Abraham O. Fapojuwo

Dr. Abraham Fapojuwo

PhD, PEng.

Positions

Professor

Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary

Professor

Schulich School of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Software Engineering

Contact information

Email

fapojuwo@ucalgary.ca

Web presence

Personal website

Phone number

Office: +1 (403) 220-8524

Location

Information and Communications Technology Building: ICT310

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Media Relations and Communications Specialist

Cell: +1.403.671.2710
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Preferred method of communication

Please contact me by email.

I'm looking for...

Learning opportunities

Currently I am looking for motivated MSc and PhD students with an interest in wireless communications. Please contact me by email with your CV and transcripts.

Background

Educational Background

Doctor of Philosophy Electrical Engineering, University of Calgary, 1989

M.S. Electrical Engineering, University of Calgary, 1986

Bach of Eng (1st Class Honors) Electrical Engineering, University of Nigeria, 1980

Biography

Dr. Abraham Fapojuwo is a professor in the Department of Electrical and Software Engineering.                                                      

Dr. Fapojuwo's expertise and experience are in the areas of wireless communications and telecommunication networks including the design, performance modeling, and analysis of network architectures and protocols.                  

Prior to joining the University of Calgary, Dr. Fapojuwo has engaged in full-time industry practice where he has made significant contributions in the industrial design, research and development of wireless cellular and networking products

Research

Areas of Research

Wireless Communications and Networking
Activities

Advanced Wireless Communication Networks                                                          Broadband capacity enhancement techniques--cell-less fog-enabled radio access networks, heterogeneous cloud radio access networks, cognitive radio networks; backhaul optimization; software defined networking; network function virtualization; full-duplex techniques.                                                                                   

IoT Networking                                                                            Medium access control protocols for long range wide area networks; coverage and capacity analysis and performance optimization; interference avoidance and mitigation.                                                                               

Wi-Fi Networking                                                            QoE assurance techniques; mobility management; coverage and capacity analysis; Wi-Fi positioning/localization.        

Vehicular Networking                                                   Resource management protocols for ultra-reliable and low-latency V2X communications; vehicular localization techniques.                                                                                          

Simultaneous Wireless Information and Power Transfer RF-to-DC power conversion efficiency enhancement techniques; harvested energy and achievable data rate tradeoffs, cross-layer protocol design for SWIPT, wireless powered body sensor networks.

Participation in university strategic initiatives

Engineering solutions for health

Human dynamics in a changing world

Courses

Course number Course title Semester
ENEL 529 LAB 01 B01 Wireless Communication Systems 2020
ENEL 529 LEC 01 01 Wireless Communication Systems 2020
ENEL 529 TUT 01 T01 Wireless Communication Systems 2020
ENEL 633 LEC 01 01 Wireless Networks 2020

Projects

Beyond 5G Network Slicing for Smart Cities Applications

I am the PI for an Alberta Innovates funded project that is investigating novel techniques to support smart cities applications on Beyond 5G networks.

Awards

  • Teaching Achievement Award, Schulich School of Engineering. 2019
  • Teaching Achievement Award, Schulich School of Engineering. 2018

Publications

  • Sum-throughput and fairness optimization of a wireless energy harvesting sensor network. Jonathan Kwan; Abraham Olatunji Fapojuwo. IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2019-Fall). 1 - 6. (2019)
  • Optimized wireless energy harvesting sensor network with backscatter communication and beamforming. Abraham Olatunji Fapojuwo; Jonathan Kwan. IEEE 90th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2019-Fall). 1 - 6. (2019)
  • Achievable secrecy rate in mmWave network with multi-array artificial noise transmission. Abraham Olatunji Fapojuwo; Ahmed Darwesh. IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom 2019). 1 - 6. (2019)
  • Performance of content-aware caching in hybrid microwave/millimeter wave heterogeneous networks. Abraham Olatunji Fapojuwo; Okechukwu Ochia. IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom 2019). 1- 6. (2019)
  • Vehicle trajectory prediction with Gaussian process regression in connected vehicle environment. Abraham Olatunji Fapojuwo; Sepideh Afkhami Goli; Behrouz H Far. IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium. 1-6. (2018)
  • Hybrid joint transmission and coordinated beamforming in millimeter-wave cellular networks. Okechukwu Ochia; Abraham Olatunji Fapojuwo. IEEE International Conference on Communications. (2019)
  • Distance-based duplex mode selection in large scale peer-to-peer wireless networks. Abraham Olatunji Fapojuwo; Kasun Hemachandra. IEEE International Conference on Communications. 1 - 6. (2017)
  • Performance study on cache enabled full duplex device-to-device networks. Okechukwu Ochia; Kasun Hemachandra; Abraham Olatunji Fapojuwo. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference. 1 - 6. (2018)
  • Sensor Fusion for Floor Localization. Fahimul Haque; Vahid Dehghanian; Abraham Olatunji Fapojuwo. IEEE Information Technology, Electronics and Mobile Communications Conference (IEMCON). 1 - 6. (2017)
  • Performance evaluation of LoRaWAN in North American urban scenario. Hai Wang; Abraham Olatunji Fapojuwo. IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC 2018-Fall). (2018)
  • Duplex mode selection for throughput maximization in device-to-device underlaid cellular networks. Kasun Hemachandra; Abraham Olatunji Fapojuwo. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference. 1 - 6. (2018)