Ahmad Bahai

8.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
69 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Ahmad Bahai is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ahmad Bahai has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 45 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 8 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Ahmad Bahai's work include Advanced Wireless Communication Techniques (25 papers), Wireless Communication Networks Research (19 papers) and Wireless Networks and Protocols (16 papers). Ahmad Bahai is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Wireless Communication Techniques (25 papers), Wireless Communication Networks Research (19 papers) and Wireless Networks and Protocols (16 papers). Ahmad Bahai collaborates with scholars based in United States, Belgium and Netherlands. Ahmad Bahai's co-authors include Andrea Goldsmith, Shuguang Cui, Mustafa Ergen, Sinem Çöleri, Anuj Puri, B.R. Saltzberg, Sofie Pollin, Francky Catthoor, Liesbet Van der Perre and Ingrid Moerman and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications and IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.

In The Last Decade

Ahmad Bahai

66 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Hit Papers

Energy-Efficiency of MIMO and Cooperative MIMO Techniques... 2002 2026 2010 2018 2004 2005 2002 2008 250 500 750 1000
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Energy-Efficiency of MIMO and Cooperative MIMO Techniques in Sensor Networks
    2004 1.2k citations Ahmad Bahai et al. profile →
  2. Energy-constrained modulation optimization
    2005 1.1k citations Ahmad Bahai et al. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications profile →
  3. Channel estimation techniques based on pilot arrangement in OFDM systems
    2002 1.1k citations Sinem Çöleri, Mustafa Ergen et al. IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting profile →
  4. Performance Analysis of Slotted Carrier Sense IEEE 802.15.4 Medium Access Layer
    2008 332 citations Sofie Pollin, Mustafa Ergen et al. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ahmad Bahai United States 24 4.8k 4.2k 311 268 214 69 5.7k
Liesbet Van der Perre Belgium 35 4.1k 0.8× 2.7k 0.7× 338 1.1× 269 1.0× 172 0.8× 313 4.7k
Wolfgang Gerstacker Germany 29 3.2k 0.7× 1.8k 0.4× 159 0.5× 538 2.0× 291 1.4× 239 3.5k
Klaus I. Pedersen Denmark 37 5.3k 1.1× 3.5k 0.8× 192 0.6× 776 2.9× 279 1.3× 174 5.7k
Stefano Tomasin Italy 24 2.6k 0.5× 1.7k 0.4× 120 0.4× 328 1.2× 159 0.7× 212 3.1k
Shidong Zhou China 28 3.4k 0.7× 2.0k 0.5× 89 0.3× 703 2.6× 132 0.6× 284 3.7k
Mohamed Ibnkahla Canada 26 1.5k 0.3× 1.6k 0.4× 89 0.3× 288 1.1× 221 1.0× 164 2.5k
Mary Ann Ingram United States 26 2.8k 0.6× 1.9k 0.4× 117 0.4× 618 2.3× 248 1.2× 145 3.4k
Rui Dinis Portugal 29 4.6k 1.0× 2.4k 0.6× 92 0.3× 701 2.6× 258 1.2× 514 4.9k
V. Erceg United States 30 4.9k 1.0× 2.7k 0.6× 80 0.3× 1.1k 4.1× 216 1.0× 50 5.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ahmad Bahai

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ahmad Bahai

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All Works

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Bahai, Ahmad. (2016). Ultra-low energy systems: Analog to information. 3–6. 12 indexed citations
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Verhelst, Marian & Ahmad Bahai. (2015). Where Analog Meets Digital: Analog?to?Information Conversion and Beyond. IEEE Solid-State Circuits Magazine. 7(3). 67–80. 61 indexed citations
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Bahai, Ahmad & B.R. Saltzberg. (2013). Multi-Carrier Digital Communications: Theory and Applications of OFDM. TU Digital Collections (Thammasat University). 89 indexed citations
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Pollin, Sofie & Ahmad Bahai. (2009). Performance Analysis of Double-Channel 802.11n Contending with Single-Channel 802.11. 1–6. 13 indexed citations
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Bahai, Ahmad, et al.. (2008). Adaptive Acoustic Beamformer With Source Tracking Capabilities. IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing. 56(7). 2812–2820. 3 indexed citations
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Pollin, Sofie, Mustafa Ergen, Sinem Çöleri, et al.. (2008). Performance Analysis of Slotted Carrier Sense IEEE 802.15.4 Acknowledged Uplink Transmissions. 1559–1564. 40 indexed citations
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Bahai, Ahmad, et al.. (2008). Optimal Channel Selection for Spectrum-Agile Low-Power Wireless Packet Switched Networks in Unlicensed Band. EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking. 2008(1). 21 indexed citations
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Pollin, Sofie, et al.. (2008). Pairwise Algorithm for Distributed Transmit Beamforming. 4245–4249. 13 indexed citations
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Pollin, Sofie, Benjamin M. Adams, & Ahmad Bahai. (2008). Spatial Reuse for Practical Scenarios: Iterative Power Adjustment from Distributed Contour Estimation and Propagation. Lirias (KU Leuven). 1. 2655–2661. 2 indexed citations
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Bahai, Ahmad, et al.. (2007). A 10Gb/s Equalizer with Decision Feedback for High Speed Serial Links. 5. 285–288. 5 indexed citations
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Singh, Jatinder, Yan Li, Nicholas Bambos, et al.. (2007). TCP Performance Dynamics and Link-Layer Adaptation Based Optimization Methods for Wireless Networks. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 6(5). 1864–1879. 21 indexed citations
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Bahai, Ahmad, B.R. Saltzberg, & Mustafa Ergen. (2004). Multi-Carrier Digital Communications. DIAL (Catholic University of Leuven). 167 indexed citations
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Hoshyar, Reza, Ahmad Bahai, & Rahim Tafazolli. (2004). Static simulation, solution of umts capacity and coverage load equations. 1. 346–350. 1 indexed citations
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Al-Naffouri, Tareq Y., et al.. (2004). Exploiting error-control coding and cyclic-prefix in channel estimation for coded OFDM systems. 2. 1152–1156. 5 indexed citations
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Mostofi, Yasamin, D.C. Cox, & Ahmad Bahai. (2003). Effect of frame synchronization errors on pilot-aided channel estimation in OFDM: analysis and solution. 3. 1309–1313. 23 indexed citations
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Çöleri, Sinem, Mustafa Ergen, Anuj Puri, & Ahmad Bahai. (2002). Channel estimation techniques based on pilot arrangement in OFDM systems. IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting. 48(3). 223–229. 1082 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rupp, Markus & Ahmad Bahai. (2002). Adaptive TDMA-DFE algorithms under IS-136. 1. 300–304. 3 indexed citations
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Al-Naffouri, Tareq Y., et al.. (2002). A least-/ mean-squares approach to channel identification and equalization in OFDM. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics Speech and Signal Processing. III–2577. 4 indexed citations

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