Dr. Auon Akhtar Senior Member

Biography
Currently working as a Senior Wireless Systems Engineer at Apple Inc. Over the past decade, I have worked in both industry and academia. During this time, I have gained vast experience in the design and development of wireless communications systems. My key skills include wireless channel modeling, waveform design, MIMO antenna systems and beamforming, digital signal processing, cross-layered designs, link and system level simulator development, performance evaluation of wireless networks, and software development in C/C++. I have also worked extensively on MAC and PHY layers of LTE and NR.
Interests
4G mobile communication
3G mobile communication
Cellular radio
5G mobile communication
Long Term Evolution
Next generation networking
Radio access networks
Telecommunication computing
Spread spectrum communication
6G mobile communication
5G mobile communication
Cellular radio
Ad hoc networks
Cross layer design
Data communication
Land mobile radio
Mobile computing
Multicast communication
Protocols
Wireless LAN
Wireless sensor networks
Cellular radio
3G mobile communication
4G mobile communication
5G mobile communication
6G mobile communication
Channel estimation
Cross layer design
Downlink
Intercell interference
Location awareness
Network resource management
Multiuser detection
Software radio
Computer network management
Software defined networking
Experience
Other Professional/Technical
Apple Inc.
Other Professional/Technical
Nutaq Innovations Inc.
Other Professional/Technical
Ericsson Canada
Other Professional/Technical
The University of Western Ontario
Publications
Akhtar, A.M., Nakhai, M.R., and Aghvami, A.H., "On the use of cooperative physical layer network coding for energy efficient routing," IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 61, no. 4, pp. 1498 - 1509, 2013.
A.M. Akhtar, A.M. Akhtar, and A. Hamid Aghvami, "Energy-efficient adaptive routing in wireless ad hoc and mesh networks," IET Networks, vol. 1, no. 4, pp. 249 - 256, 2012.
Nakhai, M.R., Le, T.A.Akhtar, A.M., and Holland, O., "Cooperative multicell processing techniques for Energy-Efficient cellular wireless communications," Green Radio Communication Networks, vol. 9781107017542, pp. 236 - 260, 2012.
A.M. Akhtar and M.R. Nakhai, "Transmit beamforming and interference shaping in cellular cognitive radio networks," IET Communications, vol. 5, no. 14, pp. 2052 - 2058, 2011.
Xiaoyu Duan, Auon Muhammad Akhtar, and Xianbin Wang, "Software-defined networking-based resource management: data offloading with load balancing in 5G HetNet," EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking.
Education
Kings College London
Doctor of Philosophy
Computer Sciences and Information Technologies , 2013
Kings College London
Master of Science
Computer Sciences and Information Technologies , 2009
Air University
Bachelor of Engineering
Engineering , 2007