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This paper studies maximum likelihood(ML) decoding in error-correcting codes as rational maps and proposes an approximate ML decoding rule by using a Taylor expansion. The point for the Taylor expansion, which will be denoted by $p$ in the…
Stochastic gradient descent (SGD) is a simple and popular method to solve stochastic optimization problems which arise in machine learning. For strongly convex problems, its convergence rate was known to be O(\log(T)/T), by running SGD for…
A robust and accurate positioning solution is required to increase the safety in GPS-denied environments. Although there is a lot of available research in this area, little has been done for confined environments such as tunnels. Therefore,…
This paper is concerned with the ordered statistic decoding with local constraints (LC-OSD) of binary linear block codes, which is a near maximum-likelihood decoding algorithm. Compared with the conventional OSD, the LC-OSD significantly…
The localization of directional RF emitters presents significant challenges for electronic warfare applications. Traditional localization methods, designed for omnidirectional emitters, experience degraded performance when applied to…
Stochastic Maximum Likelihood (SML) is a popular direction of arrival (DOA) estimation technique in array signal processing. It is a parametric method that jointly estimates signal and instrument noise by maximum likelihood, achieving…
Precise Time-of-Arrival (TOA) estimations of aircraft and drone signals are important for a wide set of applications including aircraft/drone tracking, air traffic data verification, or self-localization. Our focus in this work is on TOA…
The direction of arrival (DOA) estimation algorithms are crucial in localizing acoustic sources. Traditional localization methods rely on block-level processing to extract the directional information from multiple measurements processed…
Low complexity joint estimation of synchronization impairments and channel in a single-user MIMO-OFDM system is presented in this letter. Based on a system model that takes into account the effects of synchronization impairments such as…
Recently, machine learning (ML) methods have been developed for increasing the accuracy of robot mechanisms. Complex mechanical issues such as non-linear friction, backlash, flexibility of structure transmission elements can cause these…
Popular machine learning estimators involve regularization parameters that can be challenging to tune, and standard strategies rely on grid search for this task. In this paper, we revisit the techniques of approximating the regularization…
Location awareness is now becoming a vital requirement for many practical applications. In this paper, we consider passive localization of multiple targets with one transmitter and several receivers based on time of arrival (TOA)…
The problem of estimating the parameters of a moving target in multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radar is considered and a new approach for estimating the moving target parameters by making use of the phase information associated with…
The report focuses on three areas in particular: the first is the Received Signal Strength indicator technique, Direction of Arrival technique, and the integration of two algorithms, RSS and DOA, in order to build a hybrid, more robust…
Spatial modulation (SM) is a promising multiple-input multiple-output system used to increase spectral efficiency. The maximum likelihood (ML) decoder jointly detects the transmitted SM symbol, which is of high complexity. In this paper, a…
Maximum-likelihood (ML) detection in high-order MIMO systems is computationally prohibitive due to exponential complexity in the number of transmit layers and constellation size. In this white paper, we demonstrate that for practical MIMO…
This paper reviews the current progress in applying machine learning (ML) tools to solve NP-hard combinatorial optimization problems, with a focus on routing problems such as the traveling salesman problem (TSP) and the vehicle routing…
This paper focuses on target localization in a widely distributed multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) radar system. In this system, range measurements, which include the sum of distances between transmitter and target and the distances…
This paper presents methods which are aimed at finding approximations to missing data in a dataset by using optimization algorithms to optimize the network parameters after which prediction and classification tasks can be performed. The…
Millimeter-wave (mmWave) communication is a promising solution for achieving high data rate and low latency in 5G wireless cellular networks. Since directional beamforming and antenna arrays are exploited in the mmWave networks, accurate…