Robert Clark Daniels
	WNCG Research Assistant
	University of Texas at Austin
	rdaniels [[at]] ece.utexas.edu

Links: [Resume/Cv] [WindoWSIL] [Machine Learning in Wireless] [802.11n Resources] [802.16j Resources]

Summary:

• Born and raised in Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania

• B.S. degrees in Mathematics and Electrical Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University

• M.S.E. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin

• PhD candidate in the ECE department at the University of Texas at Austin (advised by Professor Robert W. Heath, Jr)

• Current research interests include all aspects of MIMO and implementation of wireless communication algorithms

Journal Publications:

• R. C. Daniels and R. W. Heath, Jr, “60 GHz Wireless Communications: Emerging Requirements and Design Recommendations,” IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 41-50, September, 2007. [BibTeX]

Conference Publications:

• R. C. Daniels, C. M. Caramanis, and R. W. Heath, Jr, “A Supervised Learning Approach to Adaptation in Practical MIMO-OFDM Wireless Systems,” to appear in Proceedings of the IEEE Global Communications Conference, New Orleans, LA, November, 2008. [BibTeX]

• 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,” to appear in Proceedings of the IEEE Global Communications Conference, New Orleans, LA, November, 2008. [BibTeX]

• K. Mandke, R. C. Daniels, S-H. Choi, S. M. Nettles, and R. W. Heath, Jr, “Physical Concerns for Cross-Layer Prototyping and Wireless Network Experimentation,” Proceedings of the Second ACM International Workshop on Wireless Network Testbeds,Experimental Evaluation and Characterization, Montreal, Canada, September 2007. [BibTeX]

• K. Mandke, S.-H. 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,” Proceedings of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, Dublin, Ireland, April 23 - 25, 2007. [BibTeX]

• R. C. Daniels and R. W. Heath, Jr, “MISO Precoding for Temporal and Spatial Focusing,” Proceedings of the Fourteenth Annual Workshop on Adaptive Sensor Array Processing, Lexington, Massachusetts, June 6-7, 2006. [BibTeX]

• R. C. Daniels, “An M-ary Continuous Phase Modulated System with Coherent Detection and Frequency Domain Equalization,” Masters Report: College of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, May 5, 2006. [BibTeX]

• R. C. Daniels and R. W. Heath, Jr, “Improving on Time Reversal with MISO Precoding,” Proceedings of the Eighth International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications Conference, Aalborg, Denmark, September 18-22, 2005.

• R. C. Daniels and V. Gregers-Hansen, “Code Inverse Filtering for Complete Sidelobe Removal in Binary Phase Coded Pulse Compression Systems,” Proceedings of the IEEE International Radar Conference, Arlington, VA, May 9-12, 2005.

Pre-Prints:

• R. C. Daniels, C. M. Caramanis, and R. W. Heath, Jr, “Adaptation in Convolutionally-Coded MIMO-OFDM Wireless Systems through Supervised Learning and SNR Ordering,” submitted to IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, December, 2008.

• R. C. Daniels, K. Mandke, K. T. Truong, S. M. Nettles, and R. W. Heath, Jr, “Throughput/Delay Measurements of Limited Feedback Beamforming for Indoor Wireless Networks,” under revision for submission to IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

System Demonstrations:

• *** WiNTECH Demo Contest Grand Prize Winner ***

  R. C. Daniels, K. Mandke, S. W. Peters, S. M. Nettles, and R. W. Heath, Jr, “Machine Learning for Physical Layer Link Adaptation in Multiple-Antenna Wireless Networks,” presented by R. C. Daniels, K. Mandke, and S. W. Peters at the Third ACM International Workshop on Wireless Network Testbeds, Experimental Evaluation and Characterization, San Francisco, CA, September 2008. [BibTeX]

• K. Mandke, R. C. Daniels, S. M. Nettles, and R. W. Heath, Jr, “Cross-Layer Prototyping for Multihop Wireless Networks,” presented by K. Mandke at the 27th IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), Phoenix, AZ, April 2008.

• R. C. Daniels, K. Mandke, S. M. Nettles, and R. W. Heath, Jr, “Limited Feedback and Side Information in MIMO Multihop Wireless Networks,” presented by R. C. Daniels and K. Mandke at the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, Las Vegas, NV, April 2008.

• K. Mandke, R. C. Daniels, S-H. Choi, S. M. Nettles, and R. W. Heath, Jr, “A MIMO demonstration of Hydra,” presented by K. Mandke at the Second ACM International Workshop on Wireless Network Testbeds, Experimental Evaluation and Characterization, Montreal, Canada, September 2007. [BibTeX]

Special Presentations:

• R. C. Daniels and R. W. Heath, Jr, “Multi-band Modulation, Coding, and Medium Access Control,” contribution to VHT IEEE 802.11 Study Group, Atlanta, GA, November 12, 2007.