Peter
F. Driessen
Selected Publications and
Patents
Computer Music
- "The effects of
network delay on tempo in musical performance"
(with T. Darcie, B. Pillay), Computer
Music Journal,
35:1, pp 76-89, Spring 2011.
- "Designing new
musical instruments, the artist engineer collaboration"
(with
A. Schloss), Innovation,
Association of Professional Engineers
and Geoscientists of British Columbia, pp. 14-17, December 2002
(APEGBC Editorial Board Award, best paper for 2002)
- "A Force-Sensitive Surface
for Intimate Control" (with R.
Jones,
A. Schloss, G. Tzanetakis), New
Instruments for
Musical Expression (NIME09),
June 2009.
- "A Comparative
Study on Wearable Sensors for Signal
Processing on the North Indian Tabla" (with
M. Benning, A. Kapur,
B. Till, G. Tzanetakis), IEEE
Pacific Rim
Conference, pp. 621-624,
August 2007.
- "A New Control Paradigm:
Software-Based Gesture
Analysis for Music" (with B.
Nevile, A. Schloss), IEEE
Pacific Rim
Conference, pp. 360-363,
August 2003.
- "New algorithms and
technology for analyzing gestural data"
(with
A Schloss), IEEE Pacific
Rim Conf,
Victoria, August 2001.
- "Path
Difference Learning for Guitar Fingering Problem,"
(with A. Radisavljevic),
International Computer
Music
Conference (ICMC),
Miami, Florida, November 1-6, 2004.
Sound Recording
- "Spatial Sound Rendering
Using Measured Room Impulse Responses",
(with Y.Li, G.Tzanetakis, S.Bellamy), Signal
Processing and Information Technology, 2006 IEEE International
Symposium on ISSPIT 2006,
Aug. 2006 Page(s):432 – 437.
- "Placement of
Sound Sources In The Stereo Field Using Measured Room
Impulse Responses", (with
W.D. Haines, J.R. Vernon, R.B. Dannenberg) Computer
Music Modeling
and Retrieval 2007, also CMMR
2007 post-symposium proceedings in
the
Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science series.
Signal Processing Applications
- "Transforming
Perceived Vocal Effort and Breathiness Using Adaptive
Pre-Emphasis Linear
Prediction"
(with K. Nordstrom, G. Tzanetakis), IEEE
Trans. Audio,
Speech and Language Processing,
Vol. 16(6), pp. 1087-1096, August 2008.
- "Performance and
computational complexity optimization in configurable
hybrid video coding system"
(with N. Kwon, P. Agathoklis, A. Basso), IEEE
Trans. Circuits and
Systems for Video Technology,
Vol. 16(1), pp. 31-42, January 2006.
- "Independent component
analysis and clustering improve
signal-to-noise ratio for statistical analysis of event-related
potentials",
(with P. Zeman, B.C. Till, N.J. Livingston, J.W. Tanaka), Clinical
Neurophysiology,
Vol. 118(12), pp. 2591-2604, December 2007.
Audio and networks
- "Method
of using link adaptation
and power control for streaming
services in wireless networks"
(with K.K. Leung et
al), US Patent 7,124,193,
issued October 2006.
- "System
and methods for transmitting data"
(with S.R. Quackenbush et
al), US Patent 6,850,559,
issued February 2005.
- "Error Mitigation in
MPEG-4 Audio Packet Communication Systems" (with
S.R. Quackenbush), Audio
Engineering
Society 115th Convention
New York, October 2003.
- "Link
adaptation and power control for streaming services in EGPRS wireless
networks"
(with K.K.Leung, K. Chawla, X. Qiu), IEEE
J. Selected Areas
in Communications Vol. 19,
No. 10, pp.
2029-2039, October 2001.
- "Transmission
of
streaming data over an EGPRS wireless network"
(with K. Chawla, X. Qiu), IEEE
Vehic. Tech. Conf, Tokyo,
Spring 2000.
Optical Systems
- "Analysis of a Class-B
Microwave-Photonic Link Using Optical Frequency Modulation"
(with T. Darcie, J. Zhang), IEEE
Transactions on Lightwave Technology,
vol. 26(15), pp. 2740-2747, August 2008.
- "Class-B
Microwave-Photonic Link Using Optical Frequency Modulation and
Linear Frequency Discriminators"
(with T. Darcie, J. Zhang, J-J. Eun), IEEE
Transactions on Lightwave Technology,
vol. 25(1), pp. 157-164, January 2007.
- "Optical Network Control
Overlay using Silicon VOA Arrays" (with
T.E. Darcie), IEEE
Photonics Tech. Letters, vol.
17(2), pp. 513-515, February 2005.
High Capacity Wireless
Systems
with Antenna Arrays
- "Cellular
communication system with virtual antennas" ,
US Patent 6,760,593 ,
issued July 2004.
- "Data throughputs using
multiple-input
multiple-output (MIMO) techniques in a noise-limited cellular system",
(with S. Catreux, L.J. Greenstein),
IEEE Trans.Wireless
Comm., Vol. 1, No. 2, pp.
226-235, April 2002.
- "Attainable
throughput of an interference-limited multiple-input
multiple-output cellular system",
(with S. Catreux, L.J. Greenstein),
IEEE Trans.Comm.,
Vol. 4, No. 9, pp. 1307-1311, August 2001.
- "Simulation results
for an interference-limited multiple-input
multiple-output cellular system",
(with S. Catreux, L.J. Greenstein),
IEEE Comm. Letters,
Vol. 4, No. 11, pp. 334-336, November 2000.
- "Multiple-input multiple
output wireless systems - a geometrical
explanation of how they work", European
Microwave Conference ,
ECWT2000, Paris, pp. 9-16,
5-6 October 2000 (invited,
plenary session).
- "Cellular
communication system with multiple same frequency
broadcasts in a cell", US
Patent 6,052,599 ,
issued April 2000.
- "On the capacity of
multiple-input multiple-output wireless channels:
a geometric interpretation",
(with G.J. Foschini), IEEE
Trans.Comm.,
vol. 47, no. 2, pp. 173-176, February 1999. talk
Wireless System Design
- "Position
determining system using transmitted position information
", (with K.Chen et
al), US Patent 6,968,737 ,
issued November 2005.
- "Method
and system for communicating multimedia content in a unicast,
multicast, simulcast or broadcast environment",
(with S.R. Quackenbush et
al), US Patent 6,704,576 ,
issued March 2004.
- "Method
and system for connecting cells and microcells
in a wireless communications networks" (with
L.J. Greenstein et al), US
Patent 5,890,055,
issued March 1999.
- "Multipoint-to-point
wireless system using directional antennas", US
Patent 5,936,578,
issued August 1999.
- "Future Mobile Telecommunications
Systems", Arab
Telecommunications Forum,
Bahrain, November 1997 (invited).
- "Integrated
Communications System", US
Patent 5,574,771,
issued November 1996.
Radio Propagation
- "Prediction of multipath
delay profiles in mountainous terrain", IEEE
J. Selected Areas Comm., Wireless Communications
series,
Vol. 18, No. 3, March 2000.
- "Gigabit indoor wireless
systems with directional antennas", IEEE
Trans.Comm., vol. 44,
no. 8, pp. 1034-1043,
August 1996.
- "Propagation measurements
using array processing" (with
S. Catreux, S.
Burfoot, R.L. Kirlin), IEEE
Pacific Rim Conf.,
Victoria, Canada, 1997.
- "Propagation measurements
using synthetic aperture radar
techniques" (with T. Brook,
R.L.
Kirlin), IEEE Vehicular
Tech.
Conf.,
Atlanta, June 1996.
- "Relationship between
measured 900 MHz complex impulse responses
and topographical map data" (with
R.L. Kirlin), IEEE
Vehicular Tech.
Conf.,
Stockholm, June 1994.
- "Development of a propagation
model in the 20-60 GHz band
for wireless indoor communications." IEEE
Pac Rim Conf. on Comm., Comp., Sig. Proc.,
pp. 59-62, May 1991.
- "Multipath delay
characteristics in mountainous terrain - comparison
of theoretical predictions with measurement results",
IEEE Vehicular Tech.
Conf.,
St. Louis, pp. 606-609, May 1991.
Modulation/Detection/Coding
- "Design of a new time
orthogonal multiuser line code" (with
A.J. Al-Sammak, R.L.
Kirlin), IEE. Proc. Commun.,
vol. 50(4), pp. 244-248, August 2003.
- "Modulation
techniques for high speed indoor wireless systems
using narrowbeam antennas" (with
L.J. Greenstein), IEEE
Trans.Comm.,
vol. 43(10), pp. 2605-2512, October 1995.
- "A new multistage detector for
synchronous CDMA communications", (with
Z.L. Shi, W. Du)
IEEE Trans.Comm., vol. 44,
no. 5,
pp. 538-541, May 1996.
- "PN
Code acquisition for asynchronous CDMA communications based on
Interference cancellation" (with
Z.L. Shi, W. Du)
IEEE Pacific Rim Conf.,
Communications, Computers and Signal Processing, pp. 778 -781, May
1993.
Synchronization
- "Improved frame
synchronization performance for CCITT algorithms
using bit erasures", IEEE
Trans.Comm., vol. 43(6),
pp. 2016-2019, June 1995.
- "DPLL bit synchronization
with rapid acquisition using adaptive
Kalman filtering technique", IEEE
Trans.Comm., vol. 42(9),
pp. 2673-2675, Sept. 1994.
- "Variable bandwidth DPLL bit
synchronizer with rapid acquisition
implemented as a finite state machine"
(with H. Brugel), IEEE
Trans.Comm.,
vol. 42(9), pp. 2751-2759, Sept. 1994.
- "Rapid acquisition scheme for
direct sequence spread spectrum systems
with hardlimiting receiver," (with
Z.L. Shi). IEEE Military
Communications Conf.
November 1991.
- "Frame
synchronization in packet transmission
using bit erasure information." IEEE
Trans. Comm.,
vol. COM-39, no. 4, pp. 567-573, April 1991.
- "Zero-crossing DPLL bit
synchronizer with pattern jitter compensation
for bandlimited signals," (with
P.G. Ogmundson). IEEE
Trans. Comm.,
vol. COM-39, no. 4, pp. 603-612, April 1991.
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