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  • 2019 - IEEE Kiyo Tomiyasu Award "For contributions to wireless communication systems."
  • 2017 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2011 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to multiple antenna wireless communications

Overview

Robert W. Heath is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. The primary field of study for their research is Engineering, with a focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications, Artificial Intelligence, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their research spans several topics, including:

  • Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization
  • Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling
  • Antenna Design and Analysis
  • Antenna Design and Optimization
  • Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks
  • Microwave Engineering and Waveguides
  • Advanced Wireless Communication Techniques

Robert W. Heath has authored numerous papers published in various venues, with frequent publications in:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
  • IEEE Communications Magazine
  • IEEE Signal Processing Magazine
  • IEEE Transactions on Communications

Some recent papers include:

  • "Perceptive Mobile Networks: Cellular Networks With Radio Vision via Joint Communication and Radar Sensing," 2020, IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine
  • "Twenty-Five Years of Advances in Beamforming: From convex and nonconvex optimization to learning techniques," 2023, IEEE Signal Processing Magazine
  • "Waveform Design and Accurate Channel Estimation for Frequency-Hopping MIMO Radar-Based Communications," 2020, IEEE Transactions on Communications
  • "Adaptive and Fast Combined Waveform-Beamforming Design for MMWave Automotive Joint Communication-Radar," 2021, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing
  • "Challenges and Opportunities of Future Rural Wireless Communications," 2021, IEEE Communications Magazine

The researcher has collaborated with several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Miguel R. Castellanos
  • Amine Mezghani
  • Ryan M. Dreifuerst
  • Chan-Byoung Chae
  • Nitin Jonathan Myers

Recognition for their work includes the IEEE Kiyo Tomiyasu Award in 2019 for contributions to wireless communication systems, the title of Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2017, and IEEE Fellow status awarded in 2011 for contributions to multiple antenna wireless communications.

Best Publications

  • Five disruptive technology directions for 5G

    Federico Boccardi;Robert W. Heath;Angel Lozano;Thomas L. Marzetta

  • Spatially Sparse Precoding in Millimeter Wave MIMO Systems

    Omar El Ayach;Sridhar Rajagopal;Shadi Abu-Surra;Zhouyue Pi

  • An Overview of Signal Processing Techniques for Millimeter Wave MIMO Systems

    Robert W. Heath;Nuria Gonzalez-Prelcic;Sundeep Rangan;Wonil Roh

  • Grassmannian beamforming for multiple-input multiple-output wireless systems

    D.J. Love;R.W. Heath;T. Strohmer

  • Channel Estimation and Hybrid Precoding for Millimeter Wave Cellular Systems

    Ahmed Alkhateeb;Omar El Ayach;Geert Leus;Robert W. Heath

  • An overview of limited feedback in wireless communication systems

    D.J. Love;R.W. Heath;V.K.N. Lau;D. Gesbert

  • Limited Feedback Hybrid Precoding for Multi-User Millimeter Wave Systems

    Ahmed Alkhateeb;Geert Leus;Robert W. Heath

  • Coverage and Rate Analysis for Millimeter-Wave Cellular Networks

    Tianyang Bai;Robert W. Heath

  • Millimeter Wave Wireless Communications

    Theodore S. Rappaport;Robert William Heath;Robert Clark Daniels;James Nelson Murdock

  • Shifting the MIMO Paradigm

    D. Gesbert;M. Kountouris;R.W. Heath;Chan-Byoung Chae

  • Low complexity user selection algorithms for multiuser MIMO systems with block diagonalization

    Zukang Shen;Runhua Chen;J.G. Andrews;R.W. Heath

  • GRASSMANNIAN FRAMES WITH APPLICATIONS TO CODING AND COMMUNICATION

    Thomas Strohmer;Robert W Heath

  • Limited feedback unitary precoding for spatial multiplexing systems

    D.J. Love;R.W. Heath

  • Energy-Efficient Hybrid Analog and Digital Precoding for MmWave MIMO Systems With Large Antenna Arrays

    Xinyu Gao;Linglong Dai;Shuangfeng Han;Chih-Lin I

  • Hybrid MIMO Architectures for Millimeter Wave Communications: Phase Shifters or Switches?

    Roi Mendez-Rial;Cristian Rusu;Nuria Gonzalez-Prelcic;Ahmed Alkhateeb

  • What is the value of limited feedback for MIMO channels

    D.J. Love;R.W. Heath;W. Santipach;M.L. Honig

  • Antenna selection for spatial multiplexing systems with linear receivers

    R.W. Heath;S. Sandhu;A. Paulraj

  • Modeling and Analyzing Millimeter Wave Cellular Systems

    Jeffrey G. Andrews;Tianyang Bai;Mandar N. Kulkarni;Ahmed Alkhateeb

  • MIMO Precoding and Combining Solutions for Millimeter-Wave Systems

    Ahmed Alkhateeb;Jianhua Mo;Nuria Gonzalez-Prelcic;Robert W. Heath

  • Millimeter-Wave Vehicular Communication to Support Massive Automotive Sensing

    Junil Choi;Vutha Va;Nuria Gonzalez-Prelcic;Robert Daniels

  • Multimode antenna selection for spatial multiplexing systems with linear receivers

    R.W. Heath;D.J. Love

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey G. Andrews
Jeffrey G. Andrews The University of Texas at Austin
Chan-Byoung Chae
Chan-Byoung Chae Yonsei University
Ahmed Alkhateeb
Ahmed Alkhateeb Arizona State University
Junil Choi
Junil Choi Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Arogyaswami Paulraj
Arogyaswami Paulraj Stanford University
David J. Love
David J. Love Purdue University West Lafayette
Alan C. Bovik
Alan C. Bovik The University of Texas at Austin
Angel Lozano
Angel Lozano Pompeu Fabra University
Kaibin Huang
Kaibin Huang University of Hong Kong
Amine Mezghani
Amine Mezghani University of Manitoba

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