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Key Notes
- Journal(s): 23
- Conference(s): 17
- Book Chapter(s): 1
- PhD: Current - 4
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PUBLICATIONS4
DOCTORAL STUDENTS1
PROJECTResearch Areas
5G/6G Wireless Communications
Non-Terrestrial Networks (UAVs, HAPS, Satellites)
Performance Analysis and Radio Resource Management
Physical Layer Security
Spectrum Sharing Networks
THz Communication
EDUCATION QUALIFICATION
| Degree | Institute | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Doctor of Philosophy | Indian Institute of Technology Indore | 2019 |
| Master of Technology | Indian Institute of Technology Indore | 2015 |
COURSES HANDLED
| Course | L-T-P | Credit | Degree Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Digital Electronics(EC1M01) | 3-0-0 | 3 | UG |
| Cryptography and Network Security(EC425) | 3-0-0 | 3 | UG |
| Sensor Networks(ECM16) | 3-0-0 | 3 | UG |
| Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes(EC1204) | 3-0-2 | 4 | UG |
| Secured Communications(EC470) | 3-0-0 | 3 | UG |
| Digital Signal Processing(EC301) | 3-0-0 | 3 | UG |
| Computer Programming(MA1163) | 3-0-2 | 4 | UG |
| Detection and Estimation Theory(EC36001) | 3-0-0 | 3 | UG, PG |
| Wireless Technologies(EC16026) | 3-0-0 | 3 | PG |
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PUBLICATIONS
Journal(s)
On the Performance of RIS-Aided Short Packet NOMA in Multiuser Land Mobile Satellite Networks with Discrete Phase Shift and Blocklength Design,
By Vibhum Singh, Sourabh Solanki, Rakesh Palisetty, Carlos Luis Marcos Rojas, Juan A Vasquez-Peralvo, Juan Carlos Merlano-Duncan, Symeon Chatzinotas, Björn Ottersten,
IEEE,
IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems,
vol.to appear,
pp.1-15,
2026
STAR-RIS-Enhanced NOMA-Aided Overlay Multiuser Cognitive Satellite-Terrestrial Networks with Discrete Phase Shifts Design,
By Vibhum Singh, Sourabh Solanki, Rakesh Palisetty, Carlos Luis Marcos Rojas, Juan A Vasquez-Peralvo, Juan Carlos Merlano-Duncan, Symeon Chatzinotas, Björn Ottersten,
IEEE,
IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems,
vol.61,
pp.15065-15076,
2025
Secrecy Analysis and Optimization of UAV-Assisted Communications With Hybrid SWIPT and Cooperative Jamming,
By Gaurav K Pandey, Devendra S Gurjar, Suneel Yadav, Sourabh Solanki, Juraj Gazda, Symeon Chatzinotas,
IEEE,
IEEE Journal on Miniaturization for Air and Space Systems,
vol.6,
pp.305 - 320,
2025
IRS Assisted MIMO Full Duplex: Rate Analysis and Beamforming Under Imperfect CSI,
By C. K. Sheemar, S. Solanki, J. Querol, S. Kumar and S. Chatzinotas,
IEEE,
IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society,
vol.4,
pp.1879 - 1892,
2023
UAV-Empowered IoT Network with Hardware Impairments and Shadowing,
By G. K. Pandey, D. S. Gurjar, S. Yadav, and S. Solanki,
IEEE,
IEEE Sensors Letters,
vol.7,
pp.1-4,
2023
Boosting Quantum Battery-Based IoT Gadgets via RF-Enabled Energy Harvesting,
By S. Gautam, S. Solanki, S. K. Sharma, S. Chatzinotas, and B. Ottersten,
MDPI,
Sensors,
vol.22,
pp.,
2022
Ambient Backscatter Assisted Co-Existence in Aerial-IRS Wireless Networks,
By S. Solanki, S. Gautam, S. K. Sharma, and S. Chatzinotas,
IEEE,
IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society,
vol.3,
pp.608-621,
2022
THz-Empowered UAVs in 6G: Opportunities, Challenges, and Trade-Offs,
By M. M. Azari, S. Solanki, S. Chatzinotas, and M. Bennis,
IEEE,
IEEE Communications Magazine,
vol.60,
pp.24-30,
2022
On the Performance of IRS-Aided UAV Networks with NOMA,
By S. Solanki, J. Park, and I. Lee,
IEEE,
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology,
vol.71,
pp.9038-9043,
2022
Evolution of Non-Terrestrial Networks from 5G to 6G: A Survey,
By M. M. Azari, S. Solanki, S. Chatzinotas, et al.,
IEEE,
IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials,
vol.24,
pp.2633 - 2672,
2022
On the Performance of Cache-Free/Cache-Aided STBC-NOMA in Cognitive Hybrid Satellite-Terrestrial Networks,
By V. Singh, S. Solanki, G. Eappen, R. Palisetty, T. X. Vu, J. C. M-Duncan, S. Chatzinotas, and B. Ottersten,
IEEE,
IEEE Wireless Communications Letters,
vol.11,
pp.2655-2659,
2022
Latency Minimization for Wireless Powered Mobile Edge Computing Networks with Nonlinear Rectifiers,
By J. Park. S. Solanki, S. Baek, and I. Lee,
IEEE,
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology,
vol.70,
pp.8320-8324,
2021
Design and Performance Analysis of THz Wireless Communication Systems for Chip-to-Chip and Personal Area Networks Applications,
By C. Yi, D. Kim, S. Solanki, J.-H. Kwon, M. Kim, S. Jeon, Y.-C. Ko, and I. Lee,
IEEE,
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications,
vol.39,
pp.1785-1796,,
2021
Hybrid Active-and-Passive Relaying Model for 6G-IoT Greencom Networks with SWIPT,
By S. Gautam, S. Solanki, S. K. Sharma, S. Chatzinotas, and B. Ottersten,
MDPI,
Sensors,
vol.21,
pp.,
2021
Performance Analysis of Piece-Wise Linear Model of Energy Harvesting-Based Multiuser Overlay Spectrum Sharing Networks,
By S. Solanki, P. K. Upadhyay, D. B. da Costa, H. Ding, and J. M. Moualeu,
IEEE,
IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society,
vol.1,
pp.1820 - 1836,
2020
Performance Analysis of Hardware-Impaired Overlay Cognitive Satellite-Terrestrial Networks with Adaptive Relaying Protocol,
By V. Singh, S. Solanki, P. K. Upadhyay, D. B. da Costa, and J. M. Moualeu,
IEEE,
IEEE Systems Journal,
vol.15,
pp.192-203,
2020
RF Energy Harvesting in Hybrid Two-Way Relaying Systems with Hardware Impairments,
By S. Solanki, V. Singh, and P. K. Upadhyay,
IEEE,
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology,
vol.68,
pp.11792 - 11805,
2019
Performance Analysis of Cognitive Relay Networks with RF Hardware Impairments and CEEs in the Presence of Primary Users' Interference,
By S. Solanki, P. K. Upadhyay, D. B. da Costa, P. S. Bithas, and A. G. Kanatas,
IEEE,
IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking,
vol.4,
pp.406 - 421,
2018
Joint Impact of RF Hardware Impairments and Channel Estimation Errors in Spectrum Sharing Multiple-Relay Networks,
By S. Solanki, P. K. Upadhyay, D. B. da Costa, P. S. Bithas, A. G. Kanatas, and U. S. Dias,
IEEE,
IEEE Transactions on Communications,
vol.66,
pp.3809-3824,
2018
Cognitive Relaying Cooperation in Satellite-Terrestrial Systems with Multiuser Diversity,
By V. Singh, S. Solanki, and P. K. Upadhyay,
IEEE,
IEEE Access,
vol.6,
pp.65539 - 65547,
2018
Adaptive Link Utilization in Two-Way Spectrum Sharing Relay Systems Under Average Interference-Constraints,
By S. Solanki, P. K. Sharma, and P. K. Upadhyay,
IEEE,
IEEE Systems Journal,
vol.12,
pp.3461-3472,
2017
Performance Analysis of Cognitive Relay Sharing Systems with Bidirectional Primary Transmissions Under Nakagami-m Fading,
By S. Solanki and P. K. Upadhyay,
IET ,
Performance Analysis of Cognitive Relay Sharing Systems with Bidirectional Primary Transmissions Under Nakagami-m Fading,
vol.11,
pp.1199-1206,
2017
Outage Analysis of Cognitive Opportunistic Relay Networks With Direct Link in Nakagami- m Fading,
By P. K. Sharma, S. Solanki, and P. K. Upadhyay,
IEEE,
IEEE Communications Letters,
vol.19,
pp.875 - 878,
15
Conference(s)
Near-Field Full Duplex XL MIMO with Reconfigurable Holographic Surfaces
By Chandan Kumar Sheemar, Wali Ullah Khan, Sourabh Solanki, George C Alexandropoulos, Zaid Abdullah, Symeon Chatzinotas,
2025 IEEE 36th International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC),
2025
Integrated Aerial Access and Backhaul with THz-NOMA for 6G Networks
By Pola Preetham, Pranay Utpal, Sandeep Thota, Sourabh Solanki, Chandan Kumar Sheemar, Vibhum Singh, Symeon Chatzinotas,
2025 IEEE Future Networks World Forum (FNWF),
2025
Reflecting Intelligent Surfaces Assisted High-Rank Ultra Massive MIMO Terahertz Channels
By Chandan Kumar Sheemar, Sourabh Solanki, Wali Ullah Khan, Zaid Abdullah, Eva Lagunas, Symeon Chatzinotas,
2024 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC),
2024
A Multicriteria Aware Multipath Routing Method to Increase the QoS for Future 6G Networks
By Valmik Tilwari, Debashree Sharma, Sourabh Solanki, Nilotpal Chakraborty, MWP Maduranga,
2024 IEEE 13th International Conference on Communication Systems and Network Technologies (CSNT),
2024
Robust Beamforming for IRS Aided MIMO Full Duplex Systems
By C. K. Sheemar, J. Querol, S. Solanki, S. Kumar and S. Chatzinotas,
IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM),
2023
MEC-assisted Low Latency Communication for Autonomous Flight Control of 5G-Connected UAV
By S. Solanki, A. Mahmood, V. Singh, S. Gautam, J. Querol, and S. Chatzinotas,
IEEE 97th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2023-Spring),
2023
Short-Packet Communication Assisted Reliable Control of UAV for Optimum Coverage Range
By S. Solanki, V. Singh, S. Gautam, J. Querol, and S. Chatzinotas,
IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC),
2023
Symbiotic Radio based Spectrum Sharing in Cooperative UAV-IRS Wireless Networks
By S. Solanki, S. Gautam, V. Singh, S. K. Sharma, and S. Chatzinotas,
IEEE 95th Vehicular Technology Conference: (VTC2022-Spring),
2022
On the Secrecy-Reliability Performance Trade-off for NOMA-enabled 5G mmWave Networks
By S. Solanki, D. S. Gurjar, P. K. Sharma, S. K. Sharma, and S. Chatzinotas,
IEEE 32nd Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC),
2021
THz Wireless Systems Design for Personal Area Networks Applications
By C. Yi, D. Kim, S. Solanki, J.-H. Kwon, M. Kim, S. Jeon, Y.-C. Ko, and I. Lee,
International Conference on Information and Communication Technology Convergence (ICTC),
2020
Impact of Hardware Impairments on Cognitive Satellite-Terrestrial Relaying with a Direct Link
By V. Singh, S. Solanki, P. K. Upadhyay, D. B. da Costa, and J. M. Moualeu,
IEEE 17th Annual Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC),
2020
Non-linear Energy Harvesting based Cooperative Spectrum Sharing Networks
By S. Solanki, P. K. Upadhyay, D. B. da Costa, H. Ding, and J. M. Moualeu,
16th International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS),
2019
Wireless Power Transfer in Two-Way AF Relaying with Maximal-Ratio Combining under Nakagami-m Fading
By U. Singh, S. Solanki, D. S. Gurjar, P. K. Upadhyay, and D. B. da Costa,
International Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC),
2018
Cognitive Multi-Relay Networks with RF Hardware Impairments and Channel Estimation Errors
By S. Solanki, P. K. Sharma, P. K. Upadhyay, D. B. da Costa, P. S. Bithas, and A. G. Kanatas,
IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM),
2017
Secure Underlay Cognitive Relay Networks in Presence of Primary User's Interference
By S. Solanki and P. K. Upadhyay,
IEEE 85th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2023-Spring),
2017
Average interference-constrained cognitive two-way relaying with efficient link utilization
By S. Solanki, P. K. Sharma and P. K. Upadhyay,
IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC),
2016
Cognitive Relay Sharing for Two-Way Primary Transmissions Under Nakagami-m Fading Channels
By S. Solanki, P. K. Sharma and P. K. Upadhyay,
International Conference on Signal Processing and Communications (SPCOM),
2016
Book Chapter(s)
Nonterrestrial networks for 6G: emerging technologies and standards
By Sourabh Solanki, Prabhu Kaliyammal Thiruvasagam, Chandan Kumar Sheemar, Symeon Chatzinotas in
Non-Terrestrial Networks,
Elsevier, Academic Press,
Chapter,
2026
PROJECT / CONSULTANCY
TARANG: Design of Terahertz Wireless Communications Systems for 6G
Role:
Principal Investigator
Type: Research
Sponsor: TCOE, TTDF, Department of Telecommunications
Project Cost (INR): 9837680
Date of Commencement: 16-12-2024
Duration: 36 Months
Status: Ongoing
Type: Research
Sponsor: TCOE, TTDF, Department of Telecommunications
Project Cost (INR): 9837680
Date of Commencement: 16-12-2024
Duration: 36 Months
Status: Ongoing
RESEARCH FELLOWS / PhD STUDENTS
Current PhD Students
Mandaloju Bhavana (PT)
Area of Research:
Non-Terrestrial Networks for 6G
Mood Umadevi
Area of Research:
Aerial Networks for 6G
Namilla Sravanthi
Area of Research:
THz Wireless Communications
Uzma Naseem
Area of Research:
THz Wireless Communications for 6G
CONFERENCE / WORKSHOP / SYMPOSIUM / SHORT TERM COURSE / FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
AWARDS AND ACCOLADES
2026
Exemplary Editor, IEEE Communications Letters
2021
INSPIRE Faculty Fellowship
2020
Exemplary Reviewer, IEEE Trans. Communication
ERCIM Alain Bensoussan Fellowship
Best Paper Award
Brain Korea 21 Plus Postdoctoral Fellowship
ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- ERP Coordinator (Continuing from July, 2025)
- Warden, Azad, Bhabha, and Bose HoRs (Continuing from July, 2025)
- Treasurer, Faculty Club (Continuing from July, 2024)
- Warden, Ambedkar and Bhabha HoRs (July, 2024 - June, 2025)
- Faculty Advisor (July, 2024 - June, 2025)
Last updated on March 25, 2026