- U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) EARLY CAREER Award in 2004.
- IEEE Distinguished Lecturer in IEEE Communications Society .
- Best Paper Award in IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBCOM) 2009, Hawaii, USA, 2009.
- Best Paper Award in IEEE Wireless Communications and Networks Conference (WCNC) 2010, Sydney, Australia, 2010.
- Best Paper Award in IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM) 2007, Washington, D.C., USA, 2007.
- TEES Select Young Faculty Award for Excellence in Research from College of Engineering at Texas A&M University (2006).