Introduction to the Propagation of Radio Waves -- The Earth’s Atmosphere -- Electromagnetic Waves and Propagation Characteristics -- Ionospheric Links -- Terrestrial Fixed Links -- Satellite Links -- Mobile Radio Links -- The Sun and the Solar Activity -- Microphysical Properties of Hydrometeors -- The Frequency Spectrum -- Cross-Polarisation induced by the Atmosphere -- Fresnel Equations -- …
A Theoretical Framework for Predicting Performance of Object Recognition -- Methods for Improving the Performance of an SAR Recognition System -- Three-Dimensional Laser Radar Recognition Approaches -- Target Classification Using Adaptive Feature Extraction and Subspace Projection for Hyperspectral Imagery -- Moving Object Detection and Compression in IR Sequences -- Face Recognition in the The…
Multimedia Source Processing -- A Cepstrum Domain HMM-Based Speech Enhancement Method Applied to Non-Stationary Noise -- Time Domain Blind Separation of Nonstationary Convolutively Mixed Signals -- Speech and Audio Coding Using Temporal Masking -- Objective Hybrid Image Quality Metric for In-Service Quality Assessment -- An Object-Based Highly Scalable Image Coding for Efficient Multimedia Dist…
Technology and Economics -- High Temperature Electronics - Cluster Effects -- On the Evolution of SOI Materials and Devices -- SOI Technology as a Basis for Microphotonic-Microelectronic Integrated Devices -- SOI Material Technologies -- Smart Cut Technology: The Path for Advanced SOI Substrates -- Porous Silicon Based SOI: History and Prospects -- Achievement of SiGe-on-Insulator Technology --…
Sensor Node Deployment -- Energy-Aware Target Localization -- Energy-Efficient Self-Organization -- Energy-Aware Information Dissemination -- Optimal Energy Equivalence Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks -- Time Synchronization In Wireless Sensor Networks -- Conclusions.Wireless sensor networks is a rapidly developing area. New applications are emerging and breakthroughs are being made in solv…
Power System Oscillations -- Linear Control in Power Systems -- Test System Model -- Power System Stabilizers -- Multiple-Model Adaptive Control Approach -- Simultaneous Stabilization -- Mixed-Sensitivity Approach Using Linear Matrix Inequalities -- Normalized ?? Loop-Shaping Using Linear Matrix Inequalities -- ?? Control For Time-Delayed Systems.Robust Control in Power Systems deals with the a…
Basic Methods and Theory -- Modelling of Uncertain Systems -- Robust Design Specifications -- ??Design -- ??Loop-shaping Design Procedures -- ?-Analysis and Synthesis -- Lower-order Controllers -- Design Examples -- Robust Control of a Mass-Damper-Spring System -- A Triple Inverted Pendulum Control-system Design -- Robust Control of a Hard Disk Drive -- Robust Control of a Distillation Column -…
Fundamentals of System Design -- Radio Architectures and Design Considerations -- Receiver System Analysis and Design -- Transmitter System Analysis and Design -- Applications of System Design.RF System Design of Transceivers for Wireless Communications is for RF Engineers and, in particular, those engineers focusing mostly on RF systems and RFIC design. The author develops systematic methods f…
Resource Management Architectures -- QoS for Multimedia Services in Wireless Networks -- Cross-Layer Architectures for Bandwidth Management in Wireless Networks -- Resource Management and Connection Admission Control in Wireless Networks -- Channel Allocation and Scheduling -- Real-Time Guarantees in Wireless Networks -- Fair Real-Time Scheduling over a Wireless LAN -- Inter-Domain Radio Resour…
to Network Communication -- Real-Time Systems -- Smart Peripheral Elements -- Reconfigurable Control -- Case Study.Distributed control systems offer the advantages of control local to the process being controlled while retaining the ease of control at a single centralised location. Typically such a system has involved a great deal of hard-wiring and has been of most use only in situations where…