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Journal Papers

 

  1. R. Qiu, N. Guo, H. Li, Z. Wu, V. Chakravarthy, Y. Song, Z. Hu, P. Zhang, and Z. Chen, "A Unified Framework for Cognitive Radio, Cognitive Radar, and Electronic Warfare—Tutorial, Theory, and Multi-GHz Wideband Testbed," Sensors, no. 8, pp 6530-6603, August 2009. Open Access

  2. J. Ahmadi-Shokouh, and R. C. Qiu, "Ultra-Wideband (UWB) Communications Channel Measurements – A Tutorial Review," International Journal of Ultra Wideband Communications and Systems (IJUWBCS), Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 11-31, 2009. Open Access

  3. C. Zhou and R. C. Qiu, "Pulse Distortion and Optimum Transmit Waveform for Pulse-based UWB Communications," International Journal of Ultra Wideband Communications and Systems (IJUWBCS), Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 32-48, 2009. Open Access

  4. C. Zhou, N. Guo and R. C. Qiu, "Time Reversed Ultra-Wideband (UWB) Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) Based on Measured Spatial Channels," IEEE Trans. Vehicle Technology, Vol. 58, No. 6, pp. 2884-2898, July 2009. PDF

  5. Z. Hu, R. C. Qiu and D. Singh, “Spectral Efficiency for MIMO UWB Channel in Rectangular Metal Cavity,”  JOURNAL OF NETWORKS (JNW), Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 42-52, Feb. 2009. PDF

  6. N. Guo, R.C. Qiu, and B. M. Sadler, “Reduced-Complexity Time Reversal Enhanced Autocorrelation Receivers Considering Experiment-Based UWB Channels,” IEEE Trans. Wireless Comm., vol. 6, no. 12, December 2007. PDF

  7. N. Guo, R.C. Qiu, S.S. Mo, and K. Takahashi, "60-GHz Millimeter-Wave Radio: Principle, Technology, and New Results," EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, Vol. 2007, pp. 1-8, Jan. 2007. PDF

  8. R.C. Qiu, C. Zhou, N. Guo, and J.Q. Zhang, " Time Reversal with MISO for Ultra-Wideband Communications: Experimental Results,” IEEE Antenna and Wireless Propagation Letters, pp. 269-273, Vol. 5, 2006. PDF

  9. C. Zhou and R.C. Qiu, “Pulse Distortion Caused by Cylinder Diffraction and Its Impact on UWB Communications,” IEEE Trans. Vehicular Technology, Vol. 56, No. 4, pp. 2385-2391, Jul. 2007. PDF

  10. R.C. Qiu, “A Generalized Time Domain Multipath Channel and Its Application in Ultra-Wideband (UWB) Wireless Optimal Receiver Design: System Performance Analysis,” IEEE Trans. Wireless Communications, Vol. 5, No. 10, pp. 2685-2695, Oct. 2006. PDF

  11. N. Guo and R.C. Qiu, "Improved Autocorrelation Demodulation Receivers Based on Multiple-Symbol Detection for UWB Communications", IEEE Trans. Wireless Communications, Vol. 5, No. 8, pp. 2026-2031, Aug. 2006. PDF

  12. R.C. Qiu, J.Q. Zhang, N. Guo, "Detection of physics-based ultra-wideband signals using generalized RAKE and multi-user detection (MUD)," IEEE J. Select. Areas Commun., Vol. 24, No. 4, pp. 724-730, April 2006. PDF

  13. K. Lu, D. Wu, Y. Fang, Robert C. Qiu, "Performance of An MAC Protocol for High Data Rate Ultra-Wideband Ad Hoc Networks," IEEE Trans. Veh. Tech. , Vol. 56, No. 1, pp. 312-320, Jan. 2007. PDF

  14. Huaping Liu, Robert C. Qiu, and Zhi Tian, "Error Performance of Pulse-Based Ultra-Wideband MIMO Systems over Indoor Wireless Channels," ,IEEE Trans. Wireless Communications, Vol. 4, No. 6, pp.2939-2944, Nov. 2005. PDF

  15. X. Shen, M. Guizani, H. Chen, R. Qiu, and A. Molish, "Ultra-Wideband Wireless Communications— Theory and Applications," IEEE J. Select. Areas Commun. , Vol. 24, No. 4, APRIL 2006. PDF

  16. R.C. Qiu, R. Scholtz, X. Shen, "ULTRA WIDEBAND WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS – A New Horizon," IEEE Trans. Veh. Tech., Vol. 54, No. 5, Sept. 2005. PDF

  17. Huaping Liu, Yongzhong Song, and Robert C. Qiu, "The Impact of Fading Correlation on the Error Performance of MIMO Systems over Rayleigh Fading Channels", IEEE Trans. Wireless Communications, Vol. 4, No. 5,pp.2014-2019, Sept. 2005. PDF

  18. R. C. Qiu, C. Zhou and Q. Liu "Physics-Based Pulse Distortion for Ultra-Wideband Signals", IEEE Trans. Veh. Tech., Vol. 54, No. 5, pp. 1546-1554, Sept. 2005. PDF

  19. R. C. Qiu, X. Shen, "Ultra-Wideband (UWB) Wireless Communications for Short Range Communications," Dynamics of Continuous, Discrete and Impulsive Systems, An International Journal for Theory and Applications, Series B: Applications and Algorithms ,Vol. 12, no. 3, June 2005. PDF

  20. R. C. Qiu, " Optimum and Sub-Optimum Detection of Physics-Based Ultra-Wideband Signals—A Tutorial Review," Dynamics of Continuous, Discrete and Impulsive Systems (DCDIS) -- An International Journal for Theory and Applications (Series B): Special Issue on UWB Wireless Communications, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 321-334, June 2005. ISSN 1492-8760. PDF

  21. R. C. Qiu, H. Liu , X. Shen, and M. Guizani, “Ultra-Wideband for Multiple Access,” IEEE Communications Mag., pp. 2-9, Feb. 2005. PDF

  22. R. C. Qiu, "A Generalized Time Domain Mutlipath Channel and its Applications in Ultra-wideband (UWB) Wireless Optimal Receiver Design," IEEE Trans. Wireless Communications, Vol. 3, No. 11, pp. 2312-2324, Nov. 2004. PDF

  23. R. C. Qiu, "A Theoretical Study of the Ultra-Wideband Wireless Propagation Channel and Optimum UWB Receiver Design," IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC), special issue on UWB multiple access communications, Vol. 20, No. 12, pp. 1628-1637, Dec. 2002. PDF

  24. R. C. Qiu and W. Y. Kuo, "WCDMA and CDMA2000 for 3G IMT-2000: Principles and Implementation Part 2," Modern Science & Technology of Telecommunications, Vol. 11, No. 250, pp. 24-32, 2000.

  25. R. C. Qiu and W. Y. Kuo, "WCDMA and CDMA2000 for 3G IMT-2000: Principles and Implementation Part 1," Modern Science & Technology of Telecommunications, Vol. 10, No. 249, pp. 29-38, 2000.

  26. R. C. Qiu and I.T. Lu, "Multipath Resolving With Frequency Dependence for Broadband Wireless Channel Modeling," IEEE Trans. Veh. Tech., vol. 48, No. 1, pp. 273-285, Jan. 1999. PDF

  27. I-Tai Lu and R. C. Qiu, "A Novel High-Resolution Algorithm for Complex-Direction Search," J. Acoustics Society of America, Vol. 104, No. 1, pp. 288-299, 1998. PDF

  28. M. McClure, R. C. Qiu, and L. Carin, "On the superresolution identification of observables from swept-frequency data," IEEE Trans. Antenna Propagation, Vol. 45, No. 4, pp. 631-641, April 1997. PDF

  29. R. C. Qiu, S. Z. Liu, and W Lin, "Full Wave Analysis of 2-D Boundary Value Problems with Curved Boundaries by the Method of Lines," Journal of Electronics, 14 (11), 1992.

  30. R. C. Qiu, S. Z. Liu, and W. Lin, "Equivalent Electromagnetic Parameters in Mixture Random Media with Strong Scattering Particles," Acta Electronica Sinica, Vol.21, No.6, June 1993, pp.6-13.

  31. R. C. Qiu, S. Z. Liu , and W. Lin, "Calculating of Effective Electromagnetic Parameters of Random Composite Materials Containing Carbonyl Iron Particles," Acta Electronica Sinica, Vol.22, No.9, Sept. 1994, pp.104-107.

  32. Robert Qiu, Y. F. Zhang, S. Z. Liu, "Fundamental Characteristic Analysis of Chiral Medium", Journal of Microwave, p.32-36, Jan. 1994 .

  33. S. Z. Liu and R. C. Qiu, "Calculation of Effective EM Parameters of Random Mixture containing Ellipsoidal Particles with Dielectric Coating Layers," J. Applied Sciences, Vol. 14, No. 3, March 1996.

  34. R. C. Qiu, S. Z. Liu, and W. Lin, "Theory of Guided Electromagnetic Waves on Chiral Circular Rod Surface," Chinese Phys. Lett., 9 (8), 1992.

  35. R. C. Qiu, W. Ren, and S.Z. Liu., "An Efficient Technique for the Multilayered Microwave and MM Wave Planar Waveguides," Int'l J. Infrd. & MM Waves, 12 (11), 1991.

  36. R. C. Qiu, and W. Lin, "The Recurrence Matrix Technique for the Arbitrary Millimeter and Microwave Planar Transmission Line," Microwave & Optical Tech. Lett., 4 (12), 534-537, 1991.

  37. R. C. Qiu and I. T. Lu, "Analysis of Superconducting Microstrip Lines and Resonators using the Complex Resistive Boundary Conditions and Variational Principle," IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory and Techniques, Vol. 43, No.6, June 1995. PDF

  38. R. C. Qiu and I. T. Lu, "Guided Waves in Chiral Optical Fibers," J. Optical Soc. of Am., Part A, Vol.11, No.12, Dec. 1994.

  39. R. C. Qiu and I. T. Lu, "Dispersion in Chiral Optical Fibers," IEE Proceedings, Part H, Vol. 143, No. 2, April 1997. PDF

 
 
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Proceeding Papers

 

  1. Z. Chen, Z. Hu and R. C. Qiu, "Quickest Spectrum Detection Using Hidden Markov Model for Cognitive Radio," IEEE MILCOM'09, Boston, MA, October 18-21, 2009. PDF

  2. Z. Hu, N. Guo and R. C. Qiu, "Wideband Waveform Optimization for Energy Detector Receiver with Practical Considerations," IEEE ICUWB’09, Vancouver, Canada, September 9-11, 2009. PDF

  3. A. S. Saini, Z. Hu and R. C. Qiu, "Spectrum Sensing and Reconstruction for Cognitive Radio," IEEE SSST'09, Tullahoma, TN, USA, March 15-17, 2009. PDF

  4. N. Guo, Z. Hu, A. S. Saini and R. C. Qiu, "Waveform-level Precoding with Simple Energy Detector Receiver for Wideband Communication," IEEE SSST'09, Tullahoma, TN, USA, March 15-17, 2009. PDF

  5. P. Zhang, Z. Hu, R. C. Qiu and B. M. Sadler, "Compressive Sensing Based Ultra-wideband Communication System," IEEE ICC'09, Dresden, Germany, Jun. 14-18, 2009. PDF

  6. N. Guo, J. Q. Zhang, P. Zhang, Z. Hu, Y. Song and R. C. Qiu, "UWB Real-Time Testbed with Waveform-Based Precoding," IEEE MILCOM'08, San Diego, CA, Nov. 17-19, 2008. PDF

  7. Z. Hu, D. Singh and R. C. Qiu, "MIMO Capacity for UWB Channel in Rectangular Metal Cavity," in Proc of IEEE Southeastern Symposium, Huntsville, AL, USA, 2008. PDF

  8. D. Singh, Z. Hu and R. C. Qiu, "UWB Channel Sounding and Channel Characteristics in Rectangular Metal Cavity," in Proc of IEEE Southeastern Symposium, Huntsville, AL, USA, 2008. PDF

  9. R.C. Qiu, B. Sadler and Zhen Hu, "Time Reversed Transmission with Chirp Signaling for UWB Communications and Its Application in Confined Metal Environments," in Proc of IEEE ICUWB07, Singapore, Sept. 24-26, 2007. PDF

  10. C. Zhou, N. Guo, B. Sadler and R.C. Qiu, "Performance Study on Time Reversed Impulse MIMO for UWB Communications Based on Measured Spatial UWB Channels," in Proc of IEEE MILCOM'07, Orlando, FL, Nov. 16-19,2007. PDF

  11. R. C. Qiu, C. Zhou, J. Q. Zhang, and N. Guo, "Channel Reciprocity and Time-Reversed Propagation for Ultra-Wideband Communications," IEEE AP-S International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, June, 2007. PDF

  12. N. Guo, J. Zhang, R.C. Qiu and S.S. Mo, "UWB MISO Time Reversal With Energy Detector Receiver Over ISI Channels," 4th Annual IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, Jan. 11-13. 2007. PDF

  13. N. Guo, R.C. Qiu, B.M. Sadler, "A UWB Radio Network Using Multiple Delay Capture Enabled by Time Reversal," IEEE MILCOM'06, Washington, DC, Oct. 23-25, 2006. PDF

  14. C. Zhou, N. Guo, and R.C. Qiu, "Experimental Results on Multiple-Input Single-Output (MISO) Time Reversal for UWB Systems in an Office Environment," Military Communications Conference (MILCOM06), Washington DC, Oct. 2006. PDF

  15. C. Zhou and R.C. Qiu, "Pulse Distortion Caused by Cylinder Diffraction and Its Impact on UWB Communications," IEEE International Conference on Ultra-Wideband (ICUWB06), Boston, MA, USA, Sept., 2006. PDF

  16. R.C. Qiu, ``A Theory of Time-Reversed Impulse Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) for Ultra-Wideband (UWB) Communications (invited paper),'' IEEE International Conference on Ultra-Wideband (ICUWB06), Boston, MA, USA, Sept., 2006. PDF

  17. N. Guo, J.Q. Zhang and R.C. Qiu, "A UWB Radio Testbed-System Design and Implementation ," IEEE 38th Southeastern Symposium on System Theory, Cookeville, TN, USA, 2006. PDF

  18. J.Q. Zhang and R.C. Qiu, "Detection of Physics-based Ultra-wideband Signals Using Generalized RAKE in Presence of Inter-Symbol Interference," IEEE 38th Southeastern Symposium on System Theory, Cookeville, TN, USA, 2006. PDF

  19. C.Zhou and R. C. Qiu, "Spatial Focusing of Time-Reversed UWB Electromagnetic Waves in a Hallway Environment," IEEE 38th Southeastern Symposium on System Theory, Cookeville, TN, USA, 2006. PDF

  20. R.C. Qiu, C. Zhou, N. Guo, J.Q. Zhang, "Time Reversal with MISO for Ultra-Wideband Communications: Experimental Results," Invited Paper, IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium, San Diego, CA, 2006. PDF

  21. N. Guo, R.C. Qiu, B.M. Sadler, "An Ultra-Wideband Autocorrelation Demodulation Scheme with Low-Complexity Time Reversal Enhancement," IEEE MILCOM'05, Atlantic City, NJ, Oct. 17-20. PDF

  22. A.E. Akogun, R.C. Qiu and N. Guo, "Demonstrating Time Reversal in Ultra-wideband Communications Using Time Domain Measurements," 51st International Instrumentation Symposium, 8-12 May 2005, Knoxville, Tennessee. PDF

  23. R.C. Qiu,"Optimum and Sub-Optimum Detection of Physics-Based Ultra-Wideband Signals In Presence of Inter-symbol Interference," IEEE WCNC, New Orleans, LA, March 2005. PDF

  24. R. C. Qiu, "A Generalized Time Domain Multipath Channel and Its Application in Ultra-wideband (UWB) Wireless Optimal Receiver Design: System Performance Analysis,” IEEE WCNC, Atlanta, GA, March 2004. PDF

  25. R. C. Qiu, W. Zhu, Y.Q. Zhang, "Third-Generation and Beyond (3.5G) Wireless Networks and Its Applications," Invited Paper. ISCAS 2002, IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCS), Scottsdale, Arizona, May 26-29, 2002. PDF

  26. R. C. Qiu, K. Li, I. Cha, "WCDMA Air Interface Simulations," CDMA Int’l Conf. (CIC), Seoul, South Korea, Oct. 27-30, 1998.

  27. R. C. Qiu, "A theoretical study of the Ultra-wideband wireless propagation channel based on the scattering centers, " IEEE VTC’98, Ottawa, Canada, May 1998. PDF

  28. R. C. Qiu and I-Tai Lu, "Wideband Wireless Multipath Channel Modeling with Path Frequency Dependence," IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC'96), Dallas, TX, June 23-27, 1996. PDF

  29. R. C. Qiu and I-Tai Lu, "A Theoretical Model of Time-Dispersion Multipath Channel for Wideband CDMA Systems," IEEE Int'l Conf. on Universal Personal Communications (ICUPC’96), Cambridge, MA, Sept. 29-Oct. 2, 1996. PDF

  30. R. C. Qiu and I-Tai Lu, "A Novel High Resolution Algorithm for Complex-Direction Search," IEEE Int'l Conf. Acoustics, Speech, & Signal Processing (ASSP), Atlanta, Georgia, May 7-10, 1996. PDF

  31. R. C. Qiu and I-Tai Lu, "A Novel Approach with Superresolution and Ray Frequency Dependence Trace for Channel Modeling and Applications in CDMA Cellular Systems," IEEE Wireless Communications Systems Symposium", Wireless Trends in 21st Century, Long Island, New York, Nov. 27-29, 1995. Also appeared in IEEE Professional Program Proceedings ELECTRO’96, pp. 209-114, Somerset, NJ, 30 April-2 May 1996. PDF

  32. R.C. Qiu and I-Tai Lu, "Modeling the Indoor Radio Propagation Channel using the High Resolution DSP Algorithms," 6th IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC 95), Toronto, Canada, September 27-29, 1995. PDF

  33. I-Tai Lu, R. C. Qiu, and J. Kwak, "Complex-Direction Search of radio Propagation in Micro Cells," USNC/URSI, National Radio Science Meeting, Washington, D.C., 1996.

  34. R.C. Qiu and I-Tai Lu, "A Novel High-Resolution Algorithm for Ray Path Resolving and Wireless Channel Modeling," IEEE Princeton/Central Jersey Sarnoff Symposium, Princeton, NJ, April 28, 1995. PDF

 
 
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Book Chapters

 

  1. N. Guo, R. C. Qiu, Q. Zhang, B. M. Sadler, Z. Hu, P. Zhang, Y. Song, C. M. Zhou, "Time Reversal for Ultra-wideband Communications: Architecture and Test-bed," in Handbook on Sensor Networks, Yang Xiao, Hui Chen, and Frank H. Li, Eds. to be published by World Scientific Publishing Co., 2009. PDF

  2. Robert C. Qiu, "Physics-Based Channel Models and Fundamental Limits", in Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks, Yang Xiao, Ed. to be published by Auerbach Publications, Taylor & Francis Group, 2008. PDF

  3. Robert C. Qiu, "Design and Analysis of Wireless Networks" in UWB Wireless Communications, Yi Pan and Yang Xiao, Eds. Nova Science Publishers, 2004. PDF

 
 

  1. Robert C. Qiu, “UWB Propagation,” in UWB Wireless Communications, Eurasip, 2005. PDF

  2. Robert C. Qiu et al, "Introduction", in UWB Wireless Communications, Editors: X. Shen, M. Guizani, R. C. Qiu, T. Le-Ngoc, John Wiley, 2006. PDF

  3. Robert C. Qiu, "UWB Pulse Propagation and Detection", in UWB Wireless Communications, Editors: X. Shen, M. Guizani, R. C. Qiu, T. Le-Ngoc, John Wiley, 2006. PDF

 
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Paper Contributions to Standard Bodies

  

  1. Tennessee Tech University, IEEE 802.15-05-0003-00-004a, "Alternative UWB System Physical Layer Proposal for 802.15.4a," IEEE P802.15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs), 05-0003r0, Las Vegas, US, Jan. 2005.

  2. TSGR1#19 (01) 0249, “Long-Range Prediction (LRP) of Faded Signals in HSDPA for FDD and TDD,” 3GPP TSG-RAN Working Group 1 Meeting # 19, Las Vegas, US, Feb. 27-March 2 2001.

  3. TSG RAN R1-00-1326, Wiscom Technologies, “Link level simulation results for HSDPA”, TSGR1#17, Stockholm, Sweden, November 21-24, 2000.

  4. TSG RAN R1-00-1327, Wiscom Technologies, “Influence of channel estimation on the link level performance of HSDPA”, TSGR #17, Stockholm, Sweden, November 21-24, 2000.

  5. TSG RAN R1-00-1393, Wiscom Technologies, “Use of Long-Range Prediction for channel estimation and its application in HSDPA”, TSGR1#17, Stockholm, Sweden, November 21-24, 2000.

  6. TSG RAN R1-01-0025, Wiscom Technologies, “On the Need of Long-Range Prediction of Channel Estimation in HSDPA and Text Proposal”, TSGR1#18, Boston, MA, USA, January 15-18, 2001.

  7. TSG RAN R1-01-0050, Wiscom Technologies, "Performance of AMCS and HARQ for HSDPA in the non-ideal measurement and feedback situations", TSGR1#18, Boston, MA, USA, January 15-18, 2001.

  8. TSG RAN R1-01-0051, Wiscom Technologies, “Effect of MCS selection delay on the performance of AMCS and HARQ for HSDPA”, TSGR1#18, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Jan. 15-18, 2001.

  9. TSG RAN R1-01-0136, Wiscom Technologies, “Simulation results for Section 13.3.7.1 of TR 25.848”, TSGR1#18, Boston, MA, USA, Jan. 15-18, 2001.

  10. TSG RAN R1-01-0248, Wiscom Technologies, “Use Long-Range Prediction to Improve the Performance of AMCS and HARQ with MCS Delay”, TSGR1#19, Las Vegas, NV, USA, Feb. 27-March 2, 2001.

  11. TSG RAN R1-01-0249, Wiscom Technologies, “Long-Range Prediction (LRP) of Faded Signals in HSDPA for FDD and TDD”, TSGR1#19, Las Vegas, NV, USA, Feb. 27-March 2, 2001.

  12. TSG RAN R1-01-0538, Wiscom Technologies, “Link Level Performance of HARQ with Chase Combining for Medium and High Vehicle Speed”, TSGR1#20, Busan, Korea, May21-25, 2001.

  13. TSGR1#19(01) 0248, Wiscom Technologies, “Use Long-Range Prediction to Improve the Performance of AMCS and HARQ with MCS Delay,” TSG-RAN Working Group 1 Meeting #19, Las Vegas, NV, USA, Feb. 27-March 2, 2001.

  14. TSGR1#20 (01)0538, “Link Level Performance of HARQ with Chase Combining for Medium and High Vehicle Speed,” TSG-RAN Working Group 1 Meeting #20, Busan, Korea, May 21-25, 2001.

  15. TSGR1#20 (01)0539, “Use Long-Range Prediction to Improve the Performance of AMCS and HARQ in Mobility Support of HSDPA,” TSG-RAN Working Group 1 Meeting #20, Pusan, Korea, May 21-25, 2001

 
 
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Patents

  

  1. R. C. Qiu, Method and system for Doppler frequency estimation, Granted US Patent, Patent #: 6785351, 08/31/2004.

  2. M. Lu, R. Qiu, P. Zhu, Method and apparatus for Multi-layer resource management in wireless communication system, Granted US Patent, Patent #: 6785227, 08/31/2004.

  3. M. Jiang and R. C. Qiu, Method of improving user access performance by adjusting power of user probe signal, Granted US Patent, Patent #: 6631123, 10/07/2003.

  4. R. C. Qiu, Long-Range Prediction of Fading Signals for WCDMA High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA), European Patent EP1410525.

  5. R. C. Qiu, On Adaptive Pilot/Traffic Channel Power Control for 3GPP WCDMA, European Patent EP1354433, Canadian Patent CA 2436042.

  6. R. C. Qiu, C. Weaver, K. Li, T. Chen, M. Meyers, A Channel Assisted Power Control Technique, Filed/Issued 8/18/2000, serial/patent number 9/641212, pending.

  7. R. Qiu, T. Chen, M. Meyers, Power control with smart step size based on channel parameter measurements, 01301721.5 2/26/01 2/20/02, pending.

 
 
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Internal Technical Memorandum (Selected)

  

  1. R. C. Qiu, A Theoretical Study of the Ultra-Wideband Wireless Propagation Channel Based on the Scattering Centers, Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies, 30 pages, August 18, 1999.

  2. V. J. Garg, R. C. Qiu, W. Kuo, Q. Cao, W-CDMA and CDMA 2000 for IMT-2000 —A Tutorial, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, May 11, 1999.

  3. R. C. Qiu, A Novel Approach for Doppler Frequency Estimation using Pilot Signals, Technical Memorandum, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, May 12, 1999.

  4. R. C. Qiu, System Level Simulation of WCDMA with Fast Power Control and Handoff, Technical Memorandum, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, May 10, 1999.

  5. R. C. Qiu, On the RAKE requirements and MRC, Technical Memorandum, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, March 26, 1999.

  6. R. C. Qiu, A Note on the Impact of Channel Estimator on Turbo Codes in WCDMA, Technical Memorandum, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, Oct., 1998.

  7. R. C. Qiu, On the Channel Estimation of WCDMA using Smoothing Spline Interpolation , Technical Memorandum, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, March, 1999.

  8. R. C. Qiu, K. Li, and S. K. Das, On the impact of the channel estimation on the Link Level Performance of W-CDMA, Technical Memorandum, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, July 9, 1998.

  9. R. C. Qiu, System Level Simulation and Capacity Analysis of WCDMA with Fast Power Control and Soft Handoff, Technical Memorandum, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, March, 1999.

  10. N. Mohanty and R. C. Qiu, System Level Simulation of WCDMA with Fast Power Control, Technical Memorandum, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, 13 pages, September 18, 1998.

  11. R. C. Qiu, On the Soft/Softer Hand-off Algorithms of the NTT DoCoMo W-CDMA, Technical Memorandum, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, April 24, 1998.

  12. R. C. Qiu, A Channel Estimation Algorithm for NTT DoCoMo W-CDMA RAKE Receiver, Technical Memorandum, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, March 10, 1998.

  13. R. C. Qiu, On the Coverage of the DoCoMo W-CDMA, Technical Memorandum, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, March 9, 1998.

  14. R. C. Qiu, On the Capacity/System Load/Coverage/Link Budget of the UMTS (Draft), Technical Memorandum, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, Feb. 21, 1998

  15. R. C. Qiu, A Link Budget calculation for NTT DoCoMo W-CDMA, Technical Memorandum, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, December 9, 1997.

  16. R. C. Qiu, A Channel Estimation Algorithm for NTT DoCoMo W-CDMA RAKE Receiver, Technical Memorandum, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, November 12, 1997

  17. R. C. Qiu, W-CDMA Validation Testing, Version 0.0, Technical Memorandum, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, September 19, 1997.

  18. R. C. Qiu, A quick update Lucent Technologies Austin CDMA system optimization and testing, April 19, 1996.

  19. R. C. Qiu, Austin CDMA Uplink Traffic Simulator (CUTS) Test Plan from Lucent Technologies, GTE Laboratories, April 23, 1996

  20. R. C. Qiu, CDMA system settings in Austin, GTE Laboratories, July 17, 1996.

  21. R. C. Qiu, Process of Environment Noise Measured Data for AMPS and CDMA Cellular Ssyetms in Austin, GTE Laboratories, Aug. 28, 1996

  22. R. C. Qiu, Briefing on CDMA Background Noise/External Interference Test in several cities, GTE Laboratories, Sept. 9, 1996.

 
 
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Thesis and Dissertation

  

  1. Robert Qiu, "Time/Frequency Dispersion of Digtial Transmission Media: Wideband Wireless Channel, Chiral Optical Fiber, and Superconduing MMIC," Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Electrical Engineering, Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, New York, Jan. 1996. Chapter 1 Introduction. Chapter 2 Wireless Channel Modeling.

  2. Chenming (Jim) Zhou, "Impulsive Radio Propagation and Time Reversed MIMO System for UWB Wireless Communications," Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN, 2008. PDF

  3. Qiang (John) Zhang, "Ultra-Wideband (UWB) Impulse Radio Communication System Design and Prototyping," Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN, 2007. PDF

  4. Dalwinder Singh, "Study of UWB Capacity and Sensing in Metal Confined Environments," M.S. thesis, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN, 2008. PDF

  5. Martha A. Calderon, "Time-Reversed MIMO for Ultra-Wideband Communications: Experiments and Performance," M.S. thesis, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN, 2006. PDF

  6. Abiodun E. Akogun, "Theory and Application of Time Reversal Technique to Ultra-Wideband Wireless Communications," M.S. thesis, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN, 2005. PDF

  7. Satish Kaza, "Performance Analysis of Ultra-Wideband Transmitted Reference System and Enhancement Techniques," M.S. thesis, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN, 2004. PDF

  8. Daniel Zahonero Inesta, "Compressed Sensing for Ultra Wideband (UWB) Systems," M.S. thesis, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN, 2009. PDF

  9. Amanpreet Singh Saini, "The Automated Systems for Spectrum Occupancy Measurement and Channel Sounding in Ultra-Wideband, Cognitive Communication, and Networking," M.S. thesis, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN, 2009. PDF

 
 
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Technical Reports

  

  1. R. Qiu, N. Guo, Q. Zhang, C Zhou, Z. Hu, P. Zhang, D. Singh, C. Cooke,"Time-Reversal Based Range Extension Technique for Ultra-Wideband (UWB) Sensors and Applications in Tactical Communications and Networking," Tennessee Tech. Univ., Cookeville, TN, Office of Naval Research (ONR) Quarterly Technical Rept. Jul. 2007. PDF

 
 
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Invited Talks

 

  1. R. C. Qiu, "Time Reversed MIMO for UWB Communications," 2006 Workshop on Short Range UWB Radio Systems, Santa Monica, CA, April 12, 2006.

  2. R. C. Qiu, "Time Reversed MIMO for UWB Communications," Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D. C., Feb. 13, 2006.

  3. R. C. Qiu, “UWB Wireless Communications,” Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD, June 4, 2004. PDF

  4. R. C. Qiu, “UWB Wireless Communications",Virginia Polytechnic Institute and state University, Blacksburg, Nov. 20, 2003. PDF

  5. R. C. Qiu, “UWB Wireless Communications,” Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, Oct. 26, 2003. PDF

  6. R. C. Qiu, “UWB Wireless Communications—A Tutorial,” Research Electronics International, Cookeville, TN, Oct. 22, 2003.

  7. R. C. Qiu, 3G WCDMA Terminal Chipset Development, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China, June 2002.

  8. R. C. Qiu, 3G WCDMA Terminal Chipset Development: Market, Business, and Design, ISS Seminar Series, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, Feb. 7, 2002. PDF

  9. R. C. Qiu, 3G WCDMA Terminal Chipset Development: Market, Business, and Design, IEEE North New Jersey Section, Newark, New Jersey, Nov. 8, 2001. PDF

  10. R. C. Qiu, WCDMA Principle and Implementation, Presidents Meeting of Chinese Mobile Handset Companies Association, Beijing, China, July 10, 2001.

  11. R. C. Qiu, WCDMA HSDPA Principle and Implementation, 3G Forum, Beijing International Science and Technology Week, June 1, 2001. Keynote Speaker.

  12. R. C. Qiu, WCDMA: Markets, Technology, and Implementation, Microsoft Research China, Dec. 16 2000.

  13. R. C. Qiu et al, W-CDMA for 3G IMT-2000, Bell Laboratories, Wireless System Performance Department, Whippany, NJ, Feb. 14, 1999.

  14. R. C. Qiu, WCDMA Air Interface Simulations, CDMA Int’l Conf.(CIC), Seoul, South Korea, Oct. 27-30, 1998. Keynote Speaker.

  15. R. C. Qiu, WCDMA Air Interface Simulations, National Seoul University, Seoul, South Korea, Oct. 30, 1998.

  16. R. C. Qiu, W-CDMA for IMT-2000, Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, NJ, May 28, 1998.

  17. R. C. Qiu, W-CDMA for 3G Wireless Mobile Communications, 1998 Wireless and Optical Conference (Conf. Invitation), Newark, New Jersey, April 3-4, 1998. Keynote Speaker.

  18. R. C. Qiu, Wideband DS-CDMA for the Third Generation Mobile Wireless Systems Systems, Center for Advanced Telecommunications Technology (CATT), Polytechnic University (invited by Prof. Lu), Brooklyn, New York City, November 11, 1997.

  19. R. C. Qiu, A Tutorial Talk on Wireless Systems, Department of Applied Physics (invited by Prof. T. T. Wu and H. M. Shen), Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, November 1996.

  
 
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Conference Presentations

  

  1. Robert Qiu, Nan Guo, Yu Song, Zhen Hu, Peng Zhang, Amanpreet Saini, Zhe Chen, and Kenneth Currie, Towards An Integration of Wideband (Multi-GHz) Cognitive Radio and Cognitive Radar: Testbed and Architecture, Dynamic Spectrum Access and Cognitive Radio Technologies Workshop, Dayton, Ohio, November 13, 2008. PPT

  2. R. C. Qiu, 3G and UWB-The Wireless Future, Wireless and Optical Communications conference, April 26, 2003. PDF

  3. R. C. Qiu and L. Carin, Superresolution Extraction of Dispersive-Scattering-Center Signatures from Wideband Scattering Data, Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS), Seattle, Washington, July 24-28, 1995.

  4. R. C. Qiu, S. Z. Liu, W. Lin, The Method of Lines with the aid of Recurrence Matrix Techniques for the Arbitrary MM and Microwave Planar Transmission Line, Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS), M. I. T, Cambridge, MA, July 1-5, 1991.

  5. R. C. Qiu and L. Carin, Early-To-Late-Time Superresolution Signal Processing of Time-Domain Scattering Data, USNC/URSI, National Radio Science Meeting, Boulder, Colorado, USA, January 1995.

  6. R. C. Qiu, S. Z. Liu, W. Lin, Theoretical and Experimental Study of Dielectric and Magnetic Properties of Mixtures, IEEE-APS/URSI/NEM, 1992 Joint Symposia, Chicago, July 18-25, 1992.

  7. R. C. Qiu, S. Z. Liu, W. Lin, Theory of Guided Electromagnetic Waves in Chiral-loaded Circular Waveguides, IEEE Symposium on Antenna Tech. & Appl. Electromagneitcs (ANTEM), Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, August 5-7, 1992.

 
 
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Other Presentations

 

  1. Peng Zhang, "Compressive Sensing Based UWB System," Presentation on Compressive Sensing, Department of ECE, Tennessee Tech Univ, Cookeville, TN, August, 2008. PPT

  
 
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