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Biosketch
Assistant Professor December, 2018 - present
IIT Palakkad
Research Associate May, 2017 - November, 2018
TU Dresden, Germany
Summer Intern May, 2014 - July, 2014
NOKIA Networks, Bangalore
Education
Ph.D. in Electrical Communication Engineering, 2011-2017
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Advisor: Prof. Neelesh B. Mehta
M.E. in Signal Processing, 2009-2011
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
B.Tech. in Electronics and Communication Engineering, 2005-2009
College of Engineering, Trivandrum
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Research
Radio Resource Allocation and Cellular Network Optimization
- Transmit precoding in Holographic MIMO
- Latency-aware design of cell-free massive MIMO networks
- Machine learning for radio resource optimization
Performance Analysis of Next-generation Cellular Systems
- Intelligent reflecting surface-assisted communication systems
- Queuing theoretic modeling and analysis of fronthaul latency
Design of Signaling Schemes for Underwater Acoustic Communication
- OTFS modulation for reliable underwater communication
- Algorithms for channel estimation
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Teaching
- EE3050 Analog and Digital Communication
- EE3020 Digital Signal Processing
- EE5519 Wireless Communications
- EE5604 Detection and Estimation Theory
- EE3120 Communication Systems and Microwave Laboratory
- EE2160 Computer Aided Design Laboratory
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Research Group
PhD
- Anupama Varghese T (Aug 2021 - present)
- Adithya A K (Aug 2023 - present)
Alumni:
- Ashna K K - currently doing PhD at Aalto University, Espoo, Finland
- Muhammed Niyas K - currently doing PhD at CNRS, Paris, France
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Additional Information
TitleResearch GrantsDescription
1. "Modeling Latency in Cell-free Massive MIMO to Enable URLLC in 5G Cellular Systems", SERB SRG, Principal Investigator, Dec 2020 - Dec 2022.
2. "Design and Evaluation of OTFS and OCDM Transceivers for Underwater Acoustic Communication", DRDO NRB, Principal Investigator, Oct 2022 - Oct 2025.
3. "Compact, High-gain Ultrawideband Antennas for Real-time Underwater Wireless Communication", IITG TIDF, Co-principal Investigator, Feb 2023 - Feb 2025.
TitleProspective StudentsDescriptionMotivated students who are interested in pursuing PhD or MS (Research) in the area of wireless communications may send an email to jobinfrancis@iitpkd.ac.in.
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Publications
Ashna K. K. and J. FrancisProc. IEEE ICC (2024)Anupama V. T and J. FrancisProc. IEEE ICC (2024)M. Niyas and J. FrancisProc. IEEE Globecom (2023)T. P. Sameer Babu, Jobin Francis, Ravinder KoilpillaiProc. IEEE OCEANS, Hampton Roads (2022)J. Francis and V. P. ReddyProc. IEEE VTC-Spring (2022)T. P. Sameer Babu, Jobin Francis, Pavan Chivurala, Ravinder KoilpillaiProc. OCEANS Chennai (2022)Jobin Francis, Jay Kant Chaudhary, Andre Noll Barreto, and Gerhard FettweisIEEE Communications Letters (2020)J. Francis, P. Baracca, S. Wesemann, and G. FettweisProc. IEEE VTC-Fall (2019)J. Francis and G. FettweisProc. IEEE PIMRC (2019)J. K. Chaudhary, J. Francis, A. N. Baretto, G.FettweisProc. IEEE PIMRC (2019)B. Khodapanah, A. Awada, I. Viering, J. Francis, M. Simsek, G.FettweisProc. IEEE WCNC (2019)J. K. Chaudhary, J. Francis, A. N. Baretto, G.FettweisProc. IEEE WCNC (2019)J. Francis and N. B. MehtaIEEE Transactions on Communications 65 (7) 3053-3065 (2017)R. K. Kona, N. B. Mehta, and J. FrancisProc. IEEE ICC 1-6 (2016)J. Francis and N. B. MehtaProc. IEEE ICC 1-6 (2016)J. Francis, N. B. Mehta, and S. N. AnanyaIEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications 15 (5) 3616-3627 (2016)J. Francis, S. Kalyanasundaram, B. Natarajan, R. Agrawal, and N. B. MehtaProc. WiOpt (2015)J. Francis and N. B. MehtaIEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications 14 (2) 960-971 (2015)J. Francis and N. B. MehtaProc. IEEE Globecom 3703-3708 (2014)J. Francis and N. B. MehtaIEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications 13 (1) 407-417 (2014)J. Francis and N. B. MehtaProc. IEEE Globecom 3703-3708 (2013)
