R&D projects participation

Ongoing R&D projects

  • Project titled: “Design a “6G CHAIR Project“, funded by TII in collaboration with Khalifa University (KU), Abu Dhabi -UAE in collaboration with the 6G Research lab led by Prof. Merouane Debbah (KU). Period: 2024-2029.
  • Project titled: “Holographic MIMO System for Future Communication Systems-HMIMO“. Partners: AIDRCTII (UAE) and University of Zhejiang-China. Total funding: 1.4 M $.Duration: 3 years. Period: Dec 2022-2025
  • Project titled: “Deployment and Management of 3D Wireless Cellular Networks-3DN-DM“. Partners: AIDRCTII (UAE) and University of Tsinghua-China. Total funding: 1.03M$. Duration 3 years. Period: Dec 2022-2025.
  • Project titled: “Federated Learning and decision making-FedLearn2Act“. Partners: AIDRC-TII (UAE) and University Polytechnique -X -France. Total funding: 1.5M$. Duration: Dec 2022-2025.
  • Project title: “Federated Learning and decision making & Cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X)” . Category: TII’s internal/industrial project, UAE. Duration:2023-ending 2024.
  • Project Title: “Semantic 3D video communication for the metaverse“. Category: TII’s internal/industrial project UAE. Duration: 2023-2024.
    • Project Title: “Holographic MIMO Communications & Reconfigurable Intelligence Surface“. Category: TII’s Industrial/internal project UAE. Duration: 2022-2024.
  • Project title: “Large Language Models for Telecom“. Category: TII’s internal project, UAE. Duration: June 2023-2024.

Completed R&D projects

  • Implementation of New Signal Waveforms and Processing Techniques for a Lower Energy Consumption-FAWI“. Project type: TEPN. Duration: Jan 2019- June 2021; CentralesSupélec, Rennes , France.
  • Project titled: Backing to Single-Carrier for Beyond-5G Communications Above 90GHz-BRAVE, Project type: French National Research Agency (ANR).
    Duration: Oct 2017- Sept 2021. Role: Main coordinator and researcher at CentraleSupélec.
    Main focus: The BRAVE project proposes to investigate innovative technologies allowing for an efficient radio-communication usage of the 90GHz-200GHz spectrum. It will contribute to the emergence of ultrahigh throughput and capacity brought by beyond-5G (B5G) wireless communication systems. The wideband Single-Carrier (SC) waveform will be studied as an enabler for the migration of 5G networks towards Tbits/s systems. Achieving PHY-layer high spectrum efficiency under low energy consumption constraint is the main challenge. BRAVE defines six major objectives: the partners will; (1) elaborate analog+digital processing solutions that (2) operate above 90 GHz, based on (3) new efficient and ultra-wideband SC waveform; the specific channel properties, and (4) RF impairments are modelled and considered in the waveform design; (5) the integration into a link- and system-level simulation platform permits the assessment of the proposed technology in real.
  • Project titled: “Design and Implementation of New Signal Waveforms and Processing Techniques for a Lower Energy Consumption-FAWI“. Project type: Labex CominLabs, TEPN-France.
    Duration: Jan 2019- September 2020. Role: PI and coordinator at CentralesSupélec.
  • Project titled: Enhanced PHY for Cellular Low Power Communication IoT-EPHYL. Project type: French National Research Agency (with code: ANR-16-CE25-0002) with grant agreement code: N° ANR-16-CE25-0002-03. Duration: Oct 2016- end 2019.
  • Project title : Waveforms MOdels for Machine Type CommuNication inteGrating 5G Networks-WONG5. Project type: French National Research Agency (ANR) with grant agreement code: ANR -15-CE25-0005-03. Duration: Jan 2016- end 2019.
  • Project title: Advanced Waveforms, MAC Design and Dynamic Radio Resource Allocation for D2D in 5G Wireless Networks-ACCENT5. Project type: The French National Research Agency (ANR) with grant agreement code: ANR- 14-CE28-0026-02. Duration: 4 years, Dec. 2014 end 2018.
  • Project title: Broadband Professional Mobile Radio Based on Filter Band Multi-carrier Modulation-PROFIL.
    Project type: The French National Research Agency (ANR-13-INFR-0007-03), France. Duration: 3 years, ending 2017.
  • PHC (Hubert Curien Partnerships) ULYSSES, French-Irish research mobility program titled: Generalized Frequency Division Multiplexing (GFDM) for the Next Generation Wireless Systems. Partners: IETR-Institut d’Electronique et de Telcommunications de Rennes (SCEE) France, and CTVR Trinity College University of Dublin, Ireland. Code Project: 34151SA. Duration: year 2015.
  • FP7 Call 8 EC funded project titled: Network of Excellence in Wireless Communications NEWCOM#, with contract code: FP7-ICT-318306. Project duration: Nov. 2012 to Oct. 2015.
  • FP7 Call 8 EC funded project titled: Enhanced Multi-carrier Techniques for Professional Ad-hoc and Cell Based Communications-EMPhAtiC, with contract code: ICT-318362. Project duration: 2012-2015. Role:General project coordinator and manager. I left the project by end of November 2013.
  • FP7- EC funded Project: Advanced coexistence Technologies for Radio Optimization in Licensed and unlicensed Spectrum-ACROPILIS-NoE (ICT project with code: ICT-2009.1.1) with duration: 2009-2013.
  • Project tiled: Self-Organised FemtoCells for Broadband Services-SOFOCLES. National project funded by Spanish Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Commerce-MITYC, duration: 2011-2013.
  • FP7 EC Project titled: Beyond Next Generation Mobile Broadband-BunGee, STREP. (ICT project, EU public funding, duration: 2010-2012).
  • EC funded project from FP7 frame work titled: Physical Layer for Dynamic Spectrum Access and Cognitive Radio-ICT-PHYDYAS, STREP. Project duration: 2008-2010.
  • European COST Action IC0902: Cognitive Radio and Networking for Cooperative Coexistence of Heterogeneous Wireless Networks (EU public funding, duration: 2009-2013). Role: project coordinator at CTTC, Management committee member (MCM) representing Spain, and working group WG1 leader of the COST Action.
  • Project titled: Mobility Concepts for IMT-Advances- MOBILIA. Project type: EUREKA /CELTIC project funded by Spanish Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Commerce-MITYC. Duration: 2008-2010.
  • Project titled: WiMAX Base for General Audio & Visual Applications-(Wi4GOAL). Industrial funded project. Duration: 2007-2008.
  • Project tiled: Cooperative and Cross layer Techniques for Wireless Sensor Networks-(PERSEO). National project funded by Spanish Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Commerce-MITYC, duration: 2007-2009.
  • Project titled: Wireless System Providing High Quality of Service- (WISQUAS). Project type: EUREKA/CELTIC/ National project funded by Spanish Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Commerce-MITYC.
  • Project title: Intelligent radio Resource Management for High-Speed Ad-hoc Networks Through the Development of Technique of Fuzzy Logic, Signal processing and Media Access Control Protocols– (GIRAFA). Project type: Public funding, from Spanish Minister of Science and Technologies-CYCIT. Project code: TIC 2002-04594-C02-02.
  • EC funded project FP5 titled: Academic Network for Wireless Internet Research in Europe (IST-ANWIRE). Project type: NoE. Duration: 2002-2004.
  • FP4 European Project: MC-CDMA Transmission Techniques for Integrated Broadband Cellular Systems-(IST-MATRICE). Project type: STREP. Public funding, duration: 2001-2003 (I left the project by end of 2002).
  • Project title: Analysis of Transmission and Radio Propagation Conditions for UTRA, Industrial contract with Alcatel, Spain. Duration: 1999-2000.