DoCoMo USA Labs: Researcher Web Pages

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Ismail Guvenc
Research Engineer
DOCOMO USA Labs

iguvenc@docomolabs-usa.com

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RESEARCH INTERESTS

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BACKGROUND

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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

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PUBLICATIONS

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Background:

Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (May 2006)

Research Intern at Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs (MERL), Boston, MA (Jan. 2005-Aug. 2005)

M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (Dec. 2002)
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey (May 2001)

Professional Activities:

Senior Member of IEEE
Associate Editor for IEEE Commun. Lett. (2010-Present) and IEEE Wireless Commun. Lett. (2011-Present).
Guest Editorial:

- Ismail Guvenc, Simon Saunders, Ozgur Oyman, Holger Claussen, Alan Gatherer, “EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking – Special Issue on Femtocell Networks”, April 2010.

- Robert W. Heath Jr., Merouane Debbah, Erik Larsson, Dong In Kim, Harish Viswanathan, Ismail Guvenc, “IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing - Special Issue on Signal Processing in Heterogeneous Networks for Future Broadband Wireless Systems”, manuscript submissions due June 10, 2011.

Organizing Committee Member: ICCCN 2008 (Sponsorship Co-chair), ICCCN 2009 (Local Arrangements Chair), FEMnet-2010 (Workshop Co-chair), HETnet-2011 (Workshop Co-chair), FEMnet-2011 (Steering Committee).
Technical Program Committee Member:

- 2007: ICCCN

- 2008: ICCCN, CCNC, ICC, VTC-S, GLOBECOM, MELT Workshop (Mobicom)

- 2009: ICC, WCNC, VCT-F, VTC-S, PIMRC, MELT Workshop (Ubicomp)

- 2010: ICC, VTC-F, VTC-S, PIMRC, APLEC Workshop (PIMRC), CogCloud Workshop (PIMRC)

- 2011: ICC, GLOBECOM, ICCCN, VTC-S, IWCMC, GNSS, coHetNets Workshop (ICCCN)

Session Chair: ICC 2011, PIMRC 2010 (IOFC Workshop), PIMRC 2009, MOBICOM (MELT Workshop) 2008, GLOBECOM 2008, WCNC 2004, VTC 2003.
Panelist at WCA LBS Special Interest Group Meeting: “Location without GNSS: Perspectives and Research”, Palo Alto, CA, Sept. 30, 2008.

Recent Talks

I. Guvenc, “An Overview of Heterogeneous Networks and Related Interference Mitigation Techniques”, Invited talk at TUBITAK-UEKAE, Gebze, Turkey, Sept. 7, 2010.
I. Guvenc, “Femtocell Interference Management”, Invited talk at UC-Davis, CA, Nov. 24, 2009.
I. Guvenc, “Indoor Ranging/Localization Using Ultra-Wideband Systems”, WCA LBS Special Interest Group Meeting, Palo Alto, CA, Sept. 30, 2008 (Slides).
I. Guvenc, “A Short Review of RF-Based Location Estimation Techniques”, The First ACM International Workshop on Mobile Entity Localization and Tracking in GPS-less Environments (MELT), San Francisco, CA, Sept. 19, 2008 (Slides).

Publications

Books:

1. Z. Sahinoglu, S. Gezici, and I. Guvenc, “Ultra-Wideband Positioning Systems- Theoretical Limits, Ranging Algorithms, and Protocols”, Cambridge University Press, Aug. 2008.

2. I. Guvenc, Z. Sahinoglu, S. Gezici, and U. C. Kozat (Editors), “Reliable Communications for Short-Range Wireless Systems”, Cambridge University Press, Apr. 2011.

3. T. Q. S. Quek, G. de la Roche, I. Guvenc, and M. Kountouris (Editors), “Femtocell Networks: Deployment, PHY Techniques, and Resource Management” (in progress), Cambridge University Press, to be published in Q2 of 2012.

Book Chapters:

1. I. Guvenc, S. Gezici, Z. Sahinoglu, and U. Kozat, “Short-Range Wireless Communications and Reliability”, in Reliable Communications for Short-Range Wireless Systems (Editors: Ismail Guvenc, S. Gezici, Z. Sahinoglu, and U. C. Kozat), Cambridge University Press, 2011.

2. S. Gezici and I. Guvenc, “High-Rate UWB and 60 GHz Communications”, in Reliable Communications for Short-Range Wireless Systems (Editors: Ismail Guvenc, S. Gezici, Z. Sahinoglu, and U. C. Kozat), Cambridge University Press, 2011.

3. Z. Sahinoglu and I. Guvenc, “ZigBee Networks and Low-Rate UWB Communications”, in Reliable Communications for Short-Range Wireless Systems (Editors: Ismail Guvenc, S. Gezici, Z. Sahinoglu, and U. C. Kozat), Cambridge University Press, 2011.

4. I. Guvenc, “NLOS Mitigation Techniques for Wireless Location Estimation”, in Mobile Positioning: from Standalone to Cooperative Solutions (Editors: Simone Frattasi and Joao Figueiras), John Wiley & Sons, 2010.

5. I. Guvenc, M. E. Sahin, H. Mahmoud, and H. Arslan, “Deployment Modes and Interference Avoidance for Next-Generation Femtocell Networks”, in Fixed-Mobile Convergence Handbook (Editors: Syed Ahson and Mohammad Ilyas), CRC Press, 2010.

6. H. Arslan, I. Guvenc and S. Ahmed, “UWB Modulation Options”, in Ultra Wideband Wireless Communications (Editors: Huseyin Arslan, Zhi Ning Chen, and Maria-Gabriella Di Benedetto), John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2006.

Journal Papers:

1. D. Perez, I. Guvenc, G. de la Roche, M. Kountouris, T. Q. S. Quek, "Enhanced Inter-Cell Interference Coordination Challenges in Heterogeneous Networks," to appear in IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, Special Issue on HetNets, June 2011.

2. I. Guvenc, S. Gezici, and Z. Sahinoglu, "Fundamental Limits and Improved Algorithms for Linear Least-Squares Wireless Position Estimation," Wiley Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, Sep. 2010.

3. M. E. Sahin, I. Guvenc, and H. Arslan, "An Iterative Interference Cancellation method for Co-channel Multicarrier and Narrowband Systems", Elsevier Physical Communication Journal, July 2010.

4. M. E. Sahin, I. Guvenc, M. R. Jeong, H. Arslan, "Handling CCI and ICI in OFDMA Femtocell Networks Through Frequency Scheduling," IEEE Trans. Consumer Electronics, vol. 55, No. 4, pp. 1936-1944, Nov. 2009.

5. M. E. Sahin, I. Guvenc, and H. Arslan, "Uplink User Signal Separation for OFDMA-Based Cognitive Radios," EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing (Special Issue on Cognitive Radio), Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 502369, Jan. 2010.

6. H. Celebi, I. Guvenc, S. Gezici, and H. Arslan, "Cognitive Radio Systems for Spectrum, Location, and Environment Awareness," IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, vol. 52, no. 4, pp. 41-61, 2010.

7. M. E. Sahin, I. Guvenc, H. Arslan, "Opportunity Detection for OFDMA Based Cognitive Radio Systems with Timing Misalignment," IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 8, No. 10, pp. 5300-5313, Oct. 2009.

8. C. C. Chong, I. Guvenc, F. Watanabe, and H. Inamura, "Ranging and Localization by UWB Radio for Indoor LBS", NTT DOCOMO Technical Journal (English version), Vol. 11, No. 1, pp.41-48, June 2009 (Japanese Version: pp.40-46, April 2009).

9. I. Guvenc, “Statistics of Macrocell-Synchronous Femtocell-Asynchronous Users' Delays for Improved Femtocell Uplink Receiver Design”, IEEE Commun. Lett., vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 239-241, Apr. 2009.

10. I. Guvenc, M. R. Jeong, F. Watanabe, and H. Inamura, “A Hybrid Frequency Assignment for Femtocells and Coverage Area Analysis for Co-Channel Operation”, IEEE Commun. Lett., vol. 12, no. 12, pp. 880-882, Dec. 2008.

11. I. Guvenc and C. C. Chong, “A Survey on TOA Based Wireless Localization and NLOS Mitigation Techniques”, in IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, no. 3, July 2009.

12. I. Guvenc, Z. Sahinoglu, H. Arslan, and P. Orlik, “Searchback Algorithms for TOA estimation in Non-Coherent Low-Rate IR-UWB Systems”, Springer Wireless Personal Communications, vol. 48, no. 4, pp. 585-603, 2008.

13. I. Guvenc, Ulas C. Kozat, Moo-Ryong Jeong, Fujio Watanabe, Chia-Chin Chong, "Reliable Multicast and Broadcast Services (R-MBS) in Relay-Based Emergency Communications," accepted for IEEE Wireless Communication Magazine - special issue on "Wireless Technologies Advances for Emergency and Rural Communications", June 2008.

14. I. Guvenc, C. C. Chong and F. Watanabe, “NLOS identification and weighted least squares localization for UWB systems using multipath channel statistics,” EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing (Special Issue on Signal Processing for Location Estimation and Tracking in Wireless Environments), 2007.

15. I. Guvenc and H. Arslan, "On the Transceiver Types of IR-UWB systems at Sub-Nyquist Sampling Rates", Springer Wireless Personal Commun. Journal, vol. 46, no. 3, pp. 329-350, Dec. 2007.

16. I. Guvenc, Z. Sahinoglu, and P. Orlik, "TOA Estimation in IR-UWB with Different Transceiver Types", IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory and Techniques (MTT), Special Issue on Ultrawideband Communications, vol. 54, no. 4(2), pp. 1876-1886, Apr. 2006.

17. I. Guvenc, H. Arslan, S. Gezici, and H. Kobayashi, "Adaptation of two types of processing gains for UWB impulse radio wireless sensor networks", IET Proceedings on Communications, vol. 1, no. 8, Dec. 2007.

18. I. Guvenc and Z. Sahinoglu, "Threshold Selection for UWB TOA Estimation Based on Kurtosis Analysis", IEEE Commun. Lett., vol. 9, no.12, pp. 1025-1027, Dec. 2005.

19. I. Guvenc and H. Arslan, "A Review on Multiple Access Interference Cancellation and Avoidance for IR-UWB", in Elsevier Signal Processing Journal, vol. 87, no. 4, pp. 623-653, Apr. 2007.

20. Z. Sahinoglu and I. Guvenc, "Multiuser Interference Mitigation in Non-coherent UWB Ranging via Nonlinear Filtering", in EURASIP Journal on Wireless Commun. and Networking, pp. 1-10, no. 2, Apr. 2006.

21. M. E. Sahin, I. Guvenc, and H. Arslan, "Joint Parameter Estimation for UWB Energy Detectors Using OOK", in Springer Wireless Personal Commun. Journal, vol. 40, no. 4, pp. 579-591, Mar. 2007.

22. I. Guvenc and H. Arslan, "TH Sequence Construction for Centralised UWB-IR Systems in Dispersive Channels", IEE Electronics Lett., vol. 40, pp. 491-492, Apr. 2004.

I. Guvenc and H. Arslan, "Performance Analysis of UWB Systems in the Presence of Timing Jitter", Journal on Communications and Networks, vol. 6, pp. 182-191, June 2004.

Conference Papers:

1. S. Mukherjee and I. Guvenc, "Effects of Range Expansion and Interference Coordination on Capacity and Fairness in Heterogeneous Networks," to appear in IEEE Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, Monterey, CA, Nov. 2011.

2. M. B. Celebi, I. Guvenc, and H. Arslan, " 'Interference Mitigation for LTE Uplink Through Iterative Blanking," to appear in IEEE Global Telecommun. Conf. (GLOBECOM), Houston, TX, Dec. 2011.

3. A. Sahin, I. Guvenc, and H. Arslan, "Analysis of Uplink Inter-Carrier-Interference Observed at Femtocell Networks," to appear in IEEE Int. Conf. Commun. (ICC) Kyoto, Japan, June 2011.

4. M. C. Erturk, I. Guvenc, H. Arslan, "Femtocell Gateway Scheduling for Capacity and Fairness Improvement in Neighboring Femtocell Networks," in Proc. IEEE CogCloud Workshop (co-located with IEEE PIMRC 2010), Istanbul, Turkey, Sept. 2010.

5. I. Demirdogen, I. Guvenc, H. Arslan, "A Simulation Study of Performance Trade-offs in Open Access Femtocell Networks," in Proc. IEEE Indoor Outdoor Femtocells (IOFC) Workshop (co-located with PIMRC 2010), Istanbul, Turkey, Sept. 2010.

6. I. Guvenc, M. R. Jeong, M. E. Sahin, H. Xu, and F. Watanabe, "Interference Avoidance in 3GPP Femtocell Networks Using Resource Partitioning and Sensing," in Proc. IEEE Indoor Outdoor Femtocells (IOFC) Workshop (co-located with PIMRC 2010), Istanbul, Turkey, Sept. 2010.

7. M. C. Erturk, H. Aki, I. Guvenc, and H. Arslan, "Fair and QoS-oriented Spectrum Splitting in Macrocell-Femtocell Networks", in Proc. IEEE Global Telecommun. Conf. (GLOBECOM), Miami, FL, Dec. 2010.

8. I. Demirdogen, I. Guvenc, and H. Arslan, "Capacity of Closed-Access Femtocell Networks with Dynamic Spectrum Reuse," in Proc. IEEE PIMRC 2010, Istanbul, Turkey, Sept. 2010.

9. H. A. Mahmoud, I. Guvenc, and F. Watanabe, "Performance of Open Access Femtocell Networks with Different Cell-Selection Methods", in Proc. IEEE VTC 2010, Taipei, Taiwan, May 2010.

10. M. E. Sahin, I. Guvenc, and H. Arslan, "Iterative Interference Cancellation for Co-Channel Multicarrier and Narrowband Systems", in Proc. IEEE WCNC 2010, Sydney, Australia, April 2010.

11. H. Mahmoud and I. Guvenc, "A Comparative Study of Different Deployment Modes for Femtocell Networks," in Proc. IEEE Indoor and Outdoor Femtocells Workshop (co-located with PIMRC), Tokyo, Sept. 2009.

12. I. Guvenc and U. C. Kozat, "Impact of Spreading on the Capacity of Neighboring Femtocells," in Proc. IEEE PIMRC 2009, Tokyo, Sept. 2009.

13. I. Guvenc, S. Tombaz, M. E. Sahin, H. Arslan, and H. A. Cirpan, "ICI-Minimizing Blind Uplink Time Synchronization for OFDMA-Based Cognitive Radio Systems," in Proc. IEEE Global Telecommun. Conf. (GLOBECOM), Honolulu, HI, Nov. 2009.

14. M. E. Sahin, I. Guvenc, M. R. Jeong, and H. Arslan, "User Separation for OFDMA Uplink", in Proc. IEEE Vehic. Technol. Conf. (VTC-2009 Spring), Barcelona, Spain, Apr. 2009.

15. M. E. Sahin, I. Guvenc, M. R. Jeong, F. Watanabe, and H. Arslan, “Opportunity Detection for OFDMA Systems with Timing Misalignment”, in Proc. IEEE GLOBECOM 2008 , New Orleans, LA, Nov. 2008.

16. I. Guvenc, S. Gezici, and Z. Sahinoglu, “Ultra-Wideband Range Estimation: Theoretical Limits and Practical Algorithms”, in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on UWB (ICUWB), Hannover, Germany, Sept. 2008 (Invited Paper).

17. C. C. Chong, I Guvenc, F. Watanabe, and H. Inamura, “Enabling Technologies for Indoor Location-Based Services”, in Proc. URSI General Assembly, Chicago, IL, Aug. 2008 (Invited Paper).

18. I. Guvenc, S. Gezici, F. Watanabe, and H. Inamura, "Enhancements to Linear Least Squares Localization through Reference Selection and ML Estimation”, in Proc. IEEE Wireless Commun. and Networking Conf. (WCNC), Las Vegas, NV, April 2008.

19. S. Gezici, I. Guvenc, and Z. Sahinoglu, “On the Performance of Linear Least Squares Estimation in Wireless Positioning Systems”, in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Commun. (ICC), Beijing, China, May 2008.

20. H. Xu, C. C. Chong, I. Guvenc, F. Watanabe, and L. Yang, “High-Resolution TOA Estimation with Multi-Band OFDM UWB Signals”, in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Commun. (ICC), Beijing, China, May 2008.

21. I. Guvenc, C. C. Chong, and F. Watanabe, “Joint TOA Estimation and Localization Technique for UWB Sensor Network Applications,” in Proc. IEEE Veh. Technol. Conf. (VTC), Dublin, Ireland, pp. 1574-1578, April 2007.

22. I. Guvenc, C. C. Chong, and F. Watanabe, “ Analysis of a Linear Least-Squares Localization Technique in LOS and NLOS Environments,” in Proc. IEEE Veh. Technol. Conf. (VTC), Dublin, Ireland, pp. 1886-1890, April 2007.

23. I. Guvenc, C. C. Chong, and F. Watanabe, “NLOS identification and mitigation for UWB localization systems,” Proc. IEEE Wireless Commun. Networking Conf. (WCNC), Hong Kong, pp. 1571-1576, March 2007.

24. Z. Sahinoglu, I. Guvenc, P. Orlik, and A. F. Molisch, “Interference Suppression in Non-coherent Time-Hopping IR-UWB Ranging”, in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Ultra-wideband (ICUWB), Weltham, MA, pp. 507-511, Sept. 2006.

25. I. Guvenc and H. Arslan, "Bit Error Rates of IR-UWB Transceiver Types at Sub-Nyquist Sampling Rates", in Proc. IEEE Wireless Commun. Networking Conf. (WCNC), Las Vegas, pp. 1080-1085, Apr. 2006.

26. I. Guvenc and H. Arslan, "Comparison of Two Searchback Schemes for Non-Coherent TOA Estimation in IR-UWB Systems", in Proc. IEEE Sarnoff Symposium, Princeton, NJ, March 2006.

27. H. Celebi, I. Guvenc, and H. Arslan, "On the Statistics of Channel Models for UWB Ranging", in Proc. IEEE Sarnoff Symposium, Princeton, NJ, March 2006.

28. I. Guvenc, Z. Sahinoglu, A. F. Molisch, and P. Orlik, "Non-coherent TOA Estimation in IR-UWB Networks with Different Signal Waveforms", in Proc. IEEE Int. Workshop on Ultrawideband Wireless Networks (UWBNETS), Boston, MA, vol.2, pp. 1168-1174, Oct. 2005 (Invited Paper).

29. I. Guvenc and Z. Sahinoglu, "Multiscale Energy Products for TOA Estimation in IR-UWB Systems", in Proc. IEEE Global Telecommun. Conf. (GLOBECOM), St. Louis, MO, vol. 1, Dec. 2005.

30. I. Guvenc and Z. Sahinoglu, "TOA Estimation with Different IR-UWB Transceiver Types", in Proc. IEEE International Conf. UWB (ICU), Zurich, Switzerland, pp. 426-431, Sept. 2005.

31. I. Guvenc and Z. Sahinoglu, "Threshold Based TOA Estimation for Impulse Radio UWB Systems", in Proc. IEEE International Conf. UWB (ICU), Zurich, Switzerland, pp. 420-425, Sept. 2005.

32. I. Guvenc and H. Arslan, "UWB Channel Estimation with Various Sampling Rate Options", in Proc. IEEE Sarnoff Symp., Princeton, NJ, pp. 229-232, April 2005.

33. M. E. Sahin, I. Guvenc, and H. Arslan, "Optimization of Energy Detector Receivers for UWB Systems", in Proc. IEEE Vehic. Technol. Conf. (VTC), Stockholm, Sweden, vol. 2, pp. 1386-1390, Spring 2005.

34. I. Guvenc, H. Arslan, S. Gezici, and H. Kobayashi, "Adaptation of Multiple Access Parameters in Time Hopping UWB Cluster Based Wireless Sensor Networks", in Proc. IEEE Mobile Adhoc Sensor Systems Conf. (MASS), Fort Lauderdale, FL, pp. 235-244, October 2004.

35. I. Guvenc and H. Arslan, "Design and Performance Analysis of TH Sequences for UWB-IR Systems", in Proc. IEEE Wireless Commun. Networking Conf. (WCNC), Atlanta, GA, vol. 2, pp. 914-919, Mar. 2004.

36. I. Guvenc and H. Arslan, "A Semi-blind Channel Estimator and Multiuser Receiver for UWB Systems", In Proc. IEEE Wireless and Microwave Conf. (WAMI), Clearwater, FL, Apr. 2004.

37. I. Guvenc and H. Arslan, "Performance Evaluation of UWB Systems in the Presence of Timing Jitter", in Proc. IEEE Conf. Ultra-wideband Syst. Technol. (UWBST), Reston, Virginia, pp. 136-141, Nov. 2003.

38. I. Guvenc and H. Arslan, "On the modulation options for UWB systems", In Proc. IEEE Conf. on Military Commun. (MILCOM), Boston, MA, vol. 2, pp. 892-897, Oct. 2003.

I. Guvenc, C. Abdallah, R. Jordan and O. Dedeoglu, "Enhancements to RSS Based Indoor Tracking Systems Using Kalman Filters", In Proc. Global Signal Processing Conf. (GSPx), Dallas, TX, Apr. 2003

Standards Contributions:

A.Li, X.Li, H.Kayama, I.Guvenc, M.Jeong, C.Chong, F.Watanabe et al, "Clarification on uplink MIMO for relay station with multiple antennas", C80216j-07_531r1.pdf, Atlanta, Nov. 2007.
I. Guvenc, M. R. Jeong, F. Watanabe, and C. C. Chong, "Technical Comments to P802.16j Baseline Document: 6.3.23.3 : Use of ARQ in MBS", IEEE C802.16j-07/578r1, Atlanta, Nov. 2007.
T. M. Lin, W. H. Sheen, F. C. Ren, C. M. Chou, I. K. Fu, I. Guvenc, "Technical Comments to P802.16j Baseline Document: 6.3.4 ARQ Operation", IEEE C802.16j-07/470r3, Atlanta, Nov. 2007.
A. Li, X. Li, H. Kayama, I. Guvenc, and M. Jeong, “Uplink MIMO/Cooperative MIMO Transmission for Relay Station with Multiple Antenna,” IEEE C802.16j-07/286, April 2007.
I. Guvenc, U. C. Kozat, M. R. Jeong, C. C. Chong, F. Watanabe, and H. Inamura, “Reliable Multicasting with Selective Acknowledgement for IEEE802.16j,” IEEE C802.16j-07/227, Orlando, FL, USA, March 2007.
I. Guvenc, M. R. Jeong, F. Watanabe, and H. Inamura, "List of Categorized Session #46 Contributions", Contribution to IEEE 802.16j, Dallas, TX, Nov. 2006.
I. Guvenc, Z. Sahinoglu, "Simulations on Non-coherent ranging", IEEEP802.15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs), June 2005.
Z. Sahinoglu, I. Guvenc, "Simulations on Non-coherent ranging - II", IEEEP802.15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs), July 2005.

Invention Disclosures:

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M.S. Thesis:

I. Guvenc, "Enhancements to RSS Based Indoor Tracking Systems Using Kalman Filters", Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept., University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, Dec. 2002.

Ph.D. Dissertation:

I. Guvenc, "Towards Practical Design of Impulse Radio Ultrawideband Systems: Parameter Estimation and Adaptation, Interference Mitigation, and Performance Analysis", Electrical Engineering Dept., University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, Apr. 2006 (received the Outstanding Dissertation Award of USF Graduate School).