Leonard J. Cimini

17.0k total citations · 7 hit papers
198 papers, 12.3k citations indexed

About

Leonard J. Cimini is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Leonard J. Cimini has authored 198 papers receiving a total of 12.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 177 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 135 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 20 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Leonard J. Cimini's work include Cooperative Communication and Network Coding (91 papers), Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (74 papers) and Advanced Wireless Communication Techniques (54 papers). Leonard J. Cimini is often cited by papers focused on Cooperative Communication and Network Coding (91 papers), Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (74 papers) and Advanced Wireless Communication Techniques (54 papers). Leonard J. Cimini collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Sweden. Leonard J. Cimini's co-authors include Rick S. Blum, Alexander M. Haimovich, N.R. Sollenberger, Xiaodong Li, Yuhang Li, Reinaldo A. Valenzuela, E. Fishler, Dmitry Chizhik, Chenzi Jiang and Gubong Lim and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing and IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing.

In The Last Decade

Leonard J. Cimini

190 papers receiving 11.5k citations

Hit Papers

MIMO Radar with Widely Separated Ante... 1985 2026 1998 2012 2008 1985 2006 1998 1998 500 1000 1.5k
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. MIMO Radar with Widely Separated Antennas
    2008 1.7k citations Alexander M. Haimovich, Rick S. Blum et al. IEEE Signal Processing Magazine profile →
  2. Analysis and Simulation of a Digital Mobile Channel Using Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
    1985 1.6k citations Leonard J. Cimini profile →
  3. Spatial Diversity in Radars—Models and Detection Performance
    2006 1.2k citations Alexander M. Haimovich, Rick S. Blum et al. profile →
  4. Effects of clipping and filtering on the performance of OFDM
    1998 947 citations Leonard J. Cimini et al. IEEE Communications Letters profile →
  5. Robust channel estimation for OFDM systems with rapid dispersive fading channels
    1998 832 citations Leonard J. Cimini, N.R. Sollenberger et al. IEEE Transactions on Communications profile →
  6. A survey of energy-efficient wireless communications
    2012 757 citations Gubong Lim, Leonard J. Cimini et al. profile →
  7. Peak-to-average power ratio reduction of an OFDM signal using partial transmit sequences
    2000 584 citations Leonard J. Cimini, N.R. Sollenberger IEEE Communications Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Leonard J. Cimini United States 38 9.2k 6.5k 3.4k 1.5k 886 198 12.3k
Reinaldo A. Valenzuela United States 43 13.7k 1.5× 8.9k 1.4× 5.2k 1.5× 1.6k 1.0× 1.0k 1.2× 185 16.8k
Alexander M. Haimovich United States 38 4.2k 0.5× 2.4k 0.4× 7.2k 2.1× 3.0k 1.9× 1.8k 2.1× 189 10.3k
Raviraj Adve Canada 36 4.0k 0.4× 3.0k 0.5× 1.6k 0.5× 787 0.5× 581 0.7× 270 5.9k
Upamanyu Madhow United States 49 8.8k 1.0× 6.8k 1.0× 1.5k 0.4× 1.1k 0.7× 605 0.7× 270 11.0k
Ove Edfors Sweden 31 10.6k 1.1× 5.0k 0.8× 2.8k 0.8× 640 0.4× 362 0.4× 182 11.4k
Martin Haardt Germany 40 6.6k 0.7× 4.1k 0.6× 2.0k 0.6× 3.1k 2.0× 192 0.2× 397 9.7k
Josef A. Nossek Germany 39 4.8k 0.5× 3.0k 0.5× 1.2k 0.3× 1.2k 0.8× 392 0.4× 442 6.8k
G.L. Stüber United States 47 9.7k 1.1× 6.5k 1.0× 1.4k 0.4× 865 0.6× 216 0.2× 272 10.5k
R.A. Scholtz United States 34 9.0k 1.0× 2.4k 0.4× 4.9k 1.5× 482 0.3× 1.6k 1.8× 119 9.7k
Marco Chiani Italy 39 5.9k 0.6× 4.4k 0.7× 1.2k 0.3× 608 0.4× 444 0.5× 311 7.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Guo, Zheng, et al.. (2024). Joint Equalization and Self-Interference Cancellation for Underwater Acoustic In-Band Full-Duplex Communication. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering. 49(2). 542–552. 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Guangyi, Seyedmohammad Salehi, Erdem Bala, Chien‐Chung Shen, & Leonard J. Cimini. (2022). Communication-Constrained Routing and Traffic Control: A Framework for Infrastructure-Assisted Autonomous Vehicles. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. 23(12). 23844–23857. 3 indexed citations
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Liu, Guangyi, Seyedmohammad Salehi, Chien‐Chung Shen, & Leonard J. Cimini. (2020). TDD Massive MISO Piloting Strategy With User Information: A Reinforcement Learning Approach. IEEE Wireless Communications Letters. 10(2). 349–352. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Guangyi, et al.. (2020). Outage Analysis for MISO Zero-Forcing Precoding With Outdated CSI. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 69(8). 9152–9156. 5 indexed citations
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Liu, Guangyi, Hao Feng, Qi Wang, & Leonard J. Cimini. (2019). Overhead-Performance Tradeoff for MISO Broadcast Channels With Zero-Forcing Precoder. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 19(2). 995–1007. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Guangyi, Li Li, Leonard J. Cimini, & Chien‐Chung Shen. (2018). Extending Proportional Fair Scheduling to Buffer-Aided Relay Access Networks. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 68(1). 1041–1044. 4 indexed citations
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Li, Tao, Yongzhao Li, Leonard J. Cimini, & Hailin Zhang. (2018). Hypothesis Testing Based Fast-Converged Blind Estimation of Transmit-Antenna Number for MIMO Systems. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 67(6). 5084–5095. 10 indexed citations
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Li, Tao, Yongzhao Li, Yunfei Chen, Leonard J. Cimini, & Hailin Zhang. (2017). Estimation of MIMO Transmit-Antenna Number Using Higher-Order Moments-Based Hypothesis Testing. IEEE Wireless Communications Letters. 7(2). 258–261. 5 indexed citations
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Wang, Qi, Hao Feng, Leonard J. Cimini, et al.. (2014). Comparison of Quantization Techniques for Downlink Multi-User MIMO Channels with Limited Feedback. IEEE Wireless Communications Letters. 3(2). 165–168. 10 indexed citations
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Wang, Qi, Gubong Lim, Leonard J. Cimini, et al.. (2014). Quantifying and Comparing Energy Efficiencies on SU-MIMO and MU-MIMO Downlinks. 2015 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM). 61. 1–6. 1 indexed citations
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Lim, Gubong & Leonard J. Cimini. (2013). Energy-efficient cooperative beamforming in clustered wireless networks. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 12(3). 1376–1385. 32 indexed citations
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Lim, Gubong & Leonard J. Cimini. (2012). Energy-efficient best-select relaying in wireless cooperative networks. 1–6. 17 indexed citations
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Xiao, Yao & Leonard J. Cimini. (2011). Energy efficiency of distributed cooperative relaying. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 73–78. 8 indexed citations
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Haimovich, Alexander M., Rick S. Blum, & Leonard J. Cimini. (2008). MIMO Radar with Widely Separated Antennas. IEEE Signal Processing Magazine. 25(1). 116–129. 1698 indexed citations breakdown →
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Blum, Rick S., et al.. (2007). Decode-and-Forward Cooperative Diversity with Power Allocation in Wireless Networks. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 6(3). 793–799. 166 indexed citations
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Daneshrad, Babak & Leonard J. Cimini. (2002). Equalization requirements for 30 Mbps indoor wireless data transmission. 1. 71–75. 3 indexed citations
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Cimini, Leonard J. & N.R. Sollenberger. (2000). Peak-to-average power ratio reduction of an OFDM signal using partial transmit sequences. IEEE Communications Letters. 4(3). 86–88. 584 indexed citations breakdown →
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Daneshrad, Babak & Leonard J. Cimini. (1999). Predicting the outage performance of an equalized-QPSK system over indoor wireless channels. IEEE Communications Letters. 3(5). 125–127. 1 indexed citations
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Daneshrad, Babak, et al.. (1997). Performance and implementation of clustered‐OFDM for wireless communications. Mobile Networks and Applications. 2(4). 305–314. 17 indexed citations
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Cimini, Leonard J., G.J. Foschini, & L. A. Shepp. (1994). Single-channel user-capacity calculations for self-organizing cellular systems. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 42(12). 3137–3143. 14 indexed citations

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