Publications

Journal papers:

• Cardone, M.; Tuninetti, D.; Knopp, R.; Salim, U., “On the Gaussian Half-Duplex Relay Channel“, Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on , vol.60, no.5, pp.2542,2562, May 2014
• 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
• 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“, Communications Magazine, IEEE , vol.52, no.5, pp.68,76, May 2014
• 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“, Signal Processing Magazine, IEEE , vol.31, no.6, pp.35,44, Nov. 2014
• M. Shariat, A. Ul Quddus and R. Tafazolli, “Joint TDD Backhaul and Access Optimization in Dense Small Cell Networks“, Vehicular Technology, IEEE Transactions on , vol.PP, no.99, pp.1,1
• F. Giust, A. de la Oliva and C.J. Bernardos, “Analytic Evaluation and Experimental Validation of a Network-based IPv6 Distributed Mobility Management Solution“, Mobile Computing, IEEE Transactions on , vol.13, no.11, pp.2484,2497, Nov. 2014
• 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“, Wireless Communications, IEEE , vol.21, no.3, pp.52,61, June 2014
• P. Rost, and A. Prasad, “Opportunistic Hybrid ARQ – Enabler of Centralized-RAN over Non-Ideal Backhaul“, IEEE Wireless Communication Letters, vol. 3, no. 5, pp. 481 – 484, Oct. 2014.
• A. Prasad, A. Maeder, “Backhaul-aware energy efficient heterogeneous networks with dual connectivity“, Telecommunication Systems, May 2015, Volume 59, Issue 1, pp 25-41
• Giust, F.; Cominardi, L.; Bernardos, C., “Distributed mobility management for future 5G networks: overview and analysis of existing approaches“, Communications Magazine, IEEE , vol.53, no.1, pp.142,149, January 2015
• Sabella, D.; De Domenico, A.; Katranaras, E.; Imran, M.A.; di Girolamo, M.; Salim, U.; Lalam, M.; Samdanis, K.; Maeder, A., “Energy Efficiency Benefits of RAN-as-a-Service Concept for a Cloud-Based 5G Mobile Network Infrastructure,” Access, IEEE , vol.2, no., pp.1586,1597, 2014
• RAS Cluster, A. Banchs and P. Rost, “5G Radio Network Architecture“, White Paper by RAS Cluster
• E. Pateromichelakis, M. Shariat, Atta Ul Quddus, Rahim Tafazolli, “Graph-based Multi-cell Scheduling in OFDMA-based Small Cell Networks“, Access, IEEE , vol.2, no., pp.897-908, 2014
• R. Fritzsche, P. Rost and G. Fettweis, “Robust Rate Adaptation and Proportional Fair Scheduling with Imperfect CSI“, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Volume:PP, Issue: 99, pp. 1,10, April 2015
• A. Garcia-Saavedra, A. Banchs, P. Serrano and J. Widmer, “Adaptive Mechanism for Distributed Opportunistic Scheduling“, IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, Volume:14, Issue: 6, pp.3494,3508, February 2015
• D. Wübben and P. Rost, “Virtualisierung in 5G-Mobilfunknetzen”, ITG News
• C. Donato, P. Serrano, A. de la Oliva, A. Banchs, C.J. Bernardos, “An OpenFlow Architecture for Energy Aware Traffic Engineering in Mobile Networks”, IEEE Network (accepted)
• V. Suryaprakash, P. Rost and Gerhard Fettweis, “Are Heterogeneous Cloud-Based Radio Access Networks Cost Effective?”, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communication (accepted)
• P. Rost, S. Talarico, M. Valenti, “The Complexity-Rate Tradeoff of Centralized Radio Access Networks”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (accepted)
• L. Cominardi, C.J. Bernardos, P. Serrano, A. Banchs and A. de la Oliva, “An SDN-based architecture for 5G networks: design and proof of concept”, IEEE Communications Magazine on Software Defined Wireless Networks (SDWN) (submitted)
• 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)
• 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, I. Berberana, A. Dekorsy, G. Fettweis, A. Maeder, H.Paul, V. Suryaprakash, M. Valenti, and D. Wübben, “Benefits and Challenges of Virtualization in 5G Radio Access Networks”, IEEE Communications Managazine, Communications Standards supplement, Special Issue on Advanced Cloud and Virtualization Technologies for 5G (submitted)
• J. Bartelt, P. Rost, D. Wübben, J. Lessmann, B. Melis, and G. Fettweis, “Fronthaul and Backhaul Requirements for Flexible Centralization in Cloud Radio Access Networks”, IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, SI on Smart Backhauling and Fronthauling for 5G Networks (submitted)
• L. Zhang, A. Ul Quddus, E. Katranaras, D. Wübben, Y. Qi and Rahim Tafazolli, “Performance Analysis and Optimal Cooperative Cluster Size for Randomly Distributed Small Cells under Cloud RAN”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (submitted)

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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• G. Xu, H. Paul, D.Wübben 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)
• 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)
• D. Wübben, H. Paul, B.-S. Shin, G. Xu and A. Dekorsy, “Comparative Study of Distributed Consensus-based Estimation Schemes for Small-Cell Networks“, EuCNC 2014, June, 2014, Bologna (Italy)
• A. Maeder, M. Lalam, A. De Domenico, E. Pateromichelakis, D. Wübben, J. Bartelt, R. Fritzsche and P. Rost, “Towards a Flexible Functional Split for Cloud-RAN Networks“, EuCNC 2014, June, 2014, Bologna (Italy)
• A. Prasad and A. Maeder, “Energy Saving Enhancement for LTE-Advanced Heterogeneous Networks with Dual Connectivity“, IEEE VTC Fall 2014, October, 2014, Vancouver (Canada)
• R. Fritzsche, P. Rost and G.P. Fettweis, “Robust Proportional Fair Scheduling with Imperfect CSI and Fixed Outage Probability“, IEEE PIMRC 2014, September, 2014, Washington DC (USA)
• N. Sapountzis, S. Sarantidis, T. Spyropoulos, N. Nikaein and U. Salim, “Reducing the Energy Consumption of Small Cell Networks subject to QoE constraints“, IEEE Globecom 2014, December, 2014, Austin (USA)
• J. Bartelt and G. Fettweis, “An Improved Decoder for Cloud-Based Mobile Networks under Imperfect Fronthaul“, WONC@IEEE Globecom 2014, December, 2014, Austin (USA)
• M. C. Valenti, S. Talarico and P. Rost, “The Role of Computational Outage in Dense Cloud-Based Centralized Radio Access Networks“, IEEE Globecom 2014, December, 2014, Austin (USA)
• P. de Kerret, R. Fritzsche, D. Gesbert and U. Salim, “Robust Precoding for Network MIMO with Hierarchical CSIT“, ISWCS 2014, August, 2014, Barcelona (Spain)
• D. Wübben, H. Paul, P. Balleydier, V. Savin and P. Rost, “Decoder Implementation for Cloud Based Architectures“, EuCNC 2014, June, 2014, Bologna (Italy)
• D. Wübben, H. Paul, B.-S. Shin, G. Xu and A. Dekorsy, “Distributed Consensus-based Estimation for Small-Cell Cooperative Networks“, IEEE BWA workshop at GLOBECOM 2014, December, 2014, Austin (USA)
• G. Xu, H. Paul, D. Wübben and A. Dekorsy, “Distributed Augmented Lagrangian Method for Cooperative Estimation in Small Cell Networks“, 10th International ITG Conference on Systems, Communications and Coding (SCC 2015), February, 2015, Hamburg (Germany)
• K. Samdanis, D. Kutscher and A. Ripke, “Enhancing User QoE in Multi-Carrier LTE Dense Networks via Multi-Path Support“, European Wireless Conference, March, 2014, Barcelona (Spain)
• D. Sabella, P. Rost, A. Banchs, V. Savin, M. Consonni, M. Di Girolamo, M. Lalam, A. Maeder and I. Berberana, “Benefits and challenges of cloud technologies for 5G architecture”, IEEE VTC Spring 2015, June, 2015, Glasgow (UK) (accepted)
• H. Paul, D. Wübben and P. Rost, “Implementation and Analysis of Forward Error Correction Decoding for Cloud-RAN Systems”, IEEE ICC 2015, IWCPM Workshop, June, 2015, London (UK) (accepted)
• P. de Kerret, S. Lasaulce, D. Gesbert and U. Salim, “Best Response Team Power Control for the Interference Channel with Local CSI”, IEEE ICC 2015, June, 2015, London (UK) (accepted)
• D. Wang, L. Zhang, Y. Qi and A. Ul Quddus, “Localized Mobility Management for SDN-Integrated LTE Backhaul Networks”, IEEE VTC Spring 2015, May, 2015, Glasgow (UK) (accepted)
• D. Wang, E. Katranaras, A. Ul Quddus, N. Sapountzis, L. Cominardi, F.-C. Kuo, C.J. Bernardos and I. Berberana, “SDN-based Joint Backhaul and Access Design for Efficient Network Layer Operations”, EuCNC2015, June, 2015, Paris (France) (accepted)
• E. Pateromichelakis, A. Maeder, A. De Domenico, R. Fritzsche and P. de Kerret, “Joint RAN/Backhaul Optimization in virtualized 5G RAN”, EuCNC2015, June, 2015, Paris (France) (accepted)
• J. Montalvo, M. Arroyo, J. A. Torrijos, J. Lorca and Ignacio Berberana, “Fixed-Mobile Convergence and Virtualization in 5G optical transport networks”, ICTON 2015, July, 2015, Budapest (Hungary) (accepted)
• Z. Mheich, A. De Domenico and V. Savin, “Uplink Capacity and User Association for Cooperative Heterogeneous Cellular Networks”, IEEE SPAWC 2015, June, 2015, Stockholm (Sweden) (accepted)
• N. Sapountzis, S. Sarantidis, T. Spyropoulos, Navid Nikaein and Umer Salim, “An Analytical Framework for Optimal Downlink-Uplink User Association in HetNets with Traffic Differentiation”, IEEE Globecom 2015, December, 2015, San Diego (USA) (accepted)
• A. De Domenico, V. Savin, D. Ktenas and A. Maeder, “Fuzzy Q-Learning based Small Cell Control in Dense Heterogeneous Cellular Networks”, IEEE Globecom 2015, December, 2015, San Diego (USA) (submitted)
• P. Rost, A. Maeder, M.C. Valenti and S. Talarico, “Computationally aware sum-rate optimal scheduling for centralized radio access networks”, IEEE Globecom 2015, December, 2015, San Diego (USA) (submitted)
• M. Lalam and T. Iestable, “Centralised Radio Resource Management for Scalable Multi-Point Turbo-Detection in Dense Small Cells Deployment”, IEEE Globecom 2015, December, 2015, San Diego (USA) (submitted)