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2023

• "Power and Discrete Rate Adaptation in Wideband NOMA in Frequency-Selective Channels", S Sruthy and Neelesh B. Mehta, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (early access).
• "Multi-Connectivity for URLLC and Coexistence with eMBB in Time-Varying and Frequency-Selective Fading Channels", Govindu Saikesava and Neelesh B. Mehta, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 22, no. 6, pp. 3599-3611, Jun. 2023

2022

• "Refined Bounds for Inter-Carrier Interference in OFDM due to Time-Varying Channels and Phase Noise", Tenneti Venkata Satya Sreedhar and Neelesh B. Mehta, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 11, no. 12, pp. 2522-2526, Dec. 2022.
• "Optimal Energy-Efficient Antenna Selection and Power Adaptation for Interference-Outage Constrained Underlay Spectrum Sharing", Suji Naduvilpattu and Neelesh B. Mehta, IEEE Transactions on Communications,vol. 70, no. 9, pp. 6341-6354, Sep. 2022.
• "Interplay Between Interference-Aware Resource Allocation Algorithm Design, CSI, and Feedback in Underlay D2D Networks," B. V. R. Gorantla and N. B. Mehta, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 21, no. 5, pp. 3452-3463, May 2022.

2021

• "Millimeter-Wave Beam Selection in Time-Varying Channels with User Orientation Changes," Ashok Kumar Reddy Chavva and Neelesh B. Mehta, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 20, no. 11, pp. 6987-7000, Nov. 2021.
• "Statistical CSI Driven Transmit Antenna Selection and Power Adaptation in Underlay Spectrum Sharing Systems," R. Sarvendranath and Neelesh B. Mehta, IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 69, no. 5, pp. 2923-2934, May 2021.
• "Ordered Transmissions Schemes for Detection in Spatially Correlated Wireless Sensor Networks," Sayan Sen Gupta and Neelesh B. Mehta, IEEE Transactions on Communications,vol. 69, no. 3, pp. 1565-1577, Mar. 2021.
• "User-Pair Scheduling and Mode Selection in Asymmetric Full-Duplex Systems with Limited Feedback: Algorithm and Scaling Laws," Rama Kiran and Neelesh B. Mehta, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 20, no. 5, pp. 2863-2875, May 2021.
• "Exploiting Correlation with Wideband CQI and Making Differential Feedback Overhead Flexible in 4G/5G OFDM Systems," Vineeth Kumar and Neelesh B. Mehta, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications,vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 2579-2591, Apr. 2021.

2020

• “Ordered Transmissions for Energy-Efficient Detection in Energy Harvesting Wireless Sensor Networks,” Sayan Sen Gupta, Saikiran Pallapothu and Neelesh B. Mehta, IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 68, No. 4, Apr. 2020, pp. 2525–2537.
• “Exploiting Power Adaptation with Transmit Antenna Selection for Interference-Outage Constrained Underlay Spectrum Sharing,”R. Sarvendranath and Neelesh B. Mehta, IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 68, No. 1, Jan. 2020, pp. 480–492.

2019

• "Design and Network Topology-Specific Renewal-Theoretic Analysis of a MAC Protocol for Asymmetric Full-Duplex WLANs," Rama Kiran, Neelesh B. Mehta, and Jestin Thomas,IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 67, no. 12, Dec. 2019, pp. 8532-8544.
• "Resource and Computationally Efficient Subchannel Allocation for D2D in Multi-Cell Scenarios with Partial and Asymmetric CSI," Bala Venkata Ramulu Gorantla and Neelesh B. Mehta, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 18, no. 12, Dec. 2019, pp. 5806-5817.
• “Revisiting Effectiveness of Energy Conserving Opportunistic Transmission Schemes in Energy Harvesting Wireless Sensor Networks,” Sayan Sen Gupta and Neelesh B. Mehta, IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 67, No. 4, Apr. 2019, pp. 2968–2980.
• “Efficient Computation of Multivariate Rayleigh and Exponential Distributions,” Reneeta Sara Isaac and Neelesh B. Mehta, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, Vol. 8, No. 2, Apr. 2019, pp. 456–459.
• "Modeling and Analysis of Differential CQI Feedback in 4G/5G OFDM Cellular Systems," Vineeth Kumar and Neelesh B. Mehta, IEEE Trans. on Wireless Communications, Vol. 18, No.4, Apr. 2019, pp. 2361 - 2373.
• "Impact of Multiple Primaries and Partial CSI on Transmit Antenna Selection for Interference-Outage Constrained Underlay CR," R. Sarvendranath and Neelesh B. Mehta, IEEE Trans. on Wireless Communications, Vol. 18, No. 2, Feb. 2019, pp. 942–953.

2018

• "Transmit Antenna Selection for Interference-Outage Constrained Underlay CR," R. Sarvendranath and Neelesh B. Mehta, IEEE Trans. on Communications, Vol. 66, No. 9, Sept. 2018, pp. 3772-3783.
• "A Correlation-aware Splitting Algorithm for Opportunistic Selection," Reneeta Sara Isaac and Neelesh B. Mehta, IEEE Trans. on Communications, Vol. 66, No.3, Mar. 2018, pp. 1250 - 1261.
• "Rate Adaptation, Scheduling, and Mode Selection in D2D Systems with Partial Channel Knowledge," Saikiran Bulusu and Neelesh B. Mehta, IEEE Trans. on Wireless Communications, Vol. 17, No.2, Feb. 2018, pp. 1053 - 1065.

2017

• "Rate-Optimal Relay Selection for Average Interference-Constrained Underlay CR," Priyanka Das and Neelesh B. Mehta, IEEE Trans. on Communications, Vol. 65, Dec. 2017, pp. 5137 - 5148.
• "Revisiting and Optimizing the Design of the Timer-Based Distributed Selection Scheme for Tackling Imperfect Power Control," Vikas Kumar Dewangan and Neelesh B. Mehta, IEEE Trans. on Wireless Communications, Vol. 16, Nov. 2017, pp. 7646 - 7657.
• "Base Station-Side Rate Estimation for Threshold-Based Feedback, and Design Implications in Multi-User OFDM Systems," Vineeth Kumar and Neelesh B. Mehta, IEEE Trans. on Wireless Communications, Vol. 16, Nov. 2017, pp. 7634 - 7645.
• "Throughput-Optimal Scheduling and Rate Adaptation for Reduced Feedback Best-M Scheme in OFDM Systems," Jobin Francis and Neelesh B. Mehta, IEEE Trans. on Communications, Vol. 65, July. 2017, pp. 3053-3065.
• "Minimum Error Probability MIMO-Aided Relaying: Multi-Hop, Parallel and Cognitive Designs," Amit Kumar Dutta, K. V. S. Hari, Chandra R. Murthy, Neelesh B. Mehta, and Lajos Hanzo, IEEE Trans. Vehicular Technology, Vol. 66, Jun. 2017, pp. 5435-5440.

2016

• "Best-M Feedback in OFDM: Base-Station-Side Estimation and System Implications," Jobin Francis, Neelesh B. Mehta, and S. N. Ananya, IEEE Trans. on Wireless Communications, Vol. 15, May. 2016, pp. 3616-3627.

2015

• "Energy Harvesting WSNs for Accurately Estimating the Maximum Sensor Reading: Trade-Offs and Optimal Design,” Shilpa Rao and Neelesh B. Mehta, IEEE Trans. on Wireless Communications, Vol. 14, Aug 2015, pp. 4562-4573.
• "Novel Relay Selection Rules for Average Interference-Constrained Cognitive AF Relay Networks," Priyanka Das, Neelesh B. Mehta, Gagandeep Singh, IEEE Trans. on Wireless Communications, Vol. 14, Aug. 2015, pp. 4304-4315.
• "Characterizing the Impact of Feedback Delays on Wideband Rate Adaptation," Jobin Francis and Neelesh B. Mehta, IEEE Trans. on Wireless Communications, Vol. 14, Feb. 2015, pp. 960-971.
• "Performance of OFDM Systems with Best-m Feedback, Scheduling, and Delays for Uniformly Correlated Subchannels," S. N. Ananya and Neelesh B. Mehta, IEEE Trans. on Wireless Communications, Vol. 14, Apr. 2015, pp. 1983-1993.
• "Quick, Decentralized, Energy-Efficient One-Shot Max Function Computation Using Timer-Based Selection," Arjun Anand and Neelesh B. Mehta, IEEE Trans. on Communications, Vol. 63, Mar. 2015, pp. 927-937.
• "Timer-Based Distributed Node Selection Scheme Exploiting Power Control and Capture," Vikas Kumar Dewangan and Neelesh B. Mehta, IEEE Trans. on Wireless Communications, Vol. 14, Mar. 2015, pp. 1457-1467.
• "Discrete Rate Adaptation and Selection in Energy Harvesting Wireless Systems," Parag S. Khairnar and Neelesh B. Mehta, IEEE Trans. on Wireless Communications, Vol. 14, Jan. 2015, pp. 219-229.

2014

• "Optimal Binary Power Control for Underlay CR with Different Interference Constraints and Impact of Channel Estimation Errors," Salil Kashyap and Neelesh B. Mehta, IEEE Trans. Communications, Vol. 62, Nov. 2014, pp. 3753-3764.
• "Interference-Constrained, Optimal, Power-Adaptive Amplify-and-Forward Relaying and Selection For Underlay Cognitive Radios," B.Sainath and Neelesh B. Mehta, IEEE Trans. on Communications, Vol. 62, Aug. 2014, pp. 2709-2720.
• "Hybrid Energy Harvesting Wireless Systems: Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking,” Shilpa Rao and Neelesh B. Mehta, IEEE Trans. on Wireless Communications, Vol. 13, Sept 2014, pp. 4782-4793.
• "Antenna Selection with Power Adaptation in Interference-Constrained Cognitive Radios," R. Sarvendranath and Neelesh B. Mehta, IEEE Trans. on Communications, Vol. 62, Mar. 2014, pp. 74 - 84.
• "Modeling Time-Varying Aggregate Interference in Cognitive Radio Systems, and Application to Primary Exclusive Zone Design," Mohd. Shabbir Ali and Neelesh B. Mehta, IEEE Trans. on Wireless Communications, Vol. 13, Jan. 2014, pp. 429-439.
• "Capture-Induced, Fast, Distributed, Splitting Based Selection with Imperfect Power Control," Vikas Kumar Dewangan, Neelesh B. Mehta, IEEE Trans. on Communications, Vol. 62, Jan. 2014, pp. 74 - 84.
• "EESM-based Link Adaption in Point-to-point and Multi-cell OFDM Systems: Modeling and Analysis," Jobin Francis and Neelesh B. Mehta, IEEE Trans. on Wireless Communications, Vol. 13, Jan. 2014, pp. 407 - 417.

2013

• "SEP-Optimal Transmit Power Policy for Peak Power and Interference Outage Probability Constrained Underlay Cognitive Radios," Salil Kashyap and Neelesh B. Mehta, IEEE Trans. on Wireless Communications, Vol. 12, Dec. 2013, pp. 6371 - 6381.
• "Transmit Power Control Policies for Energy Harvesting Sensors with Retransmissions," Anup Aprem, Chandra R. Murthy and Neelesh B. Mehta, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing, Vol. 7, Oct. 2013, pp. 895 – 906.
• "Optimal Timer-Based Best Node Selection for Wireless Systems with Unknown Number of Nodes," Rajat Talak and Neelesh B. Mehta, IEEE Trans. Communications, Vol. 61, Nov. 2013, pp. 4475 - 4485.
• "Interplay Between Optimal Selection Scheme Design, Selection Criterion, and Discrete Rate Adaptation in Opportunistic Wireless Systems," Neelesh B. Mehta, Rajat Talak, Ananda T. Suresh, IEEE Trans. on Communications, Vol. 61, Jul. 2013, pp. 2735–2745.
• "En Masse Relay Selection Algorithms for Multi-source, Multi-relay, Decode-and-forward Cooperative Systems," A. Karthik and Neelesh B. Mehta, Vol. 61, Aug. 2013, IEEE Trans. on Communications, Aug. 2013, pp. 3170–3180.
• "Design and Analysis of an Acknowledgment-Aware Asynchronous MPR MAC Protocol for Distributed WLANs," Arpan Mukhopadhyay, Neelesh B. Mehta, and Vikram Srinivasan, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol. 12, May 2013, pp. 2068 - 2079.
• "Joint Antenna Selection and Frequency-Domain Scheduling in OFDMA Systems with Imperfect Estimates from Dual Pilot Training Schemes," Salil Kashyap and Neelesh B. Mehta, IEEE Trans. Wireless Communications, Vol. 12, Jul. 2013, pp. 3473–3483.
• "Training for Antenna Selection in Time-varying Channels: Optimal Selection, Energy Allocation, and Energy Efficient Evaluation," Vinod Kristem, Neelesh B. Mehta, and Andreas F. Molisch, IEEE Trans. Communications, Vol. 58, Jun. 2013, pp. 2295–2305.
• “Accurate Performance Analysis of Single and Opportunistic AF Relay Cooperation with Imperfect Cascaded Channel Estimates,” Sachin Bharadwaj and Neelesh B. Mehta, IEEE Trans. Communications, Vol. 61, May 2013, pp. 1764–1775.
• “Antenna Selection in Interference-Constrained Underlay Cognitive Radios: SEP-Optimal Rule and Performance Benchmarking,” R. Sarvendranath and Neelesh B. Mehta, IEEE Trans. Communications, Vol.61, Feb 2013, pp. 496-506.
• "Joint Evaluation of Channel Feedback Schemes, Rate Adaptation, and Scheduling in OFDMA Downlinks with Feedback Delays," Subhojit Guharoy and Neelesh B. Mehta, IEEE Trans. Vehicular Technology, May 2013, pp. 1719 - 1731.

2012

• "Generalizing the Amplify-and-Forward Relay Gain Model: An Optimal SEP Perspective," B. Sainath and Neelesh B. Mehta, IEEE Trans. Wireless Communications, Vol. 11, Nov. 2012, pp. 4118-4127.
• "Antenna Selection in LTE: From Motivation to Specification," Neelesh B. Mehta, Andreas F. Molisch, Salil Kashyap, accepted, IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 50, Oct. 2012, pp. 144-150.
• "Feedback Overhead-Aware, Distributed, Fast, and Reliable Selection," Rajat Talak and Neelesh B. Mehta, IEEE Trans. on Communications, Vol. 11, Nov. 2012, pp. 3417-3428.
• "Receive Antenna Selection For Time-Varying Channels Using Discrete Prolate Spheroidal Sequences," Hassan Abou Saleh, Andreas F. Molisch, Thomas Zemen, Steven D. Blostein, Neelesh B. Mehta, IEEE Trans. Wireless Communications, Vol.11, July 2012, pp.2616 - 2627.
• "New Insights Into Optimal Discrete Rate Adaptation for Average Power Constrained Single and Multi-node Systems," Parag S. Khairnar and Neelesh B. Mehta, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications," vol.11, Feb. 2012, pp.537-543.
• "An Opportunistic, Fast, and Distributed Subchannel and User-pairing Algorithm for OFDMA," Karthik Bharadwaj and Neelesh B. Mehta, IEEE Trans. on Communications, vol.60, March 2012, pp.767-778.

2011

• "Performance of a Fast, Distributed Multiple Access Based Relay Selection Algorithm Under Imperfect Statistical Knowledge," Virag Shah, Neelesh B. Mehta, Dilip Bethanabhotla, IEEE Trans. on Wireless Communications, Vol 10, Oct. 2011, pp. 3516 - 3527.
• "An Accurate Statistical Model for EESM and its Application to Analysis of CQI Feedback Schemes and Scheduling in LTE," Sushruth N. Donthi and Neelesh B. Mehta, IEEE Trans. on Wireless Communications, Vol 10, Oct. 2011, pp. 3436 - 3448.
• "Unified Spectral Efficiency Analysis of Cellular Systems with Channel-Aware Schedulers," Jingxian Wu, Neelesh B. Mehta, Andreas F. Molisch, Jin Zhang, accepted in IEEE Trans. on Communications, 2011.
• "Joint Performance Analysis of Channel Quality Indicator Feedback Schemes and Frequency-Domain Scheduling for LTE," Sushruth Donthi and Neelesh B. Mehta, IEEE Trans. on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 60, Sept. 2011, pp. 3096 - 3109.
• "Training and Voids in Receive Antenna Subset Selection in Time-Varying Channels," Vinod Kristem, Neelesh B. Mehta, Andreas Molisch, IEEE Trans. on Wireless Communications, Vol. 10, Jun. 2011, pp. 1992-2003
• "Performance Analysis of a Cooperative System with Rateless Codes and Buffered Relays," Neelesh B. Mehta, Vinod Sharma, and Gaurav Bansal, IEEE Trans. on Wireless Communications, Vol 10, April 2011, pp. 1069 -108

2010

• "Voluntary Energy Harvesting Relays and Selection in Cooperative Wireless Networks," Bhargav Medepally and Neelesh B. Mehta, IEEE Trans. on Wireless Communications, Vol 9, Nov 2010, pp. 3543-3553.
• "A Novel, Balanced, and Energy-Efficient Training Method for Receive Antenna Selection," Vinod Kristem, Neelesh B. Mehta, Andreas F. Molisch, IEEE Trans. Wireless Communications,Vol. 9, Sept. 2010, pp. 2742-2753.
• "The Relay Selection and Transmission Trade-off in Cooperative Communication Systems," Virag Shah, Neelesh B. Mehta, Raymond Yim, IEEE Trans. on Wireless Communications,Vol. 8, Aug. 2010, pp. 2502-2515.
• "Optimal Receive Antenna Selection in Time-Varying Fading Channels with Practical Training Constraints," Vinod Kristem, Neelesh B. Mehta, and Andreas F. Molisch, IEEE Trans. on Communications,Vol. 58, Jul. 2010, pp. 2023-2034.
• "Optimal Timer Based Selection Schemes," Virag Shah, Neelesh B. Mehta, Raymond Yim, IEEE Trans. on Communications, Vol. 58, Jun. 2010, pp. 1814–1823
• "Splitting Algorithms for Fast Relay Selection: Generalizations, Analysis, and a Unified View," Virag Shah, Neelesh B. Mehta, and Raymond Yim, IEEE Trans. on Wireless Communications, Vol. 9, Apr. 2010, pp. 1525–1535.
• "Moment-Matched Lognormal Modeling of Uplink Interference with Power Control and Cell Selection," Sarabjot Singh, Neelesh B. Mehta, and Andreas F. Molisch, IEEE Trans. on Wireless Communications, Vol. 9, Mar. 2010,pp.932–938.

2009

• "Dual Power Multiple Access with Multipacket Reception using Local CSIs," Raymond Yim, Neelesh B. Mehta, Andreas Molisch, Jin Zhang, IEEE Trans. on Wireless Communications, Vol. 8, Aug. 2009, pp.4078–4088.