QMIC Research: Recent submissions
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Exploiting multiple wireless interfaces in smartphones for traffic offloading
( IEEE , 2013 , Conference)Smartphones are evolving at a fast rate in terms of their computational, storage, and communications capabilities. A high-end smartphone is equipped with multiple wireless interfaces with varying bit rates, energy consumption ... -
Heterogeneous LTE/802.11a mobile relays for data rate enhancement and energy-efficiency in high speed trains
( IEEE , 2012 , Conference)Performance enhancements of cellular networks for passengers in high speed railway systems are investigated. Relays placed on top of each train car are proposed. These relays communicate with the cellular base station (BS) ... -
A game theoretic framework for energy efficient deployment and operation of heterogeneous LTE networks
( IEEE , 2013 , Conference)In this paper, a game theoretical framework for energy efficient operation of heterogeneous LTE cellular networks is proposed. Within this framework, two game theoretic concepts are studied and analyzed. The first approach ... -
Wireless sensor network for real-time air pollution monitoring
( IEEE , 2013 , Conference)This paper presents an ambient real-time air quality monitoring system. The system consists of several distributed monitoring stations that communicate wirelessly with a backend server using machine-to-machine communication. ... -
LTE radio resource management for real-time smart meter reading in the smart grid
( IEEE , 2015 , Conference)In this paper, the real-time reading of smart meter information in dense deployments of smart meters is investigated. Specifically, the paper aims to answer the question of whether long term evolution (LTE) and/or LTE-Advanced ... -
Cluster based V2V communications for enhanced QoS of SVC video streaming over vehicular networks
( IEEE , 2014 , Conference)Cooperative vehicle-To-vehicle (V2V) communications for real-Time video streaming of scalable video coded (SVC) videos is investigated, and a novel clustering method is proposed. In the proposed method, moving vehicles are ... -
Achieving green LTE-A HetNets with D2D traffic offload and renewable energy powered small cell BSS
( IEEE , 2014 , Conference)Energy aware coordination between mobile devices and the cellular network infrastructure is studied. The objective is to rely on both device-to-device (D2D) communications and any small cell base stations (BSs) that can ... -
LTE radio network planning with HetNets: BS placement optimization using simulated annealing
( IEEE , 2014 , Conference)In this paper, the optimization of base station (BS) deployment is investigated. After determining an approximate number of required BSs to cover an area of interest, the positions of these BSs are determined using the ... -
Network QoE metrics for assessing system-level performance of radio resource management algorithms in LTE networks
( IEEE , 2014 , Conference)In this paper, the quality of experience (QoE) of real-time video streaming over long term evolution (LTE) networks is investigated. Network QoE metrics are proposed in order to capture the overall performance of radio ... -
QoS-aware joint uplink-downlink scheduling in FDD LTE-Advanced with carrier aggregation
( IEEE , 2014 , Conference)Efficient resource utilization is of a high importance for LTE/LTE-A network performance and provisioning of user quality of experience. The eNodeB (LTE base station) is responsible for controlling the radio resources ... -
Green operation of LTE-A femtocell networks benefiting from centralized control
( IEEE , 2015 , Conference)Green operation of a specific category of femtocell networks, where a central controller can control the network within the premises of a campus or building, is investigated. An energy efficient approach for switching off ... -
Empirical evaluation of acoustical signals for leakage detection in underground plastic pipes
( IEEE , 2014 , Conference)In this paper, an empirical evaluation of acoustical signals for leakage detection and quantification in underground plastic pipes for main water distribution networks is presented. Several experiments have been carried ... -
A game theoretic framework for green hetnets using D2D traffic offload and renewable energy powered base stations
( IGI Global , 2015 , Book chapter)This chapter investigates the interplay between cooperative device-to-device (D2D) communications and green communications in LTE heterogeneous networks (HetNets). Two game theoretic concepts are studied and analyzed in ... -
A game theoretic framework for green HetNets using D2D traffic offload and renewable energy powered base stations
( IGI Global , 2016 , Book chapter)This chapter investigates the interplay between cooperative device-to-device (D2D) communications and green communications in LTE heterogeneous networks (HetNets). Two game theoretic concepts are studied and analyzed in ... -
Next-Generation Environment-Aware Cellular Networks: Modern Green Techniques and Implementation Challenges
( IEEE , 2016 , Article)Over the last decade, mobile communications have been witnessing a noteworthy increase of data traffic demand that is causing an enormous energy consumption in cellular networks. The reduction of their fossil fuel consumption ... -
Fair optimization of video streaming quality of experience in LTE networks using distributed antenna systems and radio resource management
( John Wiley and Sons Ltd , 2014 , Article)Network quality of experience (QoE) metrics are proposed in order to capture the overall performance of radio resource management (RRM) algorithms in terms of video quality perceived by the end users. Metrics corresponding ... -
Enhancing the QoS of real-time video streaming over LTE MBMS using D2D communications
( Association for Computing Machinery , 2012 , Conference)Real-time video streaming over LTE multicast and broadcast multimedia services (MBMS) is investigated. The impact of device-to-device (D2D) communications in enhancing the quality of service (QoS) and reducing energy ... -
An energy-efficient M2M communication method for leakage detection in underground water pipes
( Association for Computing Machinery , 2012 , Conference)An application of machine-to-machine (M2M) communication for leakage detection in underground water infrastructures is considered. A mobile sensor immersed in the water pipe is assumed to communicate with relay nodes on ... -
Cooperative wireless sensor networks for green internet of things
( Association for Computing Machinery , 2012 , Conference)Green internet of things are investigated by studying energy efficiency in wireless sensor networks. A cooperative multihop data transmission approach is presented and analyzed. Significant energy savings are achieved with ... -
Joint energy-distortion aware algorithms for cooperative video streaming over LTE networks
( Elsevier , 2013 , Article)Real-time video streaming over long-term evolution (LTE) networks is investigated in the presence of mobile-to-mobile collaboration. A multi-objective problem for energy and distortion minimization is formulated and an ...
