Background

Mikael Gidlund received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Mid Sweden University, Sweden, in 2000 and 2005, respectively. Since 2014 he is a full Professor of Computer Engineering at Mid Sweden University. In 2005, he was a Visiting Researcher with the Department of Informatics, University of Bergen, Norway. From 2006 to 2007, he was a Research Engineer and Project Manager, responsible for wireless broadband communication at Acreo AB, Sweden. From 2007 to 2008, he was a Senior Specialist and Project Manager with responsibility for next-generation IP-based radio solutions at Nera Networks AS, Bergen, Norway. From 2008 to 2013, he was a Senior Principal Scientist and Global Research Area Coordinator of Wireless Technologies at ABB Corporate Research with main responsibility to drive technology and strategy plans, standardization and innovation in the wireless automation area.

Dr Gidlund has pioneered the area of Industrial Wireless Sensor Network and he holds more than 20 patents (granted and pending applications) in the area of wireless communications, and has authored or co-authored over 100 scientific publications in refereed fora. His research interest are wireless communication and networks, wireless sensor networks, access protocols, and security. Dr Gidlund won the Best Paper Award at the IEEE International Conference on Industrial IT (ICIT’14) in 2014. He is an IEEE Senior Member and has served as guest editor for IEEE Trans. on Industrial Informatics three times. He is currently vice-chair for IEEE IES Technical Committee on Cloud and Wireless Systems for Industrial Applications.

Current research

Dr. Gidlund´s current research activity mainly focuses on secure and reliable wireless communication for time- and mission-critical applications, Data mining for industrial applications. In particular, his research interests include:

• Wireless Communication
• Wireless sensor networks
• Signal Processing for Communication
• Internet-of-Things and embedded intelligence
• Security and Privacy

Teaching and tutoring

Prof. Gidlund is currently responsible for second cycle education in Computer Engineering at the Department of Information and Communication systems at the Mid-Sweden University. He is also program manager for the MSc program in Computer Engineering and the MSc program in Master by Research in Computer Engineeering. He currently teaches the following courses on MSc-level: Machine-to-machine communication, Wireless access protocols and queuing theory, and Networked embedded systems with real-time applications. He is also supervisor and examiner for thesis work in MSc level.

Prof. Gidlund also teaches the following PhD courses: Information theory, Wireless Sensor Networks, and Queuing theory with applications.

Current Post-Doctoral Fellows:
Aamir Mahmood (PhD from Aalto University, Finland): Interference Mitigation and Detection in Unlicensed Frequency Bands.
Claro Noda (PhD from Univ. of Minho, Portugal): Reliable and Secure WSN Communication.
Ismail Butan (PhD from Univ. of South Florida, USA): Network Security.
Lakshmikanth Guntupalli (PhD from Univ. of Agder, Norway): Control over low-power wireless networks.
Mohamed H. Eldefrawy (PhD from Alexandria University, Egypt): Wireless network security


Currently supervisor and co-supervisor (co) of the following Ph.D students:
Simone Grimaldi – expect to graduate in 2019.
Luca Beltramelli – expect to graduate in 2020.
Mehrzad Lavassani (Co-supervisor – Prof. T. Zhang main supervisor) – expect to graduate in 2020.
Hossam Farag – expect to graduate in 2020.
Teklay Gebremichael – expect to graduate in 2020.
Rául Róndon – expect to graduate in 2020.
Johannes Lindén (Co-supervisor – Prof. T. Zhang main supervisor) – expect to graduate in 2020.
Klas Gustavsson (Co-supervisor – Assoc. Prof. Leif Olsson main supervisor) – expect to graduate in 2020.

Former PhD Students:
Apala Ray, (co – Prof. M. Björkman main supervisor), PhD degree awarded 2017 at Mälardalens University, currently at ABB Corporate Research, India.
Filip Barac, PhD degree awarded in 2016, currently at Ericsson Research, Sweden.
Felix Dobslaw (co – Prof. T. Zhang main supervisor), PhD degree awarded 2015, currently at a start-up, Sweden
Victor Kardeby, PhD degree awarded in 2015, currently at ICT Sweden Acreo, Sweden.
Yu Kan (co – Prof. M. Björkman main supervisor), PhD degree awarded 2014 at Mälardalens University. Currently at Huawei, Australia.
Stefan Forsström, PhD degree awarded 2014, currently at Mid Sweden University, Sweden.
Wei Shen (co – Prof. T. Zhang main supervisor), PhD degree awarded 2014, Currently at Ericsson Research, Sweden.
Johan Åkerberg (co – Prof. M. Björkman main supervisor), Ph.D degree awarded 2011 at Mälardalens University, Currently at ABB Corporate Research, Sweden.

Other information

For prospective PhD. students/postdocs/interns

If you are interested in joining my group, either as a Ph.D. student or as a postdoc, and have a strong background in an area related to information theory, computer communication, wireless sensor networks, theoretical computer science, signal processing, or applied maths, don't hesitate to send me your (detailed) CV.

However, you may consider applying for a Marie Curie fellowship (see http://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/ and click "When to apply"). In addition, the Swedish Research Council (see http://www.vr.se/inenglish/researchfunding/applyforgrants/) sometimes awards 2-year postdoctoral fellowships. Should you be interested in applying please get in touch and we can assist you.

Publications

Articles in journals
Chapters in books
Conference papers
Doctoral theses, comprehensive summaries
Manuscripts
Patents

Articles in journals

Ma, J. , Yang, D. , Zhang, H. & Gidlund, M. (2017). A Reliable Handoff Mechanism for Mobile Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks. Sensors, vol. 17: 8    

Lo Bello, L. , Åkerberg, J. , Gidlund, M. & Uhlemann, E. (2017). Guest Editorial Special Section on New Perspectives on Wireless Communications in Automation: From Industrial Monitoring and Control to Cyber-Physical Systems. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 13: 3, pp. 1393-1397.  

Yu, K. , Gidlund, M. , Åkerberg, J. & Björkman, M. (2017). Performance Evaluations and Measurements of the REALFLOW Routing Protocol in Wireless Industrial Networks. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 13: 3, pp. 1410-1420.    

Grimaldi, S. , Mahmood, A. & Gidlund, M. (2017). An SVM-Based Method for Classification of External Interference in Industrial Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks. Journal of Sensor and Actuator Network, vol. 6: 2    

Rondón, R. , Gidlund, M. & Landernäs, K. (2017). Evaluating Bluetooth Low Energy Suitability for Time-Critical Industrial IoT Applications. International Journal of Wireless Information Networks, vol. 24: 3, pp. 278-290.    

Olofsson, T. , Ahlén, A. & Gidlund, M. (2016). Modeling of the Fading Statistics of Wireless Sensor Network Channels in Industrial Environments. IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 64: 12, pp. 3021-3034.  

Zheng, T. , Gidlund, M. & Åkerberg, J. (2016). WirArb : A New MAC Protocol for Time Critical Industrial Wireless Sensor Network Applications. IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 16: 7, pp. 2127-2139.    

Tsang, K. F. , Gidlund, M. & Åkerberg, J. (2016). Guest Editorial Industrial Wireless Networks: Applications, Challenges, and Future Directions. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 12: 2, pp. 755-757.  

Dobslaw, F. , Zhang, T. & Gidlund, M. (2016). QoS-Aware Cross-layer Configuration for Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 12: 5, pp. 1679-1691.  

Ray, A. , Åkerberg, J. , Björkman, M. & Gidlund, M. (2016). Employee Trust Based Industrial Device Deployment and Initial Key Establishment. International Journal of Network Security & Its Applications, vol. 8: 1, pp. 21-44.    

Ray, A. , Åkerberg, J. , Björkman, M. & Gidlund, M. (2016). Assessing Security, Capacity and Reachability of a Heterogeneous Industrial Network during Planning Phase. EAI Endorsed Transactions on Security and Safety,    

Dobslaw, F. , Zhang, T. & Gidlund, M. (2016). End-to-End Reliability-aware Scheduling for Wireless Sensor Networks. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 12: 2, pp. 758-767.    

Barac, F. , Gidlund, M. & Zhang, T. (2015). Ubiquitous, yet Deceptive: Hardware-Based Channel Metrics on Interfered WSN Links. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 64: 5, pp. 1766-1778.  

Dobslaw, F. , Tingting, Z. & Gidlund, M. (2015). Latency Improvement Strategies for Reliability-Aware Scheduling in Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks. International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks,    

Yang, D. , Xu, Y. , Wang, H. , Zheng, T. , Zhang, H. , Zhang, H. & Gidlund, M. (2015). Assignment of Segmented Slots Enabling Reliable Real-Time Transmission in Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks. IEEE transactions on industrial electronics (1982. Print), vol. 62: 6, pp. 3966-3977.  

Kardeby, V. , Jennehag, U. & Gidlund, M. (2015). Overlay Enhanced Mobility for the Internet of Things. Journal of Networks, vol. 10: 7, pp. 420-430.  

Yu, K. , Pang, Z. , Gidlund, M. , Åkerberg, J. & Björkman, M. (2014). REALFLOW: Reliable Real-Time Flooding-Based Routing Protocol for Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks. International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, vol. 2014: Article ID 936379, pp. 1-17.    

Barac, F. , Gidlund, M. & Zhang, T. (2014). Scrutinizing Bit- and Symbol-Errors of IEEE 802.15.4 Communication in Industrial Environments. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 63: 7, pp. 1783-1794.  

Barac, F. , Caiola, S. , Gidlund, M. , Sisinni, E. & Zhang, T. (2014). Channel Diagnostics for Wireless Sensor Networks in Harsh Industrial Environments. IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 14: 11, pp. 3983-3995.  

Shen, W. , Zhang, T. , Barac, F. & Gidlund, M. (2014). PriorityMAC: A Priority-Enhanced MAC Protocol for Critical Traffic in Industrial Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 10: 1, pp. 824-835.  

Agrawal, P. , Ahlén, A. , Olofsson, T. & Gidlund, M. (2014). Long Term Channel Characterization for Energy Efficient Transmission in Industrial Environments. IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 62: 8, pp. 3004-3014.

Yang, D. , Gidlund, M. , Shen, W. , Xu, Y. , Zhang, T. & Zhang, H. (2013). CCA-Embedded TDMA Enabling Acyclic Traffic in Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks. Ad hoc networks, vol. 11: 3, pp. 1105-1121.  

Shen, W. , Zhang, T. , Gidlund, M. & Dobslaw, F. (2013). SAS-TDMA: A Source Aware Scheduling Algorithm for Real-Time Communication in Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks. Wireless networks, vol. 19: 6, pp. 1155-1170.  

Åkerberg, J. , Gidlund, M. , Lennvall, T. , Neander, J. & Björkman, M. (2011). Efficient Integration of Secure and Safety Critical Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks. EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking,    

Yang, D. , Xu, Y. & Gidlund, M. (2011). Wireless Coexistence between IEEE 802.11 and IEEE 802.15.4-based Networks: A Survey. International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks,    

Yan, H. , Huo, H. , Xu, Y. & Gidlund, M. (2010). Wireless Sensor Network based e-health system - implementation and experimental results. IEEE transactions on consumer electronics, vol. 56: 4, pp. 2288-2296.  

Dong, X. , Gidlund, M. & Culver, S. (2010). Impact of Doppler spread and adaptive modulation on TCP throughput in Rayleigh fading channels. AEU - International Journal of Electronics and Communications, vol. 64: 11, pp. 1082-1089.  

Huo, H. , Xu, Y. , Gidlund, M. & Zhang, H. (2010). Coexistence of 2.4 GHz sensor networks in home environment. The Journal of China Universities of Posts and Telecommunications, vol. 17: 1, pp. 9-18.  

Gidlund, M. & Wang, g. (2009). Uplink Scheduling Algorithms for QoS Support in Broadband Wireless Access Networks. Journal of Communications, vol. 4: 2, pp. 133-142.  

Gidlund, M. & Ekling, J. (2008). VoIP and IPTV distribution over wireless mesh networks in indoor environment. IEEE transactions on consumer electronics, vol. 54: 4, pp. 1665-1671.  

Gidlund, M. (2008). Combined Packet Retransmission Diversity and Power Adjustment Scheme for High Speed Wireless Networks. Journal of Communications, vol. 3: 1, pp. 56-63.

Gidlund, M. (2008). Uplink and downlink performance of OFDM signals in hybrid radio-over-fiber (RoF) links. Journal of European Microwave Association, vol. 4: 4, pp. 311-318.

Gidlund, M. (2005). Precoded closed-loop MIMO-OFDM system using predefined set of rotation matrices. Electronics Letters, vol. 41: 5, pp. 262-263.  

Chapters in books

Barac, F. , Gidlund, M. , Zhang, T. & Sisinni, E. (2017). Error Manifestation in Industrial WSN Communication and Guidelines for Countermeasures. In Wireless Sensor Systems for Extreme Environments : Space, Underwater, Underground and Industrial. John Wiley & Sons.

Lennvall, T. , Frey, J. & Gidlund, M. (2014). Wireless Sensor Networks for Automation. In Industrial Communication Technology Handbook. CRC Press.

Lennvall, T. , Landernäs, K. , Gidlund, M. & Åkerberg, J. (2013). Industrial WSN Standards. In Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks: Applications, Protocols, and Standards. USA : CRC Press.

Åkerberg, J. , Gidlund, M. , Lennvall, T. , Landernäs, K. & Björkman, M. (2013). Design Challenges and Objectives in Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks. In Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks : Applications, Protocols, Standards, and Products. CRC Press.

Lennvall, T. , Gidlund, M. , Neander, J. & Hansen, E. (2010). Industrial Automation. In Interconnecting Smart Objects with IP : The Next Internet. Burlington : Morgan Kaufmann Publishers.

Conference papers

Beltramelli, L. , Österberg, P. , Jennehag, U. & Gidlund, M. (2017). Hybrid MAC Mechanism for Energy Efficient Communication in IEEE 802.11ah. In Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT).. pp. 1295--1300.  

Rizzi, M. , Ferrari, P. , Flammini, A. , Sisinni, E. & Gidlund, M. (2017). Using LoRa for Industrial Wireless Networks. In 13th IEEE International Workshop on Factory Communication Systems (WFCS'17), Trondheim, Norway, May 31-June 2, 2017..

Gidlund, M. , Lennvall, T. & Åkerberg, M. (2017). Will 5G Become Yet Another Wireless Technologyfor Industrial Automation?. In Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT).. pp. 1319--1324.    

Grimaldi, S. , Gidlund, M. , Lennvall, T. & Barac, F. (2016). Detecting Communication Blackout in Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks. In IEEE International Workshop on Factory Communication Systems - Proceedings, WFCS.  

Kardeby, V. , Jennehag, U. & Gidlund, M. (2016). Surveying indexing methods for the Internet of things. In Internet of Things. IoT Infrastructures : Second International Summit, IoT 360° 2015, Rome, Italy, October 27-29, 2015, Revised Selected Papers, Part II. (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering). pp. 282--291.  

Lavassani, M. , Barac, F. , Gidlund, M. & Zhang, T. (2016). Handling Event-Triggered Traffic of Safety and Closed-Loop Control Systems in WSANs. In 14th IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN'16).. pp. 631--636.  

Ray, A. , Åkerberg, J. , Björkman, M. & Gidlund, M. (2016). Balancing Network Performance and Network Security in a Smart Grid Application. In 14th IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN'16).. pp. 618--624.  

Rondón, R. , Landernäs, K. & Gidlund, M. (2016). An Analytical Model of the Effective Delay Performance for Bluetooth Low Energy. In IEEE 27th International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC'17), Valencia, Spain, Sept. 2016... pp. 6--11.  

Ray, A. , Åkerberg, J. , Björkman, M. & Gidlund, M. (2016). Future Research Challenges of Secure Heterogeneous Industrial Communication Networks. In IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA.  

Barac, F. , Gidlund, M. & Zhang, T. (2015). CLAP: Chip-Level Augmentation of IEEE 802.15.4 PHY for Error-Intolerant WSN Communication. In IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference. Glasgow, Scotland : . pp. 1--7.  

Lee, C. C. , Lee, W. C. , Cai, H. , Chi, H. R. , Wu, C. K. , Haase, J. & Gidlund, M. (2015). Traffic condition monitoring using weighted kernel density for intelligent transportation. In Proceeding - 2015 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics, INDIN 2015.. pp. 624--627.  

Ray, A. , Åkerberg, J. , Björkman, M. , Blom, R. & Gidlund, M. (2015). Applicability of LTE Public Key Infrastructure Based Device Authentication in Industrial Plants. In Proceedings - International Computer Software and Applications Conference.. pp. 510--515.  

Ray, A. , Åkerberg, J. , Björkman, M. & Gidlund, M. (2015). An approach to Assess Security, Capacity and Reachability for Heterogeneous Industrial Networks. In Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST.. pp. 577--580.  

Ray, A. , Åkerberg, J. , Björkman, M. & Gidlund, M. (2015). Towards Trustworthiness Assessment of Industrial Heterogeneous Networks. In IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA.. pp. Art. no. 7301548-  

Ray, A. , Åkerberg, J. , Björkman, M. & Gidlund, M. (2015). Towards Security Assurance for Heterogeneous Industrial Networks. In IECON 2015 - 41st Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society.. pp. 4488--4493.  

Dobslaw, F. , Gidlund, M. & Zhang, T. (2015). Challenges for the use of data aggregation in industrial Wireless Sensor Networks. In IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering.. pp. 138--144.  

Sisinni, E. , Caiola, S. , Flammini, A. , Gidlund, M. & Barac, F. (2015). Simple interference detection and classification for industrial Wireless Sensor Networks. In Conference Record - IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference. Pisa, Italy : . pp. 2106--2110.  

Barac, F. , Gidlund, M. & Zhang, T. (2015). PREED: Packet Recovery by Exploiting the Determinism in Industrial WSN Communication. In Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems, DCOSS 2015. Fortaleza, Brazil : . pp. 81--90.  

Kardeby, V. , Jennehag, U. & Gidlund, M. (2015). Power consumption for global information dissemination in the Internet of Things. In 2015 IEEE 10th International Conference on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing, ISSNIP 2015.. pp. Art. no. 7106933-  

Yang, D. , Wang, H. , Zheng, T. , Gidlund, M. , Xu, Y. & Zhang, H. (2014). Applying Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks to Welder Machine System. In IPSN 2014 - Proceedings of the 13th International Symposium on Information Processing in Sensor Networks (Part of CPS Week).. pp. Art. no. 6835794-  

Gidlund, M. , Åkerberg, J. , Yu, K. , Hagos, Y. & Björkman, M. (2014). Implementation and Evaluation of Error Control Schemes in Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks. Paper presented at the IEEE International Conference on Industrial IT (ICIT'14), Busan, South Korea, Feb 2014.

Agrawal, P. , Ahlén, A. , Olofsson, T. & Gidlund, M. (2014). Characterization of Long Term Channel Variations in Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks. In IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC'14).

Barac, F. , Gidlund, M. & Zhang, T. (2014). LPED: Channel Diagnostics in WSN Through Channel Coding and Symbol Error Statistics. In IEEE ISSNIP 2014 - 2014 IEEE 9th International Conference on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing, Conference Proceedings. Singapore : . pp. 1--6.  

Zheng, T. , Gidlund, M. & Åkerberg, J. (2014). Medium Access Protocol Design for Time-Critical Applications in Wireless Sensor Networks. In IEEE International Workshop on Factory Communication Systems - Proceedings, WFCS.. pp. Art. no. 6837585-  

Barac, F. , Gidlund, M. & Zhang, T. (2013). Channel Coding and Interleaving in Industrial WSN : Abiding to Timing Constraints and Bit Error Nature. In Proceedings - M and N 2013: 2013 IEEE International Workshop on Measurements and Networking.. pp. 46--51.  

Duan, J. , Yang, D. , Zhang, S. , Zhao, J. & Gidlund, M. (2013). A Trust Management Scheme for Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks. Paper presented at the 39th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society

Ray, A. , Åkerberg, J. , Gidlund, M. & Björkman, M. (2013). A Solution for Industrial Device Commissioning along with the Initial Trust Establishment. Paper presented at the 39th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society

Yu, K. , Gidlund, M. , Åkerberg, J. & Björkman, M. (2013). Reliable Real-time Routing Protocol for Industrial Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks. Paper presented at the 8th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, (ICIEA'13)

Thrybom, L. , Gidlund, M. & Neander, J. (2013). Key Requirements for Successful Deployment of Positioning Applications in Industrial Automation. Paper presented at the International Conference on Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation (IPIN)

Iqbal, Z. , Gidlund, M. & Åkerberg, J. (2013). Deterministic and Event triggered MAC protocol for Industrial Wireless Networks. Paper presented at the IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology, (ICIT 2013)  

Dobslaw, F. , Zhang, T. & Gidlund, M. (2013). QoS Assessment for Mission-critical Wireless Sensor Network Applications. In Proceedings - Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN.. pp. 663--666.  

Shen, W. , Zhang, T. & Gidlund, M. (2013). Joint Routing and MAC for Critical Traffic in Industrial Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks. In IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics.. pp. Art. no. 6563730-  

Ray, A. , Åkerberg, J. , Gidlund, M. & Tremlet, C. (2013). Reusability assessment of financial card readers security mechanisms in process control devices. Paper presented at the 11th International Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN'13)

Yu, K. , Zheng, T. , Pang, Z. , Gidlund, M. , Åkerberg, J. & Björkman, M. (2013). Reliable Flooding-based Downlink Transmissions for Industrial Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks. Paper presented at the IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology, (ICIT 2013)

Yu, K. , Gidlund, M. , Åkerberg, J. & Björkman, M. (2013). Low Jitter Scheduling for Industrial Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks. Paper presented at the 39th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society

Ray, A. , Åkerberg, J. , Gidlund, M. & Björkman, M. (2013). Initial Key Distribution in Industrial Wireless Sensor Network. Paper presented at the IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology, (ICIT 2013)

Pang, Z. , Yu, K. , Åkerberg, J. & Gidlund, M. (2013). An RTOS-based Architecture for Industrial Wireless Sensor Network Stacks with Multi-Processor Support. Paper presented at the IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology, (ICIT 2013)  

Zheng, T. , Gidlund, M. & Åkerberg, J. (2013). Wireless Arbitration : A Priority-Based Deterministic Media Access Technique for Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks. Paper presented at the Annual IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, (PIMRC'13)

Zhao, J. , Yang, D. , Qin, Y. , Duan, J. & Gidlund, M. (2012). Issues of Routing Protocol for Wireless Industrial Sensor Networks. In Proceedings.. pp. 3225--3230.  

Yu, K. , Barac, F. , Gidlund, M. & Åkerberg, J. (2012). Adaptive Forward Error Correction for Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks. In Proceedings. Ottawa, Canada : . pp. 7104--7109.  

Yu, K. , Gidlund, M. , Åkerberg, J. & Björkman, M. (2012). Reliable RSS-based Routing Protocol for Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks. In IECON 2012 - 38th Annual Conference on IEEE Industrial Electronics Society.. pp. 3231--3237.  

Taylor, J. , Åkerberg, J. , Ibrahim, H. M. S. & Gidlund, M. (2012). Safe and Secure Wireless Networked Control Systems. In Control Applications (CCA), 2012 IEEE International Conference on.. pp. 871--878.  

Zhao, J. , Yang, D. , Qin, Y. , Zheng, T. , Duan, J. & Gidlund, M. (2012). Issues of Routing Protocol for Wireless Industrial Sensor Networks. Paper presented at the 38th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON), Montreal, Canada  

Timilsina, M. , Xu, Y. & Gidlund, M. (2012). Comparison between single mesh network and cell based mesh network. In 2012 International Conference on Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing, WiCOM 2012.. pp. Art. no. 6478456-  

Yu, K. , Gidlund, M. , Åkerberg, J. & Björkman, M. (2012). Reliable RSS-based Routing Protocol for Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks. In 38th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, (IECON'12), Montreal, Canada, Oct. 2012... pp. 3231--3237.  

Shen, W. , Zhang, T. & Gidlund, M. (2012). Distributed Data Gathering Scheduling Protocol for Wireless Sensor Actor and Actuator Networks. In Communications (ICC), 2012 IEEE International Conference on.. pp. 7120--7125.    

Barac, F. , Yu, K. , Gidlund, M. , Åkerberg, J. & Björkman, M. (2012). Towards Reliable and Lightweight Communication in Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks. In Procedings of the IEEE 10th International Conference on Industrial Informatics, INDIN 2012.. pp. 1218--1224.  

Yu, K. , Gidlund, M. , Åkerberg, J. & Björkman, M. (2011). Reliable and low latency transmission in industrial wireless sensor networks. In Proceedings.

Wang, F. , Weng, G. , Gidlund, M. & Culver, S. (2011). Collaborative Spectrum Sensing in Cognitive Radio System : Performance Analysis of Weighted Gain Combining. In Proceedings.. pp. 1--6.  

Åkerberg, J. , Reichenbach, F. , Gidlund, M. & Björkman, M. (2011). Measurement on an industrial WirelessHART network supporting Profisafe : a case study. In Proceedings.. pp. 1--8.  

Raza, S. , Dini, G. , Voigt, T. & Gidlund, M. (2011). Secure Key renewal in WirelessHART. In Proceedings.

Åkerberg, J. , Gidlund, M. & Björkman, M. (2011). Future Research Challenges in Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks targeting Industrial Automation. In IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN).. pp. 410--415.  

Konovalov, I. , Neander, J. , Gidlund, M. , Österlind, F. & Voigt, T. (2011). Evaluation of WirelessHART Enabled Devices in a Controlled Simulation Environment. In Industrial Electronics (ISIE), 2011 IEEE International Symposium on.. pp. 2009--2014.  

Neander, J. , Lennvall, T. & Gidlund, M. (2011). Prolonging WirelessHART networks by using Data Aggregation. Paper presented at the 20th International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE'11), Gdansk, Poland.  

Åkerberg, J. , Reichenbach, F. , Gidlund, M. & Björkman, M. (2011). Measurement on an Industrial Wireless HART network Supporting PROFIsafe: A Case Study. Paper presented at the IEEE Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA'11)  

Eriksson, O. , Björnemo, E. , Ahlén, A. & Gidlund, M. (2011). On Hybrid ARQ Adaptive Forward Error Correction in Wireless Sensor Networks. In IECON 2011 - 37th Annual Conference on IEEE Industrial Electronics Society.. pp. 3004--3010.  

Yang, D. , Gidlund, M. & Xu, Y. (2011). Performance Analysis on a New MAC DT-CSMA. In IECON 2011 - 37th Annual Conference on IEEE Industrial Electronics Society.. pp. 3522--3527.  

Barac, F. , Gidlund, M. & Åkerberg, J. (2011). A Lightweight Routing Protocol for Industrial Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks. In Proceedings of IECON 2011 - 37th Annual Conference on IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. Melbourne, Australia : . pp. 2980--2985.  

Hamilton, B. , Gidlund, M. & Culver, S. (2010). Framework for opportunistic routing in wireless sensor networks with application to multiple antenna transmission. In Proceedings.. pp. 1015--1020.  

Åkerberg, J. , Gidlund, M. , Lennvall, T. , Neander, J. & Björkman, M. (2010). Integration of WirelessHART Networks in Distributed Control Systems using PROFINET IO. In Proceedings.. pp. 154--159.  

Xiao, J. , Culver, S. & Gidlund, M. (2010). Performance of UWB Communication based on Dynamic Bandwidth Direct Sequence. In Proceedings.. pp. 1--5.

Yang, D. , Xu, Y. & Gidlund, M. (2010). Coexistence of IEEE802.15.4 Based Networks : a survey. In Proceedings.. pp. 2107--2113.  

Åkerberg, J. , Gidlund, M. , Neander, J. , Lennvall, T. & Björkman, M. (2010). Deterministic downlink transmission in WirelessHART Networks Enabling Wireless Control Applications. In Proceedings.. pp. 2120--2125.  

Culver, S. , Gidlund, M. & Wang, G. (2009). Performance of Cooperative relaying with ARQ in Wireless Sensor Networks. In Proceedings.. pp. 317--319.  

Nygård Skalman, K. , Gidlund, M. & Sandström, H. (2008). Techno economical Study for Open Horizontal IPTV in the Access and Home Networks - From a Swedish Perspective. In Proc 13^th European Conference on Networks and Optical Communications (NOC), July, 2008.. pp. 218-

Österberg, P. , Zhang, T. & Gidlund, M. (2007). Bandwidth Allocation in Broadband Access Networks. In Proceedings of 12th European cionference on networks & optical communications (NOC 2007).. pp. 525--532.

Nygård Skalman, K. & Gidlund, M. (2007). Analysis and Business Models for Transport Network Technologies for IPTV Distribution. In Proc. International Wire and Cable Sympoisum, Nov. 2007.

Nygård Skalman, K. , Gidlund, M. & Norling, L. (2007). Business Models for Open Horizontal IPTV. In Proc. 12th European Conference on Networks and Optical Communications (NOC), Stockholm, Sweden, June 2007.

Gidlund, M. , Flodin, K. , Nygård Skalman, K. & Curzio, P. L. (2006). Deploying a FTTH Network - Experiences from Fiber Optic Valley/Acreo Swedish National Broadband Testbed. In International Wire & Cable Symposium (IWCS), paper 1-5, Providence, RI, USA, Nov 2006.

Gidlund, M. , Flodin, R. & Nygård Skalman, K. (2006). Cost and Deployment of FTTH - Experiences from Fiber Optic Valley/Acreo Swedish National Broadband Testbed. In European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC 06), We3.P.171, Cannes, France, Sept 2006.

Gidlund, M. (2005). STBC-based ARQ Scheme for Multiple Antenna Transmission. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS 2005).

Gidlund, M. (2005). On Packet Retransmission Diversity Scheme with MQAM in Fading Channels. In 17th Annual International Conference on Wireless Communications (Wireless 2005).

Gidlund, M. (2005). Packet Combined ARQ Scheme Utilizing Unitary Transformation in Multiple Antenna Transmisssion. In Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications 2005 (WMPC'05)..

Gidlund, M. & Åhag, P. (2004). Enhanced HARQ Scheme based on Rearrangement of Signal Constellations and Frequency Diversity for OFDM Systems. In VTC2004-SPRING: 2004 IEEE 59TH VEHICULAR TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE, VOLS 1-5, PROCEEDINGS.. pp. 500--504.

Gidlund, M. (2004). An Improved ARQ Scheme for Higher Level Modulation in MIMO-Systems. In IEEE International Conference on Communications and Information Technologies, Oct. 26-29, 2004, Sapporo, Japan..

Gidlund, M. & Xu, Y. (2004). Performance of Enhanced ARQ Scheme Suitable for Multi-Level Modulation Techniques. In Proceedings of IEEE ISITA'04, Parma, Italy, October 2004.

Gidlund, M. & Xu, Y. (2004). An Improved ARQ Scheme with Applications to Multi-Level Modulation Techniques. In ISCIT 2004 : Proceedings of International Symposium on Communications and Information Technologies 2004.

Gidlund, M. (2003). Receiver-based Packet Combining in IEEE802.11a Wireless LAN. In Proceedings - 2003 IEEE Radio and Wireless Conference, RAWCON 2003.. pp. 47--50.  

Gidlund, M. & Åhag, P. (2003). Performance and Capacity Improvements of OFDM Wireless LANs with Multiple Antennas and Subchannel Power Control. In 10th International Conference on Telecommunications, ICT 2003.. pp. 1412--1416.  

Gidlund, M. & Åhag, P. (2003). A CRC-based Link Adaptation Algorithm for IEEE 802.11a Wireless LAN. In Proceedings of the 2003 IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Communications (APCC 2003).

Gidlund, M. (2002). An Approach for Adaptive Error Control in Wireless LAN's with CSMA/CA MAC Protocol. In Proceedings of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC -02).

Gidlund, M. (2002). Enhancement of HIPERLAN/2 Systems using Space-Time Coding. In European Wireless 2002.

Gidlund, M. & Xu, Y. (2002). Performance Evaluation of ARQ Error Control Schemes in HIPERLAN/2 Systems.

Gidlund, M. & Xu, Y. (2002). Enhancement of Throughput and Range in HIPERLAN/2 System using Space-Time Coding. In IEEE European Conference on Wireless Technology (ECWT 2006).

Gidlund, M. & Slimane, S. (2001). Performance Enhancement in Wireless LAN's Through Packet Combining. In IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC 2001).

Slimane, S. & Gidlund, M. (2000). Performance of Wireless LAN's in Radio Channels. In IEEE International Conference on Multiaccess, Mobility And Teletraffic for Wireless Communications (IEEE MMT'2000).

Kirrander, J. & Gidlund, M. (2000). Progress in Wireless Radio Architechture. In Proceedings of 10th annual Virginia Tech Symposium.

Doctoral theses, comprehensive summaries

Gidlund, M. (2005). Design and Performance of Packet Retransmission Diversity Scheme for Wireless Networks. Dis. (Comprehensive summary) Sundsvall : Mittuniverstietet, 2005 (Mid Sweden University doctoral thesis : 5)

Manuscripts

Gidlund, M. Retransmission Diversity Schemes for Multicarrier Modulations

Patents

Landernäs, K. , Gidlund, M. , Åkerholm, M. & Neander, J. (2013). Method positioning unit and system for communication in a mine .

Gidlund, M. , Yang, D. , Xu, Y. , Shen, W. & Zhang, T. (2012). Wireless communication method and system with collision avoidance protocol .

Åkerberg, J. , Landernäs, K. & Gidlund, M. (2012). Dynamic assigning of bandwidth to field devices in a process control system .

Gidlund, M. & Åkerberg, J. (2012). Contention based access of resources in a wireless network .

Gidlund, M. , Balgård, L. , Hansen, E. & Eriksson, N. (2011). Wireless Communication between two temporarily connected devices .  

Gidlund, M. , Lennvall, T. & Neander, J. (2011). An energy efficient method for communication between a wireless sensor network and an industrial control system .

Gidlund, M. (2011). An energy efficient method for communication in a wireless sensor network of an industrial control system .