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Reinaldo A. Valenzuela

Reinaldo A. Valenzuela

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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
62
Citations
34806
World Ranking
1402
National Ranking
574

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For leadership in development of multiantenna wireless communication systems and channel modeling.
  • 2010 - IEEE Eric E. Sumner Award “For pioneering contributions to multi antennas systems and microwave propagation.”
  • 1999 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to wireless systems design.

Overview

Reinaldo A. Valenzuela is affiliated with Nokia in the United States, with a primary focus on engineering research. Their work spans several subfields of engineering, with a strong emphasis on electrical and electronic engineering. Additional areas of study include media technology, aerospace engineering, computer networks and communications, and general health professions.

The main topics covered in their research involve millimeter-wave propagation and modeling, advanced MIMO systems optimization, power line communications and noise, telecommunications and broadcasting technologies, microwave engineering and waveguides, indoor and outdoor localization technologies, and energy harvesting in wireless networks.

Frequent co-authors of Reinaldo A. Valenzuela include Dmitry Chizhik, Jinfeng Du, Rodolfo Feick, Mauricio Rodríguez, and Gil Zussman. Their collaborative work has appeared in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, the 2022 IEEE 23rd International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communication (SPAWC), IEEE Wireless Communications, and ICC 2022 - IEEE International Conference on Communications.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Valenzuela include:

  • Machine Learning-Based Urban Canyon Path Loss Prediction Using 28 GHz Manhattan Measurements, 2022, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
  • Map-Based Millimeter-Wave Channel Models: An Overview, Data for B5G Evaluation and Machine Learning, 2020, IEEE Wireless Communications
  • Dense Urban Outdoor-Indoor Coverage from 3.5 to 28 GHz, 2022, ICC 2022 - IEEE International Conference on Communications
  • A Framework for Unsupervised Planning of Cellular Networks Using Statistical Machine Learning, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Communications
  • 60 GHz Outdoor to Indoor (O2I) Propagation Measurements in a University Campus, 2022, 2022 IEEE 23rd International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communication (SPAWC)

Throughout their career, Valenzuela has received several recognitions for their work. These include being named a Member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2017 for leadership in multiantenna wireless communication systems and channel modeling. In 2010, they were awarded the IEEE Eric E. Sumner Award for contributions to multi-antenna systems and microwave propagation. Earlier, in 1999, Valenzuela was named an IEEE Fellow for contributions to wireless systems design.

Best Publications

  • V-BLAST: an architecture for realizing very high data rates over the rich-scattering wireless channel

    P.W. Wolniansky;G.J. Foschini;G.D. Golden;R.A. Valenzuela

  • A Statistical Model for Indoor Multipath Propagation

    A. A.M. Saleh;R. Valenzuela

  • Detection algorithm and initial laboratory results using V-BLAST space-time communication architecture

    G.D. Golden;C.J. Foschini;R.A. Valenzuela;P.W. Wolniansky

  • MIMO radar: an idea whose time has come

    E. Fishler;A. Haimovich;R. Blum;D. Chizhik

  • Spatial Diversity in Radars—Models and Detection Performance

    E. Fishler;A. Haimovich;R.S. Blum;L.J. Cimini

  • Simplified processing for high spectral efficiency wireless communication employing multi-element arrays

    G.J. Foschini;G.D. Golden;R.A. Valenzuela;P.W. Wolniansky

  • Network coordination for spectrally efficient communications in cellular systems

    M.K. Karakayali;G.J. Foschini;R.A. Valenzuela

  • Capacity scaling in MIMO wireless systems under correlated fading

    Chen-Nee Chuah;D.N.C. Tse;J.M. Kahn;R.A. Valenzuela

  • Packet reservation multiple access for local wireless communications

    D.J. Goodman;R.A. Valenzuela;K.T. Gayliard;B. Ramamurthi

  • Keyholes, correlations, and capacities of multielement transmit and receive antennas

    D. Chizhik;G.J. Foschini;M.J. Gans;R.A. Valenzuela

  • Performance of MIMO radar systems: advantages of angular diversity

    E. Fishler;A. Haimovich;R. Blum;R. Cimini

  • Coordinating multiple antenna cellular networks to achieve enormous spectral efficiency

    G.J. Foschini;K. Karakayali;R.A. Valenzuela

  • Multiple-input-multiple-output measurements and modeling in Manhattan

    D. Chizhik;P.W. Wolniansky;R.A. Valenzuela

  • WISE design of indoor wireless systems: practical computation and optimization

    S.J. Fortune;B.W. Kernighan;O. Landron

  • Link-optimal space-time processing with multiple transmit and receive antennas

    F.R. Farrokhi;G.J. Foschini;A. Lozano;R.A. Valenzuela

  • Evaluation of Transmit Diversity in MIMO-Radar Direction Finding

    N.H. Lehmann;E. Fishler;A.M. Haimovich;R.S. Blum

  • Analysis and performance of some basic space-time architectures

    G.J. Foschini;D. Chizhik;M.J. Gans;C. Papadias

  • Comparisons of a computer-based propagation prediction tool with experimental data collected in urban microcellular environments

    V. Erceg;S.J. Fortune;A.J. Rustako

  • Capacities of multi-element transmit and receive antennas: Correlations and keyholes

    D. Chizhik;G.J. Foschini;R.A. Valenzuela

  • Network MIMO: Overcoming Intercell Interference in Indoor Wireless Systems

    S. Venkatesan;A. Lozano;R. Valenzuela

Frequent Co-Authors

Howard Huang
Howard Huang Nokia (United States)
Angel Lozano
Angel Lozano Pompeu Fabra University
Harish Viswanathan
Harish Viswanathan Nokia (United States)
Harpreet S. Dhillon
Harpreet S. Dhillon Virginia Tech
Leonard J. Cimini
Leonard J. Cimini University of Delaware
Donald C. Cox
Donald C. Cox Stanford University
Rick S. Blum
Rick S. Blum Lehigh University
Roy D. Yates
Roy D. Yates Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Andrea Goldsmith
Andrea Goldsmith Stony Brook University
Alexander M. Haimovich
Alexander M. Haimovich New Jersey Institute of Technology

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