Communication Theory Technical Committee

ICC June 2014

Chair: Angel Lozano, UPF, SpainVice-Chair: Matthew Valenti, West Virginia University, USASecretary: Erik Perrins, University of Kansas, USA

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Agenda1. Brief Introductions (going around the room)

2. Approval of Minutes from 2013 IEEE GLOBECOM meeting (available at http://committees.comsoc.org/comt/)

3. Chair Remarks

4. Conference Reports:CT Symposium, ICC 2014 (Fulvio Babich)CT Symposium, GC 2014 (Kaibin Huang)CT Symposium, ICC 2015 (Meixia Tao)

5. Workshop Reports:CTW 2014 (Witold Krzymien)CTW 2015 (Jeff Andrews)CTW 2016 (Constantinos Papadias)

6. Other Items

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1. INTRODUCTIONS

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2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM 2013 IEEE ICC MEETING

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3. CHAIR REMARKS

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l Interest in chairing an ICC/GC symposium?l Waiting list a bit replenished after GC’13l Volunteers always soughtl Contact Angel/Matt/Erik

l Proposed chair candidates for ICC 2016 (CT, WC and SP symposia)

l ComSoc wants to strengthen the “best readings” program [New VP Technical Activities: Khaled Letaief, but it seems Best Readings will still be managed by Len Cimini]

l ComSoc Best readingsl Selection of books, articles, and papers l Links to papers with short descriptionsl Helpful to anyone intending to explore the given

topic

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l Existing Best Readings:l E-healthl Communications and Information Systems

Securityl Broadband Accessl Power Line in Communicationsl Cognitive Radiol Green Communicationsl Multi-Tier Cellular [Jeff Andrews, Andrea Conti,

Sherman Shen]l MmWave Communication (upcoming)

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Best Readings in Multi-Tier CellularBest Readings is a collection of Journal/Magazine Special Issues, books, articles, andpapers on a featured topic. This Best Readings is on Multi-Tier Cellular. The contributorsare: Jeff Andrews, Andrea Conti and Sherman Shen. For questions or comment clickhere. Issued May 2013

Special IssuesOverview Papers & Surveys BooksTopicsStandardization

Topics

ArchitectureResource ManagementSome Application Scenarios

Special IssuesIEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Special Issue on “Femtocells:Past, Present, and Future,” vol. 30, no. 3, April 2012.IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, Special Issue on “Heterogeneous CellularNetworks: From Theory to Practice,” vol.18, no.3, June 2012.IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, Special Issue on “Next GenerationCognitive Cellular Networks,” to appear, April 2013.

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Overview Papers & Surveys J. G. Andrews, "The Seven Ways HetNets are a Paradigm Shift", IEEECommunications Magazine, March 2013. This paper explains seven major ways that small-cell networks are different than traditionaltower-based cellular networks, and associated technical and research challenges, andrecommendations.

V. Chandrasekhar, J. Andrews, and A. Gatherer, “Femtocell networks: a survey,”IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 46, no. 9, pp. 59–67, 2008.This article overviews the technical and business arguments for femtocells and describesthe state of the art on each front.

H. Claussen, L. T. W. Ho, and L. G. Samuel, “An overview of the femtocell concept,”Bell Labs Technical Journal, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 221–245, May 2008.In this paper, a user-deployed femtocell solution based on the base station router (BSR)flat Internet Protocol (IP) cellular architecture is presented.

A. Damnjanovic, J. Montojo, Y. Wei, T. Ji, T. Luo, M. Vajapeyam, T. Yoo, O. Song, andD. Malladi, “A survey on 3GPP heterogeneous networks,” IEEE WirelessCommunications, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 10–21, 2011.This paper surveys current state-of-the-art in heterogeneous deployments and focus on3GPP LTE air interface to describe future trends.

A. Ghosh, N. Mangalvedhe, R. Ratasuk, B. Mondal, M. Cudak, E. Visotsky, T. A.Thomas, J. G. Andrews, P. Xia, H. S. Jo, H. S. Dhillon, and T. D. Novlan,"Heterogeneous Cellular Networks: From Theory to Practice", IEEECommunications Magazine, vol. 50, no. 6, June 2012.This article discusses new theoretical models for understanding the heterogeneouscellular networks of tomorrow, and the practical constraints and challenges that operatorsmust tackle in order for these networks to reach their potential.

R. Kim, J. S. Kwak, and K. Etemad, “WiMAX femtocell: requirements, challenges, andsolutions,” IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 47, no. 9, pp. 84 –91, Sep. 2009.This article presents an overview of WiMAX femtocell requirements, deployment models,and solutions in the near and long terms.

Z. Hasan, H. Boostanimehr, and V. K. Bhargava, “Green Cellular Networks: A Survey,Some Research Issues and Challenges,” IEEE Communications Surveys andTutorials, vol. 13, pp. 524–540, 2011.This paper provides a comprehensive survey on techniques to obtain energy savings inbase stations, by discussing how heterogeneous network deployment based on micro,pico and femtocells can be used to achieve this goal.

A. Khandekar, N. Bhushan, J. Tingfang, and V. Vanghi, “LTE-Advanced:Heterogeneous networks,” in Proceedings of IEEE Wireless Conference (EW),European, 2010, pp. 978–982.This paper discusses the need for an alternative deployment model or topology usingheterogeneous networks for LTE-Advanced.

N.M. Mosharaf Kabir Chowdhury, R. Boutaba, “Network virtualization: State of the artand research challenges,” IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 47, no. 7, pp. 20–26,July 2009. This article investigates the past and the state of the art in network virtualization along with

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the future challenges that must be addressed to realize a viable network virtualizationenvironment.

A. Damnjanovic, J. Montojo, Y. Wei, T. Ji, T. Luo, M. Vajapeyam, T. Yoo, O. Song, D.Malladi, “A survey on 3GPP heterogeneous networks,” IEEE WirelessCommunications, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 10–21, June. 2011. This article discusses the need for an alternative strategy, where low power nodes areoverlaid within a macro network, creating what is referred to as a heterogeneous network.

BooksT. Q. S. Quek, G. de la Roche, I. Guvenc, and M. Kountouris, “Small Cell Networks:Deployment, PHY Techniques, and Resource Allocation,” Cambridge UniversityPress, Jun. 2013.This book provides a comprehensive technical overview of small cell networks

L. Ortigoza-Guerrero and A. Aghvami, “Resource allocation in hierarchical cellularsystems,” Artech House, ISBN: 978-1580530668, 2000.This book addresses the problem of channel allocation in mobile cellular networks andpresents CAS for operation in universal mobile telecommunications systems formed ofhierarchical cellular structures.

J. Zhang and G. de la Roche, “Femtocells: Technologies and Deployment,” ISBN:978-0470742983, Wiley, Nov. 2009. The authors provide a comprehensive and organized explanation of the femtocellconcepts, architecture, air interface technologies, and challenging issues arising from thedeployment of femtocells.

S. Sesia, I. Toufik, and M. Baker, “LTE–The UMTS Long Term Evolution: FromTheory to Practice,” published in From Theory to Practice, ISBN: 978-0470697160,Wiley, 2009.This book offers comprehensive system-level understandings of LTE and the key featuresof LTE-Advanced.

L. Song and J. Shen, “Evolved Cellular Network Planning and Optimization for UMTSand LTE,” ISBN: 978-1439806494, Auerbach Publications, CRC Press, 2010. This book presents an accessible introduction to all stages of planning and optimizingUMTS, HSPA, and LTE cellular networks.

Z. Han, D. Niyato, W. Saad, T. Basar, and A. Hjorungnes, “Game Theory in Wirelessand Communication Networks: Theory, Models and Applications,” ISBN: 978-0521196963, Cambridge University Press, UK, 2012.This unified treatment of game theory focuses on finding state-of-the-art solutions to issuessurrounding the next generation of wireless and communications networks.

W. Song and W. Zhuang, “Interworking of Wireless LANs and Cellular Networks,”Springer Briefs in Computer Science, ISBN 978-1461443797, 2012.This book focuses on three aspects of interworking of wireless LANs and cellularNetworks, namely access selection, call admission control and load sharing.

X. Chu, D. Lopez-Perez, Y. Yang, and F. Gunnarsson, “Heterogeneous CellularNetworks: Theory, Simulation and Deployment,” ISBN: 978-1107023093, CambridgeUniversity Press, 2013.This book provides a comprehensive coverage of design, development, and deployment of

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heterogeneous cellular networks. The authors strike a delicate balance among theoreticalconcepts, simulation performance, and practical implementation, resulting in a completeand thorough exposition of various technologies. The book is highly recommended tothose interested in the emerging and future mobile communication systems.

L. Hanzo, Y. Akhtman, L. Wang, M. Jiang, "MIMO-OFDM for LTE, WiFi and WiMAX:Coherent versus Non-coherent and Cooperative Turbo Transceivers," ISBN-10:0470686693, Wiley-IEEE, 2010 This monograph collates the latest techniques in anumber of specific design areas of turbo-detected MIMO-OFDM wireless systems.

Standardization3GPP TS 25.467 V8.2.0 UTRAN architecture for 3G Home Node B (HNB).3GPP TS 25.469 V8.2.0 Home Node B Application Part (HNBAP) signaling.3GPP2 Femtocell Standard Released. 3GPP2. Retrieved 2010-12-19.3GPP, “Mobility Procedures for Home NodeB; Overall Description Stage 2,” TS25.367 (release 11), 2011.TR 36.921 Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); FDD Home eNodeB (HeNB) Radio Frequency (RF) requirements analysis.TR 36.922 Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); TDD Home eNodeB (HeNB) Radio Frequency (RF) requirements analysis.TR 36.932 Scenarios and Requirements of LTE Small Cell Enhancements

Source URL: http://www.comsoc.org/best-readings/multi-tier-cellular

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l Desirable to have more Best Readings on Comm-Theory topics.

l Massive MIMO by Matt Valenti.l If you want to take lead on other topics,

please contact Angel/Matt/Erik

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l ICC’15 in London.l Promotional video at website

Awardsl CTTC gives out 2 awards:

l Technical Achievement Awardl Outstanding Service Award

l Nominations due on June 30th

l A short sentence on the outstanding contribution and one page of supporting material.

l Usually awarded at Globecoml Next ICC or CTW, by request.

l Awards committee consists of 5 membersl Robert Heath, Riccardo Raheli, Daniella Tuninetti,

Jack Winters, Matt Valenti

Technical Achievement Awardl Recognizes members of the CTTC who have

done outstanding work in communication theory and have achieved a high degree of visibility in the field.

l Past recipients:l 2013: Andrea Goldsmithl 2012: Larry Milsteinl 2011: Sergio Benedettol 2010: Gerard Foschini and Dariush Divsalar

Outstanding Service Awardl Recognizes members of the CTTC who have a

distinguished record of service to the CTTC community, including CTTC symposia and workshop organization, leadership roles within the CTTC, and promoting CTTC activities and interests in the broader research community.

l Past recipients:l 2013: Michael Ricel 2012: Costas Georghiadesl 2011: Len Ciminil 2010: Richard Gitlin and Larry Milsteinl 2009: Ray Pickholtz an Zeke Bar-Ness

4. CONFERENCE REPORTS

CT SYMPOSIUMICC 2014 (FULVIO BABICH)

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ICC 2014 – CT SYMPOSIUM

l Co-chairs: Fulvio Babich - University of Trieste, Italy, Bechir Hamdaoui,Oregon State Univ, USA, Huaiyu Dai, North Carolina State Univ. USA.

l Total Submissions: 141l Acceptance Rate: 43.3% (ICC 2014: 38.0%), given the high quality of

submissions.

l #TPC members: 159l Avg number of reviews/paper: 3.94

l Sessions: 10 oral sessions (5 papers each) + 1 interactive poster session (11papers)

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4. CONFERENCE REPORTS

CT SYMPOSIUMGC 2014 (KAIBIN HUANG)

Globecom 2014 Comm. Theory Symposium

l Co-chairslKaibin Huang (The University of Hong Kong)

lSennur Ulukus (University of Maryland)

lPooi-Yuen Kam (National University of Singapore)l # TPC members = 147, # submissions = 150l Acceptance notification: July 1, Camera ready: August 8l Acceptance rate is about 40% (about 60 accepted papers)l # oral sessions = 10 (6 talks each, tentatively no poster

sessions)l Several papers for “Best of Globecom” poster session

(candidates for Best Paper Awards)

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4. CONFERENCE REPORTS

CT SYMPOSIUMICC 2015 (MEIXIA TAO)

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ICC 2015 Comm. Theory Symposium

Ø Co-chairs• Tony Quek (Singapore Univ. of Technology and Design, Singapore)• Meixia Tao (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China)• Haesik Kim (VTT, Finland)

Ø TPC Statistics• Number of TPC members = 120• Expected number of submissions = 200• Expected number of reviews per member = 5

Ø Submission deadlines• Submission: 30 September 2014• Acceptance notification: TBC• Camera ready submission: TBC

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5. WORKSHOP REPORTS

CTW 2014 (WITOLDKRZYMIEN)

CTW 201425-28 May 2014

Wrap-up

ICC, 2014

LocationCuraçao (Netherlands Antilles)

Organizing Committeel General Chair:

l Leszek Szczecinski, INRS (Montreal)l Technical Program Co-Chairs

l Witold Krzymień (University of Alberta)l Wei Yu (University of Toronto)

l Poster Session Chairsl Bruno Clerckx (Imperial College)l Petar Popovski (Aalborg University)

l Publicity Co-Chairsl Alex Alvarado (University of Cambridge)l Natasha Devroye (University of Illinois)

l Advisory Boardl Jeff Andrews (University of Texas at Austin)l David Gesbert (EURECOM)l Robert Heath (University of Texas at Austin)l Michael Honig (Northwestern University)l Anthony CK Soong (Huawei)l Reinaldo Valenzuela (Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs)

Programl Technical

l 3 Plenary talksl 5 Technical sessionsl 2 Panel discussionsl Poster session

l Social functionsl Welcome receptionl Cocktail (during Poster Session)l Banquet + Best poster award

Summaryl Participation

l 62 registered participants (would have been even more, if not for the overlap with the US Memorial Day)

l 7 registered companionsl Financial Data (preliminary)

l Registration revenue: $27,070.00l Sponsorships (Huawei, Alcatel-Lucent, InterDigital):

$10,000.00l Expenses: $30,306.82l Surplus: $6,763.23 = 22% of the expenses (may be

even 1-2% higher after final review of the books)

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5. WORKSHOP REPORTS

CTW 2015 PROPOSAL (JEFF ANDREWS)

CTW 2015

May 10-13, 2015

Location - Southern California Dana Point is by the ocean in Orange County, one hour south of Los Angeles and one hour north of San Diego.

Southern California is a major tourist destination with great weather in May.

Distance from airportsAirport Code Miles from

Hotel

John Wayne Orange County airport SNA 24

Long Beach airport LGB 45

Los Angeles airport LAX 60

San Diego airport SAN 60

Ontario airport ONT 60

Nearby activitiesl Near the hotel: whale watching, fishing, jet skiing, sailing,

and golf l Doheny State Park, featuring miles of pathways for

biking, walking, and joggingl Laguna Beach with its restaurants and cultural activities

is 15 minutes awayl Disneyland is 35 minutes awayl Legoland is 35 minutes awayl Seaworld and San Diego zoo are 60 minutes awayl Universal Studios 70 minutes awayl Los Angeles is 60 minutes away

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Venue: Laguna Cliffs Marriott Resort and Spa

l The resort is on a hill with Ocean view. It is 5 minutes walking from the beach and Dana point harbor with Ocean activities.

l Rooms: $200/night (+10.065% and $3 nightly tax), l No resort fee, Wifi included in the guest roomsl Parking: $32/night l This hotel has a smoke-free policy

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Dates

CTW: 11-13 May 2015

ICC, 8-12 June 2015, LondonICASSP, 19-24 April 2015, Australia ISIT, 14-19 June 2015, Hong Kong

Organizing Committeel General Chair

l Hamid Jafarkhani (University of California, Irvine)l Technical Program Chair

l Syed Jafar (University of California, Irvine)l Poster Co-Chairs

l Bobak Nazer (Boston University)l Ayfer Ozgur (Stanford University)

l Publicity Co-Chairs l Aria Nosratinia (University of Texas at Dallas)l David Gesbert (EURECOM)

l Advisory Boardl Jeff Andrews (University of Texas at Austin)l Andrea Goldsmith (Stanford University)l Angel Lozano (Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF))l Leszek Szczecinski (INRS)

Comments tol Hamid Jafarkhani, <hamidj@uci.edu>l Syed Jafar, <syed@uci.edu>

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CTW 2016 PROPOSAL (CONSTANTINOS PAPADIAS)

Communication Theory Workshop 2016

Constantinos Papadias (AIT, Greece)

Marios Kountouris (SUPELEC, France)

Our Visionl Past CTW (2004 – 2014)

l America: 8 times (+1 in 2015)l Europe: 2 timesl Asia: 1 time

l Europe:l 1 in an Island (2004)l 1 Continental (2011)

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Proposed LocationSantorini, Greece

Santorini, Greece

Santorini, Greece

Potential Datesl Conferences in 2016

l ICASSP: March 21-26 (Shanghai, China)l SPAWC: usually June (TBA)l VTC Spring: usually mid May (Nanjing, China)l ICC: date TBA (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)l ISIT: July 10-15 in Barcelona, Spain

l Proposed datesl May 15 - 18, 2016 (“usual” date of past events)l May 22 – 25, 2016

The Teaml General Co-Chairs

Constantinos Papadias (AIT, Greece)Marios Kountouris (SUPELEC, France)

l Fundraising ChairTony Q.S. Quek (SUTD, Singapore) (he did excellent job in CTW 2013, maybe the highest fund raised for CTW)

The rest of the Team is under construction, but we will keep the “standard” structure with the following positions:

l Technical Program Co-Chairs

l Finance Chair

l Poster Chairs:

l Publicity Chairs

l Local Organization Co-Chairs

l Advisory Board

Why Santorini?

Why Santorini?l Ranked among World's Top Island for many magazines and

travel sites (US News, BBC, Lonely Planet, etc.)

l Arguably Greece’s most beautiful Island

l Spectacular views (hotels on the caldera rim!)

l Magnificent Sunsets

l Beaches with sand or pebbles made of solidified lava of various colors (red, white, black)

l Awash with local food and flourishing wine industry

l One of the oldest civilizations appeared in Ancient Greece

Santorini Beaches

Additional Informationl The weather is excellent in May/June

l 25° C on averagel sea temperature 19-23 ° C

l No tropical rains or hurricanes (the volcano is quiescent at the present time)

l Easy VISA procedure (no VISA required for USA, Europe, Israel, Singapore, Korea, Japan, Australia, etc)

l Many attractions

l Hop to other beautiful Aegean Islands (Myconos, Paros, Milos, Naxos, …)

Potential Workshop Venuesl Nomikos Conference Centre

l Conference Room 178m2 (max. 200 participants, AC, natural light through glass windows).

l Room theatre style (max. 70 participants)l Open air space, posters area

Possible Accommodationl Belvedere Suites l 800m from the Conference Centrel Luxuriousl Suites:

l 170 euros ($230) / night

Possible Accommodationl Cliff Side Suites l 800m from Conference Centrel Luxurious l Spectacular viewl 150 euros ($200) / night

Potential Accommodationl Santorini Palace (450m from the Conference

Centre)l 4 star hotel, less luxurious, no caldera viewl Suite: 120 euros ($160) / night

Travel to Santorini

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AthensNewYork

SanFrancisco

Austin

Paris Frankfurt Seoul

HongKong

Sydney

Barcelona

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14hours 3hours 3hours13hours

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Technical Programl Five half days

l 3 Plenary speakers

l All invited lectures (~35 speakers)

l 2 Panels

l Hot topics poster session (non-invited)

l Special Sessions on hot & active research topics in comm. theory + emerging areas (social networks, molecular communications, etc).

Financial Support Possibilitiesl IEEE ComSocl NSFl Huaweil Qualcomml Alcatel Lucent Bell Labsl Intracoml …

Questions?

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