Dissemination

Press releases

• Press release of the Madrid Goverment regarding the iJOIN project. Click here to read it (in Spanish).
• Press release of the European Commission listing iJOIN as one of the 5G key projects (February 2013). (Download Press Release)
• Press release published on the IMDEA webpage. Also appeared in the research sites AlphaGalileo and Madrimasd Notiweb (November 2012). (Download Press Release (748KB))

Publications

Journal papers:

• E. Pateromichelakis, M. Shariat, A. Ul Quddus and R. Tafazolli, “Graph-based Multi-cell Scheduling for Weighted Capacity Maximization in Small Cells”,  IEEE Trans. on Wireless Communications (submitted)
• M. Cardone, D. Tuninetti, R. Knopp and U. Salim, “On the Gaussian Half-Duplex Relay Channel“, IEEE Trans. on Information Theory
• A. De Domenico, V. Savin and D. Ktenas, “Cell Selection for Joint Optimization of the Radio Access and Backhaul in Heterogeneous Cellular Networks”, IEEE Trans. on Wireless Communications (submitted)
• J. Ortin, J. R. Gállego and M. Canales, “Joint route selection and resource allocation in multihop wireless networks based on a game theoretic approach“, Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks, Vol. 11, Issue 8, Nov. 2013, pp. 2203–2216
• E. Katranaras, E. Pateromichelakis and M. A. Imran, “Enhancing Performance in Dense Small Cell Networks: Towards Cooperation in the Cloud Submitted”, IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials (submitted)
• P. Rost, C. J. Bernardos, A. De Domenico, M. Di Girolamo, M. Lalam, A. Maeder, D. Sabella, D. Wübben, “Cloud Technologies for Flexible 5G Radio Access Networks”, IEEE Communications Magazine (accepted)
• D. Wübben,  P. Rost, J. Bartelt, M. Lalam, V. Savin, M. Gorgoglione and A. Dekorsy, “Benefits and Impact of Cloud Computing on 5G Signal Processing”, IEEE Signal Processing Magazine (submitted)
• M. Shariat, A. Ul Quddus and R. Tafazolli, “Joint Inband Backhaul and Access Optimization in Dense Small Cell Networks”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (submitted)
• F. Giust, A. de la Oliva and C.J. Bernardos, “Analytic Evaluation and Experimental Validation of a Network-based IPv6 Distributed Mobility Management Solution”, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (submitted)
• C.J. Bernardos, A. de la Oliva, P. Serrano, A. Banchs, L.M. Contreras, H. Jin and J.C. Zúñiga, “An Architecture for Software Defined Wireless Networking”, IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine (Special Issue on Research & Standards: Leading the Evolution of Telecom Network Architectures) (submitted)
• RAS Cluster, A. Banchs and P. Rost, “5G Radio Network Architecture”, White Paper by RAS Cluster

Conferences:

• A. De Domenico, V. Savin and D. Ktenas, “A Backhaul-Aware Cell Selection Algorithm for Heterogeneous Cellular Networks“, IEEE PIMRC 2013, Sept. 8-11, 2013, London (UK)
• H. Paul, B.-S. Shin and A. Dekorsy, “Distributed Consensus-Based Linear Estimation with Erroneous Link“, 17th International ITG Workshop on Smart Antennas (WSA 2013), March 13-14, 2013, Stuttgart (Germany)
• D. Sabella, P. Rost, Y. Sheng, E. Pateromichelakis, U. Salim, P. Guitton-Ouhamou, M. Di Girolamo and G. Giuliani, “RAN as a Service: Challenges of designing a flexible RAN architecture in a cloud-based heterogeneous mobile network“, FUNEMS 2013, July 3-5, 2013, Lisbon (Portugal)
• C. J. Bernardos, A. De Domenico, J. Ortin, P. Rost and D. Wübben, “Challenges of designing jointly the backhaul and radio access network in a cloud-based mobile network“, FUNEMS 2013, July 3-5, 2013, Lisbon (Portugal)
• H. Paul, B.-S. Shin, D. Wübben and A. Dekorsy, “In-Network-Processing for Small Cell Cooperation in Dense Networks“, CLEEN2013, Sept. 2, 2013, Las Vegas (USA)
• J. Bartelt, G. Fettweis, D. Wübben, M. Boldi and B. Melis, “Heterogeneous Backhaul for Cloud Based Mobile Networks“, CLEEN2013, Sept. 2, 2013, Las Vegas (USA)
• M. Lalam, T. Lestable and M. Maqbool, “Centralised Power Setting for Femtocell Cluster”, IWCPM 2013, Dec. 13, 2013, Atlanta (USA) (accepted)
• J. Bartelt and G. Fettweis, “Radio-Over-Radio: I/Q-Stream Backhauling for Cloud-Based Networks via Millimeter Wave Links“, IWCPM 2013, Dec. 13, 2013, Atlanta (USA)
• B.-S. Shin, H. Paul, D. Wübben and A. Dekorsy, “Reduced Overhead Distributed Consensus-Based Estimation Algorithm“, IWCPM 2013, Dec. 13, 2013, Atlanta (USA)
• M. Cardone, D. Tuninetti, R. Knopp and U. Salim, “On the Interference Channel with Causal Cognition“, IEEE ICC 2013 June, 2013, Budapest (Hungary)
• M. Cardone, D. Tuninetti, R. Knopp and U. Salim, “Gaussian Half-Duplex Relay Channels: Generalized Degrees of Freedom and Constant Gap Results“, IEEE ICC 2013 June, 2013, Budapest (Hungary)
• M. Cardone, D. Tuninetti, R. Knopp and U. Salim, “The symmetric sum-capacity of the Gaussian Half-Duplex Causal Cognitive Interference Channel to within a constant gap“, IEEE ISIT 2013, July, 2013, Istanbul (Turkey)
• M. Cardone, D. Tuninetti, R. Knopp and U. Salim, “The Capacity to within a constant gap of the Gaussian Half-Duplex Relay Channel“, IEEE ISIT 2013, July, 2013, Istanbul (Turkey)
• V. Suryaprakash and G. P. Fettweis, “An Analysis of Backhaul Costs of Radio Access Networks using Stochastic Geometry”, IEEE ICC 2014 June, 2014, Sydney (Australia)  (submitted)
• Y. Qi, M. A. Imran, A. Quddus and R. Tafazolli, “Achievable Rate Optimization for Coordinated Multi-Point Transmission (CoMP) in Cloud-Based RAN Architecture”, IEEE ICC 2014 June, 2014, Sydney (Australia)  (submitted)
• M. Cardone, D. Tuninetti, R. Knopp and U. Salim, “On the capacity of full-duplex causal cognitive interference channels to within a constant gap”, IEEE ICC 2014 June, 2014, Sydney (Australia)  (submitted)
• G. Xu, H. Paul, W. Dirk, and A. Dekorsy, “Fast Distributed Consensus-based Estimation for Cooperative Wireless Sensor Networks”, 18th International ITG Workshop on Smart Antennas (WSA 2014), March, 2014, Erlangen (Germany) (accepted)
• A. Prasad, A. Maeder and C. Ng, “Energy Efficient Small Cell Activation Mechanism for Heterogeneous Networks”, IEEE BWA workshop at GLOBECOM 2013, December, 2013, Atlanta (USA) (accepted)

Standardisation activities

IETF

• Requirements for Distributed Mobility Management, draft-ietf-dmm-requirements-09. Editor: H. Chan (Huawei Technologies); Co-author: Carlos J. Bernardos (UC3M).
• Distributed Mobility Management: Current practices and gap analysis, draft-ietf-dmm-best-practices-gap-analysis-02.Editor: D. Liu (China Mobile); Co-author: Carlos J. Bernardos (UC3M).
• Mobile Communication Congestion Exposure Scenario, draft-ietf-conex-mobile-02. Authors: D. Kutscher, F. Mir, R. Winter (NEC); Carlos J. Bernardos (UC3M).

Other

• The project has also contributed to ONF, 3GPP and ITU. However, these contributions have not been included here due to the confidentiality of the information.

Workshop Panels

• First International Workshop on Cloud-Processing in Heterogeneous Mobile Communication Networks (website)
• First International Workshop on Cloud Technologies and Energy Efficiency in Mobile Communication Networks (website)
• Second International Workshop on Cloud Technologies and Energy Efficiency in Mobile Communication Networks (website)