Doctor Upul Gunawardana

Doctor Upul Gunawardana

Senior Lecturer,
Engineering

Biography

Upul obtained a BSc (Eng) (Hons 1) from the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka in 1990, MSEE and PhD from Missouri University of Science and Technology (formerly the University of Missouri-Rolla), USA in 1993 and 1999 respectively. Before joining UWS, he was with Philips Personal Communications as a member of their Technical Staff in 1998 and then with Motorola Personal Communication Systems Research Labs in New Jersey as a Staff Engineer from 1998 to January 2001. From 2001 to 2003, he was with Bell Laboratories of Lucent Technologies.

This information has been contributed by Doctor Gunawardana.

Qualifications

  • PhD University of Missouri (USA)
  • MScElectEng University of Missouri (USA)
  • BSc(Eng) University of Moratuwa

Professional Memberships

  • IEEE Member (1988)

Organisational Unit (School / Division)

  • Engineering

Contact

Email: U.Gunawardana@westernsydney.edu.au
Phone: (02) 9685 4608
Mobile:
Location: ED.G.122
Parramatta

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Publications

Chapters in Books

  • Alsinglawi, B., Nguyen, Q., Gunawardana, U., Simoff, S., Maeder, A., Elkhodr, M. and Alshehri, M. (2019), 'Passive RFID localization in the Internet of Things', Recent Trends and Advances in Wireless and IoT-enabled Networks, Springer 9783319999654.
  • Uy, B., Zhu, X., Xiang, Y., Zou, J., Liyanapathirana, R., Gunawardana, U., Pap, L. and Perera, H. (2011), 'Civionics--An emerging interdisciplinary research area in Australia', Structural Health Monitoring in Australia, Nova Science Publishers 9781617288609.

Journal Articles

  • Samaranayake, P., Gunawardana, U. and Stokoe, M. (2023), 'Kerbside parking assessment using a simulation modelling approach for infrastructure planning : a metropolitan city case study', Sustainability, vol 15, no 4 .
  • Brandwood, B., Naik, G., Gunawardana, U. and Gargiulo, G. (2023), 'Combined cardiac and respiratory monitoring from a single signal : a case study employing the fantasia database', Sensors, vol 23, no 17 .
  • Samaranayake, P. and Gunawardana, U. (2022), 'Parking assessment in the context of growing construction activity and infrastructure changes : simulation of impact scenarios', Sustainability, vol 14, no 9 .
  • Tynan, L., Naik, G., Gargiulo, G. and Gunawardana, U. (2021), 'Implementation of the biological muscle mechanism in HASEL actuators to leverage electrohydraulic principles and create new geometries', Actuators, vol 10, no 2 .
  • Polley, C., Jayarathna, T., Gunawardana, U., Naik, G., Hamilton, T., Andreozzi, E., Bifulco, P., Esposito, D., Centracchio, J. and Gargiulo, G. (2021), 'Wearable bluetooth triage healthcare monitoring system', Sensors, vol 21, no 22 .
  • Gargiulo, G., Bifulco, P., Cesarelli, M., McEwan, A., Nikpour, A., Jin, C., Gunawardana, U., Sreenivasan, N., Wabnitz, A. and Hamilton, T. (2019), 'Fully open-access passive dry electrodes BIOADC : open-electroencephalography (EEG) re-invented', Sensors, vol 19, no 4 .
  • Parajuli, N., Sreenivasan, N., Bifulco, P., Cesarelli, M., Savino, S., Niola, V., Esposito, D., Hamilton, T., Naik, G., Gunawardana, U. and Gargiulo, G. (2019), 'Real-time EMG based pattern recognition control for hand prostheses : a review on existing methods, challenges and future implementation', Sensors, vol 19, no 20 .
  • Wesumperuma, A., Ginige, A. and Gunawardana, U. (2018), 'Towards formation of dynamic value chains to enhance competitiveness of commercial lighting industry', Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society, vol 16, no 4 , pp 427 - 444.
  • Sreenivasan, N., Gutierrez, D., Bifulco, P., Cesarelli, M., Gunawardana, U. and Gargiulo, G. (2018), 'Towards ultra low-cost myoactivated prostheses', BioMed Research International, vol 2018 .
  • Jayawardhana, M., Zhu, X., Liyanapathirana, R. and Gunawardana, U. (2017), 'Compressive sensing for efficient health monitoring and effective damage detection of structures', Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, vol 84, no Part A , pp 414 - 430.
  • Alsinglawi, B., Elkhodr, M., Nguyen, Q., Gunawardana, U., Maeder, A. and Simoff, S. (2017), 'RFID localisation for Internet of Things smart homes : a survey', International Journal of Computer Networks and Communications, vol 9, no 1 , pp 81 - 99.
  • Alsinglawi, B., Nguyen, Q., Gunawardana, U., Maeder, A. and Simoff, S. (2017), 'RFID systems in healthcare settings and activity of daily living in smart homes : a review', E-Health Telecommunication Systems and Networks, vol 6 , pp 1 - 17.
  • Salama, R., Kharkovsky, S., Liyanapathirana, R. and Gunawardana, U. (2016), 'Wireless power transmission in human tissue for nerve stimulation', IET Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation, vol 10, no 6 , pp 670 - 675.
  • Biyanwilage, S., Gunawardana, U. and Liyanapathirana, R. (2015), 'Power allocation in OFDM cognitive radio relay networks with outdated channel state information', International Journal of Communication Systems, vol 28, no 10 , pp 1640 - 1656.
  • Naiwala Pathirannehelage, M., Zhu, X., Liyanapathirana, R. and Gunawardana, U. (2015), 'Statistical damage sensitive feature for structural damage detection using AR model coefficients', Advances in Structural Engineering, vol 18, no 10 , pp 1551 - 1562.
  • Naiwala Pathirannehelage, M., Zhu, X., Liyanapathirana, R. and Gunawardana, U. (2015), 'An experimental study for decentralized damage detection of beam structures using wireless sensor networks', Structural Monitoring and Maintenance, vol 2, no 3 , pp 237 - 252.
  • Gargiulo, G., Gunawardana, U., O'Loughlin, A., Sadozai, M., Shabanivaraki, E. and Breen, P. (2015), 'A wearable contactless sensor suitable for continuous simultaneous monitoring of respiration and cardiac activity', Journal of Sensors, vol 2015 .
  • Wijetunge, S., Gunawardana, U. and Liyanapathirana, R. (2014), 'Throughput analysis of IEEE 802.15.4 beacon-enabled MAC protocol in the presence of hidden nodes', Wireless Networks, vol 20, no 7 , pp 1889 - 1908.
  • Wijetunge, S., Gunawardana, U. and Liyanapathirana, R. (2013), 'Performance analysis of IEEE 802.15.4 MAC protocol with ACK frame transmission', Wireless Personal Communications, vol April , pp 1 - 26.
  • Herath, P., Gunawardana, U., Liyanapathirana, R. and Rajatheva, N. (2013), 'Outage probability analysis of multiple antenna dual-hop networks with interference-limited relay', IEICE Transactions on Communications, vol E96-B, no 2 , pp 577 - 584.
  • Wijesinghe, P., Gunawardana, U. and Liyanapathirana, R. (2012), 'Combined flat histogram Monte Carlo method for efficient simulation of communication systems', IEEE Communications Letters, vol 16, no 1 , pp 80 - 82.
  • Wijesinghe, P., Gunawardana, U. and Liyanapathirana, R. (2011), 'Efficient simulation of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing systems using importance sampling', IET Communications, vol 5, no 3 , pp 274 - 283.
  • Wijesinghe, P., Gunawardana, U. and Liyanapathirana, R. (2011), 'An efficient algorithm for capacity and outage probability estimation in MIMO channels', IEEE Communications Letters, vol 15, no 6 , pp 644 - 646.
  • Wijesinghe, P., Gunawardana, U. and Liyanapathirana, R. (2010), 'Improved performance upper bounds for terminated convolutional codes in Rayleigh fading channels', ECTI Transactions on Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Communications, vol 8, no 1 , pp 99 - 105.
  • Nguyen, K., Gunawardana, U. and Liyanapathirana, R. (2008), 'Fast simulation of space-time block codes concatenated with convolutional codes over quasi-static Rayleigh fading channels', Electronics Letters, vol 44, no 3 , pp 219 - 220.

Conference Papers

  • Oyeku, A., Gargiulo, G. and Gunawardana, U. (2020), 'Electronic engineering laboratories : to flip or not to flip?', Australasian Association for Engineering Education. Conference , Online.
  • Liyanapathirana, R. and Gunawardana, U. (2019), 'An investigation into project based learning (PBL) in telecommunications', International Conference on Engineering Research and Practice, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • Parajuli, N., Naik, G., Savino, S., Gunawardana, U., Ulloa, D., Bifulco, P., Cesarelli, M., Gargiulo, G., Sreenivasan, N., Esposito, D. and Hamilton, T. (2019), 'Electrodeless FSR linear envelope signal for muscle contraction measurement', International Conference on Electrical Engineering Research and Practice, Sydney, N.S.W..
  • Polley, C., Esposito, D., Andreozzi, E., Naik, G., Gargiulo, G., Bifulco, P. and Gunawardana, U. (2019), 'Low cost analogue front end for electronic stethoscopes application with silicone enclosure', International Conference on Electrical Engineering Research and Practice, Sydney, N.S.W..
  • Maan, C. and Gunawardana, U. (2017), 'Barriers in acceptance of ambient assisted living technologies among older Australians', IEEE Life Sciences Conference, Sydney, N.S.W..
  • Ulloa, D., Sreenivasan, N., Bifulco, P., Cesarelli, M., Gargiulo, G. and Gunawardana, U. (2017), 'Cost effective electro-resistive band based myo activated prosthetic upper limb for amputees in the developing world', IEEE Life Sciences Conference, Sydney, N.S.W..
  • Alsinglawi, B., Liu, T., Nguyen, Q., Gunawardana, U., Maeder, A. and Simoff, S. (2016), 'Passive RFID localisation framework in smart homes healthcare settings', Global Telehealth (Conference), Auckland, N.Z..
  • Sam, S., Biyanwilage, S., Gunawardana, U. and Liyanapathirana, R. (2014), 'RF interference to DVB-T reception from multiple LTE devices in adjacent bands', IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks, Sydney, N.S.W..
  • Biyanwilage, S., Gunawardana, U. and Liyanapathirana, R. (2014), 'Interference minimization based power allocation for cognitive radio networks operating in TV white spaces', International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication Systems, Gold Coast, Qld..
  • Biyanwilage, S., Gunawardana, U. and Liyanapathirana, R. (2014), 'Resource allocation in OFDM-based cognitive radio networks with multiple AF relays', International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication Systems, Gold Coast, Qld..
  • Basnet, S., Gunawardana, U., Biyanwilage, S. and Liyanapathirana, R. (2014), 'Interference analysis in digital TV reception with LTE systems in adjacent bands in Australian context', Australasian Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference , Melbourne, Vic..
  • Salama, R., Kharkovsky, S., Liyanapathirana, R. and Gunawardana, U. (2013), 'An implantable encased microstrip ring rectenna for wireless biomedical applications', IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, Minneapolis, Minn..
  • Biyanwilage, S., Gunawardana, U. and Liyanapathirana, R. (2013), 'Resource allocation in multiple DF relay assisted OFDM cognitive radio relay networks with the knowledge of fading statistics', IEEE Tencon Spring, Sydney, N.S.W..
  • Biyanwilage, S., Gunawardana, U. and Liyanapathirana, R. (2013), 'Power allocation in OFDM cognitive radio relay networks with average interference constraints', Australian Communications Theory Workshop, Adelaide, Australia.
  • Wijetunge, S., Gunawardana, U. and Liyanapathirana, R. (2013), 'IEEE 802.15.4 based hybrid MAC protocol for hybrid monitoring WSNs', Conference on Local Computer Networks, Sydney, N.S.W..
  • Naiwala Pathirannehelage, M., Zhu, X., Liyanapathirana, R. and Gunawardana, U. (2013), 'Compressive sensing for structural damage detection of reinforced concrete structures', 10th International Conference on Damage Assessment of Structures, DAMAS 2013, Dublin; Ireland.
  • Liyanapathirana, R., Gunawardana, U., Wijesinghe, P. and Biyanwilage, S. (2013), 'RF interference to DVB-T reception from UMTS/LTE systems in adjacent bands', TENCON, Sydney, N.S.W..
  • Salama, R., Liyanapathirana, R., Gunawardana, U. and Kharkovsky, S. (2012), 'An implantable miniature microstrip disk antenna', International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Chicago, Ill..
  • Herath, P., Gunawardana, U. and Liyanapathirana, R. (2012), 'Distributed switch-and-examine combining with threshold-based relaying', Australian Communications Theory Workshop (AusCTW), Wellington, New Zealand.
  • Biyanwilage, S., Gunawardana, U. and Liyanapathirana, R. (2012), 'New power allocation methods for AF relay assisted OFDM cognitive radio networks with outdated CSI', International Symposium on Communications and Information Technologies, Gold Coast, Qld..
  • Salama, R., Kharkovsky, S., Liyanapathirana, R. and Gunawardana, U. (2012), 'An implantable encased microstrip ring disk antenna', International Symposium on Communications and Information Technologies, Gold Coast, Qld..
  • Wijetunge, S., Gunawardana, U. and Liyanapathirana, R. (2012), 'Data transmission reliability of IEEE 802.15.4 based wireless sensor networks with synchronised periodic data', International Conference on Computer and Information Science, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  • Wijetunge, S., Gunawardana, U. and Liyanapathirana, R. (2012), 'Throughput analysis of non-beacon enabled IEEE 802.15.4 networks with unsaturated traffic', 2012 International Symposium on Communications and Information Technologies (ISCIT), Gold Coast, Qld..
  • Biyanwilage, S., Gunawardana, U. and Liyanapathirana, R. (2012), 'Power allocation in DF relay assisted OFDM cognitive radio networks with outdated CSI', International Symposium on Communications and Information Technologies, Gold Coast, Qld..
  • Biyanwilage, S., Gunawardana, U. and Liyanapathirana, R. (2012), 'Power allocation for outage rate maximization in OFDM relay links', IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications, Sydney, N.S.W..
  • Wijesinghe, P., Gunawardana, U. and Liyanapathirana, R. (2011), 'Efficient simulation of OFDM and OSTBC-OFDM systems over multipath Rayleigh fading channels.', Australian Communications Theory Workshop, Melbourne, Australia.
  • Herath, P., Gunawardana, U., Liyanapathirana, R. and Rajatheva, N. (2011), 'Outage probability analysis of two-hop MIMO relay networks with interference at the relay', Australian Communications Theory Workshop 2011 (AusCTW), Melbourne, Australia.
  • Biyanwilage, S., Gunawardana, U. and Liyanapathirana, R. (2011), 'Selective sub-carrier relaying and power allocation for multi-relay-assisted cooperative OFDM systems', Australian Communications Theory Workshop (AusCTW), Melbourne, Australia.
  • Wijesinghe, P., Gunawardana, U. and Liyanapathirana, R. (2011), 'Transition Matrix Monte Carlo Techniques for Outage Probability Estimation in MIMO Channels', 2011 Australin Communications Theory Workshop (AusCTW), Melbourne, Australia.
  • Biyanwilage, S., Gunawardana, U. and Liyanapathirana, R. (2011), 'Power allocation for nonregenerative OFDM relay links with outdated channel knowledge', 11th IEEE International Symposium on Communications and Information Technologies, Hangzhou, China.
  • Wijetunge, S., Gunawardana, U. and Liyanapathirana, R. (2011), 'Throughput analysis of IEEE 802.15.4 MAC protocol in the presence of hidden nodes', 11th International Symposium on Communications and Information Technologies (ISCIT 2011), Hangzhou, China.
  • Wijetunge, S., Gunawardana, U. and Liyanapathirana, R. (2011), 'Performance analysis of IEEE 802.15.4 MAC protocol for WSNs in burst error channels', 11th International Symposium on Communications and Technologies (ISCIT 2011), Hangzhou, China.
  • Wijetunge, S., Gunawardana, U. and Liyanapathirana, R. (2011), 'Impact of MAC Parameters on the Performance of IEEE 802.15.4 MAC protocol with ACK Frame Transmission', Australian Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (ATNAC 2011), Melbourne, Australia.
  • Wijesinghe, P., Gunawardana, U. and Liyanapathirana, R. (2011), 'Fast simulation of error control coded systems using flat histogram Monte Carlo methods', IEEE Global Communications Conference, Houston, Texas.
  • Wijetunge, S., Gunawardana, U. and Liyanapathirana, R. (2010), 'Performance analysis of IEEE 802.15.4 MAC Protocol for WSNs with ACK frame transmission under unsaturated traffic conditions', Sixth International Conference on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing (ISSNIP), Brisbane, Australia.
  • Wijesinghe, P., Gunawardana, U. and Liyanapathirana, R. (2010), 'Multicanonical Estimation of Outage Probabilities in MIMO Channels', IEEE GLOBECOM, Miami, FL, USA.
  • Wijesinghe, P., Gunawardana, U. and Liyanapathirana, R. (2010), 'Improved Multicanonical Algorithm for Outage Probability Estimation in MIMO Channels', 16th Asia-Pacific Conference on Communications, Auckland,New Zealand.
  • Wijesinghe, P., Gunawardana, U. and Liyanapathirana, R. (2010), 'Improved error-bounds for rate-1/2, terminated convolutional codes with QPSK in Nakagami-m fading channels', SPCOM 2010, International Conference on Signal Processing and Communications, Bangalore, India.
  • Wijesinghe, P., Gunawardana, U. and Liyanapathirana, R. (2010), 'Fast simulation of OFDM systems over frequency selective fading channels', SPCOM 2010, International Conference on Signal Processing and Communications, Bangalore, India.
  • Wijesinghe, P., Gunawardana, U. and Liyanapathirana, R. (2010), 'Low-complexity MAP decoding of tailbiting convolutional codes', International Conference on Signal Processing and Communications, Bangalore, India.
  • Herath, P., Gunawardana, U., Liyanapathirana, R. and Rajatheva, N. (2010), 'Mixed Rayleigh and Rician fading with partial relay selection', ICSPCS 2010, 4th International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication Ssyems, Gold Coast, QLD, Au.
  • Wijetunge, S., Gunawardana, U. and Liyanapathirana, R. (2010), 'Wireless Sensor Networks for Structural Health Monitoring: Considerations for communication protocol design', IEEE 17th International Conference on Telecommunications (ICT), Doha,Qatar.
  • Nguyen, K., Gunawardana, U. and Liyanapathirana, R. (2009), 'Fast simulation of turbo codes over Rayleigh fading channels', 6th International Conference on Electrical Engineering/Electronics, Computer, Telecommunications and Information Technology, 2009. ECTI-CON 2009, Pattaya, Thailand.
  • Wijesinghe, P., Gunawardana, U. and Liyanapathirana, R. (2009), 'Tighter performance upper bounds for terminated convolutional codes in Rayleigh fading channels', 6th International Conference on Electrical Engineering/Electronics, Computer, Telecommunications and Information Technology, 2009. ECTI-CON 2009, Pattaya, Thailand.
  • Wijesinghe, P., Gunawardana, U. and Liyanapathirana, R. (2009), 'Efficient simulation of terminated convolutional codes', TENCON 2009 - 2009 IEEE Region 10 Conference, Singapore.
  • Wijetunge, S., Wijesinghe, P. and Gunawardana, U. (2008), 'Social Impact of SMS in Sri Lanka', 2008 Fourth International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability (ICIAfS?08), Colombo Sri Lanka.
  • Gunawardana, U. and Nguyen, K. (2007), 'Efficient Simulation of Space-Time Block Codes and Concatenated Convolutional Codes over Quasi-static Fading Channels', 8th Australian Communications Theory Workshop 2007, Adelaide, Australia.
  • Gunawardana, U., Nguyen, K. and Liyanapathirana, R. (2007), 'Fast Simulation of Turbo Codes over AWGN Channels', The 7th International Symposium on Communications and Information Technologies (ISCIT 2007), Sydney, Australia.
  • Gunawardana, U., Nguyen, K. and Liyanapathirana, R. (2007), 'Optimization of Sliding Window Algorithm for Space-Time Turbo Trellis Codes', The 7th International Symposium on Communications and Information Technologies (ISCIT 2007), Sydney, Australia.
  • Gunawardana, U., Nguyen, K. and Liyanapathirana, R. (2007), 'Fixed-Point Performance of Space-Time Turbo Trellis Codes on Fast Fading Channels', The 7th International Symposium on Communications and Information Technologies (ISCIT 2007), Sydney, Australia.
  • Gunawardana, U., Liyanapathirana, R. and Conti, P. (2006), 'Loosely Synchronised Spreading Codes in Full-Time Early-Late Tracking Loops', 2006 IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium, San Diego, USA.
  • Gunawardana, U., Nguyen, K. and Liyanapathirana, R. (2006), 'Efficient Simulation of Space-Time Block Coded Systems', 5th Workshop on the Internet, Telecommunications and Signal Processing, Hobart, Australia.
  • Liyanapathirana, R., Tortal, E., Gunawardana, U., Ilic, V. and Xiang, Y. (2006), 'Isotherm Distribution using Finite Element Model for Cryosurgical Optimisation', The XVth International Conference on Mechanics in Medicine and Biology, ICMMB 2006, Furama Riverfront Hotel, Singapore.
  • Gunawardana, U., Nguyen, K., Liyanapathirana, R. and Philipsz, R. (2006), 'Importance Sampling Simulation of Orthogonal Space-Time Block Coded Systems', IEEE Region 10 Conference (IEEE TenCon 2006), Hong Kong, China.
  • Gunawardana, U., Nguyen, K. and Liyanapathirana, R. (2006), 'Fixed-Point Performance of Space-Time Turbo Trellis Coded Modulation', IEEE Region 10 Conference (IEEE TenCon 2006), Hong Kong, China.
  • Gunawardana, U., Nguyen, K. and Liyanapathirana, R. (2006), 'Sliding Window Algorithm for Space-Time Turbo Trellis Coded Modulation', IEEE Region 10 Conference (IEEE TenCon 2006), Hong Kong, China.
  • Tortal, E., Liyanapathirana, R., Ilic, V. and Gunawardana, U. (2005), 'Monitoring of the Coalesced Ice Ball in Cryosurgery', TENCON 2005, Melbourne, Australia.
  • Gunawardana, U., Liyanapathirana, R. and Conti, P. (2005), 'On the Performance of Walsh-LS Codes in CDMA Systems', IEEE TenCon 2005, Melbourne, Australia.
  • Conti, P., Gunawardana, U., Liyanapathirana, R. and Cheng, Q. (2005), 'Walsh-LS CDMA Systems', College of Science, Technology and Environment Innovation Conference 2005, Werrington South, NSW, Australia.
  • Nguyen, K., Gunawardana, U., Liyanapathirana, R. and Cheng, Q. (2005), 'Application of Importance Sampling for Simulation of Orthogonal Space-Time Block Coded Systems', College of Science, Technology and Environment Innovation Conference 2005, Werrington South, NSW, Australia.
  • Tortal, E., Liyanapathirana, R., Ilic, V. and Gunawardana, U. (2005), 'Thermal Modelling in a Multi-Probe Cryosurgical Procedure', College of Science, Technology and Environment Innovation Conference 2005, Werrington South, NSW, Australia.
  • Gunawardana, U., Liyanapathirana, R. and Nguyen, K. (2005), 'Application of Importance Sampling for Simulation of Orthogonal Space-Time Block Coded Systems', 2005 Asia-Pacific Conference on Communications, Perth, Australia.
  • Nguyen, K. and Gunawardana, U. (2004), 'Adaptive Transmit Diversity Schemes in 3GPP WCDMA', Australian Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference, Bondi Beach, Sydney, AUSTRALIA.
  • Conti, P. and Gunawardana, U. (2003), 'LA Codes Revisited', Australian Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference, Melbourne, Australia.
  • Conti, P. and Gunawardana, U. (2003), 'The Use of Permutations on LA Codes', Australian Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference, Melbourne, Australia.

Other Publications

  • 2020, 'Parramatta Travel Demand Management (TDM): Construction Activities: Final Report', Report
  • 2017, 'A lux meter and a system for generating light reading reports', Patent
  • 2013, 'An Apparatus and Method for Facilitating Treatment of Tissue', Patent
  • 2004, 'Method of forming a coded composite transport channel for downlink transmissions', Patent

Upul's research expertise are in communication theory, signal processing, and modelling of communication systems. Currently, he is working on efficient simulation algorithms for wireless communication systems. He is also working on power line communication and energy metering related research projects.

This information has been contributed by Doctor Gunawardana.

Current Projects

Title: Development of Morphic Dot for cardiovascular monitoring
Funder:
  • Medical Monitoring Solutions Pty Ltd
Western Researchers: Gaetano Gargiulo, Simon Green, Paul Breen, Titus Jayarathna and Upul Gunawardana
Years: 2022-10-01 - 2024-12-31
ID: P00028309

Previous Projects

Title: Application of zero correlation zone for fourth generation mobile communication systems
Funder:
  • University of Western Sydney
Western Researchers: Upul Gunawardana
Years: 2004-01-20 - 2005-01-19
ID: P0010330
Title: Energy Smart Lighting App
Funder:
  • Department of Industry, Innovation and Science (non ACRG)
  • Demand Manager Pty Ltd
Western Researchers: Upul Gunawardana and Ranjith Liyanapathirana
Years: 2014-08-10 - 2015-07-31
ID: P00022343
Title: Parramatta Travel Demand Management (TDM): Construction activities
Funder:
  • Transport for NSW
Western Researchers: Premaratne Samaranayake and Upul Gunawardana
Years: 2019-05-01 - 2019-09-30
ID: P00025825
Title: Study on Radio Frequency interference
Funder:
  • Free TV Australia
Western Researchers: Ranjith Liyanapathirana and Upul Gunawardana
Years: 2011-06-23 - 2012-06-19
ID: P00024501
Title: Microwave Stimulation for Nerve Regeneration
Funder:
  • University of Western Sydney
Western Researchers: Antonio Lauto and Upul Gunawardana
Years: 2009-12-04 - 2010-12-03
ID: P00017744
Title: Demand Manager Research project Phase 1
Funder:
  • Demand Manager Pty Ltd
Western Researchers: Upul Gunawardana and Chris Le Brese
Years: 2015-06-25 - 2016-07-05
ID: P00024398
Title: Demand Manager Research project - phase 2 (IC)
Funder:
  • Demand Manager Pty Ltd
Western Researchers: Upul Gunawardana and Athula Ginige
Years: 2016-07-04 - 2017-09-18
ID: P00024406
Title: A novel fused sensor design for single point detection of cardio-respiratory parameters
Funder:
  • Maridulu Budyari Gumal
Western Researchers: Gaetano Gargiulo, Upul Gunawardana, Aiden O'Loughlin and Paul Breen
Years: 2022-01-03 - 2023-12-31
ID: P00027727

Supervision

Doctor Gunawardana is available to be a principal supervisor for doctoral projects

Current Supervision

Thesis Title: Constant Envelope Modulation Codes
Field of Research:
Thesis Title: Analysis and Design of Microstrip Antennas
Field of Research:

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