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  • 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)
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    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 ...
  • Privacy-centered authentication: a new framework and analysis 

    Robles González, Antonio; Arias Cabarcos, Patricia; Parra Arnau, Javier (2023-09)
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    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)
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    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 ...
  • An adversarial-risk-analysis approach to counterterrorist online surveillance 

    Gil Espinasa, César; Parra Arnau, Javier (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2019-01-24)
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    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 ...
  • Energy consumption model of SCHC packet fragmentation over Sigfox LPWAN 

    Aguilar Romero, Sergio; Platis, Antonio; Vidal Ferré, Rafael; Gómez Montenegro, Carlos (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2022-03-09)
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    Open Access
    The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) has standardized a new framework, called Static Context Header Compression and fragmentation (SCHC), which offers adaptation layer functionality designed to support IPv6 over Low ...
  • Stochastic simulation of successive waves of COVID-19 in the province of Barcelona 

    Bosman, Martine; Esteve Palos, Albert; Gabbanelli, Luciano; Jordán Parra, Javier; López Gay, Antonio; Manera, Marc; Martínez Rodríguez, Manel; Masjuan Queralt, Pere; Mir Martínez, Lluïsa Maria; Paradells Aspas, Josep; Pignatelli, Alessio; Riu, Imma; Vitagliano, Vincenzo (2023-03)
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    Open Access
    Analytic compartmental models are currently used in mathematical epidemiology to forecast the COVID-19 pandemic evolution and explore the impact of mitigation strategies. In general, such models treat the population as a ...
  • Deep learning and 5G and beyond for child drowning prevention in swimming pools 

    Cepeda Pacheco, Juan Carlos; Domingo Aladrén, Mari Carmen (2022-10-10)
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    Open Access
    Drowning is a major health issue worldwide. The World Health Organization’s global report on drowning states that the highest rates of drowning deaths occur among children aged 1–4 years, followed by children aged 5–9 ...
  • Fast data recovery for improved mobility support in multiradio dual connectivity 

    Pupiales Yépez, Carlos; Laselva, Daniela; Demirkol, Ilker Seyfettin (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2022-09-05)
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    Open Access
    Data aggregation is one of the crucial features of the 3GPP Multi-Radio Dual Connectivity (MR-DC) technology. However, mobility events and radio link failures, which may occur during the data aggregation, may pose challenges ...
  • Multi-party holomeetings: toward a new era of low-cost volumetric holographic meetings in virtual reality 

    Fernández Langa, Sergi; Montagud Climent, Mario; Cernigliaro, Gianluca; Rincón Rivera, David (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2022-08-09)
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    Open Access
    Fueled by advances in multi-party communications, increasingly mature immersive technologies being adopted, and the COVID-19 pandemic, a new wave of social virtual reality (VR) platforms have emerged to support socialization, ...
  • 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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    Open Access
    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 ...
  • Toward hyper-realistic and interactive social VR experiences in live TV scenarios 

    Fernández Langa, Sergi; Montagud, Mario; Cernigliaro, Gianluca; Rincón Rivera, David (2022-03)
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    Open Access
    Social Virtual Reality (VR) allows multiple distributed users getting together in shared virtual environments to socially interact and/or collaborate. This article explores the applicability and potential of Social VR in ...
  • Evaluating the impact of delay constraints in network services for intelligent network slicing based on SKM model 

    Hamouda, Ahmed Mohamed Abdelaty Elmekkawi; Hesselbach Serra, Xavier; Piney da Silva, José Ramón (2021-08)
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    Open Access
    Solving the problem of network resource allocation with delay constraint is a significant challenge for realizing future Internet and 5G networks services such as advanced mobile broadband services and Internet of things ...

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