Pradnya Taksande

About

Dr. Pradnya is a distinguished researcher and Project Research Scientist at IIT Bombay, specializing in next-generation wireless technologies. With a strong academic foundation in Communications Engineering, she completed her master's and PhD at IIT Bombay in 2020, under the mentorship of renowned experts Prof. Abhay Karandikar and Prof. Prasanna Chaporkar. Her doctoral research, focusing on Dual Connectivity in Next-Generation Heterogeneous Wireless Networks, made significant contributions to the future of seamless, high-performance connectivity in complex network environments.

Currently, Dr. Pradnya plays a pivotal role in shaping the future of 5G and beyond, working on cutting-edge projects related to the 5G Core Network standards. As a delegate to 3GPP (SA1 and SA3), she actively contributes to global discussions on telecommunications protocols and standards. Her research interests have expanded into the promising realm of 6G, where she is exploring the transformative potential of satellite-based non-terrestrial networks and integrating sustainability into the development of future wireless ecosystems.

Employment

• Indian institute of technology Bombay Senior Project Research Scientist
  2024 - Present

Education

• Indian Institute of Technology Bombay MTech PhD
  2012 - 2020

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (7)

• Sustainable Beam Hopping and Resource Allocation for Guaranteed QoS in Multi-beam LEO Satellite
  2026 18th International Conference on COMmunication Systems and NETworks (COMSNETS) 2026 DOI: 10.1109/comsnets67989.2026.11418189
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• A Review of Energy Information Collection and Exposure in 3GPP Mobile Networks
  2025 17th International Conference on COMmunication Systems and NETworks (COMSNETS) 2025 DOI: 10.1109/comsnets63942.2025.10885745
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• Securing Legacy Interfaces of 5G Short Message Service Function (SMSF)
  2025 17th International Conference on COMmunication Systems and NETworks (COMSNETS) 2025 DOI: 10.1109/comsnets63942.2025.10885665
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• Proportional Fairness through Dual Connectivity in Heterogeneous Networks
  2020 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC) 2020 DOI: 10.1109/wcnc45663.2020.9120604
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• Open5G: A Software-Defined Networking Protocol for 5G Multi-RAT Wireless Networks
  2020 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference Workshops (WCNCW) 2020 DOI: 10.1109/wcncw48565.2020.9124815
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• Dual Connectivity Support in 5G Networks: An SDN based approach
  2019 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC) 2019 DOI: 10.1109/wcnc.2019.8886045
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• Optimal traffic splitting policy in LTE-based heterogeneous network
  2018 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC) 2018 DOI: 10.1109/wcnc.2018.8377096
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