Computational Intelligence in Power-Line Communication Systems: Advanced Methodologies for Channel and Noise Estimation in Broadband PLC - Softcover

Tucci, Mauro

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3639196309 ISBN 13: 9783639196306

Publisher: VDM Verlag, 2009

Synopsis

This work presents original developed methods, belonging to the soft computing area, that have been applied to solve complex signal processing problems arising in communication systems with ?adverse? conditions. The adverse conditions are given by the fact that the considered physical channel is non- linear, non stationary, and the noise is coloured impulsive noise. Modified vector quantization algorithms have been developed for adaptive channel estimation and equalization inside a digital transmission. An unsupervised hierarchical clustering method based on fuzzy partitions has been proposed and application to identification of different noise sources is discussed. The presented soft computing techniques have been developed within the area of digital communication, nevertheless they posses general applicability.

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About the Author

Mauro Tucci received the Ph.D. degree in applied electromagnetism from the Department of Electrical Systems and Automation (DSEA) at the University of Pisa in 2008. Currently, he is Researcher at DSEA. His research activity is in computational intelligence, with applications in electromagnetism.

Edition details

• Publisher: VDM Verlag
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 3639196309
• ISBN 13: 9783639196306
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 112