Laurie Joiner

Laurie L. Joiner Associate Professor

Phone/fax/email	Address
Phone: 256-824-6126 Fax: 256-824-6803 ljoiner@ece.uah.edu	Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering Engineering Building 217-B Huntsville, AL 35899

Professional Interests

Teaching
Course	Last taught
CPE 381 Signals and Systems for Computer Engineers	Spring 2007
EE 382 Analytical Methods for Continuous Time Systems	Fall 2004
EE 383 Analytical Methods for Multivariable and Discrete Time Systems	Summer 2007
EE 414/514 Analog and Digital Filter Design	Fall 2009
EE 424/504 Introduction to Data Communication Networks	Spring 2010
EE/OSE 601 Linear Systems	Summer 2000
EE 610 Special Topics in Coding Theory (Block Codes)	Fall 1999
EE 610 Special Topics in Advanced Coding Theory (Trellis Codes)	Fall 2000
EE 615 Analog Circuit Design	Spring 2008
EE 642 Data and Digital Communications	Spring 2010
EE 744 Coding Theory and Spread Spectrum	Fall 2007

Research Interests

Soft decision decoding of block codes
Coding and modulation tradeoffs
Next generation mobile networks

Some of this research was performed using OPNET network modeling software.

Publications

Journal Publications

Sandstrom, L., K. Schneider, L. Joiner, and A. Wilson. "Spatial Correlation of Alien Crostalk in MIMO DSL Systems," IEEE Trans. on Communications, vol. 57, no. 8, pp. 2269-2271, Aug. 2009.
Bhaskar, V. and L. L. Joiner. "Performance of Convolutional Codes in Asynchronous CDMA Communications Under Imperfect Phase-tracking Conditions," IEEE Trans. on Communications, vol. 57, no. 7, pp. 2052-2059, July 2009.
Zhang, P. and L. L. Joiner. "STF Coding for MIMO-OFDM with Four or Three Transmit Antennas," International Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics, vol. 29, no. 3 pp. 405-413, May 2006.
Komo, J. J. and L. L. Joiner. "Upper and lower bounds on the binary input AWGN channel capacity," Communications in Applied Analysis, vol. 10, no. 1, Jan. 2006.
Burst,K., L. Joiner and G. Grimes. "Delay based congestion detection and admission control for voice quality in enterprise or carrier controlled IP networks," IEEE eTransactions on Network and Service Management, vol. 2, no. 1, November 2005.
Bhaskar, V. and L. L. Joiner. "Adaptive rate coding using convolutional codes for asynchronous code division multiple access communications over slowly fading channels," Elsevier Journal on Computers and Electrical Engineering, vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 217-240, May 2005.
Bhaskar, V. and L. L. Joiner. "Variable energy adaptation for asynchronous CDMA communications over slowly fading channels," Elsevier Journal on Computers and Electrical Engineering, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 33-55, January 2005.
Bhaskar, V., K. H. Adjallah and L. L. Joiner. "Subspace based channel estimation for downlink W-CDMA," International Journal on Pure and Applied Mathematics, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 139-149, 2005.
Bhaskar, V. and L. L. Joiner. "Modeling scheduled data flow architecture - an open queuing network model approach," International Journal on Pure and Applied Mathematics, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 271-283, 2005.
Bhaskar, V. and L. L. Joiner. "Performance of punctured convolutional codes in asynchronous code division multiple access communications under perfect phase tracking conditions," Elsevier Journal on Computers and Electrical Engineering, vol. 30, no. 8, pp. 573-592, November 2004.
Ashrafi, A., R. Adhami, L. Joiner, and P. Kaveh. "Arbitrary waveform DDFS utilizing Chebyshev polynomials interpolation," IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, vol. 51, no. 8, pp. 1468-1475, August 2004.
Joiner, L. L. and J. J. Komo. "Errors and erasures decoding of BCH and Reed-Solomon codes for reduced M-ary orthogonal signaling," IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 51, no. 1, pp. 57-62, January 2003
Calhoun, P., R. Adhami, and L. L. Joiner. "Application of horizon sensor measurements in Kalman filtering techniques for on-board orbit navigation during aerobraking," Circuits, Systems and Signal Processing: CSSP, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 399-413, August 2002.

Conference Publications

Zhang, P. and L. Joiner. "Linear decoding of QOSTBC in MIMO-OFDM systems with three or four transmit antennas," International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC2006) , pp. 403-407, 2006.
Zhang, P. and L. Joiner. "Linear maximum likelihood decoding of MIMO-OFDM systems in non-quasi-static channels," Proceedings of the Huntsville Simulation Conference, 2005.
Joiner, L. L. and J. J. Komo. "Soft decision Reed-Solomon coding for MPSK slow frequency hop spread spectrum multiple access communications," Proc. MILCOM 2004, November 2004.
Tabet, S., L. Joiner, and M. Benincasa. "Alpha test analysis of WIPL-DP," Proc. of Annual Review of Progress in Applied Computational Electromagnetics, April 2004.
Mohan, M. and L. L. Joiner. "Solving billing issues in ad hoc networks," Proc. ACM Southeast Regional Conference, pp. 31-36, April 2004.
Komo, J.J. and L.L. Joiner. "Adaptive Reed-Solomon Decoding using Gao's Algorithm," Proc. MILCOM 2002, October, 2002.
Deverapalli, C., L. Joiner, and S. M. Yoo, "Performance Comparison of Various Routing Protocols in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks," Proc. International Conference on Wireless Networks 2002 (ICWN'02),, Las Vegas, June 2002.
Patel, N. and L. L. Joiner. "Improved Performance of Space-time Block Codes on Rayleigh Fading Channel," Proc. Southeastern Symposium on System Theory, March 2002, pp.128-132.
Bhaskar, V. and L. L. Joiner. "Adaptive Rate Coding for Image Data Transmission," Proc. Southeastern Symposium on System Theory, March 2002, pp.251-255.
Joiner, L. L. and J. J. Komo. "Soft-decision decoding of nonbinary codes," Proc. MILCOM 2001, November, 2001, vol. 2, pp. 1495-1499.
Komo, J.J. and L. L. Joiner "QPSK Sequences over F4," Proc. 2001 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, June, 2001, p. 95.
Joiner L.L., and J.J. Komo "Soft Decision Decoding of Reed-Solomon Codes Using the Extended Erasure Magnitude Matrix," Proc. MILCOM 2000, October, 2001, vol. 1, pp. 392-396.
Mester, T. and L. Joiner "Quick Simulation of Concatenated Coding Systems," Proc. ISITA 2000, November, 2001.
Joiner, L.L. and J.J. Komo. "Nonbinary Shortened Cyclic Codes," Proc. ISITA 2000, November, 2001.
Bhaskar, V. and L. Joiner. "Adaptive Rate Coding for Wideband CDMA Wireless Networks," Proc. IEEE Southeastcon '00, April 2000.
Pandiarajan, V. and L. Joiner. "Undedicated HAAP based Mobile Switching Center-Architecture to Improve Cellular Bandwidth," Proc. IEEE Southeastcon '00, April 2000.
Joiner, L. L. and J. J. Komo. "Improved Performance of Reduced M-ary Orthogonal Signaling Using Reed-Solomon Codes." Proc. MILCOM '99, November, 1999.
Joiner, L. L. and J. J. Komo. "Errors and Erasures Decoding of Reed-Solomon Codes for Reduced M-ary Orthogonal Signaling." Proc. 1999 IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on Communications, August, 1999.
Joiner, L. L. and J. J. Komo. "QPSK Communications Using Short 4-ary Codes." Proc. IEEE Southeastcon '99, March 1999.
Reid, W.J., J.J. Komo, and L.L. Joiner, "Maximum Error Magnitude Decoding of the Golay [23,12,7] Code," Proc. 1998 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, p. 219, Aug. 1998.
Joiner, L.L. and J.J. Komo, "Sequential Decoding of Reed-Solomon Codes in an Incremental Redundancy System," Proc. of the IEEE 1997 Military Communications Conference, pp. 1-4, Nov. 1997.
Reid, W.J., L.L. Joiner, and J.J. Komo, "Soft Decision Decoding of BCH Codes Using Error Magnitudes, " Proc. 1997 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, p. 303, June 1997.
Komo, J.J. and L.L. Joiner, "Fast Error Magnitude Evaluations for Reed-Solomon Codes," Proc. 1995 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, p. 416, Sep. 1996.
Joiner, L.L. and J.J. Komo, "Decoding Binary BCH Codes," IEEE Southeastcon '95 Proceedings, pp. 67-73, April 1995.

Other publications

Soft-Decision Decoding of Nonbinary Cyclic and Modified Cyclic Codes Ph.D. Dissertation, Clemson University, 1998.
Joiner, L.L. and V. Pandiarajan, "Undedicated HAAP Based Architecture for Cellular Data Transfers," 2000 Young Faculty Research Proceedings, University of Alabama in Huntsville, December 2000.

Graduate Students

Ph.D. Students

Peng Zhang, Space-time Coding with OFDM over Correlated Fading Channels, December 2006.
Vidhyacharan Bhaskar, Adaptive Rate Coding for Asynchronous Code Division Multiple Access Communications over Slowly Fading Channels, May 2002.
Kenneth Burst, Delay Based Congestion Detection and Admission Control for Deployment of IP Voice Tandems in Carrier Public Switched Telephone Networks, December 2002.

Master Thesis Students

Janice Rock, A Study of Higher Levels of Component Integration for Electronically Steerable Phased Arrays, May 2007
Joel Booth, A Study of Electromagnetic Energy Propagation through Manipulated Multilayer Materials, May 2007
Manish Mohan, "A Load Based Hybrid Routing Protocol for Ad Hoc Networks," August 2004.
Leif Sandstrom, "The Analysis of MIMO Signal Processing Techniques on Twisted Copper Pair Channels," May 2004.
Thana Bunnag, "Performance Comparison between DS-CDMA and Impulse Radio in an Indoor Environment," August 2002.
Chris Zoeller, "A Passive, Coherent Radar Using Commercial FM Broadcast Signals," May 2002.
Narendra Patel, "Improved Performance of Space-Time Coding using Trellis Coded Modulation," May 2002.
Chakravarthy Devarapalli, "A Simulation Study of a Mobile Ad Hoc Network," May 2002.
Vijay Pandiarajan, "An Undedicated Airplane Based Architecture for Wireless Data Transfers," May 2000.
Tim Mester, "Quick Simulation of Parallel Concatenated Convolutional Coded Systems," December 2000.