Sudhanshu Gaur

Mobile & Portable Radio Research Group                                                            Phone: 540-443-1795
432 Durham Hall, Mail Stop 0350                                                                        E-mail: sgaur@vt.edu
Blacksburg VA 24060                                                         

Objective: Gaining the necessary knowledge and skills for a career in Wireless Communications and
                        Networking by pursuing a PhD Degree.

Education:

       o  Virginia Tech Blacksburg VA, MS, Electrical and Computer Engineering     Expected May'03
         GPA- 3.86/4.0

       o  Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, B.Tech, Instrumentation Eng.     Jun'00

Research:

       o  Mobile & Portable Radio Research Group (MPRG), Virginia Tech Sept'01 Present
           Thesis Advisor: Dr. A. Annamalai
           Thesis Topic: A mathematical framework and a design tool for analyzing performance of several hybrid
           diversity combining methods in generalized fading channels.

       o  BTech Thesis, IIT Kharagpur                                                                                     Aug'99-April'00
           Thesis Topic: Ethernet & Token Bus Mixed Protocol (RETHER)
           -    Devised a scheme of Ethernet-Token Ring mixed protocol for Real Time Sessions in LANs.
           -    The scheme is based on transfer of one protocol to another depending on network load.
           -    Performed simulations and analyzed performance vis-?-vis existing protocols on OPNET
                networking software.

Publications:
          -  S. Gaur, A. Annamalai, "Some Integrals Involving the Marcum Q-Function with Application to Error
             Probability  Analysis of Diversity Receivers," Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Vehicular
             Technology, 2002.
          -  S. Gaur, A. Annamalai, "On the Receiver Design for UWB Systems," Submitted to IEEE Comm.
              Letters,  2003.
          -  S. Gaur, A. Annamalai, "MGF-Based Mathematical Framework for Dual Diversity Equal Gain Combining
              Analysis over Correlated Rayleigh and Nakagami-m Fading Channels," To be submitted to IEEE
             Transactions on Vehicular Technology.
          -   S. Gaur, A. Annamalai, "A General Framework for Performance Evaluation of Hybrid Partitioned
              Diversity Combining Receiver over Wireless Channels," To be submitted to IEEE Transactions on
              Communications.

Experience:

• DARPA/Boeing Future Combat Systems (FCS) Project, MPRG, Virginia Tech           Sept'02-Present
  -   Development of a high fidelity simulator for accurately modeling the time-varying physical channel
       conditions in the network performance.
  -   Study of the convergence behavior of adaptive beam-forming and adaptive interference nulling.
   
• Graduate Research Assistant, Dr. M.T. Jones, ECE Dept, Virginia Tech                         Dec'01-Aug'02
  -   Assisted in the development of course material for ?Engineering Problem Solving with C++?.
  -   Developed a real-time interface (written in VC++ 6.0) to interface directly to the Lego Mindstroms
      RCX 2.0.
   
• Enfora Inc, Plano, TX                                                                                                   May'01-Jun'01
  Onsite Support Engineer
  -  Integration of Texas Instrument?s TCS2100^TM GPRS chipset with Sasken?s GPRS protocol stack.
  -  It involved design and implementation of mobile physical abstraction layer to provide the
      mapping between physical link layer primitives and the MAC layer.
  -  Conformance testing of GPRS MAC layer in compliance with SMG-31 ETSI specs.
   
• Sasken Communication Technologies, Bangalore, India.                                             Jul'00-Jul'01
  Software Engineer in Wireless Communication Technology Group
  -  Designed and developed Medium Access Control (MAC) layer for 2.5G GPRS protocol stack.
  -  Actively participated on the design and implementation issues of Mobility handling, Cell
     selection/reselection, Handoffs and MAC interaction with physical layer.
  -  Interacted closely with clients (Enfora Inc., and Sierra Wireless Inc.).

Course Projects:
        -  Implementation and performance analysis of CMA algorithm on a VIPER test bed (Software
               Radios).
          -   Performance analysis of Digital Automatic Gain Controller for spread spectrum signals in a Rayleigh
              channel (Software Radios).
          -   Analysis of low rate superorthogonal convolutional codes in a UWB communication system (Coding
              Theory).
          -   Implementation of LCR based Velocity Estimator for narrowband mobile communication systems
              using a TI TMS320C67 DSP (DSP Implementation of Communication Systems).
          -   Implementation of a Wavelet-based Covert Information Transmission Technique using
              Ptolemy/SystemC (Design of Systems on a Chip).
          -   Implementation and performance evaluation of UDP-based audio streaming media (Computer & Net.
               Architecture).

Computer Skills:

• Programming- Extensive experience in C/C++, MATLAB, OPNET, Perl, Tcl/Tk, Socket programming.

• Platforms- Linux, Unix, Sun, Windows

• Technologies- GSM, GPRS, UMTS (WCDMA), UWB, 802.11a

• Others: TI TMS320C67, CCS 2.0, CVS & Aegis for configuration management, Purify, PureCoverage.

Honors and Activities:

• Reviewer for two IEEE journals: IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology and IEEE Communication Letters.

• Nominated for best BTech thesis in the EE department at IIT Kharagpur.