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  • 2026 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in United Kingdom Leader Award
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  • 2023 - Research.com Computer Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Computer Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2017 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to cooperative communications and cognitive radio networks

Overview

Arumugam Nallanathan is affiliated with Queen Mary University of London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on engineering and computer science, with a significant number of publications in electrical and electronic engineering, aerospace engineering, computer networks and communications, artificial intelligence, and biomedical engineering.

The main topics covered by their work include advanced wireless communication technologies, UAV applications and optimization, advanced MIMO systems optimization, wireless communication security techniques, energy harvesting in wireless networks, IoT and edge/fog computing, and IoT networks and protocols.

Arumugam Nallanathan has contributed to numerous papers, including notable publications such as:

  • Multicell MIMO Communications Relying on Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces (2020), IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
  • Intelligent Reflecting Surface Aided MIMO Broadcasting for Simultaneous Wireless Information and Power Transfer (2020), IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
  • Latency Minimization for Intelligent Reflecting Surface Aided Mobile Edge Computing (2020), IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
  • A Framework of Robust Transmission Design for IRS-Aided MISO Communications With Imperfect Cascaded Channels (2020), IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing
  • Intelligent Reflecting Surface Aided Multigroup Multicast MISO Communication Systems (2020), IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing

Frequent co-authors of Nallanathan include Yuanwei Liu, Yansha Deng, Xingwang Li, Wenqiang Yi, and Nan Zhao. Their publications often appear in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, and IEEE Internet of Things Journal.

Their book contributions include work published by Springer Vienna, such as the "Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Signal Processing and Information Communications" in 2022.

Arumugam Nallanathan was recognized as an IEEE Fellow in 2017 for contributions to cooperative communications and cognitive radio networks.

Best Publications

  • Nonorthogonal Multiple Access for 5G and Beyond

    Yuanwei Liu;Zhijin Qin;Maged Elkashlan;Zhiguo Ding

  • Multicell MIMO Communications Relying on Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces

    Cunhua Pan;Hong Ren;Kezhi Wang;Wei Xu

  • Intelligent Reflecting Surface Aided MIMO Broadcasting for Simultaneous Wireless Information and Power Transfer

    Cunhua Pan;Hong Ren;Kezhi Wang;Maged Elkashlan

  • Wideband spectrum sensing for cognitive radio networks: a survey

    Hongjian Sun;A. Nallanathan;Cheng-Xiang Wang;Yunfei Chen

  • Optimal power allocation for fading channels in cognitive radio networks: Ergodic capacity and outage capacity

    Xin Kang;Ying-Chang Liang;A. Nallanathan;H.K. Garg

  • Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning-Based Resource Allocation for UAV Networks

    Jingjing Cui;Yuanwei Liu;Arumugam Nallanathan

  • Latency Minimization for Intelligent Reflecting Surface Aided Mobile Edge Computing

    Tong Bai;Cunhua Pan;Yansha Deng;Maged Elkashlan

  • On channel estimation and optimal training design for amplify and forward relay networks

    Feifei Gao;Tao Cui;A. Nallanathan

  • A Framework of Robust Transmission Design for IRS-Aided MISO Communications With Imperfect Cascaded Channels

    Gui Zhou;Cunhua Pan;Hong Ren;Kezhi Wang

  • Exploiting Full/Half-Duplex User Relaying in NOMA Systems

    Xinwei Yue;Yuanwei Liu;Shaoli Kang;Arumugam Nallanathan

  • Intelligent Reflecting Surface Aided Multigroup Multicast MISO Communication Systems

    Gui Zhou;Cunhua Pan;Hong Ren;Kezhi Wang

  • Residual Transceiver Hardware Impairments on Cooperative NOMA Networks

    Xingwang Li;Jingjing Li;Yuanwei Liu;Zhiguo Ding

  • Artificial-Noise-Aided Secure MIMO Wireless Communications via Intelligent Reflecting Surface

    Sheng Hong;Cunhua Pan;Hong Ren;Kezhi Wang

  • Distributed Space–Time Coding for Two-Way Wireless Relay Networks

    Tao Cui;Feifei Gao;T. Ho;A. Nallanathan

  • Robust Beamforming Design for Intelligent Reflecting Surface Aided MISO Communication Systems

    Gui Zhou;Cunhua Pan;Hong Ren;Kezhi Wang

  • 2012 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMMUNICATIONS (ICC)

    Hongjian Sun;Arumugam Nallanathan;Jing Jiang;H. Vincent Poor

  • Deep Reinforcement Learning Based Dynamic Trajectory Control for UAV-assisted Mobile Edge Computing

    Liang Wang;Kezhi Wang;Cunhua Pan;Wei Xu

  • Optimal Sensing Time and Power Allocation in Multiband Cognitive Radio Networks

    S Stotas;A Nallanathan

  • UAV Communications Based on Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access

    Yuanwei Liu;Zhijin Qin;Yunlong Cai;Yue Gao

  • 2010 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMMUNICATIONS

    Himal A. Suraweera;Hari Krishna Garg;Arumugam Nallanathan

  • Nonorthogonal multiple access for 5G and beyond

    Oğuz Kucur;Güneş Karabulut Kurt;Muhammad Zeeshan Shakir;Imran Shafique Ansari

  • Multicell MIMO Communications Relying on Intelligent Reflecting Surface

    Cunhua Pan;Hong Ren;Kezhi Wang;Wei Xu

Frequent Co-Authors

Yansha Deng
Yansha Deng King's College London
Maged Elkashlan
Maged Elkashlan Queen Mary University of London
Yuanwei Liu
Yuanwei Liu University of Hong Kong
Feifei Gao
Feifei Gao Tsinghua University
Cunhua Pan
Cunhua Pan Southeast University
Hong Ren
Hong Ren Southeast University
Zhiguo Ding
Zhiguo Ding Nanyang Technological University
George K. Karagiannidis
George K. Karagiannidis Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Haijun Zhang
Haijun Zhang University of Science and Technology Beijing
Hongjian Sun
Hongjian Sun Durham University

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