Licentiate degree in communication systems with specialization in fiber optic communications from KTH Sweden. (Defended on 31st May 2012).

Masters of Science in Communication Engineering with specialization in hardware for transmission links from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden (Academic Year 2007-2009).

Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering from University of Engineering and Technology Taxila Pakistan (Academic Year 2001-2004).

Development of digital signal processing algorithms for coherent fiber optic communications.
Development of architechtures for optical data centers.

Digital communication

Information theory

Fiber optic communication

Wireless communication

Error control coding

Digital Signal Processing

Journals:

E. Tipsuwannakul, M. N. Chughtai, M. Forzati, J. Mårtensson, P. Andrekson, and M. Karlsson, “Influence of self- and cross-phase modulation on 40 Gbaud dual polarization DQPSK/D8PSK signals in 10 Gbit/s OOK WDM systems,” Opt. Express, vol. 18, no. 23, pp. 24178–24188, Nov. 2010.
(Impact Factor: 3.75)
 

M. N. Chughtai, M. Forzati, J. Mårtensson, and D. Rafique, “Influence of polarization state, baud rate and PMD on non-linear impairments in WDM systems with mixed PM (D)QPSK and OOK channels,” OpticsExpress,vol.20,no.7,pp.8155-8160,Mar.2012.
(Impact Factor: 3.75)

D. Rafique, M. Mussolin, M. Forzati, J. Mårtensson, M. N. Chugtai, and A. D. Ellis, “Compensation of intra-channel nonlinear fibre impairments using simplified digital back-propagation algorithm,” Opt. Express, vol. 19, no. 10, pp. 9453–9460, May 2011.
(Impact Factor: 3.75)

Jiajia Chen, L. Wosinska, M. N. Chughtai, and M. Forzati, “Scalable Passive Optical Network Architecture for Reliable Service Delivery,” IEEE/OSA Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, vol. 3, no. 8, pp. 667–673, Aug. 2011.
(Impact Factor: 1.15)

Ahmad and M. N. Chughtai, “Analysis of physical layer performance of data center with optical wavelength switches based on advanced modulation formats,” Fiber and Integrated Optics, vol. 37, no. 3, pp. 159–170, May 2018. (Impact Factor: 0.9)

Conference Papers:

M. N. Chughtaiand L. Beygi, “Optimization of 16-QAM constellation in the presence of nonlinear phase noise,” in Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology, Abbotabad, Pakistan, 2009, pp. 62:1–62:3.

M. N. Chughtai, M. Forzati, J. Mårtensson, E. Tipsuwannakul, and M. Karlsson, “Analysis of non-linear impairments in 40 Gbaud PM DQPSK and D8PSK transmission,” in 2010 12th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), Munich Germany, 2010, pp. 1–4.

M. N. Chughtai, M. Forzati, J. Martensson, and D. Rafique, “Dependence of non-linear impairments on polarization state and baud rate in WDM systems with mixed DQPSK and OOK channels,” in 2011 13th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), Stockholm Sweden, 2011, pp. 1-4.

D. Rafique, M. Mussolin, M. Forzati, J. Martensson, M. N. Chugtai, and A. D. Ellis, “Modified split-step fourier method for compensation of nonlinear fibre impairments,” in 2011 13th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), Stockholm Sweden, 2011, pp.1-4.

Assistant Professor in Department of Telecommunication Engineering, University of engineering and technology Taxila Pakistan (December 2015 till present).
Courses Taught: Wireless Communication, digital communication and fiber optic communication.

Lecturer in Electronics Engineering department, University of engineering and technology Taxila Pakistan (April 2013 till present).

Research and development of digital signal processing algorithms for 100 Gbps coherent fiber optic communication systems in ACREO AB Sweden (from September 2009 till 31st May 2012).

Transmission engineer in ZTE (Zhong Xing Telecom) Pakistan Limited in Optic Fiber Access Networks Department. (November 2004 till May 2007)

Assistant Professor in Department of Telecommunication Engineering 29th Dec 2015 till present.

Courses Taught

Wireless and Mobile Communication.
Porbability methods in engineering.
Digital Communications.

Current course homepage:
https://mohsan.coursesites.com/

Lecturer in Electronics Engineering Department April 2013 till 29th Dec 2015.

Assistant Professor

Department of Telecommunication Engineering

29 Dec 2015 - Till present

Winner of best poster paper award in 7th international conference on Frontiers of information technology Dec 19-21 2009 Pakistan.

Data rate enhancement of PON based on advanced modulation formats.

Analysis of performance of optical data center architectures based on advanced modulation formats.