Senior Wireless Research Scientist

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S. Alireza Banani, PhD

Address: **** - **** ***** ******, *******, Ontario, Canada M2N 7G8

Email: *******.******@********.**; **************@*****.***

Phone: 1-647-***-****

Date of Birth: 12/01/1981

Citizenship: Canada / eligible for TN visa

Objective: Placement in a challenging engineering position that allows for

research and development in topics such as digital signal processing (DSP)

and/or physical layer wireless communication systems.

Skill Highlights:

- Extensive industrial experience in LTE network design, base station

deployment and planning.

- Advance research experience in physical layer (PHY) of wireless

communication systems with the focus on Heterogeneous networks, Coordinated

multi-point networks, OFDM and MIMO systems.

- Professional expertise in digital signal processing (DSP), digital filter

design, equalization, target tracking (e.g. Kalman filtering), adaptive

filtering, estimation, detection and machine learning.

- Hands-on experience in modeling of wireless MIMO channels and development

of simulations in the field of telecommunications.

- Strong problem solving and analytical skills in linear algebra,

stochastic processes, Monte Carlo, nonlinear optimization, and Bayesian

statistics.

- Strong communication skills. For two consecutive years (2010 in Calgary

and 2011 in Niagara Falls), I served as the session chair for various

tracks in IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering

(CCECE).

- Professional programming skills in Matlab and C.

- Strong publication record (10 IEEE/IET journal articles, more than 20

international IEEE conference papers and 1 chapter book by Cambridge

University Press).

Work Experience:

. Position: Postdoctoral Fellow

Sep. 2012 - present

Employer: Telus Co. / University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

- Design and planning of small cells in LTE cellular networks

- Development of DSP algorithms for coordinate multi-point (CoMP)

networks.

- Advance research experience in MAC layer of LTE networks

- Development of an efficient system-level simulator for the evaluation

of VoLTE, PTT and eMBMS services in LTE networks.

. Senior Research Fellow

May 2012 - Aug. 2012

Employer: Wireless and Networking Technologies laboratory,

CSIRO ICT centre, Marsfield, NSW, Australia

- Development of DSP algorithms for adaptive modulation in multi-user

MIMO systems.

- Development of a new design approach in obtaining the optimal size of

the cells in coordinated multi-point wireless LTE networks.

. Position: Research Associate

Sep. 2007 - Feb. 2012

Employer: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada

- Development of a new DSP algorithm for localisation and tracking in

wireless networks

- Capacity maximization and adaptive coded modulation (ACM) in closed-

loop MIMO systems

- Compensation of non-linear amplifiers in MIMO Systems.

- Channel estimation in various wireless communication systems including

MIMO, and OFDM

. Position: Research Assistant

Oct. 2004 - Jul. 2007

Employer: Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

- multi-object target tracking, adaptive filtering, state iterative

estimation (Kalman filtering,

particle filtering), estimation, detection and independent component

analysis (ICA)

. Position: Intern

Feb. 2003 - Oct. 2003

Employer: Iran-Madar Co., Shiraz, Iran

- Design and construction of printed circuit boards, and PC board false

detections and solution

Education:

. Degree: PhD in Electrical Engineering (wireless communications)

Sep. 2007 - Feb. 2012

University: School of Engineering Science, Simon Fraser University,

Burnaby, BC, Canada

Thesis: Towards increasing the capacity in MIMO wireless

communication systems

GPA: 4.28 out of 4.33

. Degree: Master of Science in Electrical Engineering

Oct. 2004 - Jul. 2007

University: Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Shiraz University,

Shiraz, Iran

Thesis: Maneuvering target tracking in Glint noise using Particle

filters and comparing with

other nonlinear state-estimators

GPA: 18.44 out of 20

. Degree: Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

Oct. 1999 - Feb. 2004

University: Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Shiraz University,

Shiraz, Iran

Thesis: Time-division multiplexing and demultiplexing of 4 voice

channels using

microcontroller 8051

Software Capabilities

Matlab, PSpice, Simulink, C/C++, Basic and Visual Basic, Microsoft Office

Recent Publications:

a. Book Chapter:

S. A. Banani, A. W. Eckford, and R. S. Adve, Required number of small-cell

access points in Heterogeneous wireless networks. In: A. Anpalagan, M.

Bennis, and R. Vannithamby (editors), Design and Deployment of Small Cell

Networks, to be appeared in Cambridge University Press, 2014.

b. Articles Published in Refereed Journals/Conferences

1 - S. A. Banani, and R. S. Adve, "Analyzing the Impact of Inter

Cooperation Region Interference in Coordinated Multi-Point Uplink

Networks," IEEE Trans. on Communications, Jan. 2015.

2 - S. A. Banani, A. W. Eckford, and R. S. Adve, "The Penalty for Random

Deployment in Hexagonal Lattice Networks with Perturbed Interferers," in

IEEE Global Comm. Workshop., Dec. 2014.

3 - S. A. Banani, and R. Adve, "The Density Penalty for Random Deployments

in Uplink CoMP Networks," in Proc. IEEE WCNC Conf., Istanbul, Turkey, Apr.

2014.

4 - S. A. Banani, and R. Adve, "Analysing the reduced required BS density

due to CoMP in cellular networks," in Proc. IEEE Global Comm. Conf.,

Atlanta, USA, Dec. 2013

5- S. A. Banani, M. Najibi, M., and R. G. Vaughan, R. G. "Range-based

localisation and\tracking in NLOS wireless channels with GSDM," IET

Communications, vol. 7, no. 18, pp. 2034-2043, Dec. 2013.

6- S. A. Banani, and R. G. Vaughan, "Capacity maximization in eigen-MIMO

with channel estimation and CSI feedback-link throughput constraint," Wiley

Journal of Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, DOI:

10.1002/wcm.2297, pp. 1 - 16, Sep. 2012.

7- S. A. Banani, and R. G. Vaughan, "Compensating for Non-Linear Amplifiers

in MIMO Communications Systems," IEEE Transaction on Antennas and

Propagation, vol. 60, no. 2, pp. 700 - 714, Feb. 2012.

8- S. A. Banani, and R. G. Vaughan, "Blind Channel Estimation and Speed

Tracking in Wireless Systems using ICA with Particle Filtering," IET

Communications, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 224-234, Jan. 2012.

9- S. A. Banani, and R. G. Vaughan, "OFDM with Iterative Blind Channel

Estimation," IEEE Trans. on Vehicular Technology, vol. 59, no. 9, pp. 4298-

4308, Nov. 2010.

10- S. A. Banani, M. Masnadi-Shirazi, A. Masnadi-Shirazi, and R. Rezaie,

"Separation and Tracking of Maneuvering Sources With ICA and Particle

Filters Using a New Switching Dynamic Model," IEEE Trans. Aerospace and

Electronic Systems, vol. 46, no. 3, pp. 988-1005, Apr. 2010.

Selected Awards and Scholarships:

. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Alexander

Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship

Valued (CDN$): $ 70,000

Sep. 2009 - Sep. 2011

Location of Tenure: Simon Fraser University, BC, Canada

. President's PhD Research Stipend Award

Valued (CDN$): $ 6,250

May 2011 - Sep. 2011

Location of Tenure: Simon Fraser University, BC, Canada

. Faculty of Applied Science Graduate Fellowship (PhD)

Valued (CDN$): $ 6,250

Jan 2011 - May. 2011

Location of Tenure: Simon Fraser University, BC, Canada

. Clark Wilson Graduate Scholarship

Valued (CDN$): $ 1400

Jan. 2011 - May 2011

Location of Tenure: Simon Fraser University, BC, Canada

. Iranian Telecommunication Research Award

Valued (CDN$): $ 1.200

Oct. 2006 - Jul. 2007

Location of Tenure: Shiraz University, Shiraz, iran

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