Advances in Signal Processing and Communication

This book is a collection of selected peer-reviewed papers presented at the International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication (ICSC 2018). It covers current research and developments in the fields of communications, signal processing, VLSI circuits and systems, and embedded systems. The book offers in-depth discussions and analyses of latest problems across different sub-fields of signal processing and communications. The contents of this book will prove to be useful for students, researchers, and professionals working in electronics and electrical engineering, as well as other allied fields. 

Prof. Banmali Rawat received his PhD in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati in 1976. He joined the DRDO, India as Senior Scientist in 1975. In 1981, he joined the Electrical Engineering Department, University of North Dakota and was a Professor until 1988 before moving to the University of Nevada, Reno as Professor and Head of the Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Department. He has been a consultant to many top organizations and is also a Visiting Professor in various technical institutions. Prof. Rawat is a Fellow of the IETE, CIE, the Electromagnetics Academy established at MIT, the JSPS, Optical Society of India, Sigma Xi North, Optical Society of America, SPIE, and Eta Kappa Nu (IEEE-HKN), as well as a Life Senior Member of the IEEE. His areas of interest include the analysis, design and fabrication of microstrip components, optical fiber communication, free space optical communication, microwave and millimeter wave systems, and wavelength division multiplexing.

Prof. Aditya Trivedi holds a PhD from the IIT Roorkee in the area of Wireless Communication Engineering. Currently, he is a Professor at the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) department, ABV Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior. He has over 20 years of teaching experience. Before joining the ABV-IIITM in 2006, he was an Associate Professor at the Department of Electronics & Computer Science, MITS, Gwalior. He has published over 60 papers in various national and international journals and conference proceedings. He is a fellow of the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE). In 2007, he was honored with the K. S. Krishnan Memorial Award for best system oriented paper by the IETE. His areas of interest include digital communication, CDMA systems, signal processing, and networking.

Dr Sanjeev Manhas completed his master’s in Solid State Technology at the IIT Madras, and his PhD in Electronics & Electrical Engineering at De Montfort University, Leicester. He joined Tech Semiconductor, Singapore as a Member Technical Staff in 2003, and the Institute of Microelectronics, Singapore as Senior Research Engineer in 2007. Currently, he is an Associate Professor at the IIT Roorkee, India. His areas of interest include nanoscale MOSFET modeling and reliability, cantilever-based MEMs and applications sensors, VLSI technology, DRAM leakage mechanisms, and organic thin film transistors.

Dr Vikram Karwal received his MS and PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. He is an Associate Professor at the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida. He is a senior member of the IEEE, Life Member of the Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE), and a Life Member of the Indian Society forTechnical Education (ISTE). He is also a member of Eta Kappa Nu (IEEE-HKN). His current research interests are in estimation theory and distributed networks.