Key research themes
1. How can bit error rate (BER) estimation methods be theoretically modeled and experimentally validated for ADCs and communication channels?
This research area focuses on deriving analytical expressions and simulation models to accurately estimate and analyze BER and related effective bit parameters under practical conditions, including noise, quantization, clipping, and diverse channel effects. It is crucial to optimize measurement and signal processing procedures for system design, characterization, and performance evaluation in digital communication and data acquisition systems.
2. What are the impacts of channel impairments and fading on BER, and how can advanced decoding and equalization methods mitigate these effects in multiuser and MIMO communication systems?
This theme explores how multipath fading, interference, and hardware impairments degrade BER performance in wireless systems, particularly in multi-input multi-output (MIMO) and multiuser scenarios. It includes the design and evaluation of equalization (e.g., hybrid ZF-MMSE), interference cancellation, and advanced decoding algorithms such as Viterbi, neural network-based demodulation, and soft output decoders targeting improved BER under realistic channel conditions.
3. How do modulation schemes and multiple access techniques influence BER performance in fading and noisy channels, and what role do machine learning and power allocation strategies play?
This theme investigates the influence of modulation formats, multiple access methods such as NOMA, and novel machine learning techniques on BER in various channel conditions (Rayleigh, Nakagami, Rician). It highlights power allocation bounds for user fairness, DL-based demodulation and decoding strategies, and chaos-based modulation schemes that improve BER, spectral efficiency, and robustness under fading and interference.