An Empirical characterization of concrete channel and modulation schemes with piezoelectric transducers based transceivers

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dc.contributor.advisorZheng, Rong
dc.contributor.committeeMemberHan, Zhu
dc.contributor.committeeMemberChen, Yuhua
dc.creatorKailaswar, Sai Shiva 1989-
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-21T18:13:41Z
dc.date.available2014-11-21T18:13:41Z
dc.date.createdAugust 2012
dc.date.issued2012-08
dc.date.updated2014-11-21T18:13:41Z
dc.description.abstractStructural Health Monitoring plays a vital role in improving the safety and maintainability of critical engineering structures. A network comprised of Piezo-electric sensors and actuators has been devised to monitor the condition of concrete structures. A feasible data communication mechanism for sensor networks is needed to ensure effective transmission of information regarding the structural health conditions from sensor nodes to the central processing unit. This thesis work lays the foundation toward designing a communication system using stress waves modulated with information inside concrete structure. The following tasks are essential in designing an effective communication system, namely, i) measurements of concrete channel response, ii) measurements of different modulation schemes, and iii) the design of receiver amplifier based on Automatic gain control technique. The proposed solution utilizes GNU Radio, a software development toolkit to implement different modulation schemes and Universal Software Radio Peripheral to connect the hardware (concrete channel) with software-defined radios.
dc.description.departmentElectrical and Computer Engineering, Department of
dc.format.digitalOriginborn digital
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10657/768
dc.language.isoeng
dc.rightsThe author of this work is the copyright owner. UH Libraries and the Texas Digital Library have their permission to store and provide access to this work. Further transmission, reproduction, or presentation of this work is prohibited except with permission of the author(s).
dc.subjectStructural health monitoring
dc.subjectAutomatic gain control
dc.subjectCommunication system design
dc.subjectUniversal software radio peripheral 2 (USRP2)
dc.subjectBER
dc.subjectSNR
dc.subjectLFRX and LFTX daughterboard
dc.subjectRF amplifier
dc.subjectGNU Radio
dc.subjectPython
dc.subject.lcshElectrical engineering
dc.titleAn Empirical characterization of concrete channel and modulation schemes with piezoelectric transducers based transceivers
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dc.type.genreThesis
thesis.degree.collegeCullen College of Engineering
thesis.degree.departmentElectrical and Computer Engineering, Department of
thesis.degree.disciplineElectrical Engineering
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Houston
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science in Electrical Engineering

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