Research Funds and Grants

1. Khalid Qaraqe( LPI), Mark Lawley, Madhav Erraguntla, Farzan Sasangohar, Ranjana Mehta, ” Smart, Secure, Non-invasive Wearable System for Proactive Detection of Hypoglycemic Events, QNRF, NPRP NPRP10-1231-160071, June 2017-June 2020. $ 699,000 USD.
2. Mohamed Abdallah, Khalid Qaraqe(PI), Murat Usal, Ali Gorci, ” Relay-Assisted Visible Light Communication System, IPTT , Nov 2017-Nov 2018 . $ 130,000 USD
3. Khalid Qaraqe( LPI), Mohamed Abdallah, Khaled Ben Letaief, Mohamed-Slim Alouini, Zouheir Rezki, Mohamed Khairy,” Optical Wireless Communications: Complementary Technology for Solving RF Spectrum Congestion in 5G Heterogeneous Networks, QNRF, NPRP 9-077-2-036, June 2016-June 2019. $ 899,829 USD
4. Khalid Qaraqe, ” Design and Performance Analysis of Next Generations Wireless Communication Networks & Applications, Ooredoo, Sept 2015- Sept 2018, $ 650,000.
5. Khalid Qaraqe and Imran Ansari ,” Efficient Spectrum Utilization Using Mixed RF/FSO Technology,” Post-Doctoral Research Award (PDRA), grant in the seminal 1st cycle of this QNRF program , QNRF, PDRA1-1227-13029, June 2014-June 2016. $ 295,558.
6. Khalid Qaraqe (LPI), QNRF Award on Conference and Workshop Sponsorship Program (CWSP), CWSP4-C-0922-14013) for the conference titled ‘10th International Conference on Cognitive Radio Oriented Wireless Networks’, Jan 2015, award of US$ 34,750.
7. Qammer Abaasi: khalid Qaraqe (PI), Akram and Halima, Project title : Numerical Analysis and In-vitro Demonstrator of Nano-scale Communication Networks for Healthcare Monitoring Applications (nano-Health), Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) 7th cycle NPRP 7-125-2-061, Nov 2014- Nov 2017, $ 780,245.
8. Mohamed Abdallah(PI), Khalid Qaraqe, Naofal Al-Dhahrir , Ali Tajer,“A Signal Processing Framework for Secure Monitoring, Power Line Communications, and Dynamic Scheduling in Distributed Smart Grids,” Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) sixth cycle, Nov 2013- Nov 2016. US $1,008,538.
9. K. A. Qaraqe (PI), Slim Alouini, Mohamed Abdullah," Cognitive Heterogeneous Networks: Interference aware Resource-¬efficient Design and Performance Analysis," Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) fifth cycle, Oct 2012- Dec 2015. US $1,035,241
10. E. Serpedin (PI), K. A. Qaraqe , Georgios B. Giannakis and M. Hasna ,”Sparsity-Aware Spectrum Cartography for Cognitive Networks”, Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) third cycle, June 2010 -May 2013, US $1,027,467.
11. K. A. Qaraqe (PI), Slim Alouini, Erchin Serpedin , Husain Alnuweiri, Joseph Boutros, Sprintson, J.-F. Chamberland, Reddy Narasimha and Srinivas Shakkottai, ''Broadband Communication Systems”, Qatar Telecom. (Ooredoo), Feb. 2009 -June 2011, US $ 1,377,000.
12. K. A. Qaraqe (PI) and Z. Xiong , ''Code design for multiterminal communication networks”, Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF), May 2009-May 2012, US$ 758,966.
13. K. A. Qaraqe (PI), Huseyin Arslan and Slim Alouini , ''Signal Intelligence for Next Generation Wireless Communications Systems, '' Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF), May 2009-May 2012, US $ 939,719.
14. K. A. Qaraqe (PI), M. -S. Alouini, C. Georghiades, S. Miller, and M. Hasna, “Ooredoo 3G Collaboration Project”, Qatar Telecom. (Ooredoo), January 2006 - June 2008, Total: US$ 645,815.
15. K. A. Qaraqe (PI), M. -S. Alouini, “Wireless Communication Research Laboratory”, Qatar Telecom. (Ooredoo ), April 2007, US $ 350,000.
16. S. Miller (PI), K. A. Qaraqe and M. S. Alouini, ``Advanced Techniques for Wireless Downhole Communication Systems”, RasGas Company limited, July 2007 – Sept. 2009, US $ 370,000.
17. K. A. Qaraqe (PI), Ooredoo and RasGas funds for TAMUQ -IEEE chapter, 2006, US $15,000.
18. M. S. Alouini (PI), K. A. Qaraqe, H. Pfister , and K. Narayanan,”Universal Signaling Schemes for Multimedia Transmission over Wireless Networks,” Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF), Dec 2007-March 2011, US $ 675,000.
19. K. A. Qaraqe (PI), E. Serpedin and Z. Xiong , “Scalable Wireless Multimedia in Qatar (and the Rest of the World)”, Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF), Dec 2007-March 2011, US $ 615,000.