Peer-Reviewed Publications

Journal Papers

  1. R.A. Farrugia, C.J. Debono, "A Support Vector Machine Approach for Detection and Localization of Transmission Errors Within Standard H.263++ Decoders," IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, vol. 11, no. 7, pp. 1323-1330, November 2009.

  2. R.A. Farrugia, C.J. Debono, "Accurate Modelling of Ka-band Videoconferencing Systems Based on the Quality of Experience," IET Communications, vol. 3, issue 1, pp. 67 - 74, January 2009. 

  3. R.A. Farrugia, C.J. Debono, "A Robust Error Detection Mechanism for H.264/AVC Coded Video Sequences Based on Support Vector Machines," IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 18, no. 12, pp. 1766 - 1770, December 2008.

  4. I.Grech, J. Micallef, G. Azzopardi, C.J. Debono, "A Low Voltage Wide-Input-Range Bulk-Input CMOS OTA", Journal of Analogue Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, vol. 43, no. 2, pp. 127 - 136, Springer Netherlands, 2005.

  5. C.J. Debono, F. Maloberti, J. Micallef, "On the Design of Low-Voltage, Low-Power CMOS Analog Multipliers for RF Applications", IEEE Trans. on Very Large Scale Integration Systems, vol. 10, pp. 168 - 174, 2002.

  6. I. Grech, J. Micallef, C.J. Debono, P. Malcovati, F. Maloberti,  "A 1V Second Order Sigma-Delta Modulator",  Journal of Analogue Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, vol. 24, pp. 151 - 164, 2001.

  7. C.J. Debono, F. Maloberti, J. Micallef, "Low-Voltage CMOS Four Quadrant Analogue Multiplier for RF Applications," IEE Electronics Letters, vol. 34, no. 24, pp. 2285 - 2286, 1998.

Book Chapters

  1. C.J. Debono, R.A. Farrugia, K. Chetcuti, "Modelling of the Wireless Propagation Characteristics inside Aircraft, " in Aerospace Technologies Advancements, Thawar T. Arif (Editor), ISBN: 978-953-7619-96-1, Intech, pp. 361 - 378, January 2010.

Conference Papers

  1. K. Chetcuti, C.J. Debono, S. Bruillot, "The Effect of Human Shadowing on RF Signal Strengths of IEEE802.11a Systems on Board Business Jets," Proc. of the 2010 IEEE Aerospace Conference, ISBN: 978-1-4244-3888-4, March 2010.

  2. C.J. Debono, P. Cauchi, "Balancing the Utilization of Mobile Sensor Nodes through Genetic-based Clustering," Proc. of the 4th Int. Symposium on Communications, Control and Signal Processing (ISCCSP 2010), ISBN: 978-1-4244-6286-5, March 2010.

  3. D. Xuereb, C.J. Debono, "Mobile Terminal Location Estimation using Support Vector Machines," Proc. of the 4th Int. Symposium on Communications, Control and Signal Processing (ISCCSP 2010), ISBN: 978-1-4244-6286-5, March 2010.

  4. J.K. Buhagiar, C.J. Debono, "Exploiting Traffic Sampling Techniques to Optimize Energy Efficiency in Mobile Peer Networks," Proc. of the 2009 First Int. Conf. on Advances in P2P Systems (AP2PS 2009), pp. 72-77, October 2009. - Awarded "Best Paper"

  5. C.J. Debono, C. De Raffaele, "Minimizing Uplink Data in Wireless Free-Viewpoint Video Transmission Applications," Proc. of the 2009 Third Int. Conf. on Next Generation Mobile Applications, Services and Technologies (NGMAST 2009), pp. 298-302, September 2009.

  6. J.K. Buhagiar, C.J. Debono, "Exploiting Traffic Sampling Techniques for Mobile Peer Networking," Proc. of the 5th Int. Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2009), pp. 472-476, June 2009.

  7. K. Chetcuti, C.J. Debono, R.A. Farrugia, S. Bruillot, "Wireless Propagation Modelling Inside a Business Jet," Proc. of Eurocon 2009, ISBN: 978-1-4244-3861-7, pp. 1640-1645, May 2009.

  8. J. K. Buhagiar, C.J. Debono, "The Application of Discrete Time Methods to Position Estimation in WANs," Proc. of Eurocon 2009, ISBN: 978-1-4244-3861-7, pp. 1750-1757, May 2009.

  9. R.A. Farrugia, C.J. Debono, "Decoding H.264/AVC using Prior Information and Source Constraints," Proc. of the Picture Coding Symposium 2009 (PCS 2009), May 2009.

  10. J.K. Buhagiar, C.J. Debono, "Exploiting Adaptive Window Techniques to Reduce TCP Congestion in Mobile Peer Networks," Proc. of the 2009 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 2009), ISBN: 978-1-4244-2948-6, April 2009.

  11. M. Cordina, C.J. Debono, "Maximizing the Lifetime of Wireless Sensor Networks through Intelligent Clustering and Data Reduction Techniques," Proc. of the 2009 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 2009), ISBN: 978-1-4244-2948-6, April 2009.

  12. C.J. Debono, K.Chetcuti, S. Bruillot, "802.11a Channel Parameters Characterization on board a Business Jet," Proc. of the 2009 IEEE Aerospace Conference, ISBN: 978-1-4244-2622-5, March 2009.

  13. K. Chetcuti, C.J. Debono, S. Bruillot, "Unicast Multimedia Transmission On-board a Business Jet," Proc. of the 2nd International Workshop on the Evaluation of Quality of Service through Simulation in the Future Internet (QoSim 2009), ISBN: 978-963-9799-45-5, March 2009.

  14. C.J. Debono, N.P. Borg, "The Implementation of an Adaptive Data Reduction Technique for Wireless Sensor Networks," Proc. of the 8th IEEE International Symposium on Signal Processing and Information Technology (ISSPIT 2008), ISBN: 978-1-4244-3555-5, pp. 402 - 406, December 2008.

  15. L. Spiteri, C.J. Debono, A. Muscat, "A Frequency Notched Planar Antenna for UWB Applications," Proc. of the Int. Symp. on Antennas and Propagation (ISAP 2008), ISBN: 978-986-84787-0-1, pp. 437 - 440, October 2008.

  16. R.A. Farrugia, C.J. Debono, "Improved Quality of Experience of Reconstructed H.264/AVC Encoded Video Sequences through Robust Pixel Domain Error Detection," Proc. of the 2008 IEEE 10th Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing (MMSP 2008), pp. 383 - 387, October 2008.

  17. C.J. Debono, E. Sammut, "Location Estimation of an Intruder in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks," Proc. of the 14th IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (MELECON 2008), ISBN: 978-1-4244-1633-2, pp. 158 - 162, May 2008.

  18. O. Gauci, C.J. Debono, P. Micallef, "A Nonlinear Feature Extraction Method for Phoneme Recognition," Proc. of the 14th IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (MELECON 2008), ISBN: 978-1-4244-1633-2, pp. 811 - 815, May 2008.

  19. R.A. Farrugia, C.J. Debono, "Robust Transmission of H.264/AVC Sequences using List Decoding and Source Constraints," Proc. of the 14th IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (MELECON 2008), ISBN: 978-1-4244-1633-2, pp. 885 - 889, May 2008.

  20. O. Gauci, C.J. Debono, P. Micallef, "A Maximum Log-Likelihood Approach to Voice Activity Detection," Proc. of the 2008 3rd International Symposium on Communications, Control and Signal Processing (ISCCSP 2008), ISBN: 978-1-4244-1688-2, pp. 383 - 387, March 2008.

  21. M. Cordina, C.J. Debono, "Increasing Wireless Sensor Network Lifetime through the Application of SOM Neural Networks," Proc. of the 2008 3rd International Symposium on Communications, Control and Signal Processing (ISCCSP 2008), ISBN: 978-1-4244-1688-2, pp. 467 - 471, March 2008.

  22. O. Gauci, C.J. Debono, P. Micallef, "A Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Space Approach for Speech Enhancement," Proc. of the 2008 3rd International Symposium on Communications, Control and Signal Processing (ISCCSP 2008), ISBN: 978-1-4244-1688-2, pp. 831 - 835, March 2008.

  23. R.A. Farrugia, C.J. Debono, "Resilient Transmission of H.264/AVC Video Sequences using Probabilistic Neural Networks," Proc. of the 2008 3rd International Symposium on Communications, Control and Signal Processing (ISCCSP 2008), ISBN: 978-1-4244-1688-2, pp. 999 - 1003, March 2008.

  24. C.J. Debono, C. Calleja, "The Application of Database Correlation Methods for Location Detection in GSM Networks," Proc. of the 2008 3rd International Symposium on Communications, Control and Signal Processing (ISCCSP 2008), ISBN: 978-1-4244-1688-2, pp. 1324 - 1329, March 2008.

  25. C.J. Debono, R.A. Farrugia, "Optimization of the UMTS Network Radio Coverage On-board an Aircraft," Proc. of the 2008 IEEE Aerospace Conference, ISBN: 1-4244-1488-1, March 2008.

  26. R.A. Farrugia, C.J. Debono, "Enhancing Error Resilience in Wireless Transmitted Compressed Video Sequences Through a Probabilistic Neural Network Core," Proc. of the 26th Picture Coding Symposium (PCS 2007), ISBN: 978-989-8109-05-7, November 2007.

  27. O. Gauci, C.J. Debono, P. Micallef, "An Enhanced Centered Binary Tree of SVMs Algorithm for Phoneme Recognition," Proc. of IEEE Region 8 EUROCON 2007 - The International Conference on "Computer as a Tool", pp. 209 - 213, ISBN: 1-4244-0813-X, September 2007.

  28. J.K. Buhagiar, C.J. Debono, "An Evaluation of Neural Network Architecture Performance in Wireless Geo-Location," Proc. of IEEE Region 8 EUROCON 2007 - The International Conference on "Computer as a Tool", pp. 1052 - 1056, ISBN: 1-4244-0813-X, September 2007. - Awarded "Best Poster Paper"

  29. R.A. Farrugia, C.J. Debono, "Enhancing the Error Detection Capabilities of the Standard Video Decoder using Pixel Domain Dissimilarity Metrics," Proc. of IEEE Region 8 EUROCON 2007 - The International Conference on "Computer as a Tool", pp. 1085 - 1090, ISBN: 1-4244-0813-X, September 2007.

  30. R.A. Farrugia, C.J. Debono, "Enhancing the Error Detection Capabilities of DCT Based Codecs using Compressed Domain Dissimilarity Metrics," Proc. of IEEE Region 8 EUROCON 2007 - The International Conference on "Computer as a Tool", pp. 1091 - 1095, ISBN: 1-4244-0813-X, September 2007.

  31. M.J. Magro, C.J. Debono, "A Genetic Algorithm Approach to User Location Estimation in UMTS Networks," Proc. of IEEE Region 8 EUROCON 2007 - The International Conference on "Computer as a Tool", pp. 1136 - 1139, ISBN: 1-4244-0813-X, September 2007.

  32. R.A. Farrugia, C.J. Debono, "A Statistical Bit Error Generator for Emulation of Complex Forward Error Correction Schemes," Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2007), ISBN: 1-4244-0353-7, June 2007.

  33. R.A. Farrugia, C.J. Debono, P. Micallef, “Modeling the End-to-End Video Quality of a Practical Videoconferencing System,” Proc. of OPNETWORK 2006, August 2006.

  34. L. Spiteri, C.J. Debono, A. Muscat, “A Planar Antenna for UWB Applications,” Proc. of the 16th Int. Conf. on Microwaves, Radar and Wireless Communications, May 2006.

  35. E. Debono, A. Muscat, C.J. Debono, “Dual Frequency 2.4 GHz T-Shaped and 5.2 GHz L-Shaped Monopole Antenna for WLAN Applications,” Proc. of the 16th Int. Conf. on Microwaves, Radar and Wireless Communications, May 2006.

  36. M. Vella, C.J. Debono, "The Implementation of a High Speed Adaptive FIR Filter on a Field Programmable Gate Array," Proc. of the 13th IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (MELECON 2006), pp. 113 - 116, ISBN: 1-4244-0088-0, 2006.

  37. R.A. Farrugia, C.J. Debono, P. Micallef, "Channel Modeling and Simulation of a Ka-Band Videoconferencing System," Proc. of the 13th IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (MELECON 2006), pp. 613 - 616, ISBN: 1-4244-0088-0, 2006.

  38. R.A. Farrugia, C.J. Debono, P. Micallef, "Propagation Impairments Modeling and QoS Parameters Characterization in a Ka-Band Videoconferencing System," Proc. of EUROCON 2005 - The International Conference on "Computer as a Tool", pp. 453 - 456, ISBN: 1-4244-0050-3, 2005.

  39. C.J. Debono, J.K. Buhagiar, "The Application of Self-Organising Neural Networks to Location Detection in 3G Systems," Proc. of the 6th IEE International Conference on 3G & Beyond, 3G 2005, pp. 213 - 217, 2005.

  40. J.K. Buhagiar, C.J. Debono, "The Application of Discrete Time Methods to Position Estimation in Indoor Wireless Networks," Proc. of the 8th European Conference on Wireless Technology, pp. 391 - 395, 2005.

  41. H.T. Fenech, E. Lance, P.J. Micallef, C.J. Debono, M. Zapata Margeli, G. Verelst, B. Durin, "Providing an e-Lecture Facility Between Malta and Gozo Using Skyplex Data," Proc. of the 11th Ka and Broadband Communications Conference, 2005.

  42. C.J. Debono, P. Micallef, "A Virtual Classroom Solution for Education in Rural Areas," Proc. of the Int. Conf. on Interactive Computer Aided Learning, ICL 2005, ISBN: 3-89958-136-9, 2005.

  43. C.J. Debono, J.K. Buhagiar, "Cellular Network Coverage Optimization Through the Application of Self-Organizing Neural Networks," Proc. of the IEEE 62nd Semiannual Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC2005-Fall, 2005.

  44. A. Muscat , C.J. Debono, E.V. Depasquale, "A Polarisation Diversity PCB Antenna for WLAN Applications," Proc. of the Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference, pp. 185 - 188, 2005.

  45. C.J. Debono, J.K. Buhagiar, "Neural Location Detection in Wireless Networks," Proc. of the 7th European Conference on Wireless Technology, pp. 133 - 136, 2004.

  46. K. Farrugia, C.J. Debono, A.F. Muscat, "Detection and Classification of Ventricular Tachycardia and Ventricular Fibrillation Episodes using Continuous Wavelet Tranforms," Proc. of the IEE 2nd Int. Conf. on Advances in Biomedical Signal and Information Processing, pp. 66 - 69, 2004.

  47. K. Chetcuti, C.J. Debono, V. Lagomarsion, "Design of a Point-to-Point Radio Link Receiver using Software-Radio," Proc. of the XV Int. Conf. on Microwaves, Radar and Wireless Communications, vol. 2, pp. 721 - 724, 2004.

  48. K. Chetcuti, C.J. Debono, V. Lagomarsino, "The Application of Software-Radio in a Point-to-Point Radio Link Receiver," Proc. of the 12th IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (MELECON 2004), vol. 2, pp. 457 - 460, 2004.

  49. E.V. Depasquale, A. Muscat, C.J. Debono, "Simulations of the Diversity Performance of a Diversity Antenna," Proc. of the 5th IEE Int. Conf. on Computation in Electromagnetics, pp. 127 - 128, 2004.

  50. I. Grech, J.Micallef, G. Azzopardi, C.J. Debono,"A 0.9 V Wide-Input-Range Bulk-Input CMOS OTA for GM-C Filters", Proc. of the 10th IEEE Int. Conf. on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, pp. 818 - 821, 2003.

  51. C.J. Debono, F. Maloberti, J. Micallef, "A 1.8 GHz CMOS Low-Noise Amplifier", Proc. of the 8th IEEE Int. Conf. on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, pp. 1111 - 1114, 2001.

  52. C.J. Debono, F. Maloberti, J. Micallef, "A 900 MHz, 0.9 V Low-Power CMOS Downconversion Mixer", Proc. of the IEEE 2001 Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, pp. 527 - 530, 2001.

  53. C.J. Debono, F. Maloberti, J. Micallef, "A Low-Voltage CMOS Multiplier and Its Application to a 900MHz RF Downconversion Mixer," Proc. of the 7th IEEE Int. Conf. on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, pp. 108 - 111, 2000.

  54. C.J. Debono, F. Maloberti, J. Micallef, "A Low-Voltage CMOS Multiplier for RF Applications," Proc. of the 2000 Int. Symp. on Low-Power Electronics and Design, pp. 225 - 227, 2000.

  55. I. Grech, J. Micallef, C.J. Debono, P. Malcovati, F. Maloberti,  "A 1V Second Order Sigma-Delta Modulator", Proc. of the 6th IEEE Int. Conf. on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, pp. 1511 - 1514, 1999.

Updated: February 2010