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Compression for Multimedia

Bocharova, Irina. Compression for Multimedia. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2010, 269 pp. $69.00 (Hardbound).

Providing a thorough theoretical understanding of lossy compression techniques for image, video, speech, and audio compression, this book also covers the key features of each system, as well as practical applications, implementation issues, and design trade-offs. It presents comparisons of multimedia standards in terms of achieving known theoretical limits, whilst common and distinguishing features of the existing standards are explained and related to the background theory. There is detailed coverage of such topics as the H.264 video coding standard, low-complexity code-based vector quantizers, and the Blahut rate-distortion algorithm. Examples based on real multimedia data are also included, together with end-of-chapter problems to test understanding; algorithms that allow the reader to represent speech and audio signals efficiently; and an appendix on the basics of lossless coding. With an excellent balance of theory and practice, this book is ideal for undergraduate and graduate students, and is also a useful reference for practitioners.

Irina Bocharova is an Associate Professor at the Saint Petersburg State University of Information Technologies, Mechanics, and Optics. She has published over 50 technical papers and is the co-inventor of seven US patents in speech, video, and audio coding. Her current research interests include convolutional codes, communication systems, source coding and its applications to speech, audio, and image coding.

Convex Optimization in Signal Processing and Communications

Palomar, Daniel P. and Yonina C. Eldar. Convex Optimization in Signal Processing and Communications. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2010, 498 pp. $85.00 (Hardbound).

Over the past two decades there have been significant advances in the field of optimization. In particular, convex optimization has emerged as a powerful signal-processing tool, and the range of applications continues to grow rapidly. This book, written by a team of leading experts, sets out the theoretical underpinnings of the subject and provides tutorials on a wide range of convex-optimization applications. Emphasis throughout is placed on cutting-edge research and on formulating problems in convex form, making this an ideal textbook for advanced graduate courses and a useful self-study guide.

Topics covered:

  • automatic code generation
  • graphical models
  • gradient-based algorithms for signal recovery
  • semidefinite programming (SDP) relaxation
  • radar waveform design via SDP
  • blind source separation for image processing
  • modern sampling theory
  • robust broadband beamforming
  • distributed multiagent optimization for networked systems
  • cognitive radio systems via game theory
  • the variational-inequality approach for Nash-equilibrium solutions

Yonina C. Eldar is a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, and is also a Research Affiliate with the Research Laboratory of Electronics at MIT. She received her Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2001. She has received many awards for her research and teaching, including, the Wolf Foundation Krill Prize for Excellence in Scientific Research, the Hershel Rich Innovation Award and the Muriel & David Jacknow Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Steganography in Digital Media – Principles, Algorithms, and Applications.

Fridrich, Jessica. Steganography in Digital Media – Principles, Algorithms, and Applications. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2009, 437 pp. $85.00 (Hardbound).

Steganography, the art of hiding of information in apparently innocuous objects or images, is a field with a rich heritage, and an area of rapid current development. This clear, self-contained guide shows you how to understand the building blocks of covert communication in digital media files and how to apply the techniques in practice, including those of steganalysis, the detection of steganography. Assuming only a basic knowledge in calculus and statistics, the book blends the various strands of steganography, including information theory, coding, signal estimation and detection, and statistical signal processing. Experiments on real media files demonstrate the performance of the techniques in real life, and most techniques are supplied with pseudo-code, making it easy to implement the algorithms. The book is ideal for students taking courses on steganography and information hiding, and is also a useful reference for engineers and practitioners working in media security and information assurance.

Jessica Fridrich is Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Binghamton University, State University of New York (SUNY), where she has worked since receiving her Ph.D. from that institution in 1995. Since then, her research on data embedding and steganalysis has led to more than 85 papers and 7 US patents. She also received the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Research in 2007 and the Award for Outstanding Inventor in 2002. Her main interests are in steganography and steganalysis of digital media, digital watermarking, and digital image forensics.

Modem Theory – An Introduction to Telecommunications.

Blahut, Richard E. Modem Theory – An Introduction to Telecommunications.New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2009, 497 pp. $85.00 (Hardbound).

At the heart of any modern communication system is the modem, connecting the data source to the communication channel. This first course in the mathematical theory of modem design introduces the theory of digital modulation and coding that underpins the design of digital telecommunications systems. A detailed treatment of core subjects is provided, including baseband and passband modulation and demodulation, equalization, and sequence estimation. The modulation waveforms for communication channels and digital recording channels are treated in a common setting and with unified terminology. A variety of more advanced topics is also covered, such as trellis codes, turbo codes, the Viterbi algorithm, block codes, maximum likelihood and maximum posterior probability, iterative demodulation, and jamming. Numerous end-of-chapter exercises are also included to test the reader’s understanding throughout. This insightful book is ideal for senior undergraduate students studying digital communications and is also a useful reference for practicing engineers.

Richard E. Blahut is the Henry Magnuski Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He is a life Fellow of the IEEE and the recipient of many awards including the IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal (1998) and Claude E. Shannon Award (2005), the Tau Beta Pi Daniel C. Drucker Eminent Faculty Award, and the IEEE Millennium Medal. He was named a Fellow of the IBM Corporation in 1980, where he worked for over 30 years, and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1990.

Iterative Error Correction – Turbo, Low-Density Parity-Check and Repeat-Accumulate Codes

Johnson, Sarah J. Iterative Error Correction – Turbo, Low-Density Parity-Check and Repeat-Accumulate Codes. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2009, 335 pp. $75.00 (Hardbound).

Iterative error correction codes have found widespread application in cellular communications, digital broadcasting, deep space communications, and wireless LANs. This self-contained treatment of iterative error correction presents all the key ideas needed to understand, design, implement, and analyze these powerful codes.

Turbo, low-density parity-check, and repeat-accumulate codes are given equal, detailed coverage, with precise presentations of encoding and decoding procedures. Worked examples are integrated into the text to illuminate each new idea and pseudo-code is included for important algorithms to facilitate the reader’s development of the techniques described. For each subject, the treatment begins with the simplest case before generalizing. There is also coverage of advanced topics such as density-evolution and EXIT charts for those readers interested in gaining a deeper understanding of the field. This text is ideal for graduate students in electrical engineering and computer science departments, as well as practitioners in the communications industry.

Sarah J. Johnson is a Research Fellow in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Newcastle, Australia. She is a member of the IEEE Information Theory and Communications Societies.

Handbook of Hybrid Systems Control – Theory, Tools, Applications.

Edited by Lunze, Jan and Françoise Lamnabhi-Lagarrigue. Handbook of Hybrid Systems Control – Theory, Tools, Applications. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2009, 565 pp. $95.00 (Hardbound).

Setting out core theory and reviewing a range of new methods, theoretical problems, and applications, this handbook shows how hybrid dynamical systems can be modeled and understood. Sixty expert authors involved in the recent research activities and industrial application studies provide practical insights on topics ranging from the theoretical investigations over computer-aided design and verification tools to applications in several domains.

Structured into three parts, the book opens with a thorough introduction to hybrid systems theory, illustrating new dynamical phenomena through numerous examples and showing novel modeling, analysis, and design techniques that have been elaborated recently for this new system class. Part II then provides a survey of key tools and tool integration activities. Finally, Part III is dedicated to applications, implementation issues, and system integration, considering applications to energy management, the process industry, automotive systems, and digital networks.

Three running examples are referred to throughout the book, together with numerous illustrations, helping both researchers and industry professionals to understand complex theory, recognize problems, and find appropriate solutions.

Jan Lunze is Head of the Institute of Automation and Computer Control at Ruhr-Universität Bochum, where he teaches systems and control theory. His research interests are in hybrid and discrete-event systems, in fault diagnosis, and in control theory of networked systems in which he currently coordinates a Priority Program of the German Science Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft). He is the author or co-author of numerous technical papers and several monographs and textbooks.

Françoise Lamnabhi-Lagarrigue is Director of Research at the CNRS within the Signals and Systems Laboratory (L2S). She is an Associate Editor of the International Journal of Control, Scientific Manager of the HYCON Network of Excellence, and President of the European Embedded Control Institute (EECI). In 2008, she won the Michel Monpetit prize of the French Academy of Science.

Channel Codes Classical and Modern.

Ryan, William E. and Shu Lin.Channel Codes Classical and Modern. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2009, 692 pp. $80.00 (Hardbound).

Channel coding lies at the heart of digital communication and data storage, and this detailed introduction describes the core theory as well as decoding algorithms, implementation details, and performance analyses.

Professors Ryan and Lin, known for the clarity of their writing, provide the latest information on modern channel codes, including turbo and low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes. They also present detailed coverage of BCH codes, Reed-Solomon codes, convolutional codes, finite-geometry codes, and product codes, providing a one-stop resource for both classical and modern coding techniques.

The opening chapters begin with basic theory to introduce newcomers to the subject, assuming no prior knowledge in the field of channel coding. Subsequent chapters cover the encoding and decoding of the most widely used codes and extend to advanced topics such as code ensemble performance analyses and algebraic code design. Numerous varied and stimulating end-of-chapter problems, 250 in total, are also included to test and enhance learning, making this an essential resource for students and practitioners alike.

William E. Ryan is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Arizona, where he has been a faculty member since 1998. Before moving to academia, he held positions in industry for five years. He has published over 100 technical papers and his research interests include coding and signal processing with applications to data storage and data communications.

Shu Lin is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Davis. He has authored and co-authored numerous technical papers and several books, including the successful Error Control Coding (with Daniel J. Costello). He is an IEEE Life Fellow and has received several awards, including the Alexander von Humboldt Research Prize for US Senior Scientists (1996) and the IEEE Third-Millenium Medal (2000).

Hands-On-Networking From Theory to Practice.

Merani, Maria Luisa, Maurizio Casoni and Walter Cerroni. Hands-On-Networking From Theory to Practice. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2009, 259 pp. $75.00 (Hardbound).

Learn the core theory and engage with real-world networking issues with this richly illustrated example-based textbook.

Hands-On Networking provides students with:
  • An accurate view of modern networks through detailed coverage of the most relevant networking technologies,
  • Carefully designed, affordable laboratory exercises based on open-source software networking tools for hands-on practice with real networking devices
  • Numerous case studies and examples that link theory to practice,
  • A bottom-up approach that is easy to follow and perfect for lab-oriented courses.

Maria Luisa Merani is an Associate Professor at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy, where she has taught networking courses since 1993. She is an IEEE Senior Member, an Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, and is the author of more than 70 technical papers in the field.

Maurizio Casoni is an Associate Professor in Telecommunications at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy.

Walter Cerroni is an Assistant Professor in Telecommunications at the University of Bologna, Italy. His teaching experience covers different aspects of communication networks, with most of the courses integrating theory and laboratory exercises or simulations.

Two-Dimensional Information Theory and Coding – with Applications to Graphics Data and High-Density Storage Media.

Justesen, Jørn and Søren Forchhammer. Two-Dimensional Information Theory and Coding – with Applications to Graphics Data and High-Density Storage Media. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2009, 171 pp. $65.00 (Hardbound).

This self-contained introduction to two-dimensional (2-D) theory and coding provides the key techniques for modelling data and estimating their information content. Throughout, special emphasis is placed on applications to transmission, storage, compression, and error protection of graphic information.

The book begins with a self-contained introduction to information theory, including concepts of entropy and channel capacity, which requires minimal mathematical background knowledge. It then introduces error-correcting codes, particularly Reed-Solomon codes, the basic methods for error-correction, and codes applicable to data organized in 2-D arrays. Common techniques for data compression, including compression of 2-D data based on application of the basic source coding, are also covered, together with an advanced chapter dedicated to 2-D constrained coding for storage applications.

Numerous worked examples illustrate the theory, whilst end-of-chapter exercises test the reader’s understanding, making this an ideal book for graduate students and also for practitioners in the telecommunications and data-storage industries.

Jørn Justesen is a Professor in the Department of Photonics Engineering at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), a position he has held since 1976. He has previously held visiting positions at the Institute for Information Transmission Problems, Moscow, and the University of Maryland, College Park.

Søren Forchhammer is an Associate Professor in the Department of Photonics Engineering at DTU. He has previously held visiting positions at IBM Almaden Research Center, California, and at McMaster University, Ontario.

Synchronization in Wireless Sensor Networks – Parameter Estimation, Performance Benchmarks, and Protocols.

Serpedin, Erchin and Qasim M. Chaudhari. Synchronization in Wireless Sensor Networks – Parameter Estimation, Performance Benchmarks, and Protocols. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2009, 232 pp. $85.00 (Hardbound).

Wireless sensor networks are set to play a key role in a wide range of civilian and military applications, with tiny sensors connected through wireless links performing various sensing, computing, communication, and control tasks in highly distributed systems. This book presents a critical element in the deployment of wireless sensor networks: the process of synchronization. It summarizes the most important clock synchronization protocols proposed for wireless sensor networks, with special emphasis placed on deriving efficient clock offset estimation schemes and performance benchmarks. Graduate students of electrical and computer engineering and computer science will find this a valuable resource, as will engineers who are interested in designing efficient clock synchronization algorithms and improving the performance of existing synchronization protocols.

Erchin Serpedin is currently an Associate Professor in the Wireless Communications Laboratory at Texas A & M University, where he joined after receiving his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, in 1999. His research interests lie in the areas of statistical signal processing and wireless communications. Dr. Serpedin has served as Associate Editor for numerous journals including IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Signal Processing Letters, and IEEE Communications Letters.

Qasim M. Chaudhari was awarded his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Texas A & M University in 2008 and is currently an Assistant Professor at Iqra University, Islamabad, Pakistan. Before entering academia, he worked with the SoC Tools Group of Communications Enabling Technologies, Islamabad, and later with the HSDPA performance test team of Qualcomm Inc., San Diego. His research interests include digital communications, estimation and detection theory in general and channel estimation and synchronization in wireless sensor networks in particular.

Silicon Earth – Introduction to the Microelectronics and Nanotechnology Revolution

Cressler, John D. Silicon Earth – Introduction to the Microelectronics and Nanotechnology Revolution. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2009, 491 pp. $65.00 (Softbound).

We are in the swirling center of the most life-changing technological revolution the Earth has ever known. In only 60 years, a blink of the eye in human history, a single technological invention has launched the mythical thousand ships, producing the most sweeping and pervasive set of changes ever to wash over humankind; changes that are reshaping the very core of human existence, on a global scale, and at a relentlessly accelerating pace. And we are just at the very beginning. Silicon Earth introduces readers with little or no technical background to the many marvels of microelectronics and nanotechnology, using easy, nonintimidating language and an intuitive approach with minimal math. The general scientific and engineering underpinnings of microelectronics and nanotechnology are addressed, as well as how this new technological revolution is transforming a broad array of interdisciplinary fields, and civilization as a whole. Special "widget deconstruction" chapters address the inner workings of ubiquitous micro- or nano-enabled pieces of technology such as cell phones, flash drives, GPS, DVDs, and digital cameras.

John D. Cressler is the Ken Byers Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The Georgia Institute of Technology. He received his Ph.D. in applied physics from Columbia University in 1990. After working on the research staff at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center for eight years, he began his academic career at Auburn University in 1992 and then joined the faculty at Georgia Tech in 2002. His research interests center on developing blindingly fast, next-generation electronic components using silicon-based heterostructure devices and circuits. He and his research team have published more than 450 scientific papers in this area. He has served as Associate Editor for three IEEE journals and on numerous conference program committees. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and was awarded the C. Holmes MacDonald National Outstanding Teacher Award (Eta Kappa Nu, 1996), the IEEE Third Millennium Medal (2000), the Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award (1994), the Birdsong Merit Teaching Award (1998), and the Outstanding Faculty Leadership for the Development of Graduate Research Assistants Award (2007). His previous books include Silicon-Germanium Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors (2003), Reinventing Teenagers: The Gentle Art of Instilling Character in Our Young People (2004), and Silicon Heterostructure Handbook: Materials, Fabrication, Devices, Circuits, and Applications of SiGe and Si Strained-Layer Epitaxy (2006). He is an avid hiker, gardener, and wine collector.

Radio-Frequency Electronics Circuits and Applications

Hagen, Jon B. Radio-Frequency Electronics Circuits and Applications. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2009, 438 pp. $80.00 (Hardbound).

This second, much updated edition of the best-selling Radio-Frequency Electronics introduces the basic concepts and key circuits of radio-frequency systems. It covers the fundamental principles applying to all radio devices, from wireless single-chip data transceivers to high-power broadcast transmitters.

New to this edition:
  • Extensively revised and expanded throughout, including new chapters on radar, digital modulation, GPS navigation, and S-parameter circuit analysis.
  • New worked examples and end-of-chapter problems aid and test understanding of the topics covered.
  • Numerous extra figures provide a visual aid to learning, with over 400 illustrations throughout the book.

Key topics covered include filters, amplifiers, oscillators, modulators, low-noise amplifiers, phase lock loops, transformers, waveguides, and antennas. Assuming no prior knowledge of radio electronics, this is a perfect introduction to the subject. It is an ideal textbook for junior or senior courses in electrical engineering, as well as an invaluable reference for professional engineers in this area.

Praise for the first edition:
This book is wonderfully informative, and refreshingly different from the usual rehash of standard engineering topics. Hagen has put his unique insights, gleaned from a lifetime of engineering and radio science, into this volume and it shows. There’s an insight per page, at least for me, that makes it truly enjoyable reading, even for those of us who think we know something about the field! Paul Horowitz, Harvard University.

Jon B. Hagen was awarded his Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1972, where he went on to gain 30 years’ experience as an electronic design engineer, as well as establishing and teaching a Cornell electrical engineering course on RF electronics. Now retired, he has held positions as Principle Engineer at Raytheon, Electronics Department Head at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, and Director of the NAIC Support Laboratory at Cornell.

A Foundation in Digital Communication

Lapidoth, Amos. A Foundation in Digital Communication. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2009, 723 pp. $70.00 (Hardbound).

This intuitive but rigorous introduction derives the core results and engineering schemes of digital communication from first principles. Theory, rather than industry standards, motivates the engineering approaches, and key results are stated with all the required assumptions.

The book emphasizes the geometric view, opening with the inner product, the matched filter for its computation, Parseval’s theorem, the sampling theorem as an orthonormal expansion, the isometry between passband signals and their baseband representation, and the spectral-efficiency optimality of quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM). Subsequent chapters address noise, with a comprehensive study of hypothesis testing, Gaussian stochastic processes, the sufficiency of the matched filter outputs, and some coding theory.

New is a treatment of white noise without generalized functions and a presentation of the power spectral density without artificial random jitters and random phases in the analysis of QAM.

This systematic and insightful book – with over 300 exercises – is ideal for graduate courses in digital communication, and for anyone asking "why" and not just "how".

Amos Lapidoth received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Stanford University. He was an assistant and associate professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and is currently Professor of Information Theory at ETH Zürich, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. He is a Fellow of the IEEE.

Communications Engineering Desk Reference

Dahlman, Erik, Stefan Parkvall, Johan Skold, Per Beming, Alan C. Bovik, Bruce A. Fette, Keith Jack, Farid Dowla, Casimer DeCusatis, Ed da Silva, Luis M. Correia, Philip A Chou, Mihaela van der Schaar, Ronald Kitchen, Daniel M. Dobkin, Alan Bensky, Juanita Ellis, Charles Pursell, Joy Rahman, Leonidas Guibas and Feng Zhao. Communications Engineering Desk Reference. Burlington, MA: Academic Press (Elsevier), 2009, 545 pp. $130.00 (Hardbound).

Every Aspect of Communications Engineering Together in one Hard-Working Desk Reference

The Communications Engineering Desk Reference is a one-stop source for R&D engineers involved in communications engineering. In this essential reference, a number of the world’s leading writers in the field have been brought together to create an inclusive volume for a wide audience of communications and data technologies engineers.

Coverage ranges from the basics to more advanced topics in communications engineering. All the key areas are covered, including RF engineering, network, mobile, short range wireless and optical data communications and video and image processing.

Facts, figures and data from world-leading experts make this an invaluable ready-reference for those involved in the field of communications engineering.

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Erik Dahlman, Ericsson, Sweden; Stefan Parkvall, Ericsson, Sweden; Johan Skold, Ericsson, Sweden; Per Beming, Ericsson, Sweden; Alan C. Bovik, University of Texas, Austin, USA; Bruce A. Fette, Chief Scientist, General Dynamics, Scottsdale, AZ, USA; Keith Jack, Director of Product Marketing, Sigma Designs, Fremont, CA, USA; Farid Dowla, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University of California-Davis, USA; Casimer DeCusatis, Distinguished Engineer, IBM Corporation; Ed da Silva, Open University, UK; Luis M. Correia, IST - Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal; Philip A Chou, Microsoft Research, Redmond, WA, USA; Mihaela van der Schaar, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.; Ronald Kitchen, I Eng, MIEE; MIQA; Daniel M. Dobkin, Manager, Technical Marketing, WJ Communications, San Jose, CA, USA; Alan Bensky, RF/Wireless Designer & Consultant; Juanita Ellis, Consultant, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Charles Pursell, All 3 with Avaya, Inc., Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.; Joy Rahman,; Leonidas Guibas, Geometric Computing Group, Stanford University, Stanford, CA; and Feng Zhao, Microsoft Research, Redmond, WA

Dynamic Spectrum Access and Management in Cognitive Radio Networks

Hossain, Ekram, Dusit Niyato and Zhu Han. Dynamic Spectrum Access and Management in Cognitive Radio Networks. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2009, 487 pp. $80.00 (Hardbound).

Are you involved in designing the next generation of wireless networks? With spectrum becoming an ever scarcer resource, it is critical that new systems utilize all available frequency bands as efficiently as possible. The revolutionary technology presented in this book will be at the cutting edge of future wireless communications.

Dynamic Spectrum Access and Management in Cognitive Radio Networks provides you with an all-inclusive introduction to this emerging technology, outlining the fundamentals of cognitive radio-based wireless communication and networking, spectrum sharing models, and the requirements for dynamic spectrum access. In addition to the different techniques and their applications in designing dynamic spectrum access methods, you’ll also find state-of-the-art dynamic spectrum access schemes, including classifications of the different schemes and the technical details of each scheme. This is a perfect introduction for graduate students and researchers, as well as a useful self-study guide for practitioners.

Ekram Hossain is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Victoria, Canada, in 2000. His current research interests include design, analysis, and optimization of wireless/mobile communication networks, cognitive radio systems, distributed systems, and mobile computing. Dr. Hossain serves as an Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, the IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, the IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, IEEE Wireless Communications, IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, and several other international journals. He is a registered professional engineer in the province of Manitoba, Canada.

Dusit Niyato is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Computer Communications, School of Computer Engineering at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Manitoba, Canada, in 2008. His current research interests include wireless communications and networking.

Zhu Han is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Houston. He was awarded his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park, and worked for a period in industry as an R & D Engineer for JDSD. His research interests include wireless resource allocation and management, wireless communications and networking, game theory, network security, and wireless multimedia.

The Essential Guide to Image Processing

Bovik, Al. The Essential Guide to Image Processing. Burlington, MA: Academic Press (Elsevier), 2009, 853 pp. $89.95 (Softbound).

  • A complete introduction to the basic and intermediate concepts of image processing from the leading people in the field
  • A CD-ROM contains 70 highly interactive demonstration programs with user friendly interfaces to provide a visual presentation of the concepts
  • Up-to-date content, including statistical modeling of natural, anistropic diffusion, image quality, and the latest developments in JPEG 2000

This comprehensive and state-of-the-art approach to image processing gives engineers and students a thorough introduction, and includes full coverage of key applications: image watermarking, fingerprint recognition, face recognition, and iris recognition and medical imaging. To help learn the concepts and techniques, the book contains a CD-ROM of 70 highly interactive visual demonstrations. Key algorithms and their implementation details are included, along with the latest developments in the standards.

Al Bovik currently holds the Curry/Cullen Trust Endowed Chair Professorship in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, where he is the Director of the Laboratory for Image and Video Engineering (LIVE). He has published over 500 technical articles and six books in the general area of image and video processing and holds two U.S. patents.

Dr. Bovik has received a number of major awards from the IEEE Signal Processing Society, including: the Education Award (2007); the Technical Achievement Award (2005); the Distinguished Lecturer Award (2000); and the Meritorious Service Award (1998). He is also a recipient of the IEEE Third Millennium Medal (2000), and has won two journal paper awards from the Pattern Recognition Society (1988 and 1993). He is a Fellow of the IEEE, a fellow of the Optical Society of America, and a Fellow of the Society of Photo-Optical and Instrumentation Engineers. Dr. Bovik has served as Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Image Processing (1996-2002) and created and served as the first General Chairman of the IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, which was held in Austin, Texas in 1994.

Multi-Camera Networks – Principles and Applications

Aghajan, Hamid and Andrea Cavallaro. Multi-Camera Networks – Principles and Applications Burlington, MA: Academic Press (Elsevier), 2009, 593 pp. $130.00 (Hardbound).

  • The first book, by the leading experts, on this rapidly developing field with applications to security, smart homes, multimedia, and environmental monitoring
  • Comprehensive coverage of fundamentals, algorithms, design methodologies, system implementation issues, architectures, and applications
  • Presents in detail the latest developments in multi-camera calibration, active and heterogeneous camera networks, multi-camera object and event detection, tracking, coding, and smart camera architecture and middleware

This book is the definitive reference in multi-camera networks. It gives clear guidance on the conceptual and implementation issues involved in the design and operation of multi-camera networks, as well as presenting the state-of-the-art in hardware, algorithms, and system development. The book is broad in scope, covering smart camera architectures, embedded processing, sensor fusion and middleware, calibration and topology, network-based detection and tracking, and applications in distributed and collaborative methods in camera networks.

This book will be an ideal reference for university researchers, R&D engineers, computer engineers, and graduate students working in signal and video processing, computer vision, and sensor networks.

Hamid Aghajan is a professor of electrical engineering (consulting) at Stanford University. His research is on multi-camera networks for smart environments with application to smart homes, assisted living and well-being, meeting rooms, and avatar-based communication and social interactions. He is Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments and was general chair of ACM/IEEE ICDSC 2008.

Andrea Cavallaro is Reader (associate professor) at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL). His research is on target tracking and audiovisual content analysis for advanced surveillance and multi-sensor systems. He serves as Associate Editor of the IEEE Signal Processing Magazine and the IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, and he has been general chair of IEEE AVSS 2007, ACM/IEEE ICDSC 2009, and BMVC 2009.

Essentials of Wireless Mesh Networking

Methley, Steve. Essentials of Wireless Mesh Networking New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2009, 229 pp. $65.00 (Hardbound).

Are you involved in implementing wireless mesh networks? As mesh networks move towards large-scale deployment, this highly practical book provides the information and insights you need. The technology is described, potential pitfalls in implementation are identified, clear hints and tips for success are provided, and real-world implementation examples are evaluated. Moreover, an introduction to wireless sensor networks (WSNs) is included. This is an invaluable resource for electrical and communications engineers, software engineers, technology and information strategists in equipment, content and service providers, and spectrum regulators. It is also a useful guide for graduate students in wireless communications and telecommunications.


Steve Methley has over 20 years’ experience in telecommunications and data communications innovation, having led teams in the laboratories of British Telecom, Hewlett-Packard and Toshiba. Currently a consultant based in Cambridge, UK, his work includes technology, regulation, business strategy, socio-economic analyses and futurology for a range of clients from start-ups to large global corporations.

LTE for UMTS – OFDMA and SC-FDMA Based Radio Access

Holma, Harri and Antti Toskala. LTE for UMTS – OFDMA and SC-FDMA Based Radio Access Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley Publishers, 2009, 433 pp. $120.00 (Hardbound).

From the editors of the highly successful WCDMA for UMTS, this new book gives a complete and up-to-date overview of Long Term Evolution (LTE) in a systematic and clear manner. It starts with an in-depth explanation of the background and standardization process before moving on to examine the system architecture evolution (SAE). The basics of air interface modulation choices are introduced and key subjects such as 3GPP LTE physical layer and protocol solutions are described. Mobility aspects and radio resource management together with radio and end-to-end performance are assessed. The voice solution and voice capacity in LTE are also illustrated. Finally, the main differences between LTE TDD and FDD modes are examined and HSPA evolution in 3GPP Releases 7 and 8 is described.

LTE for UMTS is one of the first books to provide a comprehensive guide to the standards and technologies of LTE.

Key features of the book include:

  • Covers all the key aspects of LTE in a systematic manner
  • Presents full description of 3GPP Release 8 LTE
  • Examines the expected performance of LTE
  • Written by experts actively involved in the 3GPP standards and product development

Harri Holma, Nokia Siemens Networks, Finland
Antti Toskala, Nokia Siemens Networks, Finland

Essentials of Cognitive Radio

Doyle, Linda E. Essentials of Cognitive Radio New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2009, 234 pp. $65.00 (Hardbound).

Do you need to get up-to-speed quickly on cognitive radio? This concise, practical guide presents the key concepts and challenges you need to know about, including issues associated with security, regulation, and designing and building cognitive radios. Written in a descriptive style and using minimum mathematics, complex ideas are made easily understandable, providing you with a perfect introduction to the technology, and preparing you to face its many future challenges.

  • A descriptive style and minimum mathematics make complex ideas easy to understand.
  • Includes both technical and regulatory challenges that are essential to the development of cognitive radio.
  • Identifies the core concepts that will remain central to the field irrespective of how the technology develops.

Linda E. Doyle is an Associate Professor at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. She leads a large research group in the Centre for Telecommunications Value-chain Research (CTVR). CTVR focuses on the design of future telecommunications networks and systems, and Professor Doyle’s research focuses on wireless networking, cognitive radio, reconfigurable networks, dynamic spectrum access networks and spectrum management techniques. The research involves both theoretical and experimental aspects. Professor Doyle is also Vice-Chair of the Technical Committee on Cognitive Networks (TCCN) Society.

Advanced Signal Integrity for High-Speed Digital Designs

Hall, Stephen H. and Howard L. Heck. Advanced Signal Integrity for High-Speed Digital Designs. Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley Publishers, 2009, 660 pp. $120.00 (Hardbound).

This book is designed to provide contemporary readers with an understanding of the emerging high-speed signal integrity issues that are creating roadblocks in digital design. Written by the foremost experts on the subject, it leverages concepts and techniques from non-related fields such as applied physics and microwave engineering and applies them to high-speed digital design – creating the optimal combination between theory and practical applications.

Following an introduction to the importance of signal integrity, chapter coverage includes:
  • Electromagnetic fundamentals for signal integrity
  • Transmission line fundamentals
  • Crosstalk
  • Non-ideal conductor models, including surface roughness and frequency-dependent inductance
  • Frequency-dependent properties of dielectrics
  • Differential signaling
  • Mathematical requirements of physical channels
  • S-parameters for digital engineers
  • Non-ideal return paths and via resonance
  • I/O circuits and models
  • Equalization
  • Modeling and budgeting of timing jitter and noise
  • System analysis using response surface modeling

Each chapter includes many figures and numerous examples to help readers relate the concepts to everyday design and concludes with problems for readers to test their understanding of the material. Advanced Signal Integrity for High-Speed Digital Designs is suitable as a textbook for graduate-level courses on signal integrity, for programs taught in industry for professional engineers, and as a reference for the high-speed digital designer.

Stephen H. Hall is a Senior Staff Engineer at Intel Corporation, where he leads a team focused on the research of new modeling and measurement solutions for channel speeds as high as 30Gb/sec. Previously at Intel, he was the lead designer for desktop and server buses on Pentium® II, III, and IV based systems, coordinated research in the area of high-speed signaling with multiple universities, led research and development teams in the area of high-speed modeling, and taught signal integrity courses to engineers in two countries. He is also the author of High-Speed Digital System Design (Wiley).

Howard L. Heck is a Principal Engineer at Intel Corporation, where he leads development of the signaling specifications and solutions for USB 3.0. He also teaches high-speed digital interconnect design at the Oregon Graduate Institute, is a Senior Member of the IEEE, and holds five patents in the area of high-performance packaging and interconnects, with five more pending.

LTE for 4G Mobile Broadband – Air Interface Technologies and Performance

Khan, Farooq. LTE for 4G Mobile Broadband – Air Interface Technologies and Performance. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2009, 492 pp. $99.00 (Hardbound).

Do you need to get up-to-speed quickly on Long-Term Evolution (LTE)?

Understand the new technologies of the LTE standard and how they contribute to improvements in system performance with this practical and valuable guide, written by an expert on LTE who was intimately involved in the drafting of the standard. In addition to a strong grounding in the technical details, you’ll also get fascinating insights into why particular technologies were chosen in the development process.

Core topics covered include:
  • Network architecture and protocols;
  • OFDMA downlink access;
  • Low-PAPR SC-FDMA uplink access;
  • Transmit diversity and MIMO spatial multiplexing;
  • Channel structure and bandwidths;
  • Cell search, reference signals and random access;
  • Turbo coding with contention-free interleaver;
  • Scheduling, link adaptation, hybrid ARQ and power control;
  • Uplink and downlink physical control signaling;
  • Inter-cell interference mitigation techniques;
  • Single-frequency network (SFN) broadcast;
  • MIMO spatial channel model;
  • Evaluation methodology and system performance.

With extensive references, a useful discussion of technologies that were not included in the standard, and end-of-chapter summaries that draw out and emphasize all the key points, this book is an essential resource for practitioners in the mobile cellular communications industry and for graduate students studying advanced wireless communications.

Farooq Khan is Technology Director at the Samsung Telecom R&D Center, Dallas, Texas, where he manages the design, performance evaluation, and standardization of next-generation wireless communications systems. Previously, he was a Member of Technical Staff at Bell Laboratories, where he conducted research on the evolution of cdma2000 and UMTS systems towards high-speed packet access (HSPA). He also worked at Ericsson Research in Sweden, contributing to the design and performance evaluation of EDGE and WCDMA technologies. He has authored more than 30 research papers and holds over 50 US patents, all in the area of wireless communications.

Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy

Brady, David J. Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy. Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley Publishers, 2009, 510 pp. $110.00 (Hardbound).

An Essential Reference for Optical Sensor System Design:

This is the first text to present an integrated view of the optical and mathematical analysis tools necessary to understand computational optical system design. It presents the foundations of computational optical sensor design with a focus entirely on digital imaging and spectroscopy. It systematically covers:

  • Coded aperture and tomographic imaging
  • Sampling and transformations in optical systems, including wavelets and generalized sampling techniques essential to digital system analysis
  • Geometric, wave, and statistical models of optical fields
  • The basic function of modern optical detectors and focal plane arrays
  • Practical strategies for coherence measurement in imaging system design
  • The sampling theory of digital imaging and spectroscopy for both conventional and emerging compressive and generalized measurement strategies
  • Measurement code design
  • Linear and nonlinear signal estimation

The book concludes with a review of numerous design strategies in spectroscopy and imaging and clearly outlines the benefits and limits of each approach, including coded aperture and imaging spectroscopy, resonant and filter-based systems, and integrated design strategies to improve image resolution, depth of field, and field of view.

Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy is an indispensable textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in optical sensor design. In addition to its direct applicability to optical system design, unique perspectives on computational sensor design presented in the text will be of interest for sensor designers in radio and millimeter wave, X-ray, and acoustic systems.

David J. Brady, PhD, received a BA in physics and mathematics from Macalester College and MS and PhD degrees in applied physics from California Institute of Technology. Dr. Brady is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University, where he directs the Duke Imaging and Spectroscopy Program. Dr. Brady is the architect of numerous computational imaging and spectroscopy systems, including multimodal multiplex spectroscopy and coded aperture snapshot spectral imaging. His current work focuses on multiple aperture lens system design and optical coherence measurement. He is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America, SPIE, and IEEE.

Optimization Techniques for Solving Complex Problems

Edited by Alba, Enrique, Christian Blum, Pedro Isasi, Coromoto León and Juan Antonio Gómez. Optimization Techniques for Solving Complex Problems. Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley Publishers, 2009, 476 pp. $120.00 (Hardbound).

Real-world problems and modern optimization techniques to solve them.

Here, a team of international experts brings together core ideas for solving complex problems in optimization across a wide variety of real-world settings, including computer science, engineering, transportation, telecommunications, and bioinformatics.

Part One – covers methodologies for complex problem solving including genetic programming, neural networks, genetic algorithms, hybrid evolutionary algorithms, and more.

Part Two – delves into applications including DNA sequencing and reconstruction, location of antennae in telecommunication networks, metaheuristics, FPGAs, problems arising in telecommunication networks, image processing, time series prediction, and more.

All chapters contain examples that illustrate the applications themselves as well as the actual performance of the algorithms. Optimization Techniques for Solving Complex Problems is a valuable resource for practitioners and researchers who work with optimization in real-world settings.

Enrique Alba is a Professor of Data Communications and Evolutionary Algorithms at the University of Málaga, Spain.

Christian Blum is a Research Fellow at the ALBCOM research group of the Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya, Spain.

Pedro Isasi is a Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain.

Coromoto León is a Professor of Language Processors and Distributed Programming at the University of La Laguna, Spain.

Juan Antonio Gómez is a Professor of Computer Architecture and Reconfigurable Computing at the University of Extremadura, Spain.

Quasi-Orthogonal Space-Time Block Code

Yuen, Chau, Yong Liang Guan, and Tjeng Thiang Tjhung. Quasi-Orthogonal Space-Time Block Code. London, United Kingdom: Imperial College Press, 2007, 194 pp. $89.00 (Hardbound).

Quasi-Orthogonal Space-Time Block Code presents an up-to-date, comprehensive and in-depth discussion of an important emerging class of space-time codes, called the Quasi-Orthogonal STBC (QO-STBC). Used in Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) communication systems, they provide transmit diversity with higher code rates than the well-known orthogonal STBC (O-STBC), yet at lower decoding complexity than non-orthogonal STBC. This book will help readers gain a broad understanding of the fundamental principles as well as the state-of-the-art work in QO-STBC, thus enabling them to appreciate the roles of QO-STBC in future broadband wireless systems and to inspire further research.

Chau Yuen - Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore

Yong Liang Guan - Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Tjeng Thiang Tjhung - Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore

TinyOS Programming

Levis, Philip and David Gay. TinyOS Programming. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2009, 258 pp. $55.00 (Softbound).

Do you know how to write systems, services, and applications using TinyOS operating system? Learn how to write nesC code and efficient applications with this indispensable guide to TinyOS programming.

Detailed examples show you how to write TinyOS code in full, from basic applications right up to new low-level systems and high-performance applications. Two leading figures in the development of TinyOS also explain the reasons behind many of the design decisions made and explain for the first time how nesC relates to and differs from other C dialects. Handy features such as a library of software design patterns, programming hints and tips, end-of-chapter exercises, and an appendix summarizing the basic application-level TinyOS APIs make this ultimate guide to TinyOS for embedded systems programmers, developers, designers, and graduate students.

Philip Levis is Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at Stanford University. A Fellow of the Microsoft Research Faculty, he is also Chair of the TinyOS Core Working Group and a Member of the TinyOS Network Protocol (net2), Simulation (sim), and Documentation (doc) Working Groups.

David Gay joined Intel Research in Berkeley in 2001, where he has been a designer and the principal implementer of the nesC language, the C dialect used to implement the TinyOS sensor network operating system, and its applications. He has a diploma in Computer Science from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.

A Guide to the Wireless Engineering Body of Knowledge (WEBOK)

Giannattasio, G., J. Erfanian, P. Wills, H. Nguyen, T. Croda, K. Rauscher, X. Fernando, N. Pavlidou, and K. D. Wong. A Guide to the Wireless Engineering Body of Knowledge (WEBOK). Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley Publishers, 2009, 253 pp. $70.00 (Softbound).

The information presented in this book reflects the evolution of wireless technologies, their impact on the profession, and the industry’s commonly accepted best practices. Organized into seven main areas of expertise, A Guide to the Wireless Engineering Body of Knowledge (WEBOK) enhances readers’ understanding of:

  • Wireless access knowledge
  • Network and service architecture
  • Network management and security
  • Radio frequency engineering, propagation, and antennas
  • Facilities infrastructure
  • Agreements, standards, policies, and regulations
  • Wireless engineering fundamentals

Complemented with a large number of references and suggestions for further reading, the WEBOK is an indispensable resource for anyone working in the wireless industry.

With more than 40,000 members worldwide, the IEEE Communications Society (COMSOC) provides an international forum for the exchange of ideas on communications and information networking. The society is committed to meeting the educational needs of wireless engineers via publications, conferences, workshops, chapter meetings, and educational programs.

G. Giannattasio – Conatel SA
J. Erfanian – Bell Canada
P. Wills - Telstra
H. Nguyen – The Aerospace Corporation
T. Croda – CSI Telecommunications
K. Rauscher – Lucent Technologies
X. Fernando – Ryerson University
N. Pavlidou - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
K. D. Wong – Malaysia University of Science and Technology