Telecommunications: Advances and Trends in Transmission, Networking and Applications, Networking and Applications

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Precise reference:

• Charles Casimiro Cavalcante, Ricardo Fialho Colares and Paulo Cezar Barboza (Eds.), Telecommunications: Advances and Trends in Transmission, Networking and Applications. University of Fortaleza Press, UNIFOR, Fortaleza-Brazil, 2006 (189+xi pages, ISBN 85-98876-18-6)
• Bibtex file for the book, including page numbers for each chapter and other reference data.

Introduction

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This book is aimed at the advanced level and is suitable for graduate students and researchers. The material can be used as advanced special topics to be used for independent study, for example, an introduction for graduate students who wish to conduct research in the areas covered by the chapters of the book. Engineers may appreciate the up-todate tutorial exposition to timely topics. Some technologies reviewed here are being (or even already) incorporated into commercial systems.

Table of contents

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Chapter 1 - Information Theory and Wireless Channel Modeling

Mérouane Debbah

• Introduction
• Some Considerations
• Gaussian i.i.d Channel Model
• Knowledge of the directions of arrival, departure, delay, bandwidth, power: frequency selective channel model with time variance
• Discussion
• Testing the Models
• Conclusion

Chapter 2 - Unsupervised Signal Processing: Concepts, Applications and Trends

Ricardo Suyama, Leonardo T. Duarte, Aline Neves, Rafael Ferrari, Romis R. F. Attux, Charles C. Cavalcante, Cynthia Junqueira, João Marcos T. Romano

• Introduction
• Equalization/Deconvolution: Single-Input / Single-Output (SISO) Systems
• Multichannel and Multiuser Systems
• Blind Source Separation
• Equalization: Going further
• Blind Source Separation: Going Further
• Blind Equalization and Blind Source Separation: Some Important Relationships
• Modern trends

Chapter 3 - Tensor Decompositions and Applications to Wireless Communications Systems

André L. F. de Almeida, Gérard Favier, João C. M. Mota

• Introduction
• Background on Tensor Decompositions
• Applications of Tensor Decompositions to Wireless Communications
• Summary

Chapter 4 - Power Control for Wireless Networks

Raimundo A. de Oliveira Neto, Fabiano de S. Chaves, F. Rodrigo P. Cavalcanti, Ricardo B. dos Santos

• Introduction
• Models and Basic Definitions
• Centralized Power Control
• Distributed Power Control
• Feasibility and Convergence Aspects
• Semi-distributed Power Control Algorithms
• Techniques of Transmitter Removal
• Techniques of SINR-target decreasing
• Practical aspects of power control
• Power Control in WCDMA
• Power Control for Multirate Systems
• Power Control Games
• Prediction for Improvements of Power Control
• Conclusions

Chapter 5 - Crosslayer Techniques - Theory and Application

Benno Zerlin, Josef A. Nossek

• Overview
• A generic scheme
• Some applications
• Conclusion

Chapter 6 - Power Line Communications: A Promising Communication System's Paradigm for Last Miles and Last Meters Applications

Moisés Vidal Ribeiro

• Introduction
• Historical Perspective
• Channel Models
• Additive Noise
• PL Channel Equalization with Fuzzy Techniques
• Mitigation of Impulsive Noise
• Channel Coding
• Multi-Carrier, Spread Spectrum, and Single-Carrier
• Multiple Access
• Impact on Video, Image, and Audio Transmission
• Concluding Remarks

Chapter 7 - New Trends in Biometrics

Bernadette Dorizzi

• Introduction
• Overview of technical challenges: An already established technology still under development
• Description of different biometric modalities
• Evaluation of biometric systems
• Conclusion

Chapter 8 - Modeling of Complex Photonic Structures Devices and Applications

Vitaly F. Rodríguez-Esquerre, Hugo E. Hernández-Figueroa, M. Koshiba

• Introduction
• Modal Analysis of 2D Photonic Crystal Structures
• Modal Analysis of 2D Photonic Crystal Waveguides
• Analysis of 2D Photonic Crystal Cavities: Time and Frequency Domains
• Power splitters for waveguides composed by ultralow refractive index metallic nanostructures
• Frequency Dependent Envelope Finite Element Time Domain Analysis of Dispersive Materials and Metallic Structures Operating at Optical Frequencies
• Implicit and Explicit Frequency-Dependent Finite-Element Time-Domain FETD Methods for Metallic Nanostructures Analysis
• Numerical Platform for Band Gap Computation
• Applications, Future Work and Trends
• Conclusions