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Courses
PhD students
Lingfeng Liu , Channel modeling for cooperative sensor and cellular networks
Francesco Mani , Physical propagation modeling in complex media
Olivier Renaudin , Channel characterization and modeling of vehicle-to-vehicle communication networks
Ali Panahandeh , Cognitive radio using multiple polarizations
Past PhD students
Francois Quitin , Measurement-based modeling of multi-antenna multi-polarized channels (2011)
Stephane van Roy, Space-time channel models for UWB body area networks (2010)
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1. Areas of expertise
- Radio propagation, including MIMO, WBAN/WPAN, etc.
- Experimental wireless channel characterization and modeling
- Satellite communications
- Time reversal techniques
- Wireless sensor networks, including body area networks
2. Research projects
- European COST Action IC1004 Cooperative Radio Communications for Green Smart Environments (2011-2014)
- FP7 Specific Targeted Research Project BuNGee Beyond Next Generation Wireless (2010-2012)
- FP7 Network of Excellence NEWCOM (2007-2010)
- European COST Action 2100 Pervasive Mobile & Ambient Wireless Communications (2006-2010)
- FP6 Network of Excellence NEWCOM (2004-2007)
- European COST Action 273 Towards mobile broadband multimedia networks (2002-2005)
- Collaboration with Stanford University (2001-present), IospanWireless, Inc. (2001) and Beceem (2004-present) on MIMO channel modeling
- Participation in IEEE 802.16 (Broadband Wireless Access) and IEEE 802.11 Standardization Groups (2001-2004)
- Walloon Region Research Contract WALIBI Wireless Acquisition and LInk for Body Information (2007-2011)
- Walloon Region Research Contract BIRADAR (2007-2011)
- European COST Action 297 HAPCOS (2006-2009)
- FP6 Specific Targeted Research Project IST-5-033742-STP STARRS Sensors for Terrestrial and Airborne Radio-transmitter Rescue Search (2006-2008)
- Collaboration with Stanford University, CA, USA (Information Systems Laboratory and Mathematics Dept.)
- ESA/ESTEC Contract 19873-06 Global archive of propagation measurements for SatCom systems (2006-2008)
- ESA/ESTEC Contract 17841-04 Characterization and modeling of propagation effects in the 20-50 GHz band (2004-2005)
- European COST Action 255 Radiowave propagation modeling for new SatCom services at Ku-band and above (1996-2000)
3. Infrastructure
- 3.5-4.2 GHz MIMO and 1.9 GHz SISO wideband channel sounders
- Broadband directive antennas (0.2-1.3GHz, 2-18GHz, 1-26.5GHz)
- 3.5-4.2 GHz dual-polarized antenna arrays and 3.8 GHz monopoles
- Vector Network Analyzers (40MHz-110GHz), including a MIMO VNA
- Spectrum Analyzers (3Hz-26.5GHz)
4. Web pages
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1. Books
[B.4] B. Clerckx and C. Oestges, MIMO wireless networks, Academic Press: Oxford, in preparation. [B.3] C. Oestges and B. Clerckx, MIMO无线通信:从真实世界的传播到空-时编码的设计 [平装] (translated by 赵晓辉), China Machine Press: Beijing, 2010. [B.2] A. Sibille, C. Oestges, and A. Zanella, MIMO: from theory to implementation , Academic Press: Oxford, 2010. [B.1] C. Oestges and B. Clerckx, MIMO wireless communications: from real-word propagation to space-time code design , Academic Press: Oxford, 2007.
2. PhD Thesis
[D.1] C. Oestges, Propagation modeling of low earth-orbit satellite personal communication systems , PhD thesis, Université catholique de Louvain, December 2000.
3. Journal Papers
[J.54] F. Mani, F. Quitin, C. Oestges, Accuracy of depolarization and delay spread predictions using advanced ray-based modeling in indoor scenarios , EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, 9 p., July 2011.
[J.53] M. Patzold, A.F. Molisch, and C. Oestges , Trends in Mobile Radio Channels-Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation, IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine, vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 21-22, 2011.
[J.52] L. Liu, F. Keshmiri, C. Craeye, P. De Doncker, and C. Oestges, An analytical modeling of polarized time-variant on-body propagation channels with dynamic body scattering , EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking (special issue: Towards the Connected Body: Advances in Body Communications), 12 p., March 2011.
[J.51] F. Quitin, C. Oestges, F. Horlin, P. De Doncker, A Polarized Clustered Channel Model for Indoor Multi-Antenna Systems at 3.6 GHz , IEEE Trans. Veh. Tech., vol. 57, No. 8, pp. 3685-3693, October 2010.
[J.50] C. Oestges, N. Czink, B. Bandemer, P. Castiglione, F. Kaltenberger, A. Paulraj, Experimental characterization and modeling of outdoor-to-indoor and indoor-to-indoor distributed channels, IEEE Trans. Veh. Tech., vol. 57, No. 5, pp. 2253-2265, June 2010.
[J.49] R. Bhagavatula, C. Oestges, R.W. Heath Jr., A new double directional channel model including antenna patterns, array orientation and depolarization, IEEE Trans. Veh. Tech., vol. 57, No. 5, pp. 2219-2231, June 2010. [J.48] O. Renaudin, V.-M. Kolmonen, P. Vainikainen, C. Oestges, Non-stationary narrowband MIMO inter-vehicle channel characterization in the 5 GHz band, IEEE Trans. Veh. Tech., vol. 57, No. 4, pp. 2007- 2015, April 2010. [J.47] A. Fort, G. Roqueta, F. Keshmiri, C. Craeye, C. Oestges, A body area propagation model derived from fundamental principles: analytical analysis and comparison with measurements, IEEE Trans. Ant. Propagat., vol. 58, No. 2, pp. 503-514, February 2010. [J.46] S. van Roy, C. Oestges, F. Horlin, P. De Doncker, A comprehensive channel model for UWB multi-sensor multi-antenna body area networks, IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 58 No. 1, pp. 163-170, January 2010. [J.45] F. Quitin, C. Oestges, F. Horlin, P. De Doncker, Directional measurements of indoor polarized MIMO systems, IEEE Trans. Wireless Comm., vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 21-25, January 2010. [J.44] C. Oestges, B. Montenegro-Villacieros, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, Radio channel characterization for moderate antenna heights in forest areas, IEEE Trans. Veh. Tech., vol. 58, No. 8, pp. 4031 - 4035, October 2009. [J.43] F. Quitin, C. Oestges, F. Horlin, P. De Doncker, Multi-polarized MIMO channel characteristics: analytical study and experimental results, IEEE Trans. Ant. Propagat., vol. 57, No. 9, pp. 2739-2745, September 2009.
[J.42] C. Oestges, M. Jensen, P. Kyritsi, M. Shafi, and J. Takada, Advances in propagation modelling for wireless systems, EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking (guest editorial), 2 p., June 2009. [J.41] B. Bandemer, C. Oestges, N. Czink, A.J. Paulraj, Physically motivated fast-fading model for indoor peer-to-peer channels, Electronics Letters, vol. 45, No. 10, pp. 515-517, May 2009.
[J.40] F. Quitin, C. Oestges, F. Horlin, P. De Doncker, Small-scale variations of cross-polar discrimination in Ricean fading channels, Electronics Letters, vol. 45, No. 4, pp. 213-214, February 2009. [J.39] C. Oestges, B. Clerckx, M. Guillaud, M. Debbah, Dual-polarized wireless communications: from propagation models to system performance evaluation, IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 7, No. 10, pp. 4019-4031, October 2008. [J.38] B. Clerckx, C. Oestges, Space-time code design for correlated Ricean MIMO channels at finite SNR, IEEE Trans. Signal Proc., vol. 56, No. 9, pp. 4365-4376, September 2008. [J.37] O. Renaudin, C. Oestges, Analysis of inter-tap correlation for measured mobile radio channels at 1.9 GHz, Electronics Letters, vol. 44, No. 16, pp. 945-946, July 2008. [J.36] B. Clerckx, C. Oestges, Finite-SNR performance analysis of space-time coding in correlated Ricean MIMO channels, IEEE Trans. Info. Theory, vol. 53, No. 12, pp. 4761-4777, December 2007. [J.35] S. Van Roy, C. Oestges, F. Horlin, P. De Doncker, On-body propagation velocity estimation using ultra-wideband frequency-domain spatial correlation analyses, Electronics Letters, vol. 43, No. 25, pp. 1405-1406, December 2007. [J.34] C. Oestges, Propagation channel, capacity and error probability for dual-polarized MIMO wireless communications, Indian Journal of Radio & Space Physics, vol. 36, No. 5, pp. 411-417, October 2007. [J.33] D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, C. Oestges, A. Martellucci, Scintillation and depolarization models for satellite communications in the 20-50 GHz band, Indian Journal of Radio & Space Physics, vol. 36, No. 5, pp. 369-374, October 2007. [J.32] C. Oestges, B. Clerckx, Modeling outdoor macrocellular clusters based on 1.9-GHz experimental data, IEEE Trans. Veh. Tech., vol. 56, No. 5, pp. 2821-2830, September 2007. [J.31] B. Clerckx, C. Craeye, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, C. Oestges, Impact of antenna coupling on 2 x 2 MIMO communications, IEEE Trans. Veh. Tech., vol. 56, No. 3, pp. 1009-1018, May 2007.
[J.30] P. Almers, E. Bonek, A. Burr, N. Czink, M. Debbah, V. Degli-Esposti, H. Hofstetter, P. Kyritsi, D. Laurenson, G. Matz, A.F. Molisch, C. Oestges, H. Oezcelik, Survey of channel and radio propagation models for wireless MIMO systems , EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking (special issue on space-time channel modeling for wireless communications), 19p., April 2007. [J.29] B. Clerckx, C. Oestges, L. Vandendorpe, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, A.J. Paulraj, Design and performance of space-time codes for spatially correlated MIMO channels, IEEE Trans. Comm., vol. 55, No. 1, pp. 64-68, January 2007.
[J.28] C. Oestges, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, B. Clerckx, Channel characterization of indoor wireless personal area networks, IEEE Trans. Ant. Propagat. (special issue on wireless communications), vol. 54, No. 11-1, pp. 3143-3150, November 2006. [J.27] C. Oestges, B. Clerckx, A critical overview of analytical MIMO channel models, Proc. European Microwave Association (special issue on smart antennas: RF concepts and applications), vol. 2, No.3, pp. 204-210, September 2006.
[J.26] C. Oestges, Mutual information of non-Kronecker structured dual-polarized 2 x 2 channels, IEEE Trans. Veh. Tech., vol. 55, No. 1, pp. 410-413, January 2006. [J.25] H. Oezcelik, C. Oestges, Some remarkable properties of diagonally correlated MIMO channels, IEEE Trans. Veh. Tech., vol. 54, No. 6, pp. 2143-2145, November 2005. [J.24] C. Oestges, B. Clerckx, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, A.J. Paulraj, Impact of fading correlations on MIMO communication systems in geometry-based statistical channel models, IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 1112-1120, May 2005. [J.23] C. Oestges, A.D. Kim, G. Papanicolaou, A.J. Paulraj, Characterization of space-time focusing in time-reversed random fields, IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 53, No. 1, pp. 283-293, January 2005. [J.22] C. Oestges, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, B. Clerckx, Wideband SIMO 1 ´ 2 measurements and characterization of outdoor wireless channels at 1.9 GHz, IEEE Trans. Veh. Techn., vol. 53, No. 4, pp. 1190-1202, July 2004. [J.21] C. Oestges, V. Erceg, A.J. Paulraj, Propagation modeling of multi-polarized MIMO fixed wireless channels, IEEE Trans. Veh. Techn., vol. 53, No. 3, pp. 644-654, May 2004. [J.20] C. Oestges, A.J. Paulraj, Beneficial impact of channel correlations on MIMO capacity, Electronics Letters, vol. 40, No. 10, pp. 606-607, May 2004. [J.19] B. Clerckx, L. Vandendorpe, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, C. Oestges, Optimization of non-linear signal constellations for real-world MIMO channels, IEEE Trans. Signal Proc., vol. 52, No. 4, pp. 894-902, April 2004. [J.18] C. Oestges, A.J. Paulraj, Propagation into buildings for Broadband Wireless Access, IEEE Trans. Veh. Techn., vol. 53, No. 2, pp. 521-526, March 2004. [J.17] C. Oestges, A.J. Paulraj, Range and antenna beamwidth dependencies in multidimensional fixed wireless channels, IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 128-137, January 2004. [J.16] B. Clerckx, C. Oestges, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, L. Vandendorpe, Space-time signalling for real-world MIMO channels, Belgian Journal of Electronics & Communications, No. 4, pp. 33-38, December 2003. [J.15] C. Oestges (Guest Editor), MIMO wireless communication systems, Belgian Journal of Electronics & Communications, No. 4, pp. 2-3, December 2003.
[J.14] C. Oestges, V. Erceg, A.J. Paulraj, A physical scattering model for MIMO macrocellular broadband wireless channels, IEEE J. Selected Areas Commun. (special issue on MIMO systems and applications), vol. 21, No. 5, pp. 721-729, June 2003.
[J.13] C. Oestges, B. Clerckx, L. Raynaud, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, Deterministic channel modeling and performance simulation of microcellular wideband communication systems, IEEE Trans. Veh. Techn., vol. 51, No. 6, pp. 1422-1430, November 2002. [J.12] C. Oestges, A stochastic geometrical vector model of macro- and megacellular communication channels, IEEE Trans. Veh. Techn., vol. 51, No. 6, pp. 1352-1360, November 2002. [J.11] C. Oestges, A.J. Paulraj, Physical model for broadband wireless channels, Electronics Letters, vol. 37, No. 19, pp. 1195-1197, September 2001. [J.10] C. Oestges, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, Infinitesimal diffraction model for mobile wireless communication systems, Electronics Letters, vol. 37, No. 13, pp. 856-858, June 2001. [J.9] C. Oestges, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, A physical-statistical shadowing correlation model and its application to low earth-orbit systems, IEEE Trans. Veh. Techn., vol. 50, No. 2, pp. 416-421, March 2001. [J.8] C. Oestges, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, Propagation modelling and system strategies in urban mobile-satellite scenarios, IEEE Trans. Veh. Techn., vol. 50, No. 2, pp. 422-429, March 2001. [J.7] C. Oestges, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, Coverage analysis of a stratospheric communication system, IEE Proc.-Microw. Antenn. Propagat., vol. 148, No. 1, pp. 45-50, February 2001. [J.6] C. Oestges, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, Coverage modelling of high-altitude platforms communication systems, Electronics Letters, vol. 37, No. 2, pp. 119-121, January 2001. [J.5] C. Oestges, L. Raynaud, B. Clerckx, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, A deterministic model for third generation mobile communication systems in urban environments, Belgian Journal of Electronics & Communications, No. 3, pp. 49-57, 2000. [J.4] C. Oestges, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, Experimental validation and system applications of a ray-tracing model in built-up areas, Electronics Letters, vol. 36, No. 5, pp. 461-462, March 2000. [J.3] C. Oestges, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, A UTD-based physical-statistical model of the mobile-satellite channel, Belgian Journal of Electronics & Communications, No. 1, pp. 17-26, 2000. [J.2] C. Oestges, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, Physical-statistical prediction of performance for land mobile satellite systems, IEE Proc.-Microw. Antenn. Propagat., vol. 146, No. 5, pp. 362-368, October 1999. [J.1] C. Oestges, S.R. Saunders, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, Physical-statistical modelling of the land mobile satellite channel based on ray-tracing, IEE Proc.-Microw. Antenn. Propagat., vol. 146, No. 1, pp. 45-49, February 1999.
4. Book Chapters
[b.5] E. Bonek, J. Gil, L.M. Correia, R. Bultitude, C. Kuhnert, C. Oestges, M. Beach, M. Hunukumbure, A. Molisch, H. Hofstetter, MIMO channel modeling (Chapter 6, pp. 277-397), in Mobile broadband multimedia networks: techniques, models and tools for 4G , Academic Press: Oxford, 2006. [b.4] S.R. Saunders, C. Tzaras, C. Oestges, D. Vanhoenacker, Physical-statistical modeling (Chapter 4.5, 19 p.), in Radiowave propagation modelling for new satcom services at Ku band and above, ESA Publications: Noordwijk, 2002. [b.3] M. Doettling, C. Oestges, Test cases involving mobile links: simulation approach (Chapter 7.1, 10 p.), in Radiowave propagation modelling for new satcom services at Ku band and above, ESA Publications: Noordwijk, 2002. [b.2] M. Doettling, J. Habetha, C. Oestges, F. Perez-Fontan, M.A. Vazquez-Castro, W. Wiesbeck, Test cases involving mobile links: LEO 66 mobile link (Chapter 7.2, 35 p.), in Radiowave propagation modelling for new satcom services at Ku band and above, ESA Publications: Noordwijk, 2002. [b.1] F. Cercas, M. Doettling, J. Habetha, C. Oestges, F. Perez-Fontan, S.R. Saunders, M.A. Vazquez-Castro, W. Wiesbeck, Test cases involving mobile links: Satellite IMT-2000 mobile link (Chapter 7.3, 30 p.), in Radiowave propagation modelling for new satcom services at Ku band and above, ESA Publications: Noordwijk, 2002.
5. Standard
[S.1] V. Erceg, L. Schumacher, P. Kyritsi, A. Molisch, D.S. Baum, A.Y. Gorokhov, C. Oestges, Q. Li, K. Yu, N. Tal, B. Dijkstra, A. Jagannatham, C. Lanzl, V.J. Rhodes, J. Medbo, D. Michelson, M. Webster, E. Jacobsen, D. Cheung, C. Prettie, M. Ho, S. Howard, B. Bjerke, L. Jengx, H. Sampath, S. Catreux, S. Valle, A. Poloni, A. Forenza, R.W. Heath, IEEE P802.11 Wireless LANs: TGn Channel Models (IEEE 802.11-03/940r2), 44 p., 2004.
6. Refereed International Conference Papers
[I.12] C. Oestges, Multi-Link Propagation Modeling for Beyond Next Generation Wireless, Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conference, LAPC '11 (Loughborough, UK), November 2011. [I.11] P. Morgand, A. Ferreol, R. Sarkis, C. Craeye, C. Oestges, Detection and location of people in emergency situations through their PMR or GSM/UMTS phones, 2010 European Wireless Technology Conference, EuWIT 2010 (Paris, France), pp. 185-188, September 2010 (plenary communication). [I.10] C. Oestges, On and around the human body: results and challenges in body area networks , 39th IEEE Communication Theory Workshop, IEEE-CTW '10 (Cancun, Mexico), May 2010 (communication only). [I.9] C. Oestges, Indoor wireless communications with multiple antennas and polarizations: from channel characterization to performance simulation, IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC '08 (Cannes, France), September 2008. [I.8] C. Oestges, Impact of dispersive propagation characteristics on the performance of multi-antenna indoor personal communication systems, XXVIIIth General Assembly of International Union of Radio Science - URSI (Chicago, IL), August 2008. [I.7] R. Bhagavatula, R.W. Heath Jr., C. Oestges, A new MIMO channel representation including spatial diversity, array orientation and depolarization effects, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, AP-S '08 (San Diego, CA, USA), July 2008. [I.6] C. Oestges, Overview of channel and radio propagation models for wireless dual-polarized systems, URSI 2007 North American Radio Science Meeting (Ottawa, ON, Canada), July 2007 (communication only). [I.5] C. Oestges, Dual-polarized MIMO wireless communications: overview, channel modeling and system design, International Conference on Computers and Devices for Communication, CODEC '06 (Kolkata, India), December 2006. [I.4] D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, C. Oestges, Scintillation and depolarization models for satellite communications in the 20-50 GHz band, International Conference on Computers and Devices for Communication, CODEC '06 (Kolkata, India), December 2006. [I.3] C. Oestges, Modeling the MIMO propagation channel, Joint NEWCOM & COST 273 Workshop (Bologna, Italy), January 2005 (communication only). [I.2] C. Oestges, Space-time propagation: MIMO channel models and key challenges, 2004 Workshop on Smart Antennas in Wireless Communications (Stanford, CA, USA), July 2004 (communication only). [I.1] C. Oestges, R.U. Nabar, V. Erceg, A.J. Paulraj, Macrocell MIMO channels: measurements, models and capacity, 31st IEEE Communication Theory Workshop, IEEE-CTW '02 (Sanibel Island, FL, USA), May 2002 (communication only).
- Communications published as papers in international conference proceedings
[C.91] F. Quitin, C. Oestges, F. Bellens, S. Van Roy, F. Horlin, P. De Doncker, Extracting specular-diffuse clusters from MIMO channel measurements, 22nd Annual IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC 2011 (Toronto,ON, Canada), September 2011. [C.90] C. Oestges, N. Czink, Empirical investigation of multi-link separation for indoor MIMO channels, 22nd Annual IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC 2011 (Toronto,ON, Canada), September 2011. [C.89] F. Sanchez, A. Stephanides, N. Czink, C. Oestges, Fast fading characterization for indoor to indoor and outdoor to indoor channels, 74th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference Fall, VTC-Fall ‘11 (San Francisco, CA, USA), September 2011. [C.88] N. Czink, B. Bandemer, C. Oestges, T. Zemen, A. Paulraj, Subspace modeling of multi-user MIMO channels (Best Paper Award ), 74th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference Fall, VTC-Fall ‘11 (San Francisco, CA, USA), September 2011. [C.87] N. Khan, C. Oestges, Impact of transmit antenna beamwidth for fixed relay links using ray-tracing and WINNER II channel models, 5th European Conference on on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP ’11 (Rome, Italy), pp. 2938-2941, April 2011. [C.86] O. Renaudin, V.-M. Kolmonen, Veli-Matti, P. Vainikainen, C. Oestges, Wideband measurement-based modeling of inter-vehicle channels in the 5 GHz band, 5th European Conference on on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP ’11 (Rome, Italy), pp. 2881-2885, April 2011. [C.85] S. van Roy, C. Oestges, J.-M. Dricot, F. Horlin, P. De Doncker, Philippe, A tapped delay line model of ground reflection for UWB MS-MIMO body area networks, 5th European Conference on on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP ’11 (Rome, Italy), pp. 3143-3147, April 2011. [C.84] F. Mani, C. Oestges, Ray-tracing evaluation of diffuse scattering in an outdoor scenario, 5th European Conference on on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP ’11 (Rome, Italy), pp. 3439-3443, April 2011. [C.83] J. Poutanen, K. Haneda, L. Liu, C. Oestges, F. Tufvesson, P. Vainikainen, Parameterization of the COST 2100 MIMO channel model in indoor scenarios, 5th European Conference on on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP ’11 (Rome, Italy), pp. 3606-3610, April 2011. [C.82] L. Liu, V. Bhatnagar, C. Garcia Robles, Cristina, P. De Doncker, L. Vandendorpe, C. Oestges, Channel Spatial Diversity for Dual-link Cooperative Communications in WBAN, 5th European Conference on on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP ’11 (Rome, Italy), pp. 2792-2796, April 2011. [C.81] B. Montenegro Villacieros, C. Oestges, F. Perez-Fontan, R. Prieto-Cerdeira, T. Heyn, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, Stationarity study of Land Mobile Satellite channel in view of developing a time series generator, 5th European Conference on on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP ’11 (Rome, Italy), pp. 3739 - 3741, April 2011. [C.80] K. Haneda, J . Poutanen, L. Liu, C. Oestges, F. Tufvesson, P. Vainikainen, Comparison of delay and angular spreads between channel measurements and the COST 2100 channel model, 2010 Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference, LAPC 2010 (Loughborough, UK), November 2010. [C.79] E.M. Vitucci, F. Mani, V. Degli-Esposti, C. Oestges, A study on polarimetric properties of scattering from building walls , 72nd IEEE Semi-annual Vehicular Technology Conference Fall, VTC-Fall '10 (Ottawa, ON, Canada), September 2010. [C.78] O. Renaudin, V.-M. Kolmonen, P. Vainikainen, C. Oestges, About the multipath stationarity of car-to-car channels in the 5 GHz band, 2010 URSI International Symposium on Electromagnetic Theory, EMTS 2010 (Berlin, Germany), pp. 872-875, August 2010. [C.77] L. Liu, F. Keshmiri, P. De Doncker, C. Craeye, C. Oestges, 3-D body scattering influence to vertically polarized on-body propagation, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, AP-S '10 (Toronto, ON, Canada), July 2010. [C.76] A. Panahandeh, F. Quitin, J.-M. Dricot, F. Horlin, C. Oestges, P. De Doncker, Multi-polarized channel statistics for outdoor-to-indoor and indoor-to-indoor channels, 71st IEEE Semi-annual Vehicular Technology Conference Spring, VTC-Spring '10 (Taipei, Taiwan), May 2010. [C.75] A. Mallat, P. Gerard, M. Drouguet, F. Keshmiri, C. Oestges, C. Craeye, D. Flandre, L. Vandendorpe, Testbed for IR-UWB based ranging and positioning: experimental performance and comparison to CRLBs, 5th IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Pervasive Computing, ISWPC '10 (Modena, Italy), pp. 163-168, May 2010. [C.74] F. Mani, C. Oestges, Evaluation of diffuse scattering contribution for delay spread and cross-polarization ratio prediction in an indoor scenario, 4th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP '10 (Barcelona, Spain), April 2010. [C.73] P. Castiglione, C. Oestges, N. Czink, B. Bandemer, F. Kaltenberger, A. Paulraj, Multi-link level simulation model of indoor peer-to-peer radio channels, 4th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP '10 (Barcelona, Spain), April 2010. [C.72] F. Quitin, C. Oestges, F. Horlin, P. De Doncker, Diffuse multipath component characterization for indoor MIMO channels, 4th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP '10 (Barcelona, Spain), April 2010. [C.71] F. Sanchez-Gonzales, B. Bandemer, G. Matz, C. Oestges, F. Kaltenberger, N. Czink, Performance of transmission-time optimized relaying schemes in real-world channels, 4th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP '10 (Barcelona, Spain), April 2010. [C.70] A. Panahandeh, F. Quitin, J.-M. Dricot, F. Horlin, C. Oestges, P. De Doncker, Orientation-free XPD and CPR models in outdoor-to-indoor and indoor-to-indoor channels, 4th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP '10 (Barcelona, Spain), April 2010. [C.69] O. Renaudin, V.-M. Kolmonen, P. Vainikainen, C. Oestges, Impact of the correlation matrix estimation accuracy on the computation of stationarity intervals, 4th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP '10 (Barcelona, Spain), April 2010. [C.68] B. Montenegro-Villacieros, C. Oestges, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, R. Prieto-Cerdeira, A. Martellucci, Review and update of mobile data processing for the land mobile satellite channel modeling, 4th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP '10 (Barcelona, Spain), April 2010. [C.67] P. Chambers, C. Oestges, Performance channels of a leakage-based precoded downlink multi-user MIMO scheme using measured channels, 2009 Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference, LAPC 2010 (Loughborough, UK), November 2009. [C.66] L. Liu, S. Van Roy, P. De Doncker, C. Oestges, Azimuth radiation pattern characterization of omnidirectional antennas near a human body, International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, ICEAA '09 (Torino, Italy), pp. 461-464, September 2009. [C.65] S. Van Roy, L. Liu, C. Oestges, P. De Doncker, An ultra-wideband SAGE algorithm for body area networks, International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, ICEAA '09 (Torino, Italy), pp. 584-587, September 2009. [C.64] F. Quitin, C. Oestges, F. Horlin, P. De Doncker, Clustered channel characterization for indoor polarized MIMO systems, IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC '09 (Tokyo, Japan), pp. 1064-1068, September 2009. [C.63] C. Oestges, N. Czink, B. Bandemer, P. Castiglione, F. Kaltenberger, A. Paulraj, Experimental characterization of indoor multi-link channels, IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC '09 (Tokyo, Japan), pp. 2985-2989, September 2009. [C.62] N. Czink, B. Bandemer, G. Vazquez-Vilar, L. Jalloul, C. Oestges, A. Paulraj, Spatial separation of multi-user MIMO channels, IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC '09 (Tokyo, Japan), pp. 1059-1063, September 2009. [C.61] C. Oestges, N. Czink, B. Bandemer, A. Paulraj, Capacity performance of outdoor-to-indoor relay schemes in measured radio channels, IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC '09 (Tokyo, Japan), pp. 1113-1117, September 2009. [C.60] C. Oestges, B. Montenegro-Villacieros, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, Modeling propagation into collapsed buildings for radio-localization-based rescue search missions, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, AP-S '09 (Charleston, SC, USA), June 2009. [C.59] A. Mallat, C. Oestges, L. Vandendorpe, CRBs for UWB multipath channel estimation: impact of the overlapping between the MPCs on MPC gain and TOA estimation, IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC '09 (Dresden, Germany), June 2009. [C.58] F. Quitin, C. Oestges, F. Horlin, P. De Doncker, Polarimetric measurements for spatial wideband MIMO channels, 69th IEEE Semi-annual Vehicular Technology Conference Spring, VTC-Spring '09 (Barcelona, Spain), April 2009. [C.57] A. Fort, L. Liu, F. Keshmiri, P. De Doncker, C. Oestges, C. Craeye, Analysis of wave propagation including shadow fading correlation for BAN applications, 2nd IET Seminar on Antennas and Propagation for Body-Centric Wireless Communications (London, UK), April 2009 (communication only). [C.56] O. Renaudin, V.-M. Kolmonen, P. Vainikainen, C. Oestges, Car-to-car channel models based on wideband MIMO measurements at 5.3 GHz, 3rd European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP '09 (Berlin, Germany), pp. 635-639, March 2009. [C.55] D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, C. Oestges, B. Montenegro-Villacieros, R. Van Malderen, H. De Backer, Scintillation prediction using improved pre-processed radiosounding data, 3rd European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP '09 (Berlin, Germany), pp. 3849-3851, March 2009. [C.54] F. Mani, C. Oestges, A ray based indoor propagation model including depolarizing penetration, 3rd European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP '09 (Berlin, Germany), pp. 3835-3838, March 2009. [C.53] F. Quitin, C. Oestges, F. Horlin, P. De Doncker, Small-scale variations of cross-polar discrimination in polarized MIMO systems, 3rd European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP '09 (Berlin, Germany), pp. 1011-1015, March 2009 (Best Paper Award). [C.52] L. Liu, P. De Doncker, C. Oestges, Fading correlation measurement and modeling on the front side of a human body, 3rd European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP '09 (Berlin, Germany), pp. 969-973, March 2009. [C.51] F. Quitin, C. Oestges, F. Horlin, P. De Doncker, Channel correlation and cross-polar ratio in multi-polarized MIMO channels: analytical derivation and experimental validation, 68th IEEE Semi-annual Vehicular Technology Conference Fall, VTC-Fall '08 (Calgary, AB, Canada), September 2008. [C.50] O. Renaudin, V.-M. Kolmonen, P. Vainikainen, C. Oestges, Wideband MIMO car-to-car radio channel measurements at 5.3 GHz, 68th IEEE Semi-annual Vehicular Technology Conference Fall, VTC-Fall '08 (Calgary, AB, Canada), September 2008. [C.49] S. Van Roy, C. Oestges, F. Horlin, P. De Doncker, A spatially-correlated tapped delay line model for body area networks, 68th IEEE Semi-annual Vehicular Technology Conference Fall, VTC-Fall '08 (Calgary, AB, Canada), September 2008. [C.48] F. Quitin, C. Oestges, F. Horlin, P. De Doncker, Analytical model and experimental validation of cross polar ratio in polarized MIMO channels, IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC '08 (Cannes, France), September 2008. [C.47] C. Oestges, A comprehensive model of dual-polarized channels: from experimental observations to an analytical formulation, 3rd International Conference on Communications and Networking in China, Chinacom '08 (Hangzhou, China), pp. 1071-1075, August 2008. [C.46] C. Oestges, B. Montenegro-Villacieros and D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, Multi-dispersive channel characterization for radio localization-based rescue search, 3rd International Conference on Communications and Networking in China, Chinacom '08 (Hangzhou, China), pp. 300-304, August 2008. [C.45] N. Czink, C. Oestges, The COST 273 MIMO channel model: three kinds of clusters, 10th International Symposium on Spread Spectrum Techniques and Applications, ISSSTA '08 (Bologna, Italy), pp. 282-286, August 2008. [C.44] S. Van Roy, C. Oestges, F. Horlin, P. De Doncker, Propagation modeling for UWB body area networks: power decay and multi-sensor correlations, 10th International Symposium on Spread Spectrum Techniques and Applications, ISSSTA '08 (Bologna, Italy), pp. 649-653, August 2008. [C.43] F. Quitin, F. Horlin, C. Oestges and P. De Doncker, A new precoding scheme for compact cross-polarized multi-antenna systems, 29th Symposium on Information Theory in the Benelux (Leuven, Belgium), pp. 197-206, May 2008. [C.42] C. Oestges, Impact of tropospheric depolarization on the performance of dual-polarized high-altitude platform systems, 67th IEEE Semi-annual Vehicular Technology Conference Spring, VTC-Spring '08 (Singapore), pp. 2897-2901, May 2008. [C.41] R. Bhagavatula, C. Oestges, R.W. Heath Jr., A new MIMO channel model including diversity, orientation and depolarization effects, USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting (Boulder, CO, USA), January 2008 (communication only). [C.40] C. Oestges, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, Time series-based prediction of fade dynamics and shadowing correlation statistics for navigation systems, 2nd European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP '07 (Edinburgh, UK), November 2007. [C.39] S. Van Roy, C. Oestges, F. Horlin, P. De Doncker, Ultra-wideband spatial channel characterization for body area networks, 2nd European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP '07 (Edinburgh, UK), November 2007. [C.38] G. Roqueta, A. Fort, C. Craeye, C. Oestges, Analytical propagation models for body area networks, 1st IET Seminar on Antennas and Propagation for Body-Centric Wireless Communications (London, UK), pp. 90-96, April 2007. [C.37] S. Van Roy, C. Oestges, F. Horlin, P. De Doncker, Ultra-wideband spatial correlation study for multi-sensor multi-antenna body area networks, IET Seminar on Antennas and Propagation for Body-Centric Wireless Communications (London, UK), pp. 67-70, April 2007. [C.36] C. Oestges, M. Guillaud, M. Debbah, Multi-polarized MIMO communications: channel model, mutual information and array optimization, IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, IEEE WCNC '07 (Hong-Kong), pp. 1057-1061, March 2007. [C.35] C. Oestges, B. Clerckx, Mutual information and error probability of dual-polarized systems, IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, IEEE WCNC '07 (Hong-Kong), pp. 2038-2042, March 2007. [C.34] A. Paraboni, C. Oestges, A. Martellucci, Experimental assessment of atmospheric depolarization at Ka and V band based on Olympus and Italsat propagation campaigns, 1st European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP '06 (Nice, France), November 2006. [C.33] D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, C. Oestges, A. Martellucci, Prediction of scintillation cumulative statistics using classical and high resolution radiosoundings, 1st European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP '06 (Nice, France), November 2006. [C.32] C. Oestges, B. Clerckx, Analysis of popular unitary-independent-unitary models of MIMO channels, NEWCOM-ACoRN Joint Workshop (Vienna, Austria), September 2006. [C.31] D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier , C. Oestges, J. Spiegel, A. Martellucci, Improved scintillation and depolarization models for satellite communications in the 20-50 GHz band, 3rd CNES Workshop on Earth-Space Propagation (Toulouse, France), September 2006. [C.30] M. Guillaud, M. Debbah, C. Oestges, B.H. Fleury, Design issues for MIMO systems in various fading situations, International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference, IWCMC ‘06 (Vancouver, BC, Canada), July 2006. [C.29] M. Guillaud, M. Debbah, C. Oestges, B.H. Fleury, Propagation-based array optimization for MIMO systems, IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC ‘06, NEWCOM Workshop (Istanbul, Turkey), June 2006 (communication only). [C.28] C. Oestges, Validity of the Kronecker model for MIMO correlated channels, 63rd IEEE Semi-annual Vehicular Technology Conference Spring, VTC-Spring ‘06 (Melbourne, Australia), pp. 2818-2822, May 2006. [C.27] C. Oestges, B. Clerckx, L. Bollen, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, Indoor channel characterization of diversity-based nomadic wireless systems, IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference, GLOBECOM ‘05 (St. Louis, MO, USA), vol. 6, pp. 3418-3422, November 2005. [C.26] D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, J. Spiegel, C. Oestges, D. Mertens C.J. Gibbins, C.J. Walden, C.L. Wrench, S. Ventouras and A. Martelucci, Characterization and modeling of propagation effects in the 20-50 GHz band, XXVIIth General Assembly of International Union of Radio Science - URSI (New Delhi, India), October 2005. [C.25] B. Clerckx, C. Oestges, L. Vandendorpe, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, Robustness of space-time coding in spatially correlated fast-fading MIMO channels, 62nd IEEE Semi-annual Vehicular Technology Conference Fall, VTC-Fall ‘05 (Dallas, TX, USA), vol. 4, pp. 2413-2417, September 2005. [C.24] B. Clerckx, C. Oestges, L. Vandendorpe, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, Space-frequency coding in the presence of spatially and tap-correlated MIMO channels, 62nd IEEE Semi-annual Vehicular Technology Conference Fall, VTC-Fall '05 (Dallas, TX, USA), vol. 1, pp. 507-511, September 2005. [C.23] C. Oestges, H. Oezcelik, E. Bonek, On the practical use of analytical MIMO channel models, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, AP-S ‘05 (Washington DC, USA), vol. 3B, pp. 406-409, July 2005. [C.22] H. Oezcelik, C. Oestges, Capacity in diagonally correlated channels, 61st IEEE Semi-annual Vehicular Technology Conference Spring, VTC-Spring ‘05 (Stockholm, Sweden), vol. 1, pp. 116-120, May 2005. [C.21] C. Oestges, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, B. Clerckx, Macrocellular directional channel modeling at 1.9 GHz: cluster parameterization and validation, 61st IEEE Semi-annual Vehicular Technology Conference Spring, VTC-Spring '05 (Stockholm, Sweden), vol. 1, pp. 121-125, May 2005. [C.20] C. Oestges, J. Hansen, S.M. Memami, A.D. Kim, G. Papanicolaou, A.J. Paulraj, Time reversal techniques in wireless communication systems, European Microwave Week 2004, Joint EuMC-ECWT Workshop (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), pp. 49-66, October 2004. [C.19] C. Oestges, Channel correlations and capacity metrics in MIMO dual-polarized Rayleigh and Ricean channels, 60th IEEE Semi-annual Vehicular Technology Conference Fall, VTC-Fall '04 (Los Angeles, CA, USA), vol. 2, pp. 1453-1457, September 2004. [C.18] C. Oestges, A.J. Paulraj, MIMO capacity in correlated channels: analytical upper-bound and interesting results, 33d IEEE Communication Theory Workshop, IEEE-CTW '04 (Capri, Italy), May 2004 (communication only). [C.17 C. Oestges, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, A.J. Paulraj, V. Erceg, Dual-polarized MIMO macrocellular wireless transmissions: modeling, validation and analysis, 58th IEEE Semi-annual Vehicular Technology Conference Fall, VTC-Fall ‘03 (Orlando, FL, USA), vol. 1, pp. 378-382, October 2003. [C.16] C. Oestges, B. Clerckx, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, A.J. Paulraj, Impact of diagonal correlations on MIMO capacity: application to geometrical scattering models, 58th IEEE Semi-annual Vehicular Technology Conference Fall, VTC-Fall '03 (Orlando, FL, USA), vol. 1, pp. 394-398, October 2003. [C.15] B. Clerckx, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, C. Oestges, L. Vandendorpe, Robust signal constellations for spatial multiplexing in the presence of real fading propagation channels, IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC '03 (Anchorage, AK, USA), pp. 2608-2612, May 2003. [C.14] B. Clerckx, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, C. Oestges, L. Vandendorpe, Mutual coupling effects on the channel capacity and the space-time processing of MIMO communication systems, IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC '03 (Anchorage, AK, USA), pp. 2638-2642, May 2003. [C.13] B. Clerckx, L. Vandendorpe, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, C. Oestges, Robust signal constellations for correlated channels in MIMO communication systems, 9th Symposium on Communications and Vehicular Technology in the Benelux, SCVT '02 (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium), pp. 41-47, October 2002. [C.12] C. Oestges, A physical-statistical channel model of macro- and megacellular terrestrial networks and its application to polarization multiplexing, 5th International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications, WPMC '02 (Honolulu, HI, USA), vol. 2, pp. 554-558, October 2002. [C.11] C. Oestges, A.J. Paulraj, A range- dependent multidimensional channel model for fixed wireless transmissions, COST 273 1st Workshop on Opportunities of the Multidimensional Propagation Channel (Espoo, Finland), paper No. 15, May 2002. [C.10] S.R. Saunders, C. Tzaras, C. Oestges, Vanhoenacker-Janvier D., Physical-statistical modelling of the land mobile satellite channel, COST 255 1st International Workshop on Radiowave Propagation Modelling for SatCom Services at Ku band and above (ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands), pp.95-102, October 1998. [C.9] C. Oestges, B. Clerckx, L. Raynaud, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, Wideband propagation modeling, channel sounding and performance prediction for IMT-2000 systems, 4th International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications, WPMC ‘01 (Aalborg, Denmark), pp. 915-920, September 2001. [C.8] B. Clerckx, D. Mertens, C. Oestges, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, Application of closed-loop fade mitigation techniques to interactive satellite networks at Ka band, 19th International Communications Satellite Systems Conference, ICSSC-19 (Toulouse, France), vol. 3, paper No. 290, 9 p., April 2001. [C.7] C. Oestges, Propagation modelling for low earth-orbit satellite personal communication systems, Proc. URSI Forum 2000 (Brussels, Belgium), pp. 44-47, December 2000. [C.6] C. Oestges, X. Maufroid, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, Performance simulation of a Ka band multimedia LEO satellite system, 6th Ka Band Utilization Conference (Cleveland, OH, USA), pp. 605-612, June 2000. [C.5] C. Oestges, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, Performance prediction of a 47 GHz stratospheric communication system, Millennium Conference on Antennas and Propagation, AP 2000 (Davos, Switzerland), April 2000. [C.4] M. Doettling, C. Oestges, M.A. Vazquez-Castro, Test cases involving mobile links: simulation results, COST 255 Final Workshop on Radiowave Propagation Modelling for SatCom Services at Ku band and above (Bech, Luxemburg), October 1999. [C.3] C. Oestges, System-level simulation for land mobile satellite services, COST 252/253/255 Joint International Workshop (Toulouse, France), pp. 59-63, May 1999. [C.2] C. Oestges, H. Vasseur, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, Impact of edge diffraction on the performance of land mobile satellite systems in urban areas, 28th European Microwave Conference, Proc. EuMC ‘98 (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), pp. 357-361, October 1998. [C.1] H. Vasseur, C. Oestges, Vander Vorst, A., Influence de la troposphere sur les liaisons sans fil aux ondes millimetriques et optiques: étude comparative, 3emes Journees d'Etudes sur la Propagation Electromagnetique dans l'Atmosphere: du Decametrique a l'Angstroem (Rennes, France), pp. 58-63, October 1997.
7. Tutorials
[T.4] C. Oestges, Polarized MIMO wireless communications: from propagation modeling to system performance evaluation, Stanford University (Stanford, CA, USA), November 2008. [T.3] C. Oestges, Channel modeling for wireless sensor networks, NEWCOM Summer School of Information Engineering (Bressanone, Italy), July 2008. [T.2] C. Oestges, Time-reversal and wireless communications: a happy marriage?, FTW Telecommunications Forum (Vienna, Austria), April 2005. [T.1] C. Oestges, MIMO communication systems using multi-polarized antennas: measurements, channel models, capacity and system performance, Graduate School in Electronics and Communications, UCL-GSEC (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium), October 2002.
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Teaching
Courses
PhD students
Lingfeng Liu , Channel modeling for cooperative sensor and cellular networks
Francesco Mani , Physical propagation modeling in complex media
Olivier Renaudin , Channel characterization and modeling of vehicle-to-vehicle communication networks
Ali Panahandeh , Cognitive radio using multiple polarizations
Past PhD students
Francois Quitin , Measurement-based modeling of multi-antenna multi-polarized channels (2011)
Stephane van Roy, Space-time channel models for UWB body area networks (2010)
Research
1. Areas of expertise
- Radio propagation, including MIMO, WBAN/WPAN, etc.
- Experimental wireless channel characterization and modeling
- Satellite communications
- Time reversal techniques
- Wireless sensor networks, including body area networks
2. Research projects
- European COST Action IC1004 Cooperative Radio Communications for Green Smart Environments (2011-2014)
- FP7 Specific Targeted Research Project BuNGee Beyond Next Generation Wireless (2010-2012)
- FP7 Network of Excellence NEWCOM (2007-2010)
- European COST Action 2100 Pervasive Mobile & Ambient Wireless Communications (2006-2010)
- FP6 Network of Excellence NEWCOM (2004-2007)
- European COST Action 273 Towards mobile broadband multimedia networks (2002-2005)
- Collaboration with Stanford University (2001-present), IospanWireless, Inc. (2001) and Beceem (2004-present) on MIMO channel modeling
- Participation in IEEE 802.16 (Broadband Wireless Access) and IEEE 802.11 Standardization Groups (2001-2004)
- Walloon Region Research Contract WALIBI Wireless Acquisition and LInk for Body Information (2007-2011)
- Walloon Region Research Contract BIRADAR (2007-2011)
- European COST Action 297 HAPCOS (2006-2009)
- FP6 Specific Targeted Research Project IST-5-033742-STP STARRS Sensors for Terrestrial and Airborne Radio-transmitter Rescue Search (2006-2008)
- Collaboration with Stanford University, CA, USA (Information Systems Laboratory and Mathematics Dept.)
- ESA/ESTEC Contract 19873-06 Global archive of propagation measurements for SatCom systems (2006-2008)
- ESA/ESTEC Contract 17841-04 Characterization and modeling of propagation effects in the 20-50 GHz band (2004-2005)
- European COST Action 255 Radiowave propagation modeling for new SatCom services at Ku-band and above (1996-2000)
3. Infrastructure
- 3.5-4.2 GHz MIMO and 1.9 GHz SISO wideband channel sounders
- Broadband directive antennas (0.2-1.3GHz, 2-18GHz, 1-26.5GHz)
- 3.5-4.2 GHz dual-polarized antenna arrays and 3.8 GHz monopoles
- Vector Network Analyzers (40MHz-110GHz), including a MIMO VNA
- Spectrum Analyzers (3Hz-26.5GHz)
4. Web pages
Publications
1. Books
[B.4] B. Clerckx and C. Oestges, MIMO wireless networks, Academic Press: Oxford, in preparation. [B.3] C. Oestges and B. Clerckx, MIMO无线通信:从真实世界的传播到空-时编码的设计 [平装] (translated by 赵晓辉), China Machine Press: Beijing, 2010. [B.2] A. Sibille, C. Oestges, and A. Zanella, MIMO: from theory to implementation , Academic Press: Oxford, 2010. [B.1] C. Oestges and B. Clerckx, MIMO wireless communications: from real-word propagation to space-time code design , Academic Press: Oxford, 2007.
2. PhD Thesis
[D.1] C. Oestges, Propagation modeling of low earth-orbit satellite personal communication systems , PhD thesis, Université catholique de Louvain, December 2000.
3. Journal Papers
[J.54] F. Mani, F. Quitin, C. Oestges, Accuracy of depolarization and delay spread predictions using advanced ray-based modeling in indoor scenarios , EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, 9 p., July 2011.
[J.53] M. Patzold, A.F. Molisch, and C. Oestges , Trends in Mobile Radio Channels-Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation, IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine, vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 21-22, 2011.
[J.52] L. Liu, F. Keshmiri, C. Craeye, P. De Doncker, and C. Oestges, An analytical modeling of polarized time-variant on-body propagation channels with dynamic body scattering , EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking (special issue: Towards the Connected Body: Advances in Body Communications), 12 p., March 2011.
[J.51] F. Quitin, C. Oestges, F. Horlin, P. De Doncker, A Polarized Clustered Channel Model for Indoor Multi-Antenna Systems at 3.6 GHz , IEEE Trans. Veh. Tech., vol. 57, No. 8, pp. 3685-3693, October 2010.
[J.50] C. Oestges, N. Czink, B. Bandemer, P. Castiglione, F. Kaltenberger, A. Paulraj, Experimental characterization and modeling of outdoor-to-indoor and indoor-to-indoor distributed channels, IEEE Trans. Veh. Tech., vol. 57, No. 5, pp. 2253-2265, June 2010.
[J.49] R. Bhagavatula, C. Oestges, R.W. Heath Jr., A new double directional channel model including antenna patterns, array orientation and depolarization, IEEE Trans. Veh. Tech., vol. 57, No. 5, pp. 2219-2231, June 2010. [J.48] O. Renaudin, V.-M. Kolmonen, P. Vainikainen, C. Oestges, Non-stationary narrowband MIMO inter-vehicle channel characterization in the 5 GHz band, IEEE Trans. Veh. Tech., vol. 57, No. 4, pp. 2007- 2015, April 2010. [J.47] A. Fort, G. Roqueta, F. Keshmiri, C. Craeye, C. Oestges, A body area propagation model derived from fundamental principles: analytical analysis and comparison with measurements, IEEE Trans. Ant. Propagat., vol. 58, No. 2, pp. 503-514, February 2010. [J.46] S. van Roy, C. Oestges, F. Horlin, P. De Doncker, A comprehensive channel model for UWB multi-sensor multi-antenna body area networks, IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 58 No. 1, pp. 163-170, January 2010. [J.45] F. Quitin, C. Oestges, F. Horlin, P. De Doncker, Directional measurements of indoor polarized MIMO systems, IEEE Trans. Wireless Comm., vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 21-25, January 2010. [J.44] C. Oestges, B. Montenegro-Villacieros, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, Radio channel characterization for moderate antenna heights in forest areas, IEEE Trans. Veh. Tech., vol. 58, No. 8, pp. 4031 - 4035, October 2009. [J.43] F. Quitin, C. Oestges, F. Horlin, P. De Doncker, Multi-polarized MIMO channel characteristics: analytical study and experimental results, IEEE Trans. Ant. Propagat., vol. 57, No. 9, pp. 2739-2745, September 2009.
[J.42] C. Oestges, M. Jensen, P. Kyritsi, M. Shafi, and J. Takada, Advances in propagation modelling for wireless systems, EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking (guest editorial), 2 p., June 2009. [J.41] B. Bandemer, C. Oestges, N. Czink, A.J. Paulraj, Physically motivated fast-fading model for indoor peer-to-peer channels, Electronics Letters, vol. 45, No. 10, pp. 515-517, May 2009.
[J.40] F. Quitin, C. Oestges, F. Horlin, P. De Doncker, Small-scale variations of cross-polar discrimination in Ricean fading channels, Electronics Letters, vol. 45, No. 4, pp. 213-214, February 2009. [J.39] C. Oestges, B. Clerckx, M. Guillaud, M. Debbah, Dual-polarized wireless communications: from propagation models to system performance evaluation, IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 7, No. 10, pp. 4019-4031, October 2008. [J.38] B. Clerckx, C. Oestges, Space-time code design for correlated Ricean MIMO channels at finite SNR, IEEE Trans. Signal Proc., vol. 56, No. 9, pp. 4365-4376, September 2008. [J.37] O. Renaudin, C. Oestges, Analysis of inter-tap correlation for measured mobile radio channels at 1.9 GHz, Electronics Letters, vol. 44, No. 16, pp. 945-946, July 2008. [J.36] B. Clerckx, C. Oestges, Finite-SNR performance analysis of space-time coding in correlated Ricean MIMO channels, IEEE Trans. Info. Theory, vol. 53, No. 12, pp. 4761-4777, December 2007. [J.35] S. Van Roy, C. Oestges, F. Horlin, P. De Doncker, On-body propagation velocity estimation using ultra-wideband frequency-domain spatial correlation analyses, Electronics Letters, vol. 43, No. 25, pp. 1405-1406, December 2007. [J.34] C. Oestges, Propagation channel, capacity and error probability for dual-polarized MIMO wireless communications, Indian Journal of Radio & Space Physics, vol. 36, No. 5, pp. 411-417, October 2007. [J.33] D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, C. Oestges, A. Martellucci, Scintillation and depolarization models for satellite communications in the 20-50 GHz band, Indian Journal of Radio & Space Physics, vol. 36, No. 5, pp. 369-374, October 2007. [J.32] C. Oestges, B. Clerckx, Modeling outdoor macrocellular clusters based on 1.9-GHz experimental data, IEEE Trans. Veh. Tech., vol. 56, No. 5, pp. 2821-2830, September 2007. [J.31] B. Clerckx, C. Craeye, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, C. Oestges, Impact of antenna coupling on 2 x 2 MIMO communications, IEEE Trans. Veh. Tech., vol. 56, No. 3, pp. 1009-1018, May 2007.
[J.30] P. Almers, E. Bonek, A. Burr, N. Czink, M. Debbah, V. Degli-Esposti, H. Hofstetter, P. Kyritsi, D. Laurenson, G. Matz, A.F. Molisch, C. Oestges, H. Oezcelik, Survey of channel and radio propagation models for wireless MIMO systems , EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking (special issue on space-time channel modeling for wireless communications), 19p., April 2007. [J.29] B. Clerckx, C. Oestges, L. Vandendorpe, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, A.J. Paulraj, Design and performance of space-time codes for spatially correlated MIMO channels, IEEE Trans. Comm., vol. 55, No. 1, pp. 64-68, January 2007.
[J.28] C. Oestges, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, B. Clerckx, Channel characterization of indoor wireless personal area networks, IEEE Trans. Ant. Propagat. (special issue on wireless communications), vol. 54, No. 11-1, pp. 3143-3150, November 2006. [J.27] C. Oestges, B. Clerckx, A critical overview of analytical MIMO channel models, Proc. European Microwave Association (special issue on smart antennas: RF concepts and applications), vol. 2, No.3, pp. 204-210, September 2006.
[J.26] C. Oestges, Mutual information of non-Kronecker structured dual-polarized 2 x 2 channels, IEEE Trans. Veh. Tech., vol. 55, No. 1, pp. 410-413, January 2006. [J.25] H. Oezcelik, C. Oestges, Some remarkable properties of diagonally correlated MIMO channels, IEEE Trans. Veh. Tech., vol. 54, No. 6, pp. 2143-2145, November 2005. [J.24] C. Oestges, B. Clerckx, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, A.J. Paulraj, Impact of fading correlations on MIMO communication systems in geometry-based statistical channel models, IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 1112-1120, May 2005. [J.23] C. Oestges, A.D. Kim, G. Papanicolaou, A.J. Paulraj, Characterization of space-time focusing in time-reversed random fields, IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 53, No. 1, pp. 283-293, January 2005. [J.22] C. Oestges, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, B. Clerckx, Wideband SIMO 1 ´ 2 measurements and characterization of outdoor wireless channels at 1.9 GHz, IEEE Trans. Veh. Techn., vol. 53, No. 4, pp. 1190-1202, July 2004. [J.21] C. Oestges, V. Erceg, A.J. Paulraj, Propagation modeling of multi-polarized MIMO fixed wireless channels, IEEE Trans. Veh. Techn., vol. 53, No. 3, pp. 644-654, May 2004. [J.20] C. Oestges, A.J. Paulraj, Beneficial impact of channel correlations on MIMO capacity, Electronics Letters, vol. 40, No. 10, pp. 606-607, May 2004. [J.19] B. Clerckx, L. Vandendorpe, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, C. Oestges, Optimization of non-linear signal constellations for real-world MIMO channels, IEEE Trans. Signal Proc., vol. 52, No. 4, pp. 894-902, April 2004. [J.18] C. Oestges, A.J. Paulraj, Propagation into buildings for Broadband Wireless Access, IEEE Trans. Veh. Techn., vol. 53, No. 2, pp. 521-526, March 2004. [J.17] C. Oestges, A.J. Paulraj, Range and antenna beamwidth dependencies in multidimensional fixed wireless channels, IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 128-137, January 2004. [J.16] B. Clerckx, C. Oestges, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, L. Vandendorpe, Space-time signalling for real-world MIMO channels, Belgian Journal of Electronics & Communications, No. 4, pp. 33-38, December 2003. [J.15] C. Oestges (Guest Editor), MIMO wireless communication systems, Belgian Journal of Electronics & Communications, No. 4, pp. 2-3, December 2003.
[J.14] C. Oestges, V. Erceg, A.J. Paulraj, A physical scattering model for MIMO macrocellular broadband wireless channels, IEEE J. Selected Areas Commun. (special issue on MIMO systems and applications), vol. 21, No. 5, pp. 721-729, June 2003.
[J.13] C. Oestges, B. Clerckx, L. Raynaud, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, Deterministic channel modeling and performance simulation of microcellular wideband communication systems, IEEE Trans. Veh. Techn., vol. 51, No. 6, pp. 1422-1430, November 2002. [J.12] C. Oestges, A stochastic geometrical vector model of macro- and megacellular communication channels, IEEE Trans. Veh. Techn., vol. 51, No. 6, pp. 1352-1360, November 2002. [J.11] C. Oestges, A.J. Paulraj, Physical model for broadband wireless channels, Electronics Letters, vol. 37, No. 19, pp. 1195-1197, September 2001. [J.10] C. Oestges, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, Infinitesimal diffraction model for mobile wireless communication systems, Electronics Letters, vol. 37, No. 13, pp. 856-858, June 2001. [J.9] C. Oestges, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, A physical-statistical shadowing correlation model and its application to low earth-orbit systems, IEEE Trans. Veh. Techn., vol. 50, No. 2, pp. 416-421, March 2001. [J.8] C. Oestges, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, Propagation modelling and system strategies in urban mobile-satellite scenarios, IEEE Trans. Veh. Techn., vol. 50, No. 2, pp. 422-429, March 2001. [J.7] C. Oestges, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, Coverage analysis of a stratospheric communication system, IEE Proc.-Microw. Antenn. Propagat., vol. 148, No. 1, pp. 45-50, February 2001. [J.6] C. Oestges, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, Coverage modelling of high-altitude platforms communication systems, Electronics Letters, vol. 37, No. 2, pp. 119-121, January 2001. [J.5] C. Oestges, L. Raynaud, B. Clerckx, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, A deterministic model for third generation mobile communication systems in urban environments, Belgian Journal of Electronics & Communications, No. 3, pp. 49-57, 2000. [J.4] C. Oestges, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, Experimental validation and system applications of a ray-tracing model in built-up areas, Electronics Letters, vol. 36, No. 5, pp. 461-462, March 2000. [J.3] C. Oestges, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, A UTD-based physical-statistical model of the mobile-satellite channel, Belgian Journal of Electronics & Communications, No. 1, pp. 17-26, 2000. [J.2] C. Oestges, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, Physical-statistical prediction of performance for land mobile satellite systems, IEE Proc.-Microw. Antenn. Propagat., vol. 146, No. 5, pp. 362-368, October 1999. [J.1] C. Oestges, S.R. Saunders, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, Physical-statistical modelling of the land mobile satellite channel based on ray-tracing, IEE Proc.-Microw. Antenn. Propagat., vol. 146, No. 1, pp. 45-49, February 1999.
4. Book Chapters
[b.5] E. Bonek, J. Gil, L.M. Correia, R. Bultitude, C. Kuhnert, C. Oestges, M. Beach, M. Hunukumbure, A. Molisch, H. Hofstetter, MIMO channel modeling (Chapter 6, pp. 277-397), in Mobile broadband multimedia networks: techniques, models and tools for 4G , Academic Press: Oxford, 2006. [b.4] S.R. Saunders, C. Tzaras, C. Oestges, D. Vanhoenacker, Physical-statistical modeling (Chapter 4.5, 19 p.), in Radiowave propagation modelling for new satcom services at Ku band and above, ESA Publications: Noordwijk, 2002. [b.3] M. Doettling, C. Oestges, Test cases involving mobile links: simulation approach (Chapter 7.1, 10 p.), in Radiowave propagation modelling for new satcom services at Ku band and above, ESA Publications: Noordwijk, 2002. [b.2] M. Doettling, J. Habetha, C. Oestges, F. Perez-Fontan, M.A. Vazquez-Castro, W. Wiesbeck, Test cases involving mobile links: LEO 66 mobile link (Chapter 7.2, 35 p.), in Radiowave propagation modelling for new satcom services at Ku band and above, ESA Publications: Noordwijk, 2002. [b.1] F. Cercas, M. Doettling, J. Habetha, C. Oestges, F. Perez-Fontan, S.R. Saunders, M.A. Vazquez-Castro, W. Wiesbeck, Test cases involving mobile links: Satellite IMT-2000 mobile link (Chapter 7.3, 30 p.), in Radiowave propagation modelling for new satcom services at Ku band and above, ESA Publications: Noordwijk, 2002.
5. Standard
[S.1] V. Erceg, L. Schumacher, P. Kyritsi, A. Molisch, D.S. Baum, A.Y. Gorokhov, C. Oestges, Q. Li, K. Yu, N. Tal, B. Dijkstra, A. Jagannatham, C. Lanzl, V.J. Rhodes, J. Medbo, D. Michelson, M. Webster, E. Jacobsen, D. Cheung, C. Prettie, M. Ho, S. Howard, B. Bjerke, L. Jengx, H. Sampath, S. Catreux, S. Valle, A. Poloni, A. Forenza, R.W. Heath, IEEE P802.11 Wireless LANs: TGn Channel Models (IEEE 802.11-03/940r2), 44 p., 2004.
6. Refereed International Conference Papers
[I.12] C. Oestges, Multi-Link Propagation Modeling for Beyond Next Generation Wireless, Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conference, LAPC '11 (Loughborough, UK), November 2011. [I.11] P. Morgand, A. Ferreol, R. Sarkis, C. Craeye, C. Oestges, Detection and location of people in emergency situations through their PMR or GSM/UMTS phones, 2010 European Wireless Technology Conference, EuWIT 2010 (Paris, France), pp. 185-188, September 2010 (plenary communication). [I.10] C. Oestges, On and around the human body: results and challenges in body area networks , 39th IEEE Communication Theory Workshop, IEEE-CTW '10 (Cancun, Mexico), May 2010 (communication only). [I.9] C. Oestges, Indoor wireless communications with multiple antennas and polarizations: from channel characterization to performance simulation, IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC '08 (Cannes, France), September 2008. [I.8] C. Oestges, Impact of dispersive propagation characteristics on the performance of multi-antenna indoor personal communication systems, XXVIIIth General Assembly of International Union of Radio Science - URSI (Chicago, IL), August 2008. [I.7] R. Bhagavatula, R.W. Heath Jr., C. Oestges, A new MIMO channel representation including spatial diversity, array orientation and depolarization effects, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, AP-S '08 (San Diego, CA, USA), July 2008. [I.6] C. Oestges, Overview of channel and radio propagation models for wireless dual-polarized systems, URSI 2007 North American Radio Science Meeting (Ottawa, ON, Canada), July 2007 (communication only). [I.5] C. Oestges, Dual-polarized MIMO wireless communications: overview, channel modeling and system design, International Conference on Computers and Devices for Communication, CODEC '06 (Kolkata, India), December 2006. [I.4] D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, C. Oestges, Scintillation and depolarization models for satellite communications in the 20-50 GHz band, International Conference on Computers and Devices for Communication, CODEC '06 (Kolkata, India), December 2006. [I.3] C. Oestges, Modeling the MIMO propagation channel, Joint NEWCOM & COST 273 Workshop (Bologna, Italy), January 2005 (communication only). [I.2] C. Oestges, Space-time propagation: MIMO channel models and key challenges, 2004 Workshop on Smart Antennas in Wireless Communications (Stanford, CA, USA), July 2004 (communication only). [I.1] C. Oestges, R.U. Nabar, V. Erceg, A.J. Paulraj, Macrocell MIMO channels: measurements, models and capacity, 31st IEEE Communication Theory Workshop, IEEE-CTW '02 (Sanibel Island, FL, USA), May 2002 (communication only).
- Communications published as papers in international conference proceedings
[C.91] F. Quitin, C. Oestges, F. Bellens, S. Van Roy, F. Horlin, P. De Doncker, Extracting specular-diffuse clusters from MIMO channel measurements, 22nd Annual IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC 2011 (Toronto,ON, Canada), September 2011. [C.90] C. Oestges, N. Czink, Empirical investigation of multi-link separation for indoor MIMO channels, 22nd Annual IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC 2011 (Toronto,ON, Canada), September 2011. [C.89] F. Sanchez, A. Stephanides, N. Czink, C. Oestges, Fast fading characterization for indoor to indoor and outdoor to indoor channels, 74th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference Fall, VTC-Fall ‘11 (San Francisco, CA, USA), September 2011. [C.88] N. Czink, B. Bandemer, C. Oestges, T. Zemen, A. Paulraj, Subspace modeling of multi-user MIMO channels (Best Paper Award ), 74th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference Fall, VTC-Fall ‘11 (San Francisco, CA, USA), September 2011. [C.87] N. Khan, C. Oestges, Impact of transmit antenna beamwidth for fixed relay links using ray-tracing and WINNER II channel models, 5th European Conference on on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP ’11 (Rome, Italy), pp. 2938-2941, April 2011. [C.86] O. Renaudin, V.-M. Kolmonen, Veli-Matti, P. Vainikainen, C. Oestges, Wideband measurement-based modeling of inter-vehicle channels in the 5 GHz band, 5th European Conference on on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP ’11 (Rome, Italy), pp. 2881-2885, April 2011. [C.85] S. van Roy, C. Oestges, J.-M. Dricot, F. Horlin, P. De Doncker, Philippe, A tapped delay line model of ground reflection for UWB MS-MIMO body area networks, 5th European Conference on on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP ’11 (Rome, Italy), pp. 3143-3147, April 2011. [C.84] F. Mani, C. Oestges, Ray-tracing evaluation of diffuse scattering in an outdoor scenario, 5th European Conference on on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP ’11 (Rome, Italy), pp. 3439-3443, April 2011. [C.83] J. Poutanen, K. Haneda, L. Liu, C. Oestges, F. Tufvesson, P. Vainikainen, Parameterization of the COST 2100 MIMO channel model in indoor scenarios, 5th European Conference on on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP ’11 (Rome, Italy), pp. 3606-3610, April 2011. [C.82] L. Liu, V. Bhatnagar, C. Garcia Robles, Cristina, P. De Doncker, L. Vandendorpe, C. Oestges, Channel Spatial Diversity for Dual-link Cooperative Communications in WBAN, 5th European Conference on on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP ’11 (Rome, Italy), pp. 2792-2796, April 2011. [C.81] B. Montenegro Villacieros, C. Oestges, F. Perez-Fontan, R. Prieto-Cerdeira, T. Heyn, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, Stationarity study of Land Mobile Satellite channel in view of developing a time series generator, 5th European Conference on on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP ’11 (Rome, Italy), pp. 3739 - 3741, April 2011. [C.80] K. Haneda, J . Poutanen, L. Liu, C. Oestges, F. Tufvesson, P. Vainikainen, Comparison of delay and angular spreads between channel measurements and the COST 2100 channel model, 2010 Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference, LAPC 2010 (Loughborough, UK), November 2010. [C.79] E.M. Vitucci, F. Mani, V. Degli-Esposti, C. Oestges, A study on polarimetric properties of scattering from building walls , 72nd IEEE Semi-annual Vehicular Technology Conference Fall, VTC-Fall '10 (Ottawa, ON, Canada), September 2010. [C.78] O. Renaudin, V.-M. Kolmonen, P. Vainikainen, C. Oestges, About the multipath stationarity of car-to-car channels in the 5 GHz band, 2010 URSI International Symposium on Electromagnetic Theory, EMTS 2010 (Berlin, Germany), pp. 872-875, August 2010. [C.77] L. Liu, F. Keshmiri, P. De Doncker, C. Craeye, C. Oestges, 3-D body scattering influence to vertically polarized on-body propagation, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, AP-S '10 (Toronto, ON, Canada), July 2010. [C.76] A. Panahandeh, F. Quitin, J.-M. Dricot, F. Horlin, C. Oestges, P. De Doncker, Multi-polarized channel statistics for outdoor-to-indoor and indoor-to-indoor channels, 71st IEEE Semi-annual Vehicular Technology Conference Spring, VTC-Spring '10 (Taipei, Taiwan), May 2010. [C.75] A. Mallat, P. Gerard, M. Drouguet, F. Keshmiri, C. Oestges, C. Craeye, D. Flandre, L. Vandendorpe, Testbed for IR-UWB based ranging and positioning: experimental performance and comparison to CRLBs, 5th IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Pervasive Computing, ISWPC '10 (Modena, Italy), pp. 163-168, May 2010. [C.74] F. Mani, C. Oestges, Evaluation of diffuse scattering contribution for delay spread and cross-polarization ratio prediction in an indoor scenario, 4th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP '10 (Barcelona, Spain), April 2010. [C.73] P. Castiglione, C. Oestges, N. Czink, B. Bandemer, F. Kaltenberger, A. Paulraj, Multi-link level simulation model of indoor peer-to-peer radio channels, 4th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP '10 (Barcelona, Spain), April 2010. [C.72] F. Quitin, C. Oestges, F. Horlin, P. De Doncker, Diffuse multipath component characterization for indoor MIMO channels, 4th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP '10 (Barcelona, Spain), April 2010. [C.71] F. Sanchez-Gonzales, B. Bandemer, G. Matz, C. Oestges, F. Kaltenberger, N. Czink, Performance of transmission-time optimized relaying schemes in real-world channels, 4th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP '10 (Barcelona, Spain), April 2010. [C.70] A. Panahandeh, F. Quitin, J.-M. Dricot, F. Horlin, C. Oestges, P. De Doncker, Orientation-free XPD and CPR models in outdoor-to-indoor and indoor-to-indoor channels, 4th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP '10 (Barcelona, Spain), April 2010. [C.69] O. Renaudin, V.-M. Kolmonen, P. Vainikainen, C. Oestges, Impact of the correlation matrix estimation accuracy on the computation of stationarity intervals, 4th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP '10 (Barcelona, Spain), April 2010. [C.68] B. Montenegro-Villacieros, C. Oestges, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, R. Prieto-Cerdeira, A. Martellucci, Review and update of mobile data processing for the land mobile satellite channel modeling, 4th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP '10 (Barcelona, Spain), April 2010. [C.67] P. Chambers, C. Oestges, Performance channels of a leakage-based precoded downlink multi-user MIMO scheme using measured channels, 2009 Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference, LAPC 2010 (Loughborough, UK), November 2009. [C.66] L. Liu, S. Van Roy, P. De Doncker, C. Oestges, Azimuth radiation pattern characterization of omnidirectional antennas near a human body, International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, ICEAA '09 (Torino, Italy), pp. 461-464, September 2009. [C.65] S. Van Roy, L. Liu, C. Oestges, P. De Doncker, An ultra-wideband SAGE algorithm for body area networks, International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, ICEAA '09 (Torino, Italy), pp. 584-587, September 2009. [C.64] F. Quitin, C. Oestges, F. Horlin, P. De Doncker, Clustered channel characterization for indoor polarized MIMO systems, IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC '09 (Tokyo, Japan), pp. 1064-1068, September 2009. [C.63] C. Oestges, N. Czink, B. Bandemer, P. Castiglione, F. Kaltenberger, A. Paulraj, Experimental characterization of indoor multi-link channels, IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC '09 (Tokyo, Japan), pp. 2985-2989, September 2009. [C.62] N. Czink, B. Bandemer, G. Vazquez-Vilar, L. Jalloul, C. Oestges, A. Paulraj, Spatial separation of multi-user MIMO channels, IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC '09 (Tokyo, Japan), pp. 1059-1063, September 2009. [C.61] C. Oestges, N. Czink, B. Bandemer, A. Paulraj, Capacity performance of outdoor-to-indoor relay schemes in measured radio channels, IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC '09 (Tokyo, Japan), pp. 1113-1117, September 2009. [C.60] C. Oestges, B. Montenegro-Villacieros, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, Modeling propagation into collapsed buildings for radio-localization-based rescue search missions, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, AP-S '09 (Charleston, SC, USA), June 2009. [C.59] A. Mallat, C. Oestges, L. Vandendorpe, CRBs for UWB multipath channel estimation: impact of the overlapping between the MPCs on MPC gain and TOA estimation, IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC '09 (Dresden, Germany), June 2009. [C.58] F. Quitin, C. Oestges, F. Horlin, P. De Doncker, Polarimetric measurements for spatial wideband MIMO channels, 69th IEEE Semi-annual Vehicular Technology Conference Spring, VTC-Spring '09 (Barcelona, Spain), April 2009. [C.57] A. Fort, L. Liu, F. Keshmiri, P. De Doncker, C. Oestges, C. Craeye, Analysis of wave propagation including shadow fading correlation for BAN applications, 2nd IET Seminar on Antennas and Propagation for Body-Centric Wireless Communications (London, UK), April 2009 (communication only). [C.56] O. Renaudin, V.-M. Kolmonen, P. Vainikainen, C. Oestges, Car-to-car channel models based on wideband MIMO measurements at 5.3 GHz, 3rd European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP '09 (Berlin, Germany), pp. 635-639, March 2009. [C.55] D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, C. Oestges, B. Montenegro-Villacieros, R. Van Malderen, H. De Backer, Scintillation prediction using improved pre-processed radiosounding data, 3rd European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP '09 (Berlin, Germany), pp. 3849-3851, March 2009. [C.54] F. Mani, C. Oestges, A ray based indoor propagation model including depolarizing penetration, 3rd European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP '09 (Berlin, Germany), pp. 3835-3838, March 2009. [C.53] F. Quitin, C. Oestges, F. Horlin, P. De Doncker, Small-scale variations of cross-polar discrimination in polarized MIMO systems, 3rd European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP '09 (Berlin, Germany), pp. 1011-1015, March 2009 (Best Paper Award). [C.52] L. Liu, P. De Doncker, C. Oestges, Fading correlation measurement and modeling on the front side of a human body, 3rd European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP '09 (Berlin, Germany), pp. 969-973, March 2009. [C.51] F. Quitin, C. Oestges, F. Horlin, P. De Doncker, Channel correlation and cross-polar ratio in multi-polarized MIMO channels: analytical derivation and experimental validation, 68th IEEE Semi-annual Vehicular Technology Conference Fall, VTC-Fall '08 (Calgary, AB, Canada), September 2008. [C.50] O. Renaudin, V.-M. Kolmonen, P. Vainikainen, C. Oestges, Wideband MIMO car-to-car radio channel measurements at 5.3 GHz, 68th IEEE Semi-annual Vehicular Technology Conference Fall, VTC-Fall '08 (Calgary, AB, Canada), September 2008. [C.49] S. Van Roy, C. Oestges, F. Horlin, P. De Doncker, A spatially-correlated tapped delay line model for body area networks, 68th IEEE Semi-annual Vehicular Technology Conference Fall, VTC-Fall '08 (Calgary, AB, Canada), September 2008. [C.48] F. Quitin, C. Oestges, F. Horlin, P. De Doncker, Analytical model and experimental validation of cross polar ratio in polarized MIMO channels, IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC '08 (Cannes, France), September 2008. [C.47] C. Oestges, A comprehensive model of dual-polarized channels: from experimental observations to an analytical formulation, 3rd International Conference on Communications and Networking in China, Chinacom '08 (Hangzhou, China), pp. 1071-1075, August 2008. [C.46] C. Oestges, B. Montenegro-Villacieros and D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, Multi-dispersive channel characterization for radio localization-based rescue search, 3rd International Conference on Communications and Networking in China, Chinacom '08 (Hangzhou, China), pp. 300-304, August 2008. [C.45] N. Czink, C. Oestges, The COST 273 MIMO channel model: three kinds of clusters, 10th International Symposium on Spread Spectrum Techniques and Applications, ISSSTA '08 (Bologna, Italy), pp. 282-286, August 2008. [C.44] S. Van Roy, C. Oestges, F. Horlin, P. De Doncker, Propagation modeling for UWB body area networks: power decay and multi-sensor correlations, 10th International Symposium on Spread Spectrum Techniques and Applications, ISSSTA '08 (Bologna, Italy), pp. 649-653, August 2008. [C.43] F. Quitin, F. Horlin, C. Oestges and P. De Doncker, A new precoding scheme for compact cross-polarized multi-antenna systems, 29th Symposium on Information Theory in the Benelux (Leuven, Belgium), pp. 197-206, May 2008. [C.42] C. Oestges, Impact of tropospheric depolarization on the performance of dual-polarized high-altitude platform systems, 67th IEEE Semi-annual Vehicular Technology Conference Spring, VTC-Spring '08 (Singapore), pp. 2897-2901, May 2008. [C.41] R. Bhagavatula, C. Oestges, R.W. Heath Jr., A new MIMO channel model including diversity, orientation and depolarization effects, USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting (Boulder, CO, USA), January 2008 (communication only). [C.40] C. Oestges, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, Time series-based prediction of fade dynamics and shadowing correlation statistics for navigation systems, 2nd European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP '07 (Edinburgh, UK), November 2007. [C.39] S. Van Roy, C. Oestges, F. Horlin, P. De Doncker, Ultra-wideband spatial channel characterization for body area networks, 2nd European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP '07 (Edinburgh, UK), November 2007. [C.38] G. Roqueta, A. Fort, C. Craeye, C. Oestges, Analytical propagation models for body area networks, 1st IET Seminar on Antennas and Propagation for Body-Centric Wireless Communications (London, UK), pp. 90-96, April 2007. [C.37] S. Van Roy, C. Oestges, F. Horlin, P. De Doncker, Ultra-wideband spatial correlation study for multi-sensor multi-antenna body area networks, IET Seminar on Antennas and Propagation for Body-Centric Wireless Communications (London, UK), pp. 67-70, April 2007. [C.36] C. Oestges, M. Guillaud, M. Debbah, Multi-polarized MIMO communications: channel model, mutual information and array optimization, IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, IEEE WCNC '07 (Hong-Kong), pp. 1057-1061, March 2007. [C.35] C. Oestges, B. Clerckx, Mutual information and error probability of dual-polarized systems, IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, IEEE WCNC '07 (Hong-Kong), pp. 2038-2042, March 2007. [C.34] A. Paraboni, C. Oestges, A. Martellucci, Experimental assessment of atmospheric depolarization at Ka and V band based on Olympus and Italsat propagation campaigns, 1st European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP '06 (Nice, France), November 2006. [C.33] D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, C. Oestges, A. Martellucci, Prediction of scintillation cumulative statistics using classical and high resolution radiosoundings, 1st European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP '06 (Nice, France), November 2006. [C.32] C. Oestges, B. Clerckx, Analysis of popular unitary-independent-unitary models of MIMO channels, NEWCOM-ACoRN Joint Workshop (Vienna, Austria), September 2006. [C.31] D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier , C. Oestges, J. Spiegel, A. Martellucci, Improved scintillation and depolarization models for satellite communications in the 20-50 GHz band, 3rd CNES Workshop on Earth-Space Propagation (Toulouse, France), September 2006. [C.30] M. Guillaud, M. Debbah, C. Oestges, B.H. Fleury, Design issues for MIMO systems in various fading situations, International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference, IWCMC ‘06 (Vancouver, BC, Canada), July 2006. [C.29] M. Guillaud, M. Debbah, C. Oestges, B.H. Fleury, Propagation-based array optimization for MIMO systems, IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC ‘06, NEWCOM Workshop (Istanbul, Turkey), June 2006 (communication only). [C.28] C. Oestges, Validity of the Kronecker model for MIMO correlated channels, 63rd IEEE Semi-annual Vehicular Technology Conference Spring, VTC-Spring ‘06 (Melbourne, Australia), pp. 2818-2822, May 2006. [C.27] C. Oestges, B. Clerckx, L. Bollen, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, Indoor channel characterization of diversity-based nomadic wireless systems, IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference, GLOBECOM ‘05 (St. Louis, MO, USA), vol. 6, pp. 3418-3422, November 2005. [C.26] D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, J. Spiegel, C. Oestges, D. Mertens C.J. Gibbins, C.J. Walden, C.L. Wrench, S. Ventouras and A. Martelucci, Characterization and modeling of propagation effects in the 20-50 GHz band, XXVIIth General Assembly of International Union of Radio Science - URSI (New Delhi, India), October 2005. [C.25] B. Clerckx, C. Oestges, L. Vandendorpe, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, Robustness of space-time coding in spatially correlated fast-fading MIMO channels, 62nd IEEE Semi-annual Vehicular Technology Conference Fall, VTC-Fall ‘05 (Dallas, TX, USA), vol. 4, pp. 2413-2417, September 2005. [C.24] B. Clerckx, C. Oestges, L. Vandendorpe, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, Space-frequency coding in the presence of spatially and tap-correlated MIMO channels, 62nd IEEE Semi-annual Vehicular Technology Conference Fall, VTC-Fall '05 (Dallas, TX, USA), vol. 1, pp. 507-511, September 2005. [C.23] C. Oestges, H. Oezcelik, E. Bonek, On the practical use of analytical MIMO channel models, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, AP-S ‘05 (Washington DC, USA), vol. 3B, pp. 406-409, July 2005. [C.22] H. Oezcelik, C. Oestges, Capacity in diagonally correlated channels, 61st IEEE Semi-annual Vehicular Technology Conference Spring, VTC-Spring ‘05 (Stockholm, Sweden), vol. 1, pp. 116-120, May 2005. [C.21] C. Oestges, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, B. Clerckx, Macrocellular directional channel modeling at 1.9 GHz: cluster parameterization and validation, 61st IEEE Semi-annual Vehicular Technology Conference Spring, VTC-Spring '05 (Stockholm, Sweden), vol. 1, pp. 121-125, May 2005. [C.20] C. Oestges, J. Hansen, S.M. Memami, A.D. Kim, G. Papanicolaou, A.J. Paulraj, Time reversal techniques in wireless communication systems, European Microwave Week 2004, Joint EuMC-ECWT Workshop (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), pp. 49-66, October 2004. [C.19] C. Oestges, Channel correlations and capacity metrics in MIMO dual-polarized Rayleigh and Ricean channels, 60th IEEE Semi-annual Vehicular Technology Conference Fall, VTC-Fall '04 (Los Angeles, CA, USA), vol. 2, pp. 1453-1457, September 2004. [C.18] C. Oestges, A.J. Paulraj, MIMO capacity in correlated channels: analytical upper-bound and interesting results, 33d IEEE Communication Theory Workshop, IEEE-CTW '04 (Capri, Italy), May 2004 (communication only). [C.17 C. Oestges, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, A.J. Paulraj, V. Erceg, Dual-polarized MIMO macrocellular wireless transmissions: modeling, validation and analysis, 58th IEEE Semi-annual Vehicular Technology Conference Fall, VTC-Fall ‘03 (Orlando, FL, USA), vol. 1, pp. 378-382, October 2003. [C.16] C. Oestges, B. Clerckx, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, A.J. Paulraj, Impact of diagonal correlations on MIMO capacity: application to geometrical scattering models, 58th IEEE Semi-annual Vehicular Technology Conference Fall, VTC-Fall '03 (Orlando, FL, USA), vol. 1, pp. 394-398, October 2003. [C.15] B. Clerckx, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, C. Oestges, L. Vandendorpe, Robust signal constellations for spatial multiplexing in the presence of real fading propagation channels, IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC '03 (Anchorage, AK, USA), pp. 2608-2612, May 2003. [C.14] B. Clerckx, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, C. Oestges, L. Vandendorpe, Mutual coupling effects on the channel capacity and the space-time processing of MIMO communication systems, IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC '03 (Anchorage, AK, USA), pp. 2638-2642, May 2003. [C.13] B. Clerckx, L. Vandendorpe, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, C. Oestges, Robust signal constellations for correlated channels in MIMO communication systems, 9th Symposium on Communications and Vehicular Technology in the Benelux, SCVT '02 (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium), pp. 41-47, October 2002. [C.12] C. Oestges, A physical-statistical channel model of macro- and megacellular terrestrial networks and its application to polarization multiplexing, 5th International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications, WPMC '02 (Honolulu, HI, USA), vol. 2, pp. 554-558, October 2002. [C.11] C. Oestges, A.J. Paulraj, A range- dependent multidimensional channel model for fixed wireless transmissions, COST 273 1st Workshop on Opportunities of the Multidimensional Propagation Channel (Espoo, Finland), paper No. 15, May 2002. [C.10] S.R. Saunders, C. Tzaras, C. Oestges, Vanhoenacker-Janvier D., Physical-statistical modelling of the land mobile satellite channel, COST 255 1st International Workshop on Radiowave Propagation Modelling for SatCom Services at Ku band and above (ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands), pp.95-102, October 1998. [C.9] C. Oestges, B. Clerckx, L. Raynaud, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, Wideband propagation modeling, channel sounding and performance prediction for IMT-2000 systems, 4th International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications, WPMC ‘01 (Aalborg, Denmark), pp. 915-920, September 2001. [C.8] B. Clerckx, D. Mertens, C. Oestges, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, Application of closed-loop fade mitigation techniques to interactive satellite networks at Ka band, 19th International Communications Satellite Systems Conference, ICSSC-19 (Toulouse, France), vol. 3, paper No. 290, 9 p., April 2001. [C.7] C. Oestges, Propagation modelling for low earth-orbit satellite personal communication systems, Proc. URSI Forum 2000 (Brussels, Belgium), pp. 44-47, December 2000. [C.6] C. Oestges, X. Maufroid, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, Performance simulation of a Ka band multimedia LEO satellite system, 6th Ka Band Utilization Conference (Cleveland, OH, USA), pp. 605-612, June 2000. [C.5] C. Oestges, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, Performance prediction of a 47 GHz stratospheric communication system, Millennium Conference on Antennas and Propagation, AP 2000 (Davos, Switzerland), April 2000. [C.4] M. Doettling, C. Oestges, M.A. Vazquez-Castro, Test cases involving mobile links: simulation results, COST 255 Final Workshop on Radiowave Propagation Modelling for SatCom Services at Ku band and above (Bech, Luxemburg), October 1999. [C.3] C. Oestges, System-level simulation for land mobile satellite services, COST 252/253/255 Joint International Workshop (Toulouse, France), pp. 59-63, May 1999. [C.2] C. Oestges, H. Vasseur, D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier, Impact of edge diffraction on the performance of land mobile satellite systems in urban areas, 28th European Microwave Conference, Proc. EuMC ‘98 (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), pp. 357-361, October 1998. [C.1] H. Vasseur, C. Oestges, Vander Vorst, A., Influence de la troposphere sur les liaisons sans fil aux ondes millimetriques et optiques: étude comparative, 3emes Journees d'Etudes sur la Propagation Electromagnetique dans l'Atmosphere: du Decametrique a l'Angstroem (Rennes, France), pp. 58-63, October 1997.
7. Tutorials
[T.4] C. Oestges, Polarized MIMO wireless communications: from propagation modeling to system performance evaluation, Stanford University (Stanford, CA, USA), November 2008. [T.3] C. Oestges, Channel modeling for wireless sensor networks, NEWCOM Summer School of Information Engineering (Bressanone, Italy), July 2008. [T.2] C. Oestges, Time-reversal and wireless communications: a happy marriage?, FTW Telecommunications Forum (Vienna, Austria), April 2005. [T.1] C. Oestges, MIMO communication systems using multi-polarized antennas: measurements, channel models, capacity and system performance, Graduate School in Electronics and Communications, UCL-GSEC (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium), October 2002.
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