Electrical & Computer Engineering, Department of
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering: Faculty Publications (to 2015)
Our primary goal is the successful education and personal growth of all our students. Undergraduate students are encouraged to participate in research activities and have opportunities to travel and present their research results. Graduate students are also strongly supported by the department concerning travel and participation in technical conferences and workshops.
The ECE Department has 50 faculty involved in research related to high-technology computers, telecommunications, electronic materials, nanotechnology, optical systems, communications, biomedical applications, signal processing, microelectronics design, energy systems, and electromagnetics.
2014
Integrating mitosis, toxicity, and transgene expression in a telecommunications packet-switched network model of lipoplex-mediated gene delivery, Timothy M. Martin, Beata Wysocki, Jared P. Beyersdorf, Tadeusz A. Wysocki, and Angela K. Pannier
2013
A Video Steganography Attack Using Multi-Dimensional Discrete Spring Transform, Aaron T. Sharp, Qilin Qi, Yaoqing Lamar Yang, Dongming Peng, and Hamid Sharif
2012
Distributed and Centralized Iterative Detection of Self-Encoded Spread Spectrum in Multi-Channel Communication, Liang Chi, Won Mee Jang, and Lim Nguyen
Impact Of Wireless Communication Delay On Load Sharing Among Distributed Generation Systems Through Smart Microgrids, Song Ci, Junjie Qian, Dalei Wu, and Ali Keyhani
Dynamic Reconfigurable Multi-Cell Battery: A Novel Approach to Improve Battery Performance, Song Ci, Jiucai Zhang, Hamid Sharif, and Mahmoud Alahmad
An Adaptive Algorithm for Corrupted Images, Deborah D. Duran-Herrmann, Qilin Qi, and Yaoqing Lamar Yang
Novel coherent self-heterodyne receiver based on phase modulation detection, Tam N. Huynh, Lim Nguyen, and Liam P. Barry
Effects of phase noise of monolithic tunable laser on coherent communication systems, Tam N. Huynh, Frank Smyth, Lim Nguyen, and Liam P. Barry
Assurance of Energy Efficiency and Data Security for ECG Transmission in BASNs, Tao Ma, Pradhumna Shrestha, Michael Hempel, Dongming Peng, Hamid Sharif, and Hsiao-Hwa Chen
LTE PHY Performance Analysis under 3GPP Standards Parameters, Fahimeh Rezaei, Michael Hempel, and Hamid Sharif
Performance Analysis for Direction of Arrival Estimating Algorithms, Pradhumna Shrestha, Michael Hempel, Puttipong Mahasukhon, Tao Ma, and Hamid Sharif
Quantitative Performance Analysis of 3.65 GHz Mobile WiMAX, Pradhumna Shrestha, Michael Hempel, Puttipong Mahasukhon, Tao Ma, and Hamid Sharif
Cross-layer Optimized Coding Mode Selection for Wireless Video Communications, Yun Ye, Song Ci, and Dalei Wu
Scalable Distributed Communication Architectures to Support Advanced Metering Infrastructure in Smart Grid, Jian Zhou, Rose Qingyang Hu, and Yi Qian
2011
Power Controlled Multirate Multimedia Transmission in Self-encoded Spread Spectrum over Dynamic Fading Channels, Liang Chi, Poomathi Duraisamy, Won Mee Jang, and Lim Nguyen
Self-Encoded Spread Spectrum for Multirate Multimedia Communication in Multipath Channel, Liang Chi, Won Mee Jang, and Lim Nguyen
Power Controlled Coded-Sequence Self-Encoded Spread Spectrum Communications, Poomathi Duraisamy, Liang Chi, Won Mee Jang, and Lim Nguyen
A Simple Upper Bound of the Gaussian �-Function with Closed-Form Error Bound, Won Mee Jang
Quantifying Performance in Fading Channels Using the Sampling Property of a Delta Function, Won Mee Jang
Quantifying Performance of Cooperative Diversity using the Sampling Property of a Delta Function, Won Mee Jang
Timing accuracy of self-encoded spread spectrum navigation with communication, Won Mee Jang
A Cross-Layer Design for the Performance Improvement of Real-Time Video Transmission of Secondary Users Over Cognitive Radio Networks, Haiyan Luo, Song Ci, and Dalei Wu
Mobile WiMAX Throughput and Delay Measurements in Railroad Environment, Puttipong Mahasukhon, Hamid Sharif, Michael Hempel, Tao Ma, and Pradhumna Shrestha
A Study On Energy Efficient Multi-Tier Multi-Hop Wireless Sensor Networks For Freight-Train Monitoring, Puttipong Mahasukhon, Hamid Sharif, Michael Hempel, Ting Zhou, Tao Ma, and Pradhumna Shrestha
Distributed MIMO Technologies in Cooperative Wireless Networks, Shichuan Ma, Yaoqing (Lamar) Yang, and Hamid Sharif
Low-Complexity Image Coder/Decoder With An Approaching-Entropy Quad-Tree Search Code For Embedded Computing Platforms, Tao Ma, Pradhumna Shrestha, Michael Hempel, Dongming Peng, and Hamid Sharif
A General Attack Method for Steganography Removal Using Pseudo-CFA Re-interpolation, Pradhumna Shrestha, Michael Hempel, Tao Ma, Dongming Peng, and Hamid Sharif
Quantitative Analysis of Propagation Characteristics for Mobile WiMAX, Pradhumna Shrestha, Puttipong Mahasukhon, Michael Hempel, Tao Ma, and Hamid Sharif
Impact of Interference on Secrecy Capacity in a Cognitive Radio Network, Zhihui Shu, Yaoqing Lamar Yang, Yi Qian, and Rose Qingyang Hu
Battery-aware Multimedia Coding Optimization by Dynamic Frequency Scaling, Jianxin Sun, Xueyi Wang, and Song Ci
Battery Capacity Footprinting and Optimization Analysis for Wireless Multimedia Communication, Jianxin Sun, Dalei Wu, and Song Ci
Impact of Channel Estimation Errors on Effectiveness of Eigenvector-Based Jamming for Physical Layer Security in Wireless Networks, James M. Taylor, Michael Hempel, Hamid Sharif, Shichuan Ma, and Yaoqing Lamar Yang
Video Surveillance Over Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks Using Active Cameras, Dalei Wu, Song Ci, Haiyan Luo, Yun Ye, and Haohong Wang
Message from the Chair of Technical Program Committee, Tadeusz Wysocki
Prof. Dr. Marek E. Bialkowski (1951 – 2011), Tadeusz Wysocki, Salman Durrani, and Rodney A. Kennedy
A Novel Channel Probing/Scanning Scheme for Secure Fast Handoff in IEEE 802.11-based Wireless Networks, Ye Yan, Yi Qian, and Rose Qingyang Hu
Dynamic Video Object Detection with Single PTU Camera, Yun Ye, Song Ci, Yanwei Liu, and Hui Tang
A Secure and Reliable In-network Collaborative Communication Scheme for Advanced Metering Infrastructure in Smart Grid, Yun Ye, Yi Qian, and Hamid Sharif
A Secure Data Aggregation and Dispatch Scheme for Home Area Networks in Smart Grid, Yun Ye, Yi Qian, and Hamid Sharif
A Cross-Layer Parallel Handover Optimization Scheme for WiMAX Networks, Ting Zhou, Hamid Sharif, Michael Hempel, Puttipong Mahasukhon, Tao Ma, and Pradhumna Shrestha
Priority Preemption for Real-time Application QoS Guarantees in Cooperative Vehicular Networks, Ting Zhou, Hamid Sharif, Michael Hempel, Puttipong Mahasukhon, Tao Ma, and Pradhumna Shrestha
Priority Preemption for Real-time Application QoS Guarantees in Cooperative Vehicular Networks, Ting Zhou, Hamid Sharif, Michael Hempel, Puttipong Mahasukhon, Tao Ma, and Pradhumna Shrestha
A Novel Adaptive Distributed Cooperative Relaying MAC Protocol for Vehicular Networks, Ting Zhou, Hamid Sharif, Michael Hempel, Puttipong Mahasukhon, Wei Wang, and Tao Ma
2009
Auction-Based Resource Allocation for Cooperative Video Transmission Protocols over Wireless Networks, Zhu Han, Guan-Ming Su, Haohong Wang, Song Ci, and Weifeng Su
Pre-filtering of Self-Encoded Spread Spectrum in Dense Multipath Channels, Won Mee Jang and Lim Nguyen
Effect of Sample Timing on LS Channel Estimation, Jason Uher, Tadeusz Wysocki, and Beata Wysocki
Ergodic Capacity of Cooperative Networks using Adaptive Transmission and Selection Combining, Bao Q. Vo-Nguyen, Trung Q. Duong, and Nguyen N. Tran
Polarization Diversity for Indoor Wireless Communications, Tadeusz Wysocki, Jason Uher, and Beata J. Wysocki
On the Issue of Decoupled Decoding of Codes Derived from Quaternion Orthogonal Designs, Tadeusz Wysocki, Beata Wysocki, and Sarah Spence Adams
Correction to “The Theory of Quaternion Orthogonal Designs”, Tadeusz Wysocki, Beata J. Wysocki, and Sarah Spence Adams
2008
Development and Performance Evaluation of a Flexible, Low Cost MANET, M. Abolhasan, B. Hagelstein, J.C-P. Wang, D.R. Franklin, F Safaei, and Tadeusz Wysocki
Performance Analysis of Multi-hop IEEE 802.11 DCF Backhaul Networks, Puttipong Mahasukhon, Hamid Sharif, Michael Hempel, Ting Zhou, Wei Wang, and Tadeusz Wysocki
A 20-year Plan for Hunter/Angler Recruitment, Development and Retention in Nebraska, Mark Pinkerton, Ron Stave, Mick Jensen, James Ziebarth, Jerrod Burke, Lynn Berggren, George Hall, and Kent Forney
Combined User Multiplexing and Data Modulation through Non-binary Turbo Codes for UWB, K. Popovski, Tadeusz Wysocki, and B. J. Wysocki
Truncated Hyperbolic Mapping for Non-binary Turbo Coding in UWB, K. Popovski, Tadeusz Wysocki, and B. J. Wysocki
The Theory of Quaternion Orthogonal Designs, Jennifer Seberry, Ken Finlayson, Sarah Spence Adams, Tadeusz Wysocki, Tianbing Xia, and Beata Joanna Wysocki
Cooperative Communication in Space-Time-Frequency Coded MB-OFDM UWB, L. C. Tran, A. Mertins, and Tadeusz Wysocki
Non-Optimal receiver for Space Time Spreading across a Time Hopping over Ultra Wideband PPM, Peter Vial, Beata Wysocki, and Tadeusz Wysocki
ARTIFICIAL IMMUNE SYSTEM BASED IMAGE PATTERN RECOGNITION IN ENERGY EFFICIENT WIRELESS MULTIMEDIA SENSOR NETWORKS, Honggang Wang, Dongming Peng, Wei Wang, Hamid Sharif, J. Wegiel, D. Nguyen, R. Bowne, and C. Backhaus
Energy-Constrained Distortion Reduction Optimization for Wavelet-Based Coded Image Transmission in Wireless Sensor Networks, Wei Wang, Dongming Peng, Honggang Wang, Hamid Sharif, and Hsiao-Hwa Chen
Throughput vs. Distance Tradeoffs and Deployment Considerations for a Multi-hop IEEE 802.16e Railroad Test Bed, Wei Wang, Hamid Sharif, Ting Zhou, and Puttipong Mahasukhon
2007
Scalability of MANET Routing Protocols for Heterogeneous and Homogenous Networks, Huda Al Amri, Mehran Abolhasan, and Tadeusz Wysocki
A Small Chip Area 12-b 300MS/s Current Steering CMOS D/A Converter Based on a Laminated-Step Layout Technique, Byungseung Lee, Byungill Kim, Juneseok Lee, Sanghoon Hwang, Minkyu Song, and Tad Wysocki
Design of a 1.8V 8-bit 500MSPS Folding-Interpolation CMOS A/D Converter with a Folder Averaging Technique, Dongjin Lee, Jaewon Song, Jongha Shin, Sanghoon Hwang, Minkyu Song, and Tad Wysocki
Closed-Form Derivations of ISI and MUI for Time-Reversed Ultra Wideband, K. Popovski, Beata J. Wysocki, and Tadeusz Wysocki
Quasi-Orthogonal Space-Time-Frequency Codes in MB-OFDM UWB Communications, L. C. Tran, A. Mertins, and Tadeusz A. Wysocki
Optimal Receiver for Space Time Spreading across a Time Hopping PPM over Ultra Wideband Saleh-Valenzuela MIMO Channel, Peter Vial, Beata J. Wysocki, and Tadeusz A. Wysocki
A Bayesian Multilevel Modeling Approach for Data Query in Wireless Sensor Networks, Honggang Wang, Hua Fang, Kimberly A. Espy, Dongming Peng, and Hamid Sharif
Collaborative Image Transmissions Based on Region and Path Diversity in Wireless Sensor Network, Honggang Wang, Dongming Peng, Wei Wang, Hamid Sharif, and Hsiao-Hwa Chen
A Simple Orthogonal Space-Time-Polarization Block Code, B. J. Wysocki, Tadeusz Wysocki, J. Seberry, S. Spence Adams, and H. Sharif
2006
Capacity of Single-Radio Ad Hoc Networks for Handling High Bit-Rate Real-Time Internet Applications, Mehran Abolhasan, Tadeusz A. Wysocki, Daniel Franklin, and Justin Lipman
Multi-User UWB-IR Systems with Interleaved Coding-Modulation on Multipath Fading Channels, Michal M. Pietrzyk, Keni Popovski, Tadeusz Wysocki, Beata J. Wysocki, and Jos H. Weber
Scarcely Populated UWB-IR Systems with Interleaved Coding-Modulation on Multipath Fading Channels, Michal M. Pietrzyk, Keni Popovski, Tadeusz Wysocki, Beata J. Wysocki, and Jos H. Weber
Performance Comparison ofUWB Hopping Codes in a Multi-User Rich Scattering Environment, K. Popovski, B. J. Wysocki, and Tadeusz Wysocki
Direct Sequence Modified Time Hopping PPM over Ultra Wideband S-V Channel, Peter Vial, Beata J. Wysocki, and Tadeusz A. Wysocki
An Energy Efficient MAC-PHY Approach to Support Distributed Source Coding in Wireless Sensor Network, Wei Wang, Dongming Peng, Honggang Wang, Hamid Sharif, Beata J. Wysocki, and Tadeusz A. Wysocki
Modeling Dual Polarization Wireless Fading Channels using Quaternions, B. J. Wysocki, Tadeusz Wysocki, and J. Seberry
Complex Orthogonal Spreading Sequences Using Mutually Orthagonal Complimentary Sets, Ying Zhao, Jennifer Seberry, Beata J. Wysocki, and Tadeusz Wysocki
2005
Technical Chair’s Message, A. Beghdadi and Tadeusz Wysocki
Asterism decoding for Turbo coded MIMO systems, Phillip Conder and Tadeusz Wysocki
Combined Asterism and Sphere decoder for large Asymmetric MIMO systems, Phillip Conder and Tadeusz Wysocki
Using Asterisms to Decode Multi-User MIMO Systems, Phillip Conder and Tadeusz A. Wysocki
Background Radio Frequency Interference Measurements for Wireless Devices in the Electricity Supply Industry, Duane Robinson, Tadeusz A. Wysocki, V. Smith, and K. Popovski
A Generalized Algorithm for the Generation of Correlated Rayleigh Fading Envelopes, Le Chung Tran, Tadeusz Wysocki, Jennifer Seberry, and Alfred Mertins
A Generalized Algorithm for the Generation of Correlated Rayleigh Fading Envelopes in Radio Channels, Le Chung Tran, Tadeusz Wysocki, Jennifer Seberry, and Alfred Mertins
Generalized Williamson and Wallis-Whiteman Constructions for Improved Square Order-8 COIS sTBC, Le Chung Tran, Tadeusz Wysocki, Jennifer Seberry, Alfred Mertins, and Sarah A. Spence
On The Performance of Turbo Codes With Convolutional Interleavers, Sina Vafi and Tadeusz Wysocki
Performance of convolutional interleavers with different spacing parameters in turbo codes, Sina Vafi and Tadeusz Wysocki
An Ultra Wide Band Simulator Using MATLAB/Simulink, Peter Vial, Beata J. Wysocki, and Tadeusz A. Wysocki
2004
Load-Balanced Route Discovery for Mobile Ad hoc Networks, Mehran Abolhasan, Justin Lipman, and Tadeusz A. Wysocki
Extending Asterism Decoding to QAM and Its Complexity in Rician Fading MIMO Systems, Phillip Conder and Tadeusz A. Wysocki
A Study of UMTS Turbo Codes Across Space Time Spreading Channel with the Case of m = 1 and m = 2, Ibrahim S. Raad, Peter Vial, and Tadeusz A. Wysocki
Orthogonal Spreading Sequences Constructed Using Hall’s Difference Set, Jennifer Seberry, Le Chung Tran, Yejing Wang, Beata J. Wysocki, Tadeusz Wysocki, and Ying Zhao
Complex Orthogonal Sequences from Amicable Hadamard Matrices, L. C. Tran, J. Seberry, B. J. Wysocki, Tadeusz Wysocki, T. Xia, and Ying Zhao
The Effect of Imperfect Carrier Recovery on the Performance of the Diversity Antenna Selection Technique in Wireless Channels Utilizing DSTM, Le Chug Tran, Tadeusz Wysocki, Jennifer Seberry, and Alfred Mertins
Two complex orthogonal space-time codes for eight transmit antennas, Le Chung Tran, J. Seberry, Yejing Wang, B. J. Wysocki, T. A. Wysocki, Tianbing Xia, and Ying Zhao
Multi-modulation Schemes to Increase the Rate of Space-Time Block Codes in Rayleigh Fading Channels, Le Chung Tran, Tadeusz A. Wysocki, Jennifer Seberry, and Alfred Mertins
Modified Convolutional Interleavers and Their Performance in Turbo Codes, Sina Vafi and Tadeusz Wysocki
Space Time Spreading with Modified Walsh-Hadamard Sequences, P Vial, B. J. Wysocki, I Raad, and Tadeusz Wysocki