Workshop on the transmission of chaotic signals

University of Bristol, 1st - 3rd August 2006

Background
Programme
Keynote Speakers
Presentations
Sponsors

Background

Chaotic signals have been considered as novel waveforms in applications including communications, radar, sonar and non-destructive testing. Their broadband nature or exploitation of their sensitive dependence on initial conditions are cited as reasons. This Workshop brought together researchers to share knowledge on the application of chaotic signals to transmission systems. The Workshop promoted cross-disciplinary fertilisation by providing attendees with the opportunity to share research experiences. Application engineers gained a better understanding of recent developments in dynamical systems theory, while theoretical researchers gained better appreciation of the application issues. Thus new directions in research were discussed and explored.

This Workshop, organised by the Centre for Communications Research and the Department of Engineering Mathematics brought together researchers from different applications, and theoretical researchers, in order to share knowledge and discuss application problems.

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Programme

The Workshop comprised oral presentation sessions and poster sessions. All attendees were invited to present a poster(s) of their research.

The final programme (PDF, 144.5kB) and abstracts (PDF, 67kB) are now available.

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Keynote speakers

Henry Abarbanel (UCSD) - Nonlinear Communications Strategies
Konstantin Lukin (National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine) - Application of Dynamical Chaos for Random Waveform Generation in Microwave and Millimeter Wave
Geza Kolumban (Technical University of Budapest) - Performance Bounds on Chaos Communications: A Systematic Approach to the Development of a Chaotic Communication System
Steve Harman (QinetiQ) - Chaotic radar: problems, benefits and applications
Phil Atkins (University of Birmingham) - SONAR - Where Next?

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Presentations

Nonlinear Systems and Bifurcations

Fundamental Properties of Chaos Signals - Scott T. Hayes
Chaos without Nonlinear Dynamics - Ned J. Corron, Scott T. Hayes, Shawn D. Pethel, and Jonathan N. Blakely
Using a Phase Space Statistic to Identify Resonant Objects - Thomas L Carroll
Enhanced performance through Bifurcation? - A.J. Fenwick

Radar & Sonar Systems

Chaos in underwater acoustics and its application to sensing - Tamas Bodai, Alan Fenwick, and Marian Wiercigroch
Chaotic Behavior after Frequency Modulation - A. Ashtari, G. Thomas, B. C. Flores
A Chaotic Radar Demonstration System - Josh Slater, ,Kawika Maunupau, Peter Paras, Amir Adibi, Matt Totino, Andrew Chin, Karl Janich, John Molinder; Samuel S. Osofsky, Albert M. Young, Christopher P. Silva
Chaotic Signals for Noise Radars: Direct Generation and Chaotic Modulation Techniques - Konstantin Lukin and Oleg Zemlyaniy

Communications

Chaos Synchronisation and Communication in Lasers Diodes - K. Alan Shore, Siva Sivaprakrasam, Paul S. Spencer, Y. Hong, I. Pierce, J. Paul, M.W. Lee, R. Ju, S. Peters-Flynn and P.Rees
Zero-lag synchronization in bidirectionally coupled semiconductor lasers - C. Mirasso, R. Vicente, J.M. Buldu, M. Peil, I. Fischer, M.C. Torrent and J. Garcia-Ojalvo
Cracking chaotic communication systems based on optoelectronic feedback with two Delays - L. Pesquera, , S. OrtAn
Synchronisation of chaotic pulses using self-pulsating laser diodes - Min Won Lee
Progress Towards a Steerable Chaotic Antenna Array - Jonathan N. Blakely, Ned J Corron, J. Darryl Holder, and Shawn D. Pethel
Quadrature Chaos Shift Keying for Wireless Sensor Networks and Coexistence with Conventional Narrowband Systems - Grigorios Plitsis
Dedicated Short-Range Communication System for Vehicle-to-Vehicle Data Transmission on the Basis of Chaotic Waveform codes - Konstantin Lukin, Vladimyr Konovalov, Valery Scherbakov and Ryan Breed
UWB communication using fractal signals - Valeriy Bolotov, Institute for Electromagnetic Research, Ukraine

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