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Nelson Ray Sollenberger

Nelson Ray Sollenberger

D-Index & Metrics

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
56
Citations
14471
World Ranking
2045
National Ranking
804

Nelson Ray Sollenberger publication distribution in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nelson Ray Sollenberger sits on this spectrum.

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34 publications 1,065+

This scientist: 187 publications — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,065 publications or more.

Nelson Ray Sollenberger D-index placement in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nelson Ray Sollenberger sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 111+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 111 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1996 - IEEE Fellow For pioneering contributions to TDMA-based personal communication system technology and standardization enabling a new generation of wireless telecommunications services.

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Telecommunications
  • Computer network
  • Electrical engineering

His primary areas of investigation include Electronic engineering, Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing, Transmitter, Time division multiple access and Fading. Nelson Ray Sollenberger merges Electronic engineering with Coding in his research. His work carried out in the field of Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing brings together such families of science as Keying, Computer network, Phase-shift keying and Wireless.

In his research on the topic of Wireless, Base transceiver station is strongly related with Base station. His research in Time division multiple access focuses on subjects like Telecommunications link, which are connected to Dynamic power control, Power control, Port and Wireless communication systems. His Fading research is within the category of Communication channel.

His most cited work include:

  • Robust channel estimation for OFDM systems with rapid dispersive fading channels (842 citations)
  • Peak-to-average power ratio reduction of an OFDM signal using partial transmit sequences (767 citations)
  • MIMO-OFDM for wireless communications: signal detection with enhanced channel estimation (474 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His main research concerns Electronic engineering, Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing, Computer network, Communication channel and Time division multiple access. His research in Electronic engineering intersects with topics in Demodulation, Signal, Fading, Base station and Multipath propagation. His work in Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing covers topics such as Wideband which are related to areas like Diversity gain.

His Computer network research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Wireless, Channel allocation schemes, Spectral efficiency and Power control. He focuses mostly in the field of Communication channel, narrowing it down to topics relating to Frequency reuse and, in certain cases, Frequency-hopping spread spectrum. His Time division multiple access study combines topics in areas such as Channel, Real-time computing, Communications system, Transmitter and Telecommunications link.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Electronic engineering (57.78%)
  • Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (29.63%)
  • Computer network (27.41%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2001-2014)?

  • Electronic engineering (57.78%)
  • Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (29.63%)
  • Wireless (23.70%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Nelson Ray Sollenberger focuses on Electronic engineering, Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing, Wireless, Electrical engineering and Base station. Nelson Ray Sollenberger interconnects Digital audio, Audio signal processing, Audio signal and Multipath propagation, Communication channel in the investigation of issues within Electronic engineering. His research integrates issues of Function, Receiver, Antenna and Transmitter in his study of Communication channel.

He is studying MIMO-OFDM, which is a component of Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing. His Wireless research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Radio receiver design, Multi-user MIMO, Time division multiple access, Telephone exchange and Signal. His Base station research includes themes of Terminal, Sampling, Wireless network interface controller and Synchronization.

Between 2001 and 2014, his most popular works were:

  • MIMO-OFDM for wireless communications: signal detection with enhanced channel estimation (474 citations)
  • Rate-adaptive methods for communicating over multiple input/multiple output wireless systems (89 citations)
  • Method and apparatus for implementing measurement based dynamic frequency hopping in wireless communication systems (87 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Telecommunications
  • Computer network
  • Electrical engineering

Nelson Ray Sollenberger mainly focuses on Electronic engineering, Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing, Wireless communication systems, Wireless and Base station. Nelson Ray Sollenberger has researched Electronic engineering in several fields, including Antenna, MIMO, Single antenna interference cancellation, Intersymbol interference and Channel capacity. Nelson Ray Sollenberger undertakes interdisciplinary study in the fields of Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing and Coding through his research.

His research in Wireless communication systems intersects with topics in Frequency-hopping spread spectrum, Electrical engineering and Hop. He combines subjects such as Multi-user MIMO, Interference, Communication channel, Receiver and Transmitter with his study of Wireless. His study focuses on the intersection of Base station and fields such as Class 4 telephone switch with connections in the field of Power control.

Best Publications

  • Robust channel estimation for OFDM systems with rapid dispersive fading channels

    Ye Geoffrey Li;L.J. Cimini;N.R. Sollenberger

  • Peak-to-average power ratio reduction of an OFDM signal using partial transmit sequences

    L.J. Cimini;N.R. Sollenberger

  • MIMO-OFDM for wireless communications: signal detection with enhanced channel estimation

    Y.G. Li;J.H. Winters;N.R. Sollenberger

  • Beyond 3G: wideband wireless data access based on OFDM and dynamic packet assignment

    J. Chuang;N. Sollenberger

  • System and method for dynamically assigning channels for wireless packet communications

    Justin Che-I Chuang;Nelson Ray Sollenberger

  • On the capacity of cellular systems with MIMO

    R.S. Blum;J.H. Winters;N.R. Sollenberger

  • MIMO OFDM system

    Ye Li;Nelson Ray Sollenberger;Jack Harriman Winters

  • Adaptive antenna arrays for OFDM systems with cochannel interference

    Ye Li;N.R. Sollenberger

  • Transmitter diversity for OFDM systems and its impact on high-rate data wireless networks

    Ye Li;J.C. Chuang;N.R. Sollenberger

  • Performance of RAKE reception in dense multipath channels: implications of spreading bandwidth and selection diversity order

    M.Z. Win;G. Chrisikos;N.R. Sollenberger

  • A method and apparatus for enhancing communication reception at a wireless communication terminal

    Lawrence Joel Greenstein;Nelson Ray Sollenberger

  • Rate-adaptive multiple input/multiple output (mimo) systems

    Hui Luo;Nelson Ray Sollenberger;Jack Harriman Winters

  • Method and apparatus for dynamic power control in TDMA portable radio systems

    Sirikiat Ariyavisitakul;Justin C. Chuang;Nelson R. Sollenberger

  • Clustered OFDM with transmitter diversity and coding

    L.J. Cimini;Babak Daneshrad;N.R. Sollenberger

  • Compatible licensed and unlicensed band portable handset unit for TDMA wireless communications system

    Hamilton W. Arnold;Li F. Chang;Anthony R. Noerpel;Nelson R. Sollenberger

  • Tap-selectable decision-feedback equalization

    S. Ariyavisitakul;N.R. Sollenberger;L.J. Greenstein

  • Clustered OFDM communication system

    Leonard Joseph Cimini;Babak Daneshrad;Nelson Ray Sollenberger

  • Method and apparatus for mobile data communication

    Leonard Joseph Cimini;Nelson Ray Sollenberger

  • Adaptive class AB amplifier for TDMA wireless communications systems

    Alireza Afrashteh;Nelson R. Sollenberger

  • Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radio channel measurements

    C.C. Martin;J.H. Winters;N.R. Sollenberger

Frequent Co-Authors

Leonard J. Cimini
Leonard J. Cimini University of Delaware
Justin C. Chuang
Justin C. Chuang Applied Science and Technology Research Institute
Jack Harriman Winters
Jack Harriman Winters Jack Winters Communications
Donald C. Cox
Donald C. Cox Stanford University
Geoffrey Ye Li
Geoffrey Ye Li Imperial College London
Thomas L. Marzetta
Thomas L. Marzetta New York University

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