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most citedDistance from the Nucleus to a Uniformly Random Point in the 0-cell and the Typical Cell of the Poisson-Voronoi Tessellation

11 citations · 23 across the 24 of their papers we have counts for

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27 papers

eess.SP2026

GLRT for Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface aided Spectrum Sensing

Nikhilsingh Parihar, Praful Mankar, Sachin Chaudhari

Spectrum sensing (SS) is crucial for realising cognitive radio networks, where the secondary user (SU) needs to detect the presence of a primary user (PU) in order to utilise the s…

eess.SP2026

Near-field Wideband Multi-User Localization using NFMR-Net

Pearl Hetul Shah, Srikar Sharma Sadhu, Praful D. Mankar

This paper proposes a deep learning based method for wideband near-field multi-user localization. In particular, the proposed approach utilizes the Zadoff-Chu (ZC) sequence based p…

eess.SP2026

Time-Frequency Pilot Sequence Design and LoS Delay-Doppler Estimation

Aadarsh Devanand, Praful D. Mankar

We present a novel framework for line-of-sight (LoS) delay-Doppler (DD) estimation in dense scattering propagation environments. We present two time-frequency (TF) domain pilot seq…

cs.IT2025

Detection of Number of Subcarriers of OFDM Systems using Eigen-Spectral Analysis

Vishnu Priya Chekuru, Ganapathiraju S S Ananya Varma, Arti Yardi +1

Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) is widely used in modern wireless communication systems due to its robustness against time-dispersive channels. In this work, we c…

cs.IT2025

Capacity Analysis of Cascaded BD-RIS Assisted MIMO Systems

M. S. S. Manasa, Praful D. Mankar, Sundaram Vanka

This paper examines the cascaded deployment of beyond diagonal (BD) reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) and explores its potential to enhance the performance of MIMO systems…

eess.SP2025

Near-field Anchor-free Localization using Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces

Srikar Sharma Sadhu, Praful D. Mankar, Santosh Nannuru

Near-field localization is expected to play a crucial role in enabling a plethora of applications under the paradigm of 6G networks. The conventional localization methods rely on c…

eess.SP2025

Near-field 5D Pose Estimation using Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces

Srikar Sharma Sadhu, Praful D. Mankar, Santosh Nannuru

The advent of 6G is expected to enable many use cases which may rely on accurate knowledge of the location and orientation of user equipment (UE). The conventional localization met…

cs.IT2024

Peak Age of Information under Tandem of Queues

Ashirwad Sinha, Shubhransh Singhvi, Praful D. Mankar +1

This paper considers a communication system where a source sends time-sensitive information to its destination via queues in tandem. We assume that the arrival process as well as t…

cs.IT2024

Characterization of Capacity and Outage of RIS-aided Downlink Systems under Rician Fading

Kali Krishna Kota, Praful D. Mankar, Harpreet S. Dhillon

This letter presents optimal beamforming and outage analysis for a Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS)-aided multiple input single output downlink system under Rician fading o…

cs.IT2024

Capacity Maximization for RIS-assisted Multi-user MISO Communication Systems

M. S. S. Manasa, Kali Krishna Kota, Praful D. Mankar +1

We consider a multi-user multiple input single output (MU-MISO) system assisted by a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS). For such a system, we aim to optimally select the RIS…

cs.IT2024

RIS-NOMA integrated low-complexity transceiver architecture: Sum rate and energy efficiency perspective

Kali Krishna Kota, Praful D. Mankar

This paper aims to explore reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) integration in a millimeter wave (mmWave) communication system with low-complexity transceiver architecture unde…

eess.SP2023

Maximum Eigenvalue Detection based Spectrum Sensing in RIS-aided System with Correlated Fading

Nikhilsingh Parihar, Praful D. Mankar, Sachin Chaudhari

Robust spectrum sensing is crucial for facilitating opportunistic spectrum utilization for secondary users (SU) in the absense of primary users (PU). However, propagation environme…

cs.IT2023

Statistically Optimal Beamforming and Ergodic Capacity for RIS-aided MISO Systems

Kali Krishna Kota, M. S. S. Manasa, Praful D. Mankar +1

This paper focuses on optimal beamforming to maximize the mean signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-aided MISO downlink system under correlate…

cs.IT2022

Age of Information with On-Off Service

Ashirwad Sinha, Praful D. Mankar, Nikolaos Pappas +1

This paper considers a communication system where a source sends time-sensitive information to its destination. We assume that both arrival and service processes of the messages ar…

cs.IT2022

Coding Gain for Age of Information in a Multi-source System with Erasure Channel

Shubhransh Singhvi, Praful D. Mankar

In our work, we study the age of information ($\AoI$) in a multi-source system where sources transmit updates of their time-varying processes via a common-aggregator node to a…

cs.IT2022

Optimal Beamforming and Outage Analysis for Max Mean SNR under RIS-aided Communication

Kali Krishna Kota, Praful D. Mankar, Harpreet S. Dhillon

This paper considers beamforming for a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-aided multiple input single output (MISO) communication system in the presence of Rician multipath f…

cs.NI2022★ 8 cited

Deep Learning based Coverage and Rate Manifold Estimation in Cellular Networks

Washim Uddin Mondal, Praful D. Mankar, Goutam Das +2

This article proposes Convolutional Neural Network-based Auto Encoder (CNN-AE) to predict location-dependent rate and coverage probability of a network from its topology. We train…

cs.IT2021

Adaptive Rate NOMA for Cellular IoT Networks

G. Sreya, S. Saigadha, Praful D. Mankar +2

Internet-of-Things (IoT) technology is envisioned to enable a variety of real-time applications by interconnecting billions of sensors/devices deployed to observe some random physi…

cs.IT2020

Spatial Distribution of the Mean Peak Age of Information in Wireless Networks

Praful D. Mankar, Mohamed A. Abd-Elmagid, Harpreet S. Dhillon

This paper considers a large-scale wireless network consisting of source-destination (SD) pairs, where the sources send time-sensitive information, termed status updates, to their…

cs.IT2020

Throughput and Age of Information in a Cellular-based IoT Network

Praful D. Mankar, Zheng Chen, Mohamed A. Abd-Elmagid +2

This paper studies the interplay between device-to-device (D2D) communications and real-time monitoring systems in a cellular-based Internet of Things (IoT) network. In particular,…

cs.IT2019

Downlink Analysis for the Typical Cell in Poisson Cellular Networks

Praful D. Mankar, Priyabrata Parida, Harpreet S. Dhillon +1

Owing to its unparalleled tractability, the Poisson point process (PPP) has emerged as a popular model for the analysis of cellular networks. Considering a stationary point process…

cs.IT2019

Downlink Analysis of NOMA-enabled Cellular Networks with 3GPP-inspired User Ranking

Praful D. Mankar, Harpreet S. Dhillon

This paper provides a comprehensive downlink analysis of non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) enabled cellular networks using tools from stochastic geometry. As a part of this ana…

math.PR2019★ 11 cited

Distance from the Nucleus to a Uniformly Random Point in the 0-cell and the Typical Cell of the Poisson-Voronoi Tessellation

Praful D. Mankar, Priyabrata Parida, Harpreet S. Dhillon +1

Consider the distances and from the nucleus to a uniformly random point in the 0-cell and the typical cell, respectively, of the -dimensional Poisson-Voronoi…

eess.SP2019

Meta Distribution for Downlink NOMA in Cellular Networks with 3GPP-inspired User Ranking

Praful D. Mankar, Harpreet S. Dhillon

This paper presents the meta distribution analysis of the downlink two-user non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) in cellular networks. We propose a novel user ranking technique wh…