資料8-F
July 9, 2013
Activity Report of URSI-F
Reported by Y. Maekawa (Chair)
1. Commission meetings in the period of March – June 2013(For more detail, please see http://www2.nict.go.jp/pub/ursi-f/)(1)

No. 572 Meeting
Date: March 8, 2013

Place: NTT Yokosuka R & D Center (Kanagawa)Three papers were presented:
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PSAM-based QO-STBC Macro diversity System with Fast Fading Tolerance
Ultra-Wideband On-Body Channels within Closed Spaces Depending on Human Population Density
MIMO Channel Model and Its Transmission Characteristics

No. 573 Meeting
Date: April 26, 2013

Place: Kanto Gakuin University (Kanagawa)Three papers were presented:
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Study of MIMO Channel Capacity Using Difference in Path Length on Antenna Element
Characteristics of Time and Direction of Arrival between Mobile Terminals in Residential Area
Measurement of Enhanced Backscattering from Randomly Distributed Spherical Conductive Scatterers at60GHz

No. 574 Meeting
Date: June 13-14, 2013

Place: Kikaishinko-kaikan (Tokyo)

This meeting was held under the co-sponsorship of IEICE Technical Committee on AP, and IEEE AP-S Japan
Chapter. Six papers relevant to the field of URSI-F were presented in the special sessions organized for recent
propagation issues:
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Propagation Models for Simulation Scenario of ITS V2V Communications
MIMO Channel Property with Movement －Relationship between Spatial Correlation and Capacity－
Comparative Evaluation of Space-MIMO and Polarized-MIMO in Urban Small Cell
Challenge for Creation of Mobile Radio Channel through Multipath
Distribution Characteristics of Incoming Waves under Over-Roof Propagation Environment between
Mobile Terminals in Residential Area
Experimental Study on Elevation Directional Channel Properties to Evaluate Performance of 3D
Beamforming at Base Station in LOS Microcell Environment

For more details, please see: http://www.ieice.org/cs/ap/jpn/(4)No. 575 Meeting
Date: June 27, 2013

Place: The University of Electro-Communications (Tokyo)

Four papers were presented:
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On the Precursors to the 2011 Japan Earthquake: Earthquake Prediction is Possible?
Experimental Study to Consider Effect of Reception Diversity with Maximal Ratio Combining (MRC) in a
Prediction Method of Indoor Radio Wave Propagation: Investigating Relation between Recommendation
ITU-R P.1238 and Data Measured by MRC Diversity Receiver of the Wireless LAN Access Point Cisco
CAP3602E
Experimental Study of Mutual Interference between Distributed Wireless Systems in Cognitive RadioVariability of Heavy Rainfall in Tokyo Tech MMW Small-Scale Model Network1

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URSI-F Triennial Open Symposium was held in Ottawa, Canada. Date: Apr.30-May 3, 2013.
Three papers were presented from Japan:
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Trend of the global rain rate observed by the TRMM precipitation radar
A Study on Long-Term Attenuation Statistics in Ka and Ku Band Satellite Communications
Ultra-Wideband On-Body Propagation Channels Depending on Population Density within an Elevator
Cabin

For more details, please see: http://ursi-f-ts.com/
The 4th Asia-Pacific Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar (APSAR) 2013 will be held in Tsukuba, Japan. Date:
Sept. 23-27, 2013. (For more details, please see: http://www.apsar2013.org/)

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