GRADUATE RESEARCH
Research Overview:
Multi-antenna Systems, Multi-user MIMO, MAC protocol Design, Traffic Dynamics, Performance Evaluation
Publications:
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P. Nayak, "AP-side WLAN Analytics", PhD Thesis, Dec 2019. (thesis)
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P. Nayak, M. Garetto, and E. Knightly, “Modeling Multi-User WLANs under Closed Loop Traffic,” accepted to IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking.
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P. Nayak, S. Pandey, and E. Knightly,“Virtual Speed Test: an AP Tool for Passive Analysis of Wireless LANs,” in Proceedings of IEEE INFOCOM 2019, Paris, France, April 2019.
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P. Nayak, M. Garetto, and E. Knightly, “Multi-User Downlink with Single-User Uplink can Starve TCP,” in Proceedings of IEEE INFOCOM 2017, Atlanta, GA, May 2017 (paper, slides, Best Presentation Award)​
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P. Nayak, "Performance Evaluation of MU-MIMO WLANs Under the Impact of Traffic Dynamics", Masters Thesis, May 2016. (thesis, slides)
Presentations:
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"Multi-user Downlink with Single-User Uplink can Starve TCP", IEEE InfoCom 2017, Atlanta, GA
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"Performance Evaluation of MU-MIMO WLANs Under the Impact of Traffic Dynamics", Masters Defense, March 2016.
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"Performance Evaluation of Variable Traffic on MU-MIMO WLANs", ELEC 599 Research Project (Ph.D. qualifiers), May 2015