Qualification: Dip. In ECE
Department: Electronics & Communication Engineering
Ms. Swapna Lekha U.
Qualification: Diploma in Electronics
Mr. Rajendran H.
Qualification: Dip. In ECE
Ms. Hanna Varghese
Qualification: Dip. In ECE, AMIE in ECE
Mr. Dhaneesh Raj D.
Qualification: ITI(NCVT) Electronics Mechanic, Degree- BA
Mr. Nobert A. Varghese
Mr. Akhil Sudheesh B
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 |
| Community Outreach Activities | – |
| Awards / Distinctions / Rank / Other Achievements if any | – |
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. |
| Ph.D Research Guidance ( Research Scholar, E-mail ID, Research Topic/ Tentative Thesis Tittle) | — |
| Academic / Professional Outreach Activities | — |
| Membership in Professional bodies/ organizations | SMIEEE, Fellow IETE, Life Member ISTE |
| Community Outreach Activities | — |
| Awards / Distinctions / Rank / Other Achievements if any | — |
Dr. Jayakumari J.
Dr. Jayakumari J is presently working as Dean(Post Graduate studies and Research) and International Liaison Officer, Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology(Autonomous), Nalanchira, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. She obtained B.E ECE from M.S. University, Tirunelveli in 1994, M.Tech Applied Electronics and Instrumentation in 1998 and PhD ECE in 2009 from Kerala University. She has teaching experience of more than 29 years, administrative experience of 21 years and research experience of 21 years. She has produced 13 Ph.Ds and presently guiding 5 scholars. Her major areas of research interest include Wireless communication, coding techniques, signal and Image processing. She has published 107 papers in International Journals and Conferences. She is a Senior member of IEEE, Fellow of IETE, Institution of Engineers(India) and Council of Engineering and Technology India, Chartered Engineer of Institution of Engineers(India) and Academic Council member, Council of Engineering and Technology India. She has served as Chair,
IEEE India Council Circuits and Systems Society Chapter from 2016 to 2019. She has organized many International Conferences in association with IEEE and Springer as publication partner and has participated in International Conferences organized abroad as
author, session chair and also delivered invited talks and also serving as Reviewer in many SCIE indexed Journals including IEEE journals.
| Employee Code / ID No. | 10417056 |
| Qualifications | B.E, M.Tech., PhD |
| Orcid ID | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9500-7907 |
| Industry / R & D Experience | —- |
| Email ID | [email protected] |
| Alternate E-mail ID | [email protected] |
| Mobile No (Optional) / Intercom Extension No. | 9442408881 |
| Areas of Interest / Current Research | Wireless communication, Signal processing |
| Research, Consultancy, Publication |
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| Ph.D Research Guidance ( Research Scholar, E-mail ID, Research Topic/ Tentative Thesis Tittle) | University, Trivandrum Ongoing
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| Community Outreach Activities | Ececutive member, Christian fellowship for social service, Nagercoil |
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