Program for 2007 IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication [ICSPC07]

Contour Image Indexing using Dyadic Wavelet Transform of OneDimensional Signal with Branch Compensation: Bjoern Keck (Helmut-Schmidt University - University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg, Germany); Siva Siva Ganesan Rakash (Helmut-Schmidt University - University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg, Germany); Christian Ruwwe (Helmut-Schmidt University - University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg, Germany); Udo Zölzer (Helmut-Schmidt-University / University of the Federal Armed Forces, Germany)

pp. 1-4
Unsupervised Elimination of Media Items in Content-Based Image Retrieval: Esin Guldogan (Tampere University of Technology, Finland); Moncef Gabbouj (Tampere University of Technology, Finland)

pp. 5-8
Automatic Annotation of Digital Images Using Colour and Edge Direction Histogram: Wenbin Shao (University of Wollongong, Australia); Golshah Naghdy (University of Wollongong, Australia); Son Lam Phung (University of Wollongong, Australia)

pp. 9-12
Efffects of Arbitrary-Shaped Regions on Texture Retrieval: Serkan Kiranyaz (Tampere University of Technology, Finland); Stefan Uhlmann (Tampere University of Technology, Finland); Moncef Gabbouj (Tampere University of Technology, Finland)

pp. 13-16
A Novel Finite Mixture Model for Count Data Modeling: Nizar Bouguila (Concordia University, Canada)

pp. 17-20
Enhanced Skin Detection Technique Using Block Matching: Eman Abu-Hammad (Al-Balqa Applied University, Jordan); Faten Hamad (University of Jordan, Jordan); Khalid A Kaabneh (Amman Arab University for Graduate Studies, Jordan)

pp. 21-24

Mobile and Wireless Communications 1

Relay Cyclic Delay Diversity: Modeling & System Performance: Afif Osseiran (Ericsson Research, Sweden); Andrew Logothetis (Airspan, United Kingdom); Slimane Ben Slimane (KTH, Sweden); Peter Larsson (Ericsson Research, Sweden)

pp. 25-28
Improving the Processing Power Efficiency of Minimum Selection GSC with Adaptive Modulation and Post-Combining Power Control: Zied Bouida (Texas A&M University, USA); Mohamed-Slim Alouini (Texas A&M University at Qatar, Qatar); Khalid A. Qaraqe (Texas A&M University at Qatar, USA)

pp. 29-32
Throughput and Delay Analysis of a S-aloha/OV-DS-CDMA MAC Protocol Over the IEEE 802.15.3 WPAN: Elie Naim Inaty (University of Balamand, Lebanon)

pp. 33-36
FPGA Implementation of a Novel Receiver Diversity Combining Technique for Wireless SIMO Systems: Rafic A. Ayoubi (University of Balamand, Lebanon); Jean-Pierre Dubois (University of Balamand, Lebanon); Omar Abdul-Latif (Michigan State University, UAE)

pp. 37-40
Novel Intermediate Frequency Zero-Crossing Detectors for Bluetooth Enhanced Data Rate Transmission: Tobias Scholand (Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany); Christoph Spiegel (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany); Admir Burnic (Universität Duisburg-Essen, Kommunikationstechnik, Germany); Andreas Waadt (Lehrstuhl für KommunikationsTechnik, Germany); Guido Bruck (Universität Duisburg-Essen, Kommunikationstechnik, Germany); Peter Jung (Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany)

pp. 41-44
Double Differential Modulation for Decode-and-Forward Cooperative Communications: Manav Bhatnagar (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India); Are Hjørungnes (University of Oslo, Norway)

pp. 45-48

Cryptography and Network Security 1

New Rotor Based Symmetric Cipher: Ahmed M ElShafee (Master of science, Alexandria University, Egypt, Egypt); Hassan ElKamchouchi (Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Egypt, Egypt)

pp. 49-52
Seed-based Distributed Group Key Selection Algorithm for Ad Hoc Networks: Emre Atsan (Koç University, Turkey); Oznur Ozkasap (Koc University, Turkey)

pp. 53-56
A Cross-protocol approach to detect TCP Hijacking attacks: Bazara Imam Barry (University of Khartoum, Sudan); H Anthony Chan (Huawei Technologies, USA)

pp. 57-60
A Dynamic i-key Encryption Protocol for Wireless Networks: Peter H Yu (Texas A&M University, USA); Udo Pooch (Department of Computer Science, Texas A&M University, USA)

pp. 61-64
Cuda compatible Gpu as an efficient hardware accelerator for AES cryptography: Svetlin A. Manavski (ITCIS, Sofia, Bulgaria)

pp. 65-68
A Multi-recipient Tree-based Signcryption Scheme: Yasmine Abouelseoud (Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Egypt, Egypt); Hassan ElKamchouchi (Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Egypt, Egypt)

pp. 69-72

Analog and Mixed Signal Processing 1

Reliability - The Fourth Optimization Pillar of Nanoelectronics: Sanja Lazarova-Molnar (United Arab Emirates University, UAE); Valeriu C. Beiu (UAE University, UAE); Walid Ibrahim (UAEU, UAE)

pp. 73-76
Large-Signal Model for AlGaN/GaN HEMT for Designing High Power Amplifiers of Next Generation Wireless Communication Systems: Anwar Hasan Jarndal (Hodeidah University, Yemen); Günter Kompa (University of Kassel, Germany)

pp. 77-80
Low-Voltage Digitally Programmable Band pass Filter with Independent Control: Tarek Hassan (German University in Cairo, Egypt); Soliman A. Mahmoud (German University in Cairo, Egypt)

pp. 81-84
High-Order Gm-C Filters with Current Transfer Function Based on Multiple Loop Feedback: Mohamed O. Shaker (Cairo University, Egypt); Soliman A. Mahmoud (German University in Cairo, Egypt); Ahmed M Soliman (Cairo University, Egypt)

pp. 85-88
A 3.1-4.8 GHz CMOS Mixer Design Using Current Bleeding Technique For Uwb MB-OFDM Receivers: Skandar Douss (National School of Engineering of Sfax, Tunisia); Farid A Touati (Sultan Qaboos Univeristy, Oman); Lazhar Khriji (Ecole National Ingenieur Monastir, Tunisia); Mourad Loulou (National School of Engineering of Sfax, Tunisia)

pp. 89-92
Low Voltage CMOS Fully Differential Current Feedback Amplifier with Controllable 3-dB Bandwidth: Ahmed H. Madian (Cairo University, Egypt); Soliman A. Mahmoud (German University in Cairo, Egypt); Ahmed M Soliman (Cairo University, Egypt)

pp. 93-96

Image Compression

Fast Multi-level Image Vector Quantization: Loay Edwar George (Baghdad university, Iraq); Bushra Qassim Al-abudi (Baghdad university, Iraq)

pp. 121-124
A Hybrid Classified Vector Quantisation and Its Application to Image Compression: Ali Hassan Al-Fayadh (Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom); Abir Hussain (Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom); Paulo Lisboa (Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom); Dhiya Al-Jumeily (Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom)

pp. 125-128
Frequency And Spatial Adaptive Packet Wavelet Coder For Still Images Using Cellular Neural Network: Santhosh Kumar S (Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, India); Rahul Srinivasa Raghavan (Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, India); Vignesh Jagadeesh (Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, India); Bharadwaj M (Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, India); Venkateswaran N (Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, India)

pp. 129-132
A Rate-constrained Pre-compression Bit Allocation Algorithm for Memory Constrained Embedded Applications of JPEG2000: Alireza Aminlou (University of Tehran, Iran); Amir Naghdinezhad (University of Tehran, Iran); Mahmoud Reza Hashemi (University of Tehran, Iran); Omid Fatemi (University of Tehran, Iran)

pp. 133-136
Optimal Multiple Description Image Coding Transform In The Wavelet Domain: Bahi Brahim (Phd student, Morocco); Ibn Elhaj Elhassane (National Institute of Post and Telecommunications (INPT) Rabat-Morocco, Morocco); Driss Aboutajdine (GSCM_LRIT Mohammed V-agdal University, Morocco)

pp. 137-140
A Multicomponent Image Quality Assessment Based On Singular Value Decomposition: Anas Y Boubas (University of Sharjah, UAE); Maamar Bettayeb (University of Sharjah, UAE)

pp. 141-144

Signal Processing for Communications 1

A Fast Converging Blind Receiver for Space-Time Block Codes over Frequency Selective Channels: Samir Bendoukha (University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom); Stephan Weiss (University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom)

pp. 169-172
Blind Identification of Frequency Selective Channel: S. Safi (Cadi Ayyad University, Morocco); Miloud Frikel (ENSICAEN, France); Mohammed M'saad (Professor, France); A. Zeroual (Professor, Morocco)

pp. 173-176
Transmit Diversity over a Frequency Selective Fading Channel : Turbo Deflation and Turbo Decoding: Ons Benrhouma (ENST Bretagne, France); Sebastien Houcke (Institut TELECOM ; TELECOM Bretagne, France); Ammar Bouallegue (National School of Engineers of Tunis, Tunisia)

pp. 177-180
Non-uniform sampled signal reconstruction for multistandard WIMAX/WIFI receiver: Manel Ben-Romdhane (Télécom Paris & Sup'Com Tunis, France); Chiheb Rebai (Ecole Superieure des Communications de Tunis (SUP'COM), Tunisia); Khaled Grati (Ecole Superieur de Comm. Sup'Com Tunis, Tunisia); Adel Ghazel (SUPCOM, Tunisia); Gadour Hechmi (Ecole Superieur de Comm. Sup'Com Tunis, Tunisia); Patricia Desgreys (Télécom ParisTech, France); Patrick Loumeau (Télécom Paris, France)

pp. 181-184
MIMO channel capacity with polarization diversity and power allocation technique: Prayongpun Nuttapol (Laboratoire Grenoble Images Paroles Signal Automatique, France); Kosai Raoof (GIPSA Lab, France)

pp. 185-188
Issues in the Design of Equiripple FIR Higher Order Digital Differentiators using Weighted Least Squares Technique: Vinita V Sondur (Gogte Institute of Technology, Belgaum, India); Vilas B Sondur (Amruta Institute of Engineering and Management Sciences, Bangalore 562 109 India, India); Narasimha H Ayachit (S.D.M.COllege of Engg. & Tech., India); Mruthyunjay V Latte (S.D.M.College of Engg. & Tech., India); Dandin H Rao (Gogte Institute of Technology, Belgaum, India)

pp. 189-192

Parallel and Distributed Processing

Parallelization of High-Performance Video Encoding on A Single-Chip Multiprocessor: Di Wu (Linkoping University, Sweden); Boonshyang Lim (Linkoping University, Sweden); Johan Eilert (Linkoping University, Sweden); Dake Liu (Linköping University, Sweden)

pp. 145-148
Simulation Of The Fuel Cell Thermal Behavior With Unified Parallel C: Salah Abdelkrim (Universite de Technologie de Belfort-Montbeliard, France); Olivier Serres (The George Washington University, USA); Jaafar Gaber (UTBM, France); Rachid Outbib (Marseille University, France); EL -Sayed Houda (State University Bowie,, USA)

pp. 149-152
FPGA Implementation of a Unidirectional Systolic Array Generator for Matrix-Vector Multiplication: Marilena Ch Karra (Democritus University of Thrace, Greece); Michael P. Bekakos (Democritus University of Thrace, Greece); Igor Z Milovanovic (Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Yugoslavia (defunct)); El I Milovanovic (Faculty of Electroniv Engineering, Yugoslavia (defunct))

pp. 153-156
Parallel Computing Platform for Evaluating LDPC Codes Performance: Esa A. Al-Ghonaim (KFUPM, Saudi Arabia); Aiman H. El-Maleh (KFUPM, Saudi Arabia); Adnan Al-Andalousi (KFUPM, Saudi Arabia)

pp. 157-160
Robust and Efficient Ant Colony Algorithm; Using New Local Updating Rule: Hossein Miar Naimi (Babol University of Technology, Iran)

pp. 161-164
AdaBoost Parallelization on PC Clusters with Virtual Shared Memory for Fast Feature Selection: Virginie Galtier (SUPELEC, France); Olivier Pietquin (SUPELEC, France); Stephane Vialle (SUPELEC, France)

pp. 165-168

Ad-Hoc Sensors and Networks 1

SMS: Shortest Multipath Source Routing for Mobile Ad-hoc Networks: Mohammad Haseeb Zafar (N-W.F.P. University of Engineeering & Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan); David Harle (University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom); Ivan Andonovic (University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom); Mahmood A Khan (Institute of Communication Technologies, Pakistan)

pp. 97-100
Lifetime Enhancement in WSNs Using Balanced Sensor Allocation to Cluster Heads: Nadieh Mohammadi Moghaddam (Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran); Amir Sepasi Zahmati (Ryerson University, Canada); Bahman Abolhassani (Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran)

pp. 101-104
Minimizing Energy Consumption Within Wireless Sensors Networks using Optimal Transmission Range Between Nodes: Fady Shebli (University of Valencienens, France); Iyad Dayoub (IEMN, France); Anicet Okassa (University of valenciennes, France); Jean-Michel Rouvaen (University, France); Atika Rivenq (University, France)

pp. 105-108
Adaptive self-organization of wireless ad-hoc control networks: Fazel Naghdy (University of Wollongong, Australia)

pp. 109-112
Experimental Measurement of Overhead Associated with Active Probing of Wireless Mesh Networks: Brian Keegan (Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland); Karol Kowalik (Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland); Mark Davis (Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland)

pp. 113-116
A Generlaized Energy-Aware Data Centric Routing For Wireless Sensor Network: Tayseer Al-Khdour (King Fahd Univesrity of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia); Uthman Baroudi (King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia)

pp. 117-120

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Application 1

Design of UWB Planar Antenna for Microwave Imaging Systems: Amin M Abbosh (University of Queensland, Australia); Marek E. Bialkowski (University of Queensland, Brisbane,, Australia)

pp. 193-196
A Novel Threshold Optimisation Technique For CFAR Detection in Weibull Clutter using Fuzzy-Neural Networks: Amar Mezache (Département d'électronique, Université de Constantine, Algeria); Faouzi Soltani (Université de Constantine, Algeria)

pp. 197-200
A Dynamic Hardware-Oriented Algorithm for Angle of Arrival Positioning Technique: Muhammed Salamah (Eastern Mediterranean University, Turkey); Evgueni Doukhnitch (Computer Eng. Dept. EMU - TURKEY, Turkey); Ceran Bayramer (Computer Eng. Dept. EMU - TURKEY, Turkey)

pp. 201-204
Automatic Censoring Detection Using Binary Clutter-Map Estimation for Non-Gaussian Environments.: Barkahem Zattouta (Université du 20 aout 55 de Skikda, Algeria); Atef Farrouki (Laboratoire SISCOM, Algeria); Mourad Barkat (American University of Sharjah, UAE)

pp. 205-208
Design of Optimum Wavelet for Noise Suppression and its Application to Ultrasonic Echo Delay Estimation: Behnam Molavi (University of British Columbia, Canada); Ali Sadr (Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran); Hosein Ahmadi (Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Canada)

pp. 209-212
Rapid-fluctuating Radar Signal Detection with Unknown Arrival Time: Mostafa Derakhtian (Shiraz University, Iran); Ali A. Tadaion (Yazd University, Iran); Saeed Gazor (Queen's University, Canada); Mohammad Mahdi Nayebi (Sharif University of Technology, Iran)

pp. 213-216

Audio/Speech Processing and Coding 1

A Non-Linear Operator Based Method for Harmonic Feature Extraction from Speech Signals: Darren F Kavanagh (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland); Frank Boland (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)

pp. 217-220
A V/UV Speech Detection Based on Characterization of Background Noise: Francesco Beritelli (University of Catania, Italy); Salvatore Casale (University of Catania, Italy); Alessandra Russo (Università degli Studi di Catania, Italy); Salvatore Serrano (University of Messina, Italy)

pp. 221-224
A modified Coherence based method for dual microphone speech enhancement: Mohsen Rahmani (Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran); Ahmad Akbari (Iran university of science and technology, Iran); Beghdad Ayad (Research Center for Information Technology, Algeria); Mojtaba Maazoochi (Iran Telecommunication Research center, Iran); M. Shahram Moin (Iran Telecom Research Center, Iran)

pp. 225-228
Fast Converging Blind Signal Separation Algorithm Using the Bussgang Cost Function and the Natural Gradient: Maha Elsabrouty (german university in egypt, Egypt)

pp. 229-232
A Manual System to Segment and Transcribe Arabic Speech: Mansour M Alghamdi (KACST, Saudi Arabia); Yahya Ould Mohamed Elhadj (Imam University, Saudi Arabia); Mohamed I Alkanhal (King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia)

pp. 233-236
LSF and phase feature combination for join cost estimation in a TTS system: Mehdi Hossinpour (Iran Telecom Research Center, Iran); M. Shahram Moin (Iran Telecom Research Center, Iran); Farzad Zargari (Iran Telecom Research Center, Iran)

pp. 237-240

Digital Signal Processing 1

Enhancements in a Method for Noise Filter Disturbance Rejection and Response Speed Improvement: Mirsad Halimic (University of Hail, Saudi Arabia); Aida Halimic (University of Hail, Saudi Arabia); Salah Zugail (University of Hail, Saudi Arabia); Zayed Ali Huneiti (University of Hail, Saudi Arabia)

pp. 241-244
Minimization of the Maximum Error Between the Steady State and Transient Frequency Responses of IIR Filters Using Initialization: Jeedella Shawkat Jeedella (Etisalat University College, UAE); Hussain Al-Ahmad (Khalifa University, UAE); Mohammed Al-Mualla (Etisalat University College, UAE); Jim M. Noras (University of Bradford, United Kingdom)

pp. 245-248
Performance of the Frequency-Response-Shaped LMS Algorithm in Impulsive Noise: Mohammad M. Shukri Ahmad (Eastern Mediterranean University, Turkey); Aykut Hocanin (Eastern Mediterranean University, Turkey); Osman Kukrer (Eastern Mediterranean University, Turkey)

pp. 249-252
Novel anisotropic multidimensional convolutional filters for derivative estimation and reconstruction: David Thornley (Imperial College London, United Kingdom)

pp. 253-256
Errors Analysis of Spectrum Inversion Methods: Yiding Wang (GUCAS, P.R. China); Yunhong Wang (Beihang University, P.R. China); Shi Zhao (Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R. China)

pp. 257-260
Coding FIR filter coefficients in power-of-two format: Jacek Izydorczyk (Silesian University of Technology, Poland)

pp. 261-264

Optical Communications 1

Analytical design of terrestrial dispersion-managed optical fiber systems: Abdosllam M. Abobaker (University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom); Nakkeeran Kaliyaperumal (University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom); Patrice Tchofo Dinda (University of Burgundy, France)

pp. 265-268
On Minimizing Band Size in Limited Reconfigurable Optical Networks: Majid Alnaimi (The George Washington University, USA); Suresh Subramaniam (The George Washington University, USA)

pp. 269-272
Comparative Study of Classical and Optically-Optimized Rotue and Wavelength Assignment Algorithms: Sami Sheeshia (American University of Science and Technology, USA); Elie Diab (AUST, Lebanon)

pp. 273-276
Numerical analysis of stimulated Raman scattering in nonlinear photonic crystal fiber for broad spectral content: Rim Cherif (Engineering School of Communication of Tunis (Sup’Com), Tunisia); Mourad Zghal (Engineering School of Communication of Tunis (Sup’Com), Tunisia); Habib Hamam (University of Moncton, Canada)

pp. 277-280
Transient Analysis of Asymmetric Multi Quantum Well Laser Using Equivalent Circuit Model: Abbas Zarifkar (Iran Telecom. Research Center, Iran); Sasan Seifollahpour (Islamic Azad university, Tabriz branch, Iran)

pp. 281-284
Power Performance Analysis of Spectrally Phase-Encoded Optical CDMA Packet Networks: Sina Khaleghi (Pennsylvania State University, USA); Salman Khaleghi (Sharif University of Technology, Iran); Kambiz Jamshidi (Deutsche Telekom University of Applied Sciences, Germany)

pp. 285-288

Image and Video Processing 1

An Innovative Approach For Adaptation Of Generic Rate Control Algorithms For Target Video Standards: Megha Agarwal (STMicroelectronics Pvt Ltd, India); Sumit Johar (STMicroelectronics Private Limited, India); Kaushik Saha (STMicroelectronics, India, India); Emiliano M. Piccinelli (STMicroelectronics, Italy)

pp. 336-339
Improved Inter Prediction Based on Structural Similarity in H.264: Chun-Ling Yang (South China University of Technology, P.R. China); Hua-Xing Wang (South China University of Technology, P.R. China); Lai Man Po (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)

pp. 340-343
Removing Channel Error Artifacts in JPEG 2000 Coded Images: Farzad Zargari (Iran Telecom Research Center, Iran); Ali Sefidpour (Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Campus, Iran); M. Shahram Moin (Iran Telecom Research Center, Iran)

pp. 344-347
A Joint Motion and Disparity Based Estimation Technique with Half Pixel Refinement for 3D Integral Video Compression: Steven Adedoyin (Surrey University, United Kingdom); Anil Fernando (University of Surrey, United Kingdom); Amar Aggoun (Brunel University, United Kingdom)

pp. 348-351
a frame layer bit allocation for H.264 based on mode decision: Siavash Eshaghi (Islamic Azad University, Branch of Birjand, Iran); Omid Fatemi (University of Tehran, Iran); Mahmoud Reza Hashemi (University of Tehran, Iran)

pp. 352-355
Pre-coded Video Transcoding Into H.264 With Arbitrary Resolution Change: Subarna Tripathi (STMicroelectronics, India); Kaushik Saha (STMicroelectronics, India, India); Emiliano M. Piccinelli (STMicroelectronics, Italy)

pp. 356-359

Mobile and Wireless Communications 2

Random Power Control for Uncorrelated Rayleigh Fading Channels: Mohammed Salem Elmusrati (University of Vaasa, Finland); Naser Tarhuni (Sultan Qaboos University, Oman); Riku Jantti (Helsinki University of Technology, Finland)

pp. 360-363
Radiation from an Axisymmetric Slot on a Spheroid Coated with an Isorefractive Material and Excited by a Delta Gap Source: Abdulkadir Hamid (University of Sharjah, UAE); Francis R Cooray (CSIRO ICT Centre, Australia)

pp. 364-367
Fairness-Insured Aggressive Sub-channel Allocation and Efficient Power Allocation Algorithms to Optimize the Capacity of IEEE802.16e OFDMA/TDD Cellular System: SangJun Ko (University of Inha, Korea); KyungHi Chang (Inha University, Korea)

pp. 368-371
An Enhanced TOA Estimation Using Search Back Window for Non-coherent UWB Systems: Woon Yong Park (University of soongsil, Korea); Yun-Gi Hong (Soongsil University, Korea); Sungsoo Choi (Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute, Korea); Won Cheol Lee (Soongsil University, Korea)

pp. 372-375
Joint Optimization of Rates and Regions for Optimum Performance of Adaptive Modulation: Mohammad Amin Khajehnejad (University of Tehran, Iran); Farrokh Etezadi (Concordia University, Canada); Ali Olfat (University of Tehran, Iran)

pp. 376-379
A Non-Iterative Channel Estimation Algorithm for Mobile MIMO-OFDM Systems with Comb-Type Pilots: Reihaneh Lavafi (Iran University of Sience and Technology, Iran); Bahman Abolhassani (Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran)

pp. 380-383

DSP Implementation and Embedded Systems 1

Generic Low Latency Router Design for DSP Implementation on Networks-on-Chip: Adel Baganne (Lester-Ubs, France); Rafik Ben Tekaya (Universit, France); Rached Tourki (Facult, Tunisia)

pp. 313-316
Why Nano-DSP Will Be Fan-in Constrained: Walid Ibrahim (UAEU, UAE); Valeriu C. Beiu (UAE University, UAE); Sanja Lazarova-Molnar (United Arab Emirates University, UAE)

pp. 317-320
Application of DSPs and Microcontrollers in Voltage Source Iinverters Statcom Digital Designs: A Comparative Approach: Hameed Okyere (University of the West of England, United Kingdom); Mokhtar Nibouche (University of the West of England, United Kingdom); Hassan Nouri (University of the West of England, United Kingdom); Osama Al Mrayat (University of the West of England, United Kingdom)

pp. 321-324
A Study of Fault Coverage of Standard and Windowed Watchdog Timers: Ashraf M El-Attar (German University in Cairo, Egypt); Gamal El-Din Fahmy (German University in Cairo, Egypt)

pp. 325-328
Some Results on Stochastic Resonance in One-Bit Quantizers: Farzad Talebi (Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran); Vahid Taba Taba Vakili (iran University of Science and Technology, Iran); Mehdi Adibi (Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran)

pp. 329-331
Implementation of Four-Switch Brushless DC Motor Drive based on TMS320LF2407 DSP: Abolfazl Halvaei Niasar (Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran); Hassan Moghbelli (Texas A&M University at Qatar, Qatar); Abolfazl Vahedi (University of Science and Technology, Iran)

pp. 332-335

Analog and Mixed Signal Processing 2

Minimizing Power in Very-Low-Voltage Switched-Opamp Pipelined ADCs: Mohammad Reza Nabavi (Delft university of technology, The Netherlands); Reza Lotfi (Ferdowsi university of mashhad, Iran)

pp. 289-292
A Low Power Fast Settling CMOS S&H utilizing Auxiliary Slew Circuits: Mohammad Reza Ghajar (University of Tehran, Iran); Arashk Norouzpour Shirazi (University of Tehran, Iran); Omid Shoaei (University of Tehran, Iran)

pp. 293-296
A 100MHz Current Conveyor in 0.35µm CMOS technology: Lingchuan Zhou (InESS-ULP/CNRS, France); Mohsen Ayachi (Institut d'Électronique du Solide et des Systèmes, France); Jean-Philippe Blondé (Institut d'Électronique du Solide et des Systèmes, France); Francis Braun (Institut d'Électronique du Solide et des Systèmes, France)

pp. 297-300
500MSPS with 80dB SFDR SHA for time interleaved application using LATERAL PNP in CMOS process: Mohammad Reza Ghajar (University of Tehran, Iran); Arash Mirhaj (University of Tehran, Iran); Omid Shoaei (University of Tehran, Iran)

pp. 301-304
Tuning of Notch Filters for Controlling Chaos in a Chua's Circuit: Ashraf A Zaher (Kuwait University, Science College, Kuwait); Abdulnasser Abu-Rezq (Kuwait University, Science College, Kuwait)

pp. 305-308
Taylor type analog predictor for fast signal processing: Arunas Tamasevicius (Semiconductor Physics Institute, Lithuania); Elena Tamaseviciute (Vilnius University, Lithuania); Skaidra Bumeliene (Semiconductor Physics Institute, Lithuania)

pp. 309-312

4:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Video Communication

Distributed Video Coding With MIMO for Video Wireless Communications: W A Rajitha J Weerakkody (University of Surrey, United Kingdom); Anil Fernando (University of Surrey, United Kingdom); K Muraleetharan (Brunel University, United Kingdom); Steven Adedoyin (Surrey University, United Kingdom)

pp. 384-387
A Multiscale Based Multistage Lattice Vector Quantization Video Coding for Robust Transmission over Mobile Channels: Mohd Fadzli Mohd Salleh (Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia); John J Soraghan (University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom)

pp. 388-391
Transcoding Compressed Video Signals to WMV9: Ravin Sachdeva (STMicroelectronics Private Limited, India); Sumit Johar (STMicroelectronics Private Limited, India); Emiliano M. Piccinelli (STMicroelectronics, Italy)

pp. 392-395
An Adaptive Unequal Error Protection Method for Error Resilient Scalable Video Coding Using Particle Swarm: Amir Naghdinezhad (University of Tehran, Iran); Amin Farmahini-Farahani (University of Tehran, Iran); Mahmoud Reza Hashemi (University of Tehran, Iran); Omid Fatemi (University of Tehran, Iran)

pp. 396-399
On Robust Syndrome-Based Distributed Source Coding Over Noisy Channels Using LDPC Codes: Anoosheh Heidarzadeh (Carleton University, Canada); Farshad Lahouti (University of Tehran, Iran)

pp. 400-403
Performance Evaluation of Video Stream Transport Over 2-Stage Hybrid Networks: Maria Ghosn Chelala (Notre Dame University, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon, Lebanon); Hoda Maalouf (Notre Dame University, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon, Lebanon)

pp. 404-407

Mobile and Wireless Communications 3

Frame Delay, Loss Rate and Throughput Analysis for Video transmission over time correlated 802.11a/g channels: Victoria Sgardoni (University of Bristol, Greece); Pierre Ferre (University of Bristol, United Kingdom); Angela Doufexi (University of Bristol, United Kingdom); Andrew Nix (University of Bristol, United Kingdom); David Bull (University of Bristol, United Kingdom)

pp. 408-411
Accurate Power Loss Computation of closely spaced radiating Wire Elements for Mobile Phone MIMO application: Raed A Abd-Alhameed (University of Bradford, United Kingdom); Peter S Excell (Glyndwr University, United Kingdom)

pp. 412-415
A full-rate full-diversity 2x2 space-time code for mobile WiMAX systems: Serdar Sezginer (Sequans, France); Hikmet Sari (Ecole Supérieure d'Electricité (SUPELEC), France)

pp. 416-419
Development of Wireless Sensor Networks for Smart Civil Structures and Highway Safety: Bhawani Shankar Chowdhry (University of Southampton, United Kingdom); Kapil Kumar Shardha (Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro, Pakistan, Pakistan); Umair Naeem (SUPARCO, Pakistan, Pakistan); Abdul Qadeer Rajput (Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan)

pp. 420-423
A Layered MIMO CPM System with Incoherent Demodulation: Oomke Weikert (Helmut Schmidt University / University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg, Germany); Udo Zölzer (Helmut-Schmidt-University / University of the Federal Armed Forces, Germany)

pp. 424-427
Iterative Decoding and Channel Estimation of MIMO-OFDM Transmissions with Hierarchical Constellations and Implicit Pilots: Nuno Souto (ISCTE/Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal); Rui Dinis (ISR-IST, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal); João Silva (ISCTE / Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal)

pp. 428-431

Sensor Array and Multi-Channel Processing

A Displaced Sensor Array Configuration for Estimating Angles of Arrival of Narrowband Sources Under Grazing Incidence Conditions: Raed Shubair (Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research, UAE); Rashid S. Al Nuaimi (Etisalat University College, UAE)

pp. 432-435
Effect of Mutual Coupling on the Energy Requirement of MIMO-Based Wireless Sensor Networks: Amin M Abbosh (University of Queensland, Australia); David V Thiel (Griffith University, Australia)

pp. 436-439
Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks: Amin M Abbosh (University of Queensland, Australia); David V Thiel (Griffith University, Australia)

pp. 440-443
Pattern Synthesis with Phase-Only Control Using Array Polynomial Technique: Mohammad J. Mismar (Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Jordan); Dia I Abu-Al-Nadi (University of Jordan, Jordan); Taisir H Ismail (Al-Ahliyya Amman University, Jordan)

pp. 444-447
Algebraic method for deterministic blind beamforming with unknown receiver gain and phases: Bruno Demissie (FGAN-FKIE Germany, Germany)

pp. 448-451
A Decoupling Estimation Of Two-dimensional Direction Of Arrival For Noncircular Signals: Yi Zheng (University of Electronic of Science and Technology of China, P.R. China); Xuegang Wang (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, P.R. China); TieQi Xia (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, P.R. China); Qun Wan (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, P.R. China)

pp. 452-455

CDMA Systems

Blind Cannel Equalization and Carrier Frequency Offset Estimation For MC-CDMA Systems Using Guard Interval Redundancy and Excess Codes: Djebbar Ahmed Bouzidi (University of UVHC, France); Karim Abed-Meraim (Dept TSI, Télécom Paris, France); Djebbari Ali (University of Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria)

pp. 456-459
Semi-Blind Equalization of Downlink MC-CDMA System: Djebbar Ahmed Bouzidi (University of UVHC, France); Karim Abed-Meraim (Dept TSI, Télécom Paris, France); Djebbari Ali (University of Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria)

pp. 460-463
A Wideband BSOR-GSIC Multiuser Detector For Long-Code CDMA Systems: Abdelouahab Bentrcia (EE, KFUPM, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia); Azzedine Zerguine (KFUPM, Saudi Arabia); Moussa Benyoucef (University of Batna, Algeria)

pp. 464-467
Serial Acquisition of DS-CDMA Signals Using Smart Antennas and Adaptive Thresholding Constant False Alarm Rate Processing: Tariq H. Alamri (Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC), Saudi Arabia); Saleh A Alshebeili (King Saud University, Saudi Arabia); Mourad Barkat (American University of Sharjah, UAE)

pp. 468-471
On the use of joint error-norms adaptive algorithm in QPSK (DS-CDMA) system: Shihab Jimaa (Etisalat University College, UAE)

pp. 472-475
On the Error Floor of MC-CDMA Systems over Rayleigh Fading Channels: Uplink vs. Downlink: Taha Abdelshafy Abdelhakim Khalaf (Iowa State University, USA); Seyed (Reza) Zekavat (Michigan Technological University, USA)

pp. 476-479

Audio/Speech Processing and Coding 2

Speaker Identification Performance Enhancement Using Gaussian Mixture Model WITH GMM Classification Post-Processor: Hamid Reza Sadegh Mohammadi (Iranian Research Institute for Electrical Engineering, Iran); Rahim Saeidi (Iranian Research Institute for Electrical Engineering, Iran)

pp. 504-507
Compensation of Channel and Noise Distortions Combining Maximum Likelihood Based Spectral Subtraction and Normalization: Mehran Safayani (Sharif University of technology, Iran); Bagher Babaali (Sharif university of technology, Iran); Mohammad Taghi Manzuri (Sharif University of Technology, Iran); Hossein Sameti (Sharif University of Technology, Iran); Sina Khaleghi (Pennsylvania State University, USA)

pp. 508-511
Pitch Cycles Evolutions Smoothing for More Regular Speech Using Target Correlation Approach: Hassan Farsi (Islamic Azad University, Iran)

pp. 512-515
A nonlinear dynamic modelling for speech recognition using recurrence plot - A dynamic Bayesian approach: Satish Prabu Chandrasekaran (Xyz, India)

pp. 516-519
Restoration of Missing Voiced Speech Signal Segments: Sarunas Paulikas (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania)

pp. 520-523
A Novel Technique for Design and Stability Analysis of Adaptive IIR Filters in ANVC Applications: Allahyar Montazeri (Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran); Javad Poshtan (Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran)

pp. 524-527

Applications 2

Design and Implementation of a Low Cost VLF Metal Detector with Metal-Type Discrimination Capabilities: Mohammad S. Sharawi (King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia); Mohammad I. Sharawi (Princess Sumaya University For Technology, Jordan)

pp. 480-483
Digital Signal Processing in Triple Antenna ARVAs: Carlos Daniel Salos (University of Zaragoza, Spain); Francisco M Lera (University of Zaragoza, Spain); José Luis Villarroel (University of Zaragoza, Spain)

pp. 484-487
Analysis of non-uniform scaling features in Ultra Low Frequency geomagnetic signals and correlation with seismicity: Luciano Telesca (Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis, Italy); Katsumi Hattori (Chiba University, Japan)

pp. 488-491
Self-Affine Snake: A New Parametric Active Contour: Mahdi Saadatmand-Tarzjan (Tarbiat Modares University, Iran); Hassan Ghassemian (Tarbiat Modares University, Iran)

pp. 492-495
Intelligent Traffic Control System: Zubair M Bilal (BITS, Pilani - Dubai Campus, UAE); Don Jacob (Bits, Pilani-Dubai Campus, UAE)

pp. 496-499
An improved time frequency analysis method for noisy multi-component signals: Haina Rong (Southwest Jiaotong University, P.R. China); Gexiang Zhang (Southwest Jiaotong University, P.R. China); Weidong Jin (Southwest Jiaotong University, P.R. China)

pp. 500-503

Digital Signal Processing 2

Correction Method Of Discrete Spectrum By Extracting Frequency: Shuren Qin (test center, Chongqing University, P.R. China); Huming Duan (China Automotive Engineering Research Institute, P.R. China); Yongfang Mao (Test Center, Chongqing University, P.R. China)

pp. 552-555
Parameter Estimation For Student-T Arch Model Using Mdl Criterion: Saman Mousazadeh (Shiraz University, Iran); Mahmood Karimi (Shiraz University, Iran)

pp. 556-559
Study on Properties of Directional Filter Banks in a Dual Tree Scheme: Jiuwen Zhang (Lanzhou University, P.R. China); Jianing Wang (School of Information Science and Engineering,Lanzhou University, P.R. China); Yide Ma (Lanzhou University, P.R. China)

pp. 560-563
License Plate Detection in Complex Scenes based on Improved Gradient and Match Filtering: Mahdy Nabaee (McMaster University, Canada); Gholam Ali Hossein-Zadeh (University of Tehran, Iran)

pp. 564-567
SVD-based Filtering of Noise in Harmonics with Wavelet Preprocessing: Maamar Bettayeb (University of Sharjah, UAE); Syed Faisal Ali Shah (University of Minnesota, USA)

pp. 568-571
Noise Performance of Fractional-Order Phased-Locked Loop: Reyad El-Khazali (Etisalat University College, UAE); Wajdi Ahmed (University of Sharjah, UAE); Ali Memon (Etisalat University College, UAE)

pp. 572-575

Computer and Communication Networks 1

Bandwidth Provisioning in Internet Access Nodes Using EWMA and ADM Algorithms: Elie Naim Inaty (University of Balamand, Lebanon)

pp. 528-531
Wavelength Selective WDM Network Design: How Bad is Shortest Path Routing?: Mohamed Saad (University of Sharjah, UAE); Zhi-Quan Luo (University of Minnesota, USA)

pp. 532-535
How Much is Too Much? - On the Acceptability of Packet Loss Distorted Audio: Jan Erik Voldhaug (Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway); Erik Hellerud (Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway); Ulf Peter Svensson (Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway)

pp. 536-539
Datalife Time Analysis in RDM+ Real-Time Communication Protocol: Shabnam Mirshokraie (Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran); Mojtaba Sabeghi (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands); Koen Bertels (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands); Mahmoud Naghibzadeh (Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran)

pp. 540-543
Hypercube versus Torus under Pin-Out Constraint and Finite Buffers: Nasser Alzeidi (Sultan Qaboos University, Oman); Mohamed Ould-Khaoua (Sultan Qaboos University, Oman); John D Ferguson (University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom)

pp. 544-547
Enabling Service Level Negotiation in a Self-Management Framework: Nader Mbarek (LaBRI, France); Francine Krief (University of Bordeaux 1, France); Mohamed Aymen Chalouf (LaBRI (Laboratoire Bordelais de Recherche en Informatique), France)

pp. 548-551

Monday, November 26

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Keynote2: Video Does Not Equal Data - How to Transport Pictures

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Image and Video Processing 2

Image processing techniques for cork tiles classification: Ivan Jordanov (University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom); Antoniya Georgieva (University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom)

pp. 576-579
Determination of Earth Surface from TRMM satellite images: Ali R AlSuwaidi (Etisalat University Collage, UAE); Khaled Mubarak (Etisalat University College, UAE); Ali Dawood (Etisalat College of Engineering, UAE); Ghaith Al-Mazaina (Etisalat University Collage, UAE); Hamad Al Hammady (Etisalat College, UAE)

pp. 580-583
Automatic Coronary Artery Detection In Echocardiogram Image: Esmael Ali Hamuda (Al-Marqab university, Libya); Syed A.R. Abu Bakar (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia)

pp. 584-587
Evaluating effects of imaging parameters on single cell detection in molecular MRI via simulation: Ali-Reza Mohammadi-Nejad (University of Tehran, Iran); Gholam Ali Hossein-Zadeh (University of Tehran, Iran); Hamid Soltanian-Zadeh (University of Tehran, Iran)

pp. 588-591
Breast Cancer Diagnosis Using Multi-Fractal Dimension Spectra: Loay Edwar George (Baghdad university, Iraq); Kamal Hadi Sager (University of Mustansiriyah, Iraq)

pp. 592-595
Post-earthquake damage assessment using satellite imagery: Pınar Santemiz (Boğaziçi University, Turkey); Neşe Alyüz (Boğaziçi University, Turkey); Derya Cavdar (Boğaziçi University, Turkey); Fatih Alagoz (Bogazici University, Turkey)

pp. 596-599

Applications 3

Signal Processing Aspects of the Low Frequency Array: André Gunst (ASTRON, The Netherlands); Mark Bentum (ASTRON, The Netherlands)

pp. 600-603
Extraction of electrocardiographic interference from multichannel surface electroenterogram: Yiyao Ye (Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain); Javier Garcia-Casado (Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain); Jose Luis Martinez-de-Juan (Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain); David Álvarez Martínez (Hospital Universitario La Fe, Spain); Jose Luis Ponce (Hospital Universitario La Fe, Spain)

pp. 604-607
Biometric Identification Based On Frequency Analysis Of Cardiac Sounds: Francesco Beritelli (University of Catania, Italy); Salvatore Serrano (University of Messina, Italy)

pp. 608-611
Instantaneous frequency based study of the effects of physical training on muscle fiber recruitment strategy: Saad A. Qazi (NED University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan); Uzma Afsheen (NED University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan); Lampros Stergioulas (Brunel University, United Kingdom); Anthony Blazevich (Brunel University, United Kingdom)

pp. 612-615
Signal Processing Applications to Current Traveling Wave Fault Locator of EHV Transmission Networks: Abdelsalam M. Elhaffar (Helsinki University of Technology, Finland); Matti Lehtonen (Helsinki University of Technology (TKK), Finland)

pp. 616-619
EEG Signal Classification using an Association Rule-based Classifier: Malihe Sabeti (Shiraz University, Iran); Mohammad Hadi Sadreddini (Shiraz University, Iran); Jafar Tahmores Nezhad (Shiraz University, Iran)

pp. 620-623

Digital Signal Processing 3

On error magnitudes under spatial aliasing of wideband arrays with incoherent combining: Alireza Shapoury (Texas A&M University, USA); Erchin Serpedin (Texas A&M University, USA); Qasim Chaudhari (Texas A&M University, USA)

pp. 624-627
Online Acoustic Feedback Path Modeling in Multichannel (1x2x2) Active Noise Control Systems: Muhammad T Akhtar (The University of Electro-Communications, Japan); Masahide Abe (Tohoku University, Japan); Masayuki Kawamata (Tohoku University, Japan); Muhammad Tufail (Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Pakistan)

pp. 628-631
Defect Deconvolution using 4th order Statistics for Ultrasonic Nondestructive Testing: Uvais Qidwai (Qatar University, Qatar); Maamar Bettayeb (University of Sharjah, UAE); Ahmed Mohamed Yamani (KFUPM, Saudi Arabia)

pp. 632-635
Discrete Signal Processing with Flat System Models: Markku T. Nihtila (University of Kuopio, Finland)

pp. 636-639
Adaptive Sparse Source Separation With Application To Speech Signals: Elham Azizi (Sharif University of Technology, Iran); G. Hosein Mohimani (Sharif University of Technology, Iran); Massoud Babaie-Zadeh (Sharif University of Technology, Iran)

pp. 640-643
Blind Nonlinear System Identification Under Gaussian And / Or I.I.D. Excitation Using Genetic Algorithms: Imen Cherif (University of El Manar, Tunisia); Sabeur Abid (ESSTT, Tunisia); Farhat Fnaiech (ESSTT, Tunisia)

pp. 644-647

Signal Processing for Communications 2

Space-Time Channel Correlation of MIMO Rayleigh Fading Based on Non-isotropic 3D Scattering: Ala D Abu Alkheir (Queen's University, Canada); Khalid A. Qaraqe (Texas A&M University at Qatar, USA); Mohamed-Slim Alouini (Texas A&M University at Qatar, Qatar)

pp. 648-651
A New Performance Measure of the Normalized LMS Adaptive Filter: Eweda Eweda (Ajman University, UAE)

pp. 652-655
Frequency Synthesizer using TDTL with Enhanced Performance: Khalfan Al-Abdouli (Etisalat University College, UAE); Saleh Al-Araji (Etisalat University College, UAE); Mahmoud Al-Qutayri (Khalifa University of Science Technology and Research, UAE); Arafat J. Al-Dweik (Khalifa University, UAE)

pp. 656-659
Efficient Branch and Bound Approach to Joint Multi-User Power Control and Partial Crosstalk Cancellation in xDSL Systems: Mohsen Maesoumi (university of AZAD, Iran); Mohammad Ali Masnadi-Shirazi (Shiraz University, Iran)

pp. 660-663
Invariant Detection of a Constant Magnitude Signal with Unknown Parameters in White Gaussian Noise: Ali A. Tadaion (Yazd University, Iran); Mostafa Derakhtian (Shiraz University, Iran); Saeed Gazor (Queen's University, Canada); Mohammad Mahdi Nayebi (Sharif University of Technology, Iran)

pp. 664-667
A New Architecture for Reducing Phase Noise of Digital Carrier Recovery Algorithms for High-Order QAM Demodulators: Babak Bornoosh (Tarbiat Modarres University, Iran); Abdolreza Nabavi (Tarbiat Modarres University, Iran); Mehdi Ehsani Nick (Pardis Novel Processing Technology, Iran); Afrooz Haghbin (Tarbiat Modarres University, Iran)

pp. 668-671

Watermarking and Information Hiding 1

New Image Steganographic Method Using RLC & Modular Arithmetic: Hossein Miar Naimi (Babol University of Technology, Iran); Bagher Ramazan nia (University of Mazandaran, Iran)

pp. 744-747
A quasi-lossless data embedding technique for color palletized images: Noura Ali Saleh (National Telecommunication Institute, Egypt); Hoda N. Boghdady (National Telecommunication institute, Egypt); Samir I. Shaheen (Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University,Giza, Egypt); Ahmed Darwish (Cairo University, Egypt)

pp. 748-751
A Self-adaptive Spatial-frequency Domain Conjoint Watermarking Algorithm for Binary Images: Yide Ma (Lanzhou University, P.R. China); Dongmei Lin (Lanzhou University, P.R. China); Hongjuan Zhang (School of Information Science & Engineering, Lanzhou University, P.R. China); Zaifeng Zhang (Lanzhou University, P.R. China); Xiaoyan Wang (Lanzhou University, P.R. China); Maojun Su (Lanzhou University, P.R. China)

pp. 752-755
Arabic Diacritics Based Steganography: Mohammed A I Aabed (King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia); Sameh M. Awaideh (King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia); Abdul-Rahman M. Elshafei (King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia); Adnan Abdul-Aziz Gutub (Umm Al-Qura University, Saudi Arabia)

pp. 756-759
A New Approach to Adapt and Insert a Watermark in Color Images.: Ilhem Benkara Mostefa (Dept. of Electronic, Mentouri University, Algeria); Mohamed Khamadja (Departement of electronics, University of constantine, algeria, Algeria)

pp. 760-763
Halftone Image Watermarking: Zohra Tifedjadjine (Batna University, Algeria); Nora Atamna (Batna University, Algeria); Zohir Dibi (UNiversity of Batna, Algeria); Ahmed Bouridane (Northumbria UNiversity at Newcastle, United Kingdom)

pp. 764-767

Mobile and Wireless Communications 4

Modeling the behaviour of contending opportunistic cognitive radios: Soheil Feizi (MIT, USA); Farid Ashtiani Mofrad Tehrani (Sharif University of Technology, Iran); Seyed Hamed Hassani (Sharif University of Technology, Iran); Pegah Tootoonchi-Afshar (Sharif University, Iran)

pp. 720-723
A PAPR reduction method using new ACE (active constellation extension) with higher level constellation: Byoung Moo Kang (Chungbuk National University, Korea); Heung-Gyoon Ryu (Chungbuk National University, Korea); Sang Burm Ryu (Chungbuk National University, Korea)

pp. 724-727
Introducing Intelligent Vertical Handover in Next Generation Networks: Nadine Akkari Akkari Adra (King Abdul Aziz University, Saudi Arabia); Samir Tohme (University of Versailles, France)

pp. 728-731
Robust MIMO-CDMA Decorrelating Detector: Hasan S. Abuhilal (Eastern Mediterranean University, Turkey); Aykut Hocanin (Eastern Mediterranean University, Turkey); Huseyin Bilgekul (Eastern Mediterranean University, Turkey)

pp. 732-735
Space Based Generation Signal For UWB over Fiber: Kais Dridi (University of Moncton (Université de Moncton), Canada); Habib Hamam (University of Moncton, Canada)

pp. 736-739
An Improved ICI Reduction Method in OFDM Communication System in Presence of Phase Noise: Nadieh Mohammadi Moghaddam (Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran); Abolfazl Falahati (IUST, Iran)

pp. 740-743

Cryptography and Network Security 2

Nonlinear Estimation of State and Unknown Input for Communication Systems: Mohamed Benallouch (ULP strasbourg, France); Mohamed Boutayeb (University of louis pasteur, France); Rachid Outbib (Marseille University, France); Edouard Laroche (University of louis pasteur, France)

pp. 696-699
Broadcast Encryption Schemes: A Comparative Study: Yasmine Abouelseoud (Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Egypt, Egypt); Hassan ElKamchouchi (Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Egypt, Egypt)

pp. 700-703
Implementation of a Real Time high level protocol Software for Quantum Key Distribution: Ivan Capraro (University of Padua, Italy); Tommaso Occhipinti (University of Padua, Italy)

pp. 704-707
Radix - 7 signed digit element finite field arithemtic: Michael Naseimo Daikpor (University of Lagos, Nigeria); Oluwole Adegbenro (University of Lagos. Nigeria, Nigeria)

pp. 708-711
Quantum-Grid Infinitesimal Bit Cryptosystem: Nabeel A Siddiqui (Alcatel-Lucent (India) Pvt. Ltd., India)

pp. 712-715
High Performance AES Design Using Pipelining Structure Over GF((24)2): Saleh M Abdel-hafeez (Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan); Ahmad H Sawalmeh (The General Organization for Technical Education and Vocation Training (Gotevot), Saudi Arabia); Sameer M Bataineh (Dean, School of Computer and Information Technology, Jordan)

pp. 716-719

Applications 4

A Case Study on 3-D Reconstruction and Shape Description of Peroxisomes in Yeast: Jyrki Selinummi (Tampere University of Technology, Finland); Antti Niemistö (Institute for Systems Biology, USA); Ramsey Saleem (Institute for Systems Biology, USA); Gregory W Carter (Institute for Systems Biology, USA); John Aitchison (Institute for Systems Biology, USA); Olli Yli-Harja (Tampere University of Technology, Finland); Ilya Shmulevich (Institute for System Biology, USA); John Boyle (Institute for Systems Biology, USA)

pp. 672-675
A Comparison of Daubechies and Gabor Wavelets for Classification of MR Images: Ulas Bagci (University of Nottingham, United Kingdom); Li Bai (Computer Sci., Nottingham University, United Kingdom)

pp. 676-679
Smoothing-spline based strain estimation in ultrasound elastography: Ali Khadem (University of Tehran, Iran); Seyed Kamaledin Setarehdan (University of Tehran, Iran)

pp. 680-683
Independent Component Analysis of POLSAR Images. Relative Newton-Based Approach.: Salim Chitroub (Electronics and Computer Science Faculty, USTHB, Algeria); Rafik Hachemi (National Institute of Computer Science, Oued – Essmar, Algiers, Algeria)

pp. 684-687
Estimation of Motion Parameters of Moving Target Using Wigner Distribution: Hiroshi Ijima (Wakayama University, Japan); Azusa Matsuoka (Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan); Tetsuya Nakajima (Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan); Akira Ohsumi (University of Miyazaki, Japan)

pp. 688-691
Producing Pulse Compression Codes With Proper Auto Correlation Function, Regarding Pulse Shape: Mohammad Lari (Phd student, Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran); Hassan Aghaeinia (Amir Kabir University of Technology (Polytechnic of Tehran), Iran)

pp. 692-695

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Mobile and Wireless Communications 5

Enhanced Channel Assignment and Load Distribution in IEEE 802.11 WLANs: Hussain Al-Rizzo (University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA); Mohamad Haidar (Ecole de Technologie Superieure, Canada); Robert Akl (University of North Texas, USA); Yupo Chan (University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA)

pp. 768-771
Transmit/receive pulse-shaping design in BFDM systems over time-frequency dispersive AWGN channel: Raouia Ayadi (Ecole Supérieure des Commmunications de Tunis (SUP'COM), Tunisia); Mohamed Siala (Ecole supérieure des communications de Tunis, Tunisia); Inès Djmal kammoun (LETI Department - ENIS, BPW 3038 Sfax - Tunisia, Tunisia)

pp. 772-775
Performance Analysis of Partially Coherent BPSK in the Presence of ISI: Mahmoud A. Smadi (The Hashemite University, Jordan); Vasant Prabhu (The University of Texas at Arlington, USA)

pp. 776-779
An Adaptive MILC Aamplificaton System For Adaptive MQAM Transmitter: Walid Hamdane (Ecole de Technlogie Superieure, Canada); Ahmed Birafane (Ecole de Technologie Supérieure, Canada); Ammar Kouki (École de technologie supérieure, Canada); Francois Gagnon (Ecole de Technologie Superieure, Canada)

pp. 780-783
Experimental Tuning of the AIFSN Parameter to Prioritize Voice over Data Transmission in 802.11e WLAN Networks: Miroslaw Narbutt (Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland); Mark Davis (Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland)

pp. 784-787
Wireless Sensor Networks to Characterize Photovoltaic Panels in Harsh Environmental Conditions: Venkatachalam Lakshmanan (CSEM UAE Innovation Center LLC, UAE); Alexandre Pollini (CSEM UAE Innovation Center LLC, UAE)

pp. 788-791

Audio/Speech Processing and Coding 3

Speaker Accent Classification System using Fuzzy Canonical Correlation-based Gaussian Classifier: Sameeh Ullah Chattha (University of waterloo, On, Canada, Canada); Fakhri Karray (University of Waterloo, Canada)

pp. 792-795
Segmentation of Sindhi Speech using Formants: Muhammad Asif Khawaja (University of New South Wales/NICTA, Australia); Najmi G Haider (SZABIST, Pakistan)

pp. 796-799
Unsupervised Stream Weight Computation in a Segmentation Task: Application to Audio-Visual Speech Recognition: Eduardo Sanchez-Soto (Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse (IRIT-CNRS), France); Khalid Daoudi (Irit-CNRS, France); Alexandros Potamianos (Technical University of Crete, Greece)

pp. 800-803
A Robust to Outliers Hidden Markov Model With Application in Text-Dependent Speaker Identification: Sotirios Chatzis (National Technical University of Athens, Greece); Theodora A. Varvarigou (national Technical University of Athens, Greece, Greece)

pp. 804-807
Multi-Microphone Noise Reduction Technique Based On Upsampling And IIR-RLS Filter: Jafar Ramadhan Mohammed (PEC University of Technology, India)

pp. 808-811
Text-Independent Foreign Accent Classification Using Statistical Methods: Dominique Fohr (Loria-INRIA, France); Irina Illina (Loria-INRIA, France)

pp. 812-815

DSP Implementation and Embedded Systems 2

Implementation Of DSP Based Algorithms For Impedance Measurements: Pedro M. Ramos (Instituto de Telecomunicações, IST, Portugal); Fernando M. Janeiro (U. Évora / I.T. Lisbon, Portugal)

pp. 816-819
A Platform Approach to the Design of Terminals and Infrastructure Components for Cognitive Wireless Networks: Christoph Spiegel (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany); Alexander Viessmann (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany); Admir Burnic (Universität Duisburg-Essen, Kommunikationstechnik, Germany); Arjang Hessamian-Alinejad (Lehrstuhl für KommunikationsTechnik / Ericsson, Germany); Andreas Waadt (Lehrstuhl für KommunikationsTechnik, Germany); Guido Bruck (Universität Duisburg-Essen, Kommunikationstechnik, Germany); Peter Jung (Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany)

pp. 820-823
An H.264 Encoder for Real Time Video Processing Designed for SPEAr Customizable System-on-Chip Family: Gian-Domenico Licciardo (University of Salerno, Italy); Maurizio Costagliola (STM-Computer Peripheral Group-Computer Systems Division, Italy)

pp. 824-827
Programmable Signal Generator Based on Advanced TRICORE Microcontrollers: Mircea Popa ("Politehnica" University from Timisoara, Romania); Anca S. Popa ("Politehnica" University from Timisoara, Romania)

pp. 828-831
Architecture of a Pipelined Datapath Coarse-Grain Reconfigurable Coprocessor Array: Abdulrahman Hanoun (Technical Uni. Hamburg-Harburg, Germany); Henning Manteuffel (Technical university Hamburg Harburg, Germany); F. Mayer-Lindenberg (Technical University Hamburg-Harburg, Germany); Wjatscheslaw Galjan (Hamburg University of Technology, Germany)

pp. 832-835
Design and optimization of digital signal component separator of LINC transmitters using FPGA processors: Tian Ying (Ecole Polytechnique Montreal, Canada); Oualid Hammi (Schulich School of Engineering, Univ. of Calgary, Canada); Slim Boumaiza (University of Waterloo, Canada); Fadhel Ghannouchi (University of Calgary, Canada)

pp. 836-839

Optical Communications 2

DDSPON: A Distributed Dynamic Scheduling for EPON: Marilet De Andrade Jardin (Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya, Spain); LLuís Gutierrez (Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain); Sebastia Sallent (Universidad Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain)

pp. 840-843
Optical Parallel Interference Cancellation with Optical Hard Limiter using the lowest Threshold value for Optical CDMA: Nagi Elfadel (Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia); Muhammad Asif Sadiq (Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Malaysia); Elamin Idriss Babekir (Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Malaysia); Ahmed Mohammed (Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Malaysia); Azizuddin Abdul Aziz (Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia); Mohamad Naufal Mohamad Saad (Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Malaysia)

pp. 844-847
Copper Phthalocyanine based Organic Photo Field Effect Transistor as a sensor for optical instrumentation: Khasan Karimov (Physical Technical Institute of Academy of Sciences, Tajikistan); Ibrahim Qazi (GIK Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Pakistan); Umar Shafique (Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Pakistan); Muhammad Mahroof Tahir (St.Cloud State University, USA); Tauseef Ahmed Khan (GIK Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Pakistan); Najeeb Haider Zaidi (Karachi Institute of Economics and technology, Pakistan)

pp. 848-851
Features of a dielectric-metal-dielectric plasmonic waveguide with double grating: Azzouz Sellai (Sultan Qaboos University, Oman); Mohamed Lamine Elzain (Sultan Qaboos University, Oman)

pp. 852-855
Free-space Optics Channel Characterization under UAE Weather Conditions: Taha Landolsi (American University of Sharjah, UAE); Mohamed El-Tarhuni (American University of Sharjah, UAE); Adnan Rasheed Raja (American University of Sharjah, UAE); Quaid J Kagalwala (American University of Sharjah, UAE)

pp. 856-859
Analysis of Microwave Photonic Notch Filter with Tunable Parameters: Mohammad Reza Salehi (Shiraz University of Technology, Iran); Saeed Khosroabadi (Shiraz University of Technology, Iran)

pp. 860-863

Image and Video Processing 3

Computer Aided Detection of Prostate Cancer using Fused Information from Dynamic Contrast Enhanced and Morphological Magnetic Resonance Images: Dimitris Ampeliotis (University of Patras, Greece); Anixi Antonakoudi (Philips College, Cyprus); Kostas Berberidis (University of Patras, Greece); Emmanouil Psarakis (University of Patras, Greece)

pp. 888-891
Enhancement of Image Rerieval by Image Attention Based on Edge Features in a Multiresolution Grid Framework.: Prakash S Hiremath (Gulbarga University, India); Jagadeesh D Pujari (Gulbarga University (Deputed from S.D.M. College of Engg. & Tech., Dharwad.), India)

pp. 892-895
Texture-Based Feature Extraction for the Microcalcification from Digital Mammogram Images: Ayman A. AbuBaker (Applied Science University, Jordan); Rami S Qahwaji (University of Bradford, United Kingdom); Stan Ipson (University of Bradford, United Kingdom)

pp. 896-899
Neoteric Video Segmentation Scheme using NCD for Detecting Indistinct Scenes: Khalid A Kaabneh (Amman Arab University for Graduate Studies, Jordan)

pp. 900-903
Facial Expression Recognition Using Conspicuous Features Selection and Comparison of the Performance of Different Classifiers: Mahsa Maghami (University of Tehran, Iran); Babak Nadjar Araabi (University of Tehran, Iran); Reza A. Zoroofi (University of Tehran, Iran); Mohsen Shiva (University of Tehran, Iran)

pp. 904-907
A Fast Time Scale Genetic Algorithm Based Image Segmentation Using Cellular Neural Network (CNN): Santhosh Kumar S (Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, India); Vignesh Jagadeesh (Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, India); Rangarajan L R (Sri venkateswara college of engineering, India); Shankar Narayanan V (Sri venkateswara college of engineering, India); Rangarajan K M (Sri venkateswara college of engineering, India); VenkatKrishna A L (Sri venkateswara college of engineering, India)

pp. 908-911

Applications 5

HRV Feature Selection for Neonatal Seizure Detection: A Wrapper Approach: Malarvili Balakrishnan (University of Queensland, Australia); Mostefa Mesbah (University of Queensland, Australia); Boualem Boashash (University of Queensland, Australia)

pp. 864-867
Development of Alzheimer's Disease Recognition Using Semiautomatic Analysis of Statistical Parameters Based on Frequency Characteristics of Medical Images: Meysam Torabi (Sharif University of Technology, Iran); Hassan Moradzadeh (Iran Science & Technology University, Iran); Reza Vaziri (Sharif university of Technology, Iran); Seiied Mohammad Javad Razavian (Sharif University of Technology, Iran); Reza Dehestani Ardekani (Sharif University of Technology, Iran); Moones Rahmandoust (Kashan University, Iran); Ali Taalimi (Sharif University of Technolodgy, Iran); Emad Fatemizadeh (Sharif University of Technology, School of Electrical Engineering, Tehran, Iran, Iran)

pp. 868-871
Modelling and Characterization of a Mechatronics System for Human Stress Detection: Murad Shibli (German Jordanian University, Jordan); Mohammad S. Sharawi (King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia)

pp. 872-875
A Novel Approach for Skin Region Extraction in Color Images: Ehsan Namjoo (University of Tabriz, Iran); Ali Aghagolzadeh (University of Tabriz, Iran); M. Shahram Moin (Iran Telecom Research Center, Iran); Ahmad Akbari (Iran university of science and technology, Iran)

pp. 876-879
Failed Back-surgery Syndrome (FBSS) prediction using Fuzzy Inference System (FIS): Uvais Qidwai (Qatar University, Qatar); Shahzad Shamim (Aga Khan University Hospital, Pakistan); Farhana Raquib (Independent Medical Consultant, Qatar); Ather Enam (Aga Khan University Hospital, Pakistan)

pp. 880-883
Improvement of slow-moving targets detection in sonar: Victor Anatoljevich Pjachev (Ural State Technical University, Russia); Valeriy G Valeyev (Ural State Technical University, Russia)

pp. 884-887

Signal Processing for Communications 3

A Decision-directed Estimation of Time and Frequency Selective Channels for OFDM Systems: El Kefi Hlel (High school of communication, Tunis, Tunisia); Fethi Tlili (Ecole Supérieure de Communications de Tunis, Tunisia); Sofiane Cherif (Sup'Com, Tunisia); Mohamed Siala (Sup'Com, Tunisia)

pp. 935-938
Architecture of a Fully Digital CDR for Plesiochronous Clocking Systems: Eliyah W Kilada (Mentor Graphics Egypt, University of Ain Shams, Egypt); Mohamed Dessouky (Mentor Graphics Egypt, Egypt); Adel Elhennawy (University of Ain Shams, Egypt)

pp. 939-942
Enhanced LMS based feedback loop interference cancellation in DVB-H systems with gap fillers: Ali Hazmi (Tampere University of Technology, Finland); Jukka Rinne (Tampere University of Technology, Finland); Markku K. Renfors (Tampere University of Technology, Finland)

pp. 943-946
A wide-band A/D converter for the software-defined radio system: Davud Asemani (Ecole Supeieure d'Electricite (Supelec), France); Jacques Oksman (Supelec, France)

pp. 947-950
A Noise Constrained Least Mean Fourth Adaptive Algorithm: Mohamed Deriche (King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia); Azzedine Zerguine (KFUPM, Saudi Arabia)

pp. 951-954
A Low Power Dynamic Reconfigurable Processor Using Logarithmic Number System for Software Radio Equalizers: Atefeh Salimi (Tarbiat Modares University, Iran); Abdolreza Nabavi (Tarbiat Modarres University, Iran); Mehdi Habibi (Isfahan University of Technology, Iran); Babak Bornoosh (Tarbiat Modarres University, Iran)

pp. 955-958

Optical Communications 3

Stabilizing a Mode Locked Fiber Laser: Muhammad Zafrullah (University of Engineering & Technology, Taxila, Pakistan, Pakistan); Muhammad Khawar Islam (University of Engineering & Technology, Taxila, Pakistan, Pakistan)

pp. 912-915
Experimental observation of soliton evolution at discrete spatial intervals: Muhammad Khawar Islam (University of Engineering & Technology, Taxila, Pakistan, Pakistan); Muhammad Zafrullah (University of Engineering & Technology, Taxila, Pakistan, Pakistan)

pp. 916-919
Self-imaging based dispersion compensation: performance and tolerance of the system: Sghaier Guizani (Qatar University, Qatar); Habib Hamam (University of Moncton, Canada)

pp. 920-923
Gaussian Pulse Recompression in Cascaded Transmission Gratings: Omar R Asfar (Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan); Mohammed H Bataineh (Yarmouk University, Jordan)

pp. 924-926
a real-time scheme for planning and dimensioning of OLS NETWORKS: Yassine Khlifi (Carthage University, Tunisia); Noureddine A. Boudriga (University of Carthage, Tunisia)

pp. 927-930
Admission control in OBS networks: A real time QoS-oriented approach: Noureddine A. Boudriga (University of Carthage, Tunisia); Amor Lazzez (University Mannouba, Tunisia)

pp. 931-934

4:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Image and Video Processing 4

Online Video Foreground Segmentation Using Generalized Gaussian Mixture Modelling: Mohand Saïd Allili (Université de Sherbrooke, Canada); Nizar Bouguila (Concordia University, Canada); Djemel Ziou (Université de Sherbrooke, Canada)

pp. 959-962
Hybrid WT Based-DCT Based Face Recognition: Pooyan Abouzar (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden); Siavash Yousefi (Oregon State University, USA); Seyed Kamaledin Setarehdan (University of Tehran, Iran)

pp. 963-966
Hybrid Segmentation of Colon Boundaries in CT Images Based On Geometric Deformable Model: Alireza Ahmadian (Tehran University of Medical Sciences & RCSTIM, Iran); Shahrbanoo F. HamidPour (Tehran University of Medical Sciences & RCSTIM, Iran); Reza A. Zoroofi (University of Tehran, Iran); Javad Hasani Bidgoli (Research Center of Science and Technogly in Medicine, Iran)

pp. 967-970
Enhanced Diffusion by Projected Curvelet for Segmation without Guiding Information: Li Hong Ma (South China University of Technology, P.R. China); Yu Zhang (South China Univ. of Tech., P.R. China); Hanqing Lu (the Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R. China)

pp. 971-974
Robust Iris Feature Extraction Using Dual Tree Complex Wavelet Transform: Sandipan Pralhad Narote (University of Pune, India); Abhilasha Sandipan Narote (Smt. Kashibai NAvale College Of Engineering, University of Pune, India); Laxman Madhavrao Waghmare (SGGS College of Engineering and Technology, SRMTU Nanded, India); M B Kokare (SGGS Institute of Engineering & Technology, India)

pp. 975-978
Time Sensitive And Non-Time Sensitive Feature Extractions for Arabic Sign Language Recognition: Tamer Shanableh (American University of Sharjah, UAE); Khaled Assaleh (American University of Sharjah, UAE)

pp. 979-982

Applications 6

A Novel Implementation of DOA Estimation for Node Localization on Software Defined Radios: Achieving High Performance with Low Complexity: Seyed (Reza) Zekavat (Michigan Technological University, USA); Andrew R Kolbus (Michigan Technological University, USA); Xiaofeng Yang (Michigan Technological University, USA); Zhonghai Wang (Michigan Technological University, USA); Jafar Pourrostam (Ph.D. Candidate,Michigan Technological University, USA); Mohsen Pourkhaatoun (Michigan Technological University, USA)

pp. 983-986
TOA Estimation Using MUSIC Super-Resolution Techniques For An Indoor Audible Chirp Ranging System: Hamid Farrokhi (Birjand University, Iran)

pp. 987-990
Tracking Maneuvering Sources in ICA: Seyed Alireza Banani (Simon Fraser University, Canada); Mohammad Ali Masnadi-Shirazi (Shiraz University, Iran); Alireza Masnadi-Shirazi (University of California, San Diego, USA)

pp. 991-994
A 3-tier UWB-based Indoor Localization Scheme for Ultra-low-power Sensor Nodes: Zheng Li (K.U.Leuven, ESAT/MICAS, Belgium); Wim Dehaene (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium); Georges G.E. Gielen (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium)

pp. 995-998
Materials effect on shielding effectiveness: Hyem Saadi (Instrumentation Laboratory LINS, USTHB, Algeria); Rachid Oussaid (Houar Boumediene University of Science and Technology, Algeria)

pp. 999-1002
An Ultrasonic Navigation System For Blind People: Mounir Bousbia-Salah (University of Annaba, Algeria); Abdelghani Redjati (University of Annaba, Algeria); Mohamed Fezari (University of ANNABA, ALGERIA, Algeria); Maamar Bettayeb (University of Sharjah, UAE)

pp. 1003-1006

Soft Computing and Machine Learning

Adding an Emotions Filter to Malay Text-To-Speech System: Mumtaz Begum Mustafa (University of Malaya, Malaysia, Malaysia); Raja Noor Ainon (University of Malaya, Malaysia); Zuraidah M. Don (University of Malaya, Malaysia); Gerry Knowles (Mimos Berhad, Malaysia)

pp. 1007-1010
Simplified Point to Point Correspondence of the Euclidean Distance for Online Handwriting Recognition: Petra Bilane (INSA de Lyon, France); Eliane Youssef (Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, Lebanon); Bassam Eter (Lebanese University, Lebanon); Charles Sarraf (Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, Lebanon); Joseph Constantin (Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, Lebanon)

pp. 1011-1014
An SVM Based Confidence Measure for Continuous Speech Recognition: Mohsen Bardideh (Azad University, Research and Science Campus, Iran); Farbod Razzazi (Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Iran); Hassan Ghassemian (Tarbiat Modares University, Iran)

pp. 1015-1018
Dynamic Targets for Stock Market Prediction: Abdullah Al Luhaib (KSU, Saudi Arabia); Khalid Al-Ghoneim (King Saud University, Saudi Arabia); Yousef Al-Ohali (King Saud University, Saudi Arabia)

pp. 1019-1022
pattern classiffication using SVM with GMM data selection training method: Ali Reza Bayesteh Tashk (Electrical Engineering Department, Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran, Iran); Abolghasem Sayadiyan (Associate Professor, Iran); Pejman Mowlaee (Aalborg University, Denmark); Mohammad Nazari (Amirkabir University of tech., Iran)

pp. 1023-1026
Thalassemia Screening Using Unconstrained Functional Networks Classifier: Emad A. El-Sebakhy (Ass. Professor of Computer Scienece, KFUPM, Saudi Arabia); Moustafa Elshafei (King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia)

pp. 1027-1030

OFDM Systems

SLM-Based Radix FFT for PAPR Reduction in OFDM Systems: Abolfazl Ghassemi (University of Victoria, Canada); T. Aaron Gulliver (University of Victoria, Canada)

pp. 1031-1034
Decoding Technique Based On OFDM and RS Codes Analogy In PLC Environment: Fatma Rouissi (Ecole supérieure des communications de Tunis, Tunisia); Fethi Tlili (Ecole Supérieure de Communications de Tunis, Tunisia); Virginie Degardin (University of Lille, France); Adel Ghazel (SUPCOM, Tunisia); Martine Lienard (University of Lille, France)

pp. 1035-1038
ICI Reduction in OFDM by Using Maximally Flat Windowing: Behrouz Maham (University of Oslo, Norway); Are Hjørungnes (University of Oslo, Norway)

pp. 1039-1042
Dynamic Feedback Carrier Frequency Offset Estimator for OFDM Systems: Arafat J. Al-Dweik (Khalifa University, UAE); Ridha Hamila (Institute of Communication Engineering, Finland); Ziad Asghar (Texas Instruments Inc., USA)

pp. 1043-1046
Frequency Domain Estimation of Multiple Access OFDM: Tareq Al-Naffouri (King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia); Ashfaq Ahmed Mukaddam (King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia)

pp. 1047-1050
A New Blind PAPR Reduction and Error Correction Method in OFDM System Using BCH Codes: Alireza Zolghadrasli (Shiraz University, Iran); Mohammad Hossein Ghamat (Shiraz University, Iran)

pp. 1051-1054

Watermarking and Information Hiding 2

Audio watermarking based on Quantization Index Modulation in the frequency domain: Nima Khademi Kalantari (AmirKabir University of Technology, Iran); Mohammad Ali Akhaee (EE Dept of Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, Iran); Mohammad Ahadi (Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran); Maziar Moradi (Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran); Amir Kashi (AmirKabir University of Technology, Iran)

pp. 1127-1130
A Dynamic video watermarking scheme in the dwt domain: El 'arbi Maher (Regim, Tunisia); Chokri Ben Amar (University of Sfax, National School of Engineers, Tunisia); Henri Nicolas (University of Bordeaux, France)

pp. 1131-1134
Text Watermarking against Ownership Rights Violation: Olga Vybornova (Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium); Benoit M. Macq (Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium)

pp. 1135-1138
Two Techniques for Audio Watermarking Based on a Novel Transformation: Soheil Feizi (MIT, USA); Mohammad Ali Akhaee (EE Dept of Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, Iran); Farokh Marvasti (Sharif university of technology, Iran)

pp. 1139-1142
Adaptive Video Watermarking Using Mosaic Images: Mohamed Koubaa (University of Sfax, National School of Engineers, Tunisia); Chokri Ben Amar (University of Sfax, National School of Engineers, Tunisia); Henri Nicolas (University of Bordeaux, France)

pp. 1143-1146
Magnitude Spectrum Speech Hiding: Tamer Rabie (UAE University, UAE); Driss Guerchi (Canadian University of Dubai, UAE)

pp. 1147-1150

Mobile and Wireless Communications 6

Co-Channel Interference Cancellation in OFDM Networks using Coordinated Symbol Repetition and Soft Decision MLE CCI Canceler: Manar Mohaisen (Inha University, Korea); KyungHi Chang (Inha University, Korea)

pp. 1079-1082
A New Strategy for Providing QoS in IEEE 802.16 Standard: HamidReza Khanzadi (Sharif University of Technology, Iran); Mohammed Alavi (Sharif Univeristy of Technology, Iran); Bijan Vosoughi Vahdat (Sharif University of Technology, Iran); Esmaeil Sanaei (Sharif University of technology, Iran)

pp. 1083-1086
A New Rate-One STF Coding based on Linear Constellation Precoding and Coordinate Interleaving: Qinghua Ma (Southeast University, P.R. China); Chun-Ling Yang (South China University of Technology, P.R. China); Yang Luxi (SouthEast University, P.R. China)

pp. 1087-1090
Transmission Rate Assignment for Downlink For Multi-Rate Wireless CDMA Data Networks: Ashraf Mahmoud (KFUPM, Saudi Arabia)

pp. 1091-1094
Improved RLS Based Adaptive Decision Directed MC-CDMA Receiver for Rayleigh Fading Channels: Mahmoud Mirali Al-Quzwini (Al Nahrain University, Iraq); Sarcot Namik Abdullah (Baghdad University, Iraq)

pp. 1095-1098
DOA Tracking in Multipath Environment based on the Direction Lock Loop: Walid M. G. Diab (Faculty of Information Engneering and Technology, German University in Cairo, Egypt); Hassan ElKamchouchi (Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Egypt, Egypt)

pp. 1099-1102

Image and Video Processing 5

Feature Extraction of Iris Images Using ICA For Person Authentication: Sanjay Nilkanth Talbar (Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Insitute of Engineering andTechnology, India); Rajesh Mungasaji Bodade (Military College of Telecommunication Engineering, India)

pp. 1055-1058
a New Fingerprint Image enhancement Based on Decimation-free Directional Filter Bank: Lingfeng Meng (Lanzhou University, P.R. China); Yide Ma (Lanzhou University, P.R. China); Xiao Zheng (Lanzhou University, P.R. China); Jianzheng Dun (Lanzhou University, P.R. China); Jason Gu (Dalhousie University, Canada)

pp. 1059-1062
On secure image hashing by higher-order statistics: Li Weng (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium); Bart Preneel (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium)

pp. 1063-1066
Efficient Transparent JPEG2000 Encryption With Format-Compliant Header Protection: Dominik Engel (University of Salzburg, Austria); Thomas Stuetz (University of Salzburg, Austria); Andreas Uhl (Salzburg University, Austria)

pp. 1067-1070
Improving Multimedia Applications Through Specialization of DCT/IDCT Kernels: Minhaj Ahmad Khan (University of Versailles, France); Henri-Pierre Charles (University of Versailles, France)

pp. 1071-1074
Morphological-Based Filtering of Noise: Practical Study on Solar Images: Mohammad Hani AlOmari (Applied Science University, Jordan); Rami S Qahwaji (University of Bradford, United Kingdom); Stan Ipson (University of Bradford, United Kingdom); Tufan Colak (Bradford University, United Kingdom)

pp. 1075-1078

Optical Communications 4

MAC Protocols for Multirate OV-CDMA System in Optical Packet Network: a comparative Approach: Elie Naim Inaty (University of Balamand, Lebanon)

pp. 1103-1106
Improvement of Parallel Interference Cancellation in Optical Networks: Anicet Okassa (University of valenciennes, France); Iyad Dayoub (IEMN, France); Atika Rivenq (University, France); Jean-Michel Rouvaen (University, France); Romaric Mvone Evina (Université de valenciennes, France)

pp. 1107-1110
Performance Optimization of Thin Film Optical Interference Filters for Optical Communication Systems: Samy Sayed Abdou Ghoniemy (Egyptian Armed Forces, Egypt); Samy Mahmoud (Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, Canada)

pp. 1111-1114
Non-uniform Grating Effects On Time-Dependent Bistable Characteristics of QWS-DFB Semiconductor Laser Amplifiers: Mahmoud Aleshams (Islamic Azad University of Fasa, Iran, Iran); Mohammad Kazem Moravvej Farshi (Tarbiat Modares University, Iran); Mohammad Hossein Sheikhi (Shiraz University, Iran)

pp. 1115-1118
High-speed, low input current transimpedance amplifier for led-photodiode pair: Mounir Boukadoum (Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada); Abdel Obaid (Université de Québec à Montréal, Canada)

pp. 1119-1122
Analysis of an All-Optical Microwave Mixing and Bandpass Filtering with Negative Coefficients: Mohammad Reza Salehi (Shiraz University of Technology, Iran); Amir Hosein Jafari (Shiraz University of Technology, Iran)

pp. 1123-1126

Tuesday, November 27

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Panel Discussion: Current and Future Trends in Signal Processing and Communications Research

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Mobile and Wireless Communications 7

Comparison of Cooperative and Non-cooperative Game Schemes for SINR-Constrained Power Allocation in Multiple Antenna CDMA Communication Systems: Mehdi Adibi (Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran); Vahid Taba Taba Vakili (iran University of Science and Technology, Iran)

pp. 1151-1154
Optical Generation of UWB Signal: A Comparative Study: Kais Dridi (University of Moncton (Université de Moncton), Canada); Habib Hamam (University of Moncton, Canada)

pp. 1155-1158
Minimum sum-power design of a cooperative system using the amplify and forward protocol: Daniele Veronesi (MGTech SRL, Italy); Nevio Benvenuto (University of Padova, Italy)

pp. 1159-1162
Design Method for UWB Planar Antenna with Subband Rejection Capability: Amin M Abbosh (University of Queensland, Australia)

pp. 1163-1166
Time Based Generation Signal For UWB over Fiber: Kais Dridi (University of Moncton (Université de Moncton), Canada); Habib Hamam (University of Moncton, Canada)

pp. 1167-1170
A Multi-level Mobile Video Surveillance Notification System: Ali Al-Qayedi (Etisalat University College, UAE); Khalid Younis AlRedha (Etisalat University College, UAE)

pp. 1171-1174

Audio/Speech Processing and Coding 4

Automatic Chord Detection Incorporating Beat and Key Detection: Veronika Zenz (Vienna University of Technology, Austria); Andreas Rauber (Vienna University of Technology, Austria)

pp. 1175-1178
Combined Speech-Emotion Recognition for Spoken Human-Computer Interfaces: Hong Meng (University of Ulm, Germany); Johannes Pittermann (University of Ulm, Germany); Angela Pittermann (University of Ulm, Germany); Wolfgang Minker (University of Ulm, Germany)

pp. 1179-1182
A Fixed Dimension Modified Sinusoid Model (FD-MSM) for Single Microphone Sound Separation: Pejman Mowlaee (Aalborg University, Denmark); Abolghasem Sayadiyan (Associate Professor, Iran); Ali Reza Bayesteh Tashk (Electrical Engineering Department, Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran, Iran)

pp. 1183-1186
An Efficient MMSE Decoder For Differential Source Coders With Adaptive Quantizer: A Joint Source Channel Coding Perspective: Behzad Asadi (University of Tehran, Iran); Farshad Lahouti (University of Tehran, Iran)

pp. 1187-1190
Text independent speaker verification using enhanced sorted Gaussian mixture model: Rahim Saeidi (Iranian Research Institute for Electrical Engineering, Iran); Todor D. Ganchev (University of Patras, Greece); Hamid Reza Sadegh Mohammadi (Iranian Research Institute for Electrical Engineering, Iran)

pp. 1191-1194
Phoneme recognition as a member of predefined class using hybrid cascaded LVQ/Elman neural network: Zikrija Avdagic (Faculty of Electrical Engineering of University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina); Adnan Nuhic (Faculty of Electrical Engineering of University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina); Samim Konjicija (Faculty of Electrical Engineering of University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

pp. 1195-1198

Digital Signal Processing 4

Maintaining the Influence of Context Matrix Construction Principles on the Ability of Linguistic Feature Extraction by ICA: Markus Borschbach (University of Muenster, Germany); Martin Pyka (University of Münster, Germany)

pp. 1199-1202
A Dual-Tree Complex Wavelet With Application In Image Denoising: Aryaz Baradarani (University of Windsor, Canada); Runyi Yu (Eastern Mediterranean University, Turkey)

pp. 1203-1206
Application of Neural Networks in Image Definition Recognition: Chen Guojin (Hangzhou Dianzi University, P.R. China); Zhu Miaofen (Hangzhou Dianzi University, P.R. China); Yu Honghao (Hangzhou Dianzi University, P.R. China); Li Yan (Hangzhou Dianzi University, P.R. China)

pp. 1207-1210
Parallel multipliers using 3-bit-scan without overlapping bits: Stefania Perri (University of Calabria, Italy); Giovanni Staino (University of Calabria, Italy); Pasquale Corsonello (University of Calabria, Italy)

pp. 1211-1214
Fast Implement Of Orthogonal Empirical Mode Decomposition and Its Application Into Singular Signal Detection: Shuren Qin (test center, Chongqing University, P.R. China); Yi Qin (Test Center, Chongqing University, P.R. China); Yongfang Mao (Test Center, Chongqing University, P.R. China)

pp. 1215-1218
Finite Sample AIC for Autoregressive Model Order Selection: Mahmood Karimi (Shiraz University, Iran)

pp. 1219-1222

Computer and Communication Networks 2

Recursive and Non-Recursive Network Coding: Performance and Complexity: Jean-Pierre Thibault (Elliptic Semiconductor, Canada); Wai-Yip Geoffrey Chan (Queen's University, Canada); Shahram Yousefi (Queen's University, Canada)

pp. 1223-1226
LMST-Based Searching and Broadcasting Algorithms Over Internet Graphs and Peer-to-Peer Computing Systems: Ivan Stojmenovic (University of Ottawa, Canada); Julio Solano (UNAM, Mexico); Tania Perez (UNAM, Mexico)

pp. 1227-1230
Power Analysis of Packet Classification on Programmable Network Processors: Alan Kennedy (Dublin City University, Ireland); David Bermingham (Dublin City University, Ireland); Xiaojun Wang (School of Electronic Engineering, Dublin City Univ., Ireland); Bin Liu (Tsinghua University, P.R. China)

pp. 1231-1234
Traffic Control Mechanism for VoIP Gateway: Hanem Mohamed El-Sheikh (National Telecommunication Institute (NTI), Egypt); Amany Sabry Amin (National Telecommunication Institute (NTI), Egypt)

pp. 1235-1238
Tbwtools: Processing TCP performance information: Sven Ubik (CESNET, Czech Republic); Ales Friedl (CESNET, Czech Republic); Vaclav Rehak (CESNET, Czech Republic); Lukas Baxa (CESNET, Czech Republic)

pp. 1239-1242
QoS Mapping: a Framework Model for Mapping Network Loss to Aplication Loss: Mohamed H. Al-Kuwaiti (The George Washington University, USA); N. Kyriakopoulos (The George Washington University, USA); S. Hussein (The George Washington University, USA)

pp. 1243-1246

Image and Video Processing 6

Estimation of Motion Fields from Noisy Image Sequences:Using Generalized Cross-Correlation Methods: Ismaili Alaoui El Mehdi (Faculty of Sciences,University Mohamed V, Rabat Agdal, Morocco., Morocco); Ibn Elhaj Elhassane (National Institute of Post and Telecommunications (INPT) Rabat-Morocco, Morocco)

pp. 1271-1274
Corner Points Detection For Vertebral Mobility Analysis: Mahmoudi Saïd (Faculty of Engineering of Mons, Belgium); Benjelloun Mohammed (Faculty of Engineering of Mons, Belgium)

pp. 1275-1278
Shape based circularity measures of planar point sets: Milos Stojmenovic (University of Ottawa, Canada); Amiya Nayak (SITE, University of Ottawa, Canada)

pp. 1279-1282
One Scan Connected Component Labeling Technique: Ayman A. AbuBaker (Applied Science University, Jordan); Rami S Qahwaji (University of Bradford, United Kingdom); Stan Ipson (University of Bradford, United Kingdom); Mohmmad Saleh (Applied Science University, Jordan)

pp. 1283-1286
On the use of optical flow in robot navigation: Souhila Kahlouche (Center of development of advanced technologies, Algeria)

pp. 1287-1290
Steerable filters generated with the hypercomplex dual-tree wavelet transform: Jan Wedekind (Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom); Bala Amavasai (Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom); Ken Dutton (Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom)

pp. 1291-1294

Applications 7

Improving the real-time response of an ADXL202 accelerometer placed in a car under performance tests by using adaptive filtering: Wilmar Hernandez (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain)

pp. 1247-1250
Towards An Intelligent GPS-Based Vehicle Navigation Sysytem For Finding Parking Lots: Sherisha Pullola (University of Ottawa, Canada); Pradeep K Atrey (University of Winnipeg, Canada); Abdulmotaleb El Saddik (University of Ottawa, Canada)

pp. 1251-1254
Interesting Method of MR Diffusion Measurement: Karel Bartusek (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic); Zdenek Dokoupil (Institute of Scientific Instruments AS CR, Czech Republic)

pp. 1255-1258
State Management in Large Scale Group Communication: Dewan T Ahmed (University of Ottawa, Canada); Shervin Shirmohammadi (University of Ottawa, Canada); Jauvane C. Oliveira (National Laboratory for Scientific Computing, Brazil)

pp. 1259-1262
A New Algorithm for FOA and 2-D AOA Estimation: Yi Zheng (University of Electronic of Science and Technology of China, P.R. China); TieQi Xia (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, P.R. China); Xuegang Wang (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, P.R. China); Qun Wan (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, P.R. China)

pp. 1263-1266
A hybrid Kalman/gama H Infinity filter for maneuvering target tracking: Mohamed Sadek Kemouche (Ecole Militaire Polytechnique, Algeria); Nabil Aouf (Cranfield University, United Kingdom); Antonios Tsourdos (Cranfield University, United Kingdom); Brian White (Cranfield University-RMCS, United Kingdom)

pp. 1267-1270

Mobile and Wireless Communications 8

WiMAX MIMO measurement in a residential line-of-sight environment: Ioannis Sarris (Mitsubishi Electric ITE VIL, United Kingdom); Andrew Nix (University of Bristol, United Kingdom); Angela Doufexi (University of Bristol, United Kingdom)

pp. 1295-1298
On Stability and Radio Capacity in UMTS System: Soumaya Hamouda (Ecole Supérieure des Communications de Tunis, Tunisia); Philippe Godlewski (ENST-Telecom Paris, France); Sami Tabbane (Ecole Superieure des Communications de Tunis, Tunisia)

pp. 1299-1302
BER Performance for MC-CDMA Systems in the Presence of HPA Non-Linearity: Souad ZID (National Engineering School of Tunis, Tunisia); Ridha Bouallegue (National Engineering School of Sousse SUP’COM, 6’Tel Laboratory, Tunisia)

pp. 1303-1306
Statistical Model for the Mobile Channel Composite Envelope: Mesud Hadzialic (University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina); Vlatko Lipovac (University of Dubrovnik, Croatia); Boris Nemsic (Mobilkom Austria, Austria)

pp. 1307-1310
Markov Chain Approximation of Rayleigh Fading Channels: Sintayehu Dehnie (BAE Systems, USA)

pp. 1311-1314
Modeling of Nonlinear Power Amplifier with Memory Effect for Wideband Application: Haleh Karkhaneh (Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran); Tahereh Sadeghpour (University of Bradford, United Kingdom); Ayaz Ghorbani (Amirkabir university of thechnology, Iran); Raed A Abd-Alhameed (University of Bradford, United Kingdom)

pp. 1315-1318

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Applications 8

An FPGA Implementation of a High Resolution Phase Shift Beamformer: Antoine B. Abche (University of Balamand, Lebanon); Aldo Maalouf (University of Balamand, Lebanon); Rafic A. Ayoubi (University of Balamand, Lebanon); Elie Karam (university of Balamand, Lebanon); Abdul M. Alameddine (University of Balamand, Lebanon)

pp. 1319-1322
Brightness temperature maps retrieval for the SMOS space mission: regularized inversion and bias reduction: Ali Khazaal (University of Toulouse, France); Eric Anterrieu (University of Toulouse, France)

pp. 1323-1326
Autonomous Band Registration for On-Board Applications: Guoxia Yu (University of Surrey, United Kingdom); Tanya Vladimirova (University of Surrey, United Kingdom); Martin N Sweeting (University of Surrey, United Kingdom)

pp. 1327-1330
A Fuzzy Multi-Criteria Decision Approach for Enhanced Auto-tracking of Seismic Events: Reda Benbernou (University of Reading, United Kingdom); Kevin Warwick (University of Reading, United Kingdom)

pp. 1331-1334
Fuzzy-Neural Network Approach for Estimating the K-Distribution parameters.: Amar Mezache (Département d'électronique, Université de Constantine, Algeria); Faouzi Soltani (Université de Constantine, Algeria)

pp. 1335-1338
An Augmented Wavelet – Neuro-Fuzzy Module for enhancing mems based navigation systems: Ahmed El-Shafie (Postdoctoral Fellow, Canada); Aboelmagd Noureldin (Royal Military College of Canada, Canada); Mohamed Bayoumi (Queen's University, Canada)

pp. 1339-1342

Communication and Broadband Networks

Hybrid Scheduling in High-Speed Packet Switches: Lotfi Mhamdi (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands); Stamatis Vassiliadis (TU Delft, The Netherlands)

pp. 1343-1346
Performance Comparison of TCP mechanisms over Satellite Networks: Hashim Zafar (Optimi Corp. MENA, UAE); Raed A Abd-Alhameed (University of Bradford, United Kingdom); Mohammad Haseeb Zafar (N-W.F.P. University of Engineeering & Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan)

pp. 1347-1350
Joint Routing and Radio Resource Management in Multihop Cellular Networks Using Genetic Algorithms: Mohamed Saad (University of Sharjah, UAE); Maamar Bettayeb (University of Sharjah, UAE); Anas Y Boubas (University of Sharjah, UAE)

pp. 1351-1354
Adaptive Connection Admission Control and Packet Scheduling for QoS Provisioning in Mobile WiMAX: Shafaq B Chaudhry (University of Central Florida, USA); Ratan Guha (University of Central Florida, USA)

pp. 1355-1358
A New Statistical Model for Call Holding Time Simulation in the Telephony Networks: Ahmad Shojasefat (ITRC, Iran); Mohammad taghy Hamidi Beheshti (TMU, Iran); Hassan Moradi (University of Oklahoma, USA)

pp. 1359-1362
Power Consumption Evaluation of Sleep Mode in the IEEE 802.16e MAC with Multi Service Connections: Nima Mohammad Pour Nejatian (Sharif University of Technology, Iran); Mohammad Mahdi Nayebi (Sharif University of Technology, Iran); Ali A. Tadaion (Yazd University, Iran)

pp. 1363-1366

Watermarking and Information Hiding 3

A new blind image watermarking of Handwritten signatures using low-frequency band DCT coefficients: Ahmed Mohammed Nabil Al-Gindy (Ajman University of Science and Technology, UAE); Hussain Al-Ahmad (Khalifa University, UAE); Ayman Tawfik (Ajman University of Science & Technology, UAE); Rami S Qahwaji (University of Bradford, United Kingdom)

pp. 1367-1370
Adaptive Watermarking for Digital Colored Images Based on The Energy of Edges: Abdallah Saleem Nawaf Al-Tahan Al-Nu'aimi (University of Bradford - United Kingdom, Jordan); Rami S Qahwaji (University of Bradford, United Kingdom)

pp. 1371-1374
An Image Watermarking Scheme based on Wavelet and Multiple-Parameter Fractional Fourier Transforms: Mohamed Ouhsain (Concordia University, Canada); Emad Eddien Abdallah (Concordia University, Canada); Abdessamad Ben Hamza (Concordia University, Canada)

pp. 1375-1378
Audio Watermarking Detection Resistant To Time and Pitch Scale Modification: Yiqing Lin (The University of Auckland, New Zealand); Waleed H. Abdulla (The University of Auckland, New Zealand); Yide Ma (Lanzhou University, P.R. China)

pp. 1379-1382
A New Approch for Image Watermarking By Using Particle Swarm Optimization: Ehsan Vahedi (University of British Columbia, Canada); Caro Lucas (Tehran University, Iran); Reza A. Zoroofi (University of Tehran, Iran); Mohsen Shiva (University of Tehran, Iran)

pp. 1383-1386
A Robust Chaotic Image Watermarking technique based on HVS and Differential Affine Motion Estimation: Mohammed Bouab (Mentouri University, Algeria); Mohamed Khamadja (Departement of electronics, University of constantine, algeria, Algeria); Souad Amira-Biad (Mentouri university, Algeria)

pp. 1387-1390

Ad-Hoc Sensors and Networks 2

Estimation of Clock Parameters for Synchronization in Wireless Sensor Networks: Qasim Chaudhari (Texas A&M University, USA); Erchin Serpedin (Texas A&M University, USA); Alireza Shapoury (Texas A&M University, USA)

pp. 1391-1394
Multi-Branch Configuration of Dynamic Wireless Cooperative Networks: Javad Vazifehdan (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands); Hamid Shafiee (American University in Dubai, UAE)

pp. 1395-1398
Middleware for Wireless Sensor Networks: Approaches, Challenges, and Projects: Wassim Masri (Université Paul Sabatier, France); Zoubir Mammeri (Paul Sabatier University, France)

pp. 1399-1402
Improving the Performance of Counter-Based Broadcast Scheme for Mobile Ad hoc Networks: Aminu Mohammed (Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Nigeria); Mohamed Ould-Khaoua (Sultan Qaboos University, Oman); Lewis M. Mackenzie (University of Glasgow, United Kingdom); Jamal Abdulai (University for Development Studies, Ghana)

pp. 1403-1406
Modified Hilbert Space-filling Curves for Ellipsoidal Coverage in Wireless Ad Hoc Sensor Networks: Maznah Kamat (Universiti Teknologi Malsysia, Malaysia); Abdul Samad Ismail (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia); Stephan Olariu (Old Dominion University, USA)

pp. 1407-1410
Multi-layer Optimization for Voice Coding over Ad Hoc Networks: Mylène Kwong (University of Sherbrooke, Canada); Soumaya Cherkaoui (University of Sherbrooke, Canada); Roch Lefebvre (University of Sherbrooke, Canada)

pp. 1411-1414

Signal Processing for Communications 4

Amplitude Banded Sato Algorithm for Blind Channel Equlization: Muhammad Lutfor Rahman Khan (Saitama University, Japan, Japan); Mohammed Hussien Wondimagegnehu (Saitama University, Japan); Tetsuya Shimamura (Saitama University, Japan)

pp. 1463-1466
On the Performance of Prefiltered Pisarenko Estimator for Narrow-band Interference Suppression: Asmi Rim (SUPCOM- Tunis, Tunisia); Hichem Besbes (Ecole Superieure de Communications de Tunis, Sup'Com TUNISIA, Tunisia); Sofiane Cherif (Sup'Com, Tunisia); Meriem Jaidane (National Engineering School, Tunisia)

pp. 1467-1470
Multicomponent AM-FM Demodulation: The State of the Art after the Development of the Iterated Hilbert Transform: Francesco Gianfelici (Universita' Politecnica delle Marche, Italy); Claudio Turchetti (Universita' Politecnica delle Marche, Italy); Paolo Crippa (Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy)

pp. 1471-1474
LSF-CMA Equalization Algorithm for OFDM System using Zero-Padding Technique: Faisal O. Alayyan (KUSTAR, UAE); Yee Hong Leung (Curtin University, Australia); Abdelhak Zoubir (Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany)

pp. 1475-1478
Adaptive Close-Talking Beamforming with a Novel Differential Array: Ke Peng (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, P.R. China); Jiancheng Huang (Motorola China Research Center, P.R. China); Yaxin Zhang (Motorola Labs, P.R. China)

pp. 1479-1482
BER Performance in Space-Time Processing Receiver using Adaptive Antennas over Rayleigh Fading Channels: Rim Haddad (Ecole Nationale d'Ingenieur de Tunis, Tunisia); Ridha Bouallegue (Ecole Nationale d'Ingenieur de Sousse, Tunisia)

pp. 1483-1486

Applications 9

Design of a MIMO Neuro-Controller for ANC System with Loudspeaker Nonlinearity in Enclosure: Allahyar Montazeri (Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran); Javad Poshtan (Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran)

pp. 1415-1418
Formant Tracking Using Fixed and Adaptive Sine Liftering: Mouldi Bedda (Universty of al-jouf, Saudi Arabia); Messikh Lotfi (Annaba University, Algeria)

pp. 1419-1422
Sonar images from well-known simulated raw data: Olivier Tarlet (ISEN Brest, France); Alain Loussert (ISEN Brest, France); Christophe Ray Sintes (ENSTB, France)

pp. 1423-1426
On Tracking Maneuvering Targets in 3-Dimensional Space with Online Observed Colored Glint Noise Parameter Estimation: Seyed Alireza Banani (Simon Fraser University, Canada); Mohammad Ali Masnadi-Shirazi (Shiraz University, Iran)

pp. 1427-1430
KEA - A Knowledge Management System for Mathematics: Sabina Jeschke (University of Stuttgart, Germany); Nicole M Natho (Berlin University of Technology, Germany); Marc Wilke (University of Stuttgart, Germany)

pp. 1431-1434
Sts-Xdss: Schema-to-Schema Expert Decision Support System: Emad A. El-Sebakhy (Ass. Professor of Computer Scienece, KFUPM, Saudi Arabia)

pp. 1435-1438

Image and Video Processing 7

Pareto-Optimal Macroblock Classification For Fast Mode Decision in H.264: Yury V. Ivanov (University College Dublin, Ireland); Chris J Bleakley (University College Dublin, Ireland)

pp. 1439-1442
Compressed Domain Authentication of Live Video: Razib Iqbal (University of Ottawa, Canada); Shervin Shirmohammadi (University of Ottawa, Canada); Jiying Zhao (University of Ottawa, Canada)

pp. 1443-1446
Multimedia Content Repurposing for Heterogeneous Wireless Clients: M. Shamim Hossain (University of Ottawa, Canada); Abdulmotaleb El Saddik (University of Ottawa, Canada)

pp. 1447-1450
Interactive TV using a Framework of Smart Multimedia Objects (SMO-ITV): Khadraoui Momouh Mohammed (University of Fribourg, Switzerland); Djamel Khadraoui (CRP Henri Tudor, Luxemburg)

pp. 1451-1454
A Model for Controlled VBR Video Traffic: Mehdi Rezaei (Tampere University of Technology (TUT), Finland); Imed Bouazizi (Nokia Research Center, Finland); Moncef Gabbouj (Tampere University of Technology, Finland)

pp. 1455-1458
A Multimedia-Based System for Monitoring Sleepwalkers: Pradeep K Atrey (University of Winnipeg, Canada); M. Anwar Hossain (University of Ottawa, Canada); Abdulmotaleb El Saddik (University of Ottawa, Canada)

pp. 1459-1462

4:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Image and Video Processing 8

Partial Encryption Schemes for Matching Pursuit: Andreas Uhl (Salzburg University, Austria); Gerald Leimhofer (Salzburg University, Austria)

pp. 1487-1490
A real-time h.264 bp decoder based on a DM642 DSP: Fernando Pescador del Oso (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain); Matias J Garrido Gonzalez (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain); Cesar Sanz Alvaro (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain); Eduardo Juarez Martinez (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain); Angel M Groba Gonzalez (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain); David Samper (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain)

pp. 1491-1494
A new encoding scheme for HDR imaages: Ishtiaq Rasool Khan (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan); Masahiro Okuda (Faculty of Environmental Engineering, The University of Kitakyushu, Japan, Japan)

pp. 1495-1498
A Novel Algorithm of Image Gaussian Noise Filtering Based on PCNN Time Matrix: Yide Ma (Lanzhou University, P.R. China); Dongmei Lin (Lanzhou University, P.R. China); Beidou Zhang (Lanzhou University, P.R. China); Qing Liu (Tianshui Normal University, P.R. China); Jason Gu (Dalhousie University, Canada)

pp. 1499-1502
Dense stereo matching with application to augmented reality: Nadia Zenati (Development Centre of Advanced Technology, Algeria); Noureddine Zerhouni (LAB Besançon, France)

pp. 1503-1506
Rough Surfaces and Relief Extraction by Generalized Lambertian's Photometric Model: David Helbert (University of Poitiers, France); Majdi Khoudeir (University of Poitiers, France); Minh-Tan Do (Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussées, France)

pp. 1507-1510

Signal Processing for Communications 5

A Performance Comparison of two Time Diversity Systems Using TM-CFAR Detection for Partially Correlated Chi-square Targets in Nonuniform Clutter and Multiple Target Situations: Toufik Laroussi (Université de Constantine, Algeria); Mourad Barkat (American University of Sharjah, UAE); Nassim Benadjina (Université de Constantine, Algeria)

pp. 1511-1514
Optimal Design of a class of M-channel Uniform Filter Bank using Genetic Algorithms: Gurvinder-Singh Baicher (University of Wales Newport, Allt-Yr-Yn Avenue, United Kingdom)

pp. 1515-1518
Modified Blackman Window For Generating Long Complex Gaussian Sequences: Abolfazl Falahati (Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran); Ehsan Bateni (Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran); Reihaneh Lavafi (Iran University of Sience and Technology, Iran)

pp. 1519-1522
A New Adaptive Proportionate Algorithm for Improving the Performance of Precorrection in DVB: Pejman Mowlaee (Aalborg University, Denmark); Farzad FarhadZadeh (Msc student, Iran)

pp. 1523-1526
An Angle Of Arrival Location Estimation Technique for Existing GSM Networks: Nico Deblauwe (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium); Leo P. Van Biesen (Free University of Brussels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)

pp. 1527-1530
TDOA/AOA Data Fusion for Enhancing Positioning in an Ultra Wideband System: Omar Abdul-Latif (Michigan State University, UAE); Peter R Shepherd (University of Bath, United Kingdom); Stephen Pennock (University of Bath, United Kingdom)

pp. 1531-1534

Modulation and Channel Coding

Slope Line Coding For Telecommunications Networks: Abdullatif Glass (Technical Studies Institute, UAE); Nidhal Abdulaziz (University of Wollongong in Dubai, UAE); Eesa Bastaki (UAE University, ? )

pp. 1535-1538
Iterative decoding of block turbo codes over the binary erasure channel: Samar Changuel (GET/ENST Bretagne, France); Raphael Le Bidan (Telecom Bretagne, France); Ramesh Mahendra Pyndiah (institut Telecom/TELECOM Bretagne, France)

pp. 1539-1542
Repeat Accumulate Codes For Bit-Interleaved Coded Modulation With Iterative Demapping: Wei Kwang Han (Newcastle University, United Kingdom); Stephane Y. Le Goff (University of Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom); Bayan Sharif (University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom)

pp. 1543-1546
Improving BER performance of LDPC codes based on intermediate decoding results: Esa A. Al-Ghonaim (KFUPM, Saudi Arabia); Adnan Al-Andalousi (KFUPM, Saudi Arabia); Aiman H. El-Maleh (KFUPM, Saudi Arabia)

pp. 1547-1550
A Low Complexity VLSI Architecture for Reed-Solomon Decoder: Hasan Khalesi (Tarbiat Modarres university Iran, Iran); Abdolreza Nabavi (Tarbiat Modarres University, Iran); Babak Bornoosh (Tarbiat Modarres University, Iran)

pp. 1551-1554
Construction of Regular and Irregular LDPC Codes using (n,{k1,k2},1) Block Design: Siddarama R Patil (IIT Kharagpur, India); Sant Sharan Pathak (I.I.T.Kharagpur, India)

pp. 1555-1558

Time-Frequency/Time-Scale Analysis

Enhancing the readability of the Wigner distribution using a detect-and-eliminate approach for the interference: Apostolos Georgakis (King's College London, United Kingdom); Mohammad Shikh-Bahaei (Kings college London, United Kingdom)

pp. 1559-1562
Identifying neural discharges using Time-frequency distributions for EEG: Carlos Guerrero-Mosquera (University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain); Angel Navia-Vázquez (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain); Armando Malanda (Public University of Navarra, Spain)

pp. 1563-1566
Neonatal Seizure Detection and Localization using Time-Frequency Analysis Of Multichannel EEG: Mohamed Salah H. Khlif (University of Queensland, Australia); Mostefa Mesbah (University of Queensland, Australia); Boualem Boashash (University of Queensland, Australia); Paul Colditz (University of Queensland, Australia)

pp. 1567-1570
Recovering the ocular microtremor signal using wavelet denoising technique: Mohammed Ali Al-Kalbani (Trinity College Dublin, St.James's Hospital, Ireland); Niamh Collins (Trinity College Dublin; St James's Hospital, Ireland); Gerard Boyle (St.James's Hospital, Ireland); Timothy G Foran (St. James's Hospital, Ireland); Francis J Hegarty (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland); Noirin Sheahan (St. James's Hospital, Ireland); Davis Coakley (St James's Hospital, Ireland)

pp. 1571-1574
Neural Network Solution for Compensating Distortions of Time Frequency Representations: Jamil Ahmad (Iqra University, H-9, Islamabad Campus, Islamabad Pakistan, Pakistan); Imran Shafi (Centre for Advance Studies in Engineering (C@SE), Islamabad, Pakistan, Pakistan); Ismail Shah (Iqra University Islamabad Pakistan, Pakistan); Faisal Kashif (MIT USA, USA)

pp. 1575-1578
Comparing Two Time-Scale and Time-Frequency Based methods in Newborns' EEG Seizure Detection: Pega Zarjam (Azad University, Iran); Mostefa Mesbah (University of Queensland, Australia); Boualem Boashash (University of Queensland, Australia)

pp. 1579-1582

Program for 2007 IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication

Saturday, November 24

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Design & Optimization Methods for WIMAX Systems

Mobile Localization Techniques

2:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Near-Capacity Wireless Multimedia Communications in the Iterative Detection Era

Security of Mobile Communications

Sunday, November 25

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Keynote1: Enabling the Wireless Internet - Myths and Challenges

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Image/Video Indexing and Retrieval

Mobile and Wireless Communications 1

Cryptography and Network Security 1

Analog and Mixed Signal Processing 1

Image Compression

Signal Processing for Communications 1

Parallel and Distributed Processing

Ad-Hoc Sensors and Networks 1

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Application 1

Audio/Speech Processing and Coding 1

Digital Signal Processing 1

Optical Communications 1

Image and Video Processing 1

Mobile and Wireless Communications 2

DSP Implementation and Embedded Systems 1

Analog and Mixed Signal Processing 2

4:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Video Communication

Mobile and Wireless Communications 3

Sensor Array and Multi-Channel Processing

CDMA Systems

Audio/Speech Processing and Coding 2

Applications 2

Digital Signal Processing 2

Computer and Communication Networks 1

Monday, November 26

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Keynote2: Video Does Not Equal Data - How to Transport Pictures

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Image and Video Processing 2

Applications 3

Digital Signal Processing 3

Signal Processing for Communications 2

Watermarking and Information Hiding 1

Mobile and Wireless Communications 4

Cryptography and Network Security 2

Applications 4

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Mobile and Wireless Communications 5

Audio/Speech Processing and Coding 3

DSP Implementation and Embedded Systems 2

Optical Communications 2

Image and Video Processing 3

Applications 5

Signal Processing for Communications 3

Optical Communications 3

4:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Image and Video Processing 4

Applications 6

Soft Computing and Machine Learning

OFDM Systems

Watermarking and Information Hiding 2

Mobile and Wireless Communications 6

Image and Video Processing 5

Optical Communications 4

Tuesday, November 27

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Panel Discussion: Current and Future Trends in Signal Processing and Communications Research

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Mobile and Wireless Communications 7

Audio/Speech Processing and Coding 4

Digital Signal Processing 4

Computer and Communication Networks 2

Image and Video Processing 6

Applications 7

Mobile and Wireless Communications 8

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM