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Sandeep Joshi

Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus

AI in Wireless Communications, B5G/6G Communications, Digital Signal Processing, Molecular Communications
Room No. 2210-I, Faculty Division-II,
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering,
Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani- 333031, Rajasthan, India.

Books

  • Editor of Book Title, “Next Generation Systems and Networks,” Book Series ''Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems (LNNS, volume 641)'', Springer Singapore, Aug. 2023, ISBN: 978-981-99-0482-2.
  • S. Joshi, V. Tiwari, and B. Agarwal, “5G in Healthcare: A Survey,” A book chapter in ''Advances of 5G Wireless Communication System in Healthcare Informatics'', CRC Press, Taylor and Francis, May, 2023, ISBN: 978-10-323-1219-4.
  • S. Joshi, “Applied and Digital Electronics,” 1st ed., 2015, Vikas Publishing House, India, ISBN: 978-93-259-8460-8.
  • S. Joshi, G. N. Babu et al., “GATE Mentor: Electronics and Communication Engineering,” 1st ed., 2014, Cengage learning, India, ISBN: 978-81-315-2414-5 (out of print).
  • G. N. Babu, S. Joshi et al., “GATE Mentor: Electrical Engineering,” 1st ed., 2014, Cengage learning, India, ISBN: 978-81-315-2413-8 (out of print)

Journal Publications

  • P. Pandey and S. Joshi, "Sensor-driven entropy for energy-efficient security in optical camera communication systems," accepted for publication in IEEE Sensors Letters.
  • A. M. Aserkar, P. Mukherjee, R. Agarwal, V. Kabra, and S. Joshi, "Geometry-based beamforming algorithm for IRS-assisted wireless communication system," IEEE Access, vol. 13, pp. 203972-203979, 2025.
  • N. Handa, A. Gollapalli, and S. Joshi, "A weighted fault and congestion aware routing algorithm for wireless network-on-chip systems," accepted for publication in IEEE Networking Letters.
  • N. Bhatnagar, A. Roy, and S. Joshi, "Silence-based multi-type hybrid transmission scheme for mobile molecular communication system," accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience.
  • A. Tomar, J. Aggarwal, S. Joshi, V. Nehra, and R. Kumar, "AlN-Ga2O3 HEMT-based biosensor for sensitive detection of cardiac Troponin I via charge deduction methodology," IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 25, no. 20, pp. 37630-37638, Oct. 2025.
  • N. Bhatnagar and S. Joshi, "Stochastic diffusivity with time-varying trajectory in mobile molecular communication: Performance analysis and channel Modeling," IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 359-370, Sept. 2025.
  • A. Sharma, S. Tripathi, and S. Joshi, "When to reach for the skies? A DRL-based routing framework for non-terrestrial networks," IEEE Networking Letters, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 16-20, Mar. 2025.
  • N. Bhatnagar and S. Joshi, "Characterization and performance optimization of heterogeneous media-based mobile molecular communication systems," IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 128-133, Mar. 2025.
  • B. Madhuri, S. Agrawal, and S. Joshi, ''Deep learning based super resolution network for channel estimation," IETE Journal of Research, pp. 1-7, 2024.
  • N. Choudhary, S. Joshi, and V. K. Chaubey, ''Opportunistic scheduling in IRS-aided UAV multiuser wireless communication systems: Modeling and analysis," IEEE Access, vol. 12, pp. 184667-184679, 2024.
  • P. Pandey and S. Joshi, ''Unique key-based secured transmission protocol for rolling shutter visible light communications," IEEE Sensors Letters, vol. 8, no. 12, pp. 1-4, Dec. 2024.
  • N. Agarwal and S. Joshi, ''Federated learning-based task offloading in a UAV-aided cloud computing mobile network," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 73, no. 10, pp. 15751-15756, Oct. 2024.
  • P. Mukherjee and S. Joshi, “Grouping-based channel estimation scheme for IRS-assisted wireless communications network,” IEEE Commun. Lett., vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 173-177, Jan. 2024.
  • R. K. Pal, S. P. Dash, S. Joshi, and D. Ghose, “Channel estimation and performance analysis of a wide-FOV visible light communication system with random receiver orientation and location,” IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 1964-1979, Mar. 2023.
  • S. P. Dash, S. Joshi, and S. Aissa, “Envelope distribution of two correlated complex Gaussian random variables and application to the performance evaluation of RIS-assisted communications,” IEEE Commun. Lett., vol. 26, no. 9, pp. 2018-2022, Sept. 2022.
  • G. M. Karthiik and S. Joshi, “A novel hybrid modulation scheme for molecular communication: Performance analysis,” IEEE Wireless Commun. Lett., vol. 11, no. 6, pp. 1234-1238, Jun. 2022.
  • P. Gorla, A. Deshmukh, S. Joshi, V. Chamola, and M. Guizani, “A game theoretic analysis for power management and cost optimization of green base stations in 5G and beyond communication networks,” IEEE Trans. Netw. Service Manag., vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 2714-2725, Sept. 2022.
  • S. P. Dash, S. Joshi, S. C. Satapathy, S. K. Shandilya, and G. Panda, “A Cybertwin-based 6G cooperative IoE communication network: Secrecy outage analysis,” IEEE Trans. Ind. Info., vol. 18, no. 7, pp. 4922-4932, Jul. 2022.
  • N. Pandey, S. Joshi, and R. K. Mallik, “Characterizing the probability of collision between information particles in molecular communications,” IEEE Wireless Commun. Lett., vol. 10, no. 6, pp. 1252-1255, Jun. 2021.
  • A. Padhy, S. Joshi, B. Sainath, V. Chamola, and B. Sikdar, “A survey of energy and spectrum harvesting technologies and protocols for next generation wireless networks,” IEEE Access, vol. 9, pp. 1737–1769, 2021.
  • S. P. Dash and S. Joshi, “Performance analysis of a cooperative D2D communication network with NOMA,” IET Commun., vol. 14, no. 16, pp. 2731–2739, Oct. 2020.
  • S. P. Dash, S. Joshi, and R. K. Mallik, “Smart grid network with D2D communication and coherent PLC: Error analysis,” IEEE Trans. Veh. Tech., vol. 69, no. 1, pp. 1051–1054, Jan. 2020.
  • N. Pandey, S. Joshi, and R. K. Mallik, “Channel characterization for devices in a turbulent diffusive environment: A mobile molecular communication approach,” IEEE Trans. Mol. Biol. Multi-Scale Commun., vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 222–232, Dec. 2019.
  • S. Joshi and R. K. Mallik, “Coverage probability analysis in a device-to-device network: Interference functional and Laplace transform based approach,” IEEE Commun. Lett., vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 466–469, Mar. 2019.
  • S. Joshi and R. K. Mallik, “Coverage and interference in D2D networks with Poisson cluster process,” IEEE Commun. Lett., vol. 22, no. 5, pp. 1098–1101, May 2018.
  • S. Joshi and R. K. Mallik, “Analysis of dedicated and shared device-to-device communication in cellular networks over Nakagami-m fading channels,” IET Commun., vol. 11, no. 10, pp. 1600–1609, Jul. 2017.

Conference Publications

  • D. Abheeshek and S. Joshi, "Sparse channel estimation for next generation wireless communication systems using GANs," accepted for publication in IEEE 18th International Conference on COMmunication Systems & NETworkS (COMSNETS), Bengaluru, India, Jan. 6-10, 2026.
  • P. Atri, N. Choudhary, and S. Joshi, "Stochastic geometry-based channel modeling for IRS-assisted AAV in V2V communication systems," accepted in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Advanced Networks and Telecommunications Systems (ANTS), Delhi, India, Dec. 15-18, 2025.
  • K. S. Gahlot, S. Kumar, S. Tripathi, and S. Joshi, "Unmasking the accuracy illusion: Leveraging gen AI for enhanced security in 6G O-RAN," accepted in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Advanced Networks and Telecommunications Systems (ANTS), Delhi, India, Dec. 15-18, 2025.
  • N. Choudhary, S. Joshi, and V. K. Chaubey, "AAV-IRS-based NOMA wireless communication system: Modeling and performance analysis," accepted in IEEE WINTECHCON 2025, Bengaluru, India, Nov. 12-13, 2025.
  • K. S. Gahlot and S. Joshi, "Redefining channel estimation in underwater acoustic OFDM systems with deep neural network," in IEEE OCEANS 2025, BREST, France, Jun. 16-19, 2025, pp. 1-7.
  • N. Choudhary, S. Joshi, and V. K. Chaubey, "IRS-aided UOWC network for IoUT applications: Performance analysis," in IEEE OCEANS 2025, Le Quartz, Brest, France, Jun. 16-19, 2025, pp. 1-7.
  • K. S. Gahlot, S. Joshi, and K. Wang, "Nonlinear anisotropic diffusion-based channel estimation in 5G wireless networks," in IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Hyderabad, India, Apr. 6-11, 2025, pp. 1-5.
  • V. B. S. Nadkarni, S. Joshi, and L. Rajya Lakshmi, "An efficient federated transfer learning approach for multi-UAV systems," in Proc. IEEE National Conference on Communications (NCC), Delhi, India, Mar. 6-9, 2025, pp. 1-6.
  •  S. Kannan, S. Joshi, A. Aathmaram, G. Srinidhi, and R. Pandey, ''A joint PSS detection and frequency offset estimation algorithm for 5G NR communication," in IEEE 17th International Conference on COMmunication Systems & NETworkS (COMSNETS), Bengaluru, India, Jan. 6-10, 2025, pp. 1008-1012.
  • S. Tiwari, S. Tripathi, S. Joshi, P. Bhatt, and B. Natarajan, ''A multi-modal smart switching based image transmission using semantic communication," in IEEE 17th International Conference on COMmunication Systems & NETworkS (COMSNETS), Bengaluru, India, Jan. 6-10, 2025, pp. 984-988.
  • A. Aditya, K. S. Gahlot, and S. Joshi, ''Hierarchical BiLSTM-LSTM network for short-term load forecasting," in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Advanced Networks and Telecommunications Systems (ANTS), Guwahati, India, Dec. 15-18, 2024, pp. 1-3.
  • A. Kumar and S. Joshi, ''LiDAR-enabled spatial awareness for beamforming in IRS-assisted wireless communication system," in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Advanced Networks and Telecommunications Systems (ANTS), Guwahati, India, Dec. 15-18, 2024, pp. 1-6.
  • N. Agarwal and S. Joshi, ''Federated learning and LiDAR data-assisted ground station selection for autonomous vehicles," in IEEE Microwaves, Antennas, and Propagation Conference (MAPCON), Hyderabad, India, Dec. 9-13, 2024, pp. 1-4.
  • N. Bhatnagar and S. Joshi, ''Performance and statistical characterization of stochastic diffusion-based molecular communication system," in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Personal Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), Valencia, Spain, Sept. 2-5, 2024, pp. 1-6.
  • A. Aserkar, P. Mukherjee, R. Agarwal, V. Kabra, and S. Joshi, ''Design of a scalable IRS-assisted communication system with generalized beamforming approach," in IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and INC/USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (AP-S/INC-USNC-URSI), Firenze, Italy, Jul. 14-19, 2024, pp. 1541-1542.
  • P. Mukherjee and S. Joshi, ''Single anchor-aided channel estimation strategy for IRS-based wireless communication systems," in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing and Communications (SPCOM), Bangalore, India, Jul. 1-4, 2024, pp. 1-5.
  • N. Choudhary, K. N. Sankirthana, S. Joshi, and V. K. Chaubey, ''Channel estimation-based rate maximization for IRS-aided UAV wireless communication systems," in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing and Communications (SPCOM), Bangalore, India, Jul. 1-4, 2024, pp. 1-5.
  • A. P. Jain and S. Joshi, ''UAV-enabled D2D vehicular communication network: Link selection and outage analysis," in Proc. IEEE 99th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2024-Spring), Singapore, Jun. 24-27, 2024, pp. 1-5.
  • A. P. Jain, P. Mukherjee, and S. Joshi, ''Mobile molecular communication with relay assisted network coding: Framework and analysis," in Proc. IEEE 99th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2024-Spring), Singapore, Jun. 24-27, 2024, pp. 1-5.
  • N. Bhatnagar and S. Joshi, “Characterization of stochastic diffusivity-based information particles in molecular communication systems,” in Proc. IEEE Wireless Commun. Netw. Conf.  (WCNC),  Dubai, UAE, Apr. 21-24, 2024, pp. 1-6.
  • S. Balan and S. Joshi, “A study of high-speed railway communication channel models for OTFS-based systems,” accepted for publication in IEEE 16th Int. Conf. Commun. Sys. Netw. (COMSNETS), Bengaluru, India, Jan. 3—7, 2024.
  • N. Bhatnagar and S. Joshi, “Error analysis of molecular communications system with hybrid channel transmission scheme,” accepted for publication in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Adv. Netw. Telecommun. Sys. (ANTS),  Jaipur, India, Dec. 17-20, 2023.
  • S. Majumder and S. Joshi, “Optimizing UAV swarm communication in urban scenarios: An enhanced fuzzy LEACH algorithm based approach,” accepted for publication in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Adv. Netw. Telecommun. Sys. (ANTS),  Jaipur, India, Dec. 17-20, 2023.
  • A. Bhalerao, N. Ahire, and S. Joshi, “Position and concentration based run-length aware modulation technique,” in Proc. 9th ACM Int. Conf. Nanoscale Computing Commun. (NANOCOM '23), ACM, Coventry, UK, Sep. 20-22, 2023, pp. 162- 163.
  • N. Choudhary, S. Joshi, and V. K. Chaubey, “Outage analysis of an IRS-assisted 5G and beyond wireless communications system,” in Proc. IEEE 97th Veh. Tech. Conf. (VTC2023–Spring)Florence, Italy, Jun. 20-23, 2023, pp. 1-5.
  • A. Basu, S. P. Dash, S. Joshi, and D. Ghose, “Performance of SSK-based receive diversity RIS-assisted system with Nakagami-m fading channels,” in Proc. IEEE 97th Veh. Tech. Conf. (VTC2023–Spring)Florence, Italy, Jun. 20-23, 2023, pp. 1-5.
  • N. Choudhary, S. Joshi, and V. K. Chaubey, “Outage analysis of IRS-assisted dual-hop mixed RF-UWOC network,” in OCEANS 2023Limerick, Ireland, Jun. 5-8, 2023, pp. 1-5.
  • S. K. Sahoo, S. P. Dash, S. Joshi, and D. Ghose, “Optimal rotated QPSK constellation for a semi-orthogonal multiple access visible light communication system,” in Proc. IEEE Cons. Commun. Netw. Conf. (CCNC 2023), Las Vegas, NV, USA, Jan. 8-11, 2023, pp. 752-756.
  • B. R. Reddy, S. P. Dash, and S. Joshi, “Error analysis of an optimal rotated M-PSK constellation in a SOMA-based wireless communication system,” accepted for publication in Proc. IEEE 96th Veh. Tech. Conf. (VTC2022–Fall), London, United Kingdom, Sept. 26-29, 2022, pp. 1-6.
  • A. Malik, H. G. Kusneniwar, and S. Joshi, “Employee face recognition scheme using a common space mapping approach,” in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Sig. Proc. Commun. (SPCOM), Bangalore, India, Jul. 11-15, 2022, pp. 1-5.
  • A. Deshmukh, G. Punjabi, and S. Joshi, “Enhancing the food image classification accuracy using ensemble of CNNs and HelperNet,” in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Sig. Proc. Commun. (ICSC), Noida, India, Nov. 25-27, 2021, pp. 166-170.
  • M. Hamra and S. Joshi, “Indoor propagation effects in D2D communication: 5G applications and coverage analysis,” in Proc. IEEE 94th Veh. Tech. Conf. (VTC2021–Fall), Virtual conference, Sep. 27-30, 2021, pp. 1-5.
  • S. Joshi, “Teaching, Technology, and Pandemic: Experiences of A Teacher,” in Proc. Int. Conf. Best Innovative Teaching Strategies (ICON-BITS), BITS Pilani, Rajasthan, India, Jul. 29-31, 2021.
  • S. Joshi, B. R. Manoj, and S. P. Dash, “Buffer-Aided AF cooperative relaying network with NOMA transmission scheme,” in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Adv. Netw. Telecommun. Sys. (ANTS),  New Delhi, India, Dec. 14-17, 2020, pp. 1-6.
  • D. Jaswanth, S. P. Dash, and S. Joshi, “Optimal coverage analysis of a cellular device-to-device communication network,” in Proc. IEEE 92nd Veh. Tech. Conf. (VTC2020-–Fall), Victoria, B.C., Canada, Oct. 4-7, 2020, pp. 1-5.
  • S. Joshi, R. K. Mallik, and J. H. Winters, “Deterministic linear transmit processing for single-user MIMO systems,” in IEEE 12th Int. Conf. Commun. Sys. Netw. (COMSNETS), Bengaluru, India, Jan. 7—11, 2020, pp. 586–589.
  • S. P. Dash and S. Joshi, “Cooperative device-to-device relaying network with power line communications,” in Proc. IEEE 90th Veh. Tech. Conf. (VTC2019–Fall), Honolulu, HI, USA, Sept. 22—25, 2019, pp. 1–5.
  • S. Joshi and R. K. Mallik, “Cooperative NOMA with AF relaying over Nakagami-m fading in a D2D network,” in Proc. IEEE 89th Veh. Tech. Conf. (VTC2019–Spring), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Apr. 28—May 1, 2019, pp. 1–6.
  • G. N. Babu, R. Stanislaus, and S. Joshi, “Wave propagation characteristics in anisotropically conducting dielectric loaded tape helix slow wave structures,” in IEEE Int. Vacuum Electronics Conf. (IVEC 2014), Monterey, CA,  Apr. 22-24, 2014, pp. 327–328.
  • K. Sanon and S. Joshi, “Preemptive mobile assisted and guard channel based handoff queuing scheme,” in IEEE India Conf. (INDICON), Hyderabad, India, Dec. 16-18, 2011, pp. 1–4.