KOICHIRO BAN, Ph.D.

 

12105 Pawnee Dr.

Gaithersburg, MD 20877

Work:   (301) 975-8221

Home:  (301)-926-7130

Email: kban@nist.gov

 

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

 

¨        Communications System Engineer with 5+  research experience in wireless communications.

¨        Solid understanding of wireless communication theory and signal processing, including error correcting coding, adaptive algorithm, and CDMA.

¨        Experienced in developing simulation models by using various programming languages and simulation tools, including C/C++, MATLAB, SPW, and QUALNET.

¨        Ph.D. in Engineering with emphasis on wireless communication systems.

¨        Published more than 15 journal and conference papers.

¨        Highly motivated and eager to learn and apply new technology and skills.

 

EDUCATION

 

Ph.D. in Engineering, March 2001,

Department of Information Electronics, Nagoya University, Japan

 

EXPERIENCE

 

National Institute of Standards & Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland

Research Scholar: April 2001 to present

¨        Developed a cdma2000 simulation model using SPW, including a channel estimator, rake receiver and antenna diversity.

¨        Developed an IEEE 802.11 physical layer simulation model according to the standard.

¨        Developed a experimental testbed for a cluster-based ad-hoc networking system with IEEE 802.11 to measure wireless network performance, such as end-to-end delay, packet loss rate and distortion of received video frames, using 10 LINUX laptop PCs.

¨         Implemented error-resilient video streaming schemes for H.264 using C/C++, and imported them into the QUALNET network simulator.

 

Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan

Research Fellow: April 1998 to March 2001

¨        Researched on wireless communication systems with multiple transmit and receive antennas.

¨        Developed a simulation model for CDMA with diversity using MATLAB and C.

¨        Analyzed a MIMO (multiple-input multiple output) system to find an optimum bit error rate solution.

 

ACADEMIC HONORS

 

¨        Research Fellowships of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) for Young Scientists, April 1998 to March 2001

¨        Research Grant from JSPS, April 1998 to March 2001

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

 

¨        The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), USA.

¨        The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineering (IEICE), JAPAN.

 

 

LANGUAGES

 

¨        Japanese: native

¨        English: reading, writing, and speaking fluently

 

PATENTS

 

H. Gharavi and K. Ban, “Master-Salve Cluster Based Multihop Ad-hoc Networking,” U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 60,439,072, NIST #03-004PA, 01/09/03.

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

Journals

 

K.Ban, M.Katayama, T.Yamazato, and A.Ogawa,

``A Simple Transmit/Receive Antenna Diversity for Indoor DS/CDMA Wireless Communication Systems,'' IEICE Trans. on Commun, vol.E80-B, No.12, pp. 1790-1796, Dec. 1997

 

K.Ban, M.Katayama, W.E.Stark, T.Yamazato, and A.Ogawa,

``Multi-Antenna Transmission Scheme for Convolutionally Coded DS/CDMA System,'' IEICE Trans. on Fund.,vol.E80-A, No.12, pp. 2437-2444, Dec. 1997

 

K.Ban, M.Katayama, T.Yamazato, and A.Ogawa,

``Joint Optimization of Transmitter/Receiver with Multiple Transmit/Receive Anatennas in Band-limited Channels,''  IEICE Trans. on Commun.,vol.E83-B, No.8, pp.1697-1704, Aug. 2000

 

K.Ban and H.Gharavi,

“IEEE 802.11 FHSS receiver design for cluster-based multihop video communications,”  Wireless communications and mobile computing, vol.2, issue 6, Sept 2002, pp.595-605.

 

H.Gharavi and K.Ban,

“Multihop sensor network design for wide-band communications,”  Proc. of IEEE, Vol.91, No.8,  pp.1221-1234, Aug 2003.

 

H.Gharavi and K.Ban,

“Master slave cluster based multihop ad-hoc networking,”  IEE Electronics Letter, No.25, Dec.2002.

 

H. Gharavi, F.Chin, K.Ban, and R.Wyatt-Millington,

“A link-level simulator of the cdma2000 reverse-link physical layer,” Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Vol.108, No.4, pp. 299-321, July/Aug 2003.

 

H.Gharavi and K.Ban,

“Mobile ad-hoc network design for multimedia communications,”  submitted to IEEE trans. on multimedia.

 

Conference Proceedings

 

K.Ban, M.Katayama, T.Yamazato, and A.Ogawa,

``The DS/CDMA System using Transmission Diversity for Indoor Wireless Communications,''  Proc. of PIMRC'96, vol.2.,pp.808-812,1996

 

K.Ban, M.Katayama, W.E.Stark, T.Yamazato, and A.Ogawa,

``Convolutional Coded DS/CDMA System using Multi-Antenna Transmission,'' Proc. of GLOBECOM'97, vol.1.,pp.92-96,1997

 

K.Ban, M.Katayama, T.Yamazato, and A.Ogawa,

``Transmitter Precoding with Multiple Transmit/Receive Antennas for High Data Rate Communication in Bandwidth-limited Channels,''  Proc. of VTC1999-Fall, vol.3.,pp.1946-1950,1999

 

K.Ban and H.Gharavi,

``IEEE 802.11 FHSS Receiver Design for Multi-hop Sensor Application,''  2002 International conference on broadband wireless access systems, May 2002, pp.441-446

 

H.Gharavi and K.Ban,.

``Vide-based Multihop Ad-Hoc Sensor Network Design, ''  2002 International conference on third generation wireless and beyond, pp.469-474, May 2002.

 

T.Kume, T.Yamazato, K.Ban, H.Okada, and M.Katayama,

“CDMA packet recognition and signal acquisition using LMS-based adaptive receiver,”  Wireless communications and networking conference (WCNC), Vol.1, pp.379-383, Mar 2002.

 

H.Gharavi and K.Ban,

“Cross-layer feedback control for video communications via mobile ad-hoc networks,”  IEEE Semiannual Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2003-Fall), Oct 2003.

 

D. J. Shyy, H. Gharavi, and K. Ban, “System Design Tradeoff for Supporting Soft Handoff in 3G cdma2000 Networks,” Proc. WNCG Wireless Networking Symposium,  Oct. 2003.

 

H.Gharavi and K.Ban,

“Dynamic adjustment packet control for video communications over ad-hoc networks,” IEEE ICC 2004.

 

H.Gharavi and K.Ban,

“RTCP-based Frame-synchronized Feedback Control for IP-Video Communication over Multipath Fading Channels,” IEEE ICC 2004.