Publications

▾ Conference Publications

S. Shippey, S. Srinivasan, H. P. Dang, E. Aryafar, and J. Chakareski, "An Experimental Evaluation of 360-Degree ABR Video Streaming over mmWave Wireless Links," in Proceedings of IEEE MetaCom, Hong Kong SAR, China, August 2024.
A. Almutairi, A. Keshavarz-Haddad, and E. Aryafar, "Gated Recurrent Units for Blockage Mitigation in mmWave Wireless," in Proceedings of ACM MobiWac, Montreal, Canada, October 2023. (Source Code)
H. Hosseini, A. Almutairi, S. M. Hashir, E. Aryafar, and J. Camp, "An Outdoor Experimental Study of Many Antenna Full-Duplex Wireless," in Proceedings of International Teletraffic Congress (ITC 35), Turin, Italy, October 2023. (Source Code)
S. Srinivasan, S. Shippey, E. Aryafar, and J. Chakareski, "FBDT: Forward and Backward Data Transmission Across RATs for High Quality Mobile 360-Degree Video VR Streaming," in Proceedings of ACM MMSys, Vancouver, BC, Canada, June 2023. (Source Code)
A. K. Oladeinde, S. Shippey, E. Aryafar, and B. Pejcinovic "EBG Placement Optimization in a Via-Fed Stacked Patch Antenna for Full-Duplex Wireless," in Proceedings of ICEAA-IEEE APWC, Cape Town, South Africa, September 2022. (Presentation Video)
A. Almutairi, S. Srinivasan, A. Keshavarz-Haddad, and E. Aryafar, "Deep Transfer Learning for Cross-Device Channel Classification in mmWave Wireless," in Proceedings of IEEE MSN, Exeter, UK, December 2021.
A. K. Oladeinde, E. Aryafar, and B. Pejcinovic, "EBG-Based Self-Interference Cancellation to Enable mmWave Full-Duplex Wireless," in Proceedings of IEEE Texas Symposium on Wireless and Microwave Circuits and Systems (WMCS), Waco, TX, May 2021.
S. Srinivasan, X. Yu, A. Keshavarz-Haddad, and E. Aryafar, "Fair Initial Access Design for mmWave Wireless," in Proceedings of IEEE ICNP, Madrid, Spain, October 2020.
E. Aryafar and A. Keshavarz-Haddad, "Distributed Alpha-Fair Throughput Aggregation in Multi-RAT Wireless Networks," in Proceedings of IEEE WiOpt, Volos, Greece, June 2020.
E. Aryafar, A. Keshavarz-Haddad, and C. Joe-Wong, "Proportional Fair RAT Aggregation in HetNets," in Proceedings of International Teletraffic Congress (ITC 31), Budapest, Hungary, August 2019.
E. Aryafar and A. Keshavarz-Haddad, "PAFD: Phased Array Full-Duplex," in Proceedings of IEEE Infocom 2018, Honolulu, HI, April 2018.
E. Aryafar, A. Keshavarz-Haddad, C. Joe-Wong, and M. Chiang, "Max-Min Fair Resource Allocation in HetNets: Distributed Algorithms and Hybrid Architecture," in Proceedings of IEEE ICDCS 2017, Atlanta, GA, June 2017.
M. Gapeyenko, A. Samuylov, M. Gerasimenko, D. Moltchanov, S. Singh, E. Aryafar, S. Yeh, N. Himayat, S. Andreev, and Y. Koucheryavy, "Analysis of Human-Body Blockage in Urban Millimeter-Wave Cellular Communications," in Proceedings of IEEE ICC 2016, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, May 2016.
Y. Du, E. Aryafar, P. Cui, J. Camp, and M. Chiang, "SAMU: Design and Implementation of Selectivity Aware MU-MIMO for Wideband WiFi," in Proceedings of IEEE SECON 2015, Seattle, WA, June 2015.
E. Aryafar and A. Keshavarz-Haddad, “FD2: A Directional Full Duplex Communication System for Indoor Wireless Networks,” in Proceedings of IEEE Infocom 2015, Hong Kong, China, April 2015.
E. Monsef, A. Keshavarz-Haddad, E. Aryafar, J. Saniee, and M. Chiang, “Convergence Properties of General Network Selection Games in HetNets,” in Proceedings of IEEE Infocom 2015, Hong Kong, China, April 2015.
M. A. Khojastepour, E. Aryafar, K. Sundaresan, R. Mahindra, and S. Rangarajan, "Exploring the Potential for Full-Duplex in Legacy LTE systems," in Proceedings of IEEE SECON 2014, Singapore, June 2014.
S. Talwar, D. Choudhury, K. Dimou, E. Aryafar, B. Bangerter, and K. Stewart, "Enabling Technologies and Architectures for 5G Wireless," in Proceedings of IEEE International Microwave Symposium, Tampa Bay, FL, June 2014.
Y. Du, E. Aryafar, J. Camp, and M. Chiang, "iBeam: Intelligent Client-Side Multi-User Beamforming in Wireless Networks," in Proceedings of IEEE Infocom 2014, Toronto, Canada, April 2014.
C. Brinton, E. Aryafar, S. Corda, S. Russo, R. Reinoso, and M. Chiang, "An Intelligent Satellite Multicast and Caching Overlay for Content Delivery Networks to Improve Performance in Video Applications," 31st International Satellite Communications Systems Conference, Florence, Italy, October 2013.
E. Aryafar, A. Keshavarz-Haddad, M. Wang, and M. Chiang, “RAT Selection Games in HetNets,” in Proceedings of IEEE Infocom 2013, Turin, Italy, April 2013.
E. Aryafar, M. A. Khojastepour, K. Sundaresan, S. Rangarajan, and M. Chiang, “MIDU: Enabling MIMO Full Duplex,” in Proceedings of ACM MobiCom 2012, Istanbul, Turkey, August 2012.
E. Aryafar, M. A. Khojastepour, K. Sundaresan, S. Rangarajan, and E. Knightly, “ADAM: An Adaptive Beamforming System for Multicasting in Wireless LANs,” in Proceedings of IEEE Infocom 2012, Orlando, FL, March 2012.
E. Aryafar, N. Anand, T. Salonidis, and E. Knightly, “Design and Experimental Evaluation of Multi-User Beamforming in Wireless LANs,” in Proceedings of ACM MobiCom 2010, Chicago, IL, September 2010.
J. Camp, E. Aryafar, and E. Knightly, “Coupled 802.11 Flows in Urban Channels: Model and Experimental Evaluation,” in Proceedings of IEEE Infocom 2010, San Diego, CA, March 2010.
J. Shi, E. Aryafar, T. Salonidis, and E. Knightly, “Synchronized CSMA Contention: Model, Implementation and Evaluation,” in Proceedings of IEEE Infocom 2009, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 2009.
E. Aryafar, O. Gurewitz, and E. Knightly, “Distance-1 Constrained Channel Assignment in Single Radio Wireless Mesh Networks,” in Proceedings of IEEE Infocom 2008, Phoenix, AZ, April 2008.

▾ Journal Publications

H. Hosseini, A. Almutairi, S. M. Hashir, E. Aryafar, and J. Camp, "An Experimental Study on Beamforming Architecture and Full-Duplex Wireless Across Two Operational Outdoor Massive MIMO Networks," in Elsevier Performance Evaluation Journal, November 2024.
A. K. Oladeinde, E. Aryafar, and B. Pejcinovic, "MmWave Tx-Rx Self-Interference Suppression through a High Impedance Surface Stacked EBG," in MDPI Electronics Journal, August 2024.
A. Almutairi, A. Keshavarz-Haddad, and E. Aryafar, "A Deep Learning Framework for Blockage Mitigation and Duration Prediction in mmWave Wireless Networks," in Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks Journal, September 2024.
S. M. Hashir, S. Gupta, G. Megson, E. Aryafar, and J. Camp, "Rate Maximization in a UAV Based Full-Duplex Multi-User Communication Network Using Multi-Objective Optimization," in MDPI Electronics Journal, January 2022.
G. Megson, S. Gupta, S. M. Hashir, E. Aryafar, and J. Camp, "An Experiment-Based Comparison Between Fully Digital and Hybrid Beamforming Radio Architectures for Many-Antenna Full-Duplex Wireless Communication," in MDPI Electronics Journal, December 2021.
M. Gapeyenko, A. Samuylov, M. Gerasimenko, D. Moltchanov, S. Singh, M. R. Akdeniz, E. Aryafar, S. Andreev, N. Himayat, and Y. Koucheryavy, "Spatially-Consistent Human Body Blockage Modeling: A State Generation Procedure," in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, September 2020.
Y. Du, Y. Shi, E. Aryafar, P. Cui, J. Camp, and M. Chiang, "SAMU: Design and Implementation of Frequency Selectivity-Aware Multiuser MIMO for WLANs," in EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, December 2018.
M. Gapeyenko, A. Samuylov, M. Gerasimenko, D. Moltchanov, S. Singh, M. R. Akdeniz, E. Aryafar, N. Himayat, S. Andreev, and Y. Koucheryavy, "On the Temporal Effects of Mobile Blockers in Urban Millimeter-Wave Cellular Scenarios," in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, September 2017.
A. Keshavarz-Haddad, E. Aryafar, M. Wang, and M. Chiang, "HetNets Selection by Clients: Convergence, Efficiency, and Practicality," in IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, February 2017.
M. Wang, J. Chen, E. Aryafar, and M. Chiang, "A Survey of Client Controlled HetNets for 5G," in IEEE Access, Special Section: Internet of Things (IoT) in 5G Wireless Communications, November 2016.
E. Aryafar, T. Salonidis, J. Shi, and E. Knightly, “Synchronized CSMA Contention: Model, Implementation and Evaluation,” in IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, October 2013.
E. Aryafar, M. A. Khojastepour, K. Sundaresan, S. Rangarajan, and E. Knightly, “ADAM: An Adaptive Beamforming System for Multicasting in Wireless LANs,” in IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, October 2013.
J. Camp, E. Aryafar, and E. Knightly, “Coupled 802.11 Flows in Urban Channels: Model and Experimental Evaluation,” in IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, October 2012.

▾ Workshops, Demos, and Short Conference Papers

G. Megson and E. Aryafar, “Many-Antenna Full-Duplex with Fully Digital and Hybrid Beamforming Radios,” in Proceedings of IEEE APWC, Honolulu, HI, August 2021.
A. K. Oladeinde*, E. Aryafar, and B. Pejcinovic, “MmWave Full-Duplex Wireless Communication: TX-RX Self-Interference Reduction Through Passive Cancellation Techniques,” in Proceedings of IEEE APWC, Honolulu, HI, August 2021.
N. Bulusu, E. Aryafar, and F. Liu, “Towards Adaptive, Self-Configuring Networked Unmanned Aerial Vehicles,” in the 7th Workshop on Micro Aerial Vehicle Networks, Systems, and Applications (Dronet ’21), Virtual, WI, June 2021.
X. Li, S. Gomena, L. Ballard, J. Li, E. Aryafar, and C. Joe-Wong, “A Community Platform for Research on Pricing and Distributed Machine Learning,” in Proceedings of IEEE ICDCS, Singapore, December 2020.
S. Yerabolu, S. Gomena, E. Aryafar, and C. Joe-Wong, “An Edge Computing Marketplace for Distributed Machine Learning,” in Proceedings of ACM SIGCOMM (SIGCOMM Posters and Demos), Beijing, China, August 2019.
S. Yerabolu, S. Kim, S. Gomena, X. Li, R. Patel, S. Bhise, and E. Aryafar, “DeepMarket: An Edge Computing Marketplace with Distributed TensorFlow Execution Capability,” in IEEE ECOFEC (ECOnomics of Fog, Edge, and Cloud Computing) Workshop 2019, Paris, France, April 2019.
O. Bejerano, S. Miskovic, E. Aryafar, and E. Knightly, “TFA: A Large Scale Urban Mesh Network for Social and Network Research,” in ACM S3 Workshop 2010, Chicago, IL, September 2010.
N. Anand, E. Aryafar, and E. Knightly, “WARPLab: A Flexible Framework for Rapid Physical Layer Design,” in ACM S3 Workshop 2010, Chicago, IL, September 2010.

▾ Technical Reports

E. Aryafar, A. Keshavarz-Haddad, and C. Joe-Wong, "Proportional Fair RAT Aggregation in HetNets," extended version of the ITC 2019 conference paper (also available at arXiv:1906.00284), June 2019.

▾ Patents

O. Orhan, E. Aryafar, B. Carlton, N. Himayat, C. Hull, N. Naderi, H. Nikopour, S. Pallerano, M. Rahman, S. Talwar, and J. Zhu "Non-Orthogonal Multiple-Access and Multi-Finger Beamforming," filing number PCT/US2018/041813, July 2018.
J. Schreck, N. Himayat, H. Nikopour, F. Xue, E. Aryafar, O. Orhan, M. R. Akdeniz, W. Lee, and J. Zhu "Managemnt of MIMO Communication Systems," filing number PCT/US2018/030250, April 2018.
J. Zhu, N. Himayat, C. Li, S. Sirotkin, C. Yiu, and E. Aryafar, "Advanced Radio Resource Management in Next-Gen Multihop Relaying Cellular Network," filing number PCT/US2018/023898, March 2018.
J. Zhu, S. Singh, C. Yiu, N. Himayat, and E. Aryafar, "Mobility Enhancements for Intra-Cell and Inter-Cell Mobility in Wireless Communication Systems," filing number PCT/US17/46154, August 2017.
N. Himayat, S. Singh, J. Zhu, C. Yin, U. Phuyal, A. Sirotkin, and E. Aryafar, "LTE-Assisted Beam Acquisition for 60 GHz WLAN Access," filing number PCT/US2017/030223, April 2017.
S. Singh, N. Himayat, and E. Aryafar, "Multi-Cell Multi-Beam Adaptation Techniques," filing number PCT/US2017/030007, April 2017.
S. Singh, N. Himayat, J. Zhu, W. Lee, and E. Aryafar, "Beam Prediction and Adaptation for Blockage Mitigation," filing number PCT/US2017/025687, April 2017.
E. Aryafar, C. Cordeiro, S. Singh, J. Zhu, W. Lee, N. Himayat, A. Sirotkin, C. Yiu, and U. Phuyal, "Resource Allocation Techniques for Beamforming Training," filing number PCT/US2016/394509, December 2016.
E. Aryafar, J. Zhu, S. Singh, M. Akdeniz, W. Lee, and N. Himayat, "Method for LoS-nLoS State Identification in mmWave Sector Sweep," filing number PCT/US2016/066565, December 2016.
W. Lee, E. Aryafar, S. Singh, J. Zhu, S. -P. Yeh, N. Himayat, and S. Talwar, "Shared-Channel Access Control in Beamforming Architecture," filing number PCT/US2016/065891, December 2016.
J. Zhu, S. Singh, E. Aryafar, N. Himayat, W. Lee, and M. Akdeniz, "Beamforming for Blockage Detection Signal," filing number PCT/US2016/068744, December 2016.
E. Aryafar, S. Singh, W. Lee, J. Zhu, S. Yeh, N. Himayat, and S. Talwar, "Power Control in mmWave Connection Initiation," filing number PCT/US2016/383305, December 2016.
S. Singh, J. Zhu, N. Himayat, W. Lee, and E. Aryafar, "Blockage Detection for AP Services," filing number PCT/US2016/053084, September 2016.
J. Zhu, N. Himayat, W. Lee, S. Singh, and E. Aryafar, "Multi-Connectivity Support and Fast Cell Switching for mmWave Cellular Radio Access Technologies," filing number PCT/US16/42134, July 2016.
J. Zhu, E. Aryafar, S. Singh, N. Himayat, and W. Lee, "Two-Tier Sector RF Beamforming Adaptation," filing number PCT/US2016/041389, July 2016.
E. Aryafar, S. Singh, W. Lee, J. Zhu, S. -P. Yeh, and N. Himayat, "Very Fast Joint Base Station (BS) and User Equipment (UE) Beam adaptation in Millimeter Wave (mmWave) Cellular Systems," filing number PCT/US2016/38959, June 2016.
J. Zhu, N. Himayat, S. Singh, W. Lee, E. Aryafar, and S. -P. Yeh, "Hybrid Sector-Sweep-Based Initial Acquisition Procedures for mmWave Cellular Radio Access Networks," filing number PCT/US2016/039062, June 2016.
S. Singh, E. Aryafar, W. B. Lee, J. Zhu, N. Himayat, and S. -P. Yeh, "Load Aware Dynamic Random Access Channel (RACH) Design," filing number PCT/US2016/033871, May 2016.
E. Aryafar, P. Wang, N. Himayat, and S. Talwar, "In-Band Full Duplex Relay to Enhance Uplink Performance in Heterogeneous Networks," filing number PCT/US16/33359, May 2016.
R. Doostnejad, J. Zhu, E. Aryafar, N. Himayat, and S. Talwar, "Fast Directional Cell Acquisition and Differential Beam Tracking in Millimeter-Wave Cellular System with Hybrid Beamforming Architecture," filing number PCT/US2015/067493, December 2015.
E. Aryafar, S. Singh, N. Himayat, and S. Talwar, "Systems and Methods for Distributed Fair Resource Allocation in Multi Radio Access Technology Based Heterogeneous Networks," filing number PCT/US2015/067148, December 2015.
E. Aryafar, M. Park, P. Wang, and S. Talwar, "Client-Driven Dynamic Channel Adaptation in Wireless Networking," filing number 14/975,165, December 2015.
E. Aryafar, P. Wang, P.-K. Huang, and S. Talwar, "Leveraging Full Duplex for Rate Adaptation in Wireless LANs," filing number 14/751,945, June 2015.
E. Aryafar, R. Doostnejad, and S. Talwar, "Systems and Methods for Interference Mitigation in Full Duplex Wireless Communications," filing number 14/498,526, October 2014.
E. Aryafar, Y. S. Choi, M. Park, and S. Talwar, "Systems and Methods For Rate Adaptation in Full Duplex Wireless Communication," filing number 14/491,224, September 2014.
K. D. Dimou, E. Aryafar, and S. Talwar, "User Station Supporting A Communication Service And Method For Selecting Duplex Mode For The Service," filing number 14/317,065, June 2014.
E. Aryafar, R. Doostnejad, and S. Talwar, "Spatial Multiple Access Uplink For Wireless Local Area Networks," filing number PCT/US2014/041858, June 2014.
Y. S. Choi, E. Aryafar, and S. Talwar, "Interference Cancellation For Signals Having The Same Radio Frequency Carrier And Transmitted At The Same Time," filing number PCT/US2014/036966, May 2014.
E. Aryafar, Y. S. Choi, and S. Talwar, "A Method For Embedding Control Information In Data Packets," filing number PCT/US2013/76782, December 2013.

▾ My Students' Theses

A. Almutairi, “A Deep Learning Framework for Blockage Mitigation in mmWave Wireless,” Ph.D. Thesis, Portland State University, 2024.
S. Kim, “Design and Experimental Evaluation of DeepMarket: An Edge Computing Marketplace with Distributed TensorFlow Execution Capability,” M.S. Thesis, Portland State University, 2019.

▾ My Own Theses

E. Aryafar, “Experimental and Analytical Evaluation of Multi-User Beamforming in Wireless LANs,” Ph.D. Thesis, Rice University, June 2011.
E. Aryafar, “Distance-1 Constrained Channel Assignment in Single Radio Wireless Mesh Networks,” M.S. Thesis, Rice University, December 2007.

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