SST/EPL Ecole polytechnique de Louvain (EPL)
SST/ICTM Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, Electronics and Applied Mathematics (ICTEAM)
SST/ICTM/ELEN Pôle en ingénierie électrique (ELEN)
Claude Oestges received the Electrical Engineering degree and the PhD degree in Applied Science from the Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium), in 1996 and 2000, respectively. From 1996 to 2000, he was an Assistant Lecturer with the Microwave Laboratory UCLouvain, with lectures in electromagnetics, wireless communications and microwave engineering. His doctoral research dealt with propagation models and performance prediction methods for LEO satellite networks. In 1997, he spent two months at the Centre for Communication Systems Research, University of Surrey (UK). He was also involved in the European COST 255 Action "Radiowave propagation modeling for new SatCom services at Ku-band and above".
From January to December 2001, Claude Oestges joined, as a post-doctoral scholar, the Smart Antennas Research Group (Information Systems Laboratory) of Stanford University (California, USA). He was involved in the development of MIMO multipolarized channel models for broadband wireless access in the field of G2 MMDS technology (with Sprint, Inc.).
From October 2001 to September 2005, Claude Oestges was a post-doctoral fellow of the Belgian National Science Foundation (Fonds de la RechercheScientifique, FRS-FNRS). Meanwhile, he carried out several short-term missions at Stanford University, and took part in COST 273 "Towards mobile broadband multimedia networks", in NEWCOM Network of Excellence and in the IEEE 802.11 Standardization Working Group on "Multiple antenna channel modeling". From October 2005 to October 2014, he was Associate Professor at UCLouvain and FRS-FNRS Senior Research Associate.
Since October 2014, Claude Oestges is Professor at UCLouvain and FRS-FNRS Honorary Senior Research Associate. His research interests cover wireless and satellite communications, with a focus on the propagation channel and its impact on system performance. His present activity concerns multi-dimensional channel modeling for wireless communications, including MIMO and cooperative networks, UWB systems and satellite systems. He was chairing the Working Group on "Reference channel modeling" in COST 2100 "Pervasive Mobile & Ambient Wireless Communications" and the Working Group on "Radio Channels" in COST IC1004 "Cooperative Radio Communications for Green Smart Environments ". He was also active in NEWCOM# Network of Excellence and was the Chair of COST CA15104 known as IRACON.
At the Louvain School of Engineering, Claude Oestges is teaching various courses and projects in physics, electrical circuits, propagation, and wireless communications. He was also head of the Electrical Engineering Degree Committee from 2015 to 2021.
Claude Oestges is a Fellow of the IEEE. He previously served in the Board of Directors of the European Association on Antennas and Propagation (EurAAP), and as Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation and on Vehicular Technology. He is the author or co-author of four books and more than 200 papers in international journals and conference proceedings. He was the recipient of the IET Marconi Premium Award in 2001 and of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Neal Shepherd Award in 2004 and 2013.
| Année | Libellé | Établissement |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Docteur en sciences appliquées | Université catholique de Louvain (Belgique) |
| 1996 | Ingénieur civil électricien | Université catholique de Louvain (Belgique) |
| 1993 | Candidat ingénieur civil | Université catholique de Louvain (Belgique) |
Areas of expertise
- Radio propagation for wireless communications, including MIMO, WBAN/WPAN, etc.
- Experimental wireless channel characterization and modeling
- Satellite communications
- Time reversal techniques
- Wireless sensor networks, including body area networks
► Check out my latest presentation about Radio Propagation Modeling for 5G and Beyond (EuCAP 2021)
► Inclusive Radio Communications for 5G and Beyond (COST IRACON final book, open access)
Current PhD students
- Ludo Bissot, Predictive control of atmospheric turbulence for optical ground stations (expected 2028)
- Jérome Eertmans, Differentiable Ray Tracing for telecommunications (expected 2026)
- Quentin Gontier, Stochastic geometry based EMF exposure modeling (expected 2025)
- Mojtaba Razavian, Generation of synthetic atmospheric events for the evaluation of millimetre wave earth-space propagation impairments (expected 2025)
Past PhD students
- Florian Quatresooz, Atmospheric turbulence modelling and monitoring for satellite-to-ground optical communications (2024)
- François De Saint Moulin, Integrated sesing nd communications: from electromagnetic modeling to interference management in large-scale networks (2024)
- Simon Demey, Stochastic geometry-based models for cellular network deployment (2023)
- Charles Wiame, Joint coverage and EMF exposure analysis in cellular and cell-free networks: a stochatsic geometry perpective (2023)
- Alfred Mudonhi, Millimetre-wave massive MIMO channel characterization and modelling for 5G and 6G applications (2022)
- Julian David Villegas Gutierrez, Non-stationary spatial shadowing models for micro-cellular radio links (2022)
- Thomas Pairon, Electromagnetic forward scattering by large objects (2020)
- Quentin Gueuning, Hybrid ray-based methods for extended channel prediction (2019)
- Gloria Makhoul, Non-stationary radio channel modeling for wireless M2M applications (2018)
- Brecht Hanssens, Characterization of propagation for advanced MIMO ultra-wideband systems (2018)
- Evgenii Vinogradov, Multi-dimensional radio channel models for cooperative networks (2017)
- Nizabat Khan, Multi-link channel modeling and interference characterization for beyond 4G networks (2014)
- Olivier Renaudin, Experimental channel characterization for vehicle-to-vehicle communication systems (2013)
- Ali Panahandeh, Multi-polarized sensing for cognitive radio (2012)
- Lingfeng Liu, Cooperative wireless channel characterization and modeling : application to body area and cellular networks (2012)
- Francesco Mani, Improved ray-tracing for advanced radio propagation channel modeling (2012)
- 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)
Past post-doctoral scholars
Research projects
- Walloon Region Research Project Space4reLaunch (2023-2027)
- European COST Action CA20120 INTERACT Intelligence-Enabling Radio Communications for Seamless Inclusive Interactions (2020-2024)
- EOS Research Project MUSE-WINET MUlti-SErvice WIreless NETworks (2018-2022)
- ARC Research Project SWIPT Simultaneous Wireless and Information Power Transfer (2016-2021)
- European COST Action CA15104 IRACON Inclusive Radio Communication Networks for 5G and Beyond (2016-2020)
- FRS-FNRS Research Project MACHAON Multi-* radio channel characterization for heterogeneous environments and networks (2015-2019)
- Walloon Region Research Contract B-WARE Brussels-Wallonia auxiliary radiators for exposure reduction (2014-2017)
- FP7 Network of Excellence NEWCOM# (2012-2015)
- 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)
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)
Useful links
Books
- C. Oestges and F. Quitin, Inclusive Radio Communications for 5G and Beyond, Elsevier: Oxford, 2021 (open access)
- B. Clerckx and C. Oestges, MIMO wireless networks: channels, techniques and standards for multi-antenna, multi-user and multi-cell systems , Academic Press: Oxford, 2012.
- 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.
- A. Sibille, C. Oestges, and A. Zanella, MIMO: from theory to implementation , Academic Press: Oxford, 2010.
- C. Oestges and B. Clerckx, MIMO wireless communications: from real-word propagation to space-time code design, Academic Press: Oxford, 2007.
- C. Oestges, Propagation modeling of low earth-orbit satellite personal communication systems, PhD thesis, Université catholique de Louvain, December 2000.
Unités d'enseignement pour 2025
| Libellé | Code |
|---|---|
| Projet d'électricité 1 - Circuits électriques | LELEC1101 |
| Circuits et mesures électriques | LELEC1370 |
| Physique des dispositifs électroniques et des lignes de transmission | LELEC1755 |
| Communication systems | LELEC2795 |
| Wireless communications | LELEC2796 |
| Antennas and propagation | LELEC2910 |
| Coordination du quadrimestre 2 | LEPL1002 |
| Physique II | LEPL1202 |
| Physique III | LEPL1203 |
| Projet 2 | LEPL1502 |