Urbashi Mitra's Publications

Recent Conference Papers

[C70] M. Vajapeyam, J. Geng, and U. Mitra, Space-time modulation design using union bounds and indecomposability, IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Yokohama Japan, June 2003.

[C69] E. Aktas and U. Mitra, Adaptive Blind Decoding of Unitary Space-Time Constellations in ISI Channels , IEEE ICC, Anchorage AK, May 2003.

[C68] S.-H. Wu, U. Mitra and C. C. Kuo, Performance analysis of Multistage BLUE/MMSE Receivers for DS-CDMA in Frequency Selective Fading, IEEE ICC, Anchorage AK, May 2003.

[C67] S.-H. Wu, U. Mitra and C. C. Kuo, Joint Channel Estimation and Multiuser Detection for Multipath Fading Channels in DS-CDMA Systems, IEEE ICC, Anchorage AK, May 2003.

[C66] R. Nowak and U. Mitra, Boundary Estimation in Sensor Networks: Theory and Methods , Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN '03), Palo Alto, CA, April 2003.

[C65] M. Akar and U. Mitra, Joint downlink power and handoff control using a hybrid systems framework, IEEE/ACM 2003 Infocom, San Francisco, CA, April 2003.

[C64] S.-H. Wu, U. Mitra and C. C. Kuo, Performance Analysis of a Class of Multistage DS-CDMA Receivers for Multipath Channels, IEEE Information Theory Workshop, Paris, France, April 2003.


Journal Papers
Reduced Rank Methods

W. Chen, U. Mitra, and P. Schniter, On the equivalence of three reduced rank linear estimators with applications to DS-CDMA, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 48, no. 9 , September 2002, pp. 2609--2614.

Multirate/Multimedia Systems

A. Sabharwal, U. Mitra and R. Moses, MMSE Receivers for Multirate DS-CDMA Systems, IEEE Transactions on Communications,vol. 49, no. 12, December 2001 pp. 2184--2197.

R. Srinivasan, U. Mitra and R. Moses, Design and Analysis of Receiver Filters for Multiple Chip-Rate DS-CDMA Systems, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas of Communication, issue on Global Spread Spectrum Communications, vol. 17, no.12, December 1999, pp. 2096--2109.

J. Chen and U. Mitra, Optimum Near-Far Resistance for Dual-Rate DS/CDMA Signals: Random Signature Sequence Analysis, IEEE Transactions on information Theory, vol. 45, no. 7, November 1999, pp. 2434--2447.

J. Chen and U. Mitra, Analysis of Decorrelator-based Receivers for Multi-rate CDMA Communications, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 48, no. 6, November 1999, pp.1966--1983. %December 1996, revised August 1998.

U. Mitra, Comparison of ML-based Detection for Two Multi-rate Access Schemes for CDMA Signals, IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 47, no.1, January 1999, pp.64--77.


Wireless Resource Allocation M. Akar, U. Mitra, and U. Ozguner, Optimization Problems for a Class of Switching Systems with Applications to Wireless Systems, to appear, International Journal of Intelligent Control and Systems.

M. Akar and U. Mitra, Variations on Optimal and Suboptimal Handoff Algorithms for Cellular Systems, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas of Communications, Wireless Series. vol. 18, no. 6, June 2001, pp. 1173--1185.

Subspace and Blind Methods

Z. Pi and U. Mitra, On Blind Timing Acquisition and Channel Estimation for Wideband Multiuser DS-CDMA Systems, Journal of VLSI Signal Processing Systems, February 2002, vol. 30, Issue 1-3, (invited paper).

W. Chen and U. Mitra, An Improved Blind Adaptive MMSE Receiver for Fast Fading DS-CDMA Channels, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas of Communication, Special Issue on Multiuser Detection Techniques with Application to Wired and Wireless Communication Systems I, vol. 19, no. 8, August 2001, pp. 1531--1543.

E. Aktas and U. Mitra, Reduced Complexity Subspace Based Blind Identification for DS/CDMA Systems, IEEE Transactions on Communications. vol. 48, no. 8, August 2000, pp. 1392--1404.

C. Escudero, U. Mitra and D. Slock, A Toeplitz Displacement Method for Blind Multipath Estimation for Long Code DS/CDMA Signals, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 49, no. 3, March 2001, pp. 654--665.

C. J. Escudero, L. Castedo, and U. Mitra, A Modified CMA Equalizer for Length Dependent Local Minima Removal, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 47, no.2, February 1999, pp. 540--544.

L.-C. Chu and U. Mitra, Analysis of MUSIC-based Delay Estimators for DS/CDMA Systems, IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 47, no. 1, January 1999, pp. 133--138.


Methods for Imperfect CSI L.-C. Chu and U. Mitra, Performance Analysis of the Improved MMSE Multi-user Receiver for Mismatched Delay Channels, IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 46, no. 10, pp. 1369--1380. October 1998.

Channel Estimation

E. Aktas and U. Mitra, Single User Sparse Channel Acquisition in Multiuser DS-CDMA Systems, IEEE Transactions on Communications, accepted for publication.

G. Caire and U. Mitra, Structured multiuser channel estimation for block-synchronous DS/CDMA, IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 49, no. 9, September 2001, pp. 1605 --1617.

E. Ertin, U. Mitra, and S. Siwamogsatham, Maximum-Likelihood Based Multipath Channel Estimation for Code-Division Multiple-Access Systems, IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 49, no. 2, February, 2001, pp. 290--302.

W. Chen and U. Mitra, Training Sequence Optimization: Comparisons, Observations and New Criteria, IEEE Transactions on Communications. vol. 48, no. 12, December 2000, pp. 1987--1991.

Adaptive Algorithms U. Mitra and H. V. Poor, An Adaptive Decorrelating Detector for Synchronous CDMA Channels, IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 44, No. 2, February 1996, pp. 257--268.

U. Mitra and H. V. Poor, Adaptive Receiver Algorithms for Near-Far Resistant CDMA, IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 43, No. 2/3/4, Part III, February/March/April 1995, pp. 1713--1724.

U. Mitra and H. V. Poor, Adaptive Decorrelating Detectors for CDMA Systems, Wireless Personal Communications,December 1995, Vol. 2, pp. 265--290.

U. Mitra and H. V. Poor, Adaptive Receiver Algorithms for Near-Far Resistant CDMA, IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 43, No. 2/3/4, Part III, February/March/April 1995, pp. 1713--1724.

U. Mitra and H. V. Poor, Neural Network Techniques for Adaptive Multi-user Demodulation, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas of Communications, Issue on Intelligent Communications Systems, Vol. 12, No. 9, December 1994, pp. 1460--1470.


Miscellaneous U. Mitra and H. V. Poor, Activity Detection in a Multi-user Environment, Wireless Personal Communications, special issue on ``Signal Separation and Interference Cancellation for Personal, Indoor and Mobile radio Communications,'' 1996, Vol. 3, pp.149--174.

A. Nieminen, Y. Neuvo, A. V\"arri, and U. Mitra, Algorithms for Real Time Trend Detection, Signal Processing, Vol. 18, September, 1989, pp. 1-15.


Book Chapters

U. Mitra, Spread Spectrum to appear in Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology, 3rd edition, L. B. Milstein (Communications Section Editor), Academic Press, September 2001.

U. Mitra, Adaptive Spread Spectrum Receivers to appear in Encyclopedia of Telecommunications, J. G. Proakis (Telecommunications Volume Editor), John Wiley \& Sons, to appear 2001/2002.


Refereed Conference Papers

[C63]E. Aktas and U. Mitra, Blind Equalization and Decoding for Unitary Space-Time Modulations, 36th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, November, 2002.

[C62] J. Geng, M. Vajapeyam, and U. Mitra, Distance Spectrum of Space-Time Block Codes: A Union Bound Point of View, 36th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, November, 2002.

[C61] S.-H. Wu, U. Mitra and C. C. Kuo, Multi-stage MMSE/MOE receivers for frequency selective fading channels in DS-CDMA systems, IEEE Global Communications Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, November 2002.

[C60] W. Chen and U. Mitra, An enhanced correlation matrix estimation scheme for blind adaptive MMSE receiver, IEEE International Conference on Communications, New York, NY, June 2002, vol. 2,pp. 699--703.

[C59] M. Akar and U. Mitra, Interference management in soft handoff algorithm design, Conference Information Sciences and Systems, Princeton, NJ, March 2002.

[C58] E. Aktas and U. Mitra, CMA Based Equalization for Unitary Space-Time Modulation, Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, Princeton, NJ, March 2002.

[C57] E. Aktas and U. Mitra Semi-blind Channel Estimation for WCDMA Systems with Parallel Data and Pilot Signals, Proceedings 2001 IEEE Globecom, San Antonio, TX, November 2001.

[C56] W. Chen and U. Mitra, An Improved Blind Adaptive MMSE Receiver for Fast Fading DS-CDMA Channels, Proceedings 2001 IEEE Globecom, San Antonio, TX, November 2001.

[C55] Y. Mohasseb, U. Mitra, and M. P. Fitz, Bounding the Performance of a Narrow Band MUD Receiver, Proceedings 2001 IEEE Globecom, San Antonio, TX, November 2001.

[C54] J. Geng and U. Mitra, Optimal Space-Time Block Codes for Reduced Complexity DS-CDMA Decoders, Proceedings 2001 Asilomar Conference, Monterey, CA, November 2001 ( invited paper).

[C53] M. Liu, W.-C. Feng, U. Mitra and M. T. Liu, Managing code assignment in multi-code CDMA wireless networks for the delivery of H.263 video streams, Proceedings 2001 International Conference on Computer Networks and Mobile Computing , October 2001, Beijing, China, pp.473--478.

[C52] W. Chen and U. Mitra, On Reduced Rank Detection Schemes for DS-CDMA Communication Systems, Proceedings 2001 IEEE Milcom, (invited paper) McClean, VA, October 2001.

[C51] M. Akar and U. Mitra, Design of soft handoff algorithms for cellular communications, Proceedings of SPIE ITCOM 2001, Denver, CO, August, 2001.

[C50] E. Aktas and U. Mitra, Data Aided Multipath Delay Estimation for Downlink DS-CDMA Proceedings of 2001 IEEE ICC, Helsinki, Finland, June 2001.

[C49] A. Sharma and U. Mitra, Blind Rate Detection for Multirate UMTS DS-CDMA Signals Proceedings of 2001 IEEE ICC, Helsinki, Finland, June 2001.

[C48] Z. Pi and U. Mitra, QR Decomposition based Blind Channel Acquisition and Estimation for DS-CDMA Proceedings of 2001 IEEE ICC, Helsinki, Finland, June 2001.

[C47] W. Chen and U. Mitra, Comparison of Reduced Rank Detection Schemes for CDMA Systems, Proceedings of 2001 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Washington, DC, June 2001.

[C46] J. Geng, U. Mitra, and M. Fitz, Space-Time Block Codes in Multipath CDMA Systems, Proceedings of 2001 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Washington, DC, June 2001.

[C45] E. Aktas and U. Mitra, Sparse Channel Estimation in Multiuser Systems with Bandwidth Efficient Signaling, Proceedings of International Union of Radio Science, National Radio Science Meeting, Boulder, CO, January 2001.

[C44] M. Akar and U. Mitra, Implementations of Suboptimal Handoff Algorithms for Wireless Communication Systems, Proceedings of 2000 IEEE Globecom, November 2000.

[C43] A. Sabharwal and U. Mitra, Channel Estimation for Multirate DS-CDMA Systems, Proceedings of 2000 Asilomar Conference, Monterey, CA, October 2000 ( invited paper).

[C42] J. Geng, U. Mitra and M. P. Fitz, Optimal Space-Time Block Codes for CDMA Systems, Proceedings of Milcom 2000, Los Angeles, CA, October 2000 ( invited paper).

[C41] Z. Pi and U. Mitra Performance Analysis of Subspace based Synchronization Algorithms for Multi-rate DS-CDMA Systems, Proceedings of 2000 Allerton Conference, Monticello, IL, October 2000 (invited paper).

[C40] M. Akar and U. Mitra, Optimal Handoff Control: Incorporating Handoff Delay, Proceedings of 2000 IEEE WCNC, September 2000.

[C39] J. Geng, L.-C. Chu, U. Mitra and M. P. Fitz, Coding and Decoding Algorithms for CDMA Space-Time Block Codes, Proceedings of IEEE ISIT 2000, Sorrento Italy, June 2000, p. 336.

[C38] M. Akar, U. Mitra and U. Ozguner, Optimal control for a class of switching systems, Proceedings of IEEE 2000 American Control Conference, Chicago, IL, June 2000, vol.4, pp. 2697--2701 .

[C37] W. Chen and U. Mitra, Frequency Domain versus Time Domain based Training Sequence Optimization, Proceedings of Communication Theory Mini-Conference, 2000 IEEE International Conference on Communications, New Orleans, June 2000, vol. 2, pp. 646-650.

[C36] Z. Pi and U. Mitra, Blind Synchronization Algorithms for Multi-rate DS-CDMA Systems, Proceedings of the 2000 International Conference on Telecommunications, Acapulco, Mexico, May 2000 (invited paper).

[C35] A. Sabharwal, U. Mitra, and R. Moses, Low Complexity MMSE Receivers for Multirate DS-CDMA Systems, Proceedings of the 2000 Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, Princeton, NJ, March 2000, vol. 1, pp. TA3-18.

[C34] E. Aktas and U. Mitra, Single user sparse channel acquisition for DS/CDMA, Proceedings of the 2000 Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, Princeton, NJ, March 2000, vol. 1, pp. WA1-1.

[C33] R. Vijayakumar, U. Mitra and K. Wasserman, Stability of CDMA Packet Networks with Fixed and Adaptive MMSE Receivers, Proceedings of the 1999 Asilomar Conference, Monterey, CA, October 1999, vol. 1, pp. 197-201 (invited paper).

[C32] G. Caire and U. Mitra, Training Sequence-Based Multiuser Channel Estimation for Block-Synchronous DS/CDMA, Proceedings of the 37th Allerton Conference , Monticello, IL, September 1999 (invited paper).

[C31] L.-C. Chu and U. Mitra, Trellis-Based Multiuser Detection for DS-CDMA Systems in Mismatched Asynchronous Flat-Fading Channels, Proceedings of the IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, New Orleans LA, September 1999, vol. 3, pp. 1134--1138.

[C30] A. Sabharwal, U. Mitra and R. Moses, Cyclic Wiener Filtering Based Multirate DS/CDMA Receivers, Proceedings of the IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, New Orleans LA, September 1999, vol.3, pp. 1129--1134.

[C29] J. Chen and U. Mitra, A Decorrelating Decision-Feedback Detector for Dual Rate Synchronous DS/CDMA Communications, Proceedings of the IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, New Orleans LA, September 1999.

[C28] C. Escudero, U. Mitra and D. Slock, Blind Channel Estimation for DS-CDMA with Long Codes, Proceedings of the Bayona Workshop on Emerging Technologies in Telecommunications, Bayona, Spain, September 1999.

[C27] L.-C. Chu and U. Mitra, Approximated Maximum Likelihood Detection for DS-CDMA Channels with Tracking Errors, Proceedings of the Conference on Information Science and Systems, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD, March 1999, pp. 638--643. (invited paper).

[C26] G. Caire and U. Mitra, Pilot-aided Adaptive MMSE Receivers for DS/CDMA, Proceedings of IEEE ICC, Vancouver, BC, June 1999, vol.1, pp. 57--62.

[C25] G. Caire and U. Mitra, Training Sequence Design for Adaptive Equalization of Multi-user Systems, Proceedings of the Asilomar Conference, Monterey, CA, November 1998 , vol.2 , pp. 1479--1483. (invited paper).

[C24] E. Ertin, U. Mitra, and S. Siwamogsatham, Iterative Techniques for DS/CDMA Multipath Channel Estimation, Proceedings of the 1999 Allerton Conference, Allerton, IL, September 1998, pp. 772--781.

[C23] J. Chen and U. Mitra, Random Sequence Analysis of Optimum Near-Far Resistance in a Variable Chipping Rate Dual-Rate CDMA System, Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, MIT, Cambridge MA, August 1998, p. 120. %pp.

[C22] E. Aktas and U. Mitra, Blind Channel Estimation for Multiuser CDMA Systems, Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE International Conference on Communications, Atlanta, GA, June 1998, vol. 2, pp. 1064 --1068.

[C21] U. Mitra and D. Slock, On Blind Identification for DS/CDMA Communications, Proceedings of the Eighth IEEE Digital Signal Processing Workshop, Bryce Canyon UT, August 1998, 4 pp., ( invited paper).

[C20] R. Srinivasan, U. Mitra, Frequency-based Rate Separatation for Dual-Rate CDMA Signals, and R. Moses, Proceedings of the Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, Princeton University, Princeton NJ, March 1998, vol. 1, pp. 163-- 168.

[C19] L.-C. Chu and U. Mitra, Improving DS-CDMA Signal Reception in Delay Mismatched Channels, Symposium on Interference Rejection and Signal Separation in Wireless Communications, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, March 1998.

[C18] J. Chen and U. Mitra, MMSE Receivers for Dual-Rate DS/CDMA Systems: Random Signature Sequence Analysis, Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE Globecom Communication Theory Mini-Conference, Phoenix, AZ, November 1997, pp. 139 --143.

[C17] L.-C. Chu and U. Mitra, Further Analysis of MUSIC-based Delay Estimators for DS-CDMA Systems, Proceedings of the 1997 Allerton Conference, Allerton, IL, September 1997, pp. 330 --339.

[C16] C. J. Escudero, U. Mitra, and L. Castedo, Removal of length dependent local minima in CMA equalizers, {COST 254, European Workshop on Emerging Techniques for Communication Terminals, Toulouse, France, July 1997.

[C15] U. Mitra, Comparative Study of Maximum Likelihood Detection for Two Multi-rate DS/CDMA Systems, Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Ulm, Germany, July 1997, p. 352.

[C14] U. Mitra, D. Slock, and C. Escudero, Blind Identification Schemes for Multi-channel DS/SS Systems, Proceedings of the 1997 Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD, March 1997, pp. 696--701.

[C13] L.-C. Chu and U. Mitra, Performance Analysis of the Improved MMSE Multi-user Receiver for Mismatched Delay Channels, Proceedings of the 1997 Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD, March 1997, pp. 474--479.

[C12] U. Mitra, Observations on Jointly Optimal Detection for Multi-rate DS/CDMA Systems, Proceedings of the 4th IEEE Communication Theory Mini-Conference, Globecom'96, London, UK, November, 1996, pp.116--120.

[C11] J. Chen and U. Mitra, Further Results for Multi-Rate Decorrelators for Synchronous DS/CDMA Systems, Proceedings of the 34th Annual Allerton Conference, Monticello, IL, October 1996, pp. 170--179.

[C10] L.-C. Chu and U. Mitra, Improved MMSE-based Multi-user Detectors for Mismatched Delay Channels, Proceedings of the Thirtieth Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, Princeton, NJ, March 1996, vol. 1, pp. 326--331.

[C9] U. Mitra and H. V. Poor, Detection of Spread-Spectrum Signals for Linear Multi-User Receivers, Proceedings of the 1995 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Whistler, British Columbia, September 1995, p. 318.

[C8] U. Mitra and H. V. Poor, Adaptive Decorrelating Detectors for CDMA Communications, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Communications, Seattle, WA, June 1995, vol. 2, pp. 1075--1079.

[C7] U. Mitra and H. V. Poor, Detection of Spread-Spectrum Signals in a Multi-user Environment, Proceedings of the 1995 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, Detroit, MI, May 1995, pp. 1844--1847.

[C6] U. Mitra and H. V. Poor, A Projection Based Adaptive Decorrelating Detector for Synchronous CDMA Channels, Proceedings of the Twenty-eighth Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, Princeton University, Princeton NJ, March 1994, pp. 1004--1009.

[C5] U. Mitra and H. V. Poor, Analysis of an Adaptive Decorrelating Detector for Synchronous CDMA Channels, Proceedings of the Seventh IEE European Conference on Mobile Radio and Personal Communications, Brighton, UK, December 1993, pp. 155-160.

[C4] U. Mitra and H. V. Poor, Neural Networks in Adaptive Multi-user Detection, Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference in Advances in Communications and Control, Rhodes, Greece, June 1993, pp. 660-673 ( invited paper).

[C3] U. Mitra and H. V. Poor, Neural Network Techniques for Multi-user Demodulation, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Neural Networks, San Francisco, CA, March 1993, pp. 1538-1543.

[C2] U. Mitra and H. V. Poor, Adaptive Receiver Algorithms for Near-Far Resistant CDMA, Proceedings of the Third IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, Boston, MA, October 1992, pp. 639-644.

[C1] A. Nieminen, Y. Neuvo, A. Varri, and U. Mitra, Algorithms for Real Time Trend Detection, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, New York, NY, April 1988, pp. 1530-1533.



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