Research areas:

Performance evaluation and resource optimisation in 5G/6G networks and Internet of Things (IoT)

Recent industry projects:

- "Unleashing Opportunities in Vietnam Innovation Ecosystem for Technology-based SMEs" project funded by DFAT

- "Digital transformation for management of disaster responses, search, and rescue" project funded by DFAT

- "UTS Rapido Vietnam" project funded by DFAT

- "Ubiquitous Communications for 5G Networks" project funded by Intel Corporation

- "Technical Debt" project funded by NBN

- "5G Dynamic Spectrum Sharing" project funded by Intel Corporation


PhD students under my supervision (since 2012):

Ms Hasini Abeywickrama (Engineer at Ericsson) - Thesis title: "Energy Efficient Deployment of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Wireless Communication Systems" (2020)

Dr Antonio Cristo Suarez Rodrigez (Engineer at Morse Micro) - Thesis title: "Research on Radio Environment Maps for Mobility Management in 5G Networks" (2020)

Dr Shubhekshya Basnet (IP Australia)- Thesis title: "Spectrum Sharing and Coexistence in Future Wireless Networks" (2019)

Dr Qingqing Cheng (Researcher at UNSW) - Thesis title: "Secure and Efficient Dynamic Spectrum Access Solutions for Future Wireless Networks" (2019)

Dr Noman Haider (Lecturer at Victoria University) - Thesis title: "Dynamic Spectrum Sharing and Coexistence with Full-Duplex Device-To-Device Communications in 5G Networks" (2019)

Dr Yi Zhong (Academic at Beijing Institute of Technology) - Thesis title: "Research into Target Recognition Techniques based on Device-Free Sensing Approach" (2019)

Dr Meriam Gay Bautista (Researcher at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) - Thesis title: "Miniaturized On-Chip Passive Devices for Millimetre-Wave Applications in Bi-CMOS Technology" (2019)

Dr Anh Kha Vo (Researcher at University of Technology Sydney) - Thesis title: "Subject-Independent ERP-Based Brain-Computer Interface Using Adaptive and Ensemble Learning" (2018)

Dr Huiyang Wang (Researcher at Samsung, Beijing) - Thesis title: "Short-term spectrum sharing witch economic awareness in 5G networks" (2017)

Dr Ying He (Senior Lecturer at University of Technology Sydney) - Thesis title:"Spectrum sharing in next generation wireless communications networks" (2017)

Dr Mohammad Mohammadi - Thesis title:"Reliable communications in Body Area Networks" (2016)

Dr Jie Zhou (Lecturer at Shihezi University, China) -Thesis title: "Research on key technologies in wireless communications based on evolutionary algorithms" (2016)

Dr Can Ding (Lecturer at University of Technology Sydney) - Thesis title: "Phased array antennas based on reconfigurable defected microstrip structure" (2016)

Dr Beeshanga Abewardana Jayawickrama (Senior Lecturer at University of Technology Sydney) - Thesis title: "On the usage of geolocation aware spectrum measurements in spectrum sharing" (2015)

Dr Jie Ding (Postdoc at Huazhong University of science and Technology, China) -Thesis title: "Ultra-wideband wireless body area network design and optimisation" (2015)

Dr Xianjun Yang (Fujitsu Labs in Beijing) - Thesis title: "Research on compressed sensing and its applications in wireless communications" (2015)

Dr Clare Xu - Thesis title "Novel positioning algorithms and node configuration optimisation for non-GPS wireless systems" (2013)

Dr Jin Lai (Engineer at Hewlett-Packard, Sydney) -Thesis title: "Optimizing spectrum sensing and access in overlay-based cognitive radio networks" (2013)

Dr Yiwei Yu -Thesis title: "Resource allocation for next generation wireless networks subject to inter-cell interference" (2013)

Dr Peiyuan Qin (Senior Lecturer at University of Technology Sydney) -Thesis title: "Study of reconfigurable antennas and their applications in MIMO systems" (2012)

Dr Changliang Zheng (Lecturer at Hangzhou Dianzi University, China) -Thesis title: "Design and analysis of routing and associated transmission schemes in cognitive radio networks" (2012)


Patents:

Accessing a communication channel using disparate communication systems, Y. He, M. D. Mueck, L. G. Baltar, M. Emara, M. Filippou, R. P. Liu, D. T. Hoang, D. Nguyen, E. Dutkiewicz, S. Srikathyayani, US20220086854A1, Filed January 2020 (Apple), Published March 2022.

Spectrum Access System (SAS) Spectrum Sharing with Fine-Grained Protection/Exclusion Zone Differentiation, M. Mueck, S. Srikanteswara, C. Drewes, B. A. Jayawickrama, Y. He, E. Dutkiewicz, Intel Provisional Patent Filed March 2018.

Spectrum Access System Spectrum Sharing: A Short Term Online Agreement, M. Mueck, H. Wang, D. Nguyen, E. Dutkiewicz, S. Srikanteswara, C. Drewes, Intel Provisional Patent Filed March 2018.

Methods and devices for shared spectrum allocation, M. D. Mueck, C. Drewes, E. Dutkiewicz, B. A. Jayawickrama, P. Rixon, G. Fang, M. Heimlich, S. Srikanteswara. US10812986B2, Filed July 2017 (Apple), Published June 2019, Granted October 2020.

Evolved Node-B, Local Controller and Method for Allocation of Spectrum for Secondary Usage, M. Mueck, P. Rixon, M. Heimlich, E. Dutkiewicz, C. Drewes. US20190045367A1, Filed September 2015 (Intel), Published February 2019, Granted March 2021 (Apple).

Allocating Wireless Channels, B. A. Jayawickrama, Y. He, M. D. Mueck, B. Badic, K. Roth, S. Srikanteswara, Z. Yu, E. Dutkiewicz, US200180288620A1, Filed March 2017 (Intel), Published October 2018, Granted January 2019.

Uplink Interference Management in Shared Spectrum Networks, Y. He, B. A. Jayawickrama, E. Dutkiewicz, M. Mueck, S. Srikanteswara, US20170188314A1, Filed December 2015, Published June 2017.

Methods for Performing Mobile Communications Between Mobile Terminal Devices, Base Stations, and Network Control Devices, M. D. Mueck, M. Heimlich, E. Dutkiewicz, B. A. Jayawickrama and P. Rixon. WO/2017/052869, Filed August 2016 (Intel), Published March 2017.

General Authorized Access Interference Map and Protection of Information Exchange, Q. Cheng, D. Nguyen, G. Fang, E. Dutkiewicz, M. Mueck, S. Srikanteswara, C. Drewes, Intel Patent Application 2017 - US62/547,655.

Allocating wireless channels, B. Jayawickrama, Ying He, M.D. Mueck, B. Badic, S. Srikanteswara, Z. Yu, E. Dutkiewicz. US10187804B2 Filed March 2017 (Intel), Published April 2018, Granted January 2019.

An Access Node Controller, an Apparatus for an Access Node, an Access Node for a Mobile Communication System, a Mobile Communication System, a Method and Computer Program for an Access Node, B. A. Jayawickrama; Y. He; E. Dutkiewicz; M. D. Mueck, S. Srikanteswara, C. Drewes, US11184835B2, Filed June 2017 (Intel), Published April 2020, Granted November 2021.

SAS PAL GAA Co-channel Interference Mitigation, S. Srikanteswara, M. Mueck, Y. He, B. A. Jayawickrama, E. Dutkiewicz, B. Badic, Z. Yu, C. Drewes. US20170318470A1, Filed April 2016 (Intel), Published November 2017, Granted December 2019.

Methods for performing mobile communications between mobile terminal devices, base stations, and network control devices, M. Mueck, M. Heimlich, P. Rixon, B. A. Jayawickrama, E. Dutkiewicz, C. Drewes, G. Fang, US10609595B2, Filed August 2022 (Apple), Published July 2019, Granted March 2020.

Internet of Things Swarm Management, M. Mueck; C. Drewes; E. Dutkiewicz; G. Fang; S. Roessel; K. Nolan; P. Rixon; S. Srikanteswara. US11356798B2, Filed July 2016 (Intel), Published February 2020, Granted June 2022.

Methods and Devices for User Detection in Spectrum Sharing, M. Mueck, Y. He, B. A. Jayawickrama, E. Dutkiewicz, US Patent US10681558B2, Filed June 2016, Published December 2017, Granted September 2020.

Communication Device and Method for Communicating using a Frequency Range, M. D. Mueck, Y. He, B. A. Jayawickrama and E. Dutkiewicz, US Patent US20170055193A1, Filed August 2015, Published February 2017.

Signal Buffering for Licensed Shared Access, M. Mueck, M. Heimlich, E. Dutkiewicz; G. Fang; P. Rixon and B. A. Jayawickrama, US Patent US20160183267A1, Filed December 2014 (Intel), Published June 2016, Granted November 2016.

Communication Unit Energy Conservation Apparatus and Method, F. D. Simpson, J. Borras, E. Dutkiewicz, R. Raad, C. G. Ware, Patent. EP1698193, CN1894989A, EP1698193A4, US6990362, US20050130713A1, WO2005062644A1, Filed December 2003 (Motorola), Published June 2005, Granted January 2006.

Selective Channel Assignment In a Wireless Data Communications Network, V. Mirchandani, E. Dutkiewicz, US Patent US20040203828, Filed December 2002 (Motorola), Published October 2004.

Network Packet Flow Admission Control, E. Dutkiewicz, US Patent US20030031129A1, Filed June 2001 (Motorola), Published February 2003.