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04923 226 300 (Office) | info@iitpkd.ac.in

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY PALAKKAD
Nila Campus, Kanjikode, Palakkad, Kerala - 678623

04923 226 300 (Office) | info@iitpkd.ac.in

Dr. Jobin Francis

Assistant Professor

Electrical Engineering

jobinfrancis@iitpkd.ac.in

Research Area: Wireless communication, Research Area: 5G Cellular networks

Biosketch

Assistant Professor December, 2018 - present

IIT Palakkad

Research Associate May, 2017 - November, 2018

TU Dresden, Germany

Summer Intern May, 2014 - July, 2014

NOKIA Networks, Bangalore

Education

Ph.D. in Electrical Communication Engineering, 2011-2017

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Advisor: Prof. Neelesh B. Mehta

M.E. in Signal Processing, 2009-2011

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

B.Tech. in Electronics and Communication Engineering, 2005-2009

College of Engineering, Trivandrum
Research
Radio Resource Allocation and Cellular Network Optimization
- Joint design of radio access and transport networks
- Ensuring ultra-reliability via multi-connectivity
- Two-stage beamforming and cooperative uplink training for massive MIMO
- Network slicing in the access network
- Cost-optimized cell-free massive MIMO
Performance Analysis of Next-generation Cellular Systems
- Rate adaptation and scheduling in 5G cellular systems with reduced feedback from UEs
- Studying the impact of feedback delays using stochastic geometry
- Queuing theoretic models to study the latency in the transport network
Teaching

EE3050 Analog and Digital Communication

E5519 Wireless Communications

EE3020 Digital Signal Processing

EE3120 Communication Systems and Microwave Laboratory
Additional Information

Title

Assistant Professor
Publications

OTFS and OCDM Based Underwater Acoustic Communication: System Design and Evaluation
T. P. Sameer Babu, Jobin Francis, Ravinder Koilpillai
IEEE OCEANS 2022, Hampton Roads (2022)

Delay-Doppler Channel Estimation in OTFS Systems Using DoA Estimation Techniques
J. Francis and V. P. Reddy
Proc. VTC2022-Spring (2022)

Performance of OTFS and OCDM Schemes in Underwater Acoustic Communication Channels
T. P. Sameer Babu, Jobin Francis, Pavan Chivurala, Ravinder Koilpillai
OCEANS 2022 Chennai (2022)

Uplink Latency in Massive MIMO-based C-RAN with Intra- PHY Functional Split
Jobin Francis, Jay Kant Chaudhary, Andre Noll Barreto, and Gerhard Fettweis
IEEE Communications Letters (2020)

Downlink Power Control in Cell-free Massive MIMO with Partially Distributed Access Points
J. Francis, P. Baracca, S. Wesemann, and G. Fettweis
Proc. IEEE VTC-Fall (2019)

Energy Efficiency Maximization in Massive MIMO-aided, Fronthaul-constrained C-RAN
J. Francis and G. Fettweis
Proc. IEEE PIMRC (2019)

Packet Loss in Latency-constrained Ethernet-based Packetized C-RAN Fronthaul
J. K. Chaudhary, J. Francis, A. N. Baretto, G.Fettweis
Proc. IEEE PIMRC (2019)

Radio Resource Management in context of Network Slicing: What is Missing in Existing Mechanisms?
B. Khodapanah, A. Awada, I. Viering, J. Francis, M. Simsek, G.Fettweis
IEEE WCNC (2019)

Latency in the Uplink of massive MIMO CRAN with Packetized Fronthaul: Modeling and Analysis
J. K. Chaudhary, J. Francis, A. N. Baretto, G.Fettweis
IEEE WCNC (2019)

Throughput-Optimal Scheduling and Rate Adaptation for Reduced Feedback Best-M Scheme in OFDM Systems
J. Francis and N. B. Mehta
IEEE Transactions on Communications 65 (7) 3053-3065 (2017)

A Tractable Analytical Framework for Evaluating Opportunistic Selection in Time-Varying Channels
R. K. Kona, N. B. Mehta, and J. Francis
Proc. IEEE ICC 1-6 (2016)

Throughput-optimal Rate Adaptation for Best-M Feedback in OFDM Systems
J. Francis and N. B. Mehta
Proc. IEEE ICC 1-6 (2016)

Best-M Feedback in OFDM: Base-station-side Estimation and System Implications
J. Francis, N. B. Mehta, and S. N. Ananya
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications 15 (5) 3616-3627 (2016)

Downlink Interference Penalty Algorithm for Power Control, Scheduling, and User association
J. Francis, S. Kalyanasundaram, B. Natarajan, R. Agrawal, and N. B. Mehta
Proc. WiOpt (2015)

Characterizing the Impact of Feedback Delays on Wideband Rate Adaptation
J. Francis and N. B. Mehta
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications 14 (2) 960-971 (2015)

Impact of Feedback Delays on EESM-based Wideband Link Adaptation: Modeling and Analysis
J. Francis and N. B. Mehta
Proc. IEEE Globecom 3703-3708 (2014)

EESM-based Link Adaptation in Point-to-point and Multi-cell OFDM Systems: Modeling and Analysis
J. Francis and N. B. Mehta
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications 13 (1) 407-417 (2014)

EESM-based Link Adaptation in OFDM: Modeling and Analysis
J. Francis and N. B. Mehta
Proc. IEEE Globecom 3703-3708 (2013)