Other Details:Course -
TN 2106 – Cooperative Communications
Research Interests -
Antennas & Antenna Arrays
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Radio Channel Measurements and Modelling – Radio Communications
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Broadband Wireless Communications/Networks - Wireless Information Networks
Funded Research Projects -
ISRO – Respond
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Principal Investigator of the research project titled “ALTS Antenna Array for Inter-Satellite Wireless Communications” awarded/sanctioned by the ISRO,Govt. of India, No. ISRO/RES/3/647/2014-15, Dt. 5 Aug 2014, with 21.6 Lakhs budget for 3 years.
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DST Sponsored Research Project
Principal Investigator of the research project titled “Near-Ground RF Propagation Studies for Wireless Sensor Communications”, awarded/sanctioned by the Department of Science & Technology (DST), Govt. of India, No.SR/S3/EECE/0016/2010, Dt.08 March 2010, with a budget of 38 lakhs and of 3 years duration. -
DRDO Sponsored Research Project
Principal Investigator of the research project titled “Millimeter-Wave Antenna Circuitry and Network Planning/Deployment Studies for Future Ubiquitous Broadband Wireless Systems”, awarded/sanctioned by the DRDO, Govt. of India, No. ERIP/ER/1003907/M/01/1288 Dt.17.02.2011, with a budget of 37 lakhs and of 3 years duration.
Selected Publications - “60 GHz Radio Link Characteristic Studies in Hallway Environment using Antipodal Linear Tapered Slot Antenna”; PurvaShrivastava and T. Rama Rao; IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation, Vol.9, Issue.15, p.1793-1802, 2015.
- “Performance Investigations with Antipodal Linear Tapered Slot Antenna on 60GHz Radio Link in a Narrow Hallway Environment”; PurvaShrivastava and T. Rama Rao; Progress In Electromagnetics Research C, Vol. 58, P.69-77, 2015.
- “Indoor Radio Link Characterization Studies for Millimeter Wave Wireless Communications Utilizing Dielectric Loaded Exponentially Tapered Slot Antenna”,Ramesh, S., Rama Rao, T., Taylor & Francis - Journal of ElectromagneticWaves and Applications, Vol. 29, No. 4, p.551–564, 2015.
- “Investigations on Corrugation Issues in SIW Based Antipodal Linear Tapered Slot Antenna at 60 GHz for Wireless Communications”, Purva Shrivastava, Devanshu Chandra, Nishesh Tiwari, and T Rama Rao, In-Press, The Applied Computational Electromagnetic Society Journal (http://www.aces-society.org).
- “Near-Floor Short-Range Radio Link Measurements and Linear Regression based Modeling at 915 / 2400 MHz in Indoor Corridors”, Balachander. D, Rama Rao. T and Dhanavanthan. P, In-Press, International Journal of Sensor Networks, 2013.
- “Dielectric Loaded Exponentially Tapered Slot Antenna Utilizing Substrate Integrated Waveguide Technology for Millimeter Wave Applications”, S. Ramesh and T. Rama Rao; Progress In Electromagnetics Research C, Vol. 42, 149-164, 2013.
- “UHF Short-Range Pathloss Measurements in Forest & Plantation Environments for Wireless Sensor Networks”, Rama Rao. T, Balachander.D, Nishesh Tiwari and Prasad M V S N; IET Wireless Sensor Systems, Volume 3, Issue 1, p. 80 – 84, March 2013.
- “RF Propagation Experiments in Agricultural Fields and Gardens for Wireless Sensor Communications”, D. Balachander, T. Rama Rao and G. Mahesh; Progress In Electromagnetics Research C, Vol. 39, 103-118, 2013.
- “Dielectric Loaded Exponentially Tapered Slot Antenna for Wireless Communications at 60 GHz”, S. Ramesh and T. Rama Rao, Progress in Electromagnetics Research C, Vol. 38, p.43-54, 2013.
- “RF Propagation Investigation at 915/2400 MHz in Indoor Corridor Environments for Wireless Sensor Communications”, T. Rama Rao and D. Balachander, Progress In Electromagnetics Research B, Vol. 47, p.359-381, 2013.
- “Near Ground/Floor Path Gain Measurements at 433/868/915/2400 MHz in Indoor Corridor for Wireless Sensor Networks”, Rama Rao. T, Balachander.D, NisheshTiwari and Prasad M V S N; Accepted for Publication in Telecommunication Systems, Springer Journal. DOI: 10.1007/s11235-013-9848-1
Book Chapter - “Security Issues and Models in Mobile ad hoc Networks”, Revathi Venkataraman and T. Rama Rao in Technological Advancements and Applications in Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks: Research Trends, Edited by Kamaljit I. Lakhtaria; Pages 219-227, DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-0321-9, ISBN13: 9781466603219, ISBN10: 1466603216, EISBN13: 9781466603226, http://www.igi-global.com/book/technological-advancements-applications-mobile-hoc/59721
- “Trust Management and Modeling Techniques in Wireless Communications”, Revathi Venkataraman, M. Pushpalatha, T. Rama Rao, published in the IGI Global book series Advances in Information Security, Privacy, and Ethics (AISPE) Book Series (ISSN: 1948-9730; eISSN: 1948-9749) Edited by Danda B. Rawat, Bhed B. Bista, and Gongjun Yan, 2014.
Working Papers - "Antipodal Linear Tapered Slot Antenna based Radio Link Characterization in Narrow Hallway Environment at 60 GHz"
- “Performance Investigations and SAR Analysis of a Dual-band Microstrip Antenna for Body Wearable Wireless Devices at UWB Channel Frequencies”
- “Circularly Polarized Penta-band based Planar Tapered Feed Spiral Antenna Design and Radio Link Analysis for Vehicular Communications”
Work in Progress: -
Planning & Deployment Issues for Multimedia based Wireless Sensor Network Communications
Academic Experience -
July 2006 – June 2007 worked as ‘Visiting Scholar’ under William Girling Watson Visiting Scholarshipat the School of Electrical and Information Engineering, University of Sydney, Australia.
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January 2004 – June 2006 worked as ‘Professor Visitante’ at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Leganes, Madrid, Spain.
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August 2002 – May 2003 worked as ‘Post Doctoral Research Fellow’ at Department of Communication Engineering, National Chio Tung Univeristy, Hsinchu, Taiwan. (Worked for “Spatio–Temporal Channel Sounding Measurements at 1.9/2.4 GHz”)
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March 2001 – April 2002 worked as ‘Assistant Research Professor’ at Center for PersonKommunikation, Aalborg University, Denmark. (worked in EC’s IST project “Cellular Network Optimization Based on Mobile Location CELLO” - The objective of the CELLO project is to utilize the emerging mobile location technologies for various enhancements to be proposed for mobile networks)
Achievements and Awards -
Selected as YOUNG SCIENTIST for the XXVIth URSI (International Union of Radio Science) General Assembly, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, 13-21 August 1999.
- IETE – 2013 Smt Manorama Rathore Memorial Award (IETE Diamond Jubilee year 1953-2013) for significant contributions in the field of Electronics & Communications.
Recognitions -
IEEE Madras Section - Executive Committee Member (for the year 2014)
- IEEE Madras Section - Antenna Propagation Society Committee Member (for the year 2014)
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IEEE ANTS 2013
Co-Chair for 7th edition of IEEE ANTS (http://www.ieee-comsoc-ants.org), held at SRM University, Chennai during 15-18 Dec 2013. Advanced Networks and Telecommunication Systems (ANTS) is the IEEE forum on Networking and Telecommunications topics in India, a pure IEEE International Conference backed by IEEE Communications Society COMSOC)
Scientific and Professional Societies Membership -
Fellow IETE, The Institution of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineers (India)
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Member, IEEE, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Member No. 41254107)
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Life Member ISCA, The Indian Science Congress Association, India (No.L16099)
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ACM Member, Association for Computing Machinery (Member No.9611128)
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Member – WWRF: Wireless World Research Forum (http://wwrf.ch)
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Member, IACSIT - International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology (Member No.: 80332101)
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Senior Member, ACEEE - Association of Computer, Electronics and Electrical Engineers (Member No.: 7000328)
PhD Supervision/Students Awarded -
Mrs. Revathi Venkataraman (PhD Awarded – February 2013)
Thesis: Regression based Trust Model for Wireless Adhoc Networks -
Mr. K. Hari Krishna (PhD Awarded – February 2013)
Thesis: Design & Implementation of Efficient FFT Algorithm for OFDM based Communication Systems - Mrs. M. Pushpalatha (PhD Awarded - August 2013)
Thesis: Centrality based Data Replication for Wireless AdHoc Networks - Mr. D. Balachander (PhD Awarded – December 2013)
Thesis: RF Propagation Investigations for Wireless Sensor Networks at 915 / 2400 MHz -
Mrs. M.S. Vasanthi (PhD Awarded – December 2014)
Thesis: Investigations on Trans-Receiver Architectures for Wireless Sensor Networks -
Mr. S. Ramesh (PhD Awarded –March 2015)
Thesis: Design & Development of ETS Antennas 60 GHz Wireless Communications. - Ms. PurvaSrivastva (PhD Awarded –March 2016)
Thesis: Performance Investigations of Substrate Integrated Waveguide based Antipodal Linear Tapered Slot Antenna for 60 GHz
Under Execution - Mr.NisheshTiwari
- Topic: Beamforming Issues at 60 GHz Wireless Communications
- Mrs. M. Susila
- Topic: UWB Wireless Indoor Communications
- Mrs.Ramya
- Topic: Vehicular Wireless Communications
- Mrs.Varshini K
- Topic: Body-Centric Wireless Communications
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