Spatio-temporal ToF data enhancement by fusion

in Proceedings - International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP (2012)

We propose an extension of our previous work on spatial domain Time-of-Flight (ToF) data enhancement to the temporal domain. Our goal is to generate enhanced depth maps at the same frame rate of the 2-D ... [more ▼]

We propose an extension of our previous work on spatial domain Time-of-Flight (ToF) data enhancement to the temporal domain. Our goal is to generate enhanced depth maps at the same frame rate of the 2-D camera that, coupled with a ToF camera, constitutes a hybrid ToF multi-camera rig. To that end, we first estimate the motion between consecutive 2-D frames, and then use it to predict their corresponding depth maps. The enhanced depth maps result from the fusion between the recorded 2-D frames and the predicted depth maps by using our previous contribution on ToF data enhancement. The experimental results show that the proposed approach overcomes the ToF camera drawbacks; namely, low resolution in space and time and high level of noise within depth measurements, providing enhanced depth maps at video frame rate. © 2012 IEEE. [less ▲]

Spatio-Temporal ToF Data Enhancement by Fusion

in 19th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (2012)

Non-regenerative Two-Hop Wiretap Channels using Interference Neutralization

in Information Forensics and Security (WIFS), 2012 IEEE International Workshop on (2012)

In this paper, we analyze the achievable secrecy rates in the two-hop wiretap channel with four nodes, where the transmitter and the receiver have multiple antennas while the relay and the eavesdropper ... [more ▼]

In this paper, we analyze the achievable secrecy rates in the two-hop wiretap channel with four nodes, where the transmitter and the receiver have multiple antennas while the relay and the eavesdropper have only a single antenna each. The relay is operating in amplify-and-forward mode and all the channels between the nodes are known perfectly by the transmitter. We discuss different transmission and protection schemes like artificial noise (AN). Furthermore, we introduce interference neutralization (IN) as a new protection scheme. We compare the different schemes regarding the high-SNR slope and the high-SNR power offset and illustrate the performance by simulation results. It is shown analytically as well as by numerical simulations that the high SNR performance of the proposed IN scheme is better than the one of AN. [less ▲]

Depth enhancement by fusion for passive and active sensing

in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (2012), 7585 LNCS(PART 3), 506-515

This paper presents a general refinement procedure that enhances any given depth map obtained by passive or active sensing. Given a depth map, either estimated by triangulation methods or directly ... [more ▼]

This paper presents a general refinement procedure that enhances any given depth map obtained by passive or active sensing. Given a depth map, either estimated by triangulation methods or directly provided by the sensing system, and its corresponding 2-D image, we correct the depth values by separately treating regions with undesired effects such as empty holes, texture copying or edge blurring due to homogeneous regions, occlusions, and shadowing. In this work, we use recent depth enhancement filters intended for Time-of-Flight cameras, and adapt them to alternative depth sensing modalities, both active using an RGB-D camera and passive using a dense stereo camera. To that end, we propose specific masks to tackle areas in the scene that require a special treatment. Our experimental results show that such areas are satisfactorily handled by replacing erroneous depth measurements with accurate ones. © 2012 Springer-Verlag. [less ▲]

Cognitive interference alignment between small cells and a macrocell

in 19th International Conference on Telecommunications (ICT) 2012 (2012)

Bilateral Filter Evaluation Based on Exponential Kernels

in Pattern Recognition (ICPR), 2012 21st International Conference on (2012)

The well-known bilateral filter is used to smooth noisy images while keeping their edges. This filter is commonly used with Gaussian kernel functions without real justification. The choice of the kernel ... [more ▼]

The well-known bilateral filter is used to smooth noisy images while keeping their edges. This filter is commonly used with Gaussian kernel functions without real justification. The choice of the kernel functions has a major effect on the filter behavior. We propose to use exponential kernels with L1 distances instead of Gaussian ones. We derive Stein's Unbiased Risk Estimate to find the optimal parameters of the new filter and compare its performance with the conventional one. We show that this new choice of the kernels has a comparable smoothing effect but with sharper edges due to the faster, smoothly decaying kernels. [less ▲]

Special issue on satellite communication systems and networking

in Eurasip Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking (2012), 2012

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Using simple relays to improve physical-layer security

in Communications in China (ICCC), 2012 1st IEEE International Conference on (2012)

This paper studies different uses of two cooperating relays to improve the secrecy rate of a wiretap channel. These two relays are assumed to perform only simple functions: either amplify-and-forward (AF ... [more ▼]

This paper studies different uses of two cooperating relays to improve the secrecy rate of a wiretap channel. These two relays are assumed to perform only simple functions: either amplify-and-forward (AF) or jamming. Complex functions such as decode-and-forward (DF) are not considered. We study three modes of cooperation: i) cooperative jamming (CJ), ii) AF-aided beamforming and iii) mixed AF-aided beamforming and CJ, all with individual relay power constraints. While i) is known in the literature, our efforts are spent on ii) and iii). In particular, for iii), we assume that the jamming signals in two communication stages are correlated, giving rise to improved performances. We also propose a heuristic approach for selecting the appropriate cooperating mode. Simulation results illustrate the performance gain of each scheme under different channel conditions and the effectiveness of the proposed mode selection method. [less ▲]

Detection of sparse random signals using compressive measurements

in Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), 2012 IEEE International Conference on (2012)

We consider the problem of detecting a sparse random signal from the compressive measurements without reconstructing the signal. Using a subspace model for the sparse signal where the signal parameters ... [more ▼]

We consider the problem of detecting a sparse random signal from the compressive measurements without reconstructing the signal. Using a subspace model for the sparse signal where the signal parameters are drawn according to Gaussian law, we obtain the detector based on Neyman-Pearson criterion and analytically determine its operating characteristics when the signal covariance is known. These results are extended to situations where the covariance cannot be estimated. The results can be used to determine the number of measurements needed for a particular detector performance and also illustrate the presence of an optimal support for a given number of measurements. [less ▲]

Optimality Properties,Distributed Strategies, and Measurement-Based Evaluation of Coordinated Multicell OFDMA Transmission

in IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing (2011), 59(12), 6086-6101

The throughput of multicell systems is inherently limited by interference and the available communication resources. Coordinated resource allocation is the key to efficient performance, but the demand on ... [more ▼]

The throughput of multicell systems is inherently limited by interference and the available communication resources. Coordinated resource allocation is the key to efficient performance, but the demand on backhaul signaling and computational resources grows rapidly with number of cells, terminals, and subcarriers. To handle this, we propose a novel multicell framework with dynamic cooperation clusters where each terminal is jointly served by a small set of base stations. Each base station coordinates interference to neighboring terminals only, thus limiting backhaul signalling and making the framework scalable. This framework can describe anything from interference channels to ideal joint multicell transmission. The resource allocation (i.e., precoding and scheduling) is formulated as an optimization problem (P1) with performance described by arbitrary monotonic functions of the signal-to-interference-and-noise ratios (SINRs) and arbitrary linear power constraints. Although (P1) is nonconvex and difficult to solve optimally, we are able to prove: 1) optimality of single-stream beamforming; 2) conditions for full power usage; and 3) a precoding parametrization based on a few parameters between zero and one. These optimality properties are used to propose low-complexity strategies: both a centralized scheme and a distributed version that only requires local channel knowledge and processing. We evaluate the performance on measured multicell channels and observe that the proposed strategies achieve close-to-optimal performance among centralized and distributed solutions, respectively. In addition, we show that multicell interference coordination can give substantial improvements in sum performance, but that joint transmission is very sensitive to synchronization errors and that some terminals can experience performance degradations. [less ▲]