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Education

• Ph.D in Electrical & Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2023-Present
  • GPA: 4.0
  • Related coursework: Cellular Communication Systems, Software Radios, 5G-Advanced, O-RAN, and 6G, Network Architecture and Protocols I and II
• M.S. in Electrical & Computer Engineering, UNC Charlotte, 2020
  • GPA: 3.71
  • Master’s Thesis: Information-based smart RF energy Harvesting in wireless sensor networks
• B.Tech in Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering, Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering, India, 2013
  • First Class with Distinction

Work Experience

• January 2023 - Present: Graduate Research Assistant
  • Commonwealth Cyber Initiative xG wireless testbed, Virginia Tech
  • Duties:
    • Conducting spectrum-sharing experiments with OpenSAS
    • Working on CBRS testbed design deployment for end-to-end indoor/outdoor wireless environments
    • Using software-defined radios, commercial O-RUs, and O-RAN-compatible open-source 5G NR cellular stacks and core networks
• July 2022 - December 2022: Senior Engineer-System Integration and Test
  • Verana Networks, Massachusetts
  • Duties:
    • Worked on IAB-based 5G mm-wave base station development
    • Conducted cross-polarization (H and V channel) and self-interference measurements for IAB nodes with reconfigurable active array antennas
    • Managed end-to-end multi-hop IAB system test bench deployments and link performance testing
• November 2020 - July 2022: Lead Engineer Access QA
  • Parallel Wireless, Nashua, New Hampshire
  • Duties:
    • Built testbeds for all-G cellular networks, protocol validation, and OTA performance testing
    • Emulated field scenarios and conducted lab testing using Azimuth, XCAL, and spectrum analyzers
• January 2019 - May 2020: Graduate Research Assistant
  • University of North Carolina, Charlotte
  • Duties:
    • Served as Teaching Assistant for Basic Electrical Engineering for three semesters
    • Focused on RF energy harvesting for wireless sensor networks and implemented MIMO on software-defined radios (USRP)
• 2013-2014: Graduate Engineer Trainee
  • Idea Cellular Limited, Maharashtra & Goa Circle, India
  • Duties:
    • Served as Cluster (three districts) Lead for 2G-3G project deployment
    • Hands-on experience in RF planning, Projects, VAS (packet core network), MSC, BSC, Transmission (wired and wireless)
    • Cluster in charge of 2G/3G implementation (13 Months)

Skills

• Wireless Communications
  • 5G
  • 4G-LTE
  • 3G
  • GSM
  • Software-Defined Radios
• Technical Skills
  • Linux
  • System Integration and Testing
  • Scripting and Automation
  • Communication Protocols
  • Project Management
  • Electronics Manufacturing
  • Embedded system Design
  • MATLAB
  • Data Communication
  • Wireless Sensor Networks
  • Embedded C
  • Network Security
  • Open-Source platforms

Publications

Benchmarking Software Defined Radio Based 5G Deployments With srsRAN: Lessons Learned

A. Tripathi, F. Bashar, M. R. Chowdhury, A. Da Silva, and S. F. Midkiff, "Benchmarking Software Defined Radio Based 5G Deployments With srsRAN: Lessons Learned," IEEE Wireless Communication and Networking Conference (WCNC), March 24-27, 2025, Milan, Italy.

CCI xG Testbed: An O-RAN Based Platform for Future Wireless Network Experimentation

A. Da Silva, M. R. Chowdhury, A. Sathish, A. Tripathi, S. F. Midkiff and L. A. Da Silva, "CCI xG Testbed: An O-RAN Based Platform for Future Wireless Network Experimentation," in IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 63, no. 2, pp. 62-68, February 2025, doi: 10.1109/MCOM.001.2400322.

Paper Title Number 4

Your Name, You. (2024). "Paper Title Number 3." GitHub Journal of Bugs. 1(3).

Deep Learning Based Uplink Power Allocation in Multi-Radio Dual Connectivity Heterogeneous Wireless Networks

M. H. Rahman, M. R. Chowdhury, A. Sultana, A. Tripathi and A. P. D. Silva, "Deep Learning Based Uplink Power Allocation in Multi-Radio Dual Connectivity Heterogeneous Wireless Networks," 2024 IEEE 35th International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), Valencia, Spain, 2024, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/PIMRC59610.2024.10817336.

End-to-End O-RAN Control-Loop for Radio Resource Allocation in SDR-Based 5G Network

A. Tripathi et al., "End-to-End O-RAN Control-Loop for Radio Resource Allocation in SDR-Based 5G Network," MILCOM 2023 - 2023 IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM), Boston, MA, USA, 2023, pp. 253-254, doi: 10.1109/MILCOM58377.2023.10356316.

Information Based Smart RF Energy Harvesting in Wireless Sensor Networks

A. Tripathi and A. Nasipuri, "Information Based Smart RF Energy Harvesting in Wireless Sensor Networks," 2019 IEEE 16th International Conference on Smart Cities: Improving Quality of Life Using ICT & IoT and AI (HONET-ICT), Charlotte, NC, USA, 2019, pp. 197-198, doi: 10.1109/HONET.2019.8908049.

Paper Title Number 3

Your Name, You. (2015). "Paper Title Number 3." Journal 1. 1(3).

Paper Title Number 2

Your Name, You. (2010). "Paper Title Number 2." Journal 1. 1(2).

Paper Title Number 1

Your Name, You. (2009). "Paper Title Number 1." Journal 1. 1(1).

Talks

Benchmarking Software Defined Radio Based 5G Deployments With srsRAN: Lessons Learned

March 24, 2025

Conference presentation at IEEE Wireless Communication and Networking Conference (WCNC), Milan, Italy

End-to-End O-RAN Control-Loop for Radio Resource Allocation in SDR-Based 5G Network

November 01, 2023

Conference presentation at MILCOM 2023 - IEEE Military Communications Conference, Boston, MA, USA

Conference Proceeding talk 3 on Relevant Topic in Your Field

March 01, 2014

Conference proceedings talk at Testing Institute of America 2014 Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Talk 2 on Relevant Topic in Your Field

February 01, 2014

Talk at London School of Testing, London, UK

Tutorial 1 on Relevant Topic in Your Field

March 01, 2013

Tutorial at UC-Berkeley Institute for Testing Science, Berkeley, CA, USA

Talk 1 on Relevant Topic in Your Field

March 01, 2012

Talk at UC San Francisco, Department of Testing, San Francisco, CA, USA

Teaching

Teaching Assistant - Basic Electrical Engineering

Teaching experience 2

Teaching experience 1