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Research Areas

The research areas of the group include, but are not limited to:

  • Wireless networking
  • Network functions virtualization (NFV)
  • Software-defined networking (SDN)
  • Software-defined radio (SDR)
  • Machine learning and deep learning in wireless networks
  • Open Radio Access Networks (O-RAN)
  • 5G and beyond 5G networks

Research Publications

Title Date Cites Publication / Venue Authors Link
CCI xG Testbed: An O-RAN Based Platform for Future Wireless Network Experimentation 2025 13 IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 63, no. 2 Da Silva, M. R. Chowdhury, A. Sathish, A. Tripathi, S. F. Midkiff, and L. DaSilva View
Benchmarking Software Defined Radio Based 5G Deployments With srsRAN: Lessons Learned 2025 3 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC) A. Tripathi, F. Bashar, M. R. Chowdhury, A. Da Silva, and S. F. Midkiff View
Leveraging O-RAN SC AI/ML Framework & Non-RT RIC for AI-Driven Network Slice QoS Optimization 2024 0 Proc. IEEE GLOBECOM Wkshp, Cape Town, South Africa M.H. Rahman, A. Jain, A. P. Da Silva, S. Singh, M. R. Chowdhury, H. S. Dhillon, and M. Hong View
End-to-End O-RAN Control-Loop For Radio Resource Allocation in SDR-Based 5G Network 2023 22 IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM) A. Tripathi, J. S. R. Mallu, M.H. Rahman, A. Sultana, A. Sathish, A. Huff, et al. View
Enabling CBRS Experimentation through an OpenSAS and SDR-based CBSD 2023 3 IEEE INFOCOM 2023 Workshops O.R. Collaco, M.R. Chowdhury, A.P. da Silva, and L. DaSilva View
Enabling AI/ML-based Incumbent Detection in a CBRS Experimental Network Through OpenSAS 2023 6 Proceedings of the ACM Workshop on Wireless Network Testbeds (WiNTECH '23) O.R. Collaco, A. Tripathi, and A.P. da Silva View
Decoupling Traffic Management from Listen-Before-Talk in the Unlicensed Spectrum with 5G NR-U 2025 0 Proc. IEEE CCNC, Las Vegas, NV, USA A. Sathish, M. R. Chowdhury, A. P. da Silva, M. Ghosh, and L. A. DaSilva View
Experimental evaluation of xApp Conflict Mitigation Framework in O-RAN 2025 1 Proc. IEEE INFOCOM Wkshp, London, United Kingdom A. Sultana, C. Adamczyk, M. R. Chowdhury, A. Kliks, and A. P. da Silva View
A Software-Defined Radio based O-RAN Platform for xApp Conflict Detection 2024 3 Proc. IEEE MILCOM Demo, Washington DC, USA A. Sultana, F. Bashar, M. R. Chowdhury, A. P. da Silva View
Deep Learning Based Uplink Power Allocation in Multi-Radio Dual Connectivity 2024 1 Proc. IEEE PIMRC, Valencia, Spain M.H. Rahman, M. R. Chowdhury, A. Sultana, A. Tripathi, and A. P. da Silva View
Fair Consensus in Blockchain with Heterogeneous Miners 2024 4 IEEE 21st Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC) P. Sethi, T. Nguyen, M. R. Chowdhury, S. Pirttikangas, A. P. da Silva View

Accepted Papers

Title Date Conference / Track Authors Status
Lessons Learned from Multi-Vendor O-RAN Open Fronthaul Performance Testing: Scheduler Behavior and TCP Throughput Degradation 2026 ICC 2026 - IEEE International Conference on Communications: Mobile & Wireless Networks F. Bashar, A. Ahmed, M. R. Chowdhury, A. Da Silva, I. Hall, C. Tanase, and P. Timelli Accepted
O-RAN 7.2x Deployment: Insights from Laboratory Integration to Field Trials 2026 ICC 2026 - IEEE International Conference on Communications: Mobile & Wireless Networks WS-OpenRAN  Asheesh Tripathi, Fahim Bashar, Madhura Adeppady, Aloizio Da Silva, Scott Midkiff, Varun Singh Accepted