Dissertation (Ph.D.)-- American University of Beirut, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2014.
Advisor : Dr. Ali El‒Hajj, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering ; Committee Members : Dr. Karim Y. Kabalan, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering ; Dr. Hassan Artail, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering ; Dr. Joseph Costantine, Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering ; Dr. Christos G. Christodoulou, Professor, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA ; Dr. Elias Nassar, Professor, Notre Dame University, Louaize, Lebanon.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 96-101)