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trademark of MIL 3, Inc.
© 1999 MIL 3, Inc


University: University of Western Ontario
Professors: Dr. S.Primak, Dr. R.K.Rao, Dr.A.Das
Department: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Digital Wireless Communication Systems & Networking Group


UNDERGRADUATE PROJECTS THAT MADE USE OF OPNET

Name Title Year
M. Tjipto Modeling TDMA Cellular Wireless Networks based on IS-136 Using OPNET 1998
V. Chan IS-95 CDMA Based Cellular Network Simulation Test-bed Using OPNET 1998
T. Blaszczyk Modeling Interactions between IS-136 and IS-95 Architectures In Wireless Cellular Networks 1999
C.Snow Bluetooth based systems performance evaluation in the presence of correlated fading 2002

GRADUATE STUDENT THESIS WHERE OPNET WAS USED

Name Thesis Title Degree
T. Yang Traffic Performance of Assured Forwarding Service in Differentiated Services MSc Dec. 1999
M. Zaki Modeling and Performance Analysis of Wireless LANs MESc Nov. 1999
A. Kasiolas Intelligent Control in Multimedia Policing, Sharing and Congestion Avoidance in Multimedia Networks MESc May 1999
Y.Zhang "Evaluation of MAC protocols for prospective communication systems M.E.Sc. 2001
J.Jiang Performance evaluation of Signaling over Power Lines M.E.Sc. 2002
Y.Huang Evaluation of communication systems in underground tunnels M.E.Sc 2001
M.Pham Evaluation of LMDS communication systems M.E.Sc. 2001
Chuan Xiao Signal Design for Digital Communication Systems using coded CPFSK  M.E. June2001
A.K.M.G.A Akanda Performance of OFDM in non-gaussian Environments for Multimedia communications M.E.Sc. May 2002
Imran A. Tasadduq Novel OFDM-CPM Signals for Wireless Communications: Properties, Receivers, and Performance Ph.D. August 2002

PUBLICATIONS IN REFEREED JOURNAL AND CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS WHERE OPNET HAS BEEN USED

  1. F. Nait-Adbesselam, A. Kasiolas, D. Makrakis and A. Hafid, Cooperative Adaptation to Quality of Service Using Software Agents, to appear in the Networking and Information Systems Journal.
  2. A. Kasiolas, F. Nait-Adbesselam, D. Makrakis and A. Hafid, Cooperative Adaptation to Quality of Service Using Software Agents, to appear in the proceedings of the International Workshop on Multimedia Network Systems (MMNS’99), Aizu, Japan, Sept.1999.
  3. A. Kasiolas and D. Makrakis, Application of Fuzzy Congestion Control in ABR-Controlled Transfer (CT) Service, in Presence of VBR Video Traffic and Perforce Evaluation under Realistic Traffic Models, to appear in the proceedings of the International Conference on Computers and Communications (ICCC’99), Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 1999.
  4. J. R. Gallardo, D. Makrakis and L. Orozco-Barbosa, Importance Sampling: Approaches and Misconceptions, in the Proc. of OPNETWORK’99, Washington, D.C., Aug. 1999.
  5. D. S. Hundal, D. Makrakis and J. R. Gallardo Performance of an Integrated-Services Wireless Network Carrying Video, Voice and UDP And TCP Data Traffic, in proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Wireless Communications (WIRELESS’99), Calgary, Alberta, pp. 431-439, July 1999.
  6. M. Zaki, D. Makrakis and J. R. Gallardo, Performance Analysis of IEEE 802.11-Based Wireless LANs Under Realistic Traffic Loading, in proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Wireless Communications (WIRELESS’99), Calgary, Alberta, pp. 214-222, July 1999.
  7. A. Kasiolas and D. Makrakis, Application of Fuzzy Congestion Control in ABR-Controlled Transfer (CT) Service, Under Realistic Traffic Models, in proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Advances in Communications and Control, COMCON7, Vouliagmeni, Greece, July 1999.
  8. A. Kasiolas and D. Makrakis, Fuzzy logic-based multimedia applications congestion control, in proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Advances in Communications and Control, COMCON7, Vouliagmeni, Greece, July 1999.
  9. M. Angulo, J. R. Gallardo and D. Makrakis, Adaptive QoS Scheme Based on Prediction of Alpha-Stable Self-Similar Traffic, in proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Advances in Communications and Control (COMCON7), Athens, Greece, July 1999.
  10. D. S. Hundal, D. Makrakis, J. R. Gallardo, A MAC Protocol for Integrated-Traffic Wireless Networks with QoS Policies, in proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Advances in Communications and Control (COMCON7), Athens, Greece, July 1999.
  11. M. Zaki and D. Makrakis, Integrated Services over IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN with QoS Capabilities, in proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Advances in Communications and Control, COMCON7, Vouliagmeni, Greece, July 1999.
  12. A. Kasiolas and D. Makrakis, A Fuzzy-Based Traffic Controller for high-speed ATM Networks Using Realistic Traffic Models, in proceedings of the International Conference on Multimedia Computing and Systems (ICMCS99), Florence, Italy, June 1999.
  13. D. Makrakis, D. S. Hundal, J. R. Gallardo, Performance Analysis of Multimedia-capable Wireless Networks Based on Realistic Traffic Models, in proceedings of the 1999 IEEE International Conference on Personal Wireless Communications (ICPWC'99), Jaipur, India, Feb. 1999.
  14. D. Makrakis, D. Hundal and J. R. Gallardo, Performance Analysis of CDMA Protocols for Multimedia Wireless Networks Under Realistic Traffic Models, in proceedings of the IEEE Intern. Conf. On Multimedia & Telecomm. Management, Hong Kong, Dec. 1998.
  15. A. Kasiolas and D. Makrakis, A Fuzzy-Based Traffic Controller for high-speed ATM Networks Using Realistic Traffic Models, in proceedings of the International Conference on Multimedia Computing and Systems (ICMCS99), Florence, Italy, June 1999.
  16. D. Makrakis, D. S. Hundal, J. R. Gallardo, Performance Analysis of Multimedia-capable Wireless Networks Based on Realistic Traffic Models, in proceedings of the 1999 IEEE International Conference on Personal Wireless Communications (ICPWC'99), Jaipur, India, pp. 384-388, Feb. 1999.
  17. D. Makrakis, D. Hundal and J. R. Gallardo, Performance Analysis of CDMA Protocols for Multimedia Wireless Networks Under Realistic Traffic Models, in the Proc. of IEEE Intern. Conf. On Multimedia & Telecomm. Management, Hong Kong, Dec. 1998.
  18. D. Makrakis, A. Hafid, D. Hundal J. R. Gallardo and L. Orozco-Barbosa, A Medium Access Control Protocol for Multimedia Applications Over Micro-Cellular Networks, in Proc. of IEEE/IEE/URSI International Conference on Telecommunications (ICT'98), Chalkidiki, Greece, pp. 412-416, June 1998.
  19. Yi Han Zhang, D. Makrakis, Yun Bo Huang, and S. Primak "Performance Evaluation of Local Multipoint Distributed Service System Supporting Mobile Users " Proc. VTC-2002, Birmingham, Alabama, USA, May, 2002.
  20. Yi Han Zhang, D. Makrakis, Yun Bo Huang, and S. Primak "Support of Service Differentiation in Capacity-varying Wireless Channels" Accepted to ITC 2002, Bejing, 2002.
  21. C. Snow, and S. Primak, "Performance Evaluation of TCP/IP in Bluetooth Based Systems," Proc. VTC-2002, Birmingham, Alabama, USA, May, 2002.
    C. Snow, and S. Primak, "Effect of interference on performance of a Bluetooth systems," Proc. of Wroclaw International Conference on EMC, Wrozlaw, Poland, June, 2002.
  22. Y. Zhang, D. Makrakis, and S. Primak, "Dynamic Support of Service Differentiation in Wireless Networks", Proc. IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on Communications, Computers and Signal Processing, September, 2001.
  23. Y. Huang, S. Primak, and D. Makrakis, "Modelling of Fading in Wireless Communication Channel in Underground Mines in Presence of a Slowly Moving Object," VTC-2001, Rhodes, Greece, May, 6-9, 2001.
  24. S. Primak, V. Lyandres, and D. Makrakis, "On Modelling OF Aggregated Teletraffic Using Generalized Fokker-Planck Equation," VTC-2001, Rhodes, Greece, May, 6-9, 2001.
  25. Imran A. Tasadduq and Raveendra K. Rao, “Weighted OFDM with Block Codes for Wireless Communication,” Proc. of IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on Communications, Computers and Signal Processing (PACRIM ’01), August 26-28, 2001, Victoria B.C., Canada, Vol. II, pp.441-444. 
  26.  I.A.Tasadduq and Raveendra, K.R ,“OFDM-CPM Signals,” Electronic Letters, Vol 38, No. 2, 17th January, 2002, pp.80-81.  
  27.   I.A.Tasadduq and Raveendra, K.R.,“Detection of OFDM-CPM Signals over Multipath Channels,” Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications ICC 2002,  vol.3, pp. 1651-1655, April 28-May 2, 2002, New York, USA.

  28.        I.A.Tasadduq and Raveendra, K.R.,“OFDM-CPM Signals over Multipath Channels,”   (Accepted for publication in Canadian Journal of Electrical & Computer Engineering).

  29.       I.A.Tasadduq and Raveendra, K.R., “PAPR reduction  for OFDM signals using multi-amplitude CPM,” IEE Electronics Letters, vol.38, No.16, pp. 915-917, 01 August, 2002

  30.       I.A.Tasadduq and Raveendra, K.R., “Peak power reduction of OFDM using biased block codes and weighting,” Manuscript under review, Western Journal of Graduate Research, UWO, Canada

  31.     I.A.Tasadduq and Raveendra, K.R., “Viterbi Detection of OFDM-CPM signals,” To be presented in International Conference on Wireless Systems & Networks, 24-26 March, 2003, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. 

  32.      I.A.Tasadduq and Raveendra, K.R., “OFDM-CPM signals for indoor wireless communications,” Proc.  Fourteenth Annual  International Conference on Wireless Communications, Wireless 2002, vol. 2, pp.573-585, 8-10 July 2002, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

  33.        I.A.Tasadduq and Raveendra, K.R., Performance of OFDM-CPM signals over wireless fading channels,” Proc. IASTED International Conference on Wireless and Optical Communications, WOC 2002, pp. 146-151 July 17-19, 2002, Bnaff, Alberta, Canada

  34.       I.A.Tasadduq and Raveendra, K.R., “PAPR reduction of OFDM-CPM system using multiamplitude CPM Signals,” Proc. 21st Biennial Symposium on Communications, pp.225-229, June 2-5, 2002, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada.

  35.       A.Akanda and Raveendra, K.R., “PAPR Reduction using combined coding, weighting, and mapping in OFDM systems,” Proc.  Fourteenth Annual  International Conference on Wireless Communications, Wireless 2002, vol. 2,  8-10 July 2002, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

  36.         I.A.Tasadduq and Raveendra, K.R., “A New Class of Correlated OFDM Signals,” ECE Graduate Research Symposium, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada, May 7-9, 2002

COURSES USING OPNET

ECE 433b: Communications Systems

ES-576: Digital Wireless Communication Systems

ES-609: Digital Modulation & Coding