Publications

N. Sharma, M. Magarini, D. N. K. Jayakody, V. Sharma and J. Li, "On-Demand Ultra-Dense Cloud Drone Networks: Opportunities, Challenges and Benefits," in IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 56, no. 8, pp. 85-91, August 2018.

N. Sharma, A. Kumar, H. Pervaiz, M. Magarini, L. Musavian, M M. Alam, A. Jindal and M A. Imran, “Aerial Base Station assisted Cellular Communication: Performance and Trade-off”, in IEEE Transactions of Network Science and Engineering, January 2021.

PG. Sudheesh, N. Sharma, M. Magarini and P. Muthuchidambaranathan, "Effect of imperfect CSI on interference alignment in multiple-High Altitude Platforms based communication", Elsevier Physical Communication, Vol 29, 2018, pp. 336−342.

D. Scazzoli, A. Kumar, N. Sharma, M. Magarini and G. Verticale, "Fault Recovery in Time-Synchronized Mission Critical ZigBee-Based Wireless Sensor Networks", International Journal of Wireless Information Networks, Vol 24, 2017, pp. 268−277.

V. Sharma, N. Sharma and MH. Rehmani, "Control over Skies: Survivability, Coverage and Mobility Laws for Hierarchical Aerial Base Stations", IEEE Pervasive Computing. (Under Review)

M. Khan, MM. Alam, Y Le Moullec, N. Sharma, E.Yaacoub, L, Reggiani and M. Magarini, "Q-Learning based Joint Energy-Spectral Efficiency Optimization in Multi-Hop Device-to-Device Communication", MDPI Sensors, November, 2020, pp. 1-23.

A. Masood, N. Sharma, MM. Alam, Y Le. Moullec, D. Scazzoli, L. Reggiani, M. Magarini, and R. Ahmad, "Surveying Pervasive Public Safety Communication Technologies in the Context of Terrorist Attacks", Elsevier Physical Communication, Vol 41, August 2020, pp. 101-109 .

N. Sharma, A. Kumar, M. Magarini, S. Bregni and D. N. K. Jayakody, "Impact of CFO on Low Latency-Enabled UAV Using "Better Than Nyquist" Pulse Shaping in GFDM," IEEE 89th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2019-Spring), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2019, pp. 1-6.

N. Sharma, V. Sharma, M. Magarini, H. Pervaiz, M.M Alam and Y Le. Moullec, "Cell Coverage Analysis of a Low Altitude Aerial Base Station in Wind Perturbations", IEEE Globecom 2019 Workshop on Research Advancements in Future Networking Technologies (RAFNET), Waikoloa, HI, USA, pp. 1-6.

N. Sharma, MM. Alam, Y Le. Moullec, H. Malik, M. Bennis, and S. Pärand, "Dynamic Radio Frame Configuration by Exploiting Uplink Control Channel for URLLC", IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC) 2019, Marrakech, Morocco, pp.1-6.

N. Sharma, M. Magarini, L. Reggiani and MM. Alam, "Channel Characterization at 2.4 GHz for Aerial Base Station", International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies, (ANT) Workshop on Recent Advances in Cellular Technologies and 5G for IoT Environments (RACT-5G-IoT 2019), Leuvan, Belgium, 2019, Elsevier pp. 1-8.

A. Masood, N. Sharma, MM. Alam, Y Le. Moullec, D. Scazzoli, L. Reggiani, M. Magarini, and R. Ahmad, "Device-to-Device Discovery and Localization Assisted by UAVs in Pervasive Public Safety Networks", Proceedings of Workshop on innovative aerial communication solutions for First Responders network in emergency scenarios, MobiHoc 2019, Catania, Italy, pp. 1-6.

N. Sharma, M. Magarini, L. Dossi, L. Reggiani and R. Nebuloni, "A study of channel model parameters for aerial base stations at 2.4 GHz in different environments," 15th IEEE Annual Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC), Las Vegas, NV, 2018, pp. 1-6.

D. G. Cileo, N. Sharma and M. Magarini, "Coverage, capacity and interference analysis for an aerial base station in different environments," International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS), Bologna, 2017, pp. 281-286.

D. Scazzoli, A. Kumar, N. Sharma, M. Magarini and G. Verticale, "A novel technique for ZigBee coordinator failure recovery and its impact on timing synchronization," IEEE 27th Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), Valencia, 2016, pp. 1-5.

S. P.G, N. Sharma, M. Magarini and P. Muthuchidambaranathan, "Interference Alignment in Multiple-High Altitude Platforms based Communication with a Generalized Long Distance Line of Sight Channel Model", International Conference on Communication, Management and Information Technology (ICCMIT), April 2017.

M.U Sheikh, M. Riaz, F. Jameel, N. Sharma, V. Sharma, M. Alazab, and R. Jäntti, "Quality-Aware Trajectory Planning of Cellular Connected UAVs", DroneCom, MobiCom, September 2020, pp. 79-85.

N. Sharma, M. Magarini and MM. Alam, "Internet Of Drones Enabled Smart Cities", IoT Architectures, Models, and Platforms for Smart City Applications, IGI Global, pp. 107-133, 2020.

F. Jameel , N. Sharma , MA. Khan , I. Khan, MM. Alam, G. Mastorakis, C. X. Mavromoustakis, "Machine Learning Techniques for Wireless-Powered Ambient Backscatter Communications: Enabling Intelligent IoT Networks in 6G Era " Convergence of Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things, Springer, pp. 187-211, May 2020.

N. Sharma, M. Awais, H. Pervaiz, H. Malik and Q. Ni, "Unmanned Aerial Vehicle assisted Smart Lock-down for COVID-19 pandemic", Wiley, 2020. (Under Review)

N. Sharma, R. Ansari, R. Khan, H. Malik and H. Pervaiz, "Adaptive Interference Aware Device-to-Device Enabled Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Communications", Wiley, 2020. (Under Review)

Masters in Science (Telecommunications), Daniele Giovanni Cileo, "Coverage, interference and power consumption analysis of an aerial base station in case of drone assisted device-to-device communications", Co-supervised with Prof Maurizio Magarini (Main Supervisor), Department of Electronics, Information and Bio-engineering, Politecnico di Milano