Research

Research Interests

Antenna design, MIMO antennas, Metamaterials, Theory of Characteristic Mode, and RF Design.

Patent(s)

• French patent titled 'Multi-port mutli-standard antenna for adaptable communication system' filed in June 2020. Patent No.: WO2021250342 

Book(s)

• "Internet of Things in Modern Computing: Theory and Applications," Edited by Vinay Chowdary, Abhinav Sharma, Naveen Kumar and Vivek Kaundal. CRC Press, London. ISBN:9781003407300

 Working Papers

1.  Naveen Kumar, Rajesh Khanna, Mohsen Koohestani, "A Four Element MIMO Antenna for 4G-5G Communication using Characteristics Mode Analysis for sub-6 GHz and mmWave bands."

Publications: Peer Reviewed Journals

1. Ben Allen, Benjamin Barth,  Marcel Grec, Stefan Erl, Joachim Eriksson, Ulrich Geier, Pipsa Halner, Kersten Keil, Naveen Kumar, Divitha Seetharamdoo, Eder Ollora  Zaballa,  "Next-Generation Connectivity in a Heterogenous Railway World," IEEE  Communication Magazine Volume 61 Issue 4.  (SCIE, IF: 9.03)

2. Naveen Kumar and Rajesh Khanna, "A two Element MIMO Antenna for sub-6 GHz and mmWave 5G systems using Characteristics Mode Analysis" Microwave and Optical Technology Letters (MOTL). (SCIE, IF: 1.311)

3. Kumar N, Khanna R. A compact multi-band multi-input multi-output antenna for 4G/5G and IoT devices using theory of characteristic modes. Int J RF Microw Comput Aided Eng. 30(1); 2019; e22012. (SCIE, IF: 1.987)

4. Hardeep Singh Saini, Naveen Kumar, Maninder Singh, “A Wideband PIFA Loaded with Metamaterial Superstate for 4G LTE & WLAN Devices,” International Journal of Scientific & Technology Research, September 2019. (Scopus Indexed)

5. Sukhdeep Kaur, Rajesh Khanna, Pooja Sahni, Naveen Kumar, “Design and Optimization of Microstrip Patch Antenna using Artificial Neural Networks,” International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering, Vol. 8, No. 9S, 611-616, 2019. (Scopus Indexed)

6. Apleen Kaur, Jaswinder Kaur, Naveen Kumar, “Super Wide-Band Slotted Trishul-Shaped Microstrip Patch Antenna for Wireless Applications”, International Journal of Engineering and Advanced Technology, Vol. 8, No. 5, 26-29, 2019. (Scopus Indexed)

7. Neha Loharia, Shashi B. Rana, Naveen Kumar, “A Novel Compact MIMO Planar Inverted-F Antenna (PIFA) for Future 5G Wireless Devices”, International Journal of Engineering & Technology, Vol. 7, No. 4.5, pp. 341-344, 2018. (Scopus Indexed)

8. Ghulam Ahmad Raza, Garima Saini, Naveen Kumar, “A Novel Wineglass Shaped Wide Band Antenna for TV White Space Communication,” International Journal of Engineering & Technology, Vol. 7, No. 4.5, pp. 351-355, 2018. (Scopus Indexed)

9. Navpreet Kaur, Nipun Sharma, Naveen Kumar, “RF Energy Harvesting and Storage System of Rectenna: A Review,” Indian Journal of Science & Technology, Vol. 11, No. 25, pp. 1-5, 2018.

10. Atipriya Sharma, R Khanna, N Kumar, "Novel Edge Fed Planar Inverted F Antenna (PIFA) for LTE High Band Applications," Indian Journal of Science and Technology, Vol. 9, No. 47, pp. 1-4, 2016.

11. Ambika Chhabra, R Khanna, N Kumar, "A Novel Compact Band Pass Filter for 2.4 GHz ISM Band Applications," Indian Journal of Science and Technology, Vol. 9, No. 47, pp. 1-3, 2016. 

12. Satwinder  Singh, Ashwani Kumar Narula, Naveen Kumar, "Design of a Compact Dual band Antenna for USB Dongle Applications," Far East Journal of Electronics and Communications, Special Vol. 3, ICCS - 2016, Part I, pp. 177 - 184, October 2016. (Scopus Indexed)

13. Neha Lahoria, Shashi B. Rana, Naveen Kumar, " A Novel Miniature Edge Fed Planar Inverted-F Antenna (PIFA) for Future 5G Wireless Devices," International Journal of Research in Electronics and Communication Technology (IJRECT), Vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 7-9, 2016.

14. Rajpreet Kaur, Surekha, Naveen Kumar, "Study of Planar Inverted-F Antenna (PIFA) for Fourth Generation Wireless Devices", International Journal of Modern Computer Science (IJMCS), Volume 4, Issue 2, pp. 35-37, April 2016.

15. Sunakshi Puri, Kiranpreet Kaur, Naveen Kumar, “A Review of Antennas for Wireless Communication Devices”, International Journal of Electronics & Electrical Engineering, Volume 2, Issue 3, pp. 199-201, September 2014. 

16. Bath, A., Thakur, A., Kumar, N., & Sharma, J., "Study of Wideband & Narrowband Antenna," IJCSCE , Special issue on Emerging Trends in Engineering & Management ICETE, pp. 12-16, 2013.

17. Naveen Kumar, Garima Saini, “A Multiband PIFA with Slotted Ground Plane for Personal Communication Handheld Devices”, International Journal Of Engineering Research and Development, Volume 7, Issue 11, pp. 70-74, July 2013.

18. Naveen Kumar, Garima Saini, “A Compact Planar Inverted-F Antenna with Slotted Ground Plane”, International Journal of Electronics & Communication Technology (IJECT), Volume 4, No. 2, pp. 399-401, April 2013.

19. Naveen Kumar, Abhishek Thakur, Jitender Sharma, “Study of Planar Inverted-F Antenna (PIFA) for Mobile Devices”, International Journal of Electronics & Communication Technology (IJECT), Volume 4, Issue SPL 3, pp. 83-85, April 2013. 

20. Amanpreet Kaur, Naveen Kumar, Basudeo Prasad, “A Study of Various Fractal Antenna Design Techniques for Wireless Applications”, International Journal of Electronics & Communication Technology (IJECT), Volume 4, Issue SPL 3, pp. 47-50, April 2013. 

21. Abhishek Thakur, Rajesh Kumar, Naveen Kumar, “Automatic Speech Recognition System for Hindi Utterances with Regional Indian Accents: A Review”, International Journal of Electronics & Communication Technology (IJECT), Volume 4, Issue SPL 3, pp. 38-43, April 2013. 

22. Naveen Kumar, Garima Saini, “A Novel Low Profile Planar Inverted-F Antenna (PIFA) for Mobile Handsets”, International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications (IJSRP), Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 3-6, March 2013. 

Publications: National/International Conferences

1. Naveen Kumar, Nipun Sharma, Swati Sharma, Rajesh Khanna, Mohsen Koohestani, "An Analysis of Ring-Shaped Geometries Based on Theory of Characteristic Mode," accepted in IEEE International Conference on Contemporary Computing and Communications (InC44 2023 Conference, India. 

2. Naveen Kumar, Mohsen Koohestani, Rajesh Khanna, "Characteristic Mode Analysis of Fashion Brands Conductive Logos as Potential Radiators," IEEE RADIO International Conference 2023, Mauritius. 

3. Naveen Kumar, Divitha Seetharamdoo, Mohsen Koohestani, "Characteristic Mode Analysis of Metallic Automobile Logo Geometry," IEEE RADIO International Conference 2023, Mauritius. 

4. M. V. Yadav, G. Singh, T. Narayanan and N. Kumar, "Trident Shaped Compact Planar Antenna for Microwave Applications," 2022 IEEE Microwaves, Antennas, and Propagation Conference (MAPCON), Bangalore, India, 2022, pp. 1891-1894, doi: 10.1109/MAPCON56011.2022.10047379.

5.  P. Jai Govind, Naveen Kumar, "Computational Modelling of Complex Systems for Democratizing Higher Education: A Tutorial on SAR Simulation," 3rd Congress on Intelligent Systems (CIS) , Bangalore, India, 2022.

6. Naveen Kumar, Divitha Seetharamdoo, M. Hassanein Rabah, "A Compact Tri-port Antenna System for Cognitive Radio Applications."  IEEE Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (AP-S 2021), December 2021, Singapore. 

7. Kumar, N., Chukwuka, O., & Seetharamdoo, D. (2020, November). Integration of Antennas for Communication System on Complex Platforms. In International Workshop on Communication Technologies for Vehicles (pp. 125-136). Springer, Cham. 

8. Anureet Singh, Hardeep Singh Saini, Naveen Kumar, "D­MSEP: Distance incorporated Modified Stable Election Protocol in Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Network," 2nd International Conference on "Communication Computing and Networking, March 2018, NITTTR Chandigarh, India. 

9. S. Verma, L. Mahajan, R. Kumar, H. S. Saini and N. Kumar, "A small microstrip patch antenna for future 5G applications," 2016 5th IEEE International Conference on Reliability, Infocom Technologies and Optimization (Trends and Future Directions) (ICRITO), Noida, India, 2016, pp. 460-463.

10. R. Bansal, J. Bhatia, A. Batth, H. S. Saini and N. Kumar, "A novel lower ultra wideband (UWB) compact planar Inverted-F Antenna for WBAN applications," 2016 5th IEEE International Conference on Reliability, Infocom Technologies and Optimization (Trends and Future Directions) (ICRITO), Noida, India, 2016, pp. 464-467. 

11. Naveen Kumar, Garima Saini, Pooja Sahni, Dishant Khosla, "A Compact Multiband PIFA for Personal Communication Handheld Devices", International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Management (ICETM), Singapore, July 2016. 

12. Rajpreet Kaur, Surekha Rani, Naveen Kumar, "Dual Band Planar Inverted F Antenna with Metamaterial Superstate for LTE/WLAN/WiMAX Mobile Communication", IEEE Indian Antenna Week (IAW) 2016, Madurai, India, June 2016.

13. Hardeep Singh Saini, Naveen Kumar, Abhishek Thakur, Rajesh Kumar and Akhil Sharma, "A Small Size Wideband Planar Inverted-F Antenna For USB Dongle Devices",  IEEE First International Conference on Power Electronics, Intelligent Control and Energy Systems, New Delhi, India, July 2016. 

14. Ajay Kaliraman, Abhishek Thakur, Hardeep Singh Saini, Rajesh Kumar and Naveen Kumar, "Speech Enhancement by End Point Detection and Signal Subspace Method", IEEE First International Conference on Power Electronics, Intelligent Control and Energy Systems, New Delhi, India, July 2016.

15. Aman Gupta, Abhishek Thakur, Hardeep Singh Saini, Rajesh Kumar and Naveen Kumar, "H-IECBR: HBO based-Improved Energy Efficient Chain Based Routing protocol in WSN", IEEE First International Conference on Power Electronics, Intelligent Control and Energy Systems, New Delhi, India, July 2016. 

16. Neha Lahoria, Shashi B. Rana, Naveen Kumar, "5G Future Communication: Requirements & Challenges," 47th Mid-Term Symposium on Modern Information and Communication Technologies For Digital India (MICTDI-2016), Chandigarh, India, April 2016. 

17. Rupleen Kaur, Sahil Saini, Naveen Kumar, Satbir Singh, Pooja Sahni, "A Parametric Study of Multiband Fractal Square Patch Antenna for Navigation Applications," 47th Mid-Term Symposium on Modern Information And Communication Technologies For Digital India (MICTDI-2016), Chandigarh, India, April 2016.

18. S. Rana, A. Thakur, H. S. Saini, R. Kumar and N. Kumar, "A wideband planar inverted F antenna for wireless communication devices," IEEE International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communication, & Automation (ICACCA) (Spring), Dehradun, pp. 1-3, 2016.

19. H. S. Saini, A. Thakur, R. Kumar, G. Chehal and N. Kumar, "A small patch antenna for UHF RFID reader devices," IEEE International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communication, & Automation (ICACCA) (Spring), Dehradun, pp. 1-4, 2016. 

20. M. Singh, V. Marwaha, A. Thakur, H. S. Saini and N. Kumar, "Design of a low return loss Planar Inverted F Antenna (PIFA) for 4G & WLAN applications loaded with Metamaterial lens," 3rd IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing and Integrated Networks (SPIN), Noida, India, 2016, pp. 539-543.

21. H. Saini, A. Kaur, A. Thakur, R. Kumar and N. Kumar, "A parametric analysis of ground slotted patch antenna for X-band applications," 2016 3rd IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing and Integrated Networks (SPIN), Noida, 2016, pp. 549-552. 

22. S. Saini, R. Kaur, N. Kumar and P. Sahni, "A parametric study of Planar Inverted F Antenna (PIFA) for mobile application," 2016 3rd IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing and Integrated Networks (SPIN), Noida, 2016, pp. 557-561.

23. H. S. Saini, A. Sharma, A. Thakur, R. Kumar and N. Kumar, "A parametric analysis of small Planar Inverted-F Antenna (PIFA) for USB dongle applications," 2016 3rd International Conference on Signal Processing and Integrated Networks (SPIN), Noida, 2016, pp. 571-574. 

24. R. J. Kaur, D. Khosla, P. Sahni and N. Kumar, "Design of a compact planar inverted-F antenna for WiMAX and WLAN USB dongle applications," 2016 3rd IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing and Integrated Networks (SPIN), Noida, 2016, pp. 562-565. 

25. H. Saini, A. Thakur, S. Ahuja, N. Sabharwal and N. Kumar, "Arduino based automatic wireless weather station with remote graphical application and alerts," 2016 3rd IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing and Integrated Networks (SPIN), Noida, 2016, pp. 605-609.

26. S. Saini, R. Kaur, S. Singh and N. Kumar, "A compact T-slot multiband Planar Inverted-F Antenna for handheld devices," 2015 2nd IEEE International Conference on Recent Advances in Engineering & Computational Sciences (RAECS), Chandigarh, India, 2015, pp. 1-4. 

27. H. Saini, A. Kaur, A. Thakur, R. Kumar and N. Kumar, "Compact multiband ground slotted patch antenna for X-band applications," 2nd IEEE International Conference on Recent Advances in Engineering & Computational Sciences (RAECS), Chandigarh, 2015, pp. 1-6.

28. R. Kaur, S. Saini, S. Singh and N. Kumar, "A multiband fractal square patch antenna for aerospace navigation," 2015 Annual IEEE India Conference (INDICON), New Delhi, 2015, pp. 1-4. 

29. Sahil Saini, Satbir Singh, Naveen Kumar, “A Review of various Planar Inverted F Antenna Structures for Wireless Applications”, International Conference on Electronics Design Innovations & Technologies (EDIT 2015), National Institute of Technical Teachers' Training & Research (NITTTR), Chandigarh, April 2015.

30. Rupleen Kaur, Satbir Singh, Naveen Kumar, “A Review Of Various Fractal Geometries for Wireless Applications”, International Conference on Electronics Design Innovations & Technologies (EDIT 2015), National Institute of Technical Teachers' Training & Research (NITTTR), Chandigarh, April 2015. 

Reviewer

• International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering

• International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies

• IEEE Access

• MDPI Sensors

• MDPI Electronics

• IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems

• International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE)

Conference Committee Member

• Conference Co-Chair: International Conference on Intelligent System for Sustainable Future, 4-5 Oct 2023, Christ University, Bangalore, India.

• TPC Reviewer: IEEE International Conference on Digital Applications, Transformation, and Economy (ICDATE) 2023, Miri, Malaysia.

• Technical Program Committee:  IEEE International Conference on Contemporary Computing and Communications (InC4), Apri; 2023, Christ University, Bangalore, India.

• Reviewer: International Conference on Recent Trends in Electronics and Communication (ICRTEC 23), February 2023, NIE Mysuru, India

• Reviewer: IEEE Microwaves, Antennas, and Propagation Conference (MAPCON), 2022, Bangalore, India

• International Technical Program Committee and Track Chair:  4th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Trends in Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering, 22-24 Nov 2022 - Mauritius.

• Technical Program Committee and Reviewer:  3rd Congress on Intelligent Systems (CIS 2022), September 2022, Christ (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, India.

• Reviewer: International Conference on Data Science and Information System (ICDSIS - 2022), MCE Hassan, India 

• Session Chair: 4th International Conference on Intelligent Engineering and Management (ICIEM ), 2022, London.

• Reviewer: First edition of IEEE MysuruCon 2021, Hassan, India.

• Technical Program Committee:  IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI), December 4-7, 2021, Orlando, Florida, USA.

• Technical Program Committee:  IEEE 2nd International Conference on IoT Based Control Networks and Intelligent Systems ICICNIS 2021, June 28-29, 2021, India.

• Technical Program Committee: 4th International Conference on Electronics, Communication and Aerospace Technology (ICECA 2020), 5-7, November 2020, India.

• Technical Program Committee: International Conference on Electronics and Sustainable Communication Systems (ICESCS 2020), 28-30 April 2020, India.

• Technical Program Committee: 3rd International Conference On Electronics, Communication, Computer Technologies and Optimization Techniques (ICEECCOT-2018), 14 - 15 December 2018.

References

Dr. Rajesh Khanna

Dr. Divitha Seetharamdoo

Dr. Emilie Masson