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Bernd Bandemer

Previously, I was a postdoctoral researcher at ITA@UCSD.
Faculty supervisor: Prof. Young-Han Kim.

I now work at Rasa Networks in San Jose, CA.

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Research

My research work is in the areas of network information theory and wireless communications.

Objective

To understand the fundamental limits that interference imposes on the achievable data rates in simultaneous communication using a shared medium.

Publications

  1. B. Bandemer, A. Sezgin, and A. Paulraj, On the noisy interference regime of the MISO Gaussian interference channel, Asilomar Conference, Pacific Grove, CA, October 2008
  2. B. Bandemer, G. Vazquez-Vilar, and A. El Gamal, On the sum capacity of a class of cyclically symmetric deterministic interference channels, ISIT, Seoul, Korea, June 2009 [arXiv]
  3. B. Bandemer and A. El Gamal, Interference decoding for deterministic channels, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 57, no. 5, pp. 2966-2975, May 2011, special issue on interference networks (abbreviated version presented at ISIT, Austin, TX, June 2010) [arXiv]
  4. B. Bandemer and A. El Gamal, Communication with Disturbance Constraints, submitted for publication to IEEE Transactions on Information Theory (abbreviated version presented at ISIT, St. Petersburg, Russia, August 2011)
  5. A. Chaaban, A. Sezgin, B. Bandemer, and A. Paulraj, On Gaussian multiple access channels with interference: Achievable rates and upper bounds, MACOM, Trento, Italy, September 2011
  6. B. Bandemer and A. El Gamal, An achievable rate region for the 3-user-pair deterministic interference channel, Allerton, Monticello, IL, September 2011 (invited)
  7. B. Bandemer, An Achievable Rate Region for Three-Pair Interference Channels with Noise, ISIT, Boston, MA, July 2012 [arXiv]
  8. B. Bandemer, A. El Gamal, and Y.-H. Kim, Optimal Achievable Rates for Interference Networks with Random Codes, submitted for publication to IEEE Transactions on Information Theory (abbreviated version "Simultaneous Nonunique Decoding Is Rate-Optimal" presented at Allerton, Monticello, IL, October 2012)

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Objective

To understand information flow through multi-node networks.

Publications

  1. L. Wang, E. Sasoglu, B. Bandemer, Y.-H. Kim, A comparison of superposition coding schemes, accepted for presentation at ISIT, Istanbul, Turkey, July 2013
  2. F. Arbabjolfaei, B. Bandemer, Y.-H. Kim, E. Sasoglu, L. Wang, On the capacity region for index coding, accepted for presentation at ISIT, Istanbul, Turkey, July 2013
  3. B. Bandemer, C. Tian, S. Shamai (Shitz), Gaussian state amplification with noisy state observations, accepted for presentation at ISIT, Istanbul, Turkey, July 2013

Objective

To build stochastic models of multi-user, multi-antenna wireless communication channels using measurement data.

Publications

  1. N. Czink, B. Bandemer, G. Vazquez-Vilar, A. Paulraj, and L. Jalloul, July 2008 radio measurement campaign: Measurement documentation, Stanford University Technical Report, July 2008
  2. N. Czink, B. Bandemer, G. Vazquez-Vilar, L. Jalloul, and A. Paulraj, Can multi-user MIMO measurements be done using a single channel sounder?, COST 2100 Management Commitee Meeting, Lille, France, October 2008
  3. B. Bandemer, C. Oestges, N. Czink, and A. Paulraj, Physically motivated fast-fading model for indoor peer-to-peer channels, Electronics Letters, vol. 45, no. 10, pp. 515-517, May 2009
  4. N. Czink, B. Bandemer, G. Vazquez-Vilar, L. Jalloul, C. Oestges, and A. Paulraj, Spatial separation of multi-user MIMO channels, PIMRC, Tokyo, Japan, September 2009
  5. C. Oestges, N. Czink, B. Bandemer, P. Castiglione, F. Kaltenberger, and A. Paulraj, Experimental characterization of indoor multi-link channels, PIMRC, Tokyo, Japan, September 2009
  6. C. Oestges, N. Czink, B. Bandemer, P. Castiglione, F. Kaltenberger, and A. J. Paulraj, Experimental characterization and modeling of outdoor-to-indoor and indoor-to-indoor distributed channels, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 59, no. 5, pp. 2253-2265, June 2010
  7. N. Czink, B. Bandemer, C. Oestges, T. Zemen, and A. Paulraj, Subspace modeling of multi-user MIMO channels, VTC, San Francisco, CA, September 2011 (Best Paper Award)
  8. N. Czink, B. Bandemer, C. Oestges, T. Zemen, and A. Paulraj, Analytical multi-user MIMO channel modeling: Subspace alignment matters, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 367-377, January 2012

Objective

To analyze and design practical communication schemes with relays.

Publications

  1. B. Bandemer, Q. Li, X. E. Lin, and A. Paulraj, Overhearing-based interference cancellation for relay networks, VTC, Anchorage, AK, September 2009
  2. C. Oestges, N. Czink, B. Bandemer, and A. Paulraj, Capacity performance of outdoor-to-indoor relay schemes in measured radio channels, PIMRC, Tokyo, Japan, September 2009
  3. F. Sanchez-Gonzalez, B. Bandemer, G. Matz, C. Oestges, F. Kaltenberger, and N. Czink, Performance of transmission-time optimized relaying schemes in real-world channels, EuCAP, Barcelona, Spain, April 2010
  4. P. Castiglione, C. Oestges, N. Czink, B. Bandemer, F. Kaltenberger, and A. Paulraj, Multi-link level simulation model of indoor peer-to-peer radio channels, EuCAP, Barcelona, Spain, April 2010
  5. T. M. Kim, B. Bandemer, and A. Paulraj, Beamforming for Network-Coded MIMO Two-Way Relaying, Asilomar Conference, Pacific Grove, CA, November 2010

Objective

To improve performance in wireless communication systems.

Publications

  1. B. Bandemer and S. Visuri, Capacity-based Uplink Scheduling Using Long-Term Channel Knowledge, ICC, Glasgow, UK, June 2007
  2. B. Bandemer, M. Haardt, and S. Visuri, Linear MMSE Multi-User MIMO Downlink Precoding for Users with Multiple Antennas, PIMRC, Helsinki, Finland, September 2006
  3. A. Sezgin, B. Bandemer, A. Paulraj, and E. A. Jorswieck, Tile-based MIMO OFDM systems: The impact of inaccurate channel state information, Asilomar Conference, Pacific Grove, CA, October 2008

Patents

  1. S. Visuri and B. Bandemer, Scheduling method, radio system, base station, and scheduling module, US patent 7,688,709, March 2010
  2. B. Bandemer and S. Visuri, Precoding method for transmitting information in a MIMO radio system, US patent 7,706,469, April 2010

Objective

Design signal improved acquisition algorithms for the European Galileo satellite navigation system.

Publications

  1. B. Bandemer, H. Denks, A. Hornbostel, A. Konovaltsev, and P. R. Coutinho, Performance of Acquisition Methods for Galileo SW Receivers, ENC-GNSS, Munich, July 2005
  2. A. Konovaltsev, H. Denks, A. Hornbostel, and B. Bandemer, Acquisition Trade-Offs for Galileo SW Receiver, ENC-GNSS, Manchester, UK, May 2006
My Google scholar profile has a list of most of my papers with citation counts.

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