Claude Oestges

{{short description|Belgian engineer}}

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Claude Oestges is Professor at the University of Louvain (UCLouvain), Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium. His research interests cover wireless and satellite communications, with a focus on the propagation channel and its impact on system performance. His present activity concerns multi-dimensional channel modeling for wireless communications, including MIMO and cooperative networks, UWB systems and satellite systems.{{Cite web|url=https://uclouvain.be/claude.oestges|title=Claude Oestges' homepage|website=UCLouvain}} In 2016, he was elected Chair of COST CA15104 "Inclusive Radio Communication Networks for 5G and Beyond" (IRACON).{{Cite web|url=http://www.iracon.org|title=COST CA15104|website=IRACON}} He was named Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2016{{Cite web|url=https://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/fellows/2016_elevated_fellows.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223105649/http://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/fellows/2016_elevated_fellows.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 23, 2015|title=2016 elevated fellow|website=IEEE Fellows Directory}} for contributions to channel characterization and modeling for multiple-input multipleoutput wireless communications.