| Conference papers
published/accepted
[301] N. Zaarour, S. Affes, N. Kandil, and N. Hakem, "Connectivity-Based Joint Parameter Estimation in One-Dimensional Wireless Sensor Networks", Proc. of IEEE IWCMC’2020, Limassol, Cyprus, 15-19 June 2020. 
[300] I. Trigui, S. Affes, A.M. Salhab, and M.-S. Alouini, "Transmit Diversity for FSO/RF-Based Multiuser Networks", Proc. of IEEE IWCMC’2020, Limassol, Cyprus, 15-19 June 2020.
[299] N. Elburki, S. Ben Amor, and S. Affes, "TeraHertz Propagation Performance Evaluation for Indoor Environment", IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering CCECE'2020, London, Canada, April 26-29, 2020.
[298] I. Trigui, S. Affes, M. Di Renzo, and D.N.K. Jayakody, "SINR Coverage Analysis of Dense HetNets Over Fox's H-Fading Channels", IEEE WCNC’2020, Seoul, South Korea, April 6-9, 2020.
[297] M. Abdelkhalek, S. Ben Amor, and S. Affes, "Blind Maximum Likelihood JADE in Multipath Environment Using Importance Sampling", IEEE CAMSAP’2019, Le Gosier, Guadeloupe, French West Indies, December 15-18, 2019.
[296] S. Ben Amor, S. Affes, and F. Bellili, "EM-Based ML Estimation of Fast Time-Varying Multipath Channels for SIMO OFDM Systems", IEEE GLOBECOM’2019, Waikoloa, USA, December 9-13, 2019.
[295] S. Rezai and S. Affes, "ANN-Based Detection in MIMO-OFDM Systems with Low-Resolution ADCs", Proc. of IEEE PIMRC’2019, Istanbul, Turkey, 8-11 September, 2019.
[294] S. Ben Amor, S. Affes, and F. Bellili, "ML EM Estimation of Fast Time-Varying OFDM-Type Channels", Proc. of IEEE IWCMC’2019, Tangier, Morocco, 24-28 June 2019. Invited Paper.
[293] T.D.P. Ponnimbaduge, D.N.K. Jayakody, S. Affes, M. Chidambaranathan, and C. Yury, "Wireless-Powered Hybrid Terrestrial and Underwater Cooperative Communication System", Proc. of 15th International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems DCOSS'2019, Santorini Island, Greece, 29-31 May 2019.
[292] S. Ben Amor, S. Affes, F. Bellili, U. Vilaipornsawai, L. Zhang, and P. Zhu, "Joint ML Time and Frequency Synchronization for Distributed MIMO-Relay Beamforming", Proc. of IEEE WCNC’2019, Marrakech, Morocco, April 15-18, 2019.
[291] S. Zaidi, O. Ben Smida, S. Affes, U. Vilaipornsawai, L. Zhang, and P. Zhu, "QoS-Based Selection Enabling UE Virtualization for 5G and Beyond", Proc. of ETIC’2019, Dewathang, Bhutan, March 8-10, 2019.
[290] S. Ben Amor, S. Affes, and A. Ghrayeb, "Detection of the Number of Paths over Wireless Channels: A Maximum Likelihood Approach", Proc. of ETIC’2019, Dewathang, Bhutan, March 8-10, 2019.
[289] I. Trigui, N. Cherif, and S. Affes, "Unified Performance Analysis of Mixed FSO/RF Relay Systems in Shadowed LOS/NLOS Fading", Proc. of ETIC’2019, Dewathang, Bhutan, March 8-10, 2019.
[288] S. Zaidi, O. Ben Smida, S. Affes, U. Vilaipornsawai, L. Zhang, and P. Zhu, "User-Centric Strategy for Base-Station Virtualization in 5G Networks", Proc. of ETIC’2019, Dewathang, Bhutan, March 8-10, 2019. Runner-Up for Best Paper Award.
[287] S. Ben Amor, S. Affes, F. Bellili, U. Vilaipornsawai, L. Zhang, and P. Zhu, "ML Time-Delay and CFO Synchronization for MIMO-Relay Beamforming over Time-Varying Channels", Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM’2018, Abu Dhabi, UAE, December 9-13, 2018.
[286] O. Ben Smida, S. Zaidi, S. Affes, and S. Valaee, "Low-Cost Robust Distributed Collaborative Beamforming Against Implementation Impairments", Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM’2018, Abu Dhabi, UAE, December 9-13, 2018.
[285] S. Zaidi, O. Ben Smida, S. Affes, U. Vilaipornsawai, L. Zhang, and P. Zhu, "QoS-Based Virtualization of User Equipment in 5G Networks", Proc. of IEEE IWCMC 2018, Limassol, Cyprus, June 25-29, 2018. Invited Paper.
[284] S. Zaidi, O. Ben Smida, S. Affes, and S. Valaee, "Energy-Efficient Distributed Amplify-and-Forward Beamforming for Wireless Sensor Networks", Proc. of IEEE CAMSAP 2017, Nieuwpoort, Curaçao, Dutch Antilles, December 10-13, 2017.
[283] M. Guadane, W. Bchimi, A. Samet, and S. Affes, "Enhanced Range-Free Localization in Wireless
Sensor Networks Using a New Weighted
Hop-Size Estimation Technique", Proc. of IEEE PIMRC'2017, Montreal, Canada, Oct. 08-13, 2017.
[282] S. Zaidi, O. Ben Smida, S. Affes, and S. Valaee, "Distributed Zero-Forcing AF Beamforming for
Energy-Efficient Communications in
Networked Smart Cities", Proc. of IEEE PIMRC'2017, Montreal, Canada, Oct. 08-13, 2017.
[281] A. Masmoudi, F. Bellili, S. Affes, and A. Ghrayeb, "ML Time Delay Estimation for 5G Links with
DSSS Multi-Carrier Multipath MIMO Radio
Access", Proc. of IEEE PIMRC'2017, Montreal, Canada, Oct. 08-13, 2017.
[280] S. Zaidi, S. Affes, M. Azzakhmam, C. Despins, K. Zarifi, and P. Zhu, "Progressive Hybrid Greyfield Wireless Access
Virtualization with Leveraged Combining of
Cloud, Fog, and Legacy RANs", Proc. of IEEE PIMRC'2017, Montreal, Canada, Oct. 08-13, 2017.
[279] A. El Assaf, S. Zaidi, S. Affes, and N. Kandil, "Accurate Range-Free ANN-based Localization
in Wireless Sensor Networks", Proc. of IEEE PIMRC'2017, Montreal, Canada, Oct. 08-13, 2017.
[278] I. Mrissa, F. Bellili, S. Affes, and A. Stéphenne, "A Cognitive MIMO Transceiver for Enhanced 4G and Beyond Link-Level Throughput
", Proc. of IEEE PIMRC'2017, Montreal, Canada, Oct. 08-13, 2017.
[277] I. Trigui, B. Liang, and S. Affes, "Generalized SINR Analysis for
Device-to-Device Communications", Proc. of IEEE PIMRC'2017, Montreal, Canada, Oct. 08-13, 2017.
[276] I. Trigui, S. Affes, and B. Liang, "Unified Stochastic Geometry Analysis of
Downlink Cellular Networks", Proc. of IEEE PIMRC'2017, Montreal, Canada, Oct. 08-13, 2017.
[275] H. Haggui, F. Bellili, and S. Affes, "FPGA Prototyping of a STAR-Based
Time-Delay Estimator for 5G Radio Access", Proc. of IEEE PIMRC'2017, Montreal, Canada, Oct. 08-13, 2017.
[274] N. Cherif, I. Trigui, and S. Affes, "Dual-hop Málaga-ℳ FSO Systems with
Pointing Errors", Proc. of IEEE PIMRC'2017, Montreal, Canada, Oct. 08-13, 2017.
[273] I. Trigui, N. Cherif, S. Affes, X. Wang, V. Leung, and A. Stéphenne, "Interference-Limited Mixed Málaga-M and
Generalized-K Dual-Hop FSO/RF Systems", Proc. of IEEE PIMRC'2017, Montreal, Canada, Oct. 08-13, 2017.
[272] F. Bellili, S. Ben Amor, A. Methenni, and S. Affes, "Low-Cost Code-Aided ML Timing Recovery
from Turbo-Coded QAM Transmissions", Proc. of IEEE PIMRC'2017, Montreal, Canada, Oct. 08-13, 2017.
[271] S. Tariq, C. Despins, S. Affes, and C. Nerguizian, "60 GHz Temporal Dispersion Characteristics with Different Antenna Polarizations in an Underground Mine", Proc. of IEEE PIMRC'2017, Montreal, Canada, Oct. 08-13, 2017.
[270] S. Zaidi, O. Ben Smida, and S. Affes, "Cost-, Spectrum-, and Energy-Efficient Distributed Collaborative Beamforming Designs for Real-World Applications", Proc. of 2017 6th International Conference on Reliability, Infocom Technologies and Optimization (ICRITO), Noida, Sep. 20-22, 2017. Invited Keynote Speech Paper.
[269] S. Zaidi, M. Azzakhmam, S. Affes, C. Despins, K. Zarifi, and P. Zhu, "Graph-Optimized Progressive Hybrid Greyfield Wireless Access Virtualization", Proc. of IEEE ICUWB 2017, Salamanca, Spain, Sep. 12-15, 2017.
[268] S. Ben Amor, F. Bellili, S. Affes, U. Vilaipornsawai, L. Zhang, and P. Zhu, "Joint Time and Frequency Synchronization for Distributed Beamforming in Decode-and-Forward Relaying Systems Using Importance Sampling", Proc. of IEEE ICUWB 2017, Salamanca, Spain, Sep. 12-15, 2017.
[267] N. Cherif, I. Trigui, and S. Affes, "On the Performance Analysis of Mixed Multi-aperture FSO/Multiuser RF Relay Systems with Interference", Proc. of IEEE SPAWC'2017, Sapporo, Japan, July 3-6, 2017.
[266] S. Zaidi, M. Azzakhmam, S. Affes, C. Despins, K. Zarifi, and P. Zhu, "Progressive Hybrid Greyfield Wireless Access Virtualization: Graph-Optimized Dynamic Utility Tradeoffs between Cloud, Fog, and Legacy RANs", Proc. of IEEE IWCMC’2017, Valencia, Spain, June 26-30, 2017. Invited Paper.
[265] S. Zaidi, S. Affes, U. Vilaipornsawai, L. Zhang, and P. Zhu, "Wireless Access Virtualization Strategies for Future User-Centric 5G Networks", Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM’2016, Washington, USA, December 4-8, 2016.
[264] A. Methenni and S. Affes, "Closed-Form CRLBs for the SNR Estimates from Turbo-Coded PAM- and Rectangular-QAM-Modulated Signals", Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM’2016, Washington, USA, December 4-8, 2016.
[263] A. Methenni and S. Affes, "Closed-Form Phase and CFO Estimation CRLBs from Turbo-Coded PAM- and RQAM-Modulated Signals", Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM’2016, Washington, USA, December 4-8, 2016.
[262] M.M. Rahman, A. Callard, G. Senarath, C. Despins, and S. Affes, "Multi-Cell Full-Duplex Wireless Communication for Dense Urban Deployment", Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM’2016, Washington, USA, December 4-8, 2016.
[261] R. Nasri, S. Affes, and A. Stéphenne, "MUCICA: A Novel Interference Mitigation Concept for HetNets - Application to the LTE Downlink", Proc. of IEEE Conference on Standards for Communications and Networking CSCN’2016, Berlin, Germany, October 31-November 2, 2016.
[260] Z. Ben Gamra, F. Bellili, A. Samet, and S. Affes, "Rapid Prototyping and Validation on an SDR Platform of a Low-Cost Hybrid ML SNR Estimator over Time-Varying SIMO Channels", Proc. of IEEE ICUWB’2016, Nanjing, China, October 16-19, 2016.
[259] S. Zaidi, B. Hmidet, S. Affes, U. Vilaipornsawai, and L. Zhang, "User-Centric Wireless Access Virtualization Strategies for Future 5G Networks", Proc. of IEEE ICUWB’2016, Nanjing, China, October 16-19, 2016.
[258] S. Zaidi, B. Hmidet, and S. Affes, "Distributed Collaborative Beamforming for Real-World WSN Applications", Proc. of IEEE ICUWB’2016, Nanjing, China, October 16-19, 2016.
[257] A. El Assaf, S. Zaidi, S. Affes, and N. Kandil, "Optimal Anchors Placement Strategy for Super Accurate Nodes Localization in Anisotropic Wireless Sensor Networks", Proc. of IEEE IWCMC’2016, Paphos, Cyprus, September 5-9, 2016. Invited Paper.
[256] N. Zaarour, N. Kandil, S.Affes, N. Hakem, "Path Loss Exponent Estimation using Connectivity Information in Wireless Sensor Network", Proc. of IEEE AP-S/URSI’2016, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, June 26 - July 1, 2016.
[255] S. Zaidi, B. Hmidet, and S. Affes, "Distributed Collaborative Beamforming Design in Highly-Scattered Environments", Proc. of IEEE WCNC'2016, Doha, Qatar, April 3-6, 2016.
[254] S. Zaidi, A. El Assaf, S. Affes, and N. Kandil, "Range-Free Node Localization in Multi-Hop Wireless Sensor Networks", Proc. of IEEE WCNC'2016, Doha, Qatar, April 3-6, 2016.
[253] I. Trigui, S. Affes, and A. Stéphenne, "Large Scale Opportunistic Antenna and User Selection in AF Relay Networks with Interference", Proc. of IEEE WCNC'2016, Doha, Qatar, April 3-6, 2016.
[252] S. Zaidi, A. El Assaf, S. Affes, and N. Kandil, "Accurate Range-Free Node Localization in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks", Proc. of IEEE WCNC'2016, Doha, Qatar, April 3-6, 2016.
[251] F. Bellili, A. Methenni, S. Ben Amor, S. Affes, and A. Stéphenne, "Code-Aided Time Synchronization of Turbo-Coded Square-QAM-Modulated Transmissions: Closed-Form Cramér-Rao Lower Bounds", Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM'2015, San Diego, USA, December 6-10, 2015.
[250] S. Zaidi and S. Affes, "Distributed Collaborative Beamforming Design for Maximized Throughput in Real-World Environments", Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM'2015, San Diego, USA, December 6-10, 2015.
[249] S. Zaidi and S. Affes, "Distributed Collaborative Beamforming Designs for Real-World Applications in Relayed and Cooperative Communications", Proc. of IEEE ComNet'2015, Hammamet, Tunisia, November 4-7, 2015. Invited Paper.
[248] S.A.M. Tariq, C. Despins, S. Affes, and C. Nerguizian, "Statistical Modeling of 60 GHz Wireless Channel in an Underground Mine Gallery", Proc. of IEEE ICUWB'2015, Montreal, Canada, October 4-7, 2015.
[247] A. Ati, F. Bellili, H. Haggui, A. Samet, and S. Affes, "Implementation of a Maximum Likelihood Doppler Spread Estimator on a Model-Based Design Platform", Proc. of IEEE ICUWB'2015, Montreal, Canada, October 4-7, 2015.
[246] I. Mrissa, F. Bellili, S. Affes, and A. Stéphenne, "A Context-Aware Cognitive SIMO DL Transceiver for LTE HetNet Power Efficiency and Throughput Enhancement", Proc. of IEEE ICUWB'2015, Montreal, Canada, October 4-7, 2015.
[245] S. Zaidi, B. Hmidet, and S. Affes, "Distributed Implementation of Collaborative Beamforming in Highly-Scattered Environments", Proc. of IEEE ICUWB'2015, Montreal, Canada, October 4-7, 2015.
[244] A. El Assaf, S. Zaidi, S. Affes, and N. Kandil, "Efficient Node Localization in Energy-Harvesting Wireless Sensor Networks", Proc. of IEEE ICUWB'2015, Montreal, Canada, October 4-7, 2015.
[243] I. Mrissa, F. Bellili, S. Affes, and A. Stéphenne, "A Context-Aware Cognitive SIMO DL Transceiver for LTE HetNet Enhanced Pico-Cell Range Expansion", Proc. of IEEE ICUWB'2015, Montreal, Canada, October 4-7, 2015.
[242] N. Zaarour, S. Affes, N. Kandil, and N. Hakem, "Comparative Study on a 60 GHz Path Loss Channel Modeling in a Mine Environment Using Neural Networks", Proc. of IEEE ICUWB'2015, Montreal, Canada, October 4-7, 2015.
[241] M.M. Rahman, C. Despins, and S. Affes, "Service Differentiation in Software Defined Virtual Heterogeneous Wireless Networks", Proc. of IEEE ICUWB'2015, Montreal, Canada, October 4-7, 2015.
[240] S. Ben Hassen, F. Bellili, A. Samet, and S. Affes, "Estimation of Angular Spreads and Mean Angles of Arrival for Multiple Incoherently-Distributed Noncircular Sources", Proc. of IEEE ICUWB'2015, Montreal, Canada, October 4-7, 2015.
[239] V. Asghari, O. Rhouma, S. Affes, and A. Ghrayeb, "Resource Allocation in Heterogeneous Small-Cell Networks with Interference Avoidance Admission", Proc. of IEEE ICUWB'2015, Montreal, Canada, October 4-7, 2015.
[238] R. Nasri, S. Affes, and A. Stéphene, "Combined Interference Cancellation and Avoidance over the Downlink of Spectrum-Sharing LTE HetNet", Proc. of IEEE ICUWB'2015, Montreal, Canada, October 4-7, 2015.
[237] S.A.M. Tariq, C. Despins, S. Affes, and C. Nerguizian, "Experimental Results of Rician K-Factor and Co-Polarization Ratio of 60 GHz Wireless Channel in an Underground Mine Gallery", Proc. of IEEE ICUWB'2015, Montreal, Canada, October 4-7, 2015.
[236] I. Trigui, I. Mechmeche, S. Affes, and A. Stéphenne, "Opportunistic Scheduling in Downlink Multiple-Antenna AF Interfered Networks", Proc. of IEEE ICUWB'2015, Montreal, Canada, October 4-7, 2015.
[235] F. Bellili, C. Elguet, S. Ben Amor, and S. Affes, "Code-Aided Direction Finding in Turbo-Coded Square-QAM Transmissions", Proc. of IEEE ICUWB'2015, Montreal, Canada, October 4-7, 2015.
[234] I. Mrissa, F. Bellili, S. Affes, and A. Stéphenne, "A Context-Aware Cognitive SIMO Transceiver for Increased LTE-Downlink Link-Level Throughput", Proc. of IEEE ICUWB'2015, Montreal, Canada, October 4-7, 2015.
[233] S. Zaidi, A. El Assaf, S. Affes, and N. Kandil, "Range-Free Nodes Localization in Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks", Proc. of IEEE ICUWB'2015, Montreal, Canada, October 4-7, 2015.
[232] A. El Assaf, S. Zaidi, S. Affes, and N. Kandil, "Accurate Sensors Localization in Underground Mines or Tunnels", Proc. of IEEE ICUWB'2015, Montreal, Canada, October 4-7, 2015.
[231] A. El Assaf, S. Zaidi, S. Affes, and N. Kandil, "Accurate Nodes Localization in Anisotropic Wireless Sensor Networks", Proc. of IEEE ICUWB'2015, Montreal, Canada, October 4-7, 2015.
[230] S. Ben Hassen, F. Bellili, A. Samet, and S. Affes, "Cramér-Rao Lower Bounds for Angular Parameters Estimates from Incoherently Distributed Signals Generated by Noncircular Sources", Proc. of IEEE ICUWB'2015, Montreal, Canada, October 4-7, 2015.
[229] V. Asghari, S. Affes, and A. Ghrayeb, "Opportunistic Open-Access Macro-Femto Networks with Femto Base Station Selection", Proc. of IEEE ICUWB'2015, Montreal, Canada, October 4-7, 2015.
[228] S. Zaidi and S. Affes, "Distributed Collaborative Beamforming Design in Scattered-Environments", Proc. of IEEE ICUWB'2015, Montreal, Canada, October 4-7, 2015.
[227] M.M. Rahman, C. Despins, and S. Affes, "HetNet Cloud: Leveraging SDN & Cloud Computing for Wireless Access Virtualization", Proc. of IEEE ICUWB'2015, Montreal, Canada, October 4-7, 2015.
[226] I. Mrissa, F. Bellili, S. Affes, and A. Stéphenne, "Context-Aware Cognitive SIMO Transceiver for Increased LTE-HetNet System-Level DL-Throughput", Proc. of IEEE IWCMC'2015, Dubrovnik, Croatia, August 24-27, 2015. Invited Paper.
[225] I. Mrissa, F. Bellili, S. Affes, and A. Stéphenne, "Context-Aware Cognitive SIMO Transceiver for Increased LTE-Downlink Link-Level Throughput", Proc. of IEEE ICC'2015, London, UK, June 8-12, 2015.
[224] A. El-Assaf, S. Zaidi, S. Affes, and N. Kandil, "Cost-effective and Accurate Nodes Localization in Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks", Proc. of IEEE ICC'2015, London, UK, June 8-12, 2015.
[223] I. Trigui, I. Mechmeche, S. Affes, and A. Stéphenne, "Multi-Antenna Cognitive AF Relay Systems with Multiple Primary Receivers", Proc. of IEEE ICC'2015, London, UK, June 8-12, 2015.
[222] I. Trigui, S. Affes, and A. Stéphenne, "MIMO Relaying with Interference via the CMGF Transform", Proc. of IEEE ICC'2015, London, UK, June 8-12, 2015.
[221] M.M. Rahman, C. Despins, and S. Affes, "Configuration Cost vs. QoS Trade-off Analysis and Optimization of SDR Access Virtualization Schemes", Proc. of IEEE International Workshop on Software Defined 5G Networks Soft5G'2015, London, UK, June 8-12, 2015.
[220] F. Bellili, C. Elguet, S. Ben Amor, S. Affes, and A. Stéphenne, "Closed-Form Cramer-Rao Lower Bounds for DOA Estimation from Turbo-Coded Square-QAM-Modulated Transmissions", Proc. of IEEE ICASSP'2015, Brisbane, Australia, April 19-24, 2015.
[219] M.M. Rahman, C. Despins, and S. Affes, "Green Wireless Access Virtualization Implementation: Cost vs. QoS Trade-Offs", Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Eco-Friendly Computing and Communication Systems ICECCS'2014, Mangalore, India, December 18-21, 2014. Invited Paper.
[218] F. Bellili, A. Methenni, and S. Affes, "Closed-Form Cramér-Rao Lower Bounds for CFO and Phase Estimation from Turbo-Coded Square-QAM-Modulated Signals", Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM'2014, Austin, USA, December 6-10, 2014.
[217] F. Bellili, A. Methenni, and S. Affes, "Closed-Form CRLBs for SNR Estimation from Turbo-Coded Square-QAM-Modulated Signals", Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM'2014, Austin, Texas, December 6-10, 2014.
[216] A. El Assaf, S. Zaidi, S. Affes, and N. Kandil, "Range-Free Localization Algorithm for Anisotropic Wireless Sensor Networks", Proc. of IEEE VTC'2014-Fall, Vancouver, Canada, September 14-17, 2014.
[215] S. Tariq, C. Despins, S. Affes, and C. Nerguizian, "Scattering Effect Based on Measurements of Reflection Coefficients at 60 GHz in an Underground Mine Gallery", Proc. of IEEE PIMRC'2014, Washington DC, USA, September 2-5, 2014.
[214] S. Dayekh, S. Affes, N. Kandil, and C. Nerguizian, "Cost-Effective Localization in Underground Mines Using New SIMO/MIMO-Like Fingerprints and Artificial Neural Networks", Proc. of IEEE ICC'2014, Sydney, Australia, June 10-14, 2014.
[213] S. Tariq, C. Despins, S. Affes, and C. Nerguizian, "Rough Surface Scattering Analysis at 60 GHz in an Underground Mine Gallery", Proc. of IEEE ICC'2014, Sydney, Australia, June 10-14, 2014.
[212] F. Bellili, S. Ben Amor, S. Affes, and A. Samet, "A New Importance-Sampling ML Estimator of Time Delays and Angles of Arrival in Multipath Environments", Proc. of IEEE ICASSP'2014, Florence, Italy, May 4-9, 2014.
[211] F. Bellili, R. Meftehi, S. Affes, and A. Stéphenne, "Maximum Likelihood SNR Estimation over Time-Varying Flat-Fading SIMO Channels", Proc. of IEEE ICASSP'2014, Florence, Italy, May 4-9, 2014.
[210] I. Trigui, S. Affes, and A. Stéphenne, "Analysis of Relay Capacity over Generalized Fading Channels with Cochannel Interference", Proc. of IEEE WCNC'2014, Istanbul, Turkey, April 6-9, 2014.
[209] A. Afana, A. Ghrayeb, V.R. Asghari, and S. Affes, "Distributed Beamforming for Spectrum-Sharing Relay Networks under Mutual Primary-Secondary Interference", Proc. of IEEE WCNC'2014, Istanbul, Turkey, April 6-9, 2014.
[208] A. El Assaf, S. Zaidi, S. Affes, and N. Kandil, "Range-Free Localization Algorithm for Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks", Proc. of IEEE WCNC'2014, Istanbul, Turkey, April 6-9, 2014.
[207] I. Trigui, S. Affes, and A. Stéphenne, "Capacity of Cognitive AF Relay Networks with Multiple Primary Receivers", Proc. of IEEE WCNC'2014, Istanbul, Turkey, April 6-9, 2014.
[206] A. El Assaf, S. Zaidi, S. Affes, and N. Kandil, "Efficient Range-Free Localization Algorithm for Randomly Distributed Wireless Sensor Networks", Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM'13, Atlanta, USA, December 9-13, 2013.
[205] F. Bellili and S. Affes, "A Low-Cost and Robust Maximum Likelihood Doppler Spread Estimator", Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM'13, Atlanta, USA, December 9-13, 2013.
[204] A. Afana, A. Ghrayeb, V.R. Asghari, and S. Affes, "Collaborative Beamforming for Spectrum-Sharing Two-Way Selective Relay Networks under Co-Channel Interferences", Proc. of IEEE PIMRC'2013, London, UK, September 8-11, 2013.
[203] A. El Assaf, S. Zaidi, S. Affes, and N. Kandil, "Hop-Count Based Localization Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Networks", Proc. of 13th Mediterranean Microwave Symposium (MMS), Saida, Lebanon, September 2-5, 2013. Invited Paper.
[202] A. Latrach, R. Nasri, and S. Affes, "Downlink Interference Cancellation Strategy for Shared-Spectrum LTE HetNet", Proc. of IEEE IWCMC'2013, Cagliari, Italy, July 1-5, 2013. Invited Paper.
[201] A. Afana, A. Ghrayeb, V.R. Asghari, and S. Affes, "On the Performance of Spectrum Sharing Two-Way Relay Networks with Distributed Beamforming", Proc. of IEEE SPAWC'2013, Darmstadt, Germany, June 16-19, 2013.
[200] M.M. Rahman, C. Despins, and S. Affes, "Analysis of CAPEX and OPEX Benefits of Wireless Access Virtualization", Proc. of IEEE ICC'2013, Budapest, Hungary, June 9-13, 2013.
[199] S. Zaidi and S. Affes, "Analysis of Collaborative Beamforming Designs in Real-World Environments", Proc. of IEEE WCNC'2013, Shanghai, China, April 7-10, 2013.
[198] A. Afana, A. Ghrayeb, V. Asghari, and S. Affes, "Cooperative Two-Way Selective Relaying in Spectrum-Sharing Systems with Distributed Beamforming", Proc. of IEEE WCNC'2013, Shanghai, China, April 7-10, 2013.
[197] S. Zaidi and
S. Affes, "Spectrum-Efficient
Distributed Collaborative Beamforming in the Presence of Local
Scattering and Interference", Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM'2012,
Anaheim, USA, December 3-7, 2012.
[196] A. Afana, V.
Asghari, A. Ghrayeb, and S. Affes, "Enhancing
the Performance of Spectrum-Sharing Systems via Collaborative
Distributed Beamforming and AF Relaying", Proc.
of IEEE GLOBECOM'2012, Anaheim, USA, December 3-7, 2012.
[195] I. Trigui,
S. Affes, and A. Stéphenne, "Exact
Error Analysis of Dual-Hop Fixed-Gain AF Relaying over Arbitrary
Nakagami-m Fading", Proc. of IEEE VTC’2012-Fall,
Québec City, Canada, September 3-6, 2012.
[194] S. Zaidi and
S. Affes, "Distributed
Beamforming for Wireless Sensor Networks in Local Scattering
Environments", Proc. of IEEE VTC’2012-Fall,
Québec City, Canada, September 3-6, 2012.
[193] A. Masmoudi,
F. Bellili, and S. Affes, "Time
Delays Estimation from DS-CDMA Multipath Transmissions using
Expectation Maximization", Proc. of IEEE VTC’2012-Fall,
Québec City, Canada, September 3-6, 2012.
[192] S. Zaidi and
S. Affes, "Distributed
Collaborative Beamforming with Minimum Overhead for Local Scattering
Environments", Proc. of IEEE IWCMC’2012,
Limassol, Cyprus, August 27-31, 2012. Invited
Paper.
[191] A. Afana, V.R.
Asghari, A. Ghrayeb, and S. Affes, "Cooperative
Relaying in Spectrum-Sharing Systems with Beamforming and Interference
Constraints", Proc. of IEEE SPAWC’2012,
Çesme, Turkey, June 17-20, 2012.
[190] A.
Methenni, F. Bellili, S. Affes, and A. Stéphenne,
"Stochastic NDA CRLB for DOA
Estimation over SIMO Systems", Proc. of IEEE VTC'2012-Spring,
Yokohama, Japan, May 6-9, 2012.
[189] V. R. Asghari,
S. Affes, and A. Ghrayeb, "Reactive
Relay Selection in Cooperative Spectrum-Sharing Systems",
Proc. of IEEE WCNC'2012, Paris, France, April 1-4,
2012.
[188] I. Bousnina,
F. Bellili, A. Samet, and S. Affes, "Joint
Estimation of the Ricean K-factor and the SNR for SIMO Systems
Using Higher Order Statistics", Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM'2011,
Houston, USA, December 5-9, 2011.
[187] A. Masmoudi,
F. Bellili, S. Affes, and A. Stéphenne, "A
Maximum Likelihood Time Delay Estimator Using Importance Sampling",
Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM'2011, Houston, USA, December
5-9, 2011.
[186] F. Bellili,
S. Affes, and A. Stéphenne, "DOA
Estimation for ULA Systems from Short Data Snapshots: an Annihilating
Filter Approach", Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM'2011,
Houston, USA, December 5-9, 2011.
[185] A. Masmoudi,
F. Bellili, and S. Affes, "Maximum
Likelihood Time Delay Estimation for Direct-Spread CDMA Multipath
Transmissions Using Importance Sampling", Proc.
of 45th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and
Computers, Pacific Grove, USA, November 6-9, 2011. Runner-Up for Best Student Paper Award.
[184] K. Zarifi,
S. Affes, and A. Ghrayeb, "Joint
Power Control and Relay Design in Underlay Cognitive Networks
with Multiple Transmitter-Receiver Pairs", Proc.
of 45th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and
Computers, Pacific Grove, USA, November 6-9, 2011. Invited
Paper.
[183] S. Dayekh,
S. Affes, N. Kandil, and C. Nerguizian, "Smart
Spatio-Temporal Fingerprinting for Cooperative ANN-based Wireless
Localization in Underground Narrow-Vein Mines", Proc.
of 4th ACM International Symposium on Applied Sciences in Biomedical
and Communications Technologies ISABEL’2011, Barcelona,
Spain, October 26-29, 2011. Invited
Paper.
[182] S. Dayekh,
S. Affes, N. Kandil, and C. Nerguizian, "Cooperative
Geo-location in Underground Mines: A Novel Fingerprint Positioning
Technique Exploiting Spatio-Temporal Diversity", Proc.
of IEEE PIMRC'2011, Toronto, Canada, September 11-14,
2011.
[181] F. Bellili,
S. Affes, and A. Stéphenne, "Second-Order
Moment-Based Direction Finding of a Single Source for ULA systems",
Proc. of IEEE PIMRC'2011,
Toronto, Canada, September 11-14, 2011.
[180] K. Zarifi,
S. Affes, and A. Ghrayeb, "Joint
Source Power Control and Relay Beamforming in Amplify-and-Forward
Cognitive Networks with Multiple Source-Destination Pairs",
Proc. of IEEE ICC’2011,
Kyoto, Japan, June 5-9, 2011.
[179] A. Masmoudi,
F. Bellili, S. Affes, and A. Stéphenne, "Closed-Form
Expressions for the Exact Cramér-Rao Bounds of Timing
Recovery Estimators from BPSK and Square-QAM Transmissions",
Proc. of IEEE ICC’2011,
Kyoto, Japan, June 5-9, 2011.
[178] A. Masmoudi, F. Bellili,
S. Affes, and A. Stéphenne, "Closed-Form
Expression for the Exact Cramér-Rao Bound of Timing Recovery
Estimators from MSK Transmissions", Proc.
of IEEE VTC’2011-Spring, Budapest, Hungary, May
15-18, 2011.
[177] A. Masmoudi, F. Bellili,
S. Affes, and A. Stéphenne, "A
New Importance-Sampling-Based Non-Data-Aided Maximum Likelihood
Time Delay Estimator", Proc.
of IEEE WCNC'2011, Cancun, Mexico, March 28-31, 2011.
[176] S. Ben Hassen,
F. Bellili, A. Samet, and S. Affes,
"DOA Estimation from Temporally and Spatially Correlated Narrowband Signals with Noncircular Sources", Proc.
of IEEE WCNC'2011, Cancun, Mexico, March 28-31, 2011.
[175] S. Dayekh, S. Affes, N. Kandil, and C. Nerguizian,
"Radio-Localization in Underground Narrow-Vein Mines Using Neural
Networks with In-built Tracking and Time Diversity", Proc. of IEEE
WCNC'2011, Cancun, Mexico, March 28-31, 2011.
[174] F. Etezadi, K. Zarifi, A.
Ghrayeb, and S. Affes,
"Topology-Assisted Techniques
to Relay Selection for Homogeneously Distributed Wireless Sensor
Networks", Proc. of
IEEE GLOBECOM'2010, Miami, USA, December 6-10, 2010.
[173] H. Aghaei Baradaran,
K. Zarifi, S. Affes, and A. Ghrayeb,
"A
Dual-Hop Amplify-and-Forward MIMO Cooperative Beamformer in
Distributed Wireless Sensor Networks", Proc.
of IEEE GLOBECOM'2010, Miami, USA, December 6-10, 2010.
[172] K. Zarifi, A.
Ghrayeb, and S. Affes,
"Joint Power Control and Relay
Matrix Design for Cooperative Communication Networks with Multiple
Source-Destination Pairs",
Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM'2010, Miami, USA, December 6-10,
2010.
[171] I. Trigui,
S. Affes,
and A. Stéphenne, "A
Useful Integral for Wireless Communication Theory and its Application
in Amplify-and-Forward Multihop Relaying", Proc.
of IEEE GLOBECOM'2010, Miami, USA, December 6-10, 2010.
[170] M. Souden,
J. Chen, J. Benesty, and S. Affes,
"A
Second-Order-Statistics-based Solution for Online Multichannel
Noise Tracking and Reduction",
Proc. of 44th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers,
Pacific Grove, USA, November 7-10, 2010.
Invited Paper.
[169] S. Ben Hassen,
F. Bellili, A. Samet, and S. Affes,
"Closed
Form Expression for the Cramér-Rao Lower Bound for the DOA Estimates
from Spatially and Temporally Correlated Narrowband Signals
Considering Noncircular Sources",
Proc. of IEEE ComNet'2010, Tozeur, Tunisia, November
4-8, 2010.
[168] I. Trigui,
S. Affes,
and A. Stéphenne, "On
the Performance of Dual-Hop Fixed Gain Relaying Systems over
Composite Multipath/Shadowing Channels", Proc.
of IEEE VTC'2010-Fall, Ottawa, Canada, September 6-9,
2010.
Invited Paper & Best Paper Award.
[167] A. Kammoun, A. Aissa
El Bey, K.
Abed-Meraim,
and S. Affes,
"Robustness
of Blind Subspace Based Techniques using ℓp Quasi-Norms",
Proc. of IEEE SPAWC'2010,
Marrakech, Morocco, June 20-23, 2010.
[166] A. Kammoun, K. Abed-Meraim,
and S. Affes,
"Blind
Nonzero Delay MMSE Equalizer for SIMO FIR Systems",
Proc. of IEEE SPAWC'2010,
Marrakech, Morocco, June 20-23, 2010.
[165] S.
Zaidi, K. Zarifi,
S. Affes, and A. Ghrayeb,
"A
Decentralized Collaborative Receive Beamforming Technique for
Wireless Sensor Networks",
Proc. of IEEE VTC’2010-Spring,
Taipei, Taiwan, May 16-19, 2010.
[164] S. Affes, I.
Mrissa, K. Cheikhrouhou,
and A. Stéphenne,
"Efficient Wireless Network
Deployment by Cognitive Transceivers with Multimodal Pilot-Use
Modems", Proc. of
25th Biennial Symposium on Communications BSC'2010, Queen's University,
Kingston, ON, Canada, May 12-14, 2010. Invited
Paper.
[163] S. Alam,
K. Zarifi, S. Affes, and
A. Ghrayeb,
"Design
and Performance Analysis of Distributed Relay Selection techniques
in Wireless Networks", Proc.
of 25th Biennial Symposium on Communications BSC'2010, Queen's
University, Kingston, ON, Canada, May 12-14, 2010.
[162] S.
Zaidi, K. Zarifi,
S. Affes, and A. Ghrayeb,
"An
Approach to Distributed Implementation of Cooperative Amplify-and-Forward
Beamforming in Wireless Sensor Networks",
Proc. of 25th Biennial Symposium
on Communications, Queen's University, Kingston, ON,
Canada, May 12-14, 2010.
[161] F. Bellili,
S. Affes, and
A. Stéphenne,
"On
the Lower Performance Bounds for DOA Estimators from Linearly-Modulated
Signals", Proc.
of 25th Biennial Symposium on Communications BSC'2010, Queen's
University, Kingston, ON, Canada, May 12-14, 2010.
[160] R. Nasri, E.
Rakotomanana, S. Affes ,
and A. Stéphenne,
"On
the Evaluation of the LTE-Advanced Proposal within the Canadian
Evaluation Group (CEG) Initiative: Preliminary Work Results",
Proc. of 25th Biennial Symposium
on Communications, Queen's University, Kingston, ON,
Canada, May 12-14, 2010.
[159] I.
Trigui, S. Affes, and A.
Stéphenne,
"Closed Form
Error Analysis of Dual-Hop Relaying Systems over Nakagami-m
Fading Channels",
Proc. of IEEE WCNC’2010,
Sydney, Australia, April 18-21, 2010.
[158] S.
Dayekh, S. Affes,
N. Kandil, and C. Nerguizian,
"Cooperative
Localization in Mines Using Fingerprinting and Neural Networks",
Proc. of IEEE WCNC’2010,
Sydney, Australia, April 18-21, 2010.
[157] M. Souden, J. Benesty, and
S. Affes, "Linear
Filtering for Noise Reduction and Interference Rejection",
Proc. of IEEE ICASSP’2010,
Dallas, Texas, USA, March 14-19, 2010.
[156] M. Souden, J. Benesty,
and S. Affes, "Eigenanalysis-Based
Broadband Source Localization", Proc.
of IEEE ICASSP’2010, Dallas, Texas, USA, March
14-19, 2010.
[155] A. Kammoun, K. Abed-Meraim,
and S. Affes, "Regularized
Semi-Blind Estimator over MIMO-OFDM Systems", Proc.
of IEEE International Symposium on Signal Processing and Information
Technology ISSPIT’2009, Ajman, UAE, December 14-17,
2009.
[154] S. Affes, I. Mrissa, K.
Cheikhrouhou, and A. Stéphenne,
"A Cognitive Multi-Antenna
Transceiver with a Multimodal-Pilot-Use Modem for Increased
Wireless Network Throughput, Coverage and Power Efficiency",
Proc. of IEEE CAMSAP’2009,
Aruba, Dutch Antilles, December 13-16, 2009. Invited
Paper.
[153] M.A. Boujelben, F. Bellili,
S. Affes, and A. Stéphenne,
"EM Algorithm for Non-Data-Aided
SNR Estimation of Linearly-Modulated Signals over SIMO Channels",
Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM’2009,
Honlulu, USA, November 30-December 4, 2009.
[152] F. Bellili, N. Atitallah,
S. Affes, and A. Stéphenne,
"Closed-Form Expressions for
the Exact Cramér-Rao Bound for Parameter Estimation of
Arbitrary Square QAM-Modulated Signals", Proc.
of IEEE GLOBECOM’2009, Honlulu, USA, November 30-December
4, 2009.
[151] I. Trigui, A. Laourine,
S. Affes, and A. Stéphenne,
"On the Performance of Cascaded
Generalized K Fading Channels", Proc.
of IEEE GLOBECOM’2009, Honlulu, USA, November 30-December
4, 2009.
[150] F. Bellili, S. Ben Hassen,
S. Affes, and A. Stéphenne,
"Cramér-Rao Bound for
NDA DOA Estimates of Square QAM-Modulated Signals",
Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM’2009,
Honlulu, USA, November 30-December 4, 2009.
[149] K. Zarifi, S. Affes, and A.
Ghrayeb, "Distributed
Null-Steering Beamforming for Wireless Sensor Networks",
Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM’2009,
Honlulu, USA, November 30-December 4, 2009.
[148] Y. Salih-Alj, C. Despins,
and S. Affes, "On
the Ranging Performance in an Underground Mine Using an Ultra-Wideband
Fast Acquisition System", Proc.
of IEEE Mediterranean Microwave Symposium MMS’2009, Tangiers,
Morocco, November 15-17, 2009. Invited
Paper.
[147] K. Zarifi, S. Affes,
and A. Ghrayeb,
"Distributed Processing Techniques
for Beamforming in Wireless Sensor Networks", Proc.
of 3rd International Conference on Signals, Circuits and Systems
SCS’2009, Djerba, Tunisia, November 6-8, 2009.
Invited
Paper.
[146] J.-G. Descures, M.O. Damen,
and S. Affes,
"Adaptive Preprocessing and
Ordering for Detection in MIMO Systems over Rayleigh Fading Channel",
Proc. of 3rd International
Conference on Signals, Circuits and Systems SCS’2009,
Djerba, Tunisia, November 6-8, 2009.
[145] I. Trigui, A. Laourine, S.
Affes, and A. Stéphenne,
"Bivariate G Distribution
with Arbitrary Fading", Proc.
of 3rd International Conference on Signals, Circuits and Systems
SCS’2009, Djerba, Tunisia, November 6-8, 2009.
[144] M. Souden, J. Benesty, and
S. Affes, "On
Optimal Beamforming for Noise Reduction and Interference Rejection",
Proc. of IEEE Workshop on
Applications of Signal Processing to Audio and Acoustics WASPAA’2009,
New Paltz, New York, USA, October 18-21, 2009.
[143] J.-G. Descure, F. Bellili,
and S. Affes, "ML Estimator
Based on the EM Algorithm for Subcarrier SNR Estimation in Multicarrier
Transmissions", Proc.
of IEEE AFRICON’2009, Nairobi, Kenya, September
23-25, 2009.
[142] J.-G. Descure, F. Bellili,
and S. Affes, "Subcarrier
SNR ML Estimators and Cramér-Rao Bounds in Multicarrier
Transmission", Proc.
of IEEE PIMRC’2009, Tokyo, Japan, September 13-16,
2009.
[141] A. Kammoun, K. Abed-Meraim,
and S. Affes, "Superimposed
or Time-Multiplexed Training: A Performance Comparison",
Proc. of IEEE EUSIPCO'2009,
Glasgow, UK, August 24-28, 2009.
[140] K. Zarifi, S. Affes, and A.
Ghrayeb, "Asymptotic
Analysis and Design of Multiuser Cooperative DS-CDMA Systems",
Proc. of IEEE ICC'2009,
Dresden, Germany, June 14-18, 2009.
[139] A. Kammoun, K. Abed-Meraim,
and S. Affes, "An Efficient
Regularized Semi-Blind Estimator", Proc.
of IEEE ICC'2009, Dresden, Germany, June 14-18, 2009.
[138] F. Bellili, A. Stéphenne,
and S. Affes, "Cramér-Rao
Bounds for SNR Estimates in Multicarrier Transmissions",
Proc. of IEEE VTC'2009-Spring,
Barcelona, Spain, April 26–29, 2009.
[137] K. Zarifi, S. Affes, and A.
Ghrayeb, "Distributed
Beamforming for Wireless Sensor Networks with Random Node Location",
Proc. of IEEE ICASSP'2009,
Taipei, Taiwan, April 19-24, 2009.
[136] M. Souden, J. Benesty, and
S. Affes, "New
Insights into Non-Causal Multichannel Linear Filtering for Noise
Reduction", Proc.
of IEEE ICASSP'2009, Taipei, Taiwan, April 19-24, 2009.
[135] F. Bellili, A. Stéphenne,
and S. Affes, "Cramér-Rao
Bound for NDA SNR Estimates of Square QAM Modulated Signals",
Proc. of IEEE WCNC'2009,
Budapest, Hungary, April 5-8, 2009.
[134] K. Zarifi, M. Abuthinien,
A. Ghrayeb, and S. Affes,
"Relay Selection Schemes for
Uniformly Distributed Wireless Sensor Networks", Proc.
of IEEE WCNC'2009, Budapest, Hungary, April 5-8, 2009.
[133] I. Trigui, A. Laourine, S.
Affes, and A. Stéphenne,
"Outage Analysis of Wireless
Systems over Composite Fading/Shadowing Channels with Co-channel
Interference", Proc.
of IEEE WCNC'2009, Budapest, Hungary, April 5-8, 2009.
[132] M. Boutin, C. Despins, T.
Denidni, and S. Affes,
"A New Interference Estimation
Approach for Secondary Spectrum Sharing with Smart Antennas",
Proc. of International Workshop
on Telecommunications IWT’2009, Sao Paulo, Brazil, February
16-19, 2009.
[131] I. Trigui, A. Laourine, S.
Affes, and A. Stéphenne,
"On the Level Crossing Rate
and Average Fade Duration of Composite Multipath/Shadowing Channels",
Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM'2008,
New Orleans, USA, November 30-December 4, 2008.
[130] R.I. Cojocaru, E. Moldovan, B.
Boukari, S. Affes, and S.O. Tatu, "A
New 77 GHz Automotive Phase Coded CW Multi-port Radar Sensor
Architecture", Proc.
of European Microwave Week EuMW’2008, Amsterdam, The Netherlands,
pp. 164-167, October 27-31, 2008.
[129] E. Moldovan, S.O. Tatu, and
S. Affes, "A 60 GHz
Multi-Port Receiver with Analog Carrier Recovery for Ultra Wideband
Wireless Personal Area Networks", Proc.
of European Microwave Week EuMW’2008, Amsterdam, The Netherlands,
pp. 1779-1782, October 27-31, 2008.
[128] F. Bellili, A. Stéphenne,
and S. Affes, "SNR
Estimation of QAM-Modulated Transmissions over Time-Varying
SIMO Channels", Proc.
of IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems
ISWCS’2008, Reykjavik, Iceland, October 21–24,
2008.
[127] R. Nasri, A. Kammoun, A. Stéphenne,
and S. Affes, "System-Level
Evaluation of a Downlink OFDM Kalman-Based Switched-Beam System
with Subcarrier Allocation Strategies", Proc.
of IEEE VTC’2008-Fall, Calgary, Canada, September
21–24, 2008.
[126] M. Diop, K. Cheikhrouhou,
and S. Affes, "Impact
of the Angular Velocity on the Signals Spectrum and Performance
of Antenna-Array Receivers", Proc.
of IEEE VTC’2008-Fall, Calgary, Canada, September
21–24, 2008.
[125] A. Taok, N. Kandil, and S.
Affes,
"Neural
Networks for Fingerprinting-Based Indoor Localization Using
Ultra-Wideband", Proc.
of 2nd International Conference on Wireless Communications in
Underground and Confined Areas ICWCUCA'2008, Val-d'Or,
Quebec, Canada, August 25-27, 2008.
[124] M. Boutin, S. Affes, and C.
Despins, "Power
Control for Underground Cognitive Radio MANET using Smart Antennas",
Proc. of 2nd International
Conference on Wireless Communications in Underground and Confined
Areas ICWCUCA'2008, Val-d'Or, Quebec, Canada, August
25-27, 2008.
[123] Y. Salih-Alj, C. Despins,
and S. Affes, "On
the Performance Comparison of UWB Waveforms for Fast Acquisition
and Ranging in an Underground Mining Environment",
Proc. of 2nd International
Conference on Wireless Communications in Underground and Confined
Areas ICWCUCA'2008, Val-d'Or, Quebec, Canada, August
25-27, 2008.
[122] J. Dmochowski,
J. Benesty, and S. Affes,
"On
the Use of Autoregressive Modeling for Localization of Speech",
Proc. of 5th IEEE Sensor
Array and Multichannel Signal Processing Workshop SAM’2008,
Darmstadt, Germany, July 21-23, 2008.
[121] I. Trigui, S. Affes, A. Stéphenne,
and M. Siala,
"ML-Based
Joint Estimation of Frequency and Sampling Clock Offsets for
OFDM Systems", Proc.
of IEEE SPAWC'2008,
Recife, Brazil, pp. 346-350, July 6-9, 2008.
[120] M. Souden, S. Affes, and J.
Benesty, "A Two-Ray
Spectrum-Approximation Approach to Doppler Spread Estimation
with Robustness to the Carrier Frequency Offset", Proc.
of IEEE SPAWC'2008, Recife, Brazil, pp. 31-35, July 6-9,
2008.
[119] R. Nasri, A. Kammoun, A. Stéphenne,
and S. Affes, "System-Level
Evaluation of a Downlink OFDM Switched-Beam System with Kalman-Based
Joint Channel Estimation and Beam Selection", Proc.
of 24th Biennial Symposium on Communications BSC'2008, Queen's
University, Kingston, ON, Canada, June 24-26, 2008.
[118] A. Stéphenne, F. Bellili,
and S. Affes, "A
Decision-Directed SNR Estimator for QAM Signals over Time-Varying
SIMO Channels", Proc.
of 24th Biennial Symposium on Communications BSC'2008, Queen's
University, Kingston, ON, Canada, pp. 17-20, June 24-26, 2008.
[117] J. Dmochowski, J. Benesty,
and S. Affes, "Calibrated
Acoustic Source Localization", Proc.
of 24th Biennial Symposium on Communications BSC'2008, Queen's
University, Kingston, ON, Canada, June 24-26, 2008.
[116] Y. Salih-Alj, C. Despins,
and S. Affes, "Ultra-Wideband
Fast Acquisition System for Positioning in an Underground Mining
Environment", Proc.
of IEEE ICC'2008, Beijing, China, pp. 473-479, May 19-23,
2008.
[115] A. Laourine, M.-S. Alouini,
S. Affes, and A. Stéphenne, "On
the Performance Analysis of Composite Multipath/Shadowing Channels
Using the G-distribution", Proc.
of IEEE ICC'2008, Beijing, China, pp. 1333-1338, May
19-23, 2008.
[114] Y. Salih-Alj, C. Despins,
and S. Affes, "Impact
of Multipath Interference on the Performance of an UWB Fast
Acquisition System for Ranging in an indoor Wireless Channel",
Proc. of 6th IEEE/ACM Annual
Conference on Communication Networks and Services Research CNSR'2008,
Halifax, NS, Canada, pp. 390-396, May 5-8, 2008.
[113] B. Boukari, E. Moldovan, S.
Affes, K. Wu, R.G. Bosisio, and S. Tatu, "Six-Port
FMCW Collision Avoidance Radar Sensor Configurations",
Proc. of IEEE CCECE'2008,
Niagara Falls, ON, Canada, May 4-7, 2008.
[112] M. Souden, J. Benesty, and
S. Affes, "Microphone
Arrays for Noise Reduction with Low Signal Distortion in Room
Acoustics", Proc.
of IEEE ICASSP'2008, Las Vegas, USA, pp. 77-80, March
30-April 4, 2008.
[111] J. Dmochowski, J. Benesty,
and S. Affes, "Fast
Steered Response Power Source Localization Using Inverse Mapping
of Relative Delays", Proc.
of IEEE ICASSP'2008, Las Vegas, USA, pp. 289-292, March
30-April 4, 2008.
[110] I. Bousnina, A. Stéphenne,
S. Affes, and A. Samet, "Performance
of a New Low-Complexity
Angular Spread Estimator in the Presence of Line-Of-Sight",
Proc. of IEEE WCNC'2008,
Las Vegas, USA, pp. 231-236, March 31-April 3, 2008.
[109] B. Smida, L. Hanzo, and S.
Affes, "Exact
BER Performance of Asynchronous MC-DS-CDMA Over Nakagami-m Fading Channels",
Proc. of IEEE WCNC'2008,
Las Vegas, USA, pp. 964-968, March 31-April 3, 2008.
[108] I. Trigui, M. Siala, S. Affes,
A. Stéphenne, and H. Boujemaa, "Optimum
Pulse Shaping for OFDM/BFDM Systems Operating in Time Varying
Multi-path Channels", Proc.
of IEEE GLOBECOM'2007, Washington D.C., USA, pp. 3817-3821,
November 26-30, 2007.
[107] A. Laourine, M.-S. Alouini,
S. Affes, and A. Stéphenne,
"On
the Capacity of Generalized-K Fading Channels",
Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM'2007,
Washington D.C., USA, pp. 3306-3310, November 26-30, 2007.
WCS
Best Paper Award - First Place.
[106] A. Stéphenne, F. Bellili,
and S. Affes, "Moments-Based SNR Estimation
for SIMO Wireless Communication Systems Using Arbitrary
QAM", Proc. of 41st
Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers,
Pacific Grove, CA, USA, pp. 601-605, November 4-7, 2007.
[105] J. Dmochowski, J. Benesty,
and S. Affes, "Broadband
MUSIC: Opportunities and Challenges for Multiple Source Localization",
Proc. of IEEE Workshop on
Applications of Signal Processing to Audio and Acoustics WASPAA’2007,
New Paltz, New York, USA, pp. 18-21, October 21-24, 2007.
[104] E. Moldovan, S.O. Tatu, S.
Affes, R.G. Bosisio, and K. Wu, "W-Band
Substrate Integrated Waveguide Radar Sensor based on Multi-Port
Technology", Proc.
of European Microwave Week EuMW’2007, Munich, Germany,
pp. 1453-1456, October 8-12, 2007.
[103] J. Dmochowski, J. Benesty,
and S. Affes, "The
Generalization of Narrowband Localization Methods to Broadband
Environments via Parametrization of the Spatial Correlation
Matrix", Proc. of
EURASIP EUSIPCO’2007, Poznan, Poland, September
3-7, 2007.
[102] A. Laourine, A. Stéphenne,
and S. Affes, "Capacity
of Log-Normal Fading Channels", Proc.
of International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing
Conference IWCMC’2007, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, pp.
13-17, August 12-16, 2007.
[101] A. Taok, N. Kandil, S. Affes,
and S. Georges, "Fingerprinting
Localization Using Ultra-Wideband and Neural Networks",
Proc. of International Symposium
on Signals, Systems and Electronics ISSSE’2007,
Montreal, Canada, pp. 529-532, July 30-August 2, 2007.
[100] S. Aït Fares, T.A. Denidni,
S. Affes, and C. Despins, "Reducing
Complexity Using Path Selection for Sequential Blind Beamforming
for Wireless Communications",
Proc. of International Symposium
on Signals, Systems and Electronics ISSSE’2007,
Montreal, Canada, pp. 185-188, July 30-August 2, 2007.
Invited
Paper.
[99] Y. Salih-Alj, C. Despins, and
S. Affes, "Impact of
Pulse Shapes on the Performance of an Ultra-Wideband Multiple-Access
Fast Acquisition System", Proc.
of International Symposium on Signals, Systems and Electronics
ISSSE’2007, Montreal, Canada, pp. 411-414, July
30-August 2, 2007.
[98] I. Trigui, M. Siala, S. Affes,
and A. Stéphenne, "SIR
Optimized Hermite-Based Pulses for BFDM Systems in Doubly Dispersive
Channels", Proc. of
International Symposium on Signals, Systems and Electronics
ISSSE’2007, Montreal, Canada, pp. 587-590, July
30-August 2, 2007.
[97] D. Hammou, N. Khaddaj-Mallat,
E. Moldovan, S. Affes, K. Wu, and S.O. Tatu, "V-Band
Six-Port Down-Conversion Techniques", Proc.
of International Symposium on Signals, Systems and Electronics
ISSSE’2007, Montreal, Canada, pp. 379-382, July
30- August 2, Montreal, 2007.
[96] B. Boukari, E. Moldovan, S.
Affes, K. Wu, R.G. Bosisio, and S.O. Tatu, "A
Low-Cost Millimeter-Wave Six-Port Double-Balanced Mixer",
Proc. of International Symposium
on Signals, Systems and Electronics ISSSE’2007,
Montreal, Canada, pp. 513-516, July 30- August 2, Montreal,
2007.
[95] M. Souden, S. Affes, and J.
Benesty, "A New Low-Complexity
Super-Resolution Technique to Localize Two Closely-Spaced Plane-Wave
Sources", Proc. of
IEEE SPAWC'2007, Helsinki, Finland, pp. 1-5, June 17-20,
2007.
[94] A. Kammoun, K. Abed-Meraim,
and S. Affes, "Performance
of Linear Receivers Based on Superimposed Training",
Proc. of IEEE SPAWC’2007,
Helsinki, Finland, pp. 1-5, June 17-20, 2007.
[93] B. Smida, L. Hanzo, and S.
Affes, "Accurate
BER of MC-DS-CDMA over Rayleigh Fading Channels", Proc.
of 6th International Workshop on Multi-Carrier Spread Spectrum
MC-SS'2007, Herrsching, Germany, May 7-9, 2007.
[92] A. Mehbodniya, S. Aissa, and
S. Affes, "Performance
Analysis of MB-OFDM in the Presence of Multiple UWB Interferers",
Proc. of IEEE CCECE'2007,
Vancouver, BC, Canada, pp. 1337–1340, April 22-26, 2007.
[91] Y. Salih-Alj, C. Despins, and
S. Affes, "Performance
Evaluation of a Computationally-Efficient Acquisition Scheme for DS-UWB Signals", Proc.
of IEEE CCECE'2007, Vancouver, BC, Canada, pp. 1191-1194,
April 22-26, 2007.
[90] M. Souden, S. Affes, and J.
Benesty, "New Closed-Form
Estimators for the Angle of Arrival and the Angular Spread of
a Locally Scattered Source", Proc.
of IEEE CCECE'2007, Vancouver, BC, Canada, pp. 1042-1045,
April 22-26, 2007.
[89] Y. Salih-Alj, C. Despins, and
S. Affes, "A Computationally
Efficient Implementation of a UWB Fast Acquisition Scheme",
Proc. of IEEE VTC'07-Spring,
Dublin, Ireland, pp. 1554-1558, April 22-25, 2007.
[88] J. Dmochowski, J. Benesty,
S. Affes, "Direction
of Arrival Estimation Using Eigenanalysis of the Parameterized
Spatial Correlation Matrix"
, Proc.
of IEEE ICASSP'2007, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, vol. 1, pp.
1-4, April 15-20, 2007.
Best
Student Paper Award.
[87] M. Bakkali, A. Stéphenne,
and S. Affes, "Generalized
Moment-Based Method for SNR Estimation", Proc.
of IEEE Wireless Communications & Networking Conference
WCNC'2007, Hong Kong, China, pp. 2226-2230, March 11-15,
2007.
[86] S. Affes, M. Souden, and J.
Benesty, "A Narrowband
Approach to Blind Source Separation in Convolutive MIMO Mixtures",
Proc. of IEEE ISSPA'2007,
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, pp. 1-4, February 12-15, 2007.
Invited Paper.
[85] M. Souden, S. Affes, and J.
Benesty, "A Two-Stage
Approach to Localize Spatially Distributed Sources",
Proc. of IEEE ISSPA'2007, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates,
pp. 1-4, February 12-15, 2007.
Invited Paper.
[84] A.
Laourine, A. Stéphenne, and S. Affes, "Blind
Sampling Clock Offset Estimation in OFDM Systems Based on Second
Order Statistics", Proc.
of 40th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers,
Pacific Grove, CA, USA, pp. 1782-1785, October 29-November 1,
2006.
[83] M. Souden, S. Affes, and J.
Benesty, "A New
Approach to Blind Separation of Two Sources with Three Sensors",
Proc. of IEEE VTC'2006-Fall,
Montreal, Canada, pp. 1-5, September 25-28, 2006.
[82] B. Smida and S. Affes,
"Performance Analysis of Band-Limited Generalized Multicarrier
CDMA Systems", Proc.
of IEEE VTC'2006-Fall, Montreal, Canada, pp. 1-5, September
25-28, 2006.
[81] M. Bakkali, A. Stéphenne,
and S. Affes, "Iterative
SNR Estimation for MPSK Modulation over AWGN Channels",
Proc. of IEEE VTC'2006-Fall,
Montreal, Canada, pp. 1-5, September 25-28, 2006.
[80] M.A. Diop, K. Cheikhrouhou,
and S. Affes, "Impact
of Angular Spread and DOA Estimation on the Performance of Wideband
CDMA Array-Receivers", Proc.
of IEEE VTC'2006-Fall, Montreal, Canada, pp. 1-5, September
25-28, 2006.
[79] A. Laourine,
A. Stéphenne, and S. Affes, "Joint
Carrier and Sampling Frequency Offset Estimation Based on Harmonic
Retrieval", Proc.
of IEEE VTC'2006-Fall, Montreal, Canada, pp. 1-5, September
25-28, 2006.
[78] S. Aït Fares, T. Denidni,
S. Affes, and C. Despins, "Efficient
Sequential Blind Beamforming for Wireless Underground Communications",
Proc. of IEEE VTC'2006-Fall,
Montreal, Canada, pp. 1-4, September 25-28, 2006.
[77] K. Cheikhrouhou, S. Affes,
A. Elderini, B. Smida, P. Mermelstein, B. Sultana, and V. Sampath,
"Performance Evaluation
of an Enhanced Wideband CDMA Receiver using Channel Measurements",
Proc. of IEEE VTC'2006-Fall,
Montreal, Canada, pp. 1-6, September 25-28, 2006.
[76] M. Bakkali, A. Stéphenne,
and S. Affes, "A
Reduced-Bias SNR Estimator for BPSK Modulation over AWGN Channels",
Proc. of 3rd IEEE International
Symposium on Image/Video Communications over fixed and mobile
networks ISIVC'2006, Hammamet, Tunisia, September 13-15,
2006.
Invited
Paper.
[75] C. Nerguizian, C. Despins,
S. Affes, G.I. Wassi, and D. Grenier, "Neural
Network and Fingerprinting-based Geolocation on Time-varying
Channels", Proc. of
IEEE PIMRC'2006, Helsinki, Finland, pp. 1-6, September
11-14, 2006.
[74] M. Boutin, A. Benzakour, C.
Despins, and S. Affes, "Characterization
and Modeling of a Wireless Channel at 2.4 and 5.8 GHz in Underground
Tunnels",
Proc. of IEEE ISWCS'2006,
Valencia, Spain, pp. 517-521,
September 5-8, 2006.
Invited
Paper.
[73] A. Laourine, A. Stéphenne,
and S. Affes, "A
New Data-Aided Carrier Frequency Offset Estimation Algorithm
for OFDM Systems", Proc.
of IEEE SPAWC'2006, Cannes, France, pp. 1-5, July 2-5,
2006.
[72] Y. Semlani, A. Stéphenne,
and S. Affes, "A
Downlink OFDM Switched-Beam Scheme with Joint Channel Estimation
and Beam Selection Based on Kalman Filtering", Proc.
of IEEE ICC'2006, Istanbul, Turkey, vol. 6, pp. 2853-2858,
June 11-15, 2006.
[71] Y. Semlani, A. Stéphenne,
and S. Affes, "A
Downlink Switched-Beam OFDM Pilot Scheme Based on Subcarrier-Multiplexing",
Proc. of 23rd Biennial Symposium
on Communications, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada,
pp. 291-294, May 29-June 1, 2006.
[70] S. Aït Fares, T. Denidni,
S. Affes, and C. Despins, "CMA/Fractional-Delay
Sequential Beamforming for Wireless Multipath Communications",
Proc. of IEEE VTC'2006-Spring,
Melbroune, Australia, vol. 6, pp. 2793-2797, May 7-10, 2006.
[69] M. Siala and S. Affes,
"Maximum a Posteriori
Detection of the Primary Synchronization Channel of the UMTS/FDD
Mode", Proc. of IEEE
International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems
ICECS'2005, Gammarth, Tunisia, December 11-14, 2005.
[68] K. Cheikhrouhou, S. Affes,
A. Elderini, B. Smida, P. Mermelstein, B. Sultana, and V. Sampath,
"On-line Analysis/Synthesis-Based
Channel Parameters Estimation and Wideband CDMA Receiver Design
Verification", Proc.
of IEEE VTC'2005-Fall, Dallas, Texas, USA, vol.1, pp. 468
- 472, September 25-28, 2005.
[67] B. Smida, S. Affes, and P.
Mermelstein, "Hybrid
Interference Subspace Rejection for Multi-Rate CDMA with Improved
Performance/Complexity Tradeoff", Proc.
of IEEE VTC'2005-Fall, Dallas, Texas, USA, vol. 1, pp. 127 - 131, September 25-28, 2005.
[66] S. Affes, K. Cheikhrouhou,
F. Moatemri, K. Lajnef, and P. Mermelstein, "A
High-Order-Modulation Space-Time Receiver with Increased Peak
Rate and Throughput for Wideband CDMA",
Proc. of EURASIP EUSIPCO'2005,
Antalya, Turkey, September 4-8, 2005.
Invited
Paper.
[65] B. Smida and S. Affes,
"On the Performance of
Interference Subspace Rejection for Next Generation Multicarrier
CDMA", Proc. of IEEE
ISSPA'2005, Sydney, Australia, vol. 1, pp. 415
- 418, August 28-31, 2005.
[64] S. Jomphe, K. Cheikhrouhou,
J. Belzile, S. Affes, and J-C. Thibault, "Area-Efficient
Advanced Multiuser WCDMA Receiver",
Proc. of 3rd IEEE Northeast
Workshop on Circuits and Systems NEWCAS'2005, Quebec City,
Quebec, Canada, pp. 296-299, June 19-22, 2005.
Invited
Paper.
[63] S. Aït Fares, T. Denidni,
S. Affes, and C. Despins, "Rayleigh Fading with Modified Poisson Time Arrival Path in OFDM Smart
Antennas for WLAN Underground Communications", Proc.
of 1st International Workshop on Wireless Communications in
Underground and Confined Areas IWWCUCA'2005, Val-d'Or,
Quebec, Canada, June 6-7, 2005.
[62] M. Boutin, S. Affes, C. Despins,
and T. Denidni, "On
the Modelling of a Radio Propagation Channel for LOS and NLOS
Areas in a Mine Tunnel", Proc.
of First International Workshop on Wireless Communications in
Underground and Confined Areas IWWCUCA'2005, Val-d'Or,
Quebec, Canada, June 6-7, 2005.
[61] A. Benzakour, S. Affes, C.
Despins, and P.-M. Tardif, "RMS
Delay Spread and Coherence Bandwidth Measurements in an Underground
Mining Environment at 2.4 and 5.8 GHz", Proc.
of First International Workshop on Wireless Communications in
Underground and Confined Areas IWWCUCA'2005, Val-d'Or,
Quebec, Canada, June 6-7, 2005.
[60] Y. Salih-Alj, C. Despins, and
S. Affes, "A Radiolocation
Strategy in Underground Mines Using UWB Radio over an Ad-hoc
Structure", Proc.
of First International Workshop on Wireless Communications in
Underground and Confined Areas IWWCUCA'2005, Val-d'Or,
Quebec, Canada, June 6-7, 2005.
[59] B. Smida, S. Affes, K. Jamaoui,
and P. Mermelstein, "A
Multicarrier-CDMA Receiver with Full Interference Suppression
and Carrier Frequency Offset Recovery", Proc.
of IEEE Signal Processing Workshop on Signal Processing Advances
in Wireless Communications SPAWC'2005, New York City, New
York, USA, pp. 435-439, June 6-8, 2005.
[58] Y. Semlani, A. Stephenne, and
S. Affes, "A New
Cost-Effective MISO/SIMO Channel Model for Macro-Cellular System
Simulations", Proc.
of IEEE Canadian Workshop on Information Theory CWIT'2005,
Montreal, Canada, June 6-8, 2005.
[57] B. Smida, S. Affes, and P.
Mermelstein, "Performance
Analysis of Hybrid Interference Subspace Rejection in Multi-Rate
CDMA", Proc. of IEEE
Canadian Workshop on Information Theory CWIT'2005, Montreal,
Canada, June 6-8, 2005.
[56] M. Boutin, S. Affes, C. Despins,
and T. Denidni, "Statistical
Modelling of a Radio Propagation Channel in an Underground Mine
at 2.4 and 5.8 GHz", Proc.
of IEEE VTC'2005-Spring, Stockholm, Sweden, vol. 1, pp.
78-81, May 30-June 1, 2005.
[55] B. Smida, S. Affes, J. Li,
and P. Mermelstein, "Multicarrier-CDMA
STAR with Time and Frequency Synchronization", Proc.
of IEEE ICC'2005, Seoul, South Korea, vol. 4, pp. 2493-2499,
May 16-20, 2005.
[54] S. Aït Fares, T. Denidni,
and S. Affes, "Sequential
Blind Beamforming Algorithm Using Combined CMA/LMS for Wireless Underground
Communications", Proc.
of IEEE VTC'2004-Fall, Los Angeles, California, USA, vol.
5, pp. 3600-3604, September 26-29, 2004.
[53] A. Benzakour, S. Affes, C.
Despins, and P.-M. Tardif, "Wideband
Measurements of Channel Characteristics at 2.4 and 5.8 GHz in Underground
Mining Environments", Proc.
of IEEE VTC'2004-Fall, Los Angeles, California, USA, vol.
5, pp. 3595-3599, September 26-29, 2004.
[52] C. Nerguizian, C. Despins,
and S. Affes, "Geolocation
in Mines with an Impulse Response Fingerprinting Technique and
Neural Networks", Proc.
of IEEE VTC'2004-Fall, Los Angeles, California, USA, vol.
5, pp. 3589-3594, September 26-29, 2004.
[51] C. Nerguizian, C. Despins,
and S. Affes, "Indoor
Geolocation with Received Signal Strength Fingerprinting Technique
and Neural Networks", Proc.
of 11th IEEE/IEE International Conference on Telecommunications
ICT'2004, Fortaleza, Brazil, August 1-6, 2004.
[50] S. Jomphe, J. Belzile, S. Affes,
and K. Cheikhrouhou, "Codesign
Implementation of STAR in a 3G WCDMA Base Station Receiver",
Proc. of 22nd Biennial Symposium
on Communications, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada,
pp. 319-321, May 31-June 3, 2004.
[49] B. Smida, S. Affes, and P.
Mermelstein, "Hybrid
Interference Subspace Rejection for Multi-Rate WCDMA",
Proc. of 22nd Biennial Symposium
on Communications, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada,
pp. 143-145, May 31-June 3, 2004.
[48] S. Jomphe, J. Belzile, S. Affes,
and K. Cheikhrouhou, "Codesign
Implementation of a 3G Base Station Receiver",
Proc. of IEEE Canadian Conference
on Electrical and Computer Engineering CCECE'2004, Niagara
Falls, Canada, pp. 1191-1194, May 2-5, 2004.
[47] H. Hansen, S. Affes, and P.
Mermelstein, "Downlink
MIMO Multiuser Detection with Interference Subspace Rejection",
Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM'2003,
San Francisco, USA, vol. 6, pp. 3290-3295, December 1-5, 2003.
[46] B. Smida, S. Affes, and P.
Mermelstein, "Frequency
and Time Synchronization for the CDMA Array-Receiver STAR with
Interference Subspace Rejection", Proc.
of IEEE VTC'2003-Fall, Orlando, USA, vol. 2, pp. 887-891,
October 6-9, 2003.
[45] C. Nerguizian, M. Djadel, C.
Despins, and S. Affes, "Narrowband
and Wideband Radio Channel Characteristics in Underground Mining
Environments at 2.4 GHz", Proc.
of IEEE PIMRC'2003, Beijing, China, vol. 1 , pp. 680-684,
September 7-10, 2003.
[44] S. Affes, K. Lajnef, K. Cheikhrouhou,
and P. Mermelstein, "Adaptive
MIMO-Diversity Selection with Closed-Loop Power Control over
Wireless CDMA Rayleigh-Fading Channels",
Proc. of IEEE/EURASIP ISSPA'2003,
Paris, France, vol. 1, pp. 41-44, July 1-4, 2003.
Invited
Paper.
[43] B. Smida, S. Affes, and P.
Mermelstein, "Joint
Time-Delay and Frequency Offest Synchronization for CDMA Array-Receivers",
Proc. of IEEE Signal Processing
Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications
SPAWC'2003, Rome, Italy, pp. 499-504, June 15-18, 2003.
[42] A. Maaref, S. Aïssa, and
S. Affes, "Combined
Flow Control and Interference Cancellation for Packet Data Transmission
in Wideband CDMA Systems", Proc.
of IEEE ICC'2003, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, vol. 1, pp. 753-758,
May 11-15, 2003.
[41] S. Affes, N. Kandil, and P.
Mermelstein, "Efficient
Use of Pilot Signals in Wideband CDMA Array-Receivers",
Proc. of IEEE ICC'2003, Communications
Theory Symposium, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, vol. 4, pp.
2526-2531, May 11-15, 2003.
[40] S. Affes, K. Cheikhrouhou,
and P. Mermelstein, "Enhanced
Interference Suppression for Spectrum-Efficient High Data-Rate
Transmissions over Wideband CDMA Networks", Proc.
of IEEE ICASSP'2003, Hong Kong, vol. IV, pp. 469-472, April
6-10, 2003.
[39] A. Maaref, S. Aissa, S. Affes,
"Flow Control in the Presence
of Interference Cancellation in Wireless CDMA Networks",
Proc. of 10th IEEE/IEE International
Conference on Telecommunications ICT'2003, Papeete, Tahiti,
French Polynesia, pp. 767-773, February 23-March 1, 2003.
[38] M. Djadel, C. Despins, and
S. Affes, "Narrowband
Propagation Characteristics at 2.45 and 18 GHz in Underground
Mining Environments", Proc.
of IEEE GLOBECOM'2002, Taipei, Taiwan, vol. 2, pp. 1870-1874,
November 17-21, 2002.
[37] S. Affes, K. Cheikhrouhou,
and P. Mermelstein, "High-Speed
Data Access with Enhanced Interference Suppression over Wideband
CDMA Networks",
Proc. of IEEE International
Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics SMC'2002,
Hammamet, Tunisia, vol. 1, pp. 403-408, October 6-9, 2002.
Invited
Paper.
[36] S. Affes, D. Feng, L. Ge, and
P. Mermelstein, "Does
Direction-of-Arrival Estimation Help Channel Identification
in Multi-Antenna CDMA Receivers?",
Proc. of IEEE International
Symposium on Advances in Wireless Communications ISWC'2002,
Victoria, Canada, pp. 167-168, September 23-24, 2002.
Invited
Paper.
[35] L. Szczecinski, R. Elharti,
and S. Affes, "Turbo
Equalization of Non-Linear Communication Channels",
Proc. of 21st Biennial Symposium
on Communications, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada,
pp. 321-325, June 2-5, 2002.
[34] K. Cheikhrouhou, S. Affes,
and P. Mermelstein, "Robustness
of Enhanced STAR to Multipath Power Profile Variations in Wideband
CDMA Channels", Proc.
of 21st Biennial Symposium on Communications BSC'2002, Queen's
University, Kingston, Canada, pp. 250-254, June 2-5, 2002.
[33] L. Ge, G. Yue, and S. Affes,
"On the BER Performance
of Pulse-Position-Modulation UWB Radio in Multipath Channels",
Proc. of IEEE Conference on
Ultra Wideband Systems and Technologies UWBST'2002, Baltimore,
USA, pp. 231-234, May 20-23, 2002.
[32] H. Xu, S. Affes, and P. Mermelstein,
"Enhanced Array-Receiver
Operation with Turbo Codes for Increasing the Capacity of Wideband
CDMA Networks", Proc.
of IEEE VTC'2002-Spring, Birmingham, Alabama, USA, vol.
2, pp. 943-947, May 4-9, 2002.
[31] S. Affes, J. Zhang, and P.
Mermelstein, "Carrier
Frequency Offset Recovery for CDMA Array-Receivers in Selective
Rayleigh-Fading Channels", Proc.
of IEEE VTC'2002-Spring, Birmingham, Alabama, USA, vol.
1, pp. 180-184, May 4-9, 2002.
[30] H. Hansen, S. Affes, and P.
Mermelstein, "Interference
Subspace Rejection in Wideband CDMA: Modes for High Data-Rate
Operation", Proc.
of IEEE GLOBECOM'2001, Communications Theory Symposium,
San Antonio, USA, vol. 1, pp. 475-479, November 25-29, 2001.
[29] K. Cheikhrouhou, S. Affes,
and P. Mermelstein, "Synchronization
Sensitivity of Enhanced CDMA Array-Receivers to Fast Channel
Time-Variations and to Shaping-Pulse Design", Proc.
of 35th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers,
Pacific Grove, USA, vol. 1, pp. 429-434, November 4-7, 2001.
[28] C. Nerguizian, C. Despins,
and S. Affes, "A
Framework for Geolocation Using an Intelligent System",
Proc. of the Third IEEE Workshop
on Wireless Local Areas Networks, Boston, USA, URL link, September 27-28, 2001.
[27] S. Affes, H. Hansen, and P.
Mermelstein, "Interference
Subspace Rejection in Wideband CDMA: Modes for Mixed-Power Operation",
Proc. of IEEE ICC'2001, Communications
Theory Symposium, Helsinki, Finland, vol. 2, pp. 523-529,
June 11-15, 2001.
[26] H. Hansen, S. Affes, and P.
Mermelstein, "Partial
Interference Subspace Rejection in CDMA Systems", Proc.
of IEEE VTC'2001-Spring, Rhodes Island, Greece, vol. 3,
pp. 1809-1813, May 6-9, 2001.
[25] J. Wu, S. Affes, and P. Mermelstein,
"Enhanced CDMA Transmission
with Multiple Antennas and Joint Power Control", Proc.
of IEEE VTC'2001-Spring, Rhodes Island, Greece, vol. 4,
pp. 2873-2877, May 6-9, 2001.
[24] S. Affes, H. Hansen, and P.
Mermelstein, "Near-Far
Resistant Single-User Channel Identification by Interference
Subspace Rejection in Wideband CDMA", Proc.
of IEEE Signal Processing Workshop on Signal Processing Advances
in Wireless Communications SPAWC'2001, Taoyuan, Taiwan,
pp. 54-57, March 20-23, 2001.
[23] S. Affes, A. Saadi, and P.
Mermelstein, "Pilot-Assisted
STAR for Increased Capacity and Coverage on the Downlink of
Wideband CDMA Networks", Proc.
of IEEE Signal Processing Workshop on Signal Processing Advances
in Wireless Communications SPAWC'2001, Taoyuan, Taiwan,
pp. 310-313, March 20-23, 2001.
[22] J. Wu, S. Affes, and P. Mermelstein,
"Transmit Antenna Selection
with Microdiversity and Macrodiversity in CDMA Networks",
Proc. of 20th Biennial Symposium
on Communications, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada,
pp. 95-99, May 28-31, 2000.
[21] S. Affes, A. Louzi, N. Kandil,
and P. Mermelstein, "A
High Capacity CDMA Array-Receiver Requiring Reduced Pilot Power",
Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM'2000,
Communications Theory Symposium, San Francisco, USA, vol. 2,
pp. 910-916, November 27-December 1, 2000.
[20] K. Cheikhrouhou, S. Affes,
and P. Mermelstein, "Impact
of Synchronization on Receiver Performance in Wideband CDMA
Networks", Proc. of
34th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers,
Pacific Grove, USA, vol. 1, pp. 252-258, October 29-November
1, 2000.
[19] S. Affes and P. Mermelstein,
"Comparison of Pilot-Assisted
and Blind CDMA Array-Receivers Adaptive to Rayleigh Fading Rates",
Proc. of IEEE PIMRC'1999,
Osaka, Japan, vol. 3, pp. 1186-1192, September 12-15, 1999.
[18] H. Hansen, S. Affes, and P.
Mermelstein, "A
Beamformer for CDMA with Enhanced Near-Far Resistance",
Proc. of IEEE ICC'1999,
Vancouver, Canada, vol. 3, pp. 1583-1587, June 6-10, 1999.
[17] S. Affes and P. Mermelstein,
"Performance of a CDMA
Beamforming Array-Receiver in Spatially-Correlated Rayleigh-Fading
Multipath", Proc.
of IEEE VTC'1999-Spring, Houston, USA, vol. 1, pp. 249-253,
May 16-20, 1999.
[16] H. Hansen, S. Affes, and P.
Mermelstein, "A
Rayleigh Doppler Frequency Estimator Derived from Maximum Likelihood Theory",
Proc. of IEEE Signal Processing
Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications
SPAWC'1999, Annapolis, USA, pp. 382-386, May 9-12, 1999.
[15] S. Affes and P. Mermelstein,
"Signal Processing Improvements
for Smart Antenna Signals in IS-95 CDMA", Proc.
of IEEE PIMRC'1998, Boston, USA, vol. II, pp. 967-972,
September 8-11, 1998.
[14] W. Li, S. Affes, and P. Mermelstein,
"Performance Analysis
of STAR for Cellular CDMA Systems", Proc.
of 19th Biennial Symposium on Communications BSC'1998, Queen's
University, Kingston, Canada, pp. 271-275, May 31-June 3, 1998.
[13] S. Affes and P. Mermelstein,
"Space/Time Multipath
Separation and Equalization in Asynchronous CDMA Using the Spatio-Temporal
Array-Receiver", Proc.
of IEEE ICUPC'1997, San Diego, USA, vol. 2, pp. 510-515,
October 12-16, 1997.
[12] S. Affes and P. Mermelstein,
"Spatio-Temporal Array-Receiver
for Multipath Tracking in Cellular CDMA", Proc.
of IEEE ICC'1997, Montreal, Canada, vol. 3, pp. 1340-1345,
June 8-12, 1997.
[11] Y. Grenier and S. Affes,
"Microphone Array Response
to Speaker Movements",
Proc. of IEEE ICASSP'1997,
Munich, Germany, vol. 1, pp. 247-250, April 20-24, 1997.
Invited
Paper.
[10] S. Affes and P. Mermelstein,
"Capacity Improvement
of Cellular CDMA by the Subspace-Tracking Array-Receiver",
Proc. of IEEE Signal Processing
Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications
SPAWC'1997, Paris, France, pp. 233-236, April 16-18, 1997.
Please ask for an erratum of this paper dated March 1997.
[9] S. Affes, S. Gazor, and Y. Grenier,
"An Algorithm for Multi-Source
Beamforming and Multi-Target Tracking - Further Results",
Proc. of EURASIP EUSIPCO'1996,
Trieste, Italy, vol. 1, pp. 1-4, September 10-13, 1996.
[8] S. Affes and Y. Grenier,
"A Source Subspace Tracking
Array of Microphones for Double Talk Situations", Proc.
of IEEE ICASSP'1996, Atlanta, USA, vol. 2, pp. 909-912,
May 7-10, 1996.
[7] S. Gazor, S. Affes, and Y. Grenier,
"Wideband Multi-Source
Beamforming with Adaptive Array Location Calibration and Direction
Finding", Proc. of
IEEE ICASSP'1995, Detroit, USA, vol. 3, pp. 1904-1907,
May 8-12, 1995.
[6] S. Affes and Y. Grenier,
"A Signal Subspace Tracking
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