Publications

5G!Drones Publications

5G!Drones papers and publications in journals, conferences, workshops, book chapters, white papers and contributions to 5G-PPP publications are presented in detail on the following sections.

 

Papers in Journals

  • Y. Dang, C. Benzaid, B. Yang, T. Taleb, and Y. Shen, “Deep Ensemble Learning based GPS Spoofing Detection for Cellular-Connected UAVs”, IEEE IoT journal (under publication) (PDF)
  • Lechosław Tomaszewski, Robert Kołakowski, Piotr Dybiec and Sławomir Kukliński. Mobile Networks’ Support for Large-Scale UAV Services, Energies 2022, 15(14), 4974, 7 July 2022 (PDF). DOI: 10.3390/en15144974
  • Chaalal, S. -M. Senouci and L. Reynaud, A New Framework for Multi-Hop ABS-Assisted 5G-Networks With Users’ Mobility Prediction, in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 71, no. 4, pp. 4412-4427, April 2022, https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9707619 DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2022.3149711
  • Marceau Coupechoux, Jerome Darbon, Jean-Marc Kelif, Marc Sigelle, Optimal Trajectories of a UAV Base Station Using Hamilton-Jacobi Equations, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 10 March 2022, Manuscript ID: TMC-2021-03-0237, https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9732520 DOI: 10.1109/TMC.2022.3156822
  • Bouziane Brik, Karim Boutiba, Adlen Ksentini, Deep Learning for B5G Open Radio Access Network: Evolution, Survey, Case Studies, and Challenges, IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, 28 Jan 2022  – https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9695955 DOI: 10.1109/OJCOMS.2022.3146618
  • Karim Boutibaa, Adlen Ksentinia, Bouziane Brikb, Yacine Challalc, Amar Ballac, NRflex: Enforcing Network Slicing in 5G New Radio, Computer Communications journal, available online 13 October 2021 – DOI: 10.1016/j.comcom.2021.09.034 (PDF)
  • Mohamed Mekki, Sagar Arora, and Adlen Ksentini, A Scalable Monitoring Framework for Network Slicing in 5G and Beyond Mobile Networks, IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management (TNSM), 12 October 2021 – DOI: 10.1109/TNSM.2021.3119433 (PDF) 
  • G. P. Wijesiri N.B.A, J. Haapola and T. Samarasinghe, The Effect of Concurrent Multi-priority Data Streams on the MAC Layer Performance of IEEE 802.11p and C-V2X Mode 4, in IEEE Transactions on Communications, 13 Oct 2021 – DOI: 10.1109/TCOMM.2021.3119703 (PDF)
  • Sihem Bakri, Pantelis A. Frangoudis, Adlen Ksentiniand Maha Bouaziz, Data-Driven RAN Slicing Mechanisms for 5G and Beyond, IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management journal, 1-15 pages, Online ISSN: 1932-4537 (https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9490293) – DOI 10.1109/TNSM.2021.3098193 (PDF)
  • Harilaos Koumaras, George Makropoulos, Michael Batistatos, Stavros Kolometsos, Anastasios Gogos, George Xilouris, Athanasios Sarlas and Michail‐Alexandros Kourtis, 5G-Enabled UAVs with Command and Control Software Component at the Edge for Supporting Energy Efficient Opportunistic Networks, MDPI, Special Issue 5G Enabled Energy Innovation, Energies 2021, 14, 1480 (https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/5/1480/pdf) – DOI: 10.3390/en14051480
  • Samir Si-Mohammed, Maha Bouaziz, Hamed Hellaoui, Oussama Bekkouche, Adlen Ksentini, Tarik Taleb, Lechosław Tomaszewski, Thomas Lutz, Gokul Srinivasan, Tanel Jarvet and Pawel Montowtt, Supporting UAV Services in 5G Networks: New High-Level Architecture integrating 5G with U-space, IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine (PDF) – DOI: 10.1109/MVT.2020.3036374
  • H. Hellaoui, M. Bagaa, A. Chelli, and T. Taleb, Joint Sub-carrier and Power Allocation for Efficient Communication of Cellular UAVs, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Sept 2020 (PDF) – DOI: 10.1109/TWC.2020.3021252
  • T. Taleb, A. Ksentini, H. Hellaoui, and O. Bekkouche, On Supporting UAV based Services in 5G and Beyond Mobile Systems, IEEE Network Magazine (PDF) – DOI: (Under Publication)
  • Adlen Ksentini and Pantelis A. Frangoudis, On extending ETSI MEC to support LoRa for efficient IoT application deployment at the edge, IEEE Communications Standards Magazine, Volume 4, Issue 2, pages 57-63 (PDF) – DOI: 10.1109/MCOMSTD.001.1900051
  • B. Yang, T. Taleb, Z. Wu, and L. Ma, Spectrum Sharing for Secrecy Performance Enhancement in D2D-Enabled UAV Networks, IEEE Network Magazine, pages 1-8 (PDF) – DOI: 10.1109/MNET.011.2000093
  • Oussama Bekkouche, Konstantinos Samdanisz, Miloud Bagaa, Tarik Taleb, A Service-Based Architecture for enabling UAV enhanced Network Services, IEEE Network Magazine, Volume 34, Issue 4, pages 328-335 (PDF) – DOI: 10.1109/MNET.001.1900556
  • Bouziane Brik, Adlen Ksentini and Maha Bouaziz, Federated Learning for UAVs-Enabled Wireless Networks: Use Cases, Challenges and Open Problems, IEEE Access Journal, Vol.8 Issue 1 (PDF) – DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2981430
  • Adlen Ksentini and Pantelis A. Frangoudis, Towards Slicing-Enabled Multi-Access Edge Computing in 5G, IEEE Network Magazine, Volume 34, Issue 2, pages 99-105 (PDF) – DOI: 10.1109/MNET.001.1900261
  • Mariem Maiouak and Tarik Taleb, Dynamic Maps for Automated Driving and UAV Geofencing, IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine 2019, Volume 26, Issue 4, pages 54-59 (PDF) – DOI: 10.1109/MWC.2019.1800544

 

Papers in Conferences and Workshops

  • Karim Boutiba, Miloud Bagaa, Adlen Ksentini, “On using Deep Reinforcement Learning to reduce Uplink Latency for uRLLC services“, IEEE Global Communications Conference, 4–8 December 2022, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (PDF)
  • Sagar Arora, Adlen Ksentini, Christian Bonnet, “Availability and Latency Aware Deployment of Cloud Native edge Slices“, IEEE Global Communications Conference, 4–8 December 2022, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (PDF)
  • H. Hellaoui, B. Yang, T. Taleb, and J. Manner, “Ahead-Me Coverage (AMC): On Maintaining Enhanced Mobile Network Coverage for UAVs” (accepted) IEEE Globecom’22, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, Dec. 2022 (PDF)
  • H. Hellaoui, B. Yang, T. Taleb, and J. Manner, “Seamless Replacement of UAV-BSs Providing Connectivity to the IoT” (accepted) IEEE Globecom’22, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, Dec. 2022 (PDF)
  • Mohamed Mekki, Nassima Toumi, Adlen Ksentini, Benchmarking on Microservices Configurations and the Impact on the Performance in Cloud Native Environments, LCN 2022, 47th Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks, Edmonton, Canada, 26-28 September 2022 (PDF) Data set also available at. https://zenodo.org/record/6907619#.YuqHaBxBxD-DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6907619 
  • Lechosław Tomaszewski, Robert Kołakowski and Mirosław Zagórda, Application of mobile networks (5G and beyond) in precision agriculture, 7th Workshop on “5G – Putting Intelligence to the Network Edge” (5G-PINE 2020), 18th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations (AIAI 2022), 17–20 June, 2022, Heraklion, Greece.  (PDF). DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-08341-9_7
  • Karim Boutiba, Miloud Bagaa, Adlen Ksentini, Radio Resource Management in Multi-numerology 5G New Radio featuring Network Slicing, IEEE International Conference on Communications 2022 (ICC 2022), 16-20 May 2022, Seoul, South Korea – (PDF) – DOI: (pending)
  • Sagar Arora, Adlen Ksentini, Christian Bonnet, Lightweight edge Slice Orchestration Framework, IEEE International Conference on Communications 2022 (ICC 2022), 16–20 May 2022, Seoul, South Korea – (PDF) – DOI: (pending)
  • Karim Boutiba, Miloud Bagaa and Adlen Ksentini, “Radio Link Failure Prediction in 5G Networks“, IEEE Global Communications Conference, 7–11 December 2021, Madrid, Spain. Hybrid: In-Person and Virtual Conference – (PDF) – DOI: 10.1109/GLOBECOM46510.2021.9685587
  • Zineeddine Ould Imam, Marc Lacoste, Ghada Arfaoui, “Towards a Modular Attestation Framework for Flexible Data Protection for Drone Systems”, 2021 17th International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (IEEE WiMob 2021), 11-13 Oct 2021 – (PDF)- DOI: 10.1109/WiMob52687.2021.9606269
  • Panos Matzakos, Harilaos Koumaras, Dimitris Tsolkas, Maria Christopoulou, George K Xilouris and Florian Kaltenberger, “An open source 5G experimentation testbed“, IEEE MeditCom 2021 (International Mediterranean Conference on Communications and Networking), 7-10 September 2021, Athens, Greece. https://meditcom2021.ieee-meditcom.org/program/demos/ – (PDF) – DOI: 10.1109/MeditCom49071.2021.9647647
  • Georgios Makropoulos, Harilaos Koumaras, Stavros Kolometsos, Anastasios Gogos, Thanos Sarlas, Tanel Järvet, Gokul Srinivasan and Fotini Setaki, “Field Trial of UAV flight with Communication and Control through 5G cellular network“, IEEE MeditCom 2021 (International Mediterranean Conference on Communications and Networking), 7-10 September 2021, Athens, Greece. https://meditcom2021.ieee-meditcom.org/program/sessions/ – (PDF) – DOI: 10.1109/MeditCom49071.2021.9647620
  • Dimitrios Fragkos, Georgios Makropoulos, Panteleimon Sarantos, Harilaos Koumaras, Anastasios-Stavros Charismiadis and Dimitris Tsolkas, “5G Vertical Application Enablers Implementation Challenges and Perspectives“, IEEE MeditCom 2021 (International Mediterranean Conference on Communications and Networking), 7-10 September 2021, Athens, Greece. https://meditcom2021.ieee-meditcom.org/program/special-sessions/ – (PDF) – DOI: 10.1109/MeditCom49071.2021.9647460
  • Lechosław Tomaszewski, Ioannis P. Chochliouros, Robert Kołakowski, Sławomir Kukliński, Michail-Alexandros Kourtis, High Mobility 5G Services for Vertical Industries – Network Operator’s View, 6th Workshop on “5G – Putting Intelligence to the Network Edge” (5G-PINE 2021), 17th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations (AIAI 2021), 25–27 June, 2021, virtual conference. (PDF). DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-79157-5_7
  • A. Abada, B. Yang and T. Taleb, Traffic Flow Modeling for UAV-Enabled Wireless Networks, 2020 International Conference on Networking and Network Applications (NaNA), Haikou City, China, 2020, pp. 59-64. (PDF) – DOI: 10.1109/NaNA51271.2020.00018
  • Samir Si-Mohammed1, Adlen Ksentini1, Maha Bouaziz1, Yacine Challal, and Amar Balla, UAV mission optimization in 5G: On reducing MEC service relocation, in IEEE Globecom’20, Taipei, Taiwan, Dec. 2020. (PDF) – DOI: 10.1109/GLOBECOM42002.2020.9322304
  • Y. Dang, C. Benzaid, Y. Shen, and T. Taleb, GPS Spoofing Detector with Adaptive Trustable Residence Area for Cellular based-UAVs, in IEEE Globecom’20, Taipei, Taiwan, Dec. 2020. (PDF) – DOI: 10.1109/GLOBECOM42002.2020.9348030
  • Lechosław Tomaszewski, Robert Kołakowski, Sławomir Kuklinski, Integration of U-space and 5GS for UAV services, IFIP Networking 2020 Conference (virtual) – Workshop on Network Slicing 2020, Paris, France, June 22-25 2020 (PDF) – Electronic ISBN: 978-3-903176-28-7
  • S. Ouahouah, J. Prados, T. Taleb, and C. Benzaid, Energy-aware Collision Avoidance stochastic Optimizer for a UAVs set, IEEE IWCMC, Limassol, Cyprus, 15-19 June 2020 (PDF) – DOI: 10.1109/IWCMC48107.2020.9148495
  • H. Hellaoui, A. Chelli, M. Bagaa, and T. Taleb, UAV Communication Strategies in the Next Generation of Mobile Networks, IEEE IWCMC, Limassol, Cyprus, 15-19 June 2020 (PDF) – DOI: 10.1109/IWCMC48107.2020.9148312
  • Sławomir Kuklinski, Lechosław Tomaszewski, Paweł Korzecy and Robert Kołakowski, 5G-UASP: 5G-based multi-provider UAV platform architecture, IEEE Conference on Network Softwarization, 29 June – 3 July 2020 (Virtual Conference) (PDF) – Corpus ID: 220040698
  • Lechosław Tomaszewski, Robert Kołakowski and Paweł Korzec, On 5G support of cross-border UAV operations, Workshop on Integrating UAVs into 5G and Beyond in IEEE International Conference on Communications, 7-11 June 2020 (Virtual Conference) (PDF) – DOI: 10.1109/ICCWorkshops49005.2020.9145262
  • Lechosław Tomaszewski, Sławomir Kukliński and Robert Kołakowski, A new approach to 5G and MEC integration, 5th Workshop on “5G – Putting Intelligence to the Network Edge” 5G-PINE 2020 workshop, 16th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations (AIAI 2020), 5–7 June, 2020, virtual conference.  (PDF). DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-49190-1_2
  • Oussama Bekkouche, Miloud Bagaa and Tarik Taleb, Toward a UTM-based Service Orchestration for UAVs in MEC-NFV Environment, 2019 IEEE Global Communications Conference (IEEE GLOBECOM 2019), Hawaii, USA, 9 -13 December 2019  (PDF) – DOI: 10.1109/GLOBECOM38437.2019.9014200
  • Hamed Hellaoui, Ali Chelli, Miloud Bagaa and Tarik Taleb, Efficient Steering Mechanism for Mobile Network-enabled UAVs, 2019 IEEE Global Communications Conference (IEEE GLOBECOM 2019), Hawaii, USA, 9 -13 December 2019  (PDF)  – DOI: 10.1109/GLOBECOM38437.2019.9014131
  • Sihem Bakri, Pantelis A. Frangoudis and Adlen Ksentini, Dynamic slicing of RAN resources for heterogeneous coexisting 5G services, 2019 IEEE Global Communications Conference (IEEE GLOBECOM 2019), Hawaii, USA, 9 -13 December 2019  (PDF) – DOI:  10.1109/GLOBECOM38437.2019.9013954

5G-PPP Publications, White Papers and Other Publications

  • 5G-PPP white paper View on 5G Architecture ver4.0, November 2021. You may access it here
  • 5G-PPP and TΜV WG white paper, Understanding the Numbers-Contextualization and Impact Factors of 5G Performance Results, July 2021. You may access it here
  • White paper Controlling drones over cellular networks by Nokia (5G!Drones partner), referencing 5G!Drones “D1.1 – Use case specifications and requirements”, June 2021. More information available here
  • 5G-PPP Phase 3 Projects Brochure, June 2021. You may access it here
  • 5G-PPP white paper European Vision for the 6G Network Ecosystem, June 2021. You may access it here
  • 5G-PPP The European 5G Annual Journal 2021, May 2021. You may access it here
  • Service performance measurement methods over 5G experimental networks, 5G-PPP White paper – ICT-19 performance KPIs, May 2021. You may access it here
  • AI and ML – Enablers for Beyond 5G Networks, 5G-PPP Technology Board, 11 May 2021. You may access it here.
  • Interface for Data Exchange between MNOs and the UTM Ecosystem NetworkCoverage Service Definition, ACJA, GSMA and GUTMA approved version (Feb 2021). You may access it here.
  • 5G PPP Progress Monitoring Report (2019 release), Oct 2020, 5G-PPP. You may access it here.
  • Empowering Vertical Industries through 5G Networks – Current Status and Future Trends, 5G-PPP, 21 5G-PPP Phase II and Phase III R&I projects and the 5G-IA verticals engagement task force, August 2020. You may access it here.
  • The 5G-PPP Projects Heritage figure (Version 1.0), 5G-PPP and 5G IA, July 2020. You may access it here.
  • The European 5G Annual Journal 2020, 5th edition, Full 5G and 5G-PPP, June 2020. You may access it here.
  • Business Validation in 5G PPP vertical use cases, 5G-PPP and 5G IA, July 2020. You may access it here.

Book Chapters

  • Georgios Makropoulos, Harilaos Koumaras, Fotini Setaki, Konstantinos Filis, Thomas Lutz, Pawel Montowtt, Lechoslaw Tomaszewski, Piotr Dybiec, Tanel Järvet, “5G and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) Use Cases: Analysis of the Ecosystem, Architecture, and Applications” Handbook of Research on 5G Networks and Advancements in Computing, Electronics, and Electrical Engineering, IGI Global, 2021, pp. 36-69, Chapter 3, DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-6992-4, https://www.igi-global.com/book/handbook-research-networks-advancements-computing/259590

Thesis Publications

  • Jyrkkä Johannes, Drone heading calculation indoors, University of Oulu, Faculty of Technology, Mechanical Engineering, 15 October 2020. You may access it here.
  • Prashant Shah, Enabling seamless application migration over multi-core network environments, University of Oulu, Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, Communications Engineering, 26 June 2020.