The 2023 Workshop on Mobile-to-Mobile (M2M) Channel Modeling and Propagation for B5G is organized by the Technical Committee on Propagation of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society with the aim of providing a global perspective on open problems, current research trends, new results and ideas that contribute to advance the state of the art on propagation and channel modeling for wireless communications among highly mobile users in terrestrial, aerial, overwater and underwater environments.
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VTC Spring 2024 Workshop
About The Workshop
The global rollout of the fifth-generation (5G) of mobile cellular communications is currently underway, with the promise of revolutionizing the communications landscape by improving user experience with interactive and haptic communications, and enabling machine-oriented services that are fundamental for industry automation, intelligent transportation, e-health, among others. While the future of 5G and beyond 5G (B5G) networks looks bright, the design of such networks continues to be a challenging task due to the stringent performance requirements that these networks should meet to deliver ultra-reliable and low-latency services with enhanced mobility. In particular, the optimization of the radio access network of 5G, as well as its redesign toward the transition to sixth-generation (6G) networks, call for the development of proper channel models that serve as benchmarks for system analysis.
Topics of Interest
The Organizing Committee is inviting submissions of original, unpublished, high-quality research papers focused on (but not limited to) the following topics of interest:
• Channel modeling and simulation for M2M communication systems based on standardized technology (e.g., IEEE 802.11, 5GNR, 3GPP, and the like)
• Channel modeling and simulation for M2M communications based on optical signals (e.g., systems based on applications of the IEEE 802.17.7 standard)
• Modeling and simulation of nonstationary multipath fading channels
• Modeling and simulation of M2M aerial communications channels
• Modeling and simulation of highly time-varying channels for railroad communications
• Channel modeling and simulation for underwater vehicular communications
• Measurement-based channel modeling and novel sounding techniques for M2M communications
• Hardware emulators for V2V and V2I channels
• Propagation and channel modeling for integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) in vehicular environments
• Evaluation of new frequency bands for vehicular communications (e.g., THz)
David W. MatolakUniversity of South Carolina, USA
David W. Matolak (matolak@cec.sc.edu) is a professor at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, 29036, USA. He has more than 25 years of experience in communication system research, development, and deployment with industry, government institutions, and academia, including AT&T Bell Labs, L3 Communication Systems, MITRE, and Lockheed Martin. His research interests include radio channel modeling, communication techniques for nonstationary fading channels, and secure communications. He has been an associate editor for several IEEE journals and has delivered several dozen invited presentations at a variety of international venues. He is a Fellow of IEEE.(Based on document published on 23 August 2022).
David W. MatolakUniversity of South Carolina, USA
David W. Matolak (matolak@cec.sc.edu) is a professor at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, 29036, USA. He has more than 25 years of experience in communication system research, development, and deployment with industry, government institutions, and academia, including AT&T Bell Labs, L3 Communication Systems, MITRE, and Lockheed Martin. His research interests include radio channel modeling, communication techniques for nonstationary fading channels, and secure communications. He has been an associate editor for several IEEE journals and has delivered several dozen invited presentations at a variety of international venues. He is a Fellow of IEEE.(Based on document published on 23 August 2022).
Daniel B. Da CostaKing Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia
Daniel Benevides da Costa (Senior Member, IEEE) received the B.Sc. degree in telecommunications from the Military Institute of Engineering, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2003, and the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering, area: telecommunications, from the University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil, in 2006 and 2008, respectively.,From 2008 to 2009, he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with INRS-EMT, University of Quebec, Montreal, QC, Canada. From 2010 to 2022, he was with the Federal University of Ceará, Ceará, Brazil. From January 2019 to April 2019, he was a Visiting Professor with the Lappeenranta University of Technology, Lappeenranta, Finland, with financial support from Nokia Foundation. From May 2019 to August 2019, he was a Visiting Faculty with King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, and from September 2019 to November 2019, he was a Visiting Researcher with Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey. From 2021 to 2022, he was a Full Professor with the National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Douliu, Taiwan. Since 2022, he has been a Principal Researcher with the AI and Digital Science Research Center, Technology Innovation Institute, Masdar, Abu Dhabi, a global research center and the applied pillar with Advanced Technology Research Council, Abu Dhabi.,Dr. Benevides da Costa was awarded with the prestigious Nokia Visiting Professor Grant. His Ph.D. thesis was awarded the Best Ph.D. Thesis in Electrical Engineering by the Brazilian Ministry of Education at the 2009 CAPES Thesis Contest. He is an editor of several IEEE journals and has acted as a symposium/track co-chair in numerous IEEE flagship conferences.(Based on document published on 2 March 2023).
Daniel B. Da CostaKing Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia
Daniel Benevides da Costa (Senior Member, IEEE) received the B.Sc. degree in telecommunications from the Military Institute of Engineering, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2003, and the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering, area: telecommunications, from the University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil, in 2006 and 2008, respectively.,From 2008 to 2009, he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with INRS-EMT, University of Quebec, Montreal, QC, Canada. From 2010 to 2022, he was with the Federal University of Ceará, Ceará, Brazil. From January 2019 to April 2019, he was a Visiting Professor with the Lappeenranta University of Technology, Lappeenranta, Finland, with financial support from Nokia Foundation. From May 2019 to August 2019, he was a Visiting Faculty with King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, and from September 2019 to November 2019, he was a Visiting Researcher with Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey. From 2021 to 2022, he was a Full Professor with the National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Douliu, Taiwan. Since 2022, he has been a Principal Researcher with the AI and Digital Science Research Center, Technology Innovation Institute, Masdar, Abu Dhabi, a global research center and the applied pillar with Advanced Technology Research Council, Abu Dhabi.,Dr. Benevides da Costa was awarded with the prestigious Nokia Visiting Professor Grant. His Ph.D. thesis was awarded the Best Ph.D. Thesis in Electrical Engineering by the Brazilian Ministry of Education at the 2009 CAPES Thesis Contest. He is an editor of several IEEE journals and has acted as a symposium/track co-chair in numerous IEEE flagship conferences.(Based on document published on 2 March 2023).
José Rodríguez-PiñeiroTongji University, China
José Rodríguez-Piñeiro (Member, IEEE) received the B.Sc. degree (Hons.) in telecommunications and M.Sc. degree (Hons.) in signal processing applications for communications from the University of Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain, in 2009 and 2011, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree (Hons.) in 2016. Between June 2008 and July 2011, he was a Researcher at the Department of Signal and Communications, University of Vigo. In 2011 he joined the Group of Electronics Technology and Communications of the University of A Coruña, Spain, as a Researcher. After obtaining his Ph.D. degree, he continued working as a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the same group until July 2017. On August 2017, he joined the College of Electronics and Information Engineering, Tongji University, China, as a Post-Doctoral Researcher, becoming an Assistant Professor in 2020. He performed several research stays at the Technische Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria, and the National University of Asunción, Paraguay. From November 2012, he collaborates with the Department of Power and Control Systems, National University of Asunción in both teaching and research, and he has been an External Researcher of the Group of Electronics Technology and Communications of the University of A Coru na since 2018. He is the coauthor of more than 70 papers in peer-reviewed international journals and conferences, as well as three patents. He is also the leader or a member of the research team in more than 40 international, national and regional research projects funded by public organizations and private companies. His research interests include experimental evaluation of digital mobile communications, especially for high mobility environments, including terrestrial and aerial vehicular scenarios. He was awarded with two national- and regional-level predoctoral grants, two national-level Post-Doctoral fellowships and three national-level research stay grants, as well as with a Post-Doctoral award and a teaching quality award. Since 2023, he has been an Elected Member of the Propagation Committee of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society (VTS).
José Rodríguez-PiñeiroTongji University, China
José Rodríguez-Piñeiro (Member, IEEE) received the B.Sc. degree (Hons.) in telecommunications and M.Sc. degree (Hons.) in signal processing applications for communications from the University of Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain, in 2009 and 2011, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree (Hons.) in 2016. Between June 2008 and July 2011, he was a Researcher at the Department of Signal and Communications, University of Vigo. In 2011 he joined the Group of Electronics Technology and Communications of the University of A Coruña, Spain, as a Researcher. After obtaining his Ph.D. degree, he continued working as a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the same group until July 2017. On August 2017, he joined the College of Electronics and Information Engineering, Tongji University, China, as a Post-Doctoral Researcher, becoming an Assistant Professor in 2020. He performed several research stays at the Technische Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria, and the National University of Asunción, Paraguay. From November 2012, he collaborates with the Department of Power and Control Systems, National University of Asunción in both teaching and research, and he has been an External Researcher of the Group of Electronics Technology and Communications of the University of A Coru na since 2018. He is the coauthor of more than 70 papers in peer-reviewed international journals and conferences, as well as three patents. He is also the leader or a member of the research team in more than 40 international, national and regional research projects funded by public organizations and private companies. His research interests include experimental evaluation of digital mobile communications, especially for high mobility environments, including terrestrial and aerial vehicular scenarios. He was awarded with two national- and regional-level predoctoral grants, two national-level Post-Doctoral fellowships and three national-level research stay grants, as well as with a Post-Doctoral award and a teaching quality award. Since 2023, he has been an Elected Member of the Propagation Committee of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society (VTS).
Michael WalterGerman Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany
Michael Walter (Senior Member, IEEE) received the Dipl.-Ing. and Dr.-Ing. degrees in electrical engineering from Ulm University, Ulm, Germany, in 2008 and 2015, respectively. Since 2009, he has been the Member of the Scientific Staff with the Institute of Communications and Navigation, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Wessling, Germany, where he gained extensive experience in organizing and conducting numerous measurement campaigns for vehicular and aeronautical research.(Based on document published on 6 January 2023).
Michael WalterGerman Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany
Michael Walter (Senior Member, IEEE) received the Dipl.-Ing. and Dr.-Ing. degrees in electrical engineering from Ulm University, Ulm, Germany, in 2008 and 2015, respectively. Since 2009, he has been the Member of the Scientific Staff with the Institute of Communications and Navigation, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Wessling, Germany, where he gained extensive experience in organizing and conducting numerous measurement campaigns for vehicular and aeronautical research.(Based on document published on 6 January 2023).
Ke GuanBeijing Jiaotong University, China
Ke Guan [sm] (kguan@bjtu.edu.cn) is a Professor at the State Key Laboratory of Rail Traffic Control and Safety and the School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, China. His current research interests include measurement and modeling of wireless propagation channels; high-speed railway communications; vehicle-to-x channel characterization; and indoor channel characterization for high-speed, shortrange systems, including future terahertz communication systems.(Based on document published on 18 October 2023).
Ke GuanBeijing Jiaotong University, China
Ke Guan [sm] (kguan@bjtu.edu.cn) is a Professor at the State Key Laboratory of Rail Traffic Control and Safety and the School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, China. His current research interests include measurement and modeling of wireless propagation channels; high-speed railway communications; vehicle-to-x channel characterization; and indoor channel characterization for high-speed, shortrange systems, including future terahertz communication systems.(Based on document published on 18 October 2023).
Carlos A. GutierrezUniversidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Carlos A. Gutierrez received the B.E. degree in electronics and digital communication systems from the Universidad Autonoma de Aguascalientes, Mexico, in 2002, the Advanced Studies Diploma degree in signal processing and communication theory from the Universidad Politecnica de Cataluña, Spain, in 2005, the M.S. degree in electronics and telecommunications from CICESE, Mexico, in 2006, and the Ph.D. degree in mobile communication systems from the University of Agder, Norway, in 2009.
From 2009 to 2011, he was with the School of Engineering, Universidad Panamericana, Aguascalientes, Mexico. Since January 2012, he has been with the Faculty of Science, Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi, Mexico. His research interests include modeling, simulation, and measurement of wireless channels; antenna design; electromagnetic wave propagation; vehicular communications; and radio sensing for vehicular applications and human activity recognition.
Dr. Gutierrez has held different positions in organizing and technical program committees of various international conferences. He has served as an Expert Evaluator for the European Commission and CONACYT (Mexico); an associate editor for the IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine; and a guest editor for several international journals. His publications received three best paper awards. He is a member of the Mexican National System of Researchers.
Carlos A. GutierrezUniversidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Carlos A. Gutierrez received the B.E. degree in electronics and digital communication systems from the Universidad Autonoma de Aguascalientes, Mexico, in 2002, the Advanced Studies Diploma degree in signal processing and communication theory from the Universidad Politecnica de Cataluña, Spain, in 2005, the M.S. degree in electronics and telecommunications from CICESE, Mexico, in 2006, and the Ph.D. degree in mobile communication systems from the University of Agder, Norway, in 2009.
From 2009 to 2011, he was with the School of Engineering, Universidad Panamericana, Aguascalientes, Mexico. Since January 2012, he has been with the Faculty of Science, Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi, Mexico. His research interests include modeling, simulation, and measurement of wireless channels; antenna design; electromagnetic wave propagation; vehicular communications; and radio sensing for vehicular applications and human activity recognition.
Dr. Gutierrez has held different positions in organizing and technical program committees of various international conferences. He has served as an Expert Evaluator for the European Commission and CONACYT (Mexico); an associate editor for the IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine; and a guest editor for several international journals. His publications received three best paper awards. He is a member of the Mexican National System of Researchers.
Philipp SvobodaTechnischen Universität Wien, Austria
He is a senior scientist working at TU Wien, with a research focus on the performance aspects of mobile cellular technologies. He is currently examining the feasibility of using crowdsourcing to conduct performance measurements on 4G and 5G mobile networks. His research aims to establish a common framework for evaluating the performance of mobile networks, guaranteeing reliable and fair connectivity for end-users.
Philipp SvobodaTechnischen Universität Wien, Austria
He is a senior scientist working at TU Wien, with a research focus on the performance aspects of mobile cellular technologies. He is currently examining the feasibility of using crowdsourcing to conduct performance measurements on 4G and 5G mobile networks. His research aims to establish a common framework for evaluating the performance of mobile networks, guaranteeing reliable and fair connectivity for end-users.