The 6th International Conference on Advances in Communication and Control /Telecommunications/Signal Processing/Universal Communications, Corfu, Greece, June, 1997.

Proc. edited by W. Wells, Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA, 1998, 860 pp., ISBN 0-911575-44-8, $150.00

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Global Connectivity:

F. Carassa
Frequencies Well Above 10 Ghz for Broadband Services by Satellite Systems ..... 3

Broadband Technologies:

J. Stern
Evolution Towards a Broadband Multimedia Network ..... 13

A. Luvison
Full Services Access Networks (FSAN): A Systems Engineering Approach ..... 19

L. Riseberg, B. Whitton
Broadband Telecommunication Networks Enabled by VDSL Technology ..... 31

Universal Communications:

R. Swain
UMTS: Why and How ..... 45

M. Schreiber
Fractal Tool for Telecommunications Scenarios ..... 57

I. Palombini, B. Sapio; S. Sapio
A Scenario Approach to Universal Telecommunications ..... 69

G. Develekos, C. Douligeris
Fuzzy Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation for VBR Traffic in ATM Networks ..... 79

C. Georgopoulos, T. Zahariadis, G. Stassinopoulos; J. Sanchez-P, N. Zervos
Native ATM Protocol Architectures for Internet Applications ..... 89

J. Angelopoulos, K. Mavrommatis
Control of ATM Traffic Concentrated by Means of Tree-Shaped Access Networks ..... 99

G. Konstantoulakis, G. Stassinopoulos
Pipeline Communication Stack Design Through Receiver Transmitter Duality ..... 111

M. Logothetis, I. Papanikos, G. Kokkinakis
Heuristic Methods for Virtual Trunk Assignment Control Within a Virtual Path ..... 123

A. Salkintzis, C. Chamzas
Performance Analysis of a Page-and-Answer Protocol in a Broadcast Packet-Switched Channel ..... 135

E. Ziouva, A. Avrasoglou, K. Agavanakis, T. Antonakopoulos, V. Makios
A PCI-bus Based ASN.1 Accelerator ..... 147

S. Singh, W. Wells
Sliding Mode Flight Control System Design for the F-14 ..... 161

A. De Santis
H Disturbance Rejection for Continuum Models with Damping ..... 171

S. Stubberud
Incorporating A Priori Information into a Reduced-Order Observer-Based Neural Contoller ..... 181

I. Meirovitch, T. Stemple
Control of Structures Subjected to Earthquake Excitation ..... 193

L. Yenilmez,; M. Dogruel; H. Temeltas
Local Positioning of a Mobile Robot Using an Ultrasonic Ring ..... 203

A. Stubberud; P. Perryman
Approximants for Deterministic Nonlinear Systems ..... 213

C. Cassiliadis, C.-H. Wen
Using an AI Hybrid System for the Control of Activated Sludge in a Simulated Wastewater Treatment Plant ..... 225

G. Karagiannidis, S. Kotsopoulos
On the Development of a New Full Adaptive Channel Allocation Technique to Support High Capacity Conditions of the Mobile Cellular Systems ..... 237

N. Alexopoulos; N. Bambos
Modeling Communication Links in Percolating Environments ..... 249

K. Chatapuram, Y. Kakad
Rapid Prototyping of Viterbi Algorithm ..... 261

D. Haccoun, M. Hebert
A CDMA Capacity Analysis for LEO and MEO Satellites Systems for Personal Communications ..... 273

P. Kostarakis, A. Alexandridis, K. Dangakis, P. Katrivanos, A. Vlahakis, F. Lazarakis, A. Alonistioti
Reference Implementation for ERMES Conformance Testing System ..... 281

A. Chorevas, D. Reisis; E. Metaxakis
Efficient Flexible Implementation of Timing Recovery Algorithms for QAM Demodulator ..... 289

C. Georgopoulos
The Case of Coexistence of Infrared (IR) Systems in Indoor Communications Applications ..... 299

A. Polydorou, N. Uzunoglu
Design of a Monolithic GaAs FET Mixer at 14 Ghz Frequency for Down Conversion ..... 311

F. Vellis, C. Capsalis
Study of the S₁₁ Parameter of a Transmitting Antenna vs. Received Power at the Presence of a User in Indoor Environment ..... 323

G. Stratakos, N. Uzunoglu
Active Mixer-Voltage Controlled Oscillator Chain at 10 Ghz for Down-Converter Applications ..... 331

R. Makri, M. Gargalakos, N. Uzunoglu
A Monolithic GaAs FET Medium Power Amplifier Design at 14.8 Ghz for a Sub-SDH Telecommunication System ..... 341

F. Vellis, C. Capsalis
A New Theoretical Model for Indoor Propagation in the Presence of a User ..... 353

F. Flaviis, O. Stafsudd, N. Alexopoulos
Low Cost Steerable Antenna Scan Beam System for Networking Communication on a Lap-Top Computer ..... 359

G. Dimitralopoulos, C. Capsalis
Measurements and Statistical Modelling of RMS-Delay Spread in Indoor Environment ..... 367

R. Makri, N. Uzunoglu, M. Gargalakos, V. Kasouras
Development of a Pilot Terminal Unit for Rural Areas ..... 377

E. Metaxakis, A. Tzimas, S. Plevridis, G. Kalivas
999 MHz BiCMOS Variable Gain Low Noise Amplifier ..... 389

V. Georgopoulos
Speech Recognition for Speech Therapy Using Time-Frequency Analysis and Neural Networks ..... 399

P. Viana, E. Inocencio, E. Carrapatoso; E. Phillips
Digital Libraries and Distance Learning Services Architectures and a Methodology for Service Creation ..... 411

E. Sioros, D. Reisis; S. Katsanevas
Efficient Real Time Muon-Behavior Filtering ..... 423

P. Stubberud
An Optimization Technique for Designing Type 1-1 Frequency Sampling Filters with Fourfold Symmetry ..... 429

D. Chen, R. Mohler
Generalized Delta-Signal Modulator ..... 441

H. Sandalidis, P. Stavroulakis; J. Rodriguez-Tellez
Implementation of Genetic Algorithms to a Channel Assignment Problem in Cellular Communications ..... 453

A. Choudhury
Some Useful Distributions for Modeling of Ultra-Wide Band Radar Clutter ..... 461

G. Calvagno, G. Mian, R. Rinaldo, D. Tonetto
Optimal Reconstruction Filter Design for Quantization Error Minimization in Subband Coding ..... 473

K. Angelakis, P. Stavroulakis; E. Loukis
Artificial Neural Networks for Gas Turbine Fault Diagnosis ..... 485

N. Farsaris, P. Stavroulakis; S. Kouris
Neural Network Designs for T.I.R.N. Application ..... 495

T. Zamparakis, P. Stavroulakis
An Expert System for the Technoeconomic Evaluation of Mobile Cellular Network Implementation ..... 505

E. Yfantis
A Motion Compensation Algorithm ..... 513

H.-J. Su, E. Geraniotis
Performance Analysis of an Asynchronous Wavelet Packet Division Multiple Access System ..... 519

N. DeClaris
Beyond Viruses: Machine Pathology New Horizons in System Research and Engineering ..... 527

A. Kanlis, P. Narayan
Multicasting of Hierarchically Compressed Information in a Network ..... 537

P. Jung, J. Plechinger, M. Doetsch, F. Berens
A Pragmatic Approach to Rate Compatible Punctured Turbo-Codes for Mobile Radio Applications ..... 545

G. Woodward; R. Kohno; B. Vucetic
Comparison of Adaptive Algorithms for Single User MMSE CDMA Receivers ..... 555

H. Xiao, B. Vucetic
Soft Input Source Decoding Over a Rayleigh Fading Channel ..... 565

T. Duman, M. Salehi
New Performance Bounds for Turbo Codes Below the Channel Cut-off Rate ..... 575

A. Rizos, J. Proakis
Low-Complexity Detectors for Partial-Response, Coded Linear Modulations ..... 587

G. Lindell; J. Proakis
On Trellis Coded Pulse Amplitude Modulation with Overlapping Pulses ..... 599

C. Patrikakis, I. Venieris, E. Protonotarios
Flexible Design and Implementation of Broadband Intelligent Peripherals for Supporting Multimedia Interactive Services ..... 613

F. Bernabei, G. Chierchia, L. Gratta
Analysis of SCP Overload Control Mechanisms for the VoD Service in IN Environment ..... 625

O. Corral, J. Ruiz, E. Menduina, F. Herrera, F. Garijo; R. Minguez
Implementation of a Broadband Service Switching Point (B-SSP) Based on the Reciba Network Node ..... 637

A. Alonistioti, P. Kostarakis, K. Dangakis, A. Alexandridis
Issues on Integration of Control Signalling in UMTS Access Network ..... 649

H. Hussmann; B. Koch
IN and Broadband ISDN Signalling Integration and ATM Platforms -- The INSIGNIA Project ..... 659

T. Dahlberg
Modelling Nonuniform Mobile Communications Traffic ..... 671

P. Athanasios, T. Georgios, K. Ilias, C. Philip
A Dynamic Channel Selection Algorithm in a Three-Dimensional Cellular Environment ..... 681

I. Pountoukakis
Asynchronous Aloha-Type Protocol Using Multichannel Control Networks for WDMA ..... 687

I. Lindbom; M. Sternad, A. Ahlen
The Simplified Wiener LMS Algorithm ..... 697

M. Apostolides
Mobile Station Power Control Algorithms for Satellite Systems ..... 709

P. Ranta, M. Pukkila
Recent Results of Co-Channel Interference Suppression by Joint Detection in GSM ..... 717

D. Kalofonos, M. Stojanovic, J. Proakis
Performance of a MC-CDMA System in a Rayleigh Fading Channel, in the Presence of Channel Estimation Errors ..... 729

M. Najar, M. Lagunas, X. Mestre
Two-State Code Reference Beamformer ..... 739

G. Antoniou
On the Minimal State Space Realization of 2-D Systems via Neural Networks ..... 753

T. Kaczorek
Realization Problem, Reachability and Minimum Energy Control of Positive 2D Roesser Type Model ..... 765

J. Klamka
Constrained Controllability of Positive 2-D Systems ..... 777

K. Galkowski; N. Theodorou, S. Tzafestas
Non-Standard State-Space Models for 2-D Systems ..... 785

A. Yongacoglu
Sequential Decoding of Correlated Data ..... 795

N. Papadakis, E. Alexandri, P. Constantinou
Performance Analysis and Evaluation of a DQPSK System in Rayleigh/Time Delay/AWGN/Co-Channel Interference Environment ..... 803

G. Terdik
Use of Bispectrum Based Linearity Test for Detection of Nonlinear Signals ..... 809

M. Uysal, E. Panayirci, U. Aygolu
Design of New Coded M-PSK Systems for Rician Fading Channels with Imperfect Phase Reference ..... 817

M. Magana, D. Rabinowitz
An Algorithm for IS-95 Uplink Decoding That Uses Decision Feedback ..... 829

S. Georgakopoulos, C. Balanis, C. Birthcher
Cosite Interference in Communication Systems ..... 837

P. Varzakas, G. Tombras
Spectral Efficiency for FDMA and Direct-Sequence CDMA in Mobile Radio ..... 847