{"title":"On the use of TCH sequences for synchronization, channel and noise estimation","authors":"J. C. Silva, N. Souto, R. Dinis, P. Montezuma","doi":"10.1109/ICSPCS.2009.5306425","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSPCS.2009.5306425","url":null,"abstract":"TCH sequences have been studied for code-spreading and channel coding, but its true essence if that of synchronization and channel estimation. This is due to their property of being (almost) orthogonal to all sequences obtained via circular shifts. This property is extremely useful for time-offset synchronization (there is a distinct “peak” only when both sequences are aligned), and for dispersive channel-estimation (since the multipath-taps are now orthogonal to each other). Alongside the use of the TCH sequences, a sequence of equal symbols is also employed for frequency-synchronization — essential for correcting the phase offset between estimates (especially for high offset values), and thus allowing for the posterior signal-processing.","PeriodicalId":356711,"journal":{"name":"2009 3rd International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication Systems","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115937818","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Energy-efficient, flow-specific medium access using preamble sampling","authors":"T. O. Walker, M. Tummala, J. McEachen","doi":"10.1109/ICSPCS.2009.5306415","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSPCS.2009.5306415","url":null,"abstract":"Current wireless sensor network applications face challenging power constraints that demand low duty cycles. In this paper, we propose an energy-efficient, flow-specific medium access scheme that is capable of achieving low duty cycles while taking advantage of the performance improvements available through a flow-specific medium access approach. The scheme is based on an adaptive sleep and wake cycle that responds to changes in both contention and non-contention traffic loads through the use of preamble sampling. A preamble sampling probability parameter is introduced to manage the trade-off between energy efficiency and network throughput and delay performance. A performance analysis is conducted and verified through simulation.","PeriodicalId":356711,"journal":{"name":"2009 3rd International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication Systems","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133647389","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A simplified bi-state channel model for radio propagation in the Land mobile Satellite System","authors":"Raffat Khan, K. Kiasaleh","doi":"10.1109/ICSPCS.2009.5306373","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSPCS.2009.5306373","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a simplified channel model for Land mobile Satellite Systems (LMSS) is proposed, which makes use of Ricean fading for the Line-of-sight (LOS) scenario and composite Nakagami-m / Gamma fading for the shadowed scenario. The closed form expressions for the probability density function (pdf) and the moment generating function for the signal strength are derived. The proposed model is shown to compare favorably to existing models. Furthermore, the proposed model offers an effective and tractable technique to access performance of digital communication system for LMSS channels.","PeriodicalId":356711,"journal":{"name":"2009 3rd International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication Systems","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134643595","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An invisible hyperlink marker","authors":"Koichi Kamijo, M. Minami, H. Morikawa","doi":"10.1109/ICSPCS.2009.5306395","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSPCS.2009.5306395","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we propose an invisible hyperlink marker, by which users can easily get information related to articles in paper media, similar to hyperlinks in the Web. Users get information using a device such as a mobile phone by illuminating the marker with a blacklight and taking its photo. A new skipbit coding method makes it possible to embed information even in articles that absorb or repel the invisible ink. Experimental results proved that information can be extracted from the markers printed on top of materials such as newspapers and brochures in about one second using a prototype mobile phone.","PeriodicalId":356711,"journal":{"name":"2009 3rd International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication Systems","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124475396","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Power efficiency of cooperative communication in wireless sensor networks","authors":"Sunita Gupta, M. Vuran, M. C. Gursoy","doi":"10.1109/ICSPCS.2009.5306417","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSPCS.2009.5306417","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a new protocol termed CoopXLM that integrates cooperative communication and Cross-Layer Module (XLM) is created and examined via simulation. CoopXLM modifies XLM by allowing multiple cooperative nodes to participate in receiver-based contention. Although there is increased energy consumption for processing, simulation results indicate that across all duty cycles there is an average energy savings of 38% with CoopXLM in comparison to XLM. It was also found that CoopXLM yields higher goodput than XLM at lower duty cycles but yields lower goodput at higher duty cycles.","PeriodicalId":356711,"journal":{"name":"2009 3rd International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication Systems","volume":"54 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125526804","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Performance of dual-branch diversity receiver based SR-ARQ in Rayleigh fading channel","authors":"G. Al-Suhail, T. Lamahewa, R. Kennedy","doi":"10.1109/ICSPCS.2009.5306398","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSPCS.2009.5306398","url":null,"abstract":"Automatic repeat request (ARQ) schemes are quite effective for improving the throughput of system diversity in time-varying channel environments. In this paper, a dual-branch selection diversity receiver based selective repeat-ARQ scheme is investigated to evaluate the optimal throughput performance in terms of the average bit error rate in Rayleigh fading channels. Both uncorrelated and correlated antenna branches are considered. The numerical results shows the effect of optimal switching threshold on the throughput performance in case of switched diversity as well as the mobility effect of the selection combining diversity receiver when correlated antenna branches are present. A significant improvement in the system throughput of selection diversity outperforms that of switched diversity.","PeriodicalId":356711,"journal":{"name":"2009 3rd International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication Systems","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127472241","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Power consumption and performance analysis of object tracking and event detection with wireless embedded smart cameras","authors":"Mauricio Casares, Alvaro Pinto, Youlu Wang, Senem Velipasalar","doi":"10.1109/ICSPCS.2009.5306375","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSPCS.2009.5306375","url":null,"abstract":"An embedded smart camera is a stand-alone unit that not only captures images, but also includes a processor, memory and communication interface. With battery-powered and embedded smart cameras, it has become viable to install many spatially-distributed cameras interconnected by wireless links. Not requiring to have access to electrical outlets and have wired links increase system flexibility. However, wireless and battery-powered smart-camera networks introduce many additional challenges since they have very limited resources, such as power, memory and bandwidth. The algorithms running on the camera boards should be lightweight and efficient. In addition, the frequency of communication between camera nodes, and the content of the message packets should be carefully designed, since communication consumes power. In this paper, we present a wireless embedded smart-camera system that performs peer-to-peer object tracking and event detection. We analyze the power consumption and performance of this system during different parts of the algorithm execution and for different message exchanges between camera nodes. We also present a graph of the energy consumption for different tasks performed in a camera's processor. The number of instructions are also presented. The results demonstrate the importance of the careful choice of when and what data to transfer between cameras, and also the necessity of having lightweight algorithms in these resource-constrained systems.","PeriodicalId":356711,"journal":{"name":"2009 3rd International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication Systems","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121418787","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Blind motion-blur parameter estimation using edge detectors","authors":"Robert Grou-Szabo, T. Shibata","doi":"10.1109/ICSPCS.2009.5306409","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSPCS.2009.5306409","url":null,"abstract":"A method to determine the parameters of directional motion blurring noise using edge detectors is developed in this paper. Once the parameters characterizing the blurring noise are known, the point spread function (PSF) of the blurring noise can be reconstructed and the noise subsequently eliminated. The algorithm uses an edge detector with dynamic thresholding to extract edge information from an image at several threshold values. First the blurring angle is determined by rotating the image prior to edge extraction and the angle with the highest difference in edge count and its corresponding perpendicular angle is determined and considered to be the angle at which shifting has occurred. After the blurring shifting angle has been found, the pixel displacement length is determined using an iterative blind deconvolution process. Finally, once both the shifting angle and pixel displacement length are known the point spread function (PSF) of the blurring noise corrupting the image can be reconstituted.","PeriodicalId":356711,"journal":{"name":"2009 3rd International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication Systems","volume":"72 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129004020","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Line coded modulation","authors":"Bahman R. Alyaei, A. Glass","doi":"10.1109/ICSPCS.2009.5306403","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSPCS.2009.5306403","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper a new digital passband modulation hierarchy has been proposed. It has the advantage of combining line coding and digital passband modulation in one entity, hence reducing the number of stages of the transmitter and the receiver. The new LCM enhances the transmitted signal with some desirable features such as favorable power spectral density, timing information, error detection and correction, hence, reducing bit synchronization complexity at the receiver, and improving the overall system performance.","PeriodicalId":356711,"journal":{"name":"2009 3rd International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication Systems","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116976433","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Novel MMSE precoder and decoder designs subject to per-antenna power constraint for uplink multiuser MIMO systems","authors":"I. Lu, Jialing Li, E. Lu","doi":"10.1109/ICSPCS.2009.5306440","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSPCS.2009.5306440","url":null,"abstract":"Two complementary numerical approaches, the generalized iterative approach (GIA) and the transmit covariance optimization approach (TCOA) are proposed for jointly designing the minimum mean square error (MMSE) precoders and decoders in uplink multiuser multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) systems with a per-antenna power constraint. The TCOA always give optimum solution but works only when the source covariance matrices are projection matrices multiplied by the same constant and the rank constraint on the precoders is relaxed. On the other hand, the GIA does not have these restrictions. Furthermore, it is able to deal with arbitrary source covariances and allows arbitrary numbers of data streams. However, under these more general conditions, the GIA results are only guaranteed to be locally optimum. Regarding computational efficiency, the TCOA is more efficient at high transmission power and the GIA is more efficient at low transmission power when both approaches are applicable. Furthermore, the GIA and the TCOA are equivalent and both are optimum if the transmit covariance matrices obtained from the MMSE design are full rank. Numerical results show that the MSE and BER performances of the two approaches with the more practical per-antenna power constraint are very similar to those with the less practical per-user power constraint.","PeriodicalId":356711,"journal":{"name":"2009 3rd International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication Systems","volume":"69 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125045802","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}