Proceedings of the Mediterranean Conference on Information & Communication Technologies 2015: MedCT 2015 Volume 1

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
A Novel Design of a Low Cost CPW Fed Multiband Printed Antenna....Pages 3-8
Probes Correction for Antennas Near Field Measurement....Pages 9-16
Directive Beam-Steering Patch Array Antenna Using Simple Phase Shifter....Pages 17-25
Front Matter....Pages 27-27
Design of a V-Band Buffer Amplifier for WPAN Applications....Pages 29-34
Simulation and Experimentation of an RFID System in the UHF Band for the Reliability of Passive Tags....Pages 35-43
Cryptographic Algorithm Approach for Low Cost RFID Systems....Pages 45-54
Complex Design of Monitoring System for Small Animals by the Use of Micro PC and RFID Technology....Pages 55-63
Performance Investigation of Radio Over Fiber Link with High-Speed Interface of IEEE 802.15.3c....Pages 65-73
Impact of EIRP Constraint on MU-MIMO 802.11ac Capacity Gain in Home Networks....Pages 75-84
Joint Channel Maximization and Estimation in Multiuser Large-Scale MIMO Cognitive Radio Systems Using Particle Swarm Optimization....Pages 85-93
Front Matter....Pages 95-95
Motion Detection Using Color Space-Time Interest Points....Pages 97-105
Time-Frequency Analysis of GPR Signal for Cavities Detection Application....Pages 107-117
A New Scale and Orientation Adaptive Object Tracking System Using Kalman Filter and Expected Likelihood Kernel....Pages 119-129
A Lightweight System for Correction of Arabic Derived Words....Pages 131-138
A New Multi-Carrier Audio Watermarking System....Pages 139-146
Efficient Implementation of Givens QR Decomposition on VLIW DSP Architecture for Orthogonal Matching Pursuit Image Reconstruction....Pages 147-155
Enhanced Color Image Method for Watermarking in RGB Space Using LSB Substitution....Pages 157-164
Eye Detection Based on Neural Networks, and Skin Color....Pages 165-173
Simulated Annealing Decoding of Linear Block Codes....Pages 175-183
Front Matter....Pages 185-185
Interaction Between Human Body and RF-Dosimeter: Impact on the Downlink E-field Assessment....Pages 187-196
Front Matter....Pages 185-185
Effect of Duty Cycle of Bragg Filters on the Reflection Coefficient and Bandwidth....Pages 197-204
Brand Appeal Versus Value Added Services: When Does an MVNO Got a Share on the Mobile Market?....Pages 205-214
A New Semi-analytical Performance Prediction of a Digital Communication System....Pages 215-223
Network Higher Security of Intelligent Networks Platforms in Telecommunications Areas....Pages 225-233
Front Matter....Pages 235-235
New Structural Method for Numeral Recognition....Pages 237-245
A Hybrid Feature Extraction for Satellite Image Segmentation Using Statistical Global and Local Feature....Pages 247-255
A Multicriteria Approach with GIS for Assessing Vulnerability to Flood Risk in Urban Area (Case of Casablanca City, Morocco)....Pages 257-266
An Algorithm for Fast Computation of 3D Krawtchouk Moments for Volumetric Image Reconstruction....Pages 267-276
Robust Face Recognition Using Local Gradient Probabilistic Pattern (LGPP)....Pages 277-286
Comparative Study of Mesh Simplification Algorithms....Pages 287-295
Human Tracking Based on Appearance Model....Pages 297-305
Towards a Conversational Question Answering System....Pages 307-315
Front Matter....Pages 317-317
Clonal Selection Algorithm for the Cell Formation Problem....Pages 319-326
A Comparative Study of Three Nature-Inspired Algorithms Using the Euclidean Travelling Salesman Problem....Pages 327-335
A Compact Planar Monopole Antenna with a T-Shaped Coupling Feed for LTE/GSM/UMTS Operation in the Mobile Phone....Pages 337-343
Theoretical Analysis of SINR Performance for Unsynchronized and Nonlinearly Distorted FBMC Signals....Pages 345-353
Modeling the Migration of Mobile Networks Towards 4G and Beyond....Pages 355-363
Adaptive Modulation and Coding for the IEEE 802.15.3c High Speed Interface Physical Layer Mode....Pages 365-371
The Password Authenticated Connection Establishment Protocol (PACE) Based on Imaginary Quadratic Fields....Pages 373-380
Improving Performance of the Min Sum Algorithm for LDPC Codes....Pages 381-388
Front Matter....Pages 389-389
Comparative Study of the Reliability of a Moroccan Level Crossing System Using Belief Function Theory and Imprecise Probabilities....Pages 391-399
Stabilization of Switched T-S Fuzzy Systems with Additive Time Varying Delays....Pages 401-408
On Modeling and Fault Tolerance of NanoSatellite Attitude Control System....Pages 409-417
Difference Spectrum Energy Applied for Fetal QRS Complex Detection....Pages 419-428
A Comparison of Wavelet and Steerable Pyramid for Classification of Microcalcification in Digital Mammogram....Pages 429-436
Detection of Sleep Spindles Using Frequency Components Tracking in Raw EEG Data....Pages 437-443
Mammograms Multiple Watermarking Scheme Based on Visual Cryptography....Pages 445-453
Comparative Analysis of Classification, Clustering and Regression Techniques to Explore Men’s Fertility....Pages 455-462
The Dynamics of a Population of Healthy People, Pre-diabetics and Diabetics with and without Complications with Optimal Control....Pages 463-471
Front Matter....Pages 473-473
Tb3+/Yb3+ Activated Silica-Hafnia Glass and Glass Ceramics to Improve the Efficiency of Photovoltaic Solar Cells....Pages 475-482
Stability Analysis of a Boost Converter with an MPPT Controller for Photovoltaic Applications....Pages 483-491
A PV System Equipped with a Commercial and Designed MPPT Regulators....Pages 493-503
A Comparative Study Between Two MPPT Controllers Based on the Principe of Sliding-Mode Control Theory and Intelligent Control Technique in Photovoltaic Systems....Pages 505-515
Front Matter....Pages 517-517
Design & Simulation of Rectangular Dielectric Resonator Antenna for UMTS Application....Pages 519-525
Experimental Analysis of the Effect of Velocity on Vertical Handoff Latency Using IEEE 802.21....Pages 527-532
New Design of RFID TAG Using the Non Uniform Transmission Lines....Pages 533-538
Plasmonic Analogue of Electromagnetically Induced Transparency in Detuned Nano-Cavities Coupled to a Waveguide....Pages 539-544
Baseband/RF Co-simulation of IEEE 802.15.3C in Outdoor Environment at 60 GHz....Pages 545-549
Extensive Simulation Performance Analysis of Variable Transmission Power on Routing Protocols in Mobile Sensor Networks....Pages 551-560
Medium Access Control (MAC) Protocols for Wireless Sensor Network: An Energy Aware Survey....Pages 561-569
Front Matter....Pages 517-517
Strategies to Improve the VoIP over LTE Capacity....Pages 571-576