​Publications

Google Scholar Profile,         ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0002-6434-0907 ​

Journal Papers:

  1. N. Akbar, E. Bjornson, E. G. Larsson, and N. Yang, "Max-min power control in downlink massive MIMO with distributed antenna arrays," IEEE Trans. Commun., 2020 (under minor revision).
  2. N. Akbar, S. Yan, A. M. Khattak, and N. Yang, "On the pilot contamination attack in multi-cell multiuser massive MIMO networks," IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 68, no. 4, pp. 2264-2276, Apr. 2020.
  3. L. A. Lago, Y. Zhang, N. Akbar, Z. Fei, N. Yang and Z. He, "Pilot decontamination based on superimposed pilots assisted by time-multiplexed pilots in massive MIMO networks," IEEE Trans. Veh. Technol., vol. 69, no. 1, pp. 405-417, Jan. 2020.
  4. N. Akbar, S. Yan, N. Yang, and J. Yuan, "Location-aware pilot allocation in multi-cell multi-user massive MIMO networks," IEEE Trans. Veh. Technol., vol. 67, no. 8, pp. 7774-7778, Aug. 2018.
  5. N. Akbar, N. Yang, P. Sadeghi, and R. A. Kennedy, "Multi-cell multiuser massive MIMO networks: User capacity analysis and pilot design," IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 64, no. 12, pp. 5064-5077, Dec. 2016.
  6. A. M. Khattak, N. Akbar, M. Aazam, T. Ali, A. M. Khan, S. Jeon, M. Hwang, and S. Y. Lee, "Context representation and fusion: Advancements and opportunities," MDPI Sensors, vol. 14, no. 6, pp. 9628-9668, May 2014.
  7. S. Ali and N. Akbar, "I2CSmart: An identity management based cognition-enabled cooperative smartphone," Proceedings of the IEEE - Point of View, vol. 101, no. 4, pp. 859-861, Mar. 2013. (Received US$5,000 prize)
  8. N. Akbar, G. Dickins, M. R. P. Thomas, P. Samarasinghe, and T. Abhayapala, "RAPID measurements: a novel method for obtaining diffuse field response for microphone calibration," J. Audio Eng. Soc., 2020. (submitted)

Conference Papers:

  1. N. Akbar, G. Dickins, M. R. P. Thomas, P. Samarasinghe, and T. Abhayapala, "A novel method for obtaining diffuse field measurements for microphone calibration," in Proc. IEEE International Conf. on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Process. (ICASSP), Barcelona, Spain, May 2020, pp. 226-230.
  2. N. Akbar, E. Bjornson, E. G. Larsson, and N. Yang, "Downlink power control in distributed antenna array massive MIMO networks," in Proc. IEEE International Conf. on Commun. (ICC), Kansas City, MO, May 2018, pp.1-6.
  3. N. Akbar and S. Yan, "Active attack on user load achieving pilot design in massive MIMO Networks," in Proc. IEEE Global Commun. Conf. (Globecom), Singapore, Dec. 2017, pp.1-6.
  4. N. Akbar, N. Yang, P. Sadeghi, and R. A. Kennedy, "User load analysis and pilot sequence design for multi-cell massive MIMO networks," in Proc. IEEE Global Commun. Conf. (Globecom), Washington, DC, Dec. 2016, pp. 1-6. (Best paper award)
  5. N. Akbar, S. Yan, N. Yang, and J. Yuan, "Mitigating pilot contamination through location-aware pilot assignment in massive MIMO networks," in Proc. IEEE Global Commun. Conf. (Globecom), Washington, DC, Dec. 2016, pp. 1-6.
  6. N. Akbar, W. Hassan, A. Abdulali, and S. Jeon, "Towards automatic haptic texture authoring based on image feature: An initial study," in Proc. Korea Computer Congress, Jeju, South Korea, Jun. 2015, pp. 1398-1400.
  7. N. Akbar and S. Jeon, "Encountered-type haptic interface for grasping interaction with round variable sized objects via pneumatic balloon," in Proc. EuroHaptics, Versailles, France, Oct. 2014, pp. 192-200.
  8. N. Akbar, and S. Jeon, "Haptic balloon - pneumatic haptic display for grasping spherical objects," in Proc. HCI Korea, Feb. 2014, pp. 563-565.
  9. H. C. Lee, N. Akbar, and S. Jeon, "Haptic rendering of curved surface by bending an encountered-type flexible plate," in Proc. Korea Information Science Society (KISS), Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 2013, pp. 1050-1052. (Best paper award)
  10. N. Akbar, A. A. Khan, F. Q. Butt, M. S. Saleem, S. Ri at, and R. Iqbal, "Performance analysis of energy detection spectrum sensing using MIMO-OFDM VBLAST test bed," in Proc. IEEE IFIP Wireless and Mobile Networking Conf., Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Apr. 2013. pp. 1-4.