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Funded Research Projects and Grants

1. Title: Efficient Deployment of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Wireless Networks

Funding Agency: Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)

Grant No.: EEQ/2020/000539

Period: December 2020 – December 2023

Sanctioned Amount: Rs. 20,14,210

Role: Principal Investigator

2. Title: Design of Energy-Efficient Heterogeneous Cognitive Radio System

Funding Agency: NIT Andhra Pradesh (Seed Grant)

Grant No.: NITAP/SD-G/10/2020

Period: November 2020 – May 2022

Sanctioned Amount: 5,00,000

Role: Principal Investigator

3. Title: UAV-Based Sensing in Cognitive Radio Networks (TiHAN Faculty Fellowship Award)

Funding Agency: NMICPS TiHAN – IIT Hyderabad

Grant No.: TiHAN-IITH/13/2022-2023/338

Period: March 2023 – March 2025

Sanctioned Amount: 16,00,000

Details: Includes a research contingency grant of Rs. 10,00,000 and a monthly faculty fellowship of Rs. 25,000

Role: Principal Investigator

4. Title: Research Infrastructure Development under FIST Program

Funding Agency: Department of Science and Technology

Period: 2025 – 2030

Sanctioned Amount: 1.7 Crores

Role: Head of the Project Implementation Group

5. Title: Skill Development Program on “UAVs for Wireless Communication and Remote Sensing”

Funding Agency: NMICPS TiHAN – IIT Hyderabad

Period: October 2024

Sanctioned Amount: Rs. 1,40,000

Role: Principal Investigator

5. Title: Skill Development Program on “UApplications of UAVs for Wireless Communication and Disaster Management”

Funding Agency: NMICPS TiHAN – IIT Hyderabad

Period: October 2025

Sanctioned Amount: Rs. 1,50,000

Role: Principal Investigator

Journal Articles (reverse chronological order)

[J8] N. K. R. Pocha and N. R. Banavathu, "Secrecy Performance of UAV-Assisted Overlay Cognitive STBC-NOMA System With Imperfect SIC," in IEEE Internet of Things Journal, https://doi.org/10.1109/JIOT.2025.3622324 (Q1, I.F.: 8.9).

[J7] Beulah Sujan Karumanchi and N. R. Banavathu, ``Impact of Erroneous Reporting on Heterogeneous Cognitive Radio Networks Using Improved Primary User Detection”, Signal Processing, Vol. no. 238, 2025, ISSN 0165-1684 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sigpro.2025.110150 (Q1, I.F.: 3.6).

[J6] S. Sunkara and N. R. Banavathu, "Optimal M-Out-of-S Rule for Asynchronous Cooperative Sensing in Heterogeneous Cognitive Radio Networks," in IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 1079-1083, April 2025.https://doi.org/10.1109/LWC.2025.3532125 (Q1, I.F: 5.5).

[J5] N. R. Banavathu, "Optimization of Cooperative Spectrum Sensing in Multi-hop Heterogeneous Cognitive Radio Networks," in IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 24, no. 23, pp. 39617-39629, 1 Dec.1, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2024.3485201 (Q1, I.F: 4.5) (Single-authored journal paper).

[J4] Beulah Sujan Karumanchi and N. R. Banavathu, ``Efficient spectrum allocation by heterogeneous automated frequency coordination network within 6 GHz band”, Physical Communication, Volume 67, 2024, 102506, ISSN 1874-4907, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phycom.2024.102506(Q2, I.F.: 2.2).

[J3] N. R. Banavathu, "Optimal Generic L-Out-of-M Counting Rule for Neyman-Pearson Test in Cognitive Radio Networks," in IEEE Networking Letters, vol 5, no. 4, pp. 189-193, Dec. 2023.https://doi.org/10.1109/LNET.2023.3309537 (Single-authored journal paper) (Q1).

[J2] N. R. Banavathu and M. Z. A. Khan, "Optimization of N-out-of-K Rule for Heterogeneous Cognitive Radio Networks," in IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 445-449, March 2019. https://doi.org/10.1109/LSP.2019.2893999 (Q1, I.F: 3.9).

[J1] N. R. Banavathu and M. Z. A. Khan, ``Optimal Number of Cognitive Users in K -Out-of-M Rule," in IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 6, no. 5, pp. 606-609, Oct. 2017. https://doi.org/10.1109/LWC.2017.2721946 (Q1, I.F: 5.5).

Conference Articles

1. N. R. Banavathu and M. Z. A. Khan, "Optimal n-out-of-K Voting Rule for Cooperative Spectrum Sensing with Energy Detector over Erroneous Control Channel," 2015 IEEE 81st Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring), Glasgow, UK, 2015, pp. 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1109/VTCSpring.2015.7145982

2. N. R. Banavathu and M. Z. A. Khan, ``Optimization of cooperative spectrum sensing in cognitive radio over erroneous reporting channel," 2015 International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC), Hyderabad, India, 2015, pp. 1-5. https://www.riverpublishers.com/research_details.php?book_id=673

3. N. R. Banavathu and M. Z. Ali Khan, "On cooperative spectrum sensing with improved energy detector over erroneous control channel," 2016 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, Doha, Qatar, 2016, pp. 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1109/WCNC.2016.7565144

4. N. R. Banavathu and M. Z. A. Khan, "On the throughput maximization of Cognitive Radio using cooperative spectrum sensing over erroneous control channel," 2016 Twenty Second National Conference on Communication (NCC), Guwahati, India, 2016, pp. 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1109/NCC.2016.7561194

5. N. R. Banavathu and M. Z. A. Khan, ``Joint Optimization of both m and K for the m-out-of-K Rule for Cooperative Spectrum Sensing," European Wireless 2018; 24th European Wireless Conference, Catania, Italy, 2018, pp. 1-6. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8385528

6. N. R. Banavathu and M. Z. A. Khan, "On Throughput Maximization of Cooperative Spectrum Sensing Using the m-out-of-K Rule," 2019 IEEE 89th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2019-Spring), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2019, pp. 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1109/VTCSpring.2019.8746391

7. S. Karumanchi and N. R. Banavathu, "Cooperative Spectrum Sensing in Cognitive Radio Network Using Selective Soft-Information Fusion Scheme," TENCON 2023 - 2023 IEEE Region 10 Conference (TENCON), Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2023, pp. 1193-1197. https://doi.org/10.1109/TENCON58879.2023.10322321

8. N. K. R. Pocha and N. R. Banavathu, "Performance Analysis of UAV Assisted Underlay Cognitive STBC NOMA Systems," 2023 IEEE 20th India Council International Conference (INDICON), Hyderabad, India, 2023, pp. 374-379.https://doi.org/10.1109/INDICON59947.2023.10440805

9. N. K. Reddy Pocha and N. R. Banavathu, "Performance Evaluation of UAV Aided Overlay Cognitive STBC-NOMA System," 2024 International Conference on Signal Processing and Communications (SPCOM), Bangalore, India, 2024, pp. 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1109/SPCOM60851.2024.10631594

10. B. S. Karumanchi and N. R. Banavathu, "Erroneous Reporting in a Multiple Antenna-Based Cognitive Radio Network Using Soft Fusion Scheme," TENCON 2024 - 2024 IEEE Region 10 Conference (TENCON), Singapore, Singapore, 2024, pp. 222-225, https://doi.org/10.1109/TENCON61640.2024.10903006

11. R. R. Sanivarapu and N. R. Banavathu, "Optimization of VCSS in UAV-Aided Cognitive Radio Networks," TENCON 2024 - 2024 IEEE Region 10 Conference (TENCON), Singapore, Singapore, 2024, pp. 214-217. https://doi.org/10.1109/TENCON61640.2024.10903101

12. N. K. R. Pocha and N. R. Banavathu, "Secrecy Performance of UAV-Assisted Underlay Cognitive STBC-NOMA Networks Under Non-Identical Nakagami-m Fading Channels," 2024 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Networks and Telecommunications Systems (ANTS), Guwahati, India, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1109/ANTS63515.2024.10898992

Awards

1. Prestigious Faculty Fellowship Award, TiHAN – IIT Hyderabad (2023–2025). Awarded the prestigious research fellowship in recognition of academic excellence and research contributions.

2. Certificate of Research Excellence, IIT Hyderabad, Recognized for outstanding research contributions at the Institute.

3. Merit Scholarship, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Ltd., India (2005 - 2009) Received scholarship for academic performance during undergraduate studies (B.E.).

4. MHRD Fellowship, Government of India Awarded fellowship during Master's program (2010–2012) and Ph.D. program (2013–2018).

Dr. NARASIMHA RAO BANAVATHU

Funded Research Projects and Grants

1. Title: Efficient Deployment of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Wireless Networks

Funding Agency: Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)

Grant No.: EEQ/2020/000539

Period: December 2020 – December 2023

Sanctioned Amount: Rs. 20,14,210

Role: Principal Investigator

2. Title: Design of Energy-Efficient Heterogeneous Cognitive Radio System

Funding Agency: NIT Andhra Pradesh (Seed Grant)

Grant No.: NITAP/SD-G/10/2020

Period: November 2020 – May 2022

Sanctioned Amount: 5,00,000

Role: Principal Investigator

3. Title: UAV-Based Sensing in Cognitive Radio Networks (TiHAN Faculty Fellowship Award)

Funding Agency: NMICPS TiHAN – IIT Hyderabad

Grant No.: TiHAN-IITH/13/2022-2023/338

Period: March 2023 – March 2025

Sanctioned Amount: 16,00,000

Details: Includes a research contingency grant of Rs. 10,00,000 and a monthly faculty fellowship of Rs. 25,000

Role: Principal Investigator

4. Title: Research Infrastructure Development under FIST Program

Funding Agency: Department of Science and Technology

Period: 2025 – 2030

Sanctioned Amount: 1.7 Crores

Role: Head of the Project Implementation Group

5. Title: Skill Development Program on “UAVs for Wireless Communication and Remote Sensing”

Funding Agency: NMICPS TiHAN – IIT Hyderabad

Period: October 2024

Sanctioned Amount: Rs. 1,40,000

Role: Principal Investigator

5. Title: Skill Development Program on “UApplications of UAVs for Wireless Communication and Disaster Management”

Funding Agency: NMICPS TiHAN – IIT Hyderabad

Period: October 2025

Sanctioned Amount: Rs. 1,50,000

Role: Principal Investigator

Journal Articles (reverse chronological order)

[J8] N. K. R. Pocha and N. R. Banavathu, "Secrecy Performance of UAV-Assisted Overlay Cognitive STBC-NOMA System With Imperfect SIC," in IEEE Internet of Things Journal, https://doi.org/10.1109/JIOT.2025.3622324 (Q1, I.F.: 8.9).

[J7] Beulah Sujan Karumanchi and N. R. Banavathu, ``Impact of Erroneous Reporting on Heterogeneous Cognitive Radio Networks Using Improved Primary User Detection”, Signal Processing, Vol. no. 238, 2025, ISSN 0165-1684 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sigpro.2025.110150 (Q1, I.F.: 3.6).

[J6] S. Sunkara and N. R. Banavathu, "Optimal M-Out-of-S Rule for Asynchronous Cooperative Sensing in Heterogeneous Cognitive Radio Networks," in IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 1079-1083, April 2025.https://doi.org/10.1109/LWC.2025.3532125 (Q1, I.F: 5.5).

[J5] N. R. Banavathu, "Optimization of Cooperative Spectrum Sensing in Multi-hop Heterogeneous Cognitive Radio Networks," in IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 24, no. 23, pp. 39617-39629, 1 Dec.1, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2024.3485201 (Q1, I.F: 4.5) (Single-authored journal paper).

[J4] Beulah Sujan Karumanchi and N. R. Banavathu, ``Efficient spectrum allocation by heterogeneous automated frequency coordination network within 6 GHz band”, Physical Communication, Volume 67, 2024, 102506, ISSN 1874-4907, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phycom.2024.102506(Q2, I.F.: 2.2).

[J3] N. R. Banavathu, "Optimal Generic L-Out-of-M Counting Rule for Neyman-Pearson Test in Cognitive Radio Networks," in IEEE Networking Letters, vol 5, no. 4, pp. 189-193, Dec. 2023.https://doi.org/10.1109/LNET.2023.3309537 (Single-authored journal paper) (Q1).

[J2] N. R. Banavathu and M. Z. A. Khan, "Optimization of N-out-of-K Rule for Heterogeneous Cognitive Radio Networks," in IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 445-449, March 2019. https://doi.org/10.1109/LSP.2019.2893999 (Q1, I.F: 3.9).

[J1] N. R. Banavathu and M. Z. A. Khan, ``Optimal Number of Cognitive Users in K -Out-of-M Rule," in IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 6, no. 5, pp. 606-609, Oct. 2017. https://doi.org/10.1109/LWC.2017.2721946 (Q1, I.F: 5.5).

Conference Articles

1. N. R. Banavathu and M. Z. A. Khan, "Optimal n-out-of-K Voting Rule for Cooperative Spectrum Sensing with Energy Detector over Erroneous Control Channel," 2015 IEEE 81st Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring), Glasgow, UK, 2015, pp. 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1109/VTCSpring.2015.7145982

3. N. R. Banavathu and M. Z. Ali Khan, "On cooperative spectrum sensing with improved energy detector over erroneous control channel," 2016 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, Doha, Qatar, 2016, pp. 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1109/WCNC.2016.7565144

4. N. R. Banavathu and M. Z. A. Khan, "On the throughput maximization of Cognitive Radio using cooperative spectrum sensing over erroneous control channel," 2016 Twenty Second National Conference on Communication (NCC), Guwahati, India, 2016, pp. 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1109/NCC.2016.7561194

5. N. R. Banavathu and M. Z. A. Khan, ``Joint Optimization of both m and K for the m-out-of-K Rule for Cooperative Spectrum Sensing," European Wireless 2018; 24th European Wireless Conference, Catania, Italy, 2018, pp. 1-6. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8385528

6. N. R. Banavathu and M. Z. A. Khan, "On Throughput Maximization of Cooperative Spectrum Sensing Using the m-out-of-K Rule," 2019 IEEE 89th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2019-Spring), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2019, pp. 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1109/VTCSpring.2019.8746391

7. S. Karumanchi and N. R. Banavathu, "Cooperative Spectrum Sensing in Cognitive Radio Network Using Selective Soft-Information Fusion Scheme," TENCON 2023 - 2023 IEEE Region 10 Conference (TENCON), Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2023, pp. 1193-1197. https://doi.org/10.1109/TENCON58879.2023.10322321

8. N. K. R. Pocha and N. R. Banavathu, "Performance Analysis of UAV Assisted Underlay Cognitive STBC NOMA Systems," 2023 IEEE 20th India Council International Conference (INDICON), Hyderabad, India, 2023, pp. 374-379.https://doi.org/10.1109/INDICON59947.2023.10440805

9. N. K. Reddy Pocha and N. R. Banavathu, "Performance Evaluation of UAV Aided Overlay Cognitive STBC-NOMA System," 2024 International Conference on Signal Processing and Communications (SPCOM), Bangalore, India, 2024, pp. 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1109/SPCOM60851.2024.10631594

10. B. S. Karumanchi and N. R. Banavathu, "Erroneous Reporting in a Multiple Antenna-Based Cognitive Radio Network Using Soft Fusion Scheme," TENCON 2024 - 2024 IEEE Region 10 Conference (TENCON), Singapore, Singapore, 2024, pp. 222-225, https://doi.org/10.1109/TENCON61640.2024.10903006

11. R. R. Sanivarapu and N. R. Banavathu, "Optimization of VCSS in UAV-Aided Cognitive Radio Networks," TENCON 2024 - 2024 IEEE Region 10 Conference (TENCON), Singapore, Singapore, 2024, pp. 214-217. https://doi.org/10.1109/TENCON61640.2024.10903101

Awards

1. Prestigious Faculty Fellowship Award, TiHAN – IIT Hyderabad (2023–2025). Awarded the prestigious research fellowship in recognition of academic excellence and research contributions.

2. Certificate of Research Excellence, IIT Hyderabad, Recognized for outstanding research contributions at the Institute.

3. Merit Scholarship, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Ltd., India (2005 - 2009) Received scholarship for academic performance during undergraduate studies (B.E.).

4. MHRD Fellowship, Government of India Awarded fellowship during Master's program (2010–2012) and Ph.D. program (2013–2018).