Patents
Christopher K. Walker, Juan Carlos Lopez-Tonazzi, Brandon J. Swift, and Marwan M. Krunz, "Dielectric antenna array and system," U.S. Patent No. 12,230,887 B2, issued Feb. 18, 2025.
Marwan Krunz, Irmak Aykin, and Berk Akgun, "A method for fast beam sweeping and device discovery in 5G millimeter wave and upper centimeter-wave systems," U.S. Patent No. 10,972,172, issued April 6, 2021.
Journals
Sopan Sarkar, Phai Vu Dinh, Marwan Krunz, Santosh Timilsina, Diep N. Nguyen, and Sangkyo Shin, "AI-based spatio-temporal beam prediction from partial CSI-RS observations in mmWave systems," accepted for the IEEE Transactions on Machine Learning in Communications and Networking (TMLCN), Sept. 2026.
Yong Xiao, Xubo Li, Haoran Zhou, Yingyu Li, Yayu Gao, Guangming Shi, Ping Zhang, and Marwan Krunz, "SANet: A semantic-aware agentic AI networking framework for cross-layer optimization in 6G," IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), vol. 25, pp. 14849-14866, May 2026, doi: 10.1109/TMC.2026.3691804.
Sopan Sarkar, Marwan Krunz, David Manzi, and Rajesh Kulkarni, "ARCS: Adversarial RF map categorization and synthesis through unsupervised feature extraction," IEEE Transactions on Machine Learning in Communications and Networking (TMLCN), vol. 4, pp. 612-628, Mar. 2026, doi: 10.1109/TMLCN.2026.3676377.
Bui Minh Tuan, Van-Dinh Nguyen, Diep N. Nguyen, Nguyen Linh Trung, Nguyen Van Huynh, Dinh Thai Hoang, Marwan Krunz, and Eryk Dutkiewicz, "Deep learning-driven friendly jamming for secure multicarrier ISAC under channel uncertainty," IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 74, pp. 6332-6348, Mar. 2026, doi: 10.1109/TCOMM.2026.3675471.
Sopan Sarkar, Marwan Krunz, Sherif Badran, Josep M Jornet, David Manzi, and Rajesh Kulkarni, "GAMBIT: A generalized adaptive multi-armed bandit for intelligent beam tracking and rate adaptation," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 74, pp. 17683-17696, Nov. 2025, doi: 10.1109/TVT.2025.3580601.
Mingjie Feng and Marwan Krunz, “Online learning-based beamwidth optimization for initial access in millimeter wave cellular networks,” IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking (TCCN), vol. 11, pp. 231-242, Feb. 2025, doi: 10.1109/TCCN.2024.3422505.
Marwan Krunz, Irmak Aykin, Sopan Sarkar, and Berk Akgun, “Online reinforcement learning for beam tracking and rate adaptation in millimeter-wave systems,” IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 23, issue 2, pp. 1830-1845, Feb. 2024.
Islam Shaban, Xiao Han, Loukas Lazos, Ming Li, Yong Xiao, and Marwan Krunz, “Misbehavior detection in Wi-Fi/LTE coexistence over unlicensed bands,” IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), vol. 22, no. 8, pp. 4773-4791, Aug. 2023.
Mohammed Hirzallah, Marwan Krunz, Balkan Kecicioglu, and Belal Hamzel, “5G New Radio Unlicensed: Challenges and evaluation,” IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 689-701, Sept. 2021.
Yong Xiao, Guangming Shi, and Marwan Krunz, "Towards ubiquitous AI in 6G with federated learning," arXiv preprint arXiv:2004.13563, Apr. 2020.
Irmak Aykin and Marwan Krunz, “Efficient beam sweeping algorithms and initial access protocols for millimeter-wave networks,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 2504-2514, Apr. 2020.
Irmak Aykin, Berk Akgun, and Marwan Krunz, “Multi-beam transmissions for blockage resilience and reliability in millimeter-wave systems,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC) - Special Issue on Millimeter-wave Networking, vol. 37, no. 12, pp. 2772-2785, Dec. 2019.
Yong Xiao, Marwan Krunz, and Tao Shu, "Multi-operator network sharing for massive IoT," IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 57, no. 4, pp. 96-101, Apr. 2019.
Bushra Ismaiel, Mehran Abolhasan, Wei Ni, David Smith, Daniel Franklin, Eryk Dutkiewicz, Marwan Krunz, and Abbas Jamalipour, “PCF-based LTE Wi-Fi aggregation for coordinating and offloading the cellular traffic to D2D network,” IEEE Trans. on Vehicular Technology (TVT), vol. 67, issue 12, pp. 12193-12203, Dec. 2018.
Mohammed Hirzallah, Wessam Afifi, and Marwan Krunz, “Full-duplex-based rate/mode adaptation strategies for Wi-Fi/LTE-U coexistence: A POMDP approach,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC) - Special Issue on Spectrum Sharing and Aggregation for Future Wireless Networks, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 20-29, Jan. 2017.
Conferences
Sopan Sarkar and Marwan Krunz, "Physics-Informed Kernelized Thompson Sampling for Beam Management in Millimeter-Wave Systems," accepted for the ACM MobiHoc'26 Conference, Tokyo, 2026.
Santosh Timilsina and Marwan Krunz, "Smart jamming of Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) in 5G systems," accepted for the IEEE MILCOM 2026 Conference, Washington DC, October 2026.
Sopan Sarkar and Marwan Krunz, "SAIL: Unsupervised spatial-angular interpretable feature learning for RF map synthesis," Proc. of the IEEE ICCSPA'26 Conference, June 2026.
Md Rabiul Hossain, Ayushi Dube, Arush S. Sharma, Gian Singh, Marwan Krunz, and Sarma Vrudhula, "Energy-efficient low-latency protocol and modulation classification for edge devices," Proc. of the IEEE ICCSPA'26 Conference, June 2026.
Santosh Timilsina and Marwan Krunz, "Tampering attacks on CSI feedback reports in 5G New Radio," Proc. of the IEEE MILCOM Conference, LA, Oct. 2025.
Bui Minh Tuan, Diep N. Nguyen, Nguyen Linh Trung, Van-Dinh Nguyen, Nguyen Van Huynh, Dinh Thai Hoang, Marwan Krunz, and Eryk Dutkiewicz, "Securing MIMO wiretap channel with DDPG-based friendly jamming under non-differentiable channel," Proc. of the IEEE ICC Conference - Workshop on Machine Learning and Deep Learning for Wireless Security, Montreal, Canada, June 2025.
Md Rabiul Hossain and Marwan Krunz, “PCI classification in 5G NR: Deep learning unravels synchronization signal blocks,” Proc. of the IEEE SECON Conference, Dec. 2024.
Sopan Sarkar, Mohammad Hossein Manshaei, Marwan Krunz, and Hamid Ravaee, “RecuGAN: A novel generative AI approach for synthesizing RF coverage maps,” Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks Conference, July 29–31, 2024, Kona, Hawaii.
Sopan Sarkar, Hossein Manshaei, and Marwan Krunz, “RADIANCE: Radio-frequency adversarial deep-learning inference for automated network coverage estimation,” Proc. of the IEEE GLOBECOM Conference, Dec. 2023.
Sopan Sarkar, Marwan Krunz, Irmak Aykin, and David Manzi, “Machine learning for robust beam tracking in mobile millimeter-wave systems,” Proc. of the IEEE GLOBECOM Conference, Madrid, Spain, Dec. 2021.
Mingjie Feng, Berk Akgun, Irmak Aykin, and Marwan Krunz, “Beamwidth optimization for initial access in 5G NR millimeter wave cellular networks,” Proc. of the IEEE ICC 2021 - Next-Generation Networking and Internet Symposium, June 2021.
Irmak Aykin, Berk Akgun, Mingjie Feng, and Marwan Krunz, “MAMBA: A multi-armed bandit framework for beam tracking in millimeter-wave systems,” Proc. of the IEEE INFOCOM Conference, July 2020.
Yong Xiao, Marwan Krunz, Haris Volos, and Takashi Bando, “Driving in the fog: Latency measurement, modeling, and optimization of LTE-based fog computing for smart vehicles,” Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Sensing, Communication, and Networking (SECON) Conference, Boston, MA, USA, 2019.
Irmak Aykin, Berk Akgun, and Marwan Krunz, “Smartlink: Exploiting channel clustering effects for reliable millimeter wave communications,” Proc. of the IEEE INFOCOM Conference, Paris, France, Apr. 2019.
Irmak Aykin and Marwan Krunz, “FastLink: An efficient initial access protocol for millimeter wave systems,” Proc. of the ACM International Conference on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems (MSWiM 2018), pp. 109-117, Montreal, Canada, Oct. 2018 (Best Paper Award).
Mohammed Hirzallah, Yong Xiao, and Marwan Krunz, “On modeling and optimizing LTE/Wi-Fi coexistence with prioritized traffic classes,” Proc. of the EEE International Symposium on Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks (DySPAN’18), Seoul, South Korea, 2018.
Islam Samy, Loukas Lazos, Yong Xiao, Ming Li, and Marwan Krunz, “LTE misbehavior detection in Wi-Fi/LTE coexistence under the LAA-LTE standard,” Proc. of the 11th ACM Conference on Security and Privacy in Wireless and Mobile Networks (WiSec’18), June 2018, Stockholm, Sweden.
Yong Xiao, Mohammed Hirzallah, and Marwan Krunz, “Optimizing inter-operator network slicing over licensed and unlicensed bands," Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Sensing, Communication, and Networking (SECON), Hong Kong, 2018.
Mohammed Hirzallah, Wessam Afifi, and Marwan Krunz, "Full-duplex spectrum sensing and fairness mechanisms for Wi-Fi/LTE-U coexistence," Proc. of the IEEE GLOBECOM Conference, Washington D.C., Dec. 2016.