Publications

Journals

• Analyzing Scalability of Bi-static Backscatter Networks for Large Scale Applications [Paper] [Preprint]
  Kartik Patel*, Junbo Zhang*, John Kimionis, Lefteris Kampianakis, Michael S. Eggleston, Jinfeng Du
  To appear in IEEE Journal of Radio Frequency Identification, 2024

• Harnessing Multimodal Sensing for Multi-user Beamforming in mmWave Systems [Paper] [Preprint]
  Kartik Patel, Robert W. Heath Jr.
  IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 23, no. 12, pp. 18725 - 18739, December 2024

• Circulant Shift-based Beamforming for Secure Communication with Low-resolution Phased Arrays [Paper] [Supplementary Material]
  Kartik Patel, Nitin Jonathan Myers, Robert W. Heath Jr.
  IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 2295-2310, April 2023

Conference Papers

• CIPAT: Latent-resilient Toolkit for Performance Impact Prediction due to Configuration Tuning [Paper]
  Kartik Patel, Changhan Ge, Ajay Mahimkar, Sanjay Shakkottai, Yusef Shaqalle
  1st Workshop on Machine Learning for NextG Networks 2024 (MLNextG24)
  30th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (ACM Mobicom), 2024

• Generative AI: Challenges and Opportunities in the Context of India [Paper] [Poster]
  Viraj Shah, Kartik Patel
  3rd Workshop on Ethical Considerations in Creative Applications of Computer Vision - EC3V, with CVPR, 2023

• Bandit Learning-based Online User Clustering and Selection for Cellular Networks [Paper] [Poster]
  Isfar Tariq, Kartik Patel, Thomas Novlan, Salam Akoum, Milap Majmundar, Gustavo de Veciana, Sanjay Shakkottai
  20th International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks (IEEE WiOpt) 2022

• Physical Layer Defense against Eavesdropping Attacks on Low-Resolution Phased Arrays [Paper] [Presentation]
  Kartik Patel, Nitin Jonathan Myers, Robert W. Heath Jr.
  IEEE International Conference on Communications (IEEE ICC) 2022

• Side-information-aided Noncoherent Beam Alignment Design for Millimeter Wave Systems [Paper][Presentation]
  Yi Zhang, Kartik Patel, Sanjay Shakkottai, Robert W. Heath Jr.
  ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (ACM MobiHoc) 2019

  • Finalist for the best paper award

• Distribution-Free Spectrum Sensing for Full Duplex Cognitive Radio [Paper] [Poster]
  Kartik Patel, Dhaval Patel, Miguel Lopez-Benitez, S Chaudhary
  IEEE 88th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Fall) 2018

Posters

• Predicting the Performance of Cellular Networks: A Latent-resilient Approach [Paper]
  Kartik Patel, Changhan Ge, Ajay Mahimkar, Sanjay Shakkottai, Yusef Shaqalle
  30th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (Mobicom), November 2024, Washington DC.
  Presented by Kartik Patel and Chaghan Ge 

  • 3rd place winner in the graduate category of ACM Student Research Competition (SRC)

• Evaluating Scalability of a Large-Scale Bi-static Backscatter Network [Poster]
  Kartik Patel, Junbo Zhang, John Kimionis, Lefteris Kampianakis, Michael S. Eggleston, Jinfeng Du
  IEEE RFID Conference, June 2024, Boston. Presented by Lefteris Kampianakis.

Talks

• [Poster] Predicting the Performance Impact of Configuration Changes in Cellular Networks
  At 30th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (Mobicom), Washington DC, 2024 

• [Poster] Predicting the Performance Impact of Configuration Changes in Cellular Networks
  At the 6G@UT Forum, Austin, Texas, 2024 

• Physical Layer Defense against Eavesdropping Attacks on Low-Resolution Phased Arrays
  At Sabarmati Young Researchers Seminar, IIT Gandhinagar, Gujarat, 2023

• [Poster] Bandit Learning-based Online User Clustering and Selection for Cellular Networks
  At IEEE ComSoc Summer School on 6G Communication and Wireless Technologies, Boston, Massachusetts, 2023

• [Presentation] Physical Layer Defense against Eavesdropping Attacks on Low-Resolution Phased Arrays
  At International Conference on Communications (IEEE ICC), Online, 2022

• [Poster] Bandit Learning-based Online User Clustering and Selection for Cellular Networks
  At the 6G@UT Forum, Austin, Texas, 2022

• [Presentation] Side-information-aided Noncoherent Beam Alignment Design for Millimeter Wave Systems
  At ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (ACM MobiHoc), Catania, Italy, 2019

• [Poster] Distribution-Free Spectrum Sensing for Full Duplex Cognitive Radio
  At IEEE 88th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Fall), Chicago, 2018