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Pankaj Kumar Sharma

Assistant Professor Grade-I & Asst. Warden (Vikram Sarabhai Hall of Residence)

Electronics and Communication Engineering

sharmap[at]nitrkl.ac.in

Biosketch

29

Publications

1

0

Consultancy Projects

3

Doctoral Students

6

Continuing Education

15

PG Dissertation

Personal Information

Dr. Pankaj Kumar Sharma

Assistant Professor Grade-I

Electronics and Communication Engineering

Joined in Sep 2018

Room Number: EC-314

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Sundargarh, Odisha, India - 769008

Short Bio

Dr. Pankaj Kumar Sharma has received Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India in 2017. He received the B.Tech. degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Uttar Pradesh Technical University Lucknow, India, in 2009, and the M. Tech. degree from Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar, India, in 2013. He is currently working as an Assistant Professor of Electronics and Communication Engineering at National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha, India. He was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the College of Information and Communication Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), South Korea during April 2017-August 2018. He received the prestigious "Brain Korea 21 Plus (BK21+)" postdoctoral research fellowship from National Research Foundation, Govt. of Korea for the period of September 2017-August 2018. He has further joined SKKU as a fully funded Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher during June 2019-July 2019. His research interests include cooperative networks, UAV Networks, satellite networks, and intelligent reflecting surfaces-enabled wireless networks, ambient backscatter communications. He is a reviewer for various IEEE journals and serves as technical program committee member for top IEEE conferences. He is a member of IEEE.

Education Qualification

2017 Ph.D.
Electrical Engineering (Wireless Communications)
Indian Institute of Technology Indore
2013 M.Tech
Electronics and Communication Engineering
Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar
2009 B.Tech
Electronics and Communication Engineering
Uttar Pradesh Technical University, Lucknow

Experience

Teaching Experience

Wireless Communications, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, 07 Sep 2018 - Present

Post Doctoral Research Experience

UAV-Enabled Wireless Communications, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), South Korea, 01 Jun 2019 - 31 Jul 2019
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)-Enabled Wireless Networks, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), South Korea, 01 Apr 2017 - 31 Aug 2018

Laboratory Development

Wireless Communications and Aerial Networks Lab, NIT Rourkela, Wireless Communications Research Facility developed under grant from SERB, DST, GoI

Expertise Information

Research Group

Communication

Areas of Interest

Wireless Communications , Satellite and UAV Networks , RIS-assisted Wireless Networks , Backscatter Communications

Projects

Performance Evaluation and Optimization of UAV- Enabled Cellular Communication.

SERB

Principal Investigator

24 months

Completed

Continuing Education

Advanced Microelectronics Technologies and Systems (AMTS-2023)

Electronics and Communication Engineering

Coordinator

06 Nov 2023 - 10 Nov 2023

Brochure

Short-term Course

Emerging Technologies for 6G Communications

Electronics and Communication Engineering

Coordinator

17 Jul 2023 - 21 Jul 2023

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Short-term Course

Emerging Wireless Communications: 6G and Beyond

Electronics and Communication Engineering

Coordinator

09 May 2022 - 13 May 2022

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Short-term Course

2nd International Conference on Advanced Communication Technologies and Signal Processing (IEEE ACTS-2021)

Electronics and Communication Engineering

Coordinator

15 Dec 2021 - 17 Dec 2021

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Conference

Future Intelligent Network Toward 6G: Machine-Learning Approaches (FINT6G)

Electronics and Communication Engineering

Coordinator

24 Jul 2022 - 30 Jul 2022

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Workshop

Strategies of Stress Free Healthy Life

Electronics and Communication Engineering

Coordinator

07 Feb 2022 - 11 Feb 2022

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Workshop

Publications

14

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18

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Total Publications: 29

S. Solanki, D. S. Gurjar, P. K. Sharma, S. K. Sharma, and S. Chatzinotas, "On the secrecy-reliability performance trade-off for NOMA-enabled 5G mmWave networks", in 2021 IEEE 32nd Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), IEEE, Virtual Conference 2021, 0.1109/PIMRC50174.2021.9569610 Inproceedings

P. K. Sharma, D. Gupta, and D. I. Kim, "Outage performance of 3D mobile UAV caching for hybrid satellite-terrestrial networks", IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, IEEE 2021, 10.1109/TVT.2021.3089742 Article

A. Verma, D. Gupta, and P. K. Sharma, "Outage Performance of Hybrid Satellite-Aerial-Terrestrial Networks in the Presence of Interference", in 2021 Advanced Communication Technologies and Signal Processing (ACTS), IEEE, NIT Rourkela (Virtual Mode) 2021, 10.1109/ACTS53447.2021.9708132 Inproceedings

P. K. Sharma and D. Gupta, "Outage performance of multi-UAV relaying-based imperfect hardware hybrid satellite-terrestrial networks", IEEE Systems Journal, IEEE 2021, 10.1109/JSYST.2021.3090799 Article

P. K. Sharma, B. Yogesh, D. Gupta, and D. I. Kim, "Performance analysis of IoT-based overlay satellite-terrestrial networks under the interference", IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, IEEE 2021, 10.1109/TCCN.2021.3052507 Article

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B. Mahapatra, A. Verma, D. Gupta, P. K. Sharma, and A. K. Turuk, "Traffic-Aware UAV Placement Strategies for Load Balancing in 5G Cellular Hotspots", in 2021 Advanced Communication Technologies and Signal Processing (ACTS), IEEE, NIT Rourkela (Virtual Mode) 2021, 10.1109/ACTS53447.2021.9708242 Inproceedings

P. K. Sharma, D. Gupta, and D. I. Kim, "Cooperative AF-based 3D mobile UAV relaying for hybrid satellite-terrestrial networks", in 2020 IEEE 91st Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2020-Spring), IEEE, May 2020, 10.1109/VTC2020-Spring48590.2020.9128382 Inproceedings

P. K. Sharma, B. Yogesh, and D. Gupta, "Internet of things-enabled overlay satellite-terrestrial networks in the presence of interference", in 2020 National Conference on Communications (NCC), pp.1-6, IEEE 2020, 10.1109/NCC48643.2020.9056048 Inproceedings

P. K. Sharma, B. Yogesh, and D. Gupta, "Overlay multi-user satellite-terrestrial networks for IOT in the presence of interference", 5G and Beyond Wireless Systems - PHY Layer Perspective, ch.14, pp.1-26, Springer, springer in wireless technology 2020, 10.1007/978-981-15-6390-4_14 Inbook

P. K. Sharma and D. I. Kim, "Secure 3D mobile UAV relaying for hybrid satellite-terrestrial networks", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol.19, no.4, pp.2770-2784, IEEE 2020, 10.1109/TWC.2020.2968296 Article

P. K. Sharma and D. I. Kim, "Random 3D mobile UAV networks: Mobility modeling and coverage probability", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol.18, no.5, pp.2527-2538, IEEE, March 2019, 10.1109/TWC.2019.2904564 Article

P. K. Sharma, D. Deepthi, and D. I. Kim, "Outage probability of 3D mobile UAV relaying for hybrid satellite-terrestrial networks", IEEE Communications Letters, IEEE 2019, 10.1109/LCOMM.2019.2956526 Article

P. K. Sharma and D. I. Kim, "Coverage probability of 3D mobile UAV networks", IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, IEEE, July 2018, 10.1109/LWC.2018.2859923 Article

S. Solanki, P. K. Sharma, P., D., P., and A., "Cognitive multi-relay networks with RF hardware impairments and channel estimation errors", in GLOBECOM 2017 - 2017 IEEE Global Communications Conference, IEEE, Singapore, Singapore, January 2018, 10.1109/GLOCOM.2017.8254534 Inproceedings

P. K. Sharma and D. I. Kim, "UAV-enabled downlink wireless system with non-orthogonal multiple access", in 2017 IEEE Globecom Workshops (GC Wkshps), IEEE, Singapore, January 2018, 10.1109/GLOCOMW.2017.8269066 Inproceedings

P. K. Sharma and D. I. Kim, "Coverage probability of 3D UAV networks with RWP mobility-based altitude control", in 2018 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC Workshops), IEEE, Kansas City, MO, USA 2018, 10.1109/ICCW.2018.8403628 Inproceedings

P. K. Sharma, P., D., P., and A., "Performance analysis of overlay spectrum sharing in hybrid satellite-terrestrial systems with secondary network selection", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol.16, no.10, pp.6586-6601, IEEE, October 2017, 10.1109/TWC.2017.2725950 Article

P. K. Sharma, P., D., P., and A., "Hybrid satellite-terrestrial spectrum sharing system with opportunistic secondary network selection,", in IEEE International Conference on Communications 2017 (ICC 2017), IEEE, Paris, France, July 2017, 10.1109/ICC.2017.7997294 Inproceedings

S. Solanki, P. K. Sharma, and P., "Adaptive link utilization in two-way spectrum sharing relay systems under average interference-constraints", IEEE Systems Journal, IEEE, June 2017, 10.1109/JSYST.2017.2713887 Article

S. Solanki, P. K. Sharma, and P., "Cognitive relay sharing for two-way primary transmissions under Nakagami-m fading channels", in 2016 International Conference on Signal Processing and Communications (SPCOM), IEEE, Bangalore, India, November 2016, 10.1109/SPCOM.2016.7746629 Inproceedings

P. K. Sharma and P., "Performance of two-way overlay spectrum sharing systems in the presence of co-channel interference", in 2016 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, IEEE, Doha, Qatar, September 2016, https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7564821 Inproceedings

S. Solanki, P. K. Sharma, and P., "Average interference-constrained cognitive two-way relaying with efficient link utilization", in IEEE International Conference on Communications 2016, IEEE, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, July 2016, 10.1109/ICC.2016.7511208 Inproceedings

P. K. Sharma and P., "Performance analysis of cooperative spectrum sharing with multiuser two-way relaying over fading channels", IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol.66, no.2, IEEE, April 2016, 10.1109/TVT.2016.2560758 Article

P. K. Sharma and P., "Cognitive relaying with transceiver hardware impairments under interference constraints", IEEE Communications Letters, vol.20, no.4, pp.820-823, IEEE, February 2016, 10.1109/LCOMM.2016.2533500 Article

P. Upadhyay and P. K. Sharma, "Max-max user-relay selection scheme in multiuser and multirelay hybrid satellite terrestrial relay systems", IEEE Communications Letters, vol.20, no.2, pp.268-271, IEEE, February 2016, 10.1109/LCOMM.2015.2502599 Article

P. K. Sharma and P., "Cooperative spectrum sharing in two-way multi-user multi-relay networks", IET Communications, vol.10, no.1, pp.111-121, IEEE 2016, 10.1049/iet-com.2015.0504 Article

P. and P. K. Sharma, "Multiuser hybrid satellite-terrestrial relay networks with co-channel interference and feedback latency", in 2016 European Conference on Networks and Communications (EuCNC), IEEE, Athens, Greece 2016, 10.1109/EuCNC.2016.7561027 Inproceedings

P. K. Sharma and P., "Overlay spectrum sharing with multiuser two-way relaying using TDBC in Nakagami-m fading", in 2015 IEEE 81st Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring), IEEE, Glasgow, UK, July 2015, 10.1109/VTCSpring.2015.7145992 Inproceedings

P. K. Sharma, S. Solanki, and P., "Outage analysis of cognitive opportunistic relay networks with direct link in Nakagami-m fading", IEEE Communications Letters, vol.19, no.5, pp.875-878, IEEE, May 2015, 10.1109/LCOMM.2015.2413874 Article

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Courses Taught

EC1000 : Basic Electronics Engineering {Theory}
EC314 : Digital Communication {Theory}
EC3501 : Principles of Communication Systems {Theory}
EC3502 : Digital Communication {Theory}
EC6502 : Advanced Wireless Communication {Theory}
EC6503 : Statistical Signal Theory {Theory}
EC6514 : Optimization Methods in Signal Processing for Communication Systems {Theory}
EC762 : Advanced Wireless Communication {Theory}
EC2705 : System Modelling and Design Laboratory {Practical}
EC3703 : Communication Engineering Laboratory {Practical}
EC3704 : Digital Communication Laboratory {Practical}
EC372 : Digital Communication Laboratory {Practical}

Research Scholars

Ph.D. Students [3]

Wireless Communication.

Anuradha Verma

Enrolled: Jan 2020

Continuing

Supervisor

Wireless Communications

Sanjana Sahoo

Enrolled: Sep 2020

Continuing

Supervisor

WIRELESS COMMUNICATION

Mohammad Ali

Enrolled: Jan 2021

Continuing

Supervisor

Dissertations

PG Dissertation

Darapaneni Deepthi (217EC5438), "Outage Performance of 3D UAV Relaying for Hybrid Satellite-Terrestrial Networks" - M.Tech. Supervisor 2018-19 Spring
Manorama Dinkar (217EC5139), "Estimating Sparse Multipath Channel Via Compressed Sensing" - M.Tech. Supervisor 2018-19 Spring
Budharam Yogesh (218EC5123), "Performance Analysis of Satellite-Terrestrial Networks in the Presence of Interference" - M.Tech. Supervisor 2019-20 Spring
Gannamani Raveendra (218EC5450), "Performance Comparison of Ground User Association Algorithms for UAV Communications" - M.Tech. Supervisor 2019-20 Spring
Tsering Lamo (218EC5120), "Secrecy Performance Analysis of UAV Relay Networks" - M.Tech. Supervisor 2019-20 Spring
Bala Krishna Murthy Jonnalagadda (219EC5171), "Downlink Perfomance Analysis of UAV-based Millimeter-Wave Wireless Networks" - M.Tech. Supervisor 2020-21 Spring
Gedela Jaswanth (219EC5366), "Performance Analysis of Energy Harvesting-based Satellite-Aerial-Terrestrial Networks" - M.Tech. Supervisor 2020-21 Spring
Parth Ashara (219EC5168), "Outage Probability of Ambient Backscatter Communications in Custered Networks" - M.Tech. Supervisor 2020-21 Spring
Prasanna Chandrashekhar Gadge (219EC5486), "Performance Analysis of Cache-enabled UAVs in Small Cell Networks" - M.Tech. Supervisor 2020-21 Spring
Adyasha Gargy Pradhan (220EC5554), "Outage Performance Analysis of HSATNs with Energy Harvesting at the Relay" - M.Tech. Supervisor 2021-22 Spring
Kondapu Kavya Reddy (220EC5548), "Outage Performance Analysis of Aerial Terrestrial Networks with C-NOMA" - M.Tech. Supervisor 2021-22 Spring
Sandesh N Joshi (220EC5546), "Secrecy Outage Probability of Backscatter Communication Systems with Tag Selection" - M.Tech. Supervisor 2021-22 Spring
Gollapalli Gayathri Sireesha (221EC5378), "Outage Performance Analysis of RIS Assisted UAV RF Energy Harvesting Wireless Networks" - M.Tech. Supervisor 2022-23 Spring
Gourav Kumar Keshri (221EC5371), "Performance Analysis of Ambient Backscatter Communication Systems with Hardware Impairments over Nakagami-m Fading Channel" - M.Tech. Supervisor 2022-23 Spring
Nallana Keerthana (221EC5362), "Outage Performance Analysis of Wireless-Powered Relaying based MIMO Aerial-Terrestrial Systems" - M.Tech. Supervisor 2022-23 Spring

UG Dissertation

Bujala Bhanu Prakash Reddy (115EC0638), "CHANNEL ESTIMATION FOR VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATIONS" - B.Tech. Supervisor 2018-19 Spring
Gandham Sai Niharika Naidu (115EC0309), "Design of AWGN Channel Emulator" - B.Tech. Supervisor 2018-19 Spring
Sabbavarapu Gagana Sindhu (115EC0331), "Design of AWGN channel Emulator" - B.Tech. Supervisor 2018-19 Spring
Inti Sravya (116EC0596), "Optimal user association for UAV communications" - B.Tech. Supervisor 2019-20 Spring
Payal Das (116EC0254), "Optimal User Association for UAV Communications" - B.Tech. Supervisor 2019-20 Spring
Mohammad Shafiq Rahimi (116EC0273), "Performance Study of UAV Relaying for Satellite Networks" - B.Tech. Supervisor 2020 Summer
Ishaan Wassan (117EC0332), "Performance Evaluation of UAV-enabled Wireless Cellular Networks" - B.Tech. Supervisor 2020-21 Spring
Jaswanth Bodempudi (117EC0288), "Performance Evaluation of Large Scale-Deployed Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces in Wireless Networks" - B.Tech. Supervisor 2020-21 Spring
Nalamalapu Pramod Reddy (117EC0321), "Reinforcement Learning Based Ambient Backscatter Communication Systems" - B.Tech. Supervisor 2020-21 Spring
Aatreyo Shashwat De (118EC0805), "Performance study of NOMA based mmWave networks" - B.Tech. Supervisor 2021-22 Spring
Dhanekula Jyothika (119EC0584), "A Study on Beamforming and Power Allocation in NOMA-Based Multibeam Satellite Systems" - B.Tech. Supervisor 2022-23 Spring
Gaurav Oraon (119EC0594), "Study of Cooperative System with Unreliable Backhauls and Selection Combining" - B.Tech. Supervisor 2022-23 Spring
Sitanshu Ravi (119EC0201), "Outage Performance Study of Millimeter Wave based Cooperative UAV Communications" - B.Tech. Supervisor 2022-23 Spring
Tushar Kumar Giri (119EC0580), "Outage Perfermance Study of Cooperative mm-Wave UAV Communications" - B.Tech. Supervisor 2022-23 Spring
Nithin Padidala (714EC5063), "Hybrid Satellite-Terrestrial Spectrum Sharing System in the Presence of Co-Channel Interference" - B.Tech. M.Tech Dual Degree Supervisor 2018-19 Spring
Ranjan Patel (716EC5072), "Performance Analysis of Small Cell Drone Networks" - B.Tech. M.Tech Dual Degree Supervisor 2020-21 Spring
T.Sambit Suranjan (715EC5023), "Cooperative Satellite-Aerial-Terrestrial-Networks with Correlated Satellite Antennas" - B.Tech. M.Tech Dual Degree Supervisor 2020-21 Spring

Awards and Honours

Received prestigious "Brain Korea 21 Plus" postdoctoral fellowship from National Research Foundation, Govt. of Korea for September 2017-August 2018., 2017
Recipient of "International Travel Support" from Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, for participation in IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) 2016, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 23-27 May, 2016., 2016
Awarded "Student Travel Grant" by EuCNC 2016 for participation in European Conference on Networking and Communications (EuCNC 2016), Athens, Greece, 27-30 June 2016. (Declined)., 2016
Awarded "International Travel Grant" by M.P. Council for Science and Technology, Bhopal for participation in European Conference on Networking and Communications (EuCNC 2016), Athens, Greece, 27-30 June 2016. (Declined)., 2016

Memberships / Fellowships

Member, IEEE Vehicular Technology Society, 2022
Member, IEEE Communications Society, 2017
Member, IEEE, 2017
Student Member, IEEE Communications Society, 2016
Student Member, IEEE, 2015

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Pankaj Kumar Sharma

29

Publications

1

Sponsored Projects

0

Consultancy Projects

3

Doctoral Students

6

Continuing Education

15

PG Dissertation

Personal Information

Dr. Pankaj Kumar Sharma

Short Bio

Education Qualification

Experience

Teaching Experience

Post Doctoral Research Experience

Laboratory Development

Expertise Information

Research Group

Areas of Interest

Projects

Continuing Education

Publications

14

Google Scholar h-index

18

Google Scholar i10-index

Scopus h-index

Total Publications: 29

Courses Taught

Research Scholars

Ph.D. Students [3]

Dissertations

PG Dissertation

UG Dissertation

Awards and Honours

Awards and Honours

Memberships / Fellowships