Technical Program
Tuesday, October 12 13:45 - 14:00
Opening Ceremony
Tuesday, October 12 14:00 - 15:00
Keynote1: Disruptive Technologies for Future 6G Networks
Abstract
In this talk we will review emerging disruptive technologies expected to shape future 6G networks. Several topics will be covered comprising, AI-driven automation for industry verticals, O-RAN network disaggregation, smart surfaces and wireless sensing. Early research results will be presented on these topics along with major joint academia-industry efforts in large-scale projects.
Biography
Xavier Costa-Pérez is ICREA Research Professor, Scientific Director at the i2cat Research Center and Head of 6G Networks R&D at NEC Laboratories Europe. His research focuses on the digital transformation of society driven by the interplay of mobile networks and AI. His team generates research results which are regularly published at top scientific venues, produces innovations which have received several awards for successful technology transfers, participates in major European Commission R&D collaborative projects and contributes to multiple standardization bodies.
Tuesday, October 12 15:10 - 16:40
S1: 5G Networks
- An Analytical Energy Performance Evaluation Methodology for 5G Base Stations
- Measurement Based Study of Commercial 5G Frequencies in Urban Macro Cellular Environment
- A Crowding Game for Dynamic RAN Slicing Algorithm in 5G Networks
- Uplink Scheduling for Mixed Grant-Based eMBB and Grant-Free URLLC Traffic in 5G Networks
S2: Network Applications
- Sustainable Wildlife DTN: Wearable Animal Resource Optimization through Intergenerational Multi-hop Network Simulation
- Secure and Privacy-aware Blockchain-based Remote Patient Monitoring System for Internet of Healthcare Things
- Multi-objective Computation Offloading for Cloud Robotics using NSGA-II
- The requirements for using wireless networks with AGV communication in an industry environment
Tuesday, October 12 16:50 - 18:20
S3: Network Optimization and Performance
- Content-Aware Optimization of Tiled 360° Video Streaming Over Cellular Network
- Performance Modelling and Assessment for Social VR Conference Applications in 5G Radio Networks
- Data-Driven Optimization of Drone-Assisted Cellular Networks
- Adaptive Transport Layer Protocols using In-band Network Telemetry and eBPF
S4: Machine Learning in Communications
- MobIntel: Passive Outdoor Localization via RSSI and Machine Learning
- Deep Reinforcement Learning Based Resource Allocation for Heterogeneous Networks
- A Novel Online Subcarrier-Wise Extreme Learning Machine Receiver for OFDM Systems
- A Deep Learning Model for Anomalous Wireless Link Detection
Tuesday, October 12 18:30 - 20:00
S5: Radio Access Technologies
- Performance Analysis of Intelligent Reflecting Surface Selection for Orthogonal and Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access
- Using Reflective Intelligent Surfaces for Indoor Scenarios: Channel Modeling and RIS Placement
- Opportunistic Secondary Communications Downlink Using Multi-Antenna Femtocell Gateways
- DURATS: Distributed User-centric Radio Access Technology Selection framework
S6: Physical Communication Protocols and Implementations
- Berserker: ASN.1-based Fuzzing of Radio Resource Control Protocol for 4G and 5G
- Integration and performance evaluation of the ultra-low power WiseMAC with the µ111 Real Time Operating System
- Time-Synchronization of CCSK short frames
- Improving LoRaWAN's Successful Information Transmission Rate with Redundancy
Wednesday, October 13 14:00 - 15:00
Keynote2: Towards Environment-Aware Wireless Networks
Abstract
The role of Internet and Communication Technology (ICT) in bringing about a revolution in almost all aspects of human life needs no introduction. It is indeed a well-known fact that the transmission of the information at a rapid pace has transformed all spheres of human life such as economy, education, and health to name a few. In this context, and as the standardization of the fifth generation (5G) of wireless communication systems (WCSs) has been completed, and 5G networks are in their early stage of deployment, the research visioning and planning of the sixth generation (6G) of WCSs are being initiated. 6G is expected to be the next focus in wireless communication and networking and aim to provide new superior communication services to meet the future hyper-connectivity demands in the 2030s. In addition, keeping in mind that urbanized populations have been the major beneficiary of the advances offered by the previous generations of WCSs and motivated by the recently adopted united nation sustainability development goals intended to be achieved by the year 2030, 6G networks are anticipated to democratize the benefits of ICT and to bring global connectivity in a sustainable fashion in order to contribute to developing tomorrow's digitally inclusive and green world. In this context, this talk aims to (i) provide an envisioned picture of 6G, (ii) serve as a research guideline in the beyond 5G era, and (iii) go over some of the recently proposed green technologies to offer high-speed connectivity not only in urban environments but also in under-covered areas in order to serve and contribute to the development of far-flung regions.
Biography
Mohamed-Slim Alouini was born in Tunis, Tunisia. He received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Califonia Institute of Technology (Caltech) in 1998. He served as a faculty member at the University of Minnesota then in the Texas A&M University at Qatar before joining in 2009 the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) where he is now a Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He is a Fellow of the IEEE as well as of the OSA and he is currently particularly interested in addressing the uneven global distribution, access to, and use of information and communication technologies in far-flung, low-density populations, low-income, and/or hard-to-reach areas.
Wednesday, October 13 15:10 - 16:40
S7: Wireless Networks
- Adversarial Jamming and Catching Games over AWGN Channels with Mobile Players
- Stochastic Geometry-based Analysis of Joint Radar and Communication-Enabled Cooperative Detection Systems
- VANET (ITS-G5 & 5G Test Network) with Drone-assisted Communication Using Road Weather Information
- Towards SDN-enabled RACH-less Make-before-break handover in C-V2X scenarios
S8: Routing and Core Networks
- Applicability of Lightweight Groups to Fog Computing Systems
- Seam-Aware Location-Based Random Walk Routing Algorithms for Low Orbit Satellite Constellations
- An ETSI NFV Implementation for Automatic Deployment and Configuration of a Virtualized Mobile Core Network
- A Lifetime-Aware Centralized Routing Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks using Reinforcement Learning
Wednesday, October 13 16:50 - 18:40
S9: Localization
- Ultra-Low Power Wake-Up Receiver for Location Aware Objects Operating with UWB
- IEEE 802.11mc Ranging Performance in a Real NLOS Environment
- On the Estimation of the Radial Distance of a Moving Person in Indoor Environments from the Demodulated Response of LFMCW Radars
- A Deep Autoencoder and RNN Model for Indoor Localization with Variable Propagation Loss
- A Lateration Method based on Effective Combinatorial Beacon Selection for Bluetooth Low Energy Indoor Positioning