Raúl Etkin

3.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
30 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Raúl Etkin is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Raúl Etkin has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 23 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 6 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in Raúl Etkin's work include Cooperative Communication and Network Coding (15 papers), Wireless Communication Security Techniques (14 papers) and Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (10 papers). Raúl Etkin is often cited by papers focused on Cooperative Communication and Network Coding (15 papers), Wireless Communication Security Techniques (14 papers) and Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (10 papers). Raúl Etkin collaborates with scholars based in United States, Iran and Israel. Raúl Etkin's co-authors include David Tse, Hua Wang, Abhay Parekh, Erik Ordentlich, Farzad Parvaresh, Jeongkeun Lee, Sung-Ju Lee, Riccardo Crepaldi, Hua Wang and Sung-Ju Lee and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications and IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing.

In The Last Decade

Raúl Etkin

30 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

Gaussian Interference Channel Capacity to Within One Bit 2007 2026 2013 2019 2008 2007 250 500 750
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. Gaussian Interference Channel Capacity to Within One Bit
    2008 858 citations Raúl Etkin, David Tse et al. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory profile →
  2. Spectrum sharing for unlicensed bands
    2007 577 citations Raúl Etkin, Abhay Parekh et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Raúl Etkin United States 13 1.8k 1.6k 113 78 55 30 2.0k
Chi Wan Sung Hong Kong 24 1.8k 1.0× 1.6k 1.0× 150 1.3× 18 0.2× 123 2.2× 156 2.2k
Achilleas Anastasopoulos United States 16 812 0.4× 732 0.5× 145 1.3× 54 0.7× 369 6.7× 87 1.1k
H. Ahmadi United States 11 747 0.4× 1.3k 0.8× 34 0.3× 32 0.4× 73 1.3× 27 1.4k
K. Varadhan United States 8 824 0.4× 1.4k 0.9× 17 0.2× 61 0.8× 96 1.7× 11 1.5k
Carmen Mas Machuca Germany 21 1.3k 0.7× 872 0.5× 192 1.7× 10 0.1× 69 1.3× 168 1.8k
Galen H. Sasaki United States 18 1.4k 0.8× 956 0.6× 23 0.2× 21 0.3× 83 1.5× 52 1.7k
M. Listanti Italy 22 1.8k 1.0× 1.4k 0.8× 19 0.2× 19 0.2× 33 0.6× 181 2.1k
Zhu Ji United States 12 539 0.3× 666 0.4× 18 0.2× 127 1.6× 35 0.6× 17 866
Dariusz R. Kowalski United Kingdom 22 321 0.2× 1.3k 0.8× 38 0.3× 36 0.5× 140 2.5× 131 1.4k
B. Tsybakov United States 11 349 0.2× 559 0.3× 25 0.2× 33 0.4× 83 1.5× 23 774

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Raúl Etkin

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Parvaresh, Farzad & Raúl Etkin. (2014). Efficient Capacity Computation and Power Optimization for Relay Networks. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 60(3). 1782–1792. 7 indexed citations
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Etkin, Raúl, Farzad Parvaresh, Ilan Shomorony, & Amir Salman Avestimehr. (2014). Computing Half-Duplex Schedules in Gaussian Relay Networks via Min-Cut Approximations. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 60(11). 7204–7220. 10 indexed citations
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Chai, Eugene, Kang G. Shin, Sung-Ju Lee, Jeongkeun Lee, & Raúl Etkin. (2013). Defeating heterogeneity in wireless multicast networks. 1. 560–564. 1 indexed citations
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Shomorony, Ilan, Raúl Etkin, Farzad Parvaresh, & Amir Salman Avestimehr. (2013). Diamond Networks With Bursty Traffic: Bounds on the Minimum Energy-Per-Bit. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 60(1). 461–493. 1 indexed citations
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Chai, Eugene, Kang G. Shin, Jeongkeun Lee, Sung-Ju Lee, & Raúl Etkin. (2013). Fast Spectrum Shaping for Next-Generation Wireless Networks. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing. 13(1). 20–34. 5 indexed citations
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Chai, Eugene, Jeongkeun Lee, Sung-Ju Lee, Raúl Etkin, & Kang G. Shin. (2012). Building efficient spectrum-agile devices for dummies. 149–160. 19 indexed citations
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Shomorony, Ilan, Raúl Etkin, Farzad Parvaresh, & A. Salman Avestimehr. (2012). Bounds on the minimum energy-per-bit for bursty traffic in diamond networks. 801–805. 4 indexed citations
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Etkin, Raúl & Erik Ordentlich. (2011). Analysis of Deterministic Binary Interference Channels Via a General Outer Bound. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 57(5). 2597–2604. 5 indexed citations
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Parvaresh, Farzad & Raúl Etkin. (2011). On computing the capacity of relay networks in polynomial time. 58. 1342–1346. 4 indexed citations
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Etkin, Raúl. (2009). New sum-rate upper bound for the two-user Gaussian interference channel. 2582–2586. 9 indexed citations
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Etkin, Raúl & Erik Ordentlich. (2009). The Degrees-of-Freedom of the $K$-User Gaussian Interference Channel Is Discontinuous at Rational Channel Coefficients. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 55(11). 4932–4946. 73 indexed citations
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Etkin, Raúl & Erik Ordentlich. (2009). On the Degrees-of-Freedom of the K-user Gaussian interference channel. 1919–1923. 47 indexed citations
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Etkin, Raúl, David Tse, & Hua Wang. (2008). Gaussian Interference Channel Capacity to Within One Bit. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 54(12). 5534–5562. 858 indexed citations breakdown →
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Etkin, Raúl & Erik Ordentlich. (2007). Discrete Memoryless Interference Channel: New Outer Bound. 2851–2855. 3 indexed citations
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Etkin, Raúl, David Tse, & Hua Wang. (2007). Gaussian Interference Channel Capacity to Within One Bit: the General Case. 2181–2185. 25 indexed citations
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Etkin, Raúl, David Tse, & Hua Wang. (2006). Gaussian Interference Channel Capacity to Within One Bit: the Symmetric Case. 601–605. 11 indexed citations
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Etkin, Raúl & David Tse. (2006). Degrees of freedom in some underspread MIMO fading channels. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 52(4). 1576–1608. 76 indexed citations
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Etkin, Raúl, David Tse, & Hua Wang. (2006). Gaussian Interference Channel Capacity to Within One Bit: the Symmetric Case. 601–605. 14 indexed citations
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Etkin, Raúl, et al.. (2006). Spectrum Sharing: Fundamental Limits, Scaling Laws, and Self-Enforcing Protocols. UC Berkeley. 16 indexed citations
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Etkin, Raúl, et al.. (2004). Capacity Simulation of cdma2000 1xEV-DO Forward Link With Opportunistic Beam Forming. 2. 1136–1140. 3 indexed citations

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