Journal of Wireless Networking and Communications

Journal of Wireless Networking and Communications is to provide a high profile, leading edge international forum for the practicing engineers and academic researchers working in the field to contribute, to disseminate innovative and important new work on wireless communications and networking technologies. Papers should emphasize origina1 results to the theory and/or applications of wireless communications and networking.

Konstantinos Baltzis

Editorial Board Member of Journal of Wireless Networking and Communications

Research Scientist, RadioCommunications Laboratory, Department of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Research Areas

"Wireless communications, ad-hoc networks, radio propagation, antennas, microwave systems, evolutionary optimization methods, computational electromagnetics, education

Education

2005Ph.DCommunication Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
1999M.Sc Electronic Physics-Radio Communications, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
1996B.ScPhysics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Experience

2008-presenteaching staff member, Program of Postgraduate Studies in Electronic Physics (Radioelectrology), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
2006-presentResearch Associate, RadioCommunications Laboratory, Department of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
2006-2010 Part-time Assistant Professor, Department of Automation, Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, Greece
2007Network Engineer, Network Operations Center, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
1999-2007Teaching Assistant, Program of Postgraduate Studies in Electronic Physics (Radioelectrology), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
2004-2006Part-time Lecturer, Department of Automation, Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, Greece
2004-2006 Part-time Lecturer, Department of Electronics, Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, Greece
2000-2005Research Assistant, RadioCommunications Laboratory, Department of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Publications: Journals

[1]  G. Kordas, K. B. Baltzis, G. S. Miaris, and J. N. Sahalos, "Pyramidal horn design under constraints on half-power beamwidth," IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, vol. 44, no. 2, pp. 102-108, Feb. 2002.
[2]  K. B. Baltzis and J. N. Sahalos, "A novel RAKE receiver design for wideband wireless communications," Wireless Personal Communications, vol. 43, no. 4, pp. 1603-1624, Dec. 2007, [published online: 10/07/2007].
[3]  K. B. Baltzis and K. Natsiouli, "A genetic algorithm based resource allocation scheme for throughput optimization of WCDMA networks," International Review of Automatic Control, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 125-131, May 2008.
[4]  K. B. Baltzis, "A semi-stochastic propagation model for the study of beam tilting in cellular systems," International Journal of Antennas and Propagation, vol. 2008, Article ID 868016, 7 pages, 2008. DOI: 10.1155/2008/868016.
[5]  K. B. Baltzis, "A geometrical-based model for cochannel interference analysis and capacity estimation of CDMA cellular systems," EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, vol. 2008, Article ID 791374, 7 pages, 2008. DOI: 10.1155/2008/791374.
[6]  K. B. Baltzis, "A simple DFE-based equalization technique for wideband communications: System design and optimization issues," International Review on Computers and Software, vol. 3, no. 5, pp. 545-553, Sept. 2008.
[7]  K. B. Baltzis, "On the geometric modeling of the uplink channel in a cellular system," Journal of Engineering Science and Technology Review, vol. 1, pp. 75-82, 2008.
[8]  K. B. Baltzis, "The FEMM package: A simple, fast, and accurate open source electromagnetic tool in science and engineering," Journal of Engineering Science and Technology Review, vol. 1, pp. 83-89, 2008.
[9]  K. B. Baltzis, "An efficient finger allocation method for the maximum likelihood RAKE receiver," Radioengineering, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 45-50, Dec. 2008.
[10]  K. B. Baltzis, "Proposing a mathematical software tool in physics secondary education," Acta Didactica Naposensia, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 9-18, Mar. 2009.
[11]  K. B. Baltzis and J. N. Sahalos, "A simple 3-D geometric channel model for macrocell mobile communications," Wireless Personal Communications, vol. 51, no. 2, pp. 329-347, Oct. 2009, [published online: 23/11/2008].
[12]  K. B. Baltzis, "Current issues and trends in wireless channel modeling and simulation," Recent Patents on Computer Science, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 166-177, Nov. 2009.
[13]  K. B. Baltzis and K. D. Koukias, "Using laboratory experiments and circuit simulation IT tools in an undergraduate course in analog electronics," Journal of Science Education and Technology, vol. 18, no. 6, pp. 546-555, Dec. 2009, [published online: 27/5/2009].
[14]  K. B. Baltzis and J. N. Sahalos, "A low-complexity 3-D geometric model for the description of CCI in cellular systems," Electrical Engineering (Archiv für Elektrotechnik), vol. 91, no. 4, pp. 211-219, Dec. 2009, [published online: 13/11/2009].
[15]  K. B. Baltzis, "Impact of finger placement on the correlation properties of rake combined signals," Radioengineering, vol. 18, no. 4, part II, pp. 469-476, Dec. 2009.
[16]  S. K. Goudos, K. B. Baltzis, C. Bachtsevanidis, and J. N. Sahalos, "Cell-to-switch assignment in cellular networks using barebones particle swarm optimization," IEICE Electronic Express, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 254-260, Jan. 2010.
[17]  K. B. Baltzis, "The Finite Element Method Magnetics (FEMM) freeware package: May it serve as an educational tool in teaching electromagnetics?," Education and Information Technologies, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 19-36, Mar. 2010, [published online: 8/1/2009].
[18]  K. B. Baltzis and J. N. Sahalos, "On the statistical description of the AoA of the uplink interfering signals in a cellular communication system," European Transactions on Telecommunications, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 187-194, Mar. 2010, [published online: 31/7/2009].
[19]  K. B. Baltzis, "Analytical and closed-form expressions for the distribution of path loss in hexagonal cellular networks," Wireless Personal Communications, 12 pages. DOI: 10.1007/s11277-010-9962-2, [published online: 19/3/2010].
[20]  K. B. Baltzis and J. N. Sahalos, "Suboptimal RAKE finger allocation: Performance and complexity tradeoffs," Journal of Electrical Engineering (JEEEC), vol. 61, no. 2, pp. 107-113, Apr. 2010.
[21]  K. B. Baltzis, "Closed-form description of microwave signal attenuation in cellular systems," Radioengineering, vol. 19, no. 1, part I, pp. 11-16, Apr. 2010.
[22]  K. B. Baltzis, "Calculation of the half-power beamwidths of pyramidal horns with arbitrary gain and typical aperture phase error," IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 9, pp. 612-614, 2010, [published online: 28/6/2010].
[23]  K. B. Baltzis, "Waveform-level simulation of MSK digital modulation with VisSim/Comm," International Review on Modelling and Simulations, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 428-436, June 2010.
[24]  K. B. Baltzis, "Empirical description of node-to-node distance density in non-overlapping wireless networks," Journal of Microwaves, Optoelectronics and Electromagnetic Applications, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 57-68, June 2010.
[25]  K. B. Baltzis, "Polynomial-based evaluation of the impact of aperture phase taper on the gain of rectangular horns," Journal of Electromagnetic Analysis and Applications, vol. 2, no. 7, pp. 424-430, July 2010.
[26]  K. B. Baltzis, "Theoretical establishment and evaluation of a novel optimal pyramidal horn design criterion," Progress in Electromagnetics Research, vol. 108, pp. 361-383, Sept. 2010.
[27]  K. B. Baltzis, "On the effect of channel impairments on VANETs performance," Radioengineering, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 689-694, Dec. 2010.
[28]  D. Pappas, S. K. Goudos, K. B. Baltzis, and K. Siakavara, "Design of optimum gain pyramidal horn using self-adaptive differential evolution algorithms," International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 59-66, Jan. 2011, [published online: 29/10/2010].
[29]  K. B. Baltzis, "A geometric method for computing the nodal distance distribution in mobile networks," Progress in Electromagnetics Research, vol. 114, pp. 159-175, Feb. 2011.
[30]  S. K. Goudos, K. B. Baltzis, K. Antoniadis, Z. D. Zaharis, and C. S. Hilas "A comparative study of common and self-adaptive differential evolution strategies on numerical benchmark problems," Procedia Computer Science, vol. 3, pp. 83-88, 2011, [published online: 22/2/2011].
[31]  K. B. Baltzis, "A simplified geometric model for mobile-to-mobile communications," Radioengineering (in print).

Publications: Books/Book Chapters

[1]  K. B. Baltzis, "Hexagonal vs circular cell shape: A comparative analysis and evaluation of the two popular modeling approximations," in Cellular Networks-Positioning, Performance Analysis, Reliability, A. Melikov (ed.), pp. 103-122, InTech, 2011.