IEEE International Conference on Communications
16–20 May 2022 // Seoul, South Korea // Hybrid: In-Person and Virtual Conference
Intelligent Connectivity for Smart World

Symposia (In-Person) : Tuesday, 17 May 2022

*All times are KST (GMT+9)

Tuesday, May 17  9:00 - 10:30

Wireless Communications I

  • Session Chair: Inkyu Lee
  • Location: E1, Conference Room E, Coex

Successive Decode-and-Forward Relaying with Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces

Zaid Abdullah; Steven Kisseleff; Konstantinos Ntontin; Wallace A. Martins; Symeon Chatzinotas; Björn Ottersten

Double-RIS Communication with DF Relaying for Coverage Extension: Is One Relay Enough?

Zaid Abdullah; Steven Kisseleff; Konstantinos Ntontin; Wallace A. Martins; Symeon Chatzinotas; Björn Ottersten

Uplink D-MIMO with Decentralized Subset Combining

Ke Wang Helmersson; Pål Frenger; Anders Helmersson

Phase Noise Tracking for Receivers with 1-bit Quantization and Oversampling

Florian Gast; Martin Schlüter; Meik Dörpinghaus; Hardy Halbauer; Gerhard P. Fettweis

Mitigating Smart Jammers in MU-MIMO via Joint Channel Estimation and Data Detection

Gian Marti; Christoph Studer


Next-Generation Networking and Internet & Mobile and Wireless Networks

  • Session Chair: Kyunghan Lee
  • Location: E4, Conference Room E, Coex

Multivariate Gaussian Mixture-based Prediction Model for Opportunistic Networks

Jagdeep Singh; Sanjay Kumar Dhurandher; Isaac Woungang; Periklis Chatzimisios

Data Integrity Error Localization in Networked Systems with Missing Data

Yufeng Xin; Shih-Wen Fu; Anirban Mandal; Ryan Tanaka; Mats Rynge; Karan Vahi; Ewa Deelman

Joint Performance-Resource Optimization for Improved Video Quality in Fairness Enhanced HetNets

Bharat Agarwal; Mohammed Amine Togou; Marco Ruffini; Gabriel-Miro Muntean

Modelling multi-cell edge video analytics

Jaume Anguera Peris; Viktoria Fodor


Communication Theory I

  • Session Chair: Byonghyo Shim
  • Location: E7, Conference Room E, Coex

Protograph-Based Raptor-Like LDPC Codes with Edge Addition for URLLC

Hyejin Ro; Hosung Park

Distributed Joint Multi-cell Optimization of IRS Parameters with Linear Precoders

Reinhard Wiesmayr; Michael Honig; Michael Joham; Wolfgang Utschick

Identification over Compound MIMO Broadcast Channels

Johannes Rosenberger; Uzi Pereg; Christian Deppe

Hierarchical Over-the-Air Federated Edge Learning

Ozan Aygün; Mohammad Kazemi; Deniz Gündüz; Tolga M. Duman

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Tuesday, May 17  9:00 - 9:45
*E-Poster

Wireless Communications II

  • Session Chair: Ioannis Krikidis
  • Location: Hall D2, Coex

Large-Scale Fluid Antenna Systems With Linear MMSE Channel Estimation

Christodoulos Skouroumounis; Ioannis Krikidis

Throughput Optimization for SGF-NOMA via Distributed DRL with Prioritized Experience Replay

Muhammad Fayaz; Wenqiang Yi; Yuanwei Liu; Arumugam Nallanathan

Timely Update Probability Analysis of Blockchain Ledger in UAV-assisted Data Collection Networks

Sungho Lee; Minsu Kim; Mingun Kim; Jemin Lee

Performances of LoS Holographic Radio Systems

Peng Wang; Majid Nasiri Khormuji; Branislav M. Popovic


Tuesday, May 17  9:45 - 10:30
*E-Poster

Next-Generation Networking and Internet & Optical Networks and Systems

  • Session Chair: Jang-Won Lee
  • Location: Hall D2, Coex

Radio Resource Management in Multi-numerology 5G New Radio featuring Network Slicing

Karim Boutiba; Miloud Bagaa; Adlen Ksentini

Semi-distributed Traffic Engineering for Elastic Flows in Software Defined Networks

Emmanuele Benedetto; Ilario Filippini; Jocelyne Elias; Fabio Martignon; Yao Shen

Quantum Key Distribution: An Optimization Approach for the Management Plane

Giannis Savva; Konstantinos Manousakis; Matthias Gunkel; Georgios Ellinas

A novel mobile multi-user LiFi system

Trang Nguyen; Anil Yesilkaya; Cheng Chen; Harald Haas

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Tuesday, May 17  11:00 - 12:30

Green Communication Systems and Networks I

  • Session Chair: Choong Seon Hong
  • Location: E1, Conference Room E, Coex

Energy-Efficiency Maximization of Multiple RISs-Enabled Communication Networks by Deep Reinforcement Learning

Pyae Sone Aung; Yan Kyaw Tun; Zhu Han; Choong Seon Hong

NOMA Inspired Interference Cancellation for Integrated Sensing and Communication

Zhaolin Wang; Yuanwei Liu; Xidong Mu; Zhiguo Ding

Range Limits of Energy Harvesting from a Base Station for Battery-Less Internet-of-Things Devices

Morteza Tavana; Emil Björnson; Jens Zander

Spatial and Spectral Resource Allocation for Energy-Efficient Massive MIMO 5G Networks

Siddarth Marwaha; Eduard A Jorswieck; David López-Pérez; Xinli Geng; Harvey Bao

Deep Learning-based Energy Optimization for Electric Vehicles Integrated Smart Micro Grid

Jiajing Zhang; Huanzhuo Wu; Riccardo Bassoli; Riccardo Bonetto; Frank H.P. Fitzek


Machine Learning for Communications I

  • Session Chair: Seong-Lyun Kim
  • Location: E4, Conference Room E, Coex

Convolutional Self-Attention-Based Multi-User MIMO Demapper

Pavan Koteshwar Srinath; Arthur Michon; Fayçal Ait Aoudia

Turbo Autoencoder with a Trainable Interleaver

Karl Chahine; Hyeji Kim; Pooja Nuti; Joonyoung Cho; Yihan Jiang

End-to-End Learning for Integrated Sensing and Communication

José Miguel Mateos-Ramos; Jinxiang Song; Yibo Wu; Christian Häger; Musa Furkan Keskin; Vijaya Parampalli Yajnanarayana; Henk Wymeersch

Self-Supervised Radio-Visual Representation Learning for 6G Sensing

Mohammed Alloulah; Akash Deep Singh; Maximilian Arnold

Blind Channel Estimation for MIMO Systems via Variational Inference

Jiancheng Tang; Qianqian Yang; Zhaoyang Zhang


Mobile and Wireless Networks I

  • Session Chair: Bijan Jabbari
  • Location: E7, Conference Room E, Coex

Vehicular Blockage Modelling and Performance Analysis for mmWave V2V Communications

Kai Dong; Marouan Mizmizi; Dario Tagliaferri; Umberto Spagnolini

Joint Sensing and Communication for Situational Awareness in Wireless THz Systems

Christina Chaccour; Walid Saad; Omid Semiari; Mehdi Bennis; Petar Popovski

Congestion-aware Packet Repetitions for IEEE 802.11bd-based Safety-critical V2V Communications

Richard Jacob; Nick Schwarzenberg; Friedrich Burmeister; Gerhard P. Fettweis

Proactive C-ITS Decentralized Congestion Control Using LSTM

Abdennour Rachedi; Toufik Ahmed; Mohamed Mosbah

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Tuesday, May 17  11:00 - 11:45
*E-Poster

Cognitive Radio and AI-Enabled Networks

  • Session Chair: Wonjae Shin
  • Location: Hall D2, Coex

Federated Learning for Distributed Energy-Efficient Resource Allocation

Zelin Ji; Zhijin Qin

Cooperative Deep Reinforcement Learning based Grant-Free NOMA Optimization for mURLLC

Yan Liu; Yansha Deng; Maged Elkashlan; Arumugam Nallanathan

Reinforcement Learning Vs ILP Optimization in IoT support of Drone assisted Cellular Networks

Chérifa Boucetta; Dridi Aicha; Hossam Afifi; Hassine Moungla; Mohammed Laroui


Tuesday, May 17  11:45 - 12:30
*E-Poster

Signal Processing for Communications I

  • Session Chair: Henk Wymeersch
  • Location: Hall D2, Coex

An Autonomous Counter-Drone System with Jamming and Relative Positioning Capabilities

Nicolas Souli; Georgios Ellinas; Panayiotis Kolios

Multiple Configured-Grants Optimization in Grant-Free NOMA for mURLLC Service

Yan Liu; Yansha Deng; Maged Elkashlan; Arumugam Nallanathan; George K. Karagiannidis

Blind ML JADE in Multipath Environments Using Differential Evolution Algorithm

Maha Abdelkhalek; Souheib Ben Amor; Sofiene Affes

Robust Wirtinger Flow Algorithm for Channel Coded Blind Demixing

Amin Jalali; Zhi Ding; Yuanming Shi

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Tuesday, May 17  14:00 - 15:30

Next-Generation Networking and Internet

  • Session Chair: Choong Seon Hong
  • Location: E1, Conference Room E, Coex

Common Language for Goal-Oriented Semantic Communications: A Curriculum Learning Framework

Mohammad Karimzadeh Farshbafan; Walid Saad; Mérouane Debbah

3TO: THz-Enabled Throughput and Trajectory Optimization of UAVs in 6G Networks by Proximal Policy Optimization Deep Reinforcement Learning

Sheikh Salman Hassan; Yu Min Park; Yan Kyaw Tun; Walid Saad; Zhu Han; Choong Seon Hong

Hybrid Deep Autoencoder with Random Forest in Native SDN Intrusion Detection Environment

Mohd Sani Bin Mat Isa; Lotfi Mhamdi

Situational Awareness-Centric Decision Support System Framework driven by QoE on Surveillance Videos

Abhishek Djeachandrane; Said Hoceini; Serge Delmas; Jean-Michel Duquerrois; Abdelhamid Mellouk


Aerial Communications I

  • Session Chair: Sunwoo Kim
  • Location: E4, Conference Room E, Coex

Drone delivery: Reliable Cellular UAV Communication Using Multi-Operator Diversity

Achiel Colpaert; Michaël Raes; Evgenii Vinogradov; Sofie Pollin

A Drone-based 3D Localization Solution for Emergency Services

Oluwatayo Kolawole; Mythri Hunukumbure

Proactive UAVs Placement in VANETs

Md. Mahmudul Islam; Malik Muhammad Saad; Muhammad Toaha Raza Khan; Syed Hassan A. Shah; Dongkyun Kim


Signal Processing for Communications II

  • Session Chair: Husheng Li
  • Location: E7, Conference Room E, Coex

Grant-Free Access for Extra-Large MIMO Systems Subject to Spatial Non-Stationarity

Hiroki Iimori; Takumi Takahashi; Hyeon Seok Rou; Koji Ishibashi; Giuseppe Thadeu Freitas de Abreu; David Gonzalez G.; Osvaldo Gonsa

RIS-Enabled Self-Localization: Leveraging Controllable Reflections With Zero Access Points

Kamran Keykhosravi; Gonzalo Seco-Granados; George C. Alexandropoulos; Henk Wymeersch

Joint Communications and Sensing Using Millimeter Wave Networks: A Bonus SAR

Husheng Li

Conflict and Trade-off of Waveform Uncertainty in Joint Communication and Sensing Systems

Husheng Li

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Tuesday, May 17  14:00 - 14:45
*E-Poster

Machine Learning for Communications II

  • Session Chair: Joongheon Kim
  • Location: Hall D2, Coex

On Optimal Power Control for URLLC over a Non-stationary Wireless Channel using Contextual Reinforcement Learning

Mohit Sharma; Sumei Sun; Ernest Kurniawan; Peng Hui Tan

PolarDenseNet: A Deep Learning Model for CSI Feedback in MIMO Systems

Pranav Madadi; Jeongho Jeon; Joonyoung Cho; Caleb K. Lo; Juho Lee; Jianzhong Zhang

Entanglement Routing for Quantum Networks: A Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach

Linh Le; Tu N. Nguyen; Ahyoung Lee; Braulio. Dumba

TransLine: Transfer Learning for Accurate Power Line Anomaly Detection with Insufficient Data

Fang Liu; Teck Wei Low; Wei Zhang; Indriyati Atmosukarto

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