Books & Chapters

D. King, V. López, O. González de Dios, R. Casellas, N. Georgalas, A. Farrel, Application-Based Network Operations (ABNO), Chapter in Elastic Optical Networks, published by Springer International Publishing, ISBN 978-3-319-30174-7, June 2016.

F. Cugini, P. Castoldi, M. Channegowda, R. Casellas, F. Paolucci, A. Castro, Software Defined Networking (SDN) in Optical Networks, Chapter in Elastic Optical Networks, published by Springer International Publishing, ISBN 978-3-319-30174-7, June 2016.

R. Casellas, A. Giorgetti, L. Gifre, L. Velasco, V. López, O. González, D. King, In-Operation Network Planning, Chapter in Elastic Optical Networks, published by Springer International Publishing, ISBN 978-3-319-30174-7, June 2016

O. González de Dios, R. Casellas, F. Paolucci, GMPLS Control Plane, Chapter in Elastic Optical Networks, published by Springer International Publishing, ISBN 978-3-319-30174-7, June 2016.

Journals

R. Martínez, F. Cugini, R. Casellas, F. Paolucci, R. Vilalta, P. Castoldi, R. Muñoz, Control Plane Solutions for Sliceable Bandwidth Transceiver Configuration in Flexi-Grid Optical Networks, IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 54, No. 8, pp. 126 - 135, August 2016.

R. Casellas, O. González de Dios, F. Paolucci, R. Morro, V. López, D. King, R. Martínez, F. Cugini, R. Muñoz, A. Farrel, R. Vilalta, A Control Plane Architecture for Multi-Domain Elastic Optical Networks: the view of the IDEALIST project, IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 54, No. 8, pp. 136-143, August 2016.

B. Bojovic, E. Meshkova, N. Baldo, J. Riihijärvi, M. Petrova, Machine learning-based dynamic frequency and bandwidth allocation in self-organized LTE dense small cell deployments , EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, Vol. 2016, No. 183, August 2016.

S. Lagen, A. Agustin, J. Vidal, On the Superiority of Improper Gaussian Signaling in Wireless Interference MIMO Scenarios, IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 64, No. 8, pp. 3350 - 3368, August 2016.

J. M. Fabrega, M. Svaluto Moreolo, L. Martin, A. Chiadò Piat, E. Riccardi, D. Roccato, N. Sambo, F. Cugini, L. Potì, S. Yan, E. Hugues-Salas, D. S, On the Filter Narrowing Issues in Elastic Optical Networks, Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, Vol. 8, No. 7, pp. A23-A33, July 2016.

M. Svaluto Moreolo, J. M. Fabrega, L. Martin, K. Christodoulopoulos, E. Varvarigos, J. Pedro Fernández-Palacios, Flexgrid Technologies Enabling BRAS Centralization in MANs,  IEEE/OSA J. Opt. Commun. Netw., Vol. 8, No. 7, pp. A64-A75, July 2016.

R. Vilalta, A. Mayoral, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, Multi-Tenant Transport Networks with SDN/NFV, IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 34, No. 8, January 2016.

M. Svaluto Moreolo, J. M. Fabrega, L. Nadal, F. J. Vilchez, A. Mayoral, R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, M. Nishihara, T. Tanaka, T. Takahara, J. C. Rasmussen, C. Kottke, M. Schlosser, R. Freund, F. Meng, S. Yan, G. Zervas, D. Simeonidou, Y. Yoshida, K. Kitayama, SDN-enabled Sliceable BVT Based on Multicarrier Technology for Multi-Flow Rate/Distance and Grid Adaptation, IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology , (invited paper),  Vol. 34, No. 6, pp. 1516-1522, March 2016.

A. Aguado, M. Davis, S. Peng, M.V. Alvarez, V. López, T. Szyrkowiec, A. Autenrieth, R. Vilalta, A. Mayoral, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, N. Yoshikane, T. Tsuritani, R. Nejabati, D. Simeonidou, Dynamic Virtual Network Reconfiguration over SDN Orchestrated Multi-Technology Optical Transport Domains, Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 34, No. 8, pp. 1933-1938, April 2016.

O. González de Dios, R. Casellas, F. Paolucci, A. Napoli, L. Gifre, A. Dupas, E. Hugues-Salas, R. Morro, S. Belotti, G. Meloni, T. Rahman, V. López, R. Martínez, F. Fresi, M. Bohn, S. Yan, L. Velasco, P. Layec, J.-P. Fernández Palacios, Experimental Demonstration of Multivendor and Multidomain EON With Data and Control Interoperability Over a Pan-European Test Bed, Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 34, No. 7, pp. 1610-1617,  April 2016.

O. Oluwakayode, M. A. Imran, A. Zoha, A. Imran, A. Dayya, J. Moysen, L. Giupponi, A Cell Outage Management Framework for Dense Heterogeneous Networks, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 64, No. 4, pp. 2097-2113, April 2016.

R. Muñoz, J. Mangues, R. Vilalta, C. Verikoukis, J. Alonso-Zarate, N. Bartzoudis, A. Georgiadis, M. Payaro, A. I. Pérez-Neira, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, J. Núñez, M. Requena, D. Pubill, O. Font-Bach, P. Henarejos, J. Serra, F. Vázquez-Gallego, The CTTC 5G end-to-end experimental platform: Integrating heterogeneous wireless/optical networks, distributed cloud, and IoT devices,  IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine, Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 50-63, Mach 2016.

A. Mayoral, R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, SDN orchestration architectures and their integration with Cloud Computing Applications, Optical Switching and Networking, February 2016

L. Nadal, J. M. Fabrega, F. J. Vilchez, M. Svaluto Moreolo, Experimental Analysis of 8-QAM Constellations for Adaptive Optical OFDM Systems , IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, Vol. 28, No. 4, pp. 445-448, February 2016.

S. Lagen, A. Agustin, J. Vidal, Coexisting Linear and Widely Linear Transceivers in the MIMO Interference Channel, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, Vol. 64, No. 3, pp. 652 - 664,  Feb. 2016.

Int'l & National Conferences

R. Vilalta, R. Ciungu, A. Mayoral, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, D. Pubill, J. Serra, R. Muñoz, C. Verikoukis, Improving Security in Internet of Things with Software Defined Networking,  in Proceedings of IEEE Global Communications Conference, Exhibition & Industry Forum (GLOBECOM), 4-8 December 2016, Washington, DC (USA).

R. Casellas, R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, R. Martínez, Generalized Orchestration of IT/Cloud and Networks for SDN/NFV 5G Services, in Proceedings of 15th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing and Communications (IUCC) invited talk, 14-16 December 2016, Granada (Spain).

J. Baranda, M. Miozzo, P. Dini, J. Núñez, J. Mangues, Backhaul Routing and Base Station Sleep Mode Engagement in Energy Harvesting Cellular Networks, in Proceedings of ACM International Conference on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems (MSWIM 2016), 13-17 November 2016 (Malta).

Z. Ali, B. Bojovic, L. Giupponi, J. Mangues, On fairness evaluation: LTE-U vs. LAA, in Proceedings of the 14th ACM* International Symposium on Mobility Management and Wireless Acces (MOBIWAC 2016), 13-17 November 2016 (Malta).

N. Patriciello, C. Augusto Grazia, J. Núñez, J. Baranda, J. Mangues, M. Casoni, Performance Evaluation of Backpressure Routing in Integrated Satellite-terrestrial Backhaul for PPDR Networks, in Proceedings of 3rd Workshop on Emergency Networks for Public Protection and Disaster Relief (EN4PPDR 2016), in conjunction with  IEEE WiMob 2016, New York, USA, October 17-19, 2016.

J. Moysen, L. Giupponi, J. Mangues, A Machine Learning enabled network planning tool, in Proceedings of the 27th IEEE Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), 4-7 September 2016, Valencia (Spain).

L. Nadal, M. Svaluto Moreolo, J. M. Fabrega, F. J. Vilchez, Experimental Demonstration of a Programmable S-BVT with PDM Capability for Flexible Optical Metro Networks, in Proceedings of 42nd  of the European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communications (ECOC 2016), 18-22 September 2016, Dusseldorf (Germany).

X. Artiga, J. Núñez, A. I. Pérez-Neira, G.J.L. Vela, J. M.F. Garcia, G. Ziaragkas, Terrestrial -Satellite Integration in Dynamic 5G  Backhaul Networks , in Proceedings of 8th Advanced Satellite Multimedia Systems Conference and the 14th Signal Processing for Space Communications Workshop (ASMS/SPSC), 5-7 September 2016, Palma de Mallorca (Spain).

A. Mayoral, R. Vilalta, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, Multi-tenant 5G Network Slicing Architecture with Dynamic Deployment of Virtualized Tenant Management and Orchestration (MANO) Instances, in Proceedings of 42nd  European  Conference  and  Exhibition  on  Optical  Communications, 18-22 September 2016, Düsseldorf (Germany).

R. Casellas, J. M. Fabrega, R. Muñoz, L. Nadal, R. Vilalta, M. Svaluto Moreolo, R. Martínez, On-Demand Allocation of Control Plane Functions via SDN/NFV for Monitoring-enabled Flexi-grid Optical Networks with Programmable BVTs,  in Proceedings of 42nd European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communications, 18-22 September 2016.

R. Vilalta, A. Mayoral, V. López, V. Uceda, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, A. Aguado, J. Marhuenda, R. Nejabati, D. Simeonidou, N. Yoshikane, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, T. Szyrkowiec, A. Autenrieth, Peer SDN Orchestration: End-to-End Connectivity Service Provisioning Through Multiple Administrative Domains, in Proceedings of 42nd European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communications (ECOC 2016), 18-22 September 2016 Düsseldorf (Germany).

V. López, R. Vilalta, V. Uceda, A. Mayoral, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, J.P. Fenández-Palacios, Transport API: A Solution for SDN in Carriers Networks, in Proceedings of 42nd European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communications (ECOC 2016), 18-22 September 2016 Düsseldorf (Germany).

R. Vilalta, A. Mayoral, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, SDN/NFV Orchestration of Multi-technology and Multi-domain Networks in Cloud/Fog Architectures for 5G Services, in Proceeding of Optoelectronics and Communications Conference / International Conference on Photonics in Switching (OECC/PS), 3-7 July 2016, Niigata (Japan).

Y. Kai, R. Okabe, M. Nishihara, T. Tanaka, T. Takahara, J. C. Rasmussen, F. J. Vilchez, L. Nadal, J. M. Fabrega, M. Svaluto Moreolo, Experimental Demonstration of a Programmable 400-Gbps DMT Transceiver with Policy-based Control, in Proceedings of the Optoelectronics and Communications Conference / International Conference on Photonics in Switching (OECC/PS), 3-7 July 2016, Niigata (Japan).

R. Vilalta, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, Optical Network Virtualization as an enabler for 5G Network Slicing, in Proceedings of the 21st Optoelectronics and Communications Conference / International Conference on Photonics in Switching 2016, 3-7 July 2016,  Niigata (Japan).

M. Svaluto Moreolo, J. M. Fabrega, L. Nadal, Multi-Adaptive S-BVT for Software Defined Optical Networks, in Proceedings of International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON 2016), 10-14 July 2016, Trento (Italy).

J. M. Fabrega, M. Svaluto Moreolo, Multidimensional OFDM for programmable optical transceivers, in Proceedings of 18th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON 2016), 10-14 July 2016, Trento (Italy).

J. Núñez, J. Baranda, I. Pascual, J. Mangues, WiseHAUL: An SDN-empowered Wireless Small Cell Backhaul testbed,  in Proceedings of the 17 IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (WoWMoM), 21-24 June 2016, Coimbra (Portugal).

L. Cominardi, J. Baranda, D. Larrabeiti, F. Cavaliere, P. Chanclou, J. Gomes, A. di Giglio, P. Ödling, H. Chang, 5G-Crosshaul: Towards a Unified Data-Plane for 5G Transport Networks, in Proceedings of the 25th European Conference on Networks and Communications (EuCNC 2016), June 27-30,  2016 ,Athens (Greece).

R. Vilalta, A. Mayoral, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, Distributed multi-tenant cloud/fog and heterogeneous SDN/NFV orchestration for 5G services, in Proceedings of Network Virtualization and SDN Europe, 31-2 June 2016, Madrid (Spain).

R. Vilalta, A. Mayoral, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, Experimental Demonstration of Distributed Multi-tenant Cloud/Fog and Heterogeneous SDN/NFV Orchestration for 5G Services, in Proceedings of European Conference on Networks and Communications (EuCnC), June 27-30 2016, Athens (Greece).

R. Muñoz, R. Vilalta, A. Mayoral, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, SDN orchestration and virtualization of heterogeneous multi-domain and multi-layer transport networks in the STRAUSS project, in Proceedings of  Workshop on Next generation front haul/backhaul integrated transport networks, European Conference on Networks and Communications (EUCNC 2016), 27-30 June 2016, Athens, (Greece).

M. Svaluto Moreolo, L. Nadal, J. M. Fabrega, SDN-enabled Optical Transmission Systems: Programmability and Advanced Features, in Proceedings of FOTONICA 2016, 6-8 June 2016, Roma (Italy).

J. Moysen, L. Giupponi, J. Mangues, On the potential of ensemble regression techniques for future mobile network planning, in Proceedings of the 21th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC), 27-30 June 2016, Messina (Italy).

R. Casellas, R. Muñoz, R. Vilalta, R. Martínez, Orchestration of IT/Cloud and Networks: From Inter-DC Interconnection to SDN/NFV 5G Services , in Proceedings of the Optical Networks Design and Modelling (ONDM2016) conference, May 2016.

J. Manuel Gran, V. López, F. Slyne, M. Ruffini, R. Vilalta, A. Mayoral, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, End-to-end Service Orchestration From Access to Backbone, in Proceedings of International Conference on Optical Network Design and Modeling (ONDM), 9-12 may 2016, Cartagena (Spain).

R. Martínez, A. Mayoral, M. Requena, N. Baldo, R. Vilalta, R. Casellas, M. Miozzo, R. Muñoz, J. Mangues, Application of SDN-based orchestration for the automated deployment of fixed and mobile convergent services in future 5G networks, in Proceedings of 1st International Workshop on Elastic Networks Design and Optimisation (ELASTICNETS 2016), 12-13 May 2016, Cartagena (Spain).

R. Muñoz, Integrating verticals with the 5G communications network for E2E experimentation, in Proceedings of Joint Expert Group and 5G Vision Working Group Workshop, 16 March 2016, Bologna (Italy).

Z. Ali, N. Baldo, J. Mangues, L. Giupponi, Machine Learning Based Handover Management for Improved QoE in LTE, In Proceedings of the IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS '16),25-29 April 2016, Istanbul (Turkey).

R. Muñoz, 5G-Crosshaul: An SDN/NFV based control plane for the integrated fronthaul/backhaul 5G transport network, in Proceedings of Networld2020 Annual Event and General Assembly 2016, 19 April 2016, Brussels (Belgium).

R. Vilalta, A. Mayoral, J. Baranda, J. Núñez, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, J. Mangues, R. Muñoz, Hierarchical SDN Orchestration of Wireless and Optical Networks with E2E Provisioning and Recovery for Future 5G Networks, in Proceedings of the Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 20-24 March 2016, Anaheim, California (USA).

R. Vilalta, A. Mayoral, D. Pubill, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, J. Serra, C. Verikoukis, R. Muñoz, End-to-End SDN Orchestration of IoT Services Using an SDN/NFV-enabled Edge Node, in Proceedings of the Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 20-24 March 2016, Anaheim, California (USA).

A. Mayoral, R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, M. Svaluto Moreolo, J. M. Fabrega, S. Yan, A. Aguado, E. Hugues-Salas, S. Peng, F. Meng, Y. Shu, G. Zervas, R. Nejabati, D. Simeonidou, J. Manuel Gran, V. López, O. Gonzalez de Dios, J. Pedro Fernández-Palacios, P. Kaczmarek, R. Szwedowski, T. Szyrkowiec, A. Autenrieth, N. Yoshikane, X. Cao, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, M. Shiraiwa, N. Wada, M. Nichihara, T. Tanaka, T. Takahara, J. C. Rasmussen, Y. Yoshida, K. Kitayama, First experimental demonstration of a distributed cloud and heterogeneous network orchestration with a common Transport API for E2E services with QoS ,  in Proceedings of the Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 20-24 March 2016, Anaheim, California (USA).

A. Hammad, A. Aguado, S. Peng, R. Vilalta, A. Mayoral, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, R. Nejabati, D. Simeonidou, On-demand virtual infrastructure composition over multi-domain and multi-technology networks,  in Proceedings of the Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 20-24 March 2016, Anaheim, California (USA).

J. M. Fabrega, M. Svaluto Moreolo, L. Nadal, F. J. Vilchez, A. Villafranca, Experimental Study of Adaptive Loading in IM/DD OFDM Using In-band Optical Sub-Carrier SNR Monitoring, in Proceedings of the Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 20-24 March 2016, Anaheim, California (USA).

R. Casellas, R. Vilalta, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, Active Stateful PCE high-availability for the control of Flexigrid Networks with Network Function Virtualization enabled replication,  in Proceedings of the Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 20-24 March 2016, Anaheim, California (USA).

R. Muñoz, A. Mayoral, R. Vilalta, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, V. López, The Need for a Transport API in 5G networks: the Control Orchestration Protocol, in Proceedings of the Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 20-24 March 2016, Anaheim, California (USA).

R. Martínez, A. Mayoral, R. Vilalta, R. Casellas, R. Muñoz, S. Pachnicke, T. Szyrkowiec, A. Autenrieth, Integrated SDN/NFV Orchestration for the Dynamic Deployment of Mobile Virtual Backhaul Networks over a Multi-layer (Packet/Optical) Aggregation Infrastructure, In Proceedings of the Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 20-24 March 2016, Anaheim, California (USA).

R. Vilalta, A. Mayoral, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, Distributed multi-tenant cloud/fog and heterogeneous SDN/NFV orchestration for 5G services, Mobile World Congress, Catalonia Stand, 22-25 february 2016, Barcelona (Spain).

Y. Yoshida, K.-I. Kitayama, Y. Kai, M. Nishihahra, R. Okabe, T. Tanaka, T. Takahara, J. C. Rasmussen, N. Yoshikane, X. Cao, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, A. Mayoral, J. M. Fabrega, R. Vilalta, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, M. Svaluto Moreolo, R. Muñoz, K. Habel, R. Freund, V. Lopez, A. Aguado, S. Yan, D. Simeonidou, T. Szyrkowiec, A. Authenrieth, M. Shiraiwa, Y. Awaji, N. Wada, First Demonstration of Cognitive SDN Orchestration: A Real-time Congestion-aware Services Provisioning over OFDM-based 400G OPS and Flexi-WDM OCS Networks, in Proceedings of Optical Fiber Communication Conference 2016, 20-22 March 2016, Anaheim, California (USA).