MANOUCHEHR RAFIE, Ph. D.

[email protected],  (408) 205-9400 (c)

529 Cherrywood Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94087, (408) 481-0629 (h)

 

 

                        Ph.D., June 1988  (Prof. K. Sam Shanmugan)

                        Expertise:  Digital Satellite/Mobile Communications, Advanced Signal Processing in Digital Receivers, Bandwidth Efficient Modulation Schemes, and Simulation Techniques in Communication Systems.

                        Thesis:  "Performance Analysis of Nonlinear Digital Satellite Links."

                        M.S., December, 1983.  (Prof. K. Sam Shanmugan)

                        Emphasis:  FEC, Statistical Communication, Computer Networks, Spread-Spectrum, Optical Communications, DSP, Neural Networks in Communications, and Signal Processing in Radar Systems.

                        Project:  "Analysis and Simulation of Block Convolutional Coding and Viterbi Decoding."

                        B.S., August, 1981

                        Communications, digital systems, microprocessors, and VLSI

                        Other Education

                        Extension and short courses in Marketing, Management (8 courses), Finance, MBA and Presentation skills.

 

7/03-Present   CTO / VP Engineering: Avide Wireless, ViFi - Video Fidelity Networks

•          Full-chip definition and verification / validation of high-quality wireless audio product.  End-to-end system integration (MAC/PHY) using FPGA (Xilinx II Pro)  devices.

•          MAC design and specification in the areas of synchronization, power control, and interference mitigations including adaptive frequency assignment.

•          As the CTO and VP of engineering, led the advanced multi-media activities of Avide Wireless for simultaneously streaming four high-quality videos utilizing IEEE802.11a/g and TCMA (TDMA/CSMA) MAC technologies.  The MAC HW was based on a configurable core with a costumed instruction-set geared for low-latency, high-throughput, and-low PER demands of isochronous systems.

•          Consultant on 802.16d/e (fixed/mobile, MIMO – full system analysis of OFDMA including detailed architecture and algorithm), Ultra-Wideband (UWB) (Communications, DSP, RF, MAC) design, analysis, and implementation for CMOS SoC technologies. A hybrid UWB/IEEE802.11a solution for audio/video-quality systems.

•          System analysis and design of UWB technology employed for WPAN/WLAN/WMAN infrastructure (using mesh network). End-to-end simulation performance analysis.

•          QoS for Ultra-wideband MAC protocol – TDMA/CSMA/CD

 

7/02-7/03         Technical Director, 3G Program: National Semiconductor Corp.

 

•          Directed and led the design and implementation of an ultra low-power multi- band/mode/standard  (Highly Integrated Dual-Mode GPRS/WCDMA) 3G chipset (baseband, radio, and power management analog chips) compliant to the 3GPP / UMTS Standards.   SOC (0.13mm, 240 FBGA) included application software, dual DSP processors (Teaklite), co-processors, ASIC, CSP, CPU (ARM 926EJ), integrated  BT connectivity, along w/ various internal/external interfaces.

•          Design and implementation of innovative technologies, distributed micro-engine and domain-specific DSP architecture (CSP – Communications Signal Processing), for power, size and flexibility competitive advantages.  Performed extensive architecture trade-off analysis (BB and multi-standard RF – GSM/WCDMA)

•          Directed multi-disciplined high-performance teams of 55+ people including System, ASIC, Hardware, Software, Firmware, and Radio (ZIF) groups (multiple sites) for the 3G handset product.

 

4/02-7/02         President  & CTO: ULTERA Communications

•          Consultant on Ultra-Wideband (UWB) Communications design, analysis, and implementation for CMOS SoC technologies.

•          System analysis and design of UWB technology employed for WPAN/WLAN/WMAN infrastructure (using mesh network). End-to-end simulation performance analysis.

•          Detailed business plan including P&L, product offerings, sale channels, market analysis, and competitive advantages

 

3/00-4/02         CTO, Wireless Communications: CALY Networks

•          Design and implementation of the next-generation high-speed burst modem for a multi-point-to-multi-point network architecture

•          Design and analysis of mesh synchronization, power control, capacity and throughput efficiency in a mesh network

•          Managing the R&D / IP (intellectual property) activities.  Building solid patent portfolio in the area of Mesh Wireless Networking including Modem, MAC, routing and scheduling, antenna and RF subsystems

•          Strategizing and articulating on the market-technology directions of WBA

•          Identifying areas of technology improvement and investment

•          Active participation in relevant/critical standards/FCC committees

•          Promoting and establishing integrated technical capabilities, core competencies and credentials through conducting technical seminars, presentations, technical (white) papers, etc. as applicable.  Sharp focus on customers, competitors, and technical press – an external perspective.

 

1/99-3/00         Director, High-Speed Modem: CALY Networks

•          Led, directed and managed modem team from concept to implementation - Member of the founding team of CALY Networks.

•          Designed and implemented an adaptive, robust, spectrally-efficient, high-speed-burst modem sampling at 200 MHz - 2.5M gate (BGA-420P) modem with advanced signal processing techniques implemented in both transmitter and receiver optimized for short-burst MPMP (multi-point-to-multi-point) operation.  Design included adaptive M-QAM schemes, pre-distorter, pre-equalizer, single A/D/A, synchronizations (time, phase, carrier), multi-stage equalizer, digital/analog AGC, ATPC, RF calibration, adaptive FEC, and number of link-quality monitoring functions.    Internal PLL in hard macro PHY to control clock tree. Complete test and verification.

•          Managed and led external RFIC (SiGe/GaAs) groups for mmwave (LMDS) applications.  Design and analysis of filters, phase noise, nonlinearity/distortion, IMPs, gain management, link budget, receiver sensitivity/linearity, and interference analysis.

 

1/99-2/99         Fellow Track, Wireless Communications: Design Services, Cadence, Inc.

•          Fellow track position: R&D activities in the areas of wireless communications

•          Joined pre-IPO CALY Networks

 

8/94-1/99         Group Director, Wireless Communications: Design Services, Cadence, Inc.

•          Founder and Group Director of Wireless Design Factory: Directed the operation and delivery of over 35 key projects at the Wireless Design Center in Sunnyvale.

•          Successfully managed multi-disciplined high-performance teams of 55 people including System, ASIC, Hardware, Software and R&D groups.

•          Created and led a professional, world-class, highly competent and innovative Wireless Design Services group at Alta (Cadence) from 1994 to 1997, and with Design Services since January 1997.

•          Successfully directed and actively participated in all aspects of (Wireless) Communications Systems from business models through technical implementation details. Created multi-faceted services through multi-disciplined teams (system/SW/HW – ASIC, RFIC, PCB, micro-controller, micro-processor, DSP, and EDA tools/environment) to deliver leading-edge technical projects, advanced courses/seminars, and other IP-related capabilities including broadband modems, satellite comm (Iridium/Globalstar), WLAN, Pagers, Digital Mobile Broadcasting (HDTV), GPS and wireless/PCS standards: GSM (+/++), IS-95x, IS-136 (+/++), PCS and 3G derivatives. 

 

 Significant Technological (Product)  Achievements / Quality Project Execution

•          Design, analysis, implementation, and system integration/testing of a general-purpose OFDM digital modem (MPT).  The design/implementation consisted of p/4-D/Q/D-QPSK, 16/64-QAM, (I)FFT (256/512/1024/4096/8192), FPDP Bus protocol, Digital IF & IQ modulator, IF A/D, and analog filtering. The modem was implemented using an Aptix MP4 (Explorer/Access) board, Altera (Maxplus II) Flex 15 K100 FPGAs, VTI’s UltraDSP board (SHARC processors), two fixed pin components for implementing FDPD interface, Analog Devices AD9721BN DAC, etc.

•          Design, analysis and implementation of Iridium ISU Baseband Processor (IIBP) on 10 Gate-Field FPGAs using a custom board based on IRIDIUM Air Interface (SPC-E0003.SYS). BPSK/QPSK 25ksps modem. Developed an AFC to track 270 kHz Doppler with 5 Hz resolution. The board included an RF front-end and ARM7 controller (Kyocera).

•          Design and implementation of a fully digital receiver for cable modem. Designed a novel timing and AFC recovery systems for QPSK – patent application in progress.

•          Design and analysis of a W-CDMA (5 MHz, forward/reverse links) for Korean Standard (SK Telecom). This project was conducted way before the inception of 3G standards.

•          Implementation (Verilog) of a Reed-Salomon FEC for broadband applications for  cable modem.

•          Design and implementation of WLL including punctured Viterbi decoder, phase ambiguity correction, digital IF, soft limiter, error detection, and PPCM/SCI/SPI interfaces. The netlist was generated using Verilog.

•          Design and implementation of indoor DS-CDMA Wireless LAN.  System design included PN/Gold codes, an elegant digital PLL, signal conditioning, acquisition, tracking, DRAM controller, and matched filtering on two Xilinx chips.  This board was demonstrated in number of trade shows.

•          A 900-MHz digital cordless phone design and verification using G.721/TDD compatible, direct sequence/FH CDMA, TDD/FDD controller, RF front-end modeling, and protocol analysis – floating-point and HDS (Motorola)

•          Design, architectural definition, and fixed-point analysis of a Common-Phase Modulation Demodulation (CPMD) including B/Q/OQ/(p/4D)-PSK, MSK, M-FSK, FM, and CDMA schemes. The netlist (Verilog) also included IC tuner, acquisition and tracking circuit, and time/phase/frequency estimators.

•          Performance analysis and verification of iDEN TDMA handset QAM transceiver including a novel joint estimation of timing recovery and frame sync (Motorola).

•          Performance analysis and verification of W-CDMA  ARIB (3G Standard) base station transmitter (SONY).

•          Design and analysis of W-CDMA NTT-DoCoMo  (3G standard) – Variable channel codes, tracking & acquisition, convolutional/concatenated FEC codec, RAKE, multipath (fast) searcher, soft handoff, power control, multi-cell/multi-users, BER/FER estimators.

•          Design and implementation of a power-line measurement ASIC.  Responsible for the baseband FPGA (Gate Field) / ASIC implementation, and test vector generation.

•          Wrist-Watch Pager (Seiko): A dedicated microprocessor providing four different functions – Viterbi decoding, Costas loop, symbol recovery and filtering.  HDL synthesizable code generation, RTL simulation, and post synthesis (gate-level netlist).

•          Analysis, implementation (VHDL), and optimization of a hearing-aid device using both a design-flow methodology (SPW, HDS, Visual Architect) and custom hand coding.

•          Design, analysis, and architectural definition of a Wireless LAN OFDM-based system using Altera FPGAs. The design included 2-D TCM, FEC (Viterbi), equalizer, and timing/carrier recovery subsystems.

•          Complete design and implementation of HDTV 8-VSB standard including 2D trellis coded, DF equalizer, concatenated coding (RS / Viterbi), descarmbler/deinterleaver, phase derotation/recovery & AFC/STR on multiple Gate-Field FPGAs / boards (Fujitsu).

•          Design and verification of IS95B compliant with TIA/EIA/SP-3693 and TIA/EIA-98-C dual-mode W-CDMA cellular and PCS standard (SONY)

•          Design, verification, and implementation of a W-CDMA ETSI/UMTS standard.  Responsible for baseband implementation and some portion of the protocol stack for 3G handset applications (Samsung and LG)

 

8/88-8/94         Director, Wireless Communications, Comdisco/Alta/Cadence Systems, Inc.,

•          Director of Wireless Communications Group: Created and led a solid/competent Wireless Group. Responsible for all technical, managerial and marketing strategy aspects of this business unit.  Developed a thorough Business Plan covering  short/long-term objectives, marketing and sales strategies, TAM/SAM/SOM, competitive analysis, roadmap, product/services plans, and SOWT.  My leadership, vision, and technical credibility had a major impact on revenue generation and a significant contribution to Wireless awareness across Cadence.

•          Responsible for creation/development of complete (Wireless) Communications Systems libraries for Signal Processing Worksystem (SPW) and library enhancement/support and consultant for the Block Oriented Systems Simulator (BOSS) on APOLLO, VAX, DEC, and SUN series workstations.  Fluent in Matlab, Mathcad and C/C++  programming.

•          Position involved research and development in the areas of Digital Signal Processing (DSP), (wireless) Communications and Radar systems. 

•          Responsible as a senior communications consultant and lecturer in conducting technical seminars in the areas of communications and DSP for industries including:  TRW, Boeing, Aerospace Corp., Motorola, Harris, Hughes, Lockheed, Nokia, Lucent, Samsung, ETRI, Sharp, Fujitsu, Sony, NEC, AT&T, etc.  Position involved management, development/modeling, design and analysis of advanced communication systems:  computer-aided analysis and design (CAD tools). 

 

7/00-9/00         Visiting Professor, Stanford University

                        Graduate-level course: Advance Adaptive Wireless Communications

•          Adaptive signal processing techniques in digital receivers – Substitute lecturer

94    – 95           Visiting / Adjunct Professor, University of California at Berkeley

•          Senior-level course: Digital Communication Systems

•          Graduate-level course: Digital Signal Processing

8/92-3/01         Visiting / Adjunct Professor, UC Berkeley – Berkeley Extension

·         Graduate level course: Digital Communication Systems: Satellite / Mobile

·         Graduate-level course: Wireless/Mobile Communications

·         Senior-level course:  Digital Signal Processing (DSP)

88 – Present   Technical Instructor, Advanced Courses conducted in Digital Communications

·         Technical short courses on DSP/Wireless Communications/Radar in Far East,  US, and  Europe include:

·         Motorola Paging and Land Mobile Division: DSP and Digital Communications

·         AT&T: Mobile/Wireless Communication Design - GSM

·         Samsung: GSM with emphasis on the equalizer

·         Hughes: Wireless Communications

·         Sharp: Digital Mobile Communications

·         TRW: Simulation Techniques in Wireless Communications

·         Sony Tech: GSM/CDMA (IS-95)/OFDM & PCS

·         Fujitsu: Multiple Access Techniques in Wireless Communications

·         GTE: Wireless Communications – a five-week course

·         KMT: CDMA / TDMA, Comparative Analysis

·         ANAM: Wireless Communications–IS136 Design & Analysis (two-week course)

•          Wright-Patterson Air Force: Advanced Radar Signal Processing

·         TI: A V.32 Modem Design and Analysis

·         ETRI: Digital Mobile Communications, co-lecturer- Sam Shanmugan

·         Boeing: Advanced Techniques for Digital Communications using BOSS

Technical Lecturer / Chairman and Editor:

•          Chairing number of sessions on DSP and Wireless Communications in various conferences including ICC, JSAT, DSPx, etc.

•          Acting as an active member of technical committees in ICC and JSAT

•          Edited papers in the areas of Satellite / Wireless Communications for IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAT)/ICC, and international journals.

1/83-8/88         Graduate Research Assistant,  Center for Research, Inc., Lawrence, Kansas

•          Telecommunications and Information Sciences Laboratory (TISL)

•          Extensively involved in modeling, design, and performance analysis of M-QAM and M-CPSK signaling schemes over bandlimited nonlinear satellite communication links.  Performance analysis and modeling/simulation (C, BOSS, FORTRAN, SYSTID) of various aspects of communication systems including:  convolutional encoding/Viterbi decoding, carrier and symbol synchronization systems, analog/digital phase-locked loops, channel nonlinearities, modified Monte-Carlo methods, linear/nonlinear equalization techniques, laser modeling, mobile communications, fading channels, various reduction techniques, coaxial cable modeling for Ethernet, throughput analysis of packet broadcasting networks.

8/87-8/88         Graduate Research Assistant,  Electrical & Computer Engin. Dept., U. of Kansas

·         Co-author of a complete solution manual for "Random Signals (Detection, Estimation and Filtering)" book by K. Sam Shanmugan and A.M. Breipol.

Member, Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society. Member, IEEE Communications, Information Theory, IEEE Spectrum, Signal Processing, Vehicular Communications, Personal Communications, and Solid State Societies.

MANOUCHEHR RAFIE, Ph. D.

[email protected],  (408) 205-9400 (c)

529 Cherrywood Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94087, (408) 481-0629 (h)

 

TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS

 

 

Patents:

1. M. Rafie, co-author with Y. Zhong and L. Yang, “Viterbi Algorithm and Radix-4 ACS Recursion,”  Patent, 1997

 

2. M. Rafie, co-author with Y. Zhong and L. Yang, “Novel 1-bit Correlator,” Patent, 1997

 

3. M. Rafie, co-author S. Eoo and L. Yang, “Channel Phase Estimation for Wireless/Mobile Environment,” Patent filed, 1999

 

4. M. Rafie, main author, “Adaptive Equalizer System For Short Burst Modems and Link Hopping Radio Networks,” patent filed, 2001

 

5. M. Rafie, main author, “Carrier Phase Recovery System for Adaptive Burst Modems and Link Hopping Radio Networks,” patent filed, 2001

 

6. M. Rafie, main author, “A Combined Digital Adaptive Pre-Distorter and Pre-Equalizer for Modems and Link Hopping Radio Networks,” patent filed, 2001

 

7. M. Rafie, co-author with Tushar Shah, “Communication Signal Processor (CSP) Architecture Optimized for WCDMA Applications,” patent filed, 2003

 

8. M. Rafie, co-author with Tushar Shah, “Sub-word Parallelism (SWP) with single Instruction Multiple Data (SIMD) for Optimizing Power Dissipation in CSP based RAKE Receivers,” patent filed, 2003

 

Publications

 

9. M. S. Rafie and S. Kwan Eo, "Synchronization and Performance Analysis of OQPSK DS Spread Spectrum over Indoor Radio Channels,” Wireless '93, International Conference on Wireless Communications

 

10. M. S. Rafie and S. Kwan Eo, "Complete Synchronization Modeling of /4-DQPSK Spread Spectrum System," Asia Pacific Conference on Communications (APCC'93)

 

11. M. S. Rafie and W. Newman, "Rapid Design and Prototyping of Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum CDMA ASIC over an Infrared Link,” Multimedia, and DSP Magazine, 1994

 

12. M. S. Rafie and S. Kwan Eo, "DQPSK Spread Spectrum Signal Transmission Synchronization and Performance in Multipath Fading Channel,” International Conference on Signal Processing Application and Technology (ICSPAT '93)

 

13. M. S. Rafie and P. Yegani, "Performance Evaluation of Radio Link Protocols for Indoor Wireless Environment:  Using Forward Error Correction, Adaptive Equalization and Dual Diversity,” International Symposium on Personal Indoor and Mobile Communications (PIMRC '93)

 

14. M. S. Rafie and W. Newman, "Rapid Design and Prototyping of Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum CDMA ASIC over a Wireless Link,” Workshop on VLSI in Communication, 1993

 

15. M. S. Rafie and W. Newman, “A New Complex Neural Network-Based Decision-Feedback Equalizer: Application to Bandlimited Nonlinear Satellite Links,”  ICASP '94

 

16. M. S. Rafie and W. Newman, "Digital Phase-Locked Loop Applications to Digital Radio Channels,” Asilomar Conference '92

 

17. M. S. Rafie and S. Shanmugan, “Simulation-Based Estimation of Intermodulation Distortion and C/IM GLOBECOM,  1989

 

18. M. S. Rafie and S. Shanmugan, “Simulation of an End-to-End 9600 bps V.32 Modem Using SPW," SIMTEC '91

 

19. M. S. Rafie and S. Rao , “Simulation of an End-to-End 9600 bps V.32 Modem Using SPW," SIMTEC '91 Modeling and Design of Secure Communication Systems," SIMTEC '91.

 

20. M. S. Rafie and S. Shanmugan, “Comparative Performance Analysis of M-CPSK and M-QAM over Nonlinear Satellite Links"  GLOBECOM, 1989

 

21. L. Yang, M. Rafie, and S. Eo, “A New Method for predicting the Channel  Phase Estimation on CDMA Signals,” Korea PCS Journal

 

22. Y. Zhong, L. Yang, and M. Rafie, “A Generic Convolutional Code/Viterbi Decoder Generator,” submitted for publication in GlobeComm

 

23. M. Rafie, co-author with Edaward and L. Yang,  “ Implementation of an efficient / Novel Buffer for Memory–Related Applications”,  China ASIC Journal

 

24. M. Rafie, co-author with S. Barkeshli, R. Karamchedu and S. Eo, “ On Design and Performance of a CDMA Rake Receiver for Rayleigh Fading Channel,” Proceeding of International Conference on Signal Processing Application & Technology (ICSPAT, 97), pp. 521-525 San Diego, CA, Sept. 14-17, 1997

 

25. M. Rafie, “Intermodulation Comparative Analysis in Multi-Carrier GMSK, (O)QPSK, and /4DQPSK,” Submitted for publication, 1998

 

26. M. Rafie, “Hybrid Fiber Radio – An Emerging Infrastructure for Broadband IP Delivery,” WCA, 2000

 

27. M. Rafie, coauthor with TDD members, “TDD Benefits and Technology,” November 2001

 

28. M. Rafie, coauthor with TDD members, “TDD Tutorial,” presented to FCC Committee, December 2001

 

29. M. Rafie, “3G Technology Trends and Beyond,” presented to Wireless Technology Summit seminar, Austin, Texas, December 2002.

 

30. M. Rafie, “Design Opportunities in UWB”, Presented as a web seminar, December 3^rd/4^th, 2003. http://www.embeddedstar.com/press/content/2003/11/embedded11660.html

 

Technical Project Reports:

31. M. Rafie, co-author with T. Shah, H. Chakravarthuka, S. Sivaprakasam and S. Barkeshli, “ Software Digital Radio Implementation for HDTV,” Alta Group of Cadence Design Systems, Inc., March 1997

 

32. M. Rafie, co-author with S. Barkeshli, R. Karamchedu and S. Eo,  “ Korean W-CDMA Transceiver for Reverse Link,” Alta Group of Cadence Design Systems, Inc., Dec. 1996

 

33. M. Rafie, co-author with S. Barkeshli, R. Karamchedu and S. Eo,  “ Korean W-CDMA Transceiver for Forward Link,” Alta Group of Cadence Design Systems, Inc., Oct. 1996

 

34. M. Rafie, S. Eoo and L. Yang, “Design and Analysis of an End-to-end CDMA Link,” Project report, 1995

 

35. M. Rafie and L. Yang, “Design and Implementation of a (DSP IC) Wrist-Watch Pager,” Project report, 1995

 

36. M. Rafie, co-author with technical staff, “W-CDMA Design, Analysis and Verification of Base Station Transmitter  - ARIB,” Final Project Report, Sept. 1998

 

37. M. Rafie and L. Yang, “Fixed-Wireless Loop - HDL Implementation, Project report, 1996

 

38. M. Rafie, co-author S. Sivaprakasam, “Satellite Simulation and Analysis,” Final project report, 1995

 

39. M. Rafie and L. Yang, “Set-top Box: Up-stream Fixed-point Implementation,” Project report, 1995

 

40. M. Rafie, co-author with Technical Staff, “System Requirement for IS-98B CDMA mobile Station baseband,”  Project Report, 1998

 

41. M. Rafie, co-author with Technical Staff, “General-purpose OFDM /4-DQPSK Modem System, System Design Methodology and Hardware Implementation,” Final Report, 1998

 

42. M. Rafie and S. Eoo, “Multi-mode Modem Design,” Project Report, 1996

 

43. M. Rafie, co-author with R. Karamchedu, “Cable Modem Receiver Implementation,” technical report, 1997

 

44. M. Rafie, co-author with technical staff, “W-CDMA Design, Analysis and Verification – NTT DoCoMo,” May 1998

 

45. M. Rafie, co-author with technical staff, “HDTV 8-VSB Design, Analysis and Implementation,” technical report, 1998

 

46. M. Rafie, co-author with R. Karamchedu, “A Hearing-Aid Design, Architecture and Analysis,” Project Report, Dec. 1997

 

47. M. Rafie, co-author with L. Yang, “Reed-Solomon Channel Codec Implementation,” Project report, June 1997

 

48. M. Rafie, co-author with R. Karamchedu, “Optimization of Filter Bank Architecture,” Technical report, Dec. 1998

 

49. M. Rafie, co-author with L. Yang and Y. Zhong, “Power-Line Baseband ASIC Design and Implementation,”  Project Report, July 1997

 

50. M. Rafie, co-author with technical staff, “Digital Cordless Phone Design and Implementation: TDD, SS-CDMA and FH-CDMA,” Project Report, Dec. 1996

 

51. M. Rafie, co-author with S. Sivaprakasam, “An end-to-end Design, Analysis and Verification of iDEN,” Project Report, Nov. 1997

 

52. M. Rafie, co-author with technical staff, “Baseband Design and Implementation of Iridium handset,” Vol. I, Dec. 1997

 

53. M. Rafie, co-author with technical staff, “Baseband Design and Implementation of Iridium handset,” Vol. II, Dec. 1997

 

54. M. Rafie, co-author with technical staff, “Baseband Design and Implementation of Iridium handset,” Vol. III, Feb. 1998

 

55. M. Rafie, co-author with Tushar Shah, “Wireless ATM Design and Analysis using OFDM – A Design Flow Approach,” Technical report, 1998

 

Lecture Notes:

56. M. Rafie, Digital Communications and Spread Spectrum Systems, Lecture Notes Korea, Samsung

 

57. M. Rafie, Wireless/Mobile Communications, Lecture Notes Japan, Sony Tech

 

58. M. Rafie, Digital Communications and Simulation Techniques, Lecture Notes, Korea/ETRI

 

59. M. Rafie, Digital Signal Processing, Lecture Notes, UC Berkeley

 

60. M. Rafie, Digital Communications, Lecture Notes, UC Berkeley

 

61. M. Rafie, Wireless Communications, Lecture Notes, UC Berkeley Extension

 

62. M. Rafie, Advanced Digital Signal Processing, Lecture Notes, UC Berkeley Extension

 

63. M. Rafie, Design Opportunities in UWB, Lecture Notes, Web Seminar

 

Dissertation / Thesis:

64.  M. S. Rafie, Performance Analysis of Nonlinear Digital Satellite Links. Ph.D. Thesis, 1988

 

65.  M. S. Rafie, Analysis and Simulation of Block Convolutional Coding and Viterbi Decoding, M.S. Project, 1983.

 

Book:

66.  M. S. Rafie, coauthor Cicilia Townsend, a complete solution manual book,  “Random Signals (Detection, Estimation and Filtering)"  book by Sam Shanmugan and A.M. Breipol.