Ebook: Communications and Networks: A Survey of Recent Advances

The areas of communications, computer networks, and signal processing have undergone rapid development over the past several years. The advent of VLSI circuitry and increasingly sophisticated computer hardware and software techniques have made possible the construction of systems and signal proces­ sors for· communications applications not contemplated only a short time ago. The increasing complexity of communication systems, both by themselves and in land-based or satellite networks, has created a greater need for finding use­ ful mathematical techniques for their analysis. The rapidly evolving technolo­ gies involved continue to find exciting new areas for application, and it remains a challenge for researchers to keep abreast of developments. In this volume researchers from a broad cross section of the areas of communications, signal processing, and computer networks have been invited to contribute articles to assist readers in learning about the current state of research and future research directions in their area. The authors were not given tight guidelines for their contributions and thus the character and emphasis of each chapter differs. Although the scope of the areas considered is necessarily limited in a volume of this size, the coverage here is quite broad and it is hoped that the reader will find the contents of this volume to be interesting, useful, and informative.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Introduction....Pages 1-4
Front Matter....Pages 5-5
A Survey of Recent Progress on Level-Crossing Problems for Random Processes....Pages 6-25
On Detection-Estimation Schemes for Uncertain Systems....Pages 26-46
Series Expansions in Statistical Theory of Detection and Estimation....Pages 47-71
Optimum Data Quantization in Signal Detection....Pages 72-110
Digital Parameter Estimation....Pages 111-130
Robustness in Signal Detection....Pages 131-156
Sequential Detection of a Positive Signal....Pages 157-196
Recent Developments in Nonlinear Time-Series Modeling....Pages 197-229
In Search of Multiparameter Markov Processes....Pages 230-243
Front Matter....Pages 245-245
Coding for Interference Channels....Pages 246-265
The Use of Gibbs Distributions In Image Processing....Pages 266-298
The Routing Problem in Computer Networks....Pages 299-324
Theoretical Analysis of Slotted ALOHA, CSMA, and CSMA-CD Protocols....Pages 325-346
Image Compression via Self-Error-Correcting Two-Dimensional Coding....Pages 347-361
Vector Quantization....Pages 362-389
The Chinese Remainder Theorem and Applications....Pages 390-405
Detection of Complex Sinusoids by the Pisarenko Method....Pages 406-427
Back Matter....Pages 429-433

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Introduction....Pages 1-4
Front Matter....Pages 5-5
A Survey of Recent Progress on Level-Crossing Problems for Random Processes....Pages 6-25
On Detection-Estimation Schemes for Uncertain Systems....Pages 26-46
Series Expansions in Statistical Theory of Detection and Estimation....Pages 47-71
Optimum Data Quantization in Signal Detection....Pages 72-110
Digital Parameter Estimation....Pages 111-130
Robustness in Signal Detection....Pages 131-156
Sequential Detection of a Positive Signal....Pages 157-196
Recent Developments in Nonlinear Time-Series Modeling....Pages 197-229
In Search of Multiparameter Markov Processes....Pages 230-243
Front Matter....Pages 245-245
Coding for Interference Channels....Pages 246-265
The Use of Gibbs Distributions In Image Processing....Pages 266-298
The Routing Problem in Computer Networks....Pages 299-324
Theoretical Analysis of Slotted ALOHA, CSMA, and CSMA-CD Protocols....Pages 325-346
Image Compression via Self-Error-Correcting Two-Dimensional Coding....Pages 347-361
Vector Quantization....Pages 362-389
The Chinese Remainder Theorem and Applications....Pages 390-405
Detection of Complex Sinusoids by the Pisarenko Method....Pages 406-427
Back Matter....Pages 429-433
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