The 7th International Conference on Advances in Communication and Control: Telecommunications/Signal Processing, Athens, Greece, June 28-July 2, 1999.
Proc. edited by W. Wells, Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas,
USA, 2000, 895 pp., ISBN 0-911575-75-8, $150.00
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SURVEY PAPERS
D. Efstathiou, Z. Zvonar
Transmitter Design for 3G Base Stations: Enabling Technologies
and Component ..... 3
P. Frick
The Remote Engineering Classroom -- Fact or Fiction?
..... 11
I.M. Palombini, B. Sapio, F. Perrella
The Internet and Electronic Commerce: A New Model for
a New Business ..... 19
A. Luvison
Reflections on Information Society and Related Technologies
..... 29
ANTENNAS / EM
I.G. Tigelis; J.L. Vomvoridis
Calculation of High-Frequency Waves in a Beam-Loaded
Gyrotron ..... 43
S.N. Livieratos, A.D. Panagopoulos, J.D. Kanellopoulos
Total Interference Analysis Between a Satellite Path
and a Microwave Terrestrial System under Raining Conditions ..... 55
M. Vrancken, G.A.E. Vandenbosch
Full Wave Analysis of Flat Plate Slot Array Antennas
for Satellite TV Reception ..... 65
J.D. Kanellopoulos, A.D. Panagopoulos
Prediction Analysis of Differential Rain Attenuation
on Adjacent Satellite Paths Including Rain Height Effects (Gamma Rays)
..... 77
L. Vegni
The Full Wave Analysis Method for Active Antennas Loaded
with Inhomogeneous Materials ..... 87
G.A. Kyriacou; O. Breinbjerg; J.N. Sahalos
Aperture Coupled Microstrip Antennas: A Design Approach
..... 95
P. Shubitidze, R. Zaridze; H. Anastassiu, D. Economou,
D.I. Kaklamani, N.K. Uzunoglu
Planar and Conformal Antennas for Mobile Telecommunication
..... 107
T. Bertuch
Electromagnetic Surface-Modelling for Antenna Design
Using the Boundary Element Method ..... 117
M.T. Chryssomallis, G.A. Kyriacou
A Microstrip Patch Antenna with Amplifier Integration
..... 127
H.J. Visser, G. Gerini
Theory and Experiments on Planar, Faceted and Curved
Array Antennas ..... 133
G.V. Tsoulos, G.E. Athanasiadou
Adaptive Antenna Arrays for Mobile Communications: Advances
in Performance and System Considerations and Future Challenges ..... 145
J. Gallardo, M. Hafid, D. Makrakis, A. Hafid
Dive-Based Applications over Ipv6-Capable Networks: Teletraffic
Studies and Performance Analysis ..... 157
K. Nikita, C. Kechribaris, N. Uzunoglu; C. Christopoulos
Development of Conformal Antennas for Mobile Phones .....
169
P. Shubitidze, R. Zaridze, I. Shamatava; K. Nikita,
N. Uzunoglu
Analysis of the Handset Antenna and Human Head Interaction
Using the Method of Auxiliary Sources ..... 181
D. Babas, E. Vafiadis, J. Sahalos
A Design Method of Nonuniformly Spaced Series-Fed Microstrip
Arrays .... 193
J. Sahalos, Ch. Tsironas, Th. Kaifas
On the Design of Conformal Microstrip Antenna Arrays
by the Orthogonal Method ..... 205
H. Anastassiu; V. Petrovic; D. Kaklamani, N. Uzunoglu
Analysis of Electromagnetic Scattering From Jet Engine
Inlets Using the Method of Auxiliary Sources (MAS) ..... 217
ATM
M. Carbonelli, D. Percchini, D. De Seta
Simulation Results for CBR Service Jitter Performance
in ATM Networks Using the Adaptive Clock Recovery Method ..... 229
G. Kormentzas, K. Kontovasilis; J. Soldatos, E. Vayias,
N. Mitrou
An ATM-Switch-Independent MIB for Portable Deployment
of Traffic Control Algorithms ..... 237
A. Kasiolas, D. Makrakis
Application of Fuzzy Congestion Control in ABR-Controlled
Transfer (CT) Service, Under Realistic Traffic Models ..... 263
H. Hussmann; B.F. Koch; G.K. Mamais, I.S. Vinieris
An Edge Device for Supporting QoS on IP over ATM Networks
..... 277
P. Stavroulakis, K.D. Andreadis, H.G. Sandalidis
A Hopfield Neural Network Multicast Switch for ATM Networks
..... 287
I.S. Venieris, I. Pikrammenos, A. Markou
Telecommucations Management Network Enhancements due
to the Vb5.2 Implementation ..... 295
A. Kasiolas, D. Makrakis
Fuzzy Logic Based Traffic Control in High Speed ATM Networks
..... 305
C. Fragouli, R. Wesel
Convolutional Codes and Matrix Control Theory ..... 317
Z. Gal, G. Terdik, E. Igloi
An Analysis of ATM Traffic Generated by Local Network
..... 329
CELLULAR & WIRELESS
D.B. Medved
Broadband Wireless Communications to OC 192 (10 Gbps)
and Beyond ..... 343
E. Frantzeskakis, P. Koukoulas
An Optimal Carrier Recovery Technique Appropriate for
Wireless Burst Transmission ..... 355
C. Douligeris, Z. Mao
Two Location-Based Tracking Strategies for PCS Systems
..... 367
G. Karagianidis, C. Georgopoulos, S. Kotsopoulos
Outrage Probability Analysis for Indoor Pico-Cellular
Communications Systems ..... 379
C. Komninakis, R. Wesel
Interactive Joint Channel Estimation and Decoding in
Flat Correlated Rayleigh Fading ..... 385
M. Zaki, D. Makrakis
Integrated Services over IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN with
QoS Capabilities .... 391
D. Makrakis, D.S. Hundal, J.R. Gallardo
A Protocol with QoS Policies for Integrated Traffic Wireless
Networks ..... 403
S. Van Der Meer, S. Arbanowski; R. Popescu-Zeletin
Environment-aware Applications: Integrating Mobile Communications
and Ubiquitous Computing ..... 415
NETWORKS
P. Karmazin; A. Liveris, Y. Papadimitriou; N. Moshopoulos,
G. Stassinopoulos
A Combined Hardware/Software Ethernet Protocol Implementation
for Embedded DSP Based Environments ..... 431
C.M. Balictsis, P. Vetter, C. Martin, I. Van De Voorde,
G.I. Eilenberger
Operation Administration and Maintenance (OA&M) Aspects
of a WDM- Upgraded SuperPON System ..... 443
F. Chatzipapadopoulos, O. Pyrovolakis, I. Venieris
Flexible Application of Object Oriented Technologies
to Distributed Intelligent Networks ..... 453
M. Logothetis, G. Kokkinakis
An Improved Algorithm for Spare- and Working-Channel
Capacity Design in Integrated Self-Healing Networks ..... 463
M. Angulo, J.R. Gallardo, D.Makrakis
Adaptive QoS Scheme Based on Prediction of Alpha Stable
Self-Similar Traffic ..... 475
M. Logothetis, G. Kokkinakis, A. Galani
Evaluation of a Path Bandwidth Allocation Scheme in Large-Scale
Telecommunication Networks -- Application to the Greek Long-Distance Telephone
Network ..... 483
G. Mazzini, A. Giovanardi
A Simuluted Multi-Traffic Approach for Polling WLAN Systems
..... 495
G. Mazzini, A. Giovanardi; M. Shanin
Simulation of CSMA WLAN Systems with Hidden Terminal
and Advanced Capture Effects ..... 505
O.I. Pyrovolakis, F.G. Chatzipapadopoulos, M.K. Perdikeas,
I.S. Venieris
Designing Advanced Services for Distributed Intelligent
Broadband Networks ..... 519
A. Papadakis, V. Stathopoulos; F. Zizza
Introduction of DOT-MAT in IN Architecture: The MARINE
Approach ..... 531
I. Pountourakis
Analysis of a Synchronous "Tell and GO" WDMA Protocol
..... 543
E. Karagianni, N. Uzunoglu
A Monolithic GaAs Fet Low Noise Amplifier Design for
a SUB-SDH 51.84 Mb/s ..... 555
SIGNAL PROCESSING
B. Akgun
A Massively Parallel Signal Processing System ..... 567
T. Antonakopoulos, D. Papadimatos, V. Makios
Performance of Audio and Visual Information in Telmatics
Speech Therapy Applications ..... 585
Y. Kakad, B. Sherlock
Windowed Discrete Cosine Transform for Shifting Data
..... 597
F. Chatzipapadopoulos, M.M. Perdikeas, I.S. Venieris
A Scheme for the Efficient Provision of Multimedia Services
within a UMTS Environment ..... 605
P. Varzakas, G.S. Tambras
Spectral Efficiency for TDMA and Direct-Sequence CDMA
in Cellular Systems ..... 613
N. Levan, J. Pham
On Relationship Between the Shift Operators in Wavelet
Theory ..... 621
N. Papamarkos, C. Strouthopoulos
Multithresholding of Gray-Level Images Via a SOFM .....
633
J. Pham, N. Levan
A Wavelet Packet and Wandering Subspaces Representation
for Signal Classification and Identification ..... 643
A. De Santis, A. Manikas
Adaptive Delay Synchronization and Reception in DS-CDMA
Communications Systems ..... 669
F. Harris
Band Edge Filtering and Processing for Timing and Carrier
Recovery ..... 681
CHAOTIC COMMUNICATIONS
G. Mazzini, R. Rovatti, G. Setti
Chaotic (n,t)-Tailed Shifts as Nearly Optimal DS-CDMA
Seqience Generators ..... 691
C.C. Chen, K. Yao
Basic Issues in Chaotic Communication Systems ..... 703
N. Rulkov, M. Sushchik, L. Tsimring, A. Volkovskii,
H. Abarbanel, L. Larson; K. Yao
Digital Communication using Chaotic Pulse Generators
..... 715
RF TRANSMISSION
A. Alexandridis, K. Dangakis, P. Kostarakis
Accurate Measurements of Received RF Power ..... 727
C.E. Dimakis, I.K. Nissopolos, S.S. Kouris
The Effect of Metric Modification on the Performance
of TCM and Concatenated Systems over Rayleigh Fading Channels ..... 735
C. Georgopoulos
Minimization of Mutual Interference in Infrared Communication
Systems Through /f
Diagrams ..... 745
W.M. Merril, N. Alexopoulos
Communication in Dense Forest: The Collective Effect
of Foliage ..... 757
G. Pantos, Ph. Constantinou; A. Kourtis
Simulation of an OFDM Transmission System Using Smooth
and Monotonic Phase Variations ..... 765
STOCHASTICS
B. Almasi, J. Sztrik
Reliabiity Analysis of Finite-Source Information Systems
with Different Clients ..... 775
A. Kiki, M. Arato, Z. Lencse
Experimental News Distribution System ..... 783
C. Steriadis, P. Constantinou
GSM-1800 Power Density Estimations in Relation with CENELEC
Standards ..... 787
O. Alvarez-Salazar, G. Wang
A Novel Gust Monitoring Device ..... 793
CONTROL
A.R. Stubberud
Sequential Linear Estimates Under State Constraints .....
809
A. Pacut, S. Soszynski; W. Kolodziej
Comparison of Optimal and ANN Nonlinear Feedback Controllers
..... 819
C. Vassiliadis, M. Dobrynine
The Use of Intelligent Agents in Control and Other Applications
..... 827
S. Stubberud, M. Owen
A Neural Network Augmented Kalman Filter for Fault Diagnosis
..... 835
B. Tibken, F. Lehn, E.P. Hofer
Quadratic Control Lyapunov Functions for Bilinear Systems
..... 845
Y. Yahiaoui, R. Mohler, G. Mpitsos
Bilinear System Model of the Action Potential of a Single
Neuron ..... 855