Presentation 2023-07-20
MIMO Communication for Pipe Inspection Robot Using Microwave Propagating along PVC Pipe Wall
Masafumi Suzuki, Akihiko Hirata, Hiroshi Murata, Masato Mizukami,
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Abstract(in English) Recently, inspection by robots has been attracting attention as an efficient inspection method for buried pipes such as water and gas pipes, which are facing the problem of aging. We have been studying a communication method using microwaves propagating along polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipe walls as a communication method with a robot. In this study, we investigated the possibility of increasing the communication capacity by applying 2 × 2 MIMO to this method through simulations and experiments.
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Keyword(in English) MIMO / Microwave / Non-destructive inspection / Communication
Paper # EMT2023-25,MW2023-43,OPE2023-25,EST2023-25,MWPTHz2023-21
Date of Issue 2023-07-13 (EMT, MW, OPE, EST, MWPTHz)

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Committee EST / MW / EMT / OPE / MWPTHz / IEE-EMT
Conference Date 2023/7/20(2days)
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Place (in English) Muroran Institute of Technology
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Topics (in English) Workshop on Optical and Microwave technologies
Chair Masayuki Kimishima(Advantest) / Kensuke Okubo(Okayama Prefectural Univ.) / Hideki Kawaguchi(Muroran Inst. of Tech) / Taro Arakawa(Yokohama National Univ.) / Atsushi Kanno(Nagoya Inst. of Tech.) / Shinichi Furukawa(Nihon Univ.)
Vice Chair Takuya Sakamoto(Kyoto Univ.) / Yasuhide Tsuji(Muroran Inst. of Tech.) / Yasuo Ohtera(Toyama Prefectural Univ.) / Atsushi Sanada(Osaka Univ.) / Akihito Hirai(Mitsubishi Electric) / Yukihisa Suzuki(Tokyo Metropolitan Univ.) / / Masayuki Fujita(Osaka Univ.) / Kensuke Ikeda(CRIEPI)
Secretary Takuya Sakamoto(Kozo Keikaku Engineering) / Yasuhide Tsuji(Univ. of Electro-Comm) / Yasuo Ohtera(Univ. of Electro-Comm) / Atsushi Sanada(Murata Manufacturing) / Akihito Hirai(Kyushu Sangyo Univ.) / Yukihisa Suzuki(Nihon Univ.) / (Kanto Gakuin Univ.) / Masayuki Fujita(NTT) / Kensuke Ikeda(NICT) / (NICT)
Assistant Tomonori Yanagida(Advantest) / Akito Iguchi(Muroran Inst. of Tech) / Tomoyuki Furuichi(Tohoku Univ.) / Kosuke Katayama(NIT Tokuyama College) / Ryo Natsuaki(Univ. of Tokyo) / Takshi Fujisawa(Hokaido Univ.) / Hideyuki Nasu(Furukawa Electric) / Li Yi(Osaka Univ.) / Akira Satou(Tohoku Univ.) / Safumi Suzuki(Tokyo Inst. of Tech.) / Kazuki Niino(Kyoto Univ.)

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Registration To Technical Committee on Electronics Simulation Technology / Technical Committee on Microwaves / Technical Committee on Electromagnetic Theory / Technical Committee on OptoElectronics / Technical Committee on Microwave Photonics and Terahertz Photonic-Electronic Technologies / Technical Meeting on Electromagnetic Theory
Language JPN
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Title (in English) MIMO Communication for Pipe Inspection Robot Using Microwave Propagating along PVC Pipe Wall
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) MIMO
Keyword(2) Microwave
Keyword(3) Non-destructive inspection
Keyword(4) Communication
1st Author's Name Masafumi Suzuki
1st Author's Affiliation Chiba Institute of Technology(CIT)
2nd Author's Name Akihiko Hirata
2nd Author's Affiliation Chiba Institute of Technology(CIT)
3rd Author's Name Hiroshi Murata
3rd Author's Affiliation Mie University(Mie Univ.)
4th Author's Name Masato Mizukami
4th Author's Affiliation Muroran Institute of Technology(Muroran IT)
Date 2023-07-20
Paper # EMT2023-25,MW2023-43,OPE2023-25,EST2023-25,MWPTHz2023-21
Volume (vol) vol.123
Number (no) EMT-114,MW-115,OPE-116,EST-117,MWPTHz-118
Page pp.pp.88-93(EMT), pp.88-93(MW), pp.88-93(OPE), pp.88-93(EST), pp.88-93(MWPTHz),
#Pages 6
Date of Issue 2023-07-13 (EMT, MW, OPE, EST, MWPTHz)