Multirate signal processing concepts in digital communications
Bojan Vrcelj · 2004
iii First of all, I would like to express my profound gratitude to my advisor, Professor P.P. Vaidyanathan, for his outstanding guidance and support during my stay at Caltech. P.P. is a fascinating teacher and a thoughtful mentor, always ready to share his expertise with the students. He is also a thorough, brilliant researcher and I benefited greatly from working under his guidance. His encouragement and friendship have been invaluable throughout my studies at Caltech. His academic excellence continues to be a source of inspiration, but beyond that I am especially grateful for his limitless patience and fatherly support during trying times. I would like to thank the members of my defense and candidacy examining committees for their interest: Prof.Robert McEliece, Prof.Babak Hassibi, Prof.Emmanuel Candes, Dr.Murat Me¸se, Dr.Dariush Divsalar and Prof.Pietro Perona. I would also like to thank the professors at the school of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade, for providing me with solid foundations which have proved helpful throughout my studies. I should single out my diploma thesis adviser, Prof.Miodrag Popović. My thanks also go to my high school physics teacher, Ms.Nataˇsa Čaluković, who sparked my interest in the field of electrical engineering. I would like to thank my present and past lab-mates, Andre Tkacenko, Murat Me¸se, Sony Akkarakaran,