Research Areas


  • Physical layer and Medium Access Control (MAC) layer protocols/algorithms for

    • 4G/5G/5G+ Wireless Communication Systems

    • Internet of Things (IoT)

    • Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTNs)

  • Communication Technologies

    • Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA)

    • Grant Free (GF) Access

    • 3GPP Compatible Communication Mechanisms

    • Machine Learning based solutions for communication systems

  • Joint Radar and Communication Systems

  • Applications of Machine Learning (ML) in biomedical applications


Publications and Patents


Publications

Patents



Research Projects (as Principal Investigator)


  1. SERB Core Research Grant (CRG) - Exponential Technologies: "A Spatial Scale-up to 6G: Developing Physical Layer Technologies for 6G IoT Non-Terrestrial networks (NTNs)" (Dec. 2022 - Dec. 2025)

  2. SERB IMPRINT.IIc: "A Unified Broadband and Internet-of-Things (IoT) Base-station with Energy Efficient Resource Allocation and Caching Capabilities" (Nov. 2019 - Nov. 2022)

  3. Consultancy Project with Arista Networks (through CSIR grants): "Dynamic Resource Allocation in WiFi Networks" (2.5 years)

  4. Consultancy Project with MMRFIC Technology Pvt. Ltd.: "Gbps Wireless Modem Development" (1 year)



Invited Talks and Workshops



  1. ATAL Faculty Development Program (FDP) on 6G at NIE Mysore: "NB-IoT for 5G and Beyond" (2024)

  2. SERB Karyashala (high-end workshop) at NIT Trichy: "Grant-Free Access in 5G and Beyond" (2023)

  3. SERB Karyashala (high-end workshop) at IIT Indore: "Modelling and Analysis of Grant-Free IoT Networks and Non-Terrestrial Networks" (2022)

  4. ATAL Faculty Development Program (FDP) on 5G at IIT Goa: "5G NR Standard and Grant-free Access" (2022)

  5. ATAL Faculty Development Program (FDP) on 6G at IIT Dharwad: "UAV Based IoT Networks" (2022)

  6. Invited Lecture at NIE, Mysore: "MIMO and OFDM Systems" (2022)

  7. Workshop on “Enabling Wireless Technology: Software Defined Radio Applications” at KLE Technological University, Hubli: “Overview of 4G LTE and 5G standards” and “Non-orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA)” (2022)

  8. Faculty Development Program (FDP) on “Recent advancements in 5G and millimetre wave Technology”: “Non-orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA)” and “Grant-free Access in 5G+ Uplink” (2021)

  9. Employee Training at Broadridge Financial Solutions: "Application of Machine Learning in Finance" and "Dimensionality Reduction Techniques in Machine Learning" (2020)

  10. 5-day workshop at Indian Telephone Industries (ITI), Bangalore: "Workshop on 5G Technologies" (2019)

  11. Talk at IIT Kharagpur: “Signal Processing for IoT” (2019)

  12. Seminar at Navodaya Institute of Technology, Raichur: “Wireless Communication Technologies for 5G” (2019)

  13. Seminar at Texas Instruments, Bangalore: "Next Generation Wireless Networks: 5G and Beyond" (2018)