Conference Papers

These are submitted, accepted, and published conference papers by the Embedded Signal Processing Laboratory related to powerline communication systems. For each published paper, the link will take you to an electronic version of the paper and the presentation.
  1. J. Sung and B. L. Evans, "Real-Time Testbed for Diversity in Powerline and Wireless Smart Grid Communications", IEEE Int. Conf. on Communications Work. Integrating Comm., Control, Comp. Tech. for Smart Grid, May 20-24, 2018, Kansas City, MO, USA.

  2. M. Sayed, G. Sebaali, B. L. Evans and N. Al-Dhahir, "Efficient Diversity Technique for Hybrid Narrowband-Powerline/Wireless Smart Grid Communications", Proc. IEEE Smart Grid Communications, Nov. 2-5, 2015, Miami, FL USA.

  3. J. Lin, T. Pande, I.-H. Kim, A. Batra and B. L. Evans, "Robust Transceiver to Combat Periodic Impulsive Noise in Narrowband Powerline Communications", Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Communications, Jun. 8-12, 2015, London, UK.

  4. G. Sebaali and B. L. Evans, "Design Tradeoffs in Joint Powerline and Wireless Transmission for Smart Grid Communications", Proc. IEEE Int. Symposium on Power Line Communications and Its Applications, Mar. 29-Apr. 1, 2015, Austin, TX.

  5. J. Lin and B. L. Evans, "Non-parametric Mitigation of Periodic Impulsive Noise in Narrowband Powerline Communications", Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conf., Dec. 9-12, 2013, Atlanta, GA USA.

  6. M. Nassar, P. Schniter and B. L. Evans, "A Factor-Graph Approach to Joint OFDM Channel Estimation and Decoding in Impulsive Noise Channels", Proc. Asilomar Conf. on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Nov. 3-6, 2013, Pacific Grove, CA.

  7. K. Nieman, M. Nassar, J. Lin and B. L. Evans, "FPGA Implementation of a Message-Passing OFDM Receiver for Impulsive Noise Channels", Proc. Asilomar Conf. on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Nov. 3-6, 2013, Pacific Grove, CA. Received the Best Student Paper Award for the Architecture and Implementation Track and Runner-Up for Best Student Paper Award for the entire conference

  8. K. Nieman, J. Lin, M. Nassar, K. Waheed, and B. L. Evans, "Cyclic Spectral Analysis of Power Line Noise in the 3-200 kHz Band", Proc. IEEE Int. Sym. on Power Line Communications and Its Applications, Mar. 24-27, 2012, Johannesburg, South Africa. Received the Best Paper Award.

  9. J. Lin and B. L. Evans, "Cyclostationary Noise Mitigation in Narrowband Powerline Communications", Proc. APSIPA Annual Summit and Conf., invited paper, Dec. 3-6, 2012, Hollywood, CA USA.

  10. M. Nassar, A. Dabak, I. H. Kim, T. Pande and B. L. Evans, "Cyclostationary Noise Modeling In Narrowband Powerline Communication For Smart Grid Applications", Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, March 25-30, 2012, Kyoto, Japan.

  11. M. Nassar, K. Gulati, Y. Mortazavi, and B. L. Evans, "Statistical Modeling of Asynchronous Impulsive Noise in Powerline Communication Networks", Proc. IEEE Int. Global Communications Conf., Dec. 5-9, 2011, Houston, TX USA.

  12. J. Lin, M. Nassar and B. L. Evans, "Non-Parametric Impulsive Noise Mitigation in OFDM Systems Using Sparse Bayesian Learning", Proc. IEEE Int. Global Communications Conf., Dec. 5-9, 2011, Houston, TX USA.

  13. M. Nassar and B. L. Evans, "Low Complexity EM-based Decoding for OFDM Systems with Impulsive Noise", Proc. Asilomar Conf. on Signals, Systems and Computers, Nov. 6-9, 2011, Pacific Grove, CA USA.

  14. K. Gulati, A. Chopra, B. L. Evans, and K. R. Tinsley, "Statistical Modeling of Co-Channel Interference", Proc. IEEE Int. Global Communications Conf., Nov. 30-Dec. 4, 2009, Honolulu, HI USA.

  15. A. Chopra, K. Gulati, B. L. Evans, K. R. Tinsley, and C. Sreerama, "Performance Bounds of MIMO Receivers in the Presence of Radio Frequency Interference", Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Proc., Apr. 19-24, 2009, Taipei, Taiwan.

  16. K. Gulati, A. Chopra, R. W. Heath, Jr., B. L. Evans and K. R. Tinsley, and X. E. Lin, "MIMO Receiver Design in the Presence of Radio Frequency Interference", Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conf., Dec. 1-5, 2008, New Orleans, LA USA.

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