Department: Electronics & Communication Engineering

Dr. Luxy Mathews

Employee Code / ID No. 10403004
Qualifications MTech.,Ph.D
Orcid ID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2437-3509
Industry / R & D Experience Nil
Email ID [email protected]
Alternate E-mail ID [email protected]
Mobile No (Optional) / Intercom Extension No. 04712545868 – 111
Areas of Interest / Current Research Wireless communication/4 G
Research, Consultancy, Publication • Luxy Mathews, Sakuntala S.Pillai,N Vijayakumar, Performance Of Mimo-fbmc System With Adaptive Filter,International Journal of Advanced Research in Engineering and Technology (IJARET),Volume 11, Issue 7, July 2020.(Scopus Indexed)
• Luxy Mathews, Sakuntala S.Pillai, ”Performance of turbo coded FBMC based MIMO systems”, IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Computing Research(ICCIC), December 15 -17,2016,Chennai
• Luxy Mathews, Sakuntala S. Pillai, N. Vijayakumar, “Performance of MIMO-FBMC System with Adaptive Filter”, International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering (IJRTE), ISSN: 2277-3878 (Online), Volume-8, Issue-5, pp. 3238-3243, January 2020.
• Kalyani J., Luxy Mathews, “Survey on channel estimation techniques for mm wave massive MIMO with hybrid precoding” in IOSR Journal of Engineering (IOSRJEN), 2019.
• Luxy Mathews,SakuntalaS.Pillai,”Performance of turbo coded FBMC based MIMO systems”,IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Computing Research(ICCIC), December 15 -17,2016,Chennai.
• Princy P.Jayan, Luxy Mathews, Sakuntala S. Pillai, “Scheduling for Video Transmission in LTE Downlink”, International Organization of Scientific Research Journal of Electronics and Communication Engineering (IOSR-JECE), ISSN: 2278-2834, Vol. 11, Issue 4, Ver. 4, Jul-Aug 2016
• Neetha Mariam Jacob, Luxy Mathews, and Sakuntala S. Pillai,“Transmit Precoding with Encoding using Zadoff-Chu Sequence for MIMO-OFDM System” , IEEE International Conference on Communication Systems and Networks (ComNet), July 2016.
• Varna L. Babu, Luxy Mathews, Sakuntala S. Pillai, “A Channel Independent Precoding with different Equalization Techniques in a MIMO based system”,International Conference on Innovative Trends in Engineering Science and Management,Feb 26 – 27,2016
• Sherry Varghese George, Luxy Mathews, and Sakuntala S. Pillai, “Heterogeneous User Mobility based Scheduling Scheme and Transmission Mode Selection in Downlink LTE/LTE-A Systems”, 2nd IEEE International Conference on Control, Instrumentation, Communication and Computational Technologies (ICCICCT), pp. 78-83, December 2015.
• Sherry Varghese George, Luxy Mathews, and Sakuntala S. Pillai, “Performance Analysis of Transmission Modes in 4G LTE/LTE-A Downlink Systems”, 2nd IEEE International Conference on Control, Instrumentation, Communication and Computational Technologies (ICCICCT), pp. 219-224, December 2015.
• Sherry Varghese George, Luxy Mathews, Sakuntala S. Pillai, “A New Approach for the Modeling of LTE/LTE-A Downlink/Uplink Systems based on LTE System Toolbox”, International Journal of Research in Electronics and Computer Engineering (IJRECE), ISSN: 2393-9028 (print), ISSN: 2348-2281 (Online), Vol. 3, Issue 3, pp. 48-51, July 2015.
• Varna L. Babu, Luxy Mathews, Sakuntala S. Pillai, “Performance Analysis of Linear and Nonlinear Precoding in MIMO Systems”, International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer and Communication Engineering (IJARCCE), ISSN (Online: 2278-1021, ISSN (Print): 2319-5940, Vol.4, Issue 6, June 2015.
• Varna L. Babu, Luxy Mathews, Sakuntala S. Pillai, “A Codebook Selection based Precoding in LTE Systems”, International Journal of Research in Electronics and Computer Engineering (IJRECE), ISSN: 2393-9028 (print), ISSN: 2348-2281 (Online), Vol. 3, Issue 3, July 2015.
• Sherry Varghese George, Luxy Mathews, Sakuntala S. Pillai, “Physical Layer Frame Structure in 4G LTE/LTE-A Downlink based on LTE System Toolbox”, International Organization of Scientific Research Journal of Electronics and Communication Engineering (IOSR-JECE), ISSN: 2278-2834, Vol. 10, Issue 3, Ver. 4, pp. 12-16, June 2015
• Jobin Varghese and Luxy Mathews,” Low Power Area Optimized Novel Architecture for Software Defined Radio in FPGA”, IEEE International Conference on Advanced Communication Control and Computing Technologies (ICACCCT)May 8-10 2014
• Luxy Mathews and Sakuntala S. Pillai, “Performance of Pre-coded Spatially Multiplexed MIMO-OFDM system”International Conference on Mobility in Computing (ICMiC13), December 17-18, 2013, Trivandrum.
Ph.D Research Guidance ( Research Scholar, E-mail ID, Research Topic/ Tentative Thesis Tittle) Nil
Academic / Professional Outreach Activities –
Membership in Professional bodies/ organizations Life member ISTE
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Dr. S. Viswanatha Rao

Employee Code / ID No. 10408002
Qualifications BSc, BE, ME, Ph.D
Orcid ID OrCid 0000-0003-1560-0562
Industry / R & D Experience  —
Email ID [email protected]
Alternate E-mail ID [email protected]
Mobile No (Optional) / Intercom Extension No. 121
Areas of Interest / Current Research Digital Systems, Wireless Communications, Wireless Sensor Networks
Research, Consultancy, Publication Research Publications
• S. Viswanatha Rao,  Sakuntala S. Pillai, G. Shiny, “Enhancing the Performance of an Energy Harvesting Wireless Sensor Node Using Markov Decision Process”, Advances in Electrical and Computer Technologies, Springer Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, pp 581-593, vol. 711, February 2021 (Book Chapter).
• S. Viswanatha Rao, Sakuntala S. Pillai, Shiny G., “Sustaining the life of Wireless Sensor Node with Energy Harvesting,” The Second World Summit on Advances in Science, Engineering and Technology, October 2019, VIT-Indianapolis, USA
• S. Viswanatha Rao, Sakuntala S. Pillai, “Performance of Sensor-MAC in an Energy Harvesting Environment,” Proceedings of 2017 IEEE International Conference on Circuits and Systems (ICCS 2017), 20-21 Dec 2017, Thiruvananthapuram
• S Viswanatha Rao, Sakuntala S Pillai, “Increasing Throughput by Duty Cycle Adaptation in Wireless Sensor Networks with Energy Harvesting”, International Journal of     Engineering and Advanced Technology (IJEAT) ISSN: 2249 – 8958, Volume-5, Issue-5, June 2016
• Dinu T S, S Viswanatha Rao, “Medium Access Control in VANET using Relay Nodes”, International Journal of Advanced Research in Engineering and Technology(IJARET),  ISSN: 0976-6480, Volume 7, Issue 4, July-August 2016
• Aswathy Mariam Jacob, S Viswanatha Rao, Sakuntala S Pillai,  ‘Cross Layer Optimization Techniques in Sensor-MAC’, International Journal of Engineering and Advanced Technology (IJEAT), ISSN: 2249–8958, Volume-5, Issue-5, June 2016
• Karthi J. S., S. Viswanatha Rao, Sakuntala S. Pillai,  ‘Performance Analysis of Wireless Sensor Networks with IEEE 802.15.4 MAC based on Variation in Packet Size’, IEEE International Conference on Control, Instrumentation, Communication and Computational Technologies(ICCICCT15), 18-19  Dec 2015, Nagercoil.
• Mini S. P., S. Viswanatha Rao , Sakuntala S. Pillai, “Channel Allocation for Throughput Enhancement of IEEE 802.11 MAC based Multi-hop Wireless Sensor Networks,” IEEE International Conference on Control, Instrumentation, Communication and Computational Technologies(ICCICCT), 18-19  Dec 2015, Nagercoil.
• Karthi J. S., S. Viswanatha Rao, Sakuntala S. Pillai, Duty Cycle Adapted MAC for Wireless Sensor Networks with Energy Harvesting, International  Conference on Control, Communication and Computing(ICCC15), 19-21 Nov 2015, Thiruvananthapuram.
• Mini S. P., S. Viswanatha Rao, Sakuntala S. Pillai, ‘Traffic-Aware Channel Allocation Scheme to Improve the Throughput of IEEE 802.15.4 based Wireless Sensor Networks’,  International Journal of Advanced Research in  Electrical, Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering(IJAREEIE) Vol. 4, Issue 6, June 2015.
• Mini S. P., S. Viswanatha Rao, Sakuntala S. Pillai, “Throughput Enhancement of Wireless Sensor Networks with IEEE 802.15.4 MAC based on Channel Allocation”, International Journal of Electronics and Communication Engineering(IJECE), Vol 2, Issue 7, July 2015.
• Karthi J. S, S. Viswanatha Rao, Sakuntala S. Pillai “Impact of IEEE 802.11 MAC Packet Size on Performance of Wireless Sensor Networks”, IOSR Journal of Electronics and Communication Engineering(IOSR-JECE), Vol 10, Issue 3, May-June 2015.
• S. Viswanatha Rao, Sakuntala S. Pillai, “Adaptation of MAC for Energy Harvesting Wireless Sensor Networks”, International Journal of Applied Engineering Research(IJAER) ISSN 0973-4562 Volume 9, Number 21 (2014) pp. 9107-9116.
• Jobin Varghese, S. Viswanatha Rao, “Energy Efficient Exponential Decision MAC for Energy Harvesting-Wireless Sensor Networks”, 2014 International Conference on Advances in Green Energy (ICAGE), 17-18 December 2014.
• Jobin Varghese, S. Viswanatha Rao, “Management of Energy in Wireless Sensor Networks with Energy-Starving Sensors”, IOSR Journal of  Electronics and Communication Engineering (IOSR-JECE) e-ISSN: 2278-1676, p-ISSN: 2320-3331,  Volume 9, Issue 2 Ver. IV (Mar – Apr. 2014), PP 81-85
• Jobin Varghese, S. Viswanatha Rao, “Performance Analysis of SMAC and TDMA Protocols under Varying Traffic Density over Wireless Sensor Networks”, International Conference on Communication and Computing (ICCC-2014*) 21-23 Aug 2014.
• Jobin Varghese, S. Viswanatha Rao, “Performance Analysis of Synchronous and Receiver Initiated MAC Protocols under Varying Traffic Density over Wireless Sensor Networks”, IEEE International Conference on Control, Instrumentation, Communication and Computational Technologies (ICCICCT), 10-11 July 2014.
• W Seah, K Liu, JG Lim, SV Rao, and M Ang Jr., “TARANTULAS: Mobility-enhanced wireless sensor-actuator networks,” IEEE International Conference on Sensor Networks, Ubiquitous, and Trustworthy Computing (SUTC ’06), Taiwan, 2006.
• E Tan, JG Lim, W Seah, and SV Rao, “On the practical issues in hop count localization of sensors in a multihop network,” IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC) Spring 2006, Melbourne, Australia, 2006.
• SY Wong, JG Lim, SV Rao, and WKG Seah, “Multihop localization with density and path length awareness in non-uniform wireless sensor networks,” IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC) Spring 2005, Stockholm, Sweden, 2005.
• SY Wong, JG Lim, SV Rao and WKG Seah, “Density-aware hop-count localization (DHL) in wireless sensor networks with variable density,” IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC ’05), New Orleans, LA, 2005.
• A.C. Valera, Winston K.G. Seah and S.V. Rao, ‘Improving Protocol Robustness in Ad hoc Networks Through Cooperative Packet Caching and Shortest Multipath Routing’, in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, Vol 4, No 5, pp. 443-457, Sep/Oct 2005.
• R Tjoa, KL Chee, JG Lim, PK Sivaprasad, and SV Rao, “Clock drift reduction for relative time slot TDMA-based sensor networks,” poster in IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC ’04), Barcelona, Spain, 2004.
• JG Lim and SV Rao, “A grid-based location estimation scheme using hop counts for multi-hop wireless sensor networks,” International Workshop on Wireless Ad-hoc Networks (IWWAN ’04), Oulu, Finland, 2004.
• Ho, C.C. Ang, C.H., Goi, S.P., Chan, K.M.K., Kumar, V.P., Rao, S.V., Yang, N. “RFID system for automated global container tracking”, International Conference on ITS Telecommunications”, Singapore., July 8-9, 2004
• JG Lim, KL Chee, HB Leow, YK Chong, PK Sivaprasad, and SV Rao, “Implementing a self-organizing wireless sensor network: experiences and challenges,” IFIP TC6 International Conference on Mobile and Wireless Communications Networks (MWCN ’03), Singapore, 2003.
• KL Chee, JG Lim, SV Rao, and PK Sivaprasad, “A simple and efficient MAC for implementation in wireless sensor networks,” poster in IFIP TC6 International Conference on Mobile and Wireless Communications Networks (MWCN ’03), Singapore, 2003.
• A.C. Valera, Winston K.G. Seah and S.V. Rao, “Cooperative packet caching and shortest multipath routing in mobile ad hoc networks”, IEEE Conference on Computer Communications , Mar 30 – Apr 3, 2003
• JG Lim and SV Rao, “Mobility-enhanced positioning in ad-hoc networks,” IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC ’03), New Orleans, LA, 2003.
• A.C. Valera, Winston K.G. Seah and S.V. Rao, “CHAMP: a highly-resilient and energy-efficient routing protocol for mobile ad hoc networks”, IEEE International Conference Mobile and Wireless Communications Networks, (Stockham, Sweden, Sept. 9-11, 2002) Pp. 43-47
• Lye, K.M, Rao, S.V., Akbar, J., Kang, N., Bagharib, A.S, “Radio digital-mobile: a mobile infotainment system”, International Conference on ITS Telecommunications, Yokosuka, Japan, Oct. 1, 2001.
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Dr. Paul Thomas

Employee Code / ID No.
Qualifications B.Sc (Engg), M.Tech, Ph.D
Orcid ID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8587-3828
Industry / R & D Experience 10.5 yrs/ 20 yrs
Email ID [email protected]
Alternate E-mail ID [email protected]
Mobile No (Optional) / Intercom Extension No. 9037845069 / 114
Areas of Interest / Current Research Signal processing
Research, Consultancy, Publication

PUBLICATIONS

Number of Publications: 14

  • Paul Thomas, Dr. R.S. Moni, “Methods for Improving the Classification Accuracy of Biomedical Signals Based on Spectral Features”, International Journal of Advanced Research in Engineering and   Technology (IJARET),  Volume 7, Issue 1, pp 105–116, Jan–Feb 2016.
  • Paul Thomas, Dr. R.S. Moni, “ANN based Multilevel classification technique with Optimum measurement period for Accurate diagnosis using    Biomedical signals”, International Journal of Engineering and          Advanced       Technology (IJEAT), Vol. 6, Issue 2, pp 63-70, Dec 2016.
  • Neethu S. Ravi, Paul Thomas, “A Modular Approach to Finer Classification of ECG Signals”, International Journal of Advanced Research in Electrical, Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering (IJAREEIE), Vol. 5, Issue 10, pp      8220-8229, Oct 2016.
  • Shijiya S., Paul Thomas, “A Modular Approach to Finer Classification of EMG Signals”, International Journal of Advanced Research in Electrical, Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering (IJAREEIE), Vol. 5, Issue 10,            pp 7893-7900, Oct 2016.
  • Neethu S. Ravi, Paul Thomas, “An Improved Method to Detect Common Cardiac Disorders from ECG Signals using Artificial Neural Network and Fuzzy Logic”, International Journal of Review in Electronics and Communication Engineering (IJRECE), Vol. 4, Issue 3, pp 24-28, Jun 2016.
  • Gayathri V. K., Paul Thomas, “EEG Compression Using Wavelet Based EBCOT Algorithm”, International Journal of Advanced Technology in Engineering and Science (IJATES), Vol. 4 Issue 6, pp 411-418, June 2016.
  • Shijiya S., Paul Thomas, “An Improved Method to Detect Common Muscular Disorders from EMG Signals using Artificial Neural Network and Fuzzy Logic”, International Journal of Advanced Technology in Engineering and Science (IJATES), Vol. 4 Issue 7, pp 68-75, July 2016.
  • Anju Krishna, Paul Thomas, “An Improved Method for Classifying EMG Signals Based on Spectral Features Using k-NN”, International Journal of Engineering Technology and Management (IJETM), Vol 2, Issue 4, pp 108- 114, July-August 2015.
  • Anu V.S, Paul Thomas, “An Improved Method for Classification of Epileptic EEG Signals based on Spectral Features using k-NN”, SSRG International Journal of Electronics and Communication Engineering (SSRG-IJECE),  2 Issue 7, pp 35-38, July 2015.
  • Anju G. Nair, Paul Thomas, “A Novel Method for ECG Feature Extraction and Classification using ANN”, International Journal of Advanced Research in Electrical, Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering (IJAREEIE), Vol. 4, Issue 7, pp 5970-5976, July 2015.
  • Anju Krishna, Paul Thomas, “Classification of EMG Signals Using Spectral Features Extracted from Dominant Motor Unit Action Potential”, International       Journal of Engineering and Advanced Technology (IJEAT), Vol. 4, Issue 5, pp 196-200, June 2015.
  • Anu V.S, Paul Thomas, “Classification of Epileptic EEG Signals Based on Spectral Features using k-NN”, International Journal of Research In Electronics And Computer Engineering (IJRECE), Vol. 3, Issue 2, pp 142-      145, Apr-June 2015.
  • Anju G. Nair, Paul Thomas, “Feature Extraction and Classification of ECG Signal using Independent Component Analysis”, International Journal of Research In Electronics And Computer Engineering (IJRECE), Vol. 3, Issue 2, pp 155-158, Apr-June 2015.
  • Paul Thomas, Dr. R.S. Moni, “Improved accuracy in detecting common health disorders from Biomedical signals by using Artificial Neural networks and Fuzzy logic”, Proceedings of International Conference on Information Systems, Energy, Environment and Safety (ISEES2016) – Sponsored by TEQIP-II, Organized by GEC, Barton Hill, Trivandrum, pp 123-128, 29-30 Sept 2016.
Ph.D Research Guidance ( Research Scholar, E-mail ID, Research Topic/ Tentative Thesis Tittle)
Academic / Professional Outreach Activities
Membership in Professional bodies/ organizations Fellow (IE), Life member (NIQR), Life member (ASI)
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