Digital transmission over copper loops is studied. Models are found of main sources of interference, including near-end crosstalk (NEXT), far-end crosstalk (FEXT), impulse noise (IN) and intersymbol interference (ISI). ...

Network tomography is a promising technique for characterizing the internal behavior of large-scale networks based solely on end-to-end measurements. Despite the efficiency of active probing in most network loss tomography ...

Performance of parallel algorithms on multiprocessors has been traditionally analyzed by looking at either the algorithm or the architecture of the multiprocessor system. However, it is important to study the combined ...

Information processing is performed when a system preserves some aspects of the information encoded by its input while it suppresses others. To describe a system's information processing capability, input and output need ...

This thesis presents an Integrated CAD Framework which links VLSI layout editors to lithographic simulators and provides information on the simulated resolution of a feature to the circuit designer. This will help designers ...

In this thesis, we define and analyze communication scenarios in which the source and destination cooperate across noncoherent two-way fading channels. As in practical communication systems, we constrain the bandwidth and ...

Representation of an abstract system by a mathematical object such as a matrix or a differential equation is important because much of the analysis is done via representations. For discrete-time input-output systems, ...

Matched filter receivers are commonly used for Direct-Sequence Spread-Spectrum Multiple-Access communication systems. These receivers are easy to implement and analyze, and are optimal for single user Gaussian noise channels. ...

Process design for integrated circuit manufacturing has traditionally been implemented with little simulation prior to fabrication. As with circuit design of a decade ago, the available simulation tools were mainframe-based, ...

In this thesis, a methodology and techniques for the design of a laser range imaging device (LRID) for robotic applications are presented. Furthermore, a prototype incorporating the concepts presented has been successfully ...