Ketan Mandke
University of Texas at Austin
Graduate Student in Communications, Networks, and Systems
Electrical and Computer Engineering

email: kmandke [at] mail [dot] utexas [dot] edu
web: http://www.ece.utexas.edu/~mandke/
resume: download

Research Interests
  • Cooperative Diversity
  • Cross-layer Design
  • Multiantenna Wireless Networks
Education

The University of Texas at Austin

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering expected Fall 2010
  • Advisor: Scott Nettles
  • Area: Communications, Networks, and Systems
M.S., Electrical Engineering 2002 - 2004
B.S., Electrical Engineering 1998 - 2001
Projects
Hydra: A Flexible Multiantenna, Multihop Wireless Testbed
This cross-layer testbed features a completely software-defined protocol architecture. It is implemented using the Click modular router, GNU Radio, and USRP RF boards. The goal of this ongoing project is to utilize this flexible testbed for real-world performance evaluation and validation of new algorithms and protocols
WiNS: Wireless Network Simulator
A network simulator built on top of the event-driven simulation environment of SimPy. The emphasis of this design is on flexibly modeling the wireless channel as well as the network, MAC, and PHY layers. The simulator will be used to investigate cooperative communication and cross-layer design.
Programming
  • Open-source Packages: GNU Radio (SDR toolkit), Click Modular Router, IT++ (communications library), SimPy (discrete event simulator), NS-2 (network simulator).
  • Languages: C/C++, Python, Java, VHDL, Verilog, Matlab, LabVIEWTM (''G'' Language).
  • Hardware: National Instruments PXI RF platform (5421, 5600, 5610, 5620), Universal Software Radio Peripheral (USRP) from Ettus Research; limited experience with Motorola 68k family, Texas Instruments C6x and C3x DSP.
  • Other: Also familiar with Subversion, Bash scripting, PHP, and HTML.
Experience

The University of Texas at Austin

 Austin, TX
Graduate Research Assistant 2006 - present
  • Development of software architecture for Hydra - a wireless multihop testbed.
  • Experimental evaluation of adaptive wireless protocols.
Teaching Assistant 2002 - 2008
  • Wireless Communications Lab, September 2005 - May 2006. Developed code and lab manual for in-lab component of course during Fall semester. Teaching Assistant in Spring.
  • Data Structures, September - December 2007, September - December 2008.
  • Computer Architecture, June - August 2002. Administered computer architecture lab and taught students about architecture of the LC-2 microcontroller.

Sandia National Laboratories

 Albuquerque, NM
Graduate Student Intern May - August 2005
  • Developed simulation for channel modeling of networked objects in space.
  • Surveyed research literature on cooperative techniques in wireless communication.

National Instruments

 Austin, TX
Engineering Intern May - August 2001
  • Redesigned interpolation filters for Dynamic Signal Analyzer (DSA) product.
  • Developed VHDL design and LabVIEW code to simulate design.

Texas Instruments

 Houston, TX
Co-op in C6x DSP Group May - August 2000
  • Designed and developed Board Support Library (BSL) for DSP development board.
Honors and Awards
Grand Prize Award for WinCool Wireless Networking Demo Contest
WiNTECH Workshop at ACM MobiCom 2008, San Francisco, CA
 Sept. 2008
Thrust 2000 Fellowship 2002 - 2006
Microelectronics and Computer Development Fellowship, UT Austin 2002 - 2004
The University of Texas Engineering Program 1998 - 2002
Publications
  • K. Mandke, R. C. Daniels, S. M. Nettles, and R. W. Heath, Jr., ``On the Challenges of Building a Publications Multi-antenna Software Defined Packet Radio,'' Proceedings of the SDR 08 Technical Conference and Product Exposition, Washington, D.C., Oct. 2008.
  • R. C. Daniels, K. Mandke, K. T. Truong, S. M. Nettles, and R. W. Heath, Jr., ``Throughput/Delay Measurements of Limited Feedback Beamforming in Indoor Wireless Networks,'' Proc. of the IEEE Global Comm. Conf., New Orleans, LA, Nov. 2008.
  • K. Mandke, R. C. Daniels, S. Choi, R. W. Heath, Jr., and S. Nettles, ``Physical Concerns for Cross-Layer Prototyping and Wireless Network Experimentation,'' to appear in the Proc. of the Second ACM International Workshop on Wireless Network Testbeds, Experimental Evaluation and Characterization (WiNTECH), Montreal, Canada, September 10, 2007. [pdf]
  • K. Mandke, S. Choi, G. Kim, R. Grant, R. C. Daniels, W. Kim, R. W. Heath, Jr., and S. Nettles, ``Early Results on Hydra: A Flexible MAC/PHY Multihop Testbed,'' in the Proc. of IEEE Vehicular Tech. Conf. , Dublin, Ireland, April 23 - 25, 2007. [pdf]
  • T. Tang, K. Mandke, C. Chae, R. W. Heath, Jr., S. M. Nettles, "Multichannel Feedback in OFDM Ad Hoc Networks", in Proc. of of the International Workshop on Wireless Ad-hoc Networks, New York, NY, June 28 - 30, 2006. [pdf]
  • K. Mandke, T. S. Rappaport, et. al., "The Evolution of Ultra Wide Band Radio for Wireless Personal Area Networks", High Frequency Magazine, Sept. 2003. [pdf]