Brian Hughes

Biography

Research Interests: Digital communication, information theory and coding, and statistical signal processing with applications to wireless data networks. Current projects focus on four topics: (a) channel modeling and signal detection in the presence of multiuser interference; (b) power-efficient routing in wireless networks; (c) interference rejection in spread-spectrum communication systems; and (d) space-time processing in wireless communications.

Education

• Ph.D. 1985
  Electrical Engineering
  University of Maryland, College Park
• Master's 1983
  Applied Mathematics
  University of Maryland, College Park
• Bachelor's 1980
  Mathematics
  University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Recent Publications

• Training-based joint channel and antenna impedance estimation (2018)
• Enhancing capacity in compact MIMO-OFDM systems with frequency-selective matching (2017)
• Diversity limits of compact broadband multi-antenna systems (2013)
• Demonstration of communication using neutrinos (2012)
• Front-end design for compact MIMO receivers: A communication theory perspective (2012)
• Fundamental capacity limits on compact MIMO-OFDM systems (2012)
• Optimal antenna selection designs for coupled mimo systems (2012)
• communication theory perspective on antenna selection for compact transceivers (2012)
• Bandwidth limitations and broadband matching for coupled multi-antenna systems (2011)
• 5 mbps optical wireless communication with error correction coding for underwater sensor nodes (2010)

Awards & Honors