A.K. Gautam

Work place: Department of Electronics & Communication, Govind Ballabh Pant Institute of Engineering, Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India

E-mail: gautam1575@yahoo.co.in

Website: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-73669-2312

Research Interests: Computer Architecture and Organization, Antenna Technology

Biography

Anil Kumar Gautam was born in the Indian city of Noida in the state of Uttar Pradesh. In 1999 and 2007, he got his B.E. in Electronics & Communication Engineering from Kumaon Engineering College in Almora, India, and his Ph.D. in Electronic Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi, India. He started as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at G. B. Pant Engineering College (GBPEC) in Pauri, Garhwal, India, in 2000, and has been an Associate Professor there since 2009. Dr. Gautam is a member of GBPEC, Pauri's Board of Study (BOS), Academic Council, and numerous other academic bodies. Dr. Gautam is also a member of the HNB Garhwal Central University's Board of Trustees and the Uttarakhand Technical University's Board of Trustees in Dehradun, India. He is a member of the IEEE (United States) as well as a number of other technical associations. He also serves on the editorial boards of IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Antenna and Wave Propagation Letters, IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation, Personal and Wireless Communication, Springer, International Journal of Electronics, International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies, International Journal of Antenna and Propagation, and others. His main research interests include Active Microstrip Antenna Design and Modelling, Microstrip Antennas with Defective Ground Structure, Ultra-wide Bandwidth Antennas, and reconfigurable antennas, such as reconfiguration antenna arrays and circular polarised antennas.

Author Articles
Rectangular Microstrip Patch Antenna with Partial Ground, Slot, and Step for 5-6GHz IoT Applications

By Sonu Rana Jyoti Verma A.K. Gautam

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijwmt.2022.06.04, Pub. Date: 8 Dec. 2022

A wideband microstrip antenna is proposed with the partially ground structure for ISM (Industry, Science, Medical) band other wireless applications like worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX), and wireless local area network (WLAN). The need for compact antennas is continuously growing due to the rapid expansion of applications in today's environment. In this paper, a novel compact broadband patch antenna with an oval patch, rectangular slot, step, and partial ground is presented, which is compatible with ISM band, WLAN, and WiMAX applications. For S11(10dB) the suggested antenna has a bandwidth of 4.78GHz to 6.80GHz. The prototype is constructed on a commercially available FR4 substrate with dimensions of 20*15*1.6 mm3. The proposed antenna is ideally suited for ISM band WiMAX and WLAN applications. For bandwidth enhancement, a rectangular cut, a step below an oval patch is used and a partial ground structure is used to improve reflection co-efficient parameters (S11).

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A Comprehensive Study with Challenges of Internet of Things (IoT) based Model for Smart Farming

By Sonu Rana Jyoti Verma A.K. Gautam

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijeme.2022.04.05, Pub. Date: 8 Aug. 2022

In most developing countries, the majority of the population heavily rely on agriculture for their livelihood. The yield of agriculture is heavily dependent on uncertain weather conditions like monsoon, soil fertility, availability of irrigation facilities and fertilizers as well as support from Govt. The main challenge in this study if the agricultural yield which is quite less compared to the effort put in due to inefficient agricultural implements and lack of knowledge on the other hand. It is therefore essential for the farmers to improve their harvest yield by acquisition of related data such as soil condition, temperature, humidity, availability of irrigation facilities, availability of manure etc and adopt smart farming techniques using modern agricultural equipment. A trend has started amongst the farmers to shift from traditional conventional farming to smart farming using the Internet of Things (IoT) technology, which can help improve yield with reduced effort at economic cost. The main focus of this paper is to present work related to these technologies in the agriculture field. This also presented their challenges & benefits related to smart farming. For improving the system, IoT will interact with other useful systems like Wireless Sensor Networks.  It can help for understanding the job of data by using IoT and correspondence advancements in horticulture division. This will help to motivate and educate the unskilled farmers to comprehend the best bits of knowledge given by the huge information investigation utilizing smart technology and also provide data analysis in terms of temperature, humidity that can help farmers to reduce computation time. It will also help to identify water utilization in prior. 

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