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Kaveh Pahlavan

Publications

Peer-Reviewed (Refereed) Journal Articles

• N. Alsindi, X. Li, K. Pahlavan, “Analysis of TOA estimation using wideband measurements of indoor radio propagations,” IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, October 2007.

• N. Alsindi, B. Alavi and K. Pahlavan, Empirical pathloss model for indoor geolocation using UWB measurements,  ELECTRONICS LETTERS, 29th March 2007, Vol. 43 No. 7

• K. Pahlavan, F. Akgul, M. Heidari, A. Hatami, J. Elwell, and R. Tingley" Indoor Geolocation in the Absence of Direct Path", IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, Dec. 2006.

• Alavi, K. Pahlavan, N. Alsindi, and X. Li, “Using UWB Measurements for Statistical Analysis of the Ranging Error in Indoor Multipath Environment,”  International Journal of Wireless and Optical Communications (IJWOC), Vol.3 No.2, August 2006.

• B. Alavi and Kaveh Pahlavan, “Modeling of the TOA based Distance Measurement Error Using UWB  Indoor Radio Measurements” IEEE Communications Letters, April 2006, pp 275-277.

• Hatami, B. Alavi, K. Pahlavan, and M. Kanaan, "A Comparative Performance Evaluation of Indoor Geolocation Technologies," invited paper, Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, Japan, Vol 12, No.2, 2006.

• Ali Ghazizahedi, Xinrong Li, and Kaveh Pahlavan, “Trends in IEEE 802.11 WLANs”, IEEE VTS News, May 2005, pp 34-40. 

• M. Ylianttila, J. Makela, and K. Pahlavan, ”Analysis of Handoff in Location-Aware Vertical Multi-Access Networks”,  Invited Paper, Elsevier Journal on Computer Networks, Special Issue on Wireless IP Through Integration of Wireless LAN and Cellular Networks,  Vol 47, 2005, pp. 185-201.

• M. Kanaan and K. Pahlavan, “A New Algorithm for TOA-based Indoor Geolocation”, IEE Electronics Letters, October 2004, Vol. 40, No. 22.

• X. Li and K. Pahlavan, “Super-resolution TOA estimation with diversity for indoor geolocation”, EEE Trans on Wireless Comm. Dec. 2003.

• K. Pahlavan, X. Li, and J. Makela,  "Indoor Geolocation Science and Technology", IEEE Comm Soc. Mag., Feb. 2002.

• M.H. Ali and K. Pahlavan, "A New Statistical Model for Site-specific Indoor Radio Propagation Prediction based on Geometric Optics and Geometric Probability", IEEE JSAC on Wireless Networks, Jan 2002.

• R. Tingley and K. Pahlavan, "Measurement of the Time-Space Characteristics of Indoor Radio Channel", IEEE Trans on Instrumentation and Measurements, September 2000.

• A. Zahedi and K. Pahlavan, "Capacity of a Wireless LAN with Voice and Data Services", IEEE Trans. on Communications, July 2000.

• K. Pahlavan,An overview of the center for wireless information network studies at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, MA, USA,  ACM SIGMOBILE Mobile Computing and Communications Review,  Volume 4 Issue 2, April 2000, pp. 41-43.

• Pahlavan K., Krishnamurthy P., Hatami A.,Ylianttila M., Mäkelä J., Pichna R. & Vallström J., Handoff in Hybrid Mobile Data Networks. (invited paper) IEEE Personal Communications Magazine, vol. 7, no. 2, April 2000, pp. 34-47.

• R. Tingley and K. Pahlavan, “Measurement and Modeling of Angle of Arrival”, IEE Electronics Letters, Vol. 35 15 , 22 July 1999 , pp 1211 -1212.

• K. Pahlavan, P. Krishnamurthy and J. Beneat, “Wideband Radio Propagation Modeling for Indoor Geolocation Applications”, IEEE Communications Magazine, April 1998

• K. Pahlavan, A. Zahedi, and P. Krishnamurthy, "Wideband Local Access: WLAN and WATM", IEEE Communications Magazine, Special Series on Wireless ATM, November 1997

• M. Hassan-Ali and K. Pahlavan, "Site-Specific Wideband Indoor Channel Modeling Using Ray-Tracing Software", IEE Electronics Letters, Nov., 1997.

• Zahedi A. and K. Pahlavan, "Natural Hidden Terminal and Throughput of a Wireless LAN", IEE Electronic Letters, Apr. 1997.

• A Falsafi, K. Pahlavan, G. Yang, "Transmission Techniques for Wireless LANs", IEEE J. on Selected Areas in Communications, April 1996

• K. Pahlavan, T. Probert, and M. Chase, "Trends in Local Wireless Networks", invited paper, IEEE Comm. Soc. Mag., March 1995

• M.H. Ali, A.S. Parker and K. Pahlavan, "Frequency domain model for standard simulation of wideband radio propagation for personal communications", IEE Electronics Letters, Dec. 1994.

• G. Yang and K. Pahlavan, "Sector Antenna and DFE Modems for High Speed Indoor Radio Communications", IEEE Trans. on VT, Nov. 1994.

• K. Pahlavan and A. Levesque, "Wireless Data Communication", Invited Paper, IEEE Proceedings, Sep. 1994.

• M. Chase and K. Pahlavan, "Performance of DS-CDMA Over Measured Indoor Radio Channels Using Random Orthogonal Codes," IEEE Trans. on VT, Dec. 1993

• M. Chase and K. Pahlavan, "Performance of M-Ary Orthogonal Codes with Power Control Over Measured Indoor Radio Propagations", invited paper, the special issue of the IEICE in spread spectrum communications, Japan, Aug 1993.

• R. Ganesh and K. Pahlavan, "Statistics of Short Time and Spatial Variations Measured in Wideband Indoor Radio Channels", IEE Proceedings-H, Microwave, Antennas and Propagation, Aug. 1993.

• K. Pahlavan, S. Howard, and T. Sexton,"Adaptive Equalization of Indoor Radio Channel", IEEE Trans. on Comm., Jan1993.

• R. Ganesh and K. Pahlavan, "Statistical Characterization of a Partitioned Indoor Radio Channel", IEE Proceedings-I, Communications, Speech and Vision, Nov. 1992.

• G. Yang, K. Pahlavan and T. Holt, "Effects of Antenna Sectorization on Data Rate Limitations of Indoor Radio Modems", Electronics Letters, Nov. 13, 1992.

• S. J. Howard and K. Pahlavan, "Autoregressive Modeling of Wideband Indoor Radio Propagation", IEEE Trans. On Comm., Sep. 1992.

• K. Zhang and K. Pahlavan, " Relation Between Transmission and Throughput of the Slotted ALOHA Local Packet Radio Networks" IEEE Trans. on Comm., March 1992.

• K. Pahlavan " Nonlinear Quantization and Multi-Level/Phase Modulation and Coding", IEEE Trans. on Comm., July 1991.

• R. Ganesh and K. Pahlavan, "Modeling of the Indoor Radio Channel", IEE Proceedings-I, June 1991.

• K. Pahlavan and J. W. Matthews," Channel Measurement Noise and the Performance of Adaptive Matched Filter Receivers over Fading Multipath Channels", IEEE Trans. on Comm., Nov. 1990.

• S. J. Howard and K. Pahlavan,"Measurement and Analysis of the Indoor Radio Channel in the Frequency Domain", IEEE Trans. on Instrumentation and Measurements, Oct. 1990.

• K. Zhang and K. Pahlavan, "CSMA Local Radio Networks with BPSK Modulation in Rayleigh fading Channels", IEE Elect. Let., Sep. 27th, 1990.

• K. Pahlavan and S. J. Howard, "Statistical AR Models for the Frequency Selective Indoor Radio Channels", IEE Elect. Let. July 19, 1990.

• R. Ganesh and K. Pahlavan,"Effects of Local Traffic and Local Movements on the Multipath Characteristics of the Indoor Radio Channel", IEE Electronics Let., June 7, 1990.

• S. J. Howard and K. Pahlavan, "Autoregressive Modeling of the Indoor Radio Channel", IEE Elect. Let., June 7, 1990.

• K. Pahlavan and M. Chase, " Spread Spectrum Multiple Access Performance of Orthogonal Codes for Indoor Radio Communications", IEEE Trans. on Comm., June 1990.

• K. Zhang and K. Pahlavan,"An Integrated Voice-Data System for Wireless Local Area Networks", IEEE Trans. on V.T., April 1990.

• S. Howard and K. Pahlavan,"Doppler Spread Measurements of the Indoor Radio Channel", IEE Elec. let, Jan. 19, 1990.

• K. Pahlavan and S. J. Howard, "Frequency Domain Measurements of the Indoor Radio Channel", IEE Electronics Letters, Nov. 23, 1989.

• S. Howard and K. Pahlavan "Performance of Adaptive Equalization over Measured Indoor Radio Channels", IEE Electronics letters, Sep. 1989.

• R. Ganesh and K. Pahlavan, "On the Arrival of the Paths in Multipath Fading Indoor Radio Channels", IEE, Electronic Letters, June 1989, pp763-765.

• K. Zhang, K. Pahlavan, and R. Ganesh, "Slotted AHOLA Networks with PSK Modulation in Rayleigh-Fading Channels", IEE Electronics Letters, March 1989.

• K. Pahlavan, R. Ganesh, and T. Hotaling, "Multipath Propagation Measurements on Manufacturing Floors at 910MHz", IEE Electronics Letters, Feb. 1989.

• T. A. Sexton and K. Pahlavan, "Channel Modeling and Adaptive Equalization of Indoor Radio Channels", IEEE Jour. Of Sel. Areas in Comm. (JSAC), Jan. 1989.

• K. Pahlavan," Wireless Intra-Office Networks", Invited paper, ACM Trans. On Office Inf. Sys., July 1988.

• K. Pahlavan and J. L. Holsinger,"Voice-Band Data Communication, A Historical Review: 1919-1988", invited paper, IEEE Comm. Soc. Mag., Jan. 1988.

• K.  Pahlavan,"Wireless   Communication for Office Information Networks", IEEE Comm. Mag., June 1985.

• Pahlavan, " Comparison  Between  the  Performance  of QPSK,  SQPSK,  QPR, and  SQPR Systems Over Microwave LOS Channels" IEEE Trans.  on Communications, March 1985.

• P. A. Bello and K. Pahlavan," Adaptive Equalization for Staggered QPSK and QPR Over Frequency Selective Microwave LOS Channels", IEEE Trans. on Communications, May 1984.

Conference Publications/Proceedings, Reviewed

• Hatami, and K. Pahlavan, "Hybrid TOA-RSS Based Localization Using Neural Networks," Proceedings of IEEE Globecom,2006, San Francisco, USA, 27 Nov. – 1 Dec. 2006.

• N. Alsindi, K. Pahlavan, B. Alavi, “An error propagation aware algorithm for precise cooperative indoor localization“, submitted to Military Communications Conference MILCOM 2006, Washington DC, 23-25 October 2006.

• Juha-Pekka Mäkelä, Timo Bräysy, Kaveh Pahlavan, “Analysis of Mobility in Adaptive Data Rate Wireless Networks”,  Military Communications Conference (MILCOM) 23-25 October 2006, Washington DC, USA.

• Alavi, N. Alsindi, K. Pahlavan, “UWB Channel Measurements for Accurate Indoor Localization,” Military Communications Conference Proceedings, MILCOM 2006, Washington, DC, 23-25 October 2006.

• Helal Chowdhury, Juha-Pekka Mäkelä, Kaveh Pahlavan, ”On the Random Crossing of an Infostation Coverage”,  IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC) 2006 Fall, 25 – 28 September 2006, Montréal, Canada.

• M. Heidari and K. Pahlavan, "A Model for Dynamic Behavior of Ranging Errors in TOA-based Indoor Geolocation Systems," 64th Semiannual IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, IEEE-VTC, fall 2006, Montréal, Canada, September 25-28, 2006.

• M. Kanaan, F. O. Akgul, B. Alavi, K. Pahlavan, “Performance Benchmarking  of TOA-based UWB Indoor Geolocation Systems Using MSE Profiling,” 64th Semiannual IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, IEEE-VTC, fall 2006,  Montréal, Canada, September 25-28, 2006.

• N. Alsindi, K. Pahlavan, B. Alavi, X. Li, “A Novel Cooperative Localization Algorithm for Indoor Sensor Networks,” 17th Annual IEEE International Symposium on Personal Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC’06), Helsinki, Finland, 11-14 Sept. 2006.

• M. Kanaan, F. O. Akgul, B. Alavi, K. Pahlavan, “A Study of the Effects  of Reference Point Density on TOA-Based UWB Indoor Positioning Systems,”  17th Annual IEEE International Symposium on Personal Indoor and Mobile  Radio Communications (PIMRC’06), Helsinki, Finland, 11-14 Sept. 2006.

• Hatami and K. Pahlavan, "Performance Comparison of RSS and TOA Indoor Geolocation Based on UWB Measurement of Channel Characteristics," 17th Annual IEEE International Symposium on Personal Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC’06), Helsinki, Finland, 11-14 Sept. 2006.

• Helal Chowdhury, Juha-Pekka Mäkelä, Kaveh Pahlavan,  ”Smart Download in Random Crossing of WLAN-based Music Shower Coverage”, The 17th Annual IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC) 11-14 September 2006, Helsinki Finland.

• Juha-Pekka Mäkelä, Kaveh Pahlavan, ”Analysis of the Effects of Roaming on the Performance of Multi-Rate WLAN Networks” 15th IST Mobile and Wireless Communications Summit, 4 – 8 June 2006, Myconos, Greece.

• Alavi and K. Pahlavan, “Studying the Effect of Bandwidth on Performance of UWB Positioning Systems,” IEEE WCNC 2006, Las Vegas, USA, April 3-6,  2006.

• Ahmad Hatami, Kaveh Pahlavan, Mohammad Heidari, and Ferit Akgul, "On RSS and TOA based Indoor Geolocation − A Comparative Performance Evaluation," Wireless Communications and Networking Conference,IEEE WCNC 2006.

• L.T. Metreaud and K. Pahlavan, "RF Isolated Real-Time Multipath Testbed for Performance Analysis of WLANs," presented at the 40th Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, Princeton, NJ, 2006.

• Hatami, and K. Pahlavan, "Comparative statistical analysis of indoor positioning using empirical data and indoor radio channel models," Consumer communications and networking conference, IEEE CCNC 2006.

• J. Mäkelä, T. Bräysy, K. Pahlavan, "Analysis of The Effects of Handoff On The Performance of Tactical Communication Systems Using WLANs" IEEE MILCOM'05, October 17-20,  2005, Atlantic City, New Jersey.

• Alavi and K. Pahlavan, "Analysis of Undetected Direct Path in Time of Arrival Based UWB Indoor Geolocation", Proceedings of IEEE 62nd Semiannual Vehicular Technology Conference, September 25-28, 2005.

• Alavi, K. Pahlavan, N. Alsindi, and X. Li, " Indoor Geolocation Distance Error Modeling using UWB Channel Measurements", The 16th Annual IEEE International Symposium on Personal Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC-2005), September 11 - 14, 2005, Berlin, Germany.

• Hatami, and K.  Pahlavan,  "A comparative performance evaluation of RSS-based positioning algorithms used in WLAN networks," Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, IEEE WCNC 2005

• H. Chowdhury, J. Mäkelä, K. Pahlavan, “Statistical Information Transfer in Random Crossing of Infostation Coverage”, to appear in 2005 Finnish Signal Processing Symposium (FINSIG’05) Kuopio Finland.

• J. Makela, K. Pahlavan, "Mäkelä Juha-Pekka, Performance of neural network handoff algorithm under varying mobile velocities", to appear in 2005 Finnish Signal Processing Symposium (FINSIG'05) Kuopio Finland.

• Alavi, K. Pahlavan, X. Li, and N. Alsindi, "Indoor Geolocation Distance Error Modeling with UWB Technology," Proceedings of IASTED 2nd International Conference on Communication and Computer Networks, CCN 2004, Nov. 8-10 2004.

• M. Kanaan and K. Pahlavan, "CN-TOA  a New Algorithm for Indoor Geolocation", IEEE PIMRC, Sep 2004.

• M. Heidari and K. Pahlavan, "Performance Evaluation of Indoor Geolocation Systems Using PROPSim Hardware and Ray Tracing Software", IWWAN, Oulu, Finland, June, 2004.

• M. Heidari and K. Pahlavan, "A Testbed for Real-Time Performance Evaluation of Indoor Geolocation Systems"  IEEE Wireless and Microwave Technology (WAMI), April 15,16, 2004

• M. Kanaan and K. Pahlavan, "A comparison of wireless geolocation algorithms in the indoor environment", Proceedings of the IEEE WCNC, April 2004.

• N. Alsindi and K. Pahlavan, "Characteristics of UDP Measurement for Indoor Geolocation", Proceedings of the IEEE WCNC, April 2004.

• Hatami and K. Pahlavan, "In-building Intruder Detection for WLAN Access", The IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society conference, PLANS, Monterey, CA, April 2004.

• Emad D. Zand, K. Pahlavan and Jacques Beneat, "Frequency Domain Measurement for Indoor Geolocation", to be submitted for IEEE PIMRC September 2003.

• Alavi and K. Pahlavan, "Modeling of the Distance Error for Indoor Geolocation", IEEE WCNC, 2003.

• X. Li, K. Pahlavan, and J. Beneat, "Performance of TOA estimation techniques in indoor multipath channels", IEEE PIMRC, Portugal, Sep. 2002.

• M. V. S. Chandrashekhar,P. Choi, K. Maver, R. Sieber,K. Pahlavan, "Evaluation of Interference Between IEEE 802.11b and Bluetooth in a Typical Office Environment", IEEE PIMRC'2001, San Diego, Sep. 30-Oct. 3, 2001

• X. Li, K. Pahlavan, "Indoor Super Resolution TOA Measurement in Frequency-Domain", IEEE Workshop on WLANs, Boston, Sep. 27-28 2001.

• S. Makarov, J. Beneat, K. Pahlavan, "Analysis and Design Tools for Ultrawideband Antennas", IEEE Workshop on WLANs, Boston, Sep. 27-28 2001.

• P. Choi, A. Vasquez, M.V.S. Chandrashekhar, K. Pahlavan, "Interference Between IEEE 802.11b and Bluetooth", IEEE Workshop on WLANs, Boston, Sep. 27-28 2001.

• J. Feigin, K. Pahlavan, and M. Ylianttila, "Hardware-Fitted Modeling and Simulation of QoS of VoIP over a Wireless LAN", IEEE, VTC'2000, Boston, Sep. 2000.

• X. Li and K. Pahlavan, M. Latva-aho, and M. Ylianttila, "Indoor Geolocation using OFDM Signals in HIPERLAN/2 Wireless LANs", IEEE PIMRC'2000, London, Sep. 2000.

• X. Li and K. Pahlavan, M. Latva-aho, and M. Ylianttila, "Comparison of Indoor Geolocation Methods in DSSS and OFDM Wireless LAN Systems", IEEE VTC'2000, Boston, Sep. 2000.

• J. Mäkelä, M. Ylianttila and K. Pahlavan , "Handoff Decision Policies in Multi-Service Networks", IEEE PIMRC'2000, London. Sep 2000.

• K. Pahlavan, X. Li, M. Ylianttila, R. Chana, and M. Latva-aho, "An Overview of Wireless Indoor Geolocation Techniques and Systems", MWCN'2000, Paris, May 2000.

• J. Feigin and K. Pahlavan, "Measurement of Characteristics of Voice over IP in the Wireless LAN Environment", IEEE MoMuC, San Diego, Nov 1999.

• J. Beneat, K. Pahlavan, and P. Krishnamurthy, "Radio Channel Characterization for Geolocation at 1 GHZ, 500MHZ, 90 MHZ, and 60 MHZ In SUO/SAS", MILCOM99, Atlantic City, NJ, November 1999

• P. Krishnamurthy, and K. Pahlavan, "Distribution of Range Error and Radio Channel Distribution of Range and Radio Channel Modeling for Indoor Geolocation Applications", IEEE PIMRC'99 Osaka, Japan, September 12-15, 1999.

• Hatami, P. Krishnamurthy, K. Pahlavan, M.Ylianttila, J. Mäkela, R. Pichna, "Analytical Framework for in Non-Homogeneous Mobile Data Networks", IEEE PIMRC'99 Osaka, Japan, September 12-15, 1999.

• R. Tingley, and K. Pahlavan, "Measurement of an Indoor Radio Channel Using an Antenna Array", IEEE PIMRC'99,  Osaka, Japan, September 12-15, 1999.

• P. Krishnamurthy, and K. Pahlavan, "Analysis of the Probability of Detecting the DLOS Path for Geolocation Applications in Indoor Areas", IEEE VTC'99, July 1999.

• P. Krishnamurthy, J. Beneat, M. Marku, and K. Pahlavan, "Modeling of the Wideband Indoor Radio Channel Geolocation Applications in Residential Areas", IEEE VTC'99, July 1999.

• P. Krishnamurthy, K. Pahlavan and J. Beneat, "Radio Propagation Modeling for Indoor Geolocation Applications", IEEE PIMRC'98 Boston, MA, September 8-11, 1998.

• M. Hassan-Ali, and K. Pahlavan, "Site-Specific Wideband and Narrowband Modeling of Indoor Radio Channel Using Ray-Tracing", IEEE PIMRC'98 Boston, MA, September 8-11, 1998.

• Zahedi, K. Pahlavan, and J.M. Rulnick, "Traffic Engineering for the Wireless LAN Access Point", IEEE PIMRC'98 Boston, MA, September 8-11, 1998.

• K. Pahlavan, et al., "Wideband Local Access and WLAN Industry", ACTS Mobile Communication Summit,  Aalberg, DENMARK, Oct. 9, 1997.

• Zahedi and K. Pahlavan, "Voice and Data Integration on TCP/IP Wireless Networks", IEEE PIMRC, Helsinki, FINLAND, Sept. 4, 1997.

• K. Pahlavan, "Performance Monitoring and Deployment Tools", IEEE Second Workshop on Wireless LANs, Worcester, MA, Oct. 25, 1996.

• Zahedi and K. Pahlavan, "Performance of a Wireless LAN Access Point in Presence of Natural Hidden Terminal and Capture", IEEE PIMRC, Taipei, Taiwan, Oct 14, 1996.

• G. Yang and K. Pahlavan, " Performance Analysis of Multi-carrier Systems in Office Environment Using 3-D Ray Tracing", Proceedings of the IEEE Globecomm, Dec. 1994.

• G. Yang, K. Pahlavan, Jin-Fa Lee, Aaron Gagen, and Jan Vancraeynest, "Prediction of Radio Wave Propagation Four Blocks of New York City Using 3D Ray Tracing", Proceedings of the IEEE PIMRC'94, Hague, Netherlands, Sep. 1994.

• G. Yang and K. Pahlavan, "A 3D Propagation Model with Polarization characteristics in Indoor Radio Channel" Proceedings of the IEEE Globecomm, Dec. 1993.

• G. Bronson, K. Pahlavan, and H. Rotithor, "Performance Prediction of Wireless LANs Based on Ray Tracing Algorithm", Proceedings of the IEEE PIMRC'93, Yokohama, Japan, Sep. 1993.

• G. Yang, S. Li, J.F. Lee, and K. Pahlavan, "Computer Simulation of Indoor Radio Propagation", Proceedings of the IEEE PIMRC'93, Yokohama, Japan, Sep. 1993.

• K. Pahlavan, M. Chase and A. Falsafi, "Performance Evaluation of DS-CDMA Over Measured and Modeled Indoor Radio Channels", Wireless'93, Calgary, Canada, July 14, 1993.

• Falsafi, M. Chase and K. Pahlavan, "CDMA in Non-Rayleigh Fading Multipath Indoor Radio Channels", IEEE Second International Symposium on Spread Spectrum Techniques and Applications, Yokohama, Japan, Dec. 1992.

• G. Yang, K. Pahlavan and T. Holt, "Model Based Performance Evaluation of Sector Antenna and DFE Systems in Indoor Radio Channels", IEEE PIMRC, Boston, MA, Oct. 1992.

• M. Chase and K. Pahlavan, "Performance of Direct Sequence CDMA Orthogonal Codes Over Measured Radio Channels", IEEE PIMRC, Boston, MA, Oct. 1992.

• T. Holt, K. Pahlavan and J.F. Lee, "A Graphical Indoor Radio Channel Simulator Using 2-D Ray Tracing", PIMRC, Boston, MA, Oct. 1992.

• T. Holt, K. Pahlavan and J.F. Lee, "A Computer Graphics Package for Indoor Channel Simulation Using a 2D Ray Tracing Algorithm" the 17th IEEE Annual Conference on Local Computer Networks, Minneapolis, Minnesota, September, 1992.

• G. Yang and K. Pahlavan, "Comparative Performance Evaluation of Sector Antenna and DFE Systems in Radio Channels", Proceedings of the IEEE ICC, Chicago, IL, June 1992.

• R. Ganesh and K. Pahlavan, "Measured Statistics of a Partitioned Indoor Radio Channel", Proceedings of the IEEE ICC, Chicago, IL, June 1992.

• K. Pahlavan, R. Ganesh and S. J. Howard,"Time and Frequency Domain Modeling of the Indoor Radio Channel", Proceedings of the IEEE Globecom, Phoenix, Arizona, Dec. 1991.

• S. Pingali, and J. Kurose, "On Scheduling Two Classes of Real-Time Traffic with Identical Deadlines'', Proceedings of IEEE Globecom '91\/, Phoenix, December 1991.

• K. Zhang and K. Pahlavan, "The Effects of Capture on CSMA Local Radio Networks with BPSK Modulation in Rayleigh Fading Channels", IEEE Milcom, Oct. 1991.

• K. Zhang and K. Pahlavan, "The Effects of Capture on CSMA Local Radio Networks with BPSK Modulation in Rayleigh Fading Channels", IEEE Milcom, Oct. 1991.

• G. Yang and K. Pahlavan, "Performance Evaluation of a Sector Antenna System in an Indoor Radio Channel", IEEE Symposium on Portable, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, London, Sep. 1991.

• S.J. Howard and K. Pahlavan, "Fading Results from Narrowband Measurements of the Indoor Radio Channel", IEEE Symposium on Portable, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, London, Sep. 1991.

• Falsafi and K. Pahlavan," Effective Order of Diversity in Performance of CDMA Systems in Indoor Radio Channels", IEEE Symposium on Portable, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, London, Sep. 1991.

• M. Chase and K. Pahlavan,"Performance of Spread Spectrum Multiple Access over Measured Indoor Radio Channels", Proceedings of the IEEE ICC, June 1991.

• R. Ganesh and K. Pahlavan,"Statistics of Short Time Time Variations of the Indoor Radio Propagation", Proceedings of the IEEE ICC, June 1991.

• K. Pahlavan, M. Chase and S. J. Howard, "Performance of Spread Spectrum and Decision Feedback Equalizer Wideband Measurements of the Indoor Radio Channel", Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Wireless Local Area Networks, WPI, Worcester, May 1991.

• K. Pahlavan, R. Ganesh and S. J. Howard,"Time and Frequency Domain Modeling of the Indoor Radio Channel", Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Wireless Local Area Networks, WPI, Worcester, May 1991.

• S.J. Howard and K. Pahlavan, "Autoregressive Modeling of Wideband Indoor Radio Propagation", Proceedings of the IEEE Globecom, San Diego, Dec. 1990.

• M. Chase and K. Pahlavan, "Spread Spectrum Multiple Access Performance of Orthogonal Codes Over Measured Indoor Channel", Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Spread Spectrum Techniques and Applications, University of London, Sep. 1990.

• K. Zhang and K. Pahlavan, "A New Approach for the Analysis of the Slotted ALOHA Packet Radio Networks", Proceedings of the IEEE ICC, Atlanta, GA, June 1990.

• S. Howard and K. Pahlavan, "Performance of a DFE Modem Evaluated from Measured Indoor Radio Multipath Profiles", Proceedings of the IEEE ICC, Atlanta, GA, June 1990.

• R. Ganesh and K. Pahlavan, "On the Modeling of the Fading Multipath Indoor Radio Channels", IEEE Globecom, Dallas, Texas, Dec. 1989.

• K. Zhang and K. Pahlavan, "An Integrated Voice/Data System for Mobile Indoor Radio Networks Using Multiple Transmission Rate", IEEE Globecom, Dallas, Texas, Dec. 1989.

• K. Pahlavan, "Wireless Indoor Communication Networks", A tutorial course, IEEE Workshop on Mobile and  Cordless Telephone Communications, Kings College, University of London, England, Sep. 1989.

• K. Zhang and K. Pahlavan, "A Radio System for Integrated Voice/Data Local Networks" IEEE Workshop on Mobile and Cordless Telephone Communications, Kings College, University of London, England, Sep. 1989.

• R. Ganesh and K. Pahlavan, "A Report on Fading Multipath Indoor Radio Channels" IEEE Workshop on Mobile and Cordless Telephone Communications", Kings College, University of London, England, Sep. 1989.

• S. J. Howard and K. Pahlavan, "Adaptive Equalization of Indoor Radio channels for High Speed Wireless LANs", Proceedings of the twenty-third Annual Conference on Information Science and System, John Hopkins University, Maryland, March 1989.

Book Chapters

• M. Kanaan, B. Alavi, A. Hatami, K. Pahlavan, "Channel Modeling and Algorithms for Positioning in Indoor Wireless Networks", to appear in Springer Encyclopedia on Geographical Information Science, 2007.

• P. Krishnamurthy and K. Pahlavan, Wireless Communications, Chapter 4, (edited by: H. Karimi and A. Hammad), Telegeoinformatics: Location Based Computing and Services, Taylor and Francis, 2004.

• K. Pahlavan, J. Beneat, and X. Li, Trends in Wireless Indoor Networks, Wiley Encyclopedia of Telecommunications, Edited by John Proakis, John Wiley and Sons, 2002.

• K. Pahlavan, X. Li, M. Ylianttila, and M. Latva-aho, "Wireless Data Communication Systems", Chapter 9 of Wireless Communication Technologies: New Multimedia Systems, Edited by R. Kohno, S. Sampei, and N. Morirnaga, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000.

• K. Pahlavan, A. Zahedi, P. Krishnamurthy, Evolving Wireless LAN Industry Products and Standards, part of Wireless Communications, S. Glisic and P. Leppanen, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1997.

• Falsafi, K. Pahlavan, and J.W. Matthews, Packet Radio and Wireless Data Networks, vol 14, Encyclopedia of Telecommunication, Marcel Dekker, Edited by Froehlich/Kent, 1996.

• Levesque and K. Pahlavan, Wireless Data, Chapter 35, Mobile Communications Handbook, CRC Press, 1995.

• K. Pahlavan and A. Levesque, Wireless Information Networks, a chapter in Worldwide Wireless Communications, edited by Frank Barnes, International Engineering Consortium, 1995.

• K. Pahlavan and Al Levesque, Wireless Information Networks, John Wiley and sons, 1995.

• K. Pahlavan, "Wireless LANs", chapter 11, Personal Communciation, Gardiner and West (eds), Artech House, 1994.

• K. Pahlavan, "Wireless Intra-Office Networks", first chapter, Advances in Local and Metropolitan Area Networks, W. Stallings (ed.), IEEE Press 1994.

• K. Pahlavan, Signal Processing in Telecommunications, Chapter 22, Signal Processing Handbook, C.H. Chen (ed.), Marcel Dekker, 1988.

Books (including edited volumes and textbooks)

• K. Pahlavan and P. Krishnamurthy, Principles of Wireless Networks – A Unified Approach, 2ed Edition, John Wiley and Sons, 2008 (under preparation)

• K. Pahlavan, et. Al. Fundamentals of Modern Networks, John Wiley and Sons, 2008 (under preparation)

• K. Pahlavan and Allen Levesque, Wireless Information Networks – Second Edition, John Wiley and Sons, 2005.

• R. Ganesh, S. Kota, K. Pahlavan, R. Agusti  (editors), Emerging Broadband Wireless Adhoc Network Technologies,  Kluwer Publishing Company, 2005.

• S. Kota., K. Pahlavan, and P. Leppanen, Broadband Satellite Internet, Kluwer Publishing Company, 2004.

• K. Pahlavan and P. Krishnamurthy, Principles of Wireless Networks – A Unified Approach, Prentice Hall, 2002.

• Salo, K. Pahlavan, and J-P Salmenlaita, R&D Programs in Electronics and Telecommunication: ETX, TLX, INVITE and Telectronics,  TEKES, Finland, 2000.

• R. Ganesh and K. Pahlavan (editors), Wireless Network Deployment, KAP, 2000.

• R. Ganesh, K. Pahlavan and Z. Zvonar (editors), Wireless Multimedia Network Technologies, Kluwer Academic Publisher, 1999.

• K. Pahlavan, Committee Member, The Evolution of Untethered Communications, National Academy Press, 1997.

• K. Pahlavan and A. Levesque, Wireless Information Networks, John Wiley and Sons, 1995. 

Other

Other Publications or Works

• K. Pahlavan,  RF Localization and the Internet of Things, Keynote speech, International Symposium on Wireless Pervasive Computing 2007, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Feb. 2007.

• K. Pahlavan,  WiFi and UWB RF Localization – Principles and Applications, IEEE PIMRC'06, Helsinki, Finland, Sep. 2006.

• K. Pahlavan, F. Akgul, and A. Levesque, Localization Interface using WiFi,  RFID Academic Convocation, Las Vegas, Nevda, May 1, 2006

• K. Pahlavan, Trends in Indoor Geolocation Applications and Technologies, Sendai Security and Wireless Workshop, Sendai, Japan, Jan 24, 2006.

• K. Pahlavan, Trends in RF Location Sensing, MIT Auto ID Laboratory, Cambridge, MA, Jan. 23, 2006.  (presented by Al Levesque)

• K. Pahlavan, Trends in Indoor Geolocation, University of Oulu, Finland, Jan 13, 2006.

• K. Pahlavan, Overview of Wireless Networks, Olin College, Needham, MA, Dec. 7, 2004.

• K. Pahlavan, Evolution of Wireless Networks, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA, Nov. 5, 2004.

• K. Pahlavan, Broadband Adhoc Networks – A  Historical Perspective, IWWAN, Keynote Speech, June 2, 2004.

• K. Pahlavan, "Broadband Wireless Adhoc Networks - Emergence of the LAN-PAN-HAN Industry", (1/2 day), IEEE PIMRC'02, Lisbon, Portugal, Sep. 2002.

• K. Pahlavan, Wireless Networks, Mitre Corp, Bedford, MA May 2002.

• K. Pahlavan, "Emergence of the Location Aware LAN-PAN-HAN Industry", IEEE Workshop on Wireless LANs, Boston, MA, Sep. 27, 2001.

• K. Pahlavan, "Broadband and Adhoc Wireless - The Trends of the Future", IEEE ITS, Teheran, Iran, Sep. 1, 2001. (Keynote Speech)

• K. Pahlavan, "Broadband Wireless Adhoc Networks - Emergence of the LAN-PAN-HAN Industry", (1 day), IEEE PIMRC'01, San Diego, CA, Sep. 2001.

• K. Pahlavan, "Toward Broadband and Adhoc Networks", TEKES's NETS Workshop, Helsinki, Finland, June 15, 2001. (Keynote Speech)

• K. Pahlavan, "What's Next in Wireless", WPI's International Corporate Leaders' Roundtable, Barcelona, Spain, April 20, 2001.

• K. Pahlavan, Wireless LANs from Office to Home, (2-days) 3-COM, Nov 2000.

• K. Pahlavan, X. Li and J. Beneat, "An Overview of Home Networking", Plenary Speech, Finnish Workshop on Wireless Communications, Oulu, May 2000.

• K. Pahlavan, "Trends in Indoor Geolocation", SAAB Workshop on Short Range Location System, Sweden, May 2000.

• K. Pahlavan, X. Li, and J. Beneat, "LANs from Office to Home - Future Directions in Home Networking", Keynote Speech, MWCN'2000, Paris, May 2000.

• K. Pahlavan, Wireless Local Access: Past, Present and the Future, Raytheon Company, MA, Jan 12, 2000

• K. Pahlavan, Trends in Broadband Local Access, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Sep 17, 1999.

• K. Pahlavan, Evolution of Wireless Wideband Local Access, Keynote Speech: Nokia's 3ed Annual Radio Seminar: Evolution of Wireless Communications, Complementing Cellular, Helsinki, Finland, June 3, 1999.

• K. Pahlavan, Wireless LANs, Story of Creation and Vision of the Future, Banquet Speech, IEEE DSP Workshop, May 31, 1999 Oulu, Finland.

• K. Pahlavan, High Resolution Ultra Wideband Channel Measurement and Modeling in and Around Buildings, Invited Speaker, Gigabit Wireless Workshop, UCSD/DARPA, Jan 25-26, 1999.

• K. Pahlavan, Wideband Local Access: Present, Past, and the Future, UPC, Barcelona, Spain, June 1998.

• K. Pahlavan, Wideband Local Access: WATM and WLAN, British Telecomm Laboratories, Strand, UK, Jan 22, 1998.

• K. Pahlavan, A Vision for the Evolving Local Wideband Networks, AT&T Research Laboratories, Red Bank, Oct. 31, 1997.

• K. Pahlavan, "A Vision for the Evolving Local Wideband Wireless Networks", IIT Colloqium Guest Speaker, National Research Council, Ottawa, CANADA, Oct. 3, 1997

• K. Pahlavan, "Wireless LAN's: Applications, Technologies and Directions", Keynote Speech, ICICS'97, Singapore, Sept. 11, 1997

• K. Pahlavan, "Toward Third Generation Wireless Networks", (1 day), short course, ICICS'97, Singapore, Sept. 9, 1997.

• K. Pahlavan, P. Krishnamurthy, A. Zahedi, "Evolving Wireless LAN Industry: Standards and Products", Invited  presentation, PIMRC'97, Helsinki, Finland, September 1997

• K. Pahlavan, "Wireless LANs" (1/2-day), Broadband'97, Framingham, MA, June 2, 1997.

• K. Pahlavan, P. Krishnamurthy, A. Zahedi, A. Messier, J. Robinson, "Perfomance Monitoring and Deployment Tools for Wireless LANs", Mobile and Wireless Communication Networks, Paris, France, May 14, 1997.

• K. Pahlavan, A. Zahedi, P. Krishnamurthy, "Wireless LANs", Keynote Speech, ICEE'97, Teheran, Iran, May 6, 1997.

• K. Pahlavan and H. Hashemi, "Personal Communication Systems", (1-days), ICEE'97, Teheran, Iran, May 4, 1997.

• K. Pahlavan, " Local Wideband Wireless Networks", ECE Distinguished Lecture Series, Iowa State University, Ames, Feb. 19, 1997.

• K. Pahlavan, " Wideband Local Networks for Multimedia Applications", ECE Distinguished Lecture Series, University of Toronto, Canada, Jan. 7, 1997.

• K. Pahlavan, "Wireless Information Networks", (5-days), Technical University of Budapest, Hungary, (sponsored by  the American Council on Education), Nov. 11-15, 1996.

• K. Pahlavan, "Wireless Networks", Workshop on: Workplace in the Informaion Age, Washington D.C., sponsored by NSF, Nov. 6, 1996.

• K. Pahlavan, " Towards Third generation Wireless Networks", (1-day) SPIE, Boston, MA, Nov. 1996.

• K. Pahlavan, "Trends in Wireless LANs" (1-hour), IEEE Second Workshop on Wireless LANs, Worcester, MA, Oct. 24, 1996.

• K. Pahlavan, "Multimedia Wireless and Local data Communications", (1/2-day), IEEE PIMRC, Taipei, Taiwan, Oct. 12, 1996.

• K. Pahlavan, "Software Tools for the Design of Wireless Networks", (5-days) University of Oulu, Finland, Sep. 2-6, 1996.

• K. Pahlavan, "Wireless Information Networks", (3-days), Digital Equipmenth Corporation, Littletone, MA, July 9-11, 1996.

• K. Pahlavan, et.al, "Trends in Wireless LANs", MTT, San Francisco, CA, June, 21 1996.

• K. Pahlavan, "Trends in Wireless Local Networks", (1/2 day), Broadband 1996, Framingham, MA, June, 1996.

• K. Pahlavan, et.al, "Trends in Wireless Data Networks", IEEE VTC, Atlanta, GA, April 29, 1996.

• K. Pahlavan, "Wireless Data Communications", (1/2 day), PIMRC'96, Toronto, Canada.

• K. Pahlavan, "Wireless Data Communications", (1-day), IEEE WCSS'96, Long Island, New York, Nov. 1995.

• K. Pahlavan, "Software Tools and the Design for Wireless Networks", (5 evening) IEEE Boston, Section, Nov-Dec 1995.

• K. Pahlavan, "Wireless Networks", SPIE, Defining the Global Information Infrastructure, Nov. 1994.

• K. Pahlavan, "Wireless Information Networks", SPIE, Defining the Global Information Infrastructure, Nov. 1994.

• K. Pahlavan, Wireless Data Communications, (1/2) day IEEE 19th Conference on Local Computer Networks, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Oct. 1994.

• K. Pahlavan, Wireless Data Communication, (1/2 day) IEEE PIMRC'94, Hague Netherlands, Sept. 1994.

• K. Pahlavan, "Wireless Data Communications: an Overview", Workshop on Mobility Management for Personal Communications, Washington, DC, Sep. 1994.

• K. Pahlavan, Wireless Information Networks, St. Mary University, San Antonio, Texas, May 31, 1994.

• K. Pahlavan, "Wireless Data Communications", IEEE MTT, San Diego, CA, May 27, 1994.

• K. Pahlavan, Wireless Information Networks, (1-day), IEEE Electro, Boston, MA, May 9, 1994.

• K. Pahlavan, "Wireless Data Communications", Interop, Loas-Vegas, Nevada, May 6, 1994.

• K. Pahlavan, Wireless Data Communications, (1/2 day), IEEE ICC, New Orleans, LA, May 5, 1994.

• K. Pahlavan, Wireless Data Communications, (five evenings each 2.5 hours), IEEE Boston Section, Waltham, MA, April-May 1994 (six guest speakers talked for 50% of the lectures).

• K. Pahlavan, Wireless Data Communication, (1/2 day) IEEE International Zurich Seminar on Digital Communications, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, March 8, 1994.

• K. Pahlavan, Modern Communication and Signal Processing, (12 evenings each 2.5 hours), Locus EPSCO, Hudson, MA, Spring 1994.

• K. Pahlavan, Elements of Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, (5 evening lectures each 2.5 hours), IEEE Boston  Section, Oct.-Nov., 1993.

• K. Pahlavan, "Overview of Wireless LANs", IEEE PIMRC, Yokohama, Japan, Sep 1993.

• K. Pahlavan, "Wireless Data Communications", Mitre Corp., Bedford, MA, Sep. 1993.

• K. Pahlavan, Wireless Data Communications, (1-day), National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Sep. 1993.

• K. Pahlavan, Wireless Data Communications, IEEE Electro, (1-day), Edison, NJ, April 1993.

• K. Pahlavan, Indoor Radio Propagation Modeling, (1/2 day), NTT, Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 1992.

• Falsafi, M. Chase and K. Pahlavan, "Spread Spectrum for Wireless Local communications", IEEE International Symposium on Spread Spectrum Techniques and Applications, Yokohama, Japan, Nov. 1992.

• K. Pahlavan, "Wireless Data Communications", Communications Design Seminar, Stanford University, California, Oct., 1992.

• K. Pahlavan, "Overview of Wireless Local Area Networks", IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, Boston, MA, Oct. 1992.

• K. Pahlavan, "Wireless Local Communications", Wireless'92, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, July 1992.

• K. Pahlavan, "Wireless LANs", IEEE International Workshop on Portable, Mobile and Indoor Radio Communications, Siofok, Hungary, May 1992.

• K. Pahlavan, R. Ganesh and S.J. Howard, "Modeling of the Indoor Radio Propagations", University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, May 1992.

• K. Pahlavan, "Wireless Office Information Networks", University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, May 1992.

• K. Pahlavan, Wireless Local Area Networks, (10 lectures, each 3 hours), Digital Equipment Corporation, Marlboro, MA, Spring 1992.

• K. Pahlavan, Wireless Local Area Networks, (1-day), Communication Networks Conference, Washington, D.C., 1992.

• K. Pahlavan, Wireless Networks, (1/2 Day), 16th IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks, Minneapolis, Oct. 1991.

• K. Pahlavan and J. Arnbak (from Delft Uni. of Tech. in Netherlands), "Wireless Indoor Communications", tutorial, Int. Symp. on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, King's College, University of London, Sep. 1991.

• K. Pahlavan, "Research Directions for Wireless Communications", Nokia Research Center, Helsinki, Finland, Aug. 1991.

• K. Pahlavan, Wireless Local Communications, (1/2 day) University of Oulu, Finland, Aug. 1991.

• K. Pahlavan, Advances in Digital Communications, (3-Mornings), International Conference on Control and Modeling, University of Teheran, Iran, July 1990.

• K. Pahlavan, Wireless Office Information Networks, (1/2 day), First IEEE PIMRC, King's College, University of London, Sep. 1989.

• K. Pahlavan, "Wireless LANs for Offices and Manufacturing Environments", tutorial, Simon Fraser University and University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, July 1989.

• K. Pahlavan, "Wireless Local Area Networks", tutorial, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, March. 1989.

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