Post on 18-Aug-2020
Mobile Communications Dept. Highlights of Activities
Thrasyvoulos (Akis) Spyropoulos
13 March 2014
A Few Words About Me
1995-2000: Undergraduate studies in Greece National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) Specialization: Telecommunications and Networking
2000-2006: MSc and PhD in Los Angeles, California University of Southern California (USC) Thesis: Performance Analysis and Protocols for Wireless Networks
2006-2007: INRIA, Sophia-Antipolis Post-doc at Planete group
2007-2010: ETH, Zurich Senior Researcher/Lecturer (2007-2010)
2010-present: EURECOM Tenured Professor
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Mobile Communications: People
10 faculty members: Communications Theory Group
David Gesbert Dirk Slock Laura Cottatellucci Petros Elia
Advanced Wireless Technologies
Raymond Knopp Florian Kaltenberger
Wireless Systems and Protocols Christian Bonnet Navid Nikaein Jerome Haerri Thrasyvoulos Spyropoulos
Engineers and Postdocs Dominique Nussbaum Riadh Ghaddab Lionel Gauthier Reham Hashmat Aymen Hafsaoui Georgios Ropokis Mouncef Benmimoune Fatma Hrizi Delia Ciullo Guibene Wael Laurent Winckel Sebastien Roux Soumya Datta
28 Doctoral Students (as of october 2013)
Communication Theory Group
Research Directions Predicting the performance limits Development of various techniques at lower layers
Tools Algebra/Probabilities Information theory Game Theory Optimization Theory Modeling (channel,networks) Estimation and Detection Large system theory
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Advanced Wireless Technologies Group
Objectives Bring ideas to life through experimentation with
Real-time prototypes (Open Air radio platform) Scalable emulation platforms
Bring results from the group into 3GPP standards
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Wireless Systems and Protocols Group Objectives
Addressing challenging problems proposed by novel wireless systems by developing efficient communication protocols
Evaluating them on experimental platforms Bringing the methods to the standardization bodies
Active ETSI 3GPP, ITS and CAR 2 CAR involvement
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Where are we going?
Emerging research trends in Mobile Communications
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Communication Theory: Key trends
Small Cells Dense, low power, unplanned, full reuse networks Distributed optimization
CLOUD RAN PHY layer joint processing in the CLOUD
Fundamental limits of communications under complexity and knowledge constraints
Energy Harvesting Wireless
Transversal topics: Information theory for surveillance
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HARP project: The “dense vs massive” debate
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Dense cooperative network (single antenna base stations)
Massive MIMO BS (no cooperation needed)
Advanced Wireless Technologies
Machine-type Communications (MTC) and Sensor networks Joint-source channel coding for correlated analog sources Multiple-access for massive LTE-based networks Adaptive modulation and coding for MTC
Communication aspects of transportation systems Relays for networks in trams/trains/cars High-spectral efficiency spectrally-opportunistic backhaul for high-speed
train in TV white-spaces
Platform-based research Carrier-aggregation: LTE-Advanced and heterogeneous radio access
technologies (trial with OFCOM) Very High-spectral efficiency MODEM architectures (4x4 MIMO/MU-MIMO +
SA) (> 6 bps/Hz) Massive MIMO: reciprocity on active antenna arrays (collab IABG)
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OpenAirInterface: a new generation
The newest platform: ExpressMIMO2
Latest news in September 2013: Orange China, Beijing has connected OpenAirInterface code on a USRP
platform, in real-time, running at 6.25 MS/s. This achievement illustrates the validity of our Software Defined Radio approach in OAI, it is a World first.
Agilent China has used OAI platform as a Base station and set up a connexion with a commercial UE (Huawei E392U-12, FDD mode) !
KCL, Athens, INRETS, Univ. Bretage
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Wireless Systems and Protocols Proximity Network/Services for Smart Cities
Heterogeneous Proximity Networks LTE-Direct, WiFi- Direct, DSRC (ITS G5)
Heterogeneous mobility models and connectivity Human/Pedestrian, Vehicles, Motorcycles
Disruptive protocols for Internet-of-Things (IPv6 mobility, disruptive TCP/UDP) Transportation & mobile social services (traffic, service modeling) Cognitive Mesh networks (resource allocation)
4G+ toward 5G radio access Cloud radio access network and virtualization of radio access network End-to-end energy efficiency and load balancing Multihop networking support Massive and dense network support to enable Internet of Thing Fast and ultras fast content and service access IPv6
M2M / LTE and Machine Type Communication LTE M2M Gateway, traffic aggregation and modeling Service definition and Semantic treatments
Application Layer Mobile application and service design and development methodology (Android, iOS,
PhoneGap) GREEN TERMINALS: Power consumption management for wireless tablet applications
Projects (externally funded)
Total project revenue 2013 2534 K Euros
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EU
ANR Agence Nationale
Recherche
Direct contracts
Current EU Projects (9) LOLA (EURECOM Coordinator): Achieving low-latency in wireless communications (just finished-
Excellent evaluation)
CONECT : COOPERATIVE NETWORKING FOR HIGH CAPACITY TRANSPORT ARCHITECTURES (just finished)
WHERE 2: Wireless hybrid enhanced mobile radio estimators,
NEWCOM#: Network of excellence in wireless Communications++
@CROPOLIS: Advanced coexistence technologies for radio optimization in licensed and unlicensed spectrum (NoE)
MEDIEVAL: MultimEDia transport for mobIlE Video AppLications
HARP: High capacity network Architecture with Remote radio heads & Parasitic antenna arrays
COLOMBO: Cooperative Self-Organizing System for Low CarbOn MoBility at LOw Penetration Rates
E-CROPS: Energy harvesting Communication networks
ADEL: Advanced Dynamic spectrum 5G mobile networks Employing Licensed shared access
SOLDER: Spectrum Overlay through Aggregation of Heterogeneous Dispersed Bands
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Additional projects
VELCRI (Ademe)
SCOREF (DGCIS FUI) (collaboration with NS &S department)
LTE-Now (DGCIS FUI)
SMART 4G Tablet (DGCIS FUI)
WL-BOX (DGCIS FUI)
LICORNE (ANR)
SYMPA (DGCIS FUI)
4GInVitro (FUI)
DATATWEET (ANR)
MIDNET (DGA)
IMAGE-NET (ANR Blanc Intl)
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CORRIDOR (ANR)
SYSTUF (DGCIS)
SPECTRA (CELTIC)
Direct Contracts: Intel, Orange Labs, Mitsubishi Labs,
CNES, ETSI.
Visibility
10 graduated Phd students (oct.2012- oct.2013)
Publications (1year: 2012): Journals: 27 Intl journals and book chapters Conferences: 90 Intl Conferences
3 New HDR defenses
Awards: 2 paper awards
• 2013 IEEE Best Signal Processing Paper Award • Best Conference Paper Award, The 13th International
Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks.
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Visibility Chairs Program Chair, Communication Theory Symposium,
IEEE ICC, 2013 Budapest General Chair, IEEE Communications Theory Workshop,
June 2013, Thailand. Program Chair ACM SIGSIM 2013 Program Chair, IEEE VTC 2013, ITS track Program Chair, 2013 ACM Workshop on Challenged
Networks, Mobicom Program Chair, 2014 IEEE Network Science workshop
6 International conference tutorials
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