Recent Submissions

  • Autopsy of Ethereum's post-merge reward system 

    Cortes Goicoechea, Mikel; Mohandas Daryanani, Tarun; Muñoz Tapia, José Luis; Bautista Gómez, Leonardo (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2023)
    Conference report
    Open Access
    Like most modern blockchain networks, Ethereum has relied on economic incentives to promote honest participation in the chain's consensus. The distributed character of the platform, together with the "randomness" or "luck" ...
  • A distance-weighted dynamic bandwidth allocation algorithm for improved performance in long-reach passive optical networks for next generation networks 

    Haastrup, Adebanjo; Zehri, Mohammad Habib; Rincón Rivera, David; Piney da Silva, José Ramón; Bazzi, Ali (2023-08-11)
    Article
    Open Access
    In recent years, there has been an increasing trend towards extending the coverage of passive optical networks (PONs) over large geographical areas. Long-reach PONs (LRPONs) are capable of extending the distance covered ...
  • Design and evaluation of a K8s-based system for distributed open-source cellular networks 

    Palomares Torrecilla, Javier; Coronado, Estefanía; Rincón Rivera, David; Siddiqui, Shuaib (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2023)
    Conference report
    Open Access
    Virtualization in cellular networks is one of the key areas of research where technologies, infrastructure and challenges are rapidly changing as 5G system architecture demands a paradigm shift. This paper aims to study ...
  • Optimizing resource allocation in long-reach PONs for improved performance in 6G networks 

    Haastrup, Adebanjo; Zehri, Mohammad Habib; Rincón Rivera, David; Piney da Silva, José Ramón (2023)
    Conference report
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    Next-generation cellular networks, such as 6G, will require high-speed and low-latency connectivity to support advanced services and applications. Passive Optical Networks (PONs) have emerged as a promising solution to ...
  • The digital platform for the Unite! alliance: the metacampus 

    Haji Mohammadali, Farnaz; Alcober Segura, Jesús Ángel (2023)
    Conference lecture
    Open Access
    Nine European technology universities constitute the Unite! Alliance, a network that creates a new model for a virtual and physical European interuniversity campus through close cooperation, physical and virtual mobility ...
  • Enabling intelligence inclusiveness in edge to cloud continuum challenges and opportunities 

    Palomares Torrecilla, Javier; Coronado, Estefanía; Cervelló Pastor, Cristina; Siddiqui, Muhammad Shuaib (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2023)
    Conference report
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    Edge to Cloud Continuum is a concept that integrates cloud computing and cellular networks that has been gaining popularity due to its potential to provide a seamless user experience and address the challenges of managing ...
  • Privacy-centered authentication: a new framework and analysis 

    Robles González, Antonio; Arias Cabarcos, Patricia; Parra Arnau, Javier (2023-09)
    Article
    Open Access
    The usage of authentication schemes is increasing in our daily life with the ubiquitous spreading Internet services. The verification of user’s identity is still predominantly password-based, despite of being susceptible ...
  • SoK: differentially private publication of trajectory data 

    Miranda Pascual, Àlex; Guerra Balboa, Patricia; Parra Arnau, Javier; Forné Muñoz, Jorge; Strufe, Thorsten (2023-04)
    Article
    Open Access
    Trajectory analysis holds many promises, from improvements in traffic management to routing advice or infrastructure development. However, learning users’ paths is extremely privacy-invasive. Therefore, there is a necessity ...
  • Enabling multi-tenant cellular IoT services over LEO constellations in future 6G networks 

    Kellermann, Timo Nicolas; Calveras Augé, Anna M.; Pueyo Centelles, Roger; Camps, Dani; Ferrús Ferré, Ramón Antonio; Guadalupi, Marco (International Astronautical Federation, 2022)
    Conference report
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    Satellite-based, non-terrestrial networks (NTN) are crucial in providing global connectivity coverage, supporting important use cases in future 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) 6th generation networks (6G). Existing ...
  • PlonKup: Reconciling PlonK with plookup 

    Pearson, Luke; Fitzgerald, Joshua; Masip Ardévol, Héctor; Ballés Muñoz, Marta; Muñoz Tapia, José Luis (2022-01-25)
    Research report
    Open Access
    In 2019, Gabizon, Williamson, and Ciobotaru introduced PlonK – a fast and flexible ZK-SNARK with an updatable and universal structured reference string. PlonK uses a grand product argument to check permutations of wire ...
  • La publicación de trayectorias: un estudio sobre la protección de la privacidad 

    Guerra Balboa, Patricia; Miranda Pascual, Àlex; Parra Arnau, Javier; Forné Muñoz, Jorge; Strufe, Thorsten (Universidad de Cantabria, 2022)
    Conference report
    Open Access
    El analisis de las trayectorias encierra numerosas ´ promesas, desde mejoras en la gestion del tr ´ afico hasta recomen- ´ daciones de ruta, o incluso en el desarrollo de infraestructuras. Sin embargo, conocer los lugares ...
  • An adversarial-risk-analysis approach to counterterrorist online surveillance 

    Gil Espinasa, César; Parra Arnau, Javier (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2019-01-24)
    Article
    Open Access
    The Internet, with the rise of the IoT, is one of the most powerful means of propagating a terrorist threat, and at the same time the perfect environment for deploying ubiquitous online surveillance systems.This paper ...

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