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  • On the value of context awareness for relay activation in beyond 5G radio access networks 

    Pérez Romero, Jordi; Sallent Roig, Oriol (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2022)
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    This paper envisions to augment the Radio Access Network (RAN) infrastructure in Beyond 5G(B5G) systems by exploiting relaying capabilities of user equipment (UE) as a way to improve the coverage, capacity and robustness. ...
  • On relay user equipment activation in beyond 5G radio access networks 

    Pérez Romero, Jordi; Sallent Roig, Oriol; Ruiz García, Olga (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2022)
    Conference report
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    This paper envisages a Beyond 5G (B5G) Radio Access Network (RAN) in which the relaying capabilities offered by user equipment (UE) are used as a way to improve the coverage and robustness of the network. The paper proposes ...
  • On alleviating cell overload in vehicular scenarios 

    Trullenque Ortiz, Martín; Sallent Roig, Oriol; Camps Mur, Daniel; Escrig, Josep; Herranz Claveras, Carlos; Nasreddine, Jad; Pérez Romero, Jordi (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2022)
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    Fifth Generation (5G) networks will support countless new applications and new business models. One of the 5G paradigms is network slicing, which enables the integration of multiple logical networks each one tailored to ...
  • On the training of reinforcement learning-based algorithms in 5G and beyond radio access networks 

    Vilà Muñoz, Irene; Pérez Romero, Jordi; Sallent Roig, Oriol (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2022)
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    Reinforcement Learning (RL)-based algorithmic solutions have been profusely proposed in recent years for addressing multiple problems in the Radio Access Network (RAN). However, how RL algorithms have to be trained for a ...
  • Impact analysis of training in deep reinforcement learning-based radio access network slicing 

    Vilà Muñoz, Irene; Pérez Romero, Jordi; Sallent Roig, Oriol; Umbert Juliana, Anna (2022)
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    Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) has recently emerged as a promising technique to deal with different problems in the 5G and beyond Radio Access Network (RAN). The practical implementation of DRL solutions in the real ...
  • A deep Q-network-based algorithm for multi-connectivity optimization in heterogeneous cellular-networks † 

    Hernández Carlón, Juan Jesús; Pérez Romero, Jordi; Sallent Roig, Oriol; Vilà Muñoz, Irene; Casadevall Palacio, Fernando José (2022-08-01)
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    The use of multi-connectivity has become a useful tool to manage the traffic in heterogeneous cellular network deployments, since it allows a device to be simultaneously connected to multiple cells. The proper exploitation ...
  • Novel architecture for cellular IoT in future non-terrestrial networks: store and forward adaptations for enabling discontinuous feeder link operation 

    Kellermann, Timo Nicolas; Pueyo Centelles, Roger; Camps-Mur, Daniel; Ferrús Ferré, Ramón Antonio; Guadalupi, Marco; Calveras Augé, Anna M. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2022-06-29)
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    The Internet of Things (IoT) paradigm has already progressed from an emerging technology to an incredibly fast-growing field. Defined as one of the three key services in 5th Generation (5G), massive Machine Type Communications ...
  • Evaluation of a multi-cell and multi-tenant capacity sharing solution under heterogeneous traffic distributions 

    Vilà Muñoz, Irene; Pérez Romero, Jordi; Sallent Roig, Oriol; Umbert Juliana, Anna (2021)
    Conference lecture
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    One of the key features of the 5G architecture is network slicing, which allows the simultaneous support of diverse service types with heterogeneous requirements over a common network infrastructure. In order to support ...
  • A novel approach for dynamic capacity sharing in multi-tenant scenarios 

    Vilà Muñoz, Irene; Pérez Romero, Jordi; Sallent Roig, Oriol; Umbert Juliana, Anna (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2020)
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    Network slicing is included as a key feature of the 5G architecture in order to simultaneously support diverse service types with heterogeneous requirements. The realization of network slicing in the Radio Access Network ...
  • A shared CubeSat and LEO constellation for quantum key distribution service and 5G IoT service: QUANGO project overview and design considerations 

    Sarica, Danilo; Balossino, Alessandro; Simonetti, Simone; Vallone, Giuseppe; Villoresi, Paolo; Berra, Federico; Guadalupi, Marco; Llorens Aymerich, Isaac; Ferrer, Josep; Ferrús Ferré, Ramón Antonio (International Astronautical Federation, 2021)
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    Secure and reliable exchange of data and information plays a crucial role in our society, for example protecting money transfers, commercial transactions, medical data, remote control of sensible infrastructures, etc. ...
  • Designing a 3GPP NB-IoT NTN service for CubeSats in low density constellations 

    Guadalupi, Marco; Ferrer, Josep; Ferrús Ferré, Ramón Antonio; Llorens Aymerich, Isaac; González Muiño, Alberto; Mañero Contreras, Alberto; Brandborg Sørensen, Reneé; Krogh Moeller, Henrik; Calveras Augé, Anna M.; Kellermann, Timo; Afaqui, Muhammad Shahwaiz (International Astronautical Federation, 2021)
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    The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), the standard development organization in charge of the 5G mobile system specifications, is currently developing the adaption of the NB-IoT protocol for non-terrestrial networks ...
  • Leveraging user equipment for radio access network augmentation 

    Pérez Romero, Jordi; Sallent Roig, Oriol (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2021)
    Conference report
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    Along the successive generations, mobile network infrastructure deployments have required continuous expansion and upgrades to respond to the ever increasing traffic demand. At the same time, user equipment (UE) has evolved ...

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