Designing algorithms for a soft wireless communications SoC: from radio frequency signals to uplink power control and scheduling

Speaker: Nidhin Koshy

Abstract

At EdgeQ, we are building a soft wireless communications SoC, optimized for wireless communication workloads. Designing algorithms for wireless communications requires the use of techniques from varied disciplines such as signal processing, coding theory, detection and estimation theory, resource allocation etc. We will discuss a few interesting problems, namely, uplink power control and link adaptation, large parameter estimation under resource constraints for digital pre-distortion compensation, machine learning models for channel estimation and MIMO equalization, and designs for non-terrestrial networks. Each of these problems require different toolsets, and have to be computationally efficient

Bio

Nidhin Koshy Vaidhiyan is a Principal Engineer at EdgeQ Inc, Bangalore. He obtained his ME and PhD degrees from the Department of ECE, IISc and B.Tech in ECE from College of Engineering, Trivandrum. Prior to EdgeQ, he had stints as a Senior Lead Engineer at Qualcomm Wireless R&D, Bangalore and as a Research Manager at the Centre for Networked Intelligence, IISc. At EdgeQ, he is part of the Systems and Simulations team, working on algorithms for 5G and WiFi communication systems.