki Hasegawa, Shigehiro Ano, Yoichi Tomiura

【Best Tutorial Paper Award】

• Array Calibration Technique for High-Resolution Direction of Arrival Estimation

  Hiroyoshi Yamada

【Best Paper Award】

• Ethernet Topology Detection from a Single Host without Assistance of Network Nodes or Other Hosts

  Yohei Hasegawa, Masahiro Jibiki

• Increase of Common-Mode Radiation Due to Guard Trace Voltage and Determination of Effective Via- Location

  Tohlu Matsushima, Tetsushi Watanabe, Yoshitaka Toyota, Ryuji Koga, Osami Wada

• Frequency Domain Nulling Filter and Turbo Equalizer in Suppression of Interference for One-Cell Reused Single-Carrier TDMA Systems

  Chantima Sritiapetch, Seiichi Sampei

【Best Letter Award】

N/A

【Best Tutorial Paper Award】

N/A

【Best Magazine Paper Award】

N/A

【Best Paper Award】

• Circularly Polarized Patch Antennas Combining Different Shaped Linealy Polarized Elements

  Takanori Noro, Yasuhiro Kazama, Masaharu Takahashi, Koichi Ito

• Bivariate Joint Probability Distribution for Correlated M-Distributed Variables

  Takeshi Manabe, Wataru Chujo

【Best Tutorial Paper Award】

• Some Considerations on Wave Fronts and Reflectors

  Shigeru Makino, Takashi Katagi

• Detailed Network Design of SINET3 for Advanced Network Services

  Shigeo Urushidani, Jun Matsukata, Shunji Abe, Yusheng Ji, Kensuke Fukuda, Michihiro Koibuchi, Motonori Nakamura, Shigeki Yamada

【Best Paper Award】

• A Unified Handover Management Scheme Based on Frame Retransmissions for TCP over WLANs

  Kazuya Tsukamoto, Shigeru Kashihara, Yuji Oie

• A Variable Phase Shifter Using a Movable Waffle Iron Metal Plate and Its Applications to Phased Array Antennas

  Hideki Kirino, Koichi Ogawa, Takeshi Ohno

• A Method for Converting Amplitude Probability Distribution of Disturbance from One Measurement Frequency to Another

  Yasushi Matsumoto, Kaoru Gotoh, Takashi Shinozuka

• MIMO-OFDM Precoding Technique for Minimizing BER Upper Bound of MLD

  Boonsarn Pitakdumrongkija, Kazuhiko Fukawa, Hiroshi Suzuki, Takashi Hagiwara

【Best Letter Award】

• Fabrication of Alternating-Phase Fed Single-Layer Slotted Waveguide Arrays Using Plastic Materials with Metal-Plating

  Miao Zhang, Jiro Hirokawa, Makoto Ando

• Effect of Heterogeneity of Tissues on RF Energy Absorption in the Brain for Exposure Assessment in Epidemiological Studies on Mobile Phone Use and Brain Tumors

  Nadege Varsier, Kanako Wake, Masao Taki, Soichi Watanabe

【Best Tutorial Paper Award】

N/A

【Best Magazine Paper Award】

• Development and Operation of Engineering Test Satellite-VIII(KIKU-8)

  Hiroki Kohata

• RFID Tag Antennas

  Masaharu Takahashi

【Best Paper Award】

• Stability Analysis of Distributed Power System through Intermediate Bus Converter

  Koji Hisanaga, Michihiko Nagao, Koosuke Harada

• A Band Extension Technique for G.711 Speech Using Steganography Based on Full Wave Rectification

  Naofumi Aoki

• Aperiodic Array Antennas Composed of Penrose Tiles

  Motoi Fujikata, Takashi Katagi, Shin-ichi Betsudan, Motoo Mizusawa, Tetsuo Hirota, Keisuke Noguchi

• P2P-Based Advanced Grid Architecture Integrating Computing- and Data-Grid

  Kiyoshi Ueda, Hiroshi Sunaga, Toshiyuki Oka, Hiroaki Matsumura

【Best Tutorial Paper Award】

• Transmission-Line Circuit Theory in EMC and Its Development

  Yoshio Kami

【Best Paper Award】

• Gbit-Class Transmission Using SOA Data Rewriter for WDM-PON

  Satoshi NARIKAWA, Hiroaki SANJOH, Naoya SAKURAI, Kiyomi KUMOZAKI

• Receiver-Based ACK Splitting Mechanism for TCP over Wired/Wireless Heterogeneous Networks

  Go HASEGAWA, Masashi NAKATA, Hirotaka NAKANO

• Detecting and Guarding against Kernel Backdoors through Packet Flow Differentials

  Cheolho LEE, Kiwook SOHN

【Best Letter Award】

N/A

【Best Tutorial Paper Award】

• Prospects and Challenges of Multi-Layer Optical Networks

  Ken-ichi SATO, Hiroshi HASEGAWA

• Innovative Antennas and Propagation Studies for MIMO Systems

  Yoshio KARASAWA

【Best Paper Award】

• Simplification of Dyadic Green's Function for Plane Stratified Inhomogeneous Media and Its Application to Lossless DNG Slab

  Toru Uno

• Estimation of Electron Density Profile in the Lower Ionosphere at Winter Nighttime by Rocket Observations of LF and MF Radio Waves

  Yuki Ashihara, Keigo Ishisaka, Toshimi Okada, Taketoshi Miyake, Yasuhiro Murayama, Isamu Nagano

• An Experimental Study on a Fast 3-D Imaging Algorithm for UWB Pulse Radars

  Takuya Sakamoto, Shouhei Kidera, Toru Sato, Satoshi Sugino

【Best Tutorial Paper Award】

• On the Utilization of Fully Polarimetric Data in Radar Polarimetry

  Yoshio Yamaguchi

【Best Paper Award】

• A Coaxial Line to Post-Wall Waveguide Transition for a Cost-Effective Transformer between a RF- Device and a Planar Slot-Array Antenna in 60-GHz Band

  Takafumi KAI, Yusuke KATOU, Jiro HIROKAWA, Makoto ANDO, Hiroshi NAKANO, Yasutake HIRACHI

• Receiver-Based ACK Splitting Mechanism for TCP over Wired/Wireless Heterogeneous Networks

  Go HASEGAWA, Masashi NAKATA, Hirotaka NAKANO

• Adaptive MAP Detection via the EM Algorithm for LDPC-Coded MIMO-OFDM Mobile Communications

  Tsuyoshi KASHIMA, Kazuhiko FUKAWA, Hiroshi SUZUKI

【Best Letter Award】

• An Efficient Signed-Power-of-Two Term Allocation for Filter Coefficients in Digital Communication System

  Koichi ICHIGE, Hideaki MUNEMASA, Hiroyuki ARAI

【Best Tutorial Paper Award】

• Overlay Network Technologies for QoS Control

  Tutomu MURASE, Hideyuki SHIMONISHI, Masayuki MURATA

• Recent Developments in and Challenges of Photonic Networking Technologies

  Ken-ichi SATO

• Statistical Multipath Propagation Modeling for Broadband Wireless Systems

  Yoshio KARASAWA

【Best Paper Award】

• The Performance Evaluation of a Distributed Data Driven Architecture and the Application Design Method

  Kazuhide Takahashi, Takashi Kon, Kazuyoshi Akiyama, Makoto Jinguuji

• Broadband Printed Dipole Antenna Employing Self-Complementary Radiating Element and Microstrip Line Feed

  Michitaka Ameya, Manabu Yamamoto, Toshio Nojima, Kiyohiko Ito

• Multiple Target Detection for Stepped Multiple Frequency Interrupted CW Radar

  Takayuki Inaba

【Best Tutorial Paper Award】

• Quality Assessment Methodologies for IP-Telephony Services

  Akira Takahashi, Hideaki Yoshino, Nobuhiko Kitawaki

• Measurement, Analysis, and Modeling of MIMO Propagation Channel

  Kei Sakaguchi, Jun-ichi Takada

【Best Paper Award】

• Series-Fed Beam-Scanning Antenna Employing Multi-Stage Configured Microstrip Antennas with Tunable Reactance Devices

  Naoki HONMA, Tomohiro SEKI, Kenjiro NISHIKAWA, Koichi TSUNEKAWA, Kunio SAWAYA

• Estimation of Radiated Power of Radio Transmitters Using a Reverberation Chamber

  Tsutomu SUGIYAMA, Takashi SHINOZUKA, Ken IWASAKI

• Measuring the Perceived Importance of Speech Segments for Transmission over IP Networks

  Yusuke HIWASAKI, Toru MORINAGA, Jotaro IKEDO, Akitoshi KATAOKA

【Best Letter Award】

N/A

【Best Tutorial Paper Award】

• Recent Progress in Forward Error Correction for Optical Communication Systems

  Takashi MIZUOCHI

• Antennas and Propagation in the Presence of Metamaterials and Other Complex Media: Computational Electromagnetic Advances and Challenges

  Richard W. ZIOLKOWSKI