Mayur Vitthalrao Katwe

Department Electronics & Telecom. Engineering
Designation Assistant Professor-Gr. II
Educational Qualification Ph.D
E-Mail mvkatwe.ece@nitrr.ac.in
Contact Number 9405320412
Areas of Interest

Radio Resource Management, 5G and Beyonnd Wireless Networks, Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces, Next-Generation Multiple Access Schemes, Localization and Sensing

Publications

Journal (Published and Accepted) :  

  1. M. Katwe, A. Kaushik, K. Singh, M. D. Renzo, S. Sun, D. Lee, A. G. Armada, Y. C. Eldar, O. A. Dobre, Theodore S. Rappaport ,"CmWave and Sub-THz: Key Radio Enablers and Complementary Spectrum for 6G", Arxiv Preprint (Submitted to IEEE Wireless Communication Magazine), pp.1-7, doi: 10.48550/arXiv.2406.18391.
  2. M. Katwe, A. Kaushik,  L. Mohjazi, M. Abualhayja'a, D. Dardari, K. Singh, M. Ali Imran, M. Majid Butt, O. A. Dobre,"CmWave and Sub-THz: Key Radio Enablers and Complementary Spectrum for 6G", Arxiv Preprint (Submitted to IEEE Communication Standarads Magazine), pp. 1-7, doi: 10.48550/arXiv.2405.03356.
  3. R. Allu, M. Katwe, K. Singh, T. Q. Duong and C. -P. Li, "Robust Energy Efficient Beamforming Design for ISAC Full-Duplex Communication Systems,"  IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, Early Access Article, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/LWC.2024.3418780. Impact Factor:  6.3
  4. M. Katwe, K. Singh, C. -P. Li, S. Prakriya, B. Clerckx and G. K. Karagiannidis, "Enhanced User Fairness and Performance for eMBB-URLLC Uplink Traffic with Rate-Splitting based Super-positioning," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Early Access Article, pp. 1-18, doi: 10.1109/TWC.2024.3392929.  Impact Factor:  10.4
  5. M. Katwe, R. Deshpande, K. Singh, C. Pan, P.H. Ghare and   T. Q. Dong, “Spectrally-Efficient Beamforming Design for STAR-RIS-aided URLLC NOMA Systems”,  IEEE Transactions on Communications,Early Access Article, pp. 1-18, doi: 10.1109/TCOMM.2024.3367941. Impact Factor:  8.3
  6. S. Pala,  O. Taghizadeh,  M. Katwe, K. Singh, C-P. Li  and A. Schmeink, “Secure RIS-Assisted Hybrid Beamforming Design with Low-Resolution Phase Shifters”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Early Access Article, pp. 1-18 , doi: 10.1109/TWC.2024.3370372. Impact Factor:  10.4
  7. A. Paul, M. Katwe, K. Singh, C-P. Li,  and T. Q. Duong,  "Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces-assisted Overlay Energy Harvesting-CRN under Resilient Primary User Outages", IEEE Communications Letters,  vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 712-716, March 2024, doi: 10.1109/LCOMM.2023.3348098. Impact Factor:  4.1
  8. J. Yaswanth, M. Katwe, K. Singh, O. Taghizadeh, C. Pan and A. Schmeink, "Towards Green Communication: Power-efficient Beamforming for STAR-RIS-aided SWIPT", IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, Early Access Article, pp. 1-17, doi: 10.1109/TGCN.2024.3370555. Impact Factor:  4.8
  9. S. Kurma, M. Katwe, K. Singh, C. Pan, S. Mumtaz,  and C-P. Li, "RIS-Empowered MEC for URLLC Systems with Digital-Twin-Driven Architecture", IEEE Transactions on Communications,  vol. 72, no. 4, pp. 1983-1997, April 2024, doi: 10.1109/TCOMM.2023.3333345. Impact Factor:  8.3
  10. M. Katwe, K. Singh, C-P. Li , and Z. Ding, " Spectral Efficient Downlink Communication under Imperfect SIC and CSI: NOMA or Partial NOMA?," IEEE Wireless Communications Letters,  vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 133-137, Jan. 2024, doi: 10.1109/LWC.2023.3322991.  Impact Factor:  6.3.
  11. S. Kurma, M. Katwe, K. Singh, T. Q. Dong and C-P. Li, "Towards Spectral and Energy Efficient Resource Allocation  for RIS-aided FD-MIMO system", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 72, no. 4, pp. 1983-1997, April 2024 ,   doi: 10.1109/TWC.2023.3324641. Impact Factor:  10.4.
  12. J. Yaswanth, M. Katwe, K. Singh, S. Prakriya, and C. Pan, “Robust Beamforming Design for Active-RIS Aided MIMO SWIPT Communication System: A Power Minimization Approach”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 4767-4785, May 2024, doi: 10.1109/TWC.2023.3321959.  Impact Factor:  10.4.
  13. S. Pala, M. Katwe, K. Singh, B. Clerckx and C. -P. Li, "Spectral-efficient RIS-aided RSMA URLLC: Toward Mobile Broadband Reliable Low Latency Communication (mBRLLC) System," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 3507-3524, April 2024, doi: 10.1109/TWC.2023.3309028.  Impact Factor:  10.4.
  14. K. Singh and M.Katwe, "Energy-efficient resource allocation and user grouping for multi-IRS aided MU-MIMO system.", Physical Communication, vol. 60, p.102147, Oct 2023, doi: 10.1016/j.phycom.2023.102147, Impact Factor:  2.379
  15. M. Katwe, K. Singh, C. -P. Li and Z. Ding, "Ultra-high Rate-Reliability Fairness in Grant-Free Massive URLLC NOMA System: Joint Power and Channel Allocation using Meta-Heuristic Search," in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 72, no. 12, pp. 15899-15915, Dec. 2023, doi: 10.1109/TVT.2023.3292599.  Impact Factor:  6.8.
  16. R. Deshpande, M. Katwe, K. Singh and Z. Ding, "Resource Allocation Design for Spectral-Efficient URLLC Using RIS-Aided FD-NOMA System," IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 12, no. 7, pp. 1209-1213, July 2023, doi: 10.1109/LWC.2023.3267603,  Impact Factor:  6.3.
  17. M. Katwe, K. Singh, B. Clerckx and C. -P. Li, "Improved Spectral Efficiency in STAR-RIS Aided Uplink Communication using Rate Splitting Multiple Access", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 22, no. 8, pp. 5365-5382, Aug. 2023, doi: 10.1109/TWC.2022.3233483, Impact Factor:  10.4.
  18. S. Pala, K. Singh, M. Katwe and C. -P. Li, "Joint Optimization of URLLC Parameters and Beamforming Design for Multi-RIS-aided MU-MISO URLLC System," IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 148-152, Jan. 2023,  doi: 10.1109/LWC.2022.3219599, Impact Factor:  6.3.
  19. M.  Katwe, K. Singh, B. Clerckx and C-P. Li, "Rate Splitting Multiple Access for Sum-Rate Maximization in IRS Aided Uplink Communications," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 2246-2261, Apr. 2023, doi: 10.1109/TWC.2022.3210338, Impact Factor:  10.4.
  20. M.  Katwe, K. Singh, B. Clerckx and C-P. Li, "Rate-splitting Multiple Access and Dynamic User Clustering for Sum-Rate Maximization in Multiple RISs-aided Uplink mmWave System,"  IEEE Transactions on Communications,  vol. 70, no. 11, pp. 7365-7383, Apr. 2023, doi: 10.1109/TCOMM.2022.3211975, Impact Factor:  8.3.
  21. K. Panwar, M. Katwe, P. Babu, P. Ghare and K. Singh, "A Majorization-Minimization Algorithm for Hybrid TOA-RSS based localization in NLOS Environment,"  IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 26, no. 5, pp. 1017-1021, May 2022, doi: 10.1109/LCOMM.2022.3155685, Impact Factor:  4.1.
  22. M. Katwe, K. Singh, P. K. Sharma and C-P. Li, "Energy Efficiency Maximization for UAV-Assisted Full-Duplex NOMA System: User Clustering and Resource Allocation",  IEEE Transaction in Green Communication and Networking, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 992-1008, June 2022, doi: 10.1109/TGCN.2021.3134642, Impact Factor:  4.8.
  23. M. Katwe, K. Singh, P. K. Sharma and C-P. Li, "Dynamic User Clustering and Optimal Power Allocation in UAV-Assisted Full-Duplex Hybrid NOMA System," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 2573-2590, Apr. 2022, doi: 10.1109/TWC.2021.3113640, Impact Factor:  10.4.
  24. M. Katwe, P. Ghare and P. K. Sharma, "Robust NLOS Bias Mitigation for Hybrid RSS-TOA based Source Localization under Unknown Transmission Parameters,"  IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 542-546, March 2021, doi: 10.1109/LWC.2020.3037095, Impact Factor:  6.3.
  25. M. Katwe, P. Ghare, P. K. Sharma and A. Kothari, "NLOS Error Mitigation in Hybrid RSS-TOA-Based Localization Through Semi-Definite Relaxation," IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 24, no. 12, pp. 2761-2765, Dec. 2020, doi:10.1109/LCOMM.2020.3020948, Impact Factor:  4.1.

Conference (Published, Accepted and Presented) : 

  1. R. Allu, M. Katwe, K. Singh, T. Q. Duong and C. -P. Li, "RSMA-Integrated Full-Duplex Communications for Better Energy and Spectral-Efficiency Trade-off," 2023 IEEE Globecom Workshops (GC Wkshps), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2023, pp. 1213-1218, doi: 10.1109/GCWkshps58843.2023.10464836.
  2. M. Katwe, R. Deshpande, K. Singh and C. Pan, "Robust Beamforming Design for STAR-RIS-aided NOMA System under Short-packet Communication," GLOBECOM 2023 - 2023 IEEE Global Communications Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2023, pp. 1423-1428, doi: 10.1109/GLOBECOM54140.2023.10437129.
  3. S. Pala, M. Katwe, K. Singh, T. A. Tsiftsis and C. -P. Li, "Robust Design of RIS-aided Full-Duplex RSMA System for V2X communication: A DRL Approach," GLOBECOM 2023 - 2023 IEEE Global Communications Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2023, pp. 2420-2425, doi: 10.1109/GLOBECOM54140.2023.10437254.
  4. A. Paul, M. Katwe, K. Singh, C. -P. Li and D. W. Kwan Ng, "Throughput Maximization for RSMA-Empowered CRN under Short-Packet Communications: A DRL-Based Approach," GLOBECOM 2023 - 2023 IEEE Global Communications Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2023, pp. 2650-2655, doi: 10.1109/GLOBECOM54140.2023.10437510.
  5. J. Yaswanth, M. Katwe, K. Singh, O. Taghizadeh, C. Pan and A. Schmeink, "Power-Efficient STAR-RIS Aided MIMO-SWIPT Towards 6G Green Communications Under Channel Estimation Error," GLOBECOM 2023 - 2023 IEEE Global Communications Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2023, pp. 4405-4410, doi: 10.1109/GLOBECOM54140.2023.10437454.
  6. R. Allu, M. Katwe, K. Singh, T. Duong, and C.-P. Li, "Towards Improved Spectral Efficiency Using RSMA-Integrated Full-Duplex Communications", International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications ( IEEE PIMRC),  Toronto, ON, Canada, 2023, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/PIMRC56721.2023.10293773.
  7. M. Hu, S. Xu, Q. Liu, M. Katwe, C. Yuen, S. G. Razul, "LocSwinUNet: A Hyper-accurate Urban Wireless Localization Method for TOA and RSS Radio Maps", 2023 IEEE 33rd International Workshop on Machine Learning for Signal Processing (MLSP), Rome, Italy, 2023, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/MLSP55844.2023.10285974.
  8. R. Deshpande, M. Katwe, K. Singh, C. Pan, and M. F. Flanagan, "Energy-Efficient STAR-RIS-aided MU-MIMO System for Next-Generation Green URLLC", 2023 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC Workshops),  Rome, Italy, 2023, pp. 1498-1503, doi: 10.1109/ICCWorkshops57953.2023.10283783.
  9. J. Yaswanth, M. Katwe, K. Singh, O. Taghizadeh, A. Schmeink and C. Pan, "Joint Beamforming Design for STAR-RIS-Aided MU-MIMO System with SWIPT ",  IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC Workshops), Rome, Italy, 2023, pp. 574-579, doi: 10.1109/ICCWorkshops57953.2023.10283600.
  10. J. Yaswanth, M. Katwe, K. Singh, and S. Prakriya, "Power Efficient Robust Beamforming Design for Active RIS-aided MU-MIMO SWIPT Systems", ICC 2023 - IEEE International Conference on Communications, Rome, Italy, 2023, pp. 907-912, doi: 10.1109/ICC45041.2023.10278844.
  11. S. Kurma, K. Singh, M. Katwe, S. Mumtaz and C. -P. Li, "RIS-Empowered MEC for URLLC Systems with Digital-Twin-Driven Architecture," IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops (IEEE INFOCOM ), Hoboken, NJ, USA, 2023, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/INFOCOMWKSHPS57453.2023.10226132.
  12. M. Katwe, R. Deshpande, K. Singh and C. -P. Li, "UAV aided FD-NOMA for Energy-efficient Ultra-Reliable Low-latency Communications," IEEE Military Communications Conference (IEEE MILCOM), Rockville, MD, USA, 2022, pp. 31-36, doi: 10.1109/MILCOM55135.2022.10017683.
  13. M. Katwe, K. Singh, B. Clerckx and C. -P. Li, "Rate Splitting Multiple Access for Energy Efficient RIS-aided Multi-user Short-Packet Communications," IEEE Globecom Workshops (GC Wkshps), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2022, pp. 644-649, doi: 10.1109/GCWkshps56602.2022.10008582.
  14. M. Katwe and P. Ghare, "Sub-meter scale Node Positioning using Hybrid Time-Angle Measurements in an Asynchronous V2X Communication Network,"  IEEE International Conference on Advanced Networks and Telecommunications Systems (IEEE ANTS 2020), New Delhi, India, 2020, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ANTS50601.2020.9342840.
Other Info.

Dr. Mayur Katwe received the B.E. degree in electronics and telecommunication from the SGBAU University, Amravati, India, in 2013, the M.Tech degree in Digital System from the Govt. College of Engineering, Pune, India, in 2016, and the Ph.D. degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT), Nagpur, India, in 2021. Since February 2024,  he has been working as an Assistant Professor at the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Raipur, India. He  held the position of Research  Scientist at Temasek Laboratories, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore from April 2023 to January 2024.

Also, he held the position of a Postdoctoral Researcher with the Institute of Communications Engineering, National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU), Taiwan from 2021 to 2023. His current research interests include radio localization, full duplex radios, non-orthogonal multiple access, rate-splitting multiple access, eMBB-URLLC traffic multiplexing, re-configurable intelligent surfaces (RIS),  integrated sensing and communication,  simultaneous transmission and reflecting RIS (STAR-RIS) and unmanned aerial vehicles assisted communication.