Petar Popovski
Aalborg University, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje
Papers
15
Total Citations
1,221
H-Index
8
About
Petar Popovski is a leading wireless communications researcher whose work sits at the intersection of IoT connectivity, next-generation cellular networks, and ultra-reliable low-latency communications (URLLC). He has made foundational contributions to how billions of devices will connect in the 5G and emerging 6G era, with his comprehensive survey on cellular, wide-area, and non-terrestrial IoT accumulating an impressive 586 citations since 2022, reflecting its status as an essential reference in the field. His 2018 work on sparse signal processing for grant-free massive connectivity — with 517 citations — has helped reshape thinking around random access protocols, offering scalable solutions for the dense machine-type connections characteristic of IoT deployments. Popovski has also advanced the understanding of network slicing for Industry 4.0 applications and championed URLLC as a guest editor of a dedicated special issue, helping legitimize this critical research direction. His more recent explorations span intelligent IoT environments, large intelligent surfaces for industrial sensing, statistical latency modeling, and even the ambitious frontier of bionic limb communication — demonstrating a researcher who consistently bridges rigorous theory with transformative real-world application.
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Top Papers
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- 5New Paradigms in Wireless Communication Systems14 citations · 2006
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- 8Statistical Characterization of Closed-Loop Latency at the Mobile Edge9 citations · 2023
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