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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Peak to Average Ratio -- 15.12. Crest Factor Reduction -- 15.13. Digital Predistortion -- 15.14. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…7.7 Fitting Quadratic Charts and Curvatures on Surfaces -- 7.7.1 Gaussian and Mean Curvature -- 7.7.2 Second Order Quadratic Charts -- 7.7.3 Isosurface Algorithm -- 7.8 Ridge Curves and Crest Lines -- 7.8.1 Definition of Sulcus, Gyrus, and Geodesic Curves on Triangulated Graphs -- 7.8.2 Dynamic Programming -- 7.9 Bijections and Smooth Mappings for Coordinatizing Manifolds via Local Coordinates -- 8 Manifolds, Active Models, and Deformable Templates -- 8.1 Manifolds as Generators, Tangent Spaces, and Vector Fields -- 8.1.1 Manifolds -- 8.1.2 Tangent Spaces -- 8.1.3 Vector Fields on M -- 8.1.4 Curves and the Tangent Space -- 8.2 Smooth Mappings, the Jacobian, and Diffeomorphisms -- 8.2.1 Smooth Mappings and the Jacobian -- 8.2.2 The Jacobian and Local Diffeomorphic Properties -- 8.3 Matrix Groups are Diffeomorphisms which are a Smooth Manifold -- 8.3.1 Diffeomorphisms -- 8.3.2 Matrix Group Actions are Diffeomorphisms on the Background Space -- 8.3.3 The Matrix Groups are Smooth Manifolds (Lie Groups) -- 8.4 Active Models and Deformable Templates as Immersions -- 8.4.1 Snakes and Active Contours -- 8.4.2 Deforming Closed Contours in the Plane -- 8.4.3 Normal Deformable Surfaces -- 8.5 Activating Shapes in Deformable Models -- 8.5.1 Likelihood of Shapes Partitioning Image -- 8.5.2 A General Calculus for Shape Activation -- 8.5.3 Active Closed Contours in R[sup(2)] -- 8.5.4 Active Unclosed Snakes and Roads -- 8.5.5 Normal Deformation of Circles and Spheres -- 8.5.6 Active Deformable Spheres -- 8.6 Level Set Active Contour Models -- 8.7 Gaussian Random Field Models for Active Shapes -- 9 Second Order and Gaussian Fields -- 9.1 Second Order Processes (SOP) and the Hilbert Space of Random Variables -- 9.1.1 Measurability, Separability, Continuity -- 9.1.2 Hilbert space of random variables -- 9.1.3 Covariance and Second Order Properties…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Signal Gain and DC Offset -- 6.1 Introduction: Digital Signal Processing -- 6.1.1 Element-Wise Processing -- 6.1.2 Element-Wise Referencing -- 6.1.3 Block Diagrams -- 6.2 Scalar Operations with Arrays -- 6.2.1 Scalar Multiplication: Converting Time Units -- 6.3 Scalar Multiplication: Signal Gain -- 6.3.1 Signal Gain Block Diagram -- 6.3.2 Polarity Inversion -- 6.3.3 Decibel Scale -- Background -- Decibel Scale Processing -- 6.4 Visualizing the Amplitude Change -- 6.4.1 Input versus Output Characteristic Curve -- 6.5 Scalar Addition: DC Offset -- 6.5.1 DC Offset Block Diagram -- 6.6 Combined Signal Gain and DC Offset -- 6.7 Amplitude Measurements -- 6.7.1 Peak Amplitude -- 6.7.2 Peak-to-Peak Amplitude -- 6.7.3 Root-Mean-Square Amplitude -- RMS Definition -- Summation Notation -- Full-scale RMS Amplitude -- 6.7.4 Dynamic Range Crest Factor -- 6.8 Amplitude Normalization -- 6.8.1 Peak Normalization -- 6.8.2 Root-Mean-Square Normalization -- Changing the RMS amplitude relative to another signal -- Bibliography -- 7. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…16.5 Walsh Code Demodulation -- 16.6 Network Synchronization -- 16.7 RAKE Receiver -- 16.8 Pilot Pseudorandom Number Codes -- 16.9 Code Division Multiple Access Transmit Architecture -- 16.10 Variable Rate Vocoder -- 16.11 Soft Handoff -- 16.12 Uplink Modulation -- 16.13 Power Control -- 16.14 Higher Data Rates -- 16.15 Spectral Efficiency Considerations -- 16.16 Other Code Division Multiple Access Technologies -- 17 - Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access Wireless Communications -- 17.1 WiMax and Long-Term Evolution -- 17.2 Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access Advantages -- 17.3 Orthogonality of Periodic Signals -- 17.4 Frequency Spectrum of Orthogonal Subcarrier -- 17.5 Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing Modulation -- 17.6 Intersymbol Interference and the Cyclic Prefix -- 17.7 Multiple Input and Multiple Output Equalization -- 17.8 Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access System Considerations -- 17.9 Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access Spectral Efficiency -- 17.10 Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access Doppler Frequency Shift -- 17.11 Peak to Average Ratio -- 17.12 Crest Factor Reduction -- 17.13 Digital Predistortion -- 17.14 Remote Radio Head -- 18 - Radar Basics -- 18.1 Radar Frequency Bands -- 18.2 Radar Antennas -- 18.3 Radar Range Equation -- 18.4 Stealth Aircraft -- 18.5 Pulsed Radar Operation -- 18.6 Pulse Compression -- 18.7 Pulse Repetition Frequency -- 18.8 Detection Processing -- 19 - Pulse Doppler Radar -- 19.1 Doppler Effect -- 19.2 Pulsed Frequency Spectrum -- 19.3 Doppler Ambiguities -- 19.4 Radar Clutter -- 19.5 Pulse Repetition Frequency Trade-Offs -- 19.6 Target Tracking -- 20 - Automotive Radar -- 20.1 Frequency-Modulated Continuous-Wave Theory -- 20.2 Frequency-Modulated Continuous-Wave Range Detection -- 20.3 Frequency-Modulated Continuous-Wave Doppler Detection…”

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