Electrical and Computer Engineering

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Dr Maan Alkaisi

Dr Mansoor Shafi

Publications

• BOOKS :

    1. “Wireless Communications in the 21st Century”, Edited by M. Shafi, S. Ogose, T Hattori, IEEE Press, Dec 2001
    2. "SDH/SONET: An Overview of Synchronous Networking", Edited by Curtis Siller Jr, M. Shafi, IEEE Press 1995.
    3. "Terrestrial Digital Microwave Communications", Edited by Ivanek F., Chapters 5 and 8 prepared by Shafi M., 1989 Artech Book House (9 chapters).
       
    4. "Microwave Digital Radio", Edited by, Greenstein L.J., Shafi M., IEEE Press, June 1988.

• JOURNAL ARTICLES:

    1. “Polarized MIMO Channels in 3D: Models, Measurements and Mutual Information”, Mansoor Shafi, Min Zhang, Aris L. Moustakas, Peter J. Smith, Andreas F. Molisch, Fredrik Tufvesson and Steven H. Simon, To appear IEEE JSAC, Special Issue on 4G Wireless Systems March 2006

    2. “MIMO Ricean Channel Capacity: An Asymptotic Analysis “,Guillaume Lebrun, Michael Faulkner, Mansoor Shafi, Peter J. Smith, Accepted to appear IEEE Transactions Wireless

    3. ” An Approximate Capacity Distribution for MIMO systems, “, P J Smith, M Shafi, IEEE Transactions, Communications, June 2004.

    4. “From Theory to Practice: An Overview of MIMO Space-time Coded Wireless Systems”, D. Gesbert, M. Shafi, D.S. Shiu, P. J. Smith, A. Naguib, IEEE JSAC, Special Issue on MIMO Systems Part I, March 2003.

    5. “Capacity of MIMO Systems with Semi Correlated Flat fading, P J Smith, S Roy and M Shafi, IEEE Transactions, IT, October 2003.

    6. “ MIMO Systems”, Guest Editorial Part I, D. Gesbert, M. Shafi, D.S. Shiu, P. J. Smith, , IEEE JSAC, Special Issue on MIMO systems Part I, April 2003

    7. “ From Theory to Practice: An overview of MIMO Space time coded Wireless Systems”, D Gesbert, M Shafi, P J Smith and A Naguib, IEEE JSAC, April 2003

    8. “ MIMO Systems “, Guest Editorial Part II, D. Gesbert, M. Shafi, D.S. Shiu, P. J. Smith, IEEE JSAC, Special Issue on MIMO systems Part II, June 2003

    9. “MIMO Capacity, Level Crossing rates and Fades, The impact of spatial/temporal correlation” , Andrea Giorgetti, Peter J Smith, M Shafi and Marco Chiani, Journal of Communication Networks, June 2003.

    10. “ On the Effectiveness of Channel Segregation as a Channel Allocation Method in a Variety of Cellular Structures”, P.J.Smith, M. Shafi, A. Tokeley, IEEE Transactions Vehicular Technology, Vol 49, No 6, pp 2234-2244, November 2000

    11. “A Statistical Approach to the Analysis of DS/CDMA Cellular Systems Employing RAKE receivers and Sectorized Antennas”, A. Sathyendran, K.W.Sowerby, M. Shafi , IEEE Transactions Vehicular Technology, Jan 1999.
       
    12. “Improved Receivers for Coherent FSK Systems”, Gao H., Smith P.J., Shafi M., IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol 16, no 11, November 1998
       
    13. “IMT 2000 Developments in the Asia Pacific Region”, Guest Editorial by Shafi M., Sasaki A, Jeong D., IEEE Communications Magazine ,October 1998
       
    14. “Interference Modelling in DS/CDMA Cellular Systems Operating in a General Fading Environment”, Sathyendran A., Sowerby K W., Shafi M., Wireless Personal Communications Journal, Vol 5, no 3, Nov 1997, pp279-301
       
    15. “ Wireless Communications in the 21st Century: A Perspective”, Shafi M, Hashimoto A, Umehira M, Ogose S, Murase T, IEEE Proceedings, Oct 1997.
       
    16. “Quick Simulation: A Review of Importance Sampling Techniques in Communications Systems”, Smith P.J., Shafi M., Gao H., IEEE JSAC May 1997 pp 597-614.
       
    17. “Wireless Personal Communications Services: A New Zealand Perspective”, Neve M .J., Sowerby K. W., Williamson A. G., Shafi M., IEEE Personal Communications Magazine, April 1997 pp 22-29
       
    18. "The Impact of Performance Recommendation G.826 on the Performance of Transport Systems", Smith P. J , Shafi M., IEEE Transactions on Networking, August 1996, pp 604-615.
       
    19. Feasibility study on spectrum sharing between a DS-CDMA mobile radio system and a fixed point-to-point microwave link”, Marshall P. J., Sowerby K. W. and Shafi M.: Electronic Letters, Vol. 31, No. 23, Nov. 1995, pp.1974-1975.
       
    20. "Optical Heterodyne Binary-DPSK Systems: A Review of Analysis and Performance", Smith P. J., Shafi M. Kaiser C. P., IEEE Journal on selected areas in Communications, April 1995.
       
    21. "An Improved Optidcal Heterodyne DPSK Receiver to Combat Laser Phase Noise", Kaiser C. P., Smith P. J., Shafi M., IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 525-534, March 1995.
       
    22. "The Probability Density of Intersymnbol Interference for Trellis-Coded Modulation", Carlisle C. J., Taylor D. P., Kennedy W. K., Shafi M., IEEE Trans Comm, January 1995.
       
    23. "Performance Bounds for Trellis-Coded Modulation on Time Dispersive Channels", Carlisle C. J., Taylor D. P., Shafi M., Kennedy W. K., IEEE Trans Comm., August 1994.
       
    24. "Sharing Issues Between FPLMTS and Fixed Services", Gardenier P., Shafi M., Vernall R. B., Milner M., IEEE Communications Magazine, July 1994.
       
    25. "Optimum Linear Diversity Receivers for Mobile Communications", Clark M.V., Greenstein L.J., Kennedy W.K., Shafi M., IEEE Trans Vehicul. Tech., February 1994.
       
    26. "Analysis Methods for Optical Heterodyne DPSK Receivers Corrupted by Laser Phase Noise", Kaiser C. P., Shafi M., Smith P. J., IEEE Journal Lightwave Technology, Vol. 11, pp. 1820-1830, November 1993.
       
    27. "The Impact of Performance Recommendation G.826 on the Performance of Transport Systems", Shafi M., Smith P. J., IEEE Comm. Magazine, September 1993.
       
    28. "Matched Filter Performance Bounds for Diversity Combining Receivers in Digital Mobile Radio", Clark M. V., Greenstein L. J., Kennedy W. K., Shafi M. (1992). IEEE Trans Vehicul. Tech, November 1992.
       
    29. "MMSE Diversity Combining for Wideband Digital Cellular Radio", Clark M. V., Greenstein L. J., Kennedy W. K., Shafi M. (1992), IEEE Trans Com., Vol. COM-40, June 1992.
       
    30. "A Space Diversity Channel Model for Multipath Propagation Measurements in New Zealand", Shafi M., Smith W.E. IEEE Trans Comm., May 1991.
       
    31. "Trellis-Coded Modulation on Digital Microwave Radio Systems - Simulations for Multipath Fading Channels", Carlisle C.J., Shafi M. IEEE Trans Comm., April 1991.
       
    32. "Some Improvements to Conventional Importance Sampling Techniques for Coded and Uncoded Systems", Chen S.X., Smith P.J., Shafi M., Electronics Letters, October 1990.
       
    33. "The Evolution of SDH: A View from Telecom New Zealand", Shafi M., Mortimer B., IEEE Comm. Magazine, August 1990.
       
    34. "A Statistical Design Approach for Giga-Bit Rate Fibre Optic Transmission Systems", Moaveni M., Shafi M., IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology, July 1990.
       
    35. "The Impact of Sonet on Digital Microwave Radio: A View from Australasia", Shafi M., Davey L., IEEE Comm. Magazine, May 1990.
       
    36. "Space Diversity Improvement Factors for an Overwater Path in New Zealand", Smith W.E., Shafi M., Electronics Letters, October 1989.
       
    37. "Multipath Propagation Measurements on an Overwater Path in New Zealand", McKay K.G., Shafi M., IEEE Trans Comm., July 1988.
       
    38. "Influence of Terrain Induced Reflections on the Performance of High Capacity Digital Radio Systems", Shafi M., IEEE Trans Comm., March 1988.
       
    39. "Statistical Analysis/Simulation of a Three Ray Model for Multipath Fading with Applications to Outage Prediction", Shafi M., IEEE Journal on Selected Areas on Communication, Special issue on Advances in Digital Communications, April 1987.
       
    40. "Outage Calculation Methods for Microwave Digital Radio", Greenstein L.J., Shafi M., IEEE Communications Magazine, December 1986.
       
    41. "Further Results on Adaptive Equalizer Improvements for 16 QAM and 64 QAM Digital Radio", Shafi M., Moore D.J., IEEE (Trans) Comm., January 1986.
       
    42. "Some Recent Advances in Adaptive Equalization Techniques to Cancel Interference in Line of Sight Digital Radio Links", Shafi M., Taylor D.P., Transactions IPENZ, November 1984.
       
    43. "Simultaneous Adaptive Estimation of Carrier Phase, Symbol Timing and Data for a 49 QPRS DFE Radio Receiver", McMillen G.R., Shafi M., Taylor D.P., IEEE (Trans) Comm., April 1984.
       
    44. "Decision Feedback Equalization for Multipath Induced Interference in Digital Microwave LOS Links", Taylor D.P., Shafi M., IEEE (Trans) Comm., March 1984.
       
    45. "A Simple Method of Measuring Frequency Selective Fade Model Parameters from Measurements on Analogue Links", Taylor D.P., Shafi M., IEEE (Trans) Comm., September 1983.
       
    46. 46) "Frequency Selective Fade Measurements from Continuity Pilot Enhancements", Shafi M., Taylor D.P., Proceedings 11th Biennial Symposium on Communications, Queen's University, Kingston (Ontario), Canada, June 1982.
       
    47. 47) "A General Purpose Correlator Design for Linear and Non-linear System Identification", Tsoi A.C., Shafi M., International Journal Electronics, May 1981.

• CONFERENCE PAPERS:

  1. Lee M Garth, Peter Smith and M Shafi, “ Exact Symbol Error probabilities for SVD transmission of BPSK data over fading channels”, Proceedings, ICC 05, May 05, Seoul.
     
  2. K. Butterworth, M. Shafi, P J Smith, “ A Flexible Model for dimensioning mixed service 3G Wireless Networks “, Proceedings ICC 2005, Seoul , May 2005
     
  3. Min Zhang, Peter Smith and M Shafi, “ A New space time MIMO Channel Model”, Proceedings AusCTW 05, Feb. 05, Brisbane
     
  4. P J Smith, M Shafi, “ The impact of complexity in MIMO channel models”, Proceedings, ICC 2004, June 2004, Paris
     
  5. G Lebrun, M Faulkner, M Shafi, P J Smith, “ MIMO Ricean Channel Capacity”, Proceedings ICC 2004, June 2004, Paris
     
  6. A. Giorgetti, M. Chiani. M. Shafi, P J Smith, “ Characterising MIMO capacity Under The Influence of Spatial/Temporal Correlation “, Proceedings 4th Aus CTW Melbourne Feb 2003.
     
  7. A. Giorgetti, M. Chiani. M. Shafi, P J Smith, “ Level Crossing Rates and MIMO capacity Fades: Impacts of Spatial/Temporal Channel correlation “, Proceedings ICC 2003, Anchorage, May 2003.
     
  8. P. J. Smith, M. Shafi, “ On a Guassian Approximation to The Capacity of Wireless systems ”, Proceedings ICC 2002, New York , June 2002
     
  9. P. J. Smith, M. Shafi, “ Waterfilling Methods for MIMO Systems”, Proceedings 3rd AusCTW, Canberra Australia, 4-5 Feb 2002
     
  10. M. Shafi, W Aamer, K. Butterworth, “ Next Generation Wireless Networks”, IEEE ISCAS Conference Tutorial, April 2001, Sydney.
     
  11. “Capacity estimation of 3rd Generation Cellular Systems”, A. Sathyendran, K W Sowerby, M Shafi, Conference Proceedings, VTC, September 1999.
     
  12. Study of Inter-System Interference between region One and Two Cellular Systems in the 2Ghz Band”, Sathyendran A., Murch A R, Shafi M., Proc VTC 98, Ottawa, Canada, May 98, pp1311-1314.
     
  13. “ The feasibility of spectrum sharing between DS-CDMA mobile radio systems and microwave point-to-point links” , Marshall P. J., Sowerby K. W. and Shafi M.: Proc. 46th Veh. Tech Conf., Atlanta Georgia, Apr/May 1996, pp. 1670-1674
     
  14. "On Spectrum Sharing Between Mobile Radio Systems and Fixed Services", Marshall P. J., Sowerby K., Shafi M., Conference Proceedings APCC 95, Kobe, June '95, Japan.
     
  15. "Performance Evaluation of a Multiple-Cell CDMA Radio System", Sathyendran A., Sowerby K.W., Shafi M., Conference Proceeding VTC '94, June '94, Stockholm, Sweden.
     
  16. "Sharing Issues Between FPLMTS and Fixed Services", Gardenier P., Shafi M., Vernall R. B., Milner M., Conference Proceedings ICC 93, Geneva, May 1993.
     
  17. "An Analytical Approach to Multipath and Inter-User Interference in Multiple Access Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum Systems", Cowl D. J., Squires P. L., Shafi M. In Proceedings of International Symposium on Spread Spectrum Techniques and Applications, November '92, Yokohama, Japan.
     
  18. "Optimum Linear Diversity Receivers in Digital Cellular Radio", Clark M. V., Greenstein L. J., Kennedy W. K., Shafi M. In Conference Proceedings Personal and Indoor Mobile Radio Conference '92, October 92, Boston, USA.
     
  19. "Performance Bounds for Trellis-Coded Modulation on Time-Dispersive Channels", Carlisle C. J., Taylor D. P., Shafi M., Kennedy W. K., Conference Proceedings GlobeComm '91, Arizona, USA.
     
  20. "Architectures and Functional Aspects of Radio Relay Systems for SDH Networks", Carlisle C. J., Shafi M., Conference Proceedings, GlobeComm '91, Arizona, USA.
     
  21. "MMSE Diversity Combining for Wideband Digital Cellular Radio", Clark M.V., Greenstein L.J., Kennedy W.K., Shafi M., Conference Proceedings, Globe Comm 1990, San Diego, December 1990.
     
  22. "Outage Simulations for Digital Microwave Radio Systems with Trellis-Coded Modulation", Carlisle C.J., Kennedy W.K., Shafi M., Conference Proceedings, ICC 1989, June 1989, Boston, USA.
     
  23. "A Space Diversity Channel Model for Multipath Propagation Measurements in New Zealand", Shafi M., Smith W.E., Conference Proceedings, ICC 1989, April 1989, Atlanta, USA.
     
  24. "The Impact of SDH on Digital Microwave Radio: A View from Australasia", Shafi M., Davey L., Conference Proceedings, ICC 1989, April 1989, Atlanta, USA.
     
  25. "Future Mobile/Personal Communication Systems", Eggers P., Barry P.J., Shafi M., Milner M.O., Conference Proceedings NELCON 1989, Wellington, New Zealand.
     
  26. "Trellis-Coded Modulations on Digital Microwave Radio Systems - Simulations for Multipath Fading Channels", McKay R.G., Shafi M., Carlisle C.J., Conference Proceedings, Globe Comm. 1988, December 1988, Hollywood (Florida), USA.
     
  27. "Trellis-Coded Modulation: Approaching Shannon's Limit - Application to Multipath Fading Channels", Carlisle C.J., Shafi M., Kennedy W.K., Conference Proceedings, NELCON 1988, Christchurch, September 1988, New Zealand.
     
  28. "An Overview of Digital Transmission systems in New Zealand", Wilkinson R.B., Shafi M., Cooper R.D., Conference Proceedings, Globe Comm 1987, Nov 1987, Tokyo, Japan.
     
  29. "Multipath Propagation Measurements on an Overwater Path in New Zealand", McKay R.G., Shafi M., Conference Proceedings ICC 1987, June 1987, Seattle, USA.
     
  30. "Statistical Analysis/Simulation of a Three Ray Model for Multipath Fading with Applications to Outage Prediction", Shafi M., Conference Proceedings Globe Comm. 86, December 1986, Houston, Texas, USA.
     
  31. "Influence of Terrain Induced Reflections on the Performance of High Capacity Digital Radio Systems", Shafi M., Taylor D.P., Conference Proceedings ICC 1986, June 1986, Toronto, Canada.
     
  32. "Digital Implementation of a Simplified Carrier Recovery Loop", Shafi M., Moore D.J., Conference Proceedings ICC 85, June 1985, Chicago, USA.
     
  33. "Adaptive Equalizer Improvements for the Performance of 16 QAM and 64 QAM Digital Radio", Shafi M., Moore D., Conference Proceedings ICC 1984, May 1984, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
     
  34. "Further Results on Outage Calculation of 49 QPRS Radio Employing Decision Feedback Equalisation", Niezgoda G., Shafi M., Taylor D.P., Conference Proceedings ICC 1984, May 1984, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
     
  35. "The Effect of Non Minimum Phase Fades on 49 QPRS Radio Employing Decision Feedback Equalization, Niezgoda G., Shafi M., Taylor D.P., Conference Proceedings Globe Comm 1983, November 1983, San Diego, USA.
     
  36. "Fade Margin and Outage Calculations for 49 QPRS Radio Employing Decision Feedback Equalization", Shafi M., Taylor D.P., Conference Proceedings ICC 1983, June 19-22, 1983, Boston, USA.
     
  37. "Recent Advances in Adaptive Equalization Techniques to Cancel Multipath Interference in LOS Digital Links", Shafi M., Taylor D.P., Proceedings IPENZ Conference, Hamilton, New Zealand, February 1983.
     
  38. "Fade Simulation Results for 6.7 GHz 16 QAM 140 Mb/s Digital Radio", Lowe S.J., Shafi M., Laurence P., Proceedings NELCON 1983, 23-25 August 1983, Auckland, New Zealand.
     
  39. "A Comparison of the Planning and Performance of Analogue and Digital Radios", Shafi M., Tsoi A.C., Proceedings NZIE Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, February 1981.
     
  40. "On the Identification of Non-linear Systems", Tsoi A.C., Shafi M., Conference Proceedings National Electronics Convention, August 1978, Auckland, New Zealand.
     
  41. "The Divergent Views about Solar Cycle 21", Egan B., Shafi M., Conference Proceedings Royal Astronomical Society Conference, November 1977, Hamilton, New Zealand.