Browsing Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Graduate Theses by Title
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Laser Driver Design in 0.18 um CMOS Technology
(2010-09-24)This thesis presents the design and analysis of two high speed analog laser driver stages (LDS) for use in a passive optical network (PON) upstream burst-mode transmitter (BM-Tx) using low cost complementary metal oxide ... -
LDPC-OFDM: Channel Estimation and Power considerations
(2013-04-29)Small cells are low-powered radio access nodes that operate in licensed and unlicensed spectrum that have a range of 10 meters to 200 meters, compared to a mobile macrocell which might have a range of a few kilometres. ... -
Likelihood-Based Modulation Classification for Multiple-Antenna Receivers
(2012-09-21)Prior to signal demodulation, blind recognition of the modulation scheme of the received signal is an important task for intelligent radios in various commercial and military applications such as spectrum management, ... -
Linear Hyperspectral Unmixing Using L0-norm Approximations and Nonnegative Matrix Factorization
(2016-10-05)Spectral unmixing (SU) is a technique to characterize mixed pixels of the hyperspectral images measured by remote sensors. Most of the existing spectral unmixing algorithms are developed using the linear mixing models. ... -
Link Adaptation for Energy Constrained Networks
(2008-12-02)Relay terminals are often used in tandem in sensor networks to lessen nodal communication burden. In this light we investigate the problem of power allocation amongst nodes in a relay network in order to maximize the overall ... -
Localization of Human Pelvis Anatomical Coordinate System Using Ultrasound Registration to Statistical Shape Model
(2010-08-24)Total Hip Replacement (THR) has become a common surgical procedure in recent years, due to the increase in the aging population with hip osteoarthritis. Identifying the proper orientation of the pelvis is a critical step ... -
A low feedback robust opportunistic scheduler and beamformer for MISO wireless systems
(2007-07-06)Opportunistic Beamforming is a promising scheme with potential usage in a variety of applications ranging from cellular audio/video communications to wireless mesh-networks. However, some aspects in this scheme are open ... -
Low Power Communication RFIC Design For Applications In Biotelemetry
This thesis explores low power communication blocks for applications in biotelemetry. As wireless networks become more prevalent and demand for sensor networks increases, so does the need for low power wireless ... -
A Low-Complexity Architecture and Framework for Enabling Cognition in Heterogenous Wireless Sensor Networks
(2013-03-04)Rapid advances in hardware technology are making it possible to manufacture different types of Sensor Nodes (SN) that results in fast growing heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). These WSN’s are applicable for a ... -
Low-Complexity Soliton-like Network Coding for a Resource-Limited Relay
(2011-10-11)Network coding (NC) is an optimal data dissemination technique where intermediate nodes linearly combine incoming packets. To recover a network-coded message, a sink must use a Gaussian elimination decoder, but this ... -
Low-Noise Mixing Circuits in CMOS Microwave Integrated Circuits
(2009-08-25)In this thesis, three low-noise active mixing circuits are presented in CMOS technology. Mixers can be found at the front-end of almost every communication systems. However, despite many advantages the active mixers have, ... -
Lumped Element Transdirectional and Codirectional Coupler
Directional couplers are an essential component in several microwave applications. Lumped element directional couplers gained a lot of attention due to their compact size. This thesis represents a lumped element model for ... -
A MAC Protocol For Harsh Industrial IoT Applications
Heavy industries such as mining, constructions and transportation manufacturing are currently facing many dilemmas due to the critical and harsh conditions that they collide with during their operations. Such environments ... -
Many-to-many allocations in systems of self-interested agents: Some dominant strategy solutions
(2016-01-27)In a multi-agent system where each agent acts in its respective self-interest, the problem of many-to-many allocations is explored. The question for the regulator making the allocations is: what should be the allocation ... -
MAP Decoding of Correlated Sources over Soft-Decision Orthogonal Multiple Access Fading Channels with Memory
(2014-09-25)We consider the joint source-channel coding (JSCC) problem where the real valued outputs of two correlated memoryless Gaussian sources are scalar quantized, bit assigned, and transmitted, without applying any error correcting ... -
MHz Resonant DC-DC Converters with First Cycle Control
Faster dynamic response and higher power density are the major achievements obtained by increasing the switching frequency of power supplies. However, switching frequencies are limited by topology, control, semiconductor ... -
Microgrid Control Based on an Adaptive Notch Filter Power Processor
(2016-02-29)Recent environmental policies and higher needs of energy have led to the huge growth in renewable sources consumptions. Consuming renewable energies however, is not always free of challenges. Many studies have been done ... -
Microwave Overlay Capacitor Fabrication on Printed Circuit Boards
A technique for making varactors in the form of parallel plate overlay capacitors, using barium strontium titanate (BST): a ferroelectric, polymer composite thick film, has been developed in this work. BST was selected due ... -
MIMO-aware Medium Access Control in IEEE 802.11 Networks
(2009-01-27)Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs) are dynamically self-organized and self-configured, where the nodes in the network automatically establish an ad hoc network and maintain mesh connectivity. These properties make WMNs a key ... -
Model-Based Segmentation and Recognition of Continuous Gestures
(2010-09-27)Being one of the most active research topics in the computer vision field, automatic human gesture recognition is receiving increasing attention driven by its promising applications, ranging from surveillance and human ...