The book elaborates selected, extended and peer reviewed papers on Communication and Signal Proceesing. As Vol. 8 of the series on "Advances on Signals, Systems and Devices" it presents main topics such as: content based video retrieval, wireless communication systems, biometry and medical imaging, adaptive and smart antennae.

• Preface of the Editors 6
• Advances in Systems, Signals and Devices 8
• Editorial Board Members 9
• Advances in Systems, Signals and Devices 12
• Contents 14
• New Proposed Adaptive Beamforming Algorithms Based on Merging CGM and NLMS methods 16
• Efficient Hardware Architecture of DCT Cordic based Loeffler Compression Algorithm for Wireless Endoscopic Capsule 38
• Exploring the Physical Characteristics of an On-chip Router for its Integration in a 3D-mesh NoC 52
• Compact High Speed Hardware for SHA-2 on FPGA 62
• An Extensible Platform for Smart Home Services 76
• Fuzzy-Based Gang Scheduling Approach for Multiprocessor Systems 96
• A Robust Multiple Watermarking Scheme Based on the DWT 112
• Retinal Identification System based on Optical Disc Ring Extraction and New Local SIFT-RUK Descriptor 128
• An Optimized Hardware Architecture of 4×4 Intra Prediction for HEVC Standard 142
• Arabic Continuous Speech Recognition Based on Hybrid SVM/HMM Model 160