Dr Upul Gunawardana

• Biography
• Areas of Research/Teaching Expertise
• Grants/Current Projects
• Publications
• Contact

Biography

Upul obtained a BSc (Eng) (Hons 1) from the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka in 1990, MSEE and PhD from the University of Missouri-Rolla, USA in 1993 and 1999 respectively. Before joining UWS, he was with Philips Personal Communications as a member of their Technical Staff in 1998 and then with Motorola Personal Communication Systems Research Labs in New Jersey as a Staff Engineer from 1998 to January 2001. From 2001 to 2003, he was employed with Bell Laboratories of Lucent Technologies.

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Areas of Research/Teaching Expertise

300057 Signals and Systems
300007 Communication Systems
300027 Engineering Computing
300513 Engineering Software Applications

Upul's research expertise are in communication theory, signal processing, and modelling of communication systems. Currently, he is working on efficient simulation algorithms for wireless communication systems. He is also working on power line communication and energy metering related research projects.

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Grants/Current Projects

College Infrastructure Grant for high performance computing platform, $23000, 2006.

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Publications

Nguyen, KC., Gunawardana, U., Liyana-Pathirana, R. "Fast simulation of space-time block codes concatenated with convolutional codes over quasi-static Rayleigh fading channels". Electronics Letters Volume 44, Issue 3, January 31 2008 Page(s):219-220.

Gunawardana, U., Nguyen, KC., Liyana-Pathirana, R. "Fast simulation of turbo codes over AWGN channels". Communications and Information Technologies, 2007. ISCIT '07. International Symposium on 17-19 Oct. 2007 Page(s):1176-1181.

Gunawardana, U., Nguyen, K. "Efficient Simulation of Space-Time Block Codes and Concatenated Convolutional Codes over Quasi-static Fading Channels". 8th Australian Communications Theory Workshop 2007, February 2007.

Barry, M., Gunawardana, HU., Li., YC., Van den Beld, K. "Method of forming a coded composite transport channel for downlink transmissions". US Patent 7352723, Issued on April 1, 2008.

Nguyen, KC., Gunawardana, U., Liyana-Pathirana, R. "Fixed-point performance of space-time turbo trellis codes on fast fading channels". Communications and Information Technologies, 2007. ISCIT '07. International Symposium on
17-19 Oct. 2007 Page(s):1187-1190.

Nguyen, KC., Gunawardana, U., Liyana-Pathirana, R. "Optimization of sliding window algorithm for space-time turbo trellis codes". Communications and Information Technologies, 2007. ISCIT '07. International Symposium on
17-19 Oct. 2007 Page(s):1182-1186.

Nguyen, KC., Gunawardana, U., Liyana-Pathirana, R. "Fixed-Point Performance of Space-Time Turbo Trellis Coded Modulation". TENCON 2006. 2006 IEEE Region 10 Conference, 14-17 November 2006.

Nguyen, KC., Philipsz, R., Gunawardana, U., Liyana-Pathirana, R. "Importance Sampling Simulation of Orthogonal Space-Time Block Coded Systems". TENCON 2006. 2006 IEEE Region 10 Conference, November 2006.

Conti, PG., Gunawardana U. "LA Codes Revisited". Australian Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference, 2003.

Conti, PG., Gunawardana, U., Liyana-Pathirana, R.
"On the Performance of Walsh-LS Codes in CDMA Systems". TENCON 2005 2005 IEEE Region 10, November 2005 Page(s):1-4.

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