Communications, Information and Network Security

✍ Scribed by Waslon Terllizzie A. Lopes (auth.), Vijay K. Bhargava, H. Vincent Poor, Vahid Tarokh, Seokho Yoon (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 403
• Series: The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science 712
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Communications, Information and Network Security is an excellent reference for both professional and academic researchers in the field of communication. Those working in space-time coding, multiuser detection, and wireless networks will find the book to be of particular use. New and highly original results by leading experts in communication, information theory, and data security are presented.
Communications, Information and Network Security is a tribute to the broad and profound work of Ian Blake in the field of communication. All of the contributors have individually and collectively dedicated their work to Professor Blake.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxxiii
Modulation Diversity for Wireless Communications: Impact of Channel Estimation Errors and Doppler Effects on System Performance....Pages 1-16
Performance of Error Control Codes on Finite State Channels via an Enumerative Technique....Pages 17-32
Bounds on Distance Distributions in Codes of Given Size....Pages 33-41
Low Density Parity Check Convolutional Codes Derived from Quasi-Cyclic Block Codes....Pages 43-54
A New Algorithm for Decoding Reed-Solomon Codes....Pages 55-68
A Noncoherent Detection Scheme for Space-Time Block Codes....Pages 69-87
Advances in Quantum Detection....Pages 89-121
Toward the True Random Cipher: On Expected Linear Probability Values for SPNS with Randomly Selected S-Boxes....Pages 123-146
Geometric Constructions of Gallager Codes....Pages 147-162
A Call Admission Strategy for Multirate Wideband CDMA Systems....Pages 163-180
Average Level Crossing Rate and Average Fade Duration of Diversity Methods....Pages 181-203
Connection Admission Control for MC-CDMA Systems Supporting Multi-Rate Services....Pages 205-227
Multiuser Detection and Statistical Mechanics....Pages 229-277
Critical Density Thresholds in Distributed Wireless Networks....Pages 279-296
Precoding Techniques for Nonlinear Constant-Envelope Modulations....Pages 297-314
Spherically Invariant Random Processes: Theory and Applications....Pages 315-331
On Entropy, Information Inequalities, and Groups....Pages 333-359
Dynamic Inter-SLA Resources Sharing in Differentiated Services Networks Based on Effective Bandwidth Allocation....Pages 361-382

✦ Subjects

Electrical Engineering; Discrete Mathematics in Computer Science