PUBLICATIONS

Books

  1. A. Bhowal and R. S. Kshetrimayum, Advanced Spatial Modulation Systems , Springer Nature, Singapore, Jan 2021.

Journals

  1. A. Bhowal, R. P. Naik, P. Das, D. Kumar, S. Lakshmi, Md. S. Ahmed, and D. Sarma, "Channel Estimation, Resource Optimization, and Experimental Validation of Multi STAR-RIS Aided UOWC System" , IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (Early Access), pp. 1-18, Mar. 2026.
  2. R. P. Naik, A. Bhowal, S. Lakshmi, C. S. Shetty, and D. Sarma, "Phase Optimization and Performance Evaluation of Multi STAR-RIS Aided Underwater Optical Wireless Communication System" , IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 10, no. 20, pp. 43268-43281, Oct. 2025.
  3. A. Bhowal and S. Aïssa, "Device-to-Device Communications with Selection-Based Cooperative RIS" , IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 73, no. 3, pp. 2002-2015, Mar. 2025.
  4. A. Bhowal and S. Aïssa, "Polarization-Enabled MIMO Bidirectional Device-to-Device Communications via RIS" , IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 71, no. 1, pp. 427-440, Jan. 2023.
  5. A. Bhowal and S. Aïssa, "MIMO Device-to-Device Communications via Cooperative Dual-Polarized Intelligent Surfaces" , IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 202-206, Feb. 2023.
  6. M. Abolpour, S. Aïssa, L. Musavian, and A. Bhowal, "Rate Splitting in the Presence of Untrusted Users: Outage and Secrecy Outage Performances" , IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, vol. 3, pp. 921-935, May 2022.
  7. Z. Mohamed, A. Bhowal, and S. Aïssa, "Distance Distributions and Coverage Probabilities in Poisson-Delaunay Triangular Cells with Application to Coordinated Multi-Point Wireless Power Transfer" , IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 21, no. 11, pp. 9143-9154, Nov. 2022.
  8. A. Bhowal and S. Aïssa, "RIS-Aided Communications in Indoor and Outdoor Environments: Performance Analysis with a Realistic Channel Model" , IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 71, no. 12, pp. 13356-13360, Dec. 2022.
  9. A. Bhowal, S. Aïssa, and R. S. Kshetrimayum, "RIS-Assisted Advanced Spatial Modulation Techniques for Ambient Backscattering Communications" , IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking,vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 1684-1696, Dec. 2021.
  10. A. Bhowal and R. S. Kshetrimayum, "Advanced Optical Spatial Modulation techniques for FSO communication" , IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 69, no. 2, pp. 1163-1174, February 2021.
  11. A. Bhowal and R. S. Kshetrimayum, "Optical Improved Quadrature Spatial Modulation for Cooperative UnderwaterWireless Communication under Weak Oceanic Turbulence Conditions" , IET Optoelectronics, vol. 14, no. 6, pp. 434-439, December 2020.
  12. A. Bhowal and R. S. Kshetrimayum, "Relay based Hybrid FSO/RF communication employing Hybrid Spatial Modulation and Transmit Source Selection" , IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 68, no. 8, pp. 5018-5027, Aug. 2020.
  13. A. Bhowal, A. S. Sapre, R. Lalani, and R. S. Kshetrimayum, "Advanced spatial modulation for efficient MIMO-based B2B communications in sporting activities" , IET Communications, vol. 13, no. 20, pp. 3529-3536, Dec. 2019.
  14. A. Bhowal and R. S. Kshetrimayum, "Transmit laser selection for two hop decode and forward FSO communication with pointing errors" , IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 23, no. 12, pp. 2301-2305, Dec. 2019.
  15. A. Bhowal and R. S. Kshetrimayum, "Performance analysis of B2B communication for different sporting activities" , IEEE Sensors Letters, vol. 3, no. 7, July 2019.
  16. A. Bhowal and R. S. Kshetrimayum, "Outage probability bound of decode and forward two way relay employing optical spatial modulation over Gamma-Gamma channels" , IET Optoelectronics, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 183-190, July 2019.
  17. A. Bhowal and R. S. Kshetrimayum, "Performance Analysis of One-way and Two-way relay for Underwater Optical Wireless Communications" , OSA Continuum, vol. 1, no. 4, pp. 1400-1413, Novemeber 2018.
  18. A. Bhowal and R. S. Kshetrimayum, "Outage probability bound of decode and forward two-way full-duplex relay employing spatial modulation over cascaded α − μ channels" , International Journal of Communication Systems, vol. 32, no. 3, e3876, February 2019.

Conferences

  1. H. Tiwari, A. Bhowal, S. Mondal, and K. Singh, “Performance Analysis and Resource Optimization in Multiple RIS-Aided TeraHertz MIMO Communications” , Presented in Proc. IEEE Globecom Workshops, Taiwan, Dec. 2025.
  2. S. Baghel, P. Das, A. Bhowal, and R. S. Kshetrimayum, “Multi-Modal Semantic Communication Systems for Sustainability: A Comprehensive Survey” , in Proc. IEEE India Council International Subsections Conference (INDISCON), Rourkela, India, pp. 1-6, Aug. 2025.
  3. P. Das, D. Kumar, A. Bhowal, and R. P. Naik, “Design and Experimental Validation of STAR-Optical RIS Prototype in Underwater Optical Wireless Communication” , in Proc. Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC) Spring Workshops, Norway, pp. 1-5, May 2025.
  4. A. Bhowal, S. Aïssa, and S. P. Dash, “Irregularly Activated Spatial Modulation Schemes with RIS as a Modulator” , in Proc. Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC) Fall, Hong Kong, Oct. 2023.
  5. S. Mondal, A. Bhowal, S. Kashyap, R. S. Kshetrimayum, and M. Patra, “Performance Analysis of a Mixed RF/FSO Aided Cognitive Radio Network” , in Proc. International Conference on Microwave, Optical, and Communication Engineering (ICMOCE), Bhubaneswar, India, pp. 1-4, May 2023.
  6. S. Mondal, A. Bhowal, S. Kashyap, R. S. Kshetrimayum, and M. Patra, “Outage Probability Analysis of Hard-Switching Based Mixed FSO/IRS-Aided RF Communication” , in Proc. National Conference on Communications (NCC), Guwahati, India, Feb. 2023.
  7. A. Bhowal, S. Aïssa, and M. Naseri, “RIS Enabled Multi-User SWIPT for URLLC” , in Proc. International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), Sep. 2022.
  8. A. Bhowal and S. Aïssa, “Performance Evaluation of RIS-Assisted Full-Duplex MIMO Bidirectional Communications with a Realistic Channel Model” , Invited Paper in Proc. International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC), Dubrovnik, Croatia, June 2022.
  9. A. Bhowal, S. Aïssa, and R. S. Kshetrimayum, “RIS-Assisted Spatial Modulation and Space Shift Keying for Ambient Backscattering Communications” , in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Montreal, Canada, June 2021.
  10. A. Bhowal and R. S. Kshetrimayum, “Transmit laser selection for dual hop decode and forward UOWC cooperative communication” , in Proc. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Seoul, South Korea, pp. 1-6, May 2020.
  11. A. Bhowal and R. S. Kshetrimayum, “Large scale MIMO performance analysis over cascaded α-μ MIMO channel for M2M communication” , in Proc. IEEE COMSNETS, Bangalore, India, pp.405-406, Jan. 2017.
  12. A. Bhowal and R. S. Kshetrimayum, “End to end performance analysis of M2M cooperative communication over cascaded α-μ channels” , in Proc. IEEE COMSNETS, Bangalore, India, pp. 116-122, Jan. 2017.
  13. A. Bhowal, N. Verma, and R. Singh, “Design and Evaluation of a New Compact CPW Fed Slot Textile Antenna for UWB applications” , in Proc. IEEE ICCSP, Melmaruvathur, India, pp. 314-317, Apr. 2015.
  14. A. Bhowal, T. Paradkar, and N. Purohit, “Evaluation of extended CP and ultra-extended CP in MBSFN” , in Proc. IEEE UPCON, Allahabad, India, pp. 1-6, Dec. 2015.
  15. S. Choudhury and A. Bhowal, “Comparative Analysis of machine learning algorithms along with classifiers for network intrusion detection” , in Proc. IEEE ICSTM, Chennai, India, pp. 89-95, May 2015.

Patents Filed

  1. A. Bhowal, R. P. Naik, P. Das, and D. Kumar, Optical STAR-RIS Enabled System for Enhanced Coverage in Underwater Wireless Communication , Indian Design Patent Application No. 202531042963, May 2025.