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It is not the goal but the way there that matters, and the harder the way the more worthwhile the journey.

-Edwin H. Armstrong

About Me and my Research

I am a Research Scientist at NOKIA-Bell-Labs, Fixed Access Networks Research, doing research on Optical-Wireless convergence for 5G and beyond. I was a Post-Doctoral Researcher at Connect Center for Future Networks(CONNECT), Trinity College Dublin (TCD) where I completed my PhD as well. Following are the few of my Research Areas

  • 5G and beyond

    Next Generation Converged optical, wireless and cloud networks, Cloud-RAN…

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NOKIA Bell-Labs, Stuttgart, Germany

Apr 2023 - Present

Research Scientist, Fixed Access Networks Research

Fixed-Mobile convergence for 5G and beyond

Collins Aerospace

Oct 2022 - Mar 2023

Principal Research Engineer, Wireless Networks, 5G and beyond for Aerospace.

Connect Centre for Future Networks, Trinity College Dublin

May 2017 - Oct 2022

Ph.D (May 2017 - April 2021): Enhanced Passive Optical Network (PON) architectures for converged access networks for 5G and beyond (Science Foundation Ireland (SFI)-funded)

Postdoctoral Research (April 2021 - Oct 2022): Fixed-Mobile convergence for 5G and beyond (Intel Research and SFI)

Cewit INDIA

September 2016 - April 2017

LTE layer 1 and layer 2 protocol stack development in System on Chip (SoC) devices, DSP, RTOS platforms. Testbed development for 5G research.

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

August 2012 - August 2016

Master in Science by Research (MS): FPGA Development of PHY-MAC protocol catering to OFDMA based systems

Junior Research Fellow (JRF): Suitability of free space optical communication for on-board data handling in satellite

West Bengal University of Technology

Jan 2007 - Mar 2021

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech): Electronics and Communication