Communication, Signal Processing & Information Technology: Extended Papers

Description

The book elaborates selected, extended and peer reviewed papers on Communication and Signal Proceesing. As Vol. 8 of the series on "Advances on Signals, Systems and Devices" it presents main topics such as: content based video retrieval, wireless communication systems, biometry and medical imaging, adaptive and smart antennae. Preface of the Editors Advances in Systems, Signals and Devices Editorial Board Members Advances in Systems, Signals and Devices Contents New Proposed Adaptive Beamforming Algorithms Based on Merging CGM and NLMS methods Efficient Hardware Architecture of DCT Cordic based Loeffler Compression Algorithm for Wireless Endoscopic Capsule Exploring the Physical Characteristics of an On-chip Router for its Integration in a 3D-mesh NoC Compact High Speed Hardware for SHA-2 on FPGA An Extensible Platform for Smart Home Services Fuzzy-Based Gang Scheduling Approach for Multiprocessor Systems A Robust Multiple Watermarking Scheme Based on the DWT Retinal Identification System based on Optical Disc Ring Extraction and New Local SIFT-RUK Descriptor An Optimized Hardware Architecture of 4×4 Intra Prediction for HEVC Standard Arabic Continuous Speech Recognition Based on Hybrid SVM/HMM Model Enhancing the Odd Peaks Detection in OFDM Systems Using Wavelet Transforms Methodology for Analysis of Direct Sampling Receiver Architectures from Signal Processing and System Perspective A Hybrid PAPR Reduction Scheme for OFDM Using SLM with Clipping at the Transmitter, and Sparse Reconstruction at the Receiver Mobile Workflow Management System Architecture Taking into Account Relevant Security Requirements