Publications

 

Journal papers and book chapters

J. van de Beek, T. Cai, S. Grimoud, P. Mähönen, J. Nasreddine, J. Riihijärvi, B. Sayrac,
"How a layered REM architecture brings cognition to today's mobile networks",
IEEE Wireless Communications Mag., vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 17-24, August 2012.

J. van de Beek, J. Riihijärvi, A. Achtzehn, P. Mähönen
"TV White Space in Europe"
IEEE Trans. on Mobile Computing, vol. 11, No. 2, 178-188, 2012

B.Sayrac
"From self-organizing to cognitive networks: How can the cellular network operator make use of the cognitive paradigm?"
To appear in Cognitive Radio and its Applications for Next Generation Cellular and Wireless Networks, eds. H. Venkataraman and G.-M. Muntean, Springer Verlag.

M. López-Benítez, F. Casadevall
"Empirical time-dimension model of spectrum use based on a discrete-time Markov chain with deterministic and stochastic duty cycle models"
To appear in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

S. L. Wang, Y. Wang, J. Coon, A. Doufexi
"Energy-efficient spectrum sensing and access for cognitive radio networks"
Accepted to IEEE Transaction on Vehicular Technology, 2012

M. Sooriyabandara, T. Farnham, P. Mähönen, M. Petrova, J. Riihijärvi, and Z. Wang
"Generic Interface Architecture Supporting
Cognitive Resource Management in Future Wireless Networks"
IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 49, no. 9, pp. 103-113, September 2011.

J. Riihijärvi and P. Mähönen
"A Spatial Statistics Approach to Characterizing and
Modeling the Structure of Cognitive Wireless Networks"
Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks, 2012.

T. Cai, J. van de Beek, J. Nasreddine, M. Petrova, P. Mähönen
"A TD-LTE Prototype System with Modules for General-Purpose
Cognitive Resource Management and Radio-Environmental Mapping"
Int. J. of Wireless Information Networks, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 131-145, Springer. 

V. Kolar, K. Bharath, N. B. Abu-Ghazaleh, J. Riihijärvi
"The effect of contention in CSMA networks: Model and fairness protocol”
Elsevier Performance Evaluation, vol. 68, no. 9, pp. 782-805, September 2011.

L. Gavrilovska and V. Atanasovski
"Spectrum Sensing Framework for Cognitive Radio Networks"
Springer Wireless Personal Communications, DOI: 10.1007/s11277-011-0239-1, 2011.

B. Jankuloska, M. Pavloski, M. Zahariev, V. Atanasovski and L. Gavrilovska
"Efficient Spectrum Utilization: A Cognitive Approach"
MTA Review, Vol. XXI, No. 1, March 2011

M. López-Benítez, F. Casadevall
"Methodological aspects of spectrum occupancy evaluation in the context of cognitive radio"
European Transactions on Telecommunications (Wiley), Special Issue on European Wireless 2009 Conference, vol. 21, no. 8, pp. 680-693, December, 2010. ISSN: 1124-318X (print) / 1541-8251 (online)

 

Conference papers

S. Subramani, T. Farnham, M. Sooriyabandara,
“Deployment and Interface Design Considerations for Radio Environment Maps,”
in Proc. of IEEE WiMob 2012.

D. Denkovski, M. Angjelicinoski, V. Atanasovski and L. Gavrilovska,
“Practical assessment of RSS-based localization in indoor environments”,
in Proc. of IEEE MILCOM 2012.

A. Palaios, J. Riihijärvi, O. Holland, A. Achtzehn, P. Mähönen,
"Measurements of Spectrum Use in London: Exploratory Data Analysis and Study of Temporal, Spatial and Frequency-Domain Dynamics",
in Proc. of IEEE DySPAN 2012, Bellevue, Washington, October 2012.

J. Riihijärvi, J. Nasreddine, P. Mähönen,
“Demonstrating Radio Environment Map Construction from Massive Data Sets”,
in Proc. of the 2012 Symposium on Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks (DySPAN 2012), Bellevue, USA, October 2012.

J. Riihijärvi, J. Nasreddine, P. Mähönen,
“Influence of Spatial Statistics of Spectrum Use on the Performance of Cognitive Wireless Networks”,
In Proc. of the ACM MSWiM 2012.

J. Nasreddine, J. Riihijärvi, P. Mähönen,
“Impact of Measurement Configurations on the Accuracy of Propagation Model Estimation with Applications to Dynamic Spectrum Access”,
in Proc. of the IEEE GlobeCom 2012.

Jaap van de Beek, Erik Lidström, Tao Cai, Yong Xie, Valentin Rakovic, Vladimir Anatasovski, Liljana Gavrilovska, Janne Riihijärvi, Petri Mähönen,
"REM-enabled opportunistic LTE in the TV band",
In Proc. of the 2012 Symposium on Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks (DySPAN 2012), Bellevue, USA, October 2012.

B. Sayrac, J. Riihijärvi, P. Mähönen, S. Jemaa, E. Moulines, S. Grimoud,
"Imporving Coverage Estimation for Cellular Networks with Spatial Bayesian Prediction based on Measurements"
In Proc. of ACM CellNet 2012 in conjunction with ACM SIGCOMM 2012, Helsinki, Finland, August 2012.

L. Iacobelli, P. Foulliot, C. Le Martret, "Radio Environment Map Based Architecture and Protocols for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks"
In Proc. of Med-Hoc-Net 2012.

J. Riihijärvi, P. Mähönen, "Estimating Wireless Network Properties with Spatial Statistics and Models"
In Proc. of SpasWin 2012.

A. Polydoros, I. Dagres, "Estimation-Based Noise-Robust Sensing"
In Proc. of CrownCom 2012.

D. Denkovski, V. Atanasovski, L. Gavrilovska, J. Riihijarvi and P. Mahonen, "Reliability of a Radio Environment Map: Case of Spatial Interpolation Techniques"
In Proc. of CrownCom 2012.

A. Palaios, J. Riihijarvi, P. Mahonen, V. Atanasovski, L. Gavrilovska, P. Van Wesemael, A. Dejonghe and P. Scheele, "Two Days of Spectrum Use in Europe"
In Proc. of CrownCom 2012.

D. Denkovski, V. Atanasovski and L. Gavrilovska, "GHOST: Efficient Goodness-of-fit HOS Testing Signal Detector for Cognitive Radio Networks"
In Proc. of IEEE ICC 2012.

Z. Abbas, J. Nasreddine, J. Riihijärvi, P. Mähönen, "Long-term Indoor Propagation Models for Radio Resource Management"
In Proc. of IEEE WoWMoM 2012.

D. Denkovski, V. Rakovic, M. Pavloski, K. Chomu, V. Atanasovski, L. Gavrilovska, "Integration of Heterogeneous Spectrum Sensing Devices Towards Accurate REM Construction"
IEEE WCNC 2012.

A. Zalonis, N. Dimitriou, A. Polydoros, J. Nasreddine, P. Mähönen
"Femtocell Downlink Power Control based on Radio Environmental Maps"
IEEE WCNC 2012.

K. Rerkrai, J. Nasreddine, J. Riihijärvi, and P. Mähönen
"Enabling Run-Time Utility-Based Optimization Through
Generic Interfaces in Wireless Networks"
Proc. of IEEE MCECN 2011, in conjunction with
IEEE Globecom 2011, Houston, Texas, December 2011.

J. Nasreddine, N. Miliou, J. Riihijärvi, A. Polydoros, P. Mähönen
"Using Geolocation Information for Dynamic Spectrum 
Access in Cellular Networks"
Proc. of the 6th ACM PM2HW2N Workshop, in conjunction with
ACM MSWiM'11, Miami Beach, FL, November 2011.

J. Riihijärvi, E. Meshkova, P. Mähönen
"Graph Approximations of Spatial Wireless Network Models"
Proc. of the 6th ACM PM2HW2N Workshop, in conjunction with
ACM MSWiM'11, Miami Beach, FL, November 2011.

J. Nasreddine, J. Riihijärvi, X. Li, P. Mähönen
"Exploring Opportunistic Access Techniques Using Stochastic Models:
Dynamic Spectrum Access Without Sensing"
Proc. of IEEE MILCOM 2011, Baltimore, Maryland, November 2011.

S. Subramani, Z. Fan, S. Gormus, P. Kulkarni, M. Sooriyabandara, Woon Hau Chin
"WISEMEN: White Space for Smart Metering"
Accepted to IEEE SmartGridComm 2012.

S. L. Wang, Y. Wang, J. Coon, A. Doufexi
"Antenna selection based spectrum sensing for cognitive radio"
Accepted to IEEE PIMRC 2011.

S. Pollin, L. Hollevoet, F. Naessens, P. Van Wesemael, A. Dejonghe, L. Van der Perre
"Versatile sensing for mobile devices: cost, performance and hardware prototypes"
Invited for CoRoNet 2011 19 Sept., Las Vegas, Nevada

F. Bouali, O. Sallent, J. Pérez-Romero, R. Agustí
"A Novel Spectrum Selection Strategy for Matching Multi-Service Secondary Traffic to Heterogeneous Primary Spectrum Opportunities”
Accepted to IEEE PIMRC 2011.

L. Bolea, J. Pérez-Romero, R. Agustí
"Received Signal Interpolation for Context Discovery in Cognitive Radio"
WPMC 2011 Conference, Brest, October, 2011.

A. Vizziello, J. Pérez-Romero
"System Architecture in Cognitive Radio Networks using a Radio Environment Map"
4th International Conference on Cognitive Radio and Advanced Spectrum Management (CogART), Barcelona, October, 2011.

M. López-Benítez, F. Casadevall, D. López-Pérez and A. V. Vasilakos
"Modeling and Simulation of Joint Time-Frequency Properties of Spectrum Usage in Cognitive Radio"
4th International Workshop on Cognitive Radio and Advanced Spectrum Management (CogART 2011) (Invited Paper), Barcelona, Spain, 26-29 October 2011.

N. Miliou, A. Moustakas, A. Polydoros
"Interference Source Localization and Transmit Power Estimation Under Log-Normal Shadowing"
Accepted to EUSIPCO 2011

S. Grimoud, B. Sayrac, S. B. Jemaa, E. Moulines
"Best Sensor Selection for an Iterative REM Construction"
Accepted to VTC Fall 2011.

F. Bouali, O. Sallent, J. Pérez-Romero, R. Agustí
"Strengthening Radio Environment Map with Primary-User Statistical Patterns for Enhancing Cognitive Radio Operation"
Crowncom 2011, Yokohama, Japan, 31 May-3 June 2011.

M. López-Benítez, F. Casadevall
"An overview of spectrum occupancy models for cognitive radio networks"
IFIP International Workshop on Performance Evaluation of Cognitive Radio Networks (PE-CRN 2011), Valencia, Spain, May 13, 2011, pp. 1-10.

M. López-Benítez, F. Casadevall
"Modeling and simulation of time-correlation properties of spectrum use in cognitive radio"
6th International ICST Conference on Cognitive Radio Oriented Wireless Networks (CrownCom 2011), Yokohama, Japan, 31 May-3 June 2011, pp. 1-5.

T. Cai, J. van de Beek, B. Sayrac, S. Grimoud, J. Nasreddine, 
J. Riihijärvi, P. Mähönen
"Design of Layered Radio Environment Maps for
RAN Optimization in Heterogeneous LTE Systems"
Proc. of IEEE PIMRC 2011, Toronto, Canada, September 2011.

K. Rerkrai, J. Nasreddine, Z. Wang, J. Riihijärvi, P. Mähönen
"Design and Implementation of
Utility-Based Radio Resource Optimization Using CAPRI"
Proc. of IWCMC 2011, Istanbul, Turkey, July 2011.

Jaap van de Beek, Janne Riihijärvi, Andreas Achtzehn and Petri Mähönen
"UHF white space in Europe - a quantitative study into the potential of the 470-790 MHz band"
in Proc. of IEEE DySPAN 2011, Aachen, Germany, May 2011

J. Riihijärvi, J. Nasreddine, P. Mähönen
"Influence of Primary Network Structure and Dynamics on Achievable Performance of Cognitive Wireless Networks"
in Proc. of IEEE DySPAN 2011, Aachen, Germany, May 2011

E. Meshkova, J. Ansari, D. Denkovski, J. Riihijärvi, J. Nasreddine, M. Pavloski, L. Gavrilovska, and P. Mähönen
"Experimental Spectrum Sensor Testbed for Constructing Indoor Radio Environmental Maps"
Poster paper in IEEE DySPAN 2011, Aachen, Germany, May 2011

M. Michalopoulou, J. Riihijärvi, and P. Mähönen
"Towards Characterizing Primary Usage in Cellular Networks: A Traffic-based Study"
Poster paper in IEEE DySPAN 2011, Aachen, Germany, May 2011

J. Ansari, T. Ang, P. Mähönen
"WiSpot - Detecting Wi-Fi Networks Using IEEE 802.15.4 Radios"
Demonstration, in Proceedings of EWSN 2011, Bonn, Germany, February 2011

M. López-Benítez, F. Casadevall
"Statistical Prediction of Spectrum Occupancy Perception in Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks"
in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2011), Kyoto, Japan, June 2011

M. López-Benítez, F. Casadevall
"Discrete-Time Spectrum Occupancy Model based on Markov Chain and Duty Cycle Models"
in Proc. of IEEE DySPAN 2011, Aachen, Germany, May 2011

M. López-Benítez, F. Casadevall
"A Radio Spectrum Measurement Platform for Spectrum Surveying in Cognitive Radio"
accepted to the 7th International ICST Conference on Testbeds and Research Infrastructures for the Development of Networks and Communities (TridentCom 2011)

Liliana Bolea, Jordi Pérez-Romero, Ramón Agustí, Oriol Sallent
"Context Discovery Mechanisms for Cognitive Radio"
accepted to IEEE VTC in Spring conference, (VTC Spring 2011), to be held in Budapest

S. Pollin et al.
"An integrated reconfigurable engine for multi- purpose sensing up to 6 GHz"
Demonstration paper in Proc. of IEEE DySPAN 2011, Aachen, Germany, May 2011

P. Van Wesemael et al.
"Performance Evaluation of Sensing Solutions For LTE and DVB-T"
in Proc. of IEEE DySPAN 2011, Aachen, Germany, May 2011

F. Bouali, O. Sallent, J. Pérez-Romero, R. Agustí
"A Novel Framework for Enhancing Cognitive Radio Operation based on Primary-User Pattern Statistical Characterisation"
accepted to IEEE VTC in Spring conference, (VTC Spring 2011), to be held in Budapest.

V. Goncalves et al.
"On the Value of Sensing for TV White Spaces"
in Proc. of IEEE DySPAN 2011, Aachen, Germany, May 2011

V. Atanasovski et al.
"Constructing Radio Environment Maps with Heterogeneous Spectrum Sensors"
Demonstration paper in Proc. of IEEE DySPAN 2011, Aachen, Germany, May 2011

K. Rerkrai, J. Nasreddine, Z. Wang, J. Riihijärvi, and P. Mähönen
"Design and Implementation of Utility-Based Radio Resource Optimization Using CAPRI"
Proc. of IWCMC 2011, Istanbul, Turkey, July 2011. (accepted)

Siva Subramani, Zhong Fan, Simon Armour, Dritan Kaleshi
"On the Spectrum Heterogeneity and Non-sequential Spectrum Scanning"
accepted to European Wireless, 2011

Tim Harrold, Rafael Cepeda, Mark Beach
"Long-term Measurements of Spectrum Occupancy Characteristics"
in Proc. of IEEE DySPAN 2011, Aachen, Germany, May 2011

D. Denkovski, V. Atanasovski and L. Gavrilovska
"Efficient Mid-end Spectrum Sensing Implementation for Cognitive Radio Applications based on USRP2 Devices"
The First International Conference on Advances in Cognitive Radio (COCORA 2011), Budapest, Hungary, April 2011

Sébastien Grimoud, Berna Sayrac, Sana Ben Jemaa, Eric Moulines
"An Algorithm for Fast REM Construction"
accepted to CrownCom 2011.

D. Denkovski, M. Pavloski, V. Atanasovski and L. Gavrilovska
”Parameter settings for 2.4GHz ISM spectrum measurements”
3rd International Workshop on Cognitive Radio and Advanced Spectrum Management (CogArt 2010), Rome, Italy, November 2010

E. Meshkova, J. Riihijärvi, A. Achtzehn, and P. Mähönen
"On Utility-Based Network Management"
Proc. of IEEE International Workshop on Management of Emerging Networks and Services (IEEE MENS 2010)
in conjunction with IEEE Globecom 2010, Miami, Florida, December 2010

M. Petrova, M. Michalopoulou, P. Mähönen
"Self-Organizing Multiple Access with Minimal Information: Networking in El Farol Bar"
Proc. of IEEE Workshop on Mobile Computing and Emerging Communication Networks (IEEE MCECN 2010)
in conjunction with IEEE Globecom 2010, Miami, Florida, December 2010

J. Ansari, X. Zhang, P. Mähönen
"A Decentralized MAC for Opportunistic Spectrum Access inCognitive Wireless Networks"
In proceedings of the Second ACM SIGMOBILE Workshop on Cognitive Wireless Networking (CoRoNet), in conjunction with MobiCom 2010, Illinois, Chicago, USA 2010

A. Vizziello, Ian F. Akyildiz, R. Agusti, L. Favalli, P. Savazzi
"OFDM Signal Type Recognition and Adaptability Effects in Cognitive Radio Networks"
IEEE GLOBECOM 2010, December 6-10, Miami, USA

Guolin Sun, Jaap van de Beek
"Simple Distributed Interference Source Localization for Radio Environment Mapping"
Wireless Days 2010, Venice, Italy, October 2010

M. Wellens, J. Riihijärvi, and P. Mähönen
"Evaluation of Adaptive MAC-Layer Sensing in Realistic Spectrum Occupancy Scenarios"
Proc. of IEEE DySPAN 2010, Singapore, April 2010.

J. Nasreddine, J. Riihijärvi, and P. Mähönen
"Location-Based Adaptive Detection Threshold for Dynamic Spectrum Access"
Proc. of IEEE DySPAN 2010, Singapore, April 2010.

J. Riihijärvi, J. Nasreddine and P. Mähönen
"Impact of Primary User Activity Patterns on ?Spatial Spectrum Reuse Opportunities"
Proc. of EW 2010, Invited Session on Cognitive Radio, Lucca, Italy, April 2010.

J. Riihijärvi, M. Petrova, V. Atanasovski, L. Gavrilovska
"Extending Policy Languages with Utility and Prioritization Knowledge: The CAPRI approach"
Proc. of IEEE DySPAN 2010 (International Symposium on New Frontiers in Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks), Singapore, April 2010.

S. Pollin, E. Lopez, A. Antoun, P. Van Wesemael, L. Hollevoet, A. Bourdoux, A. Dejonghe, L. Van der Perre
“Digital and Analog Solution for Low-power Multi-band Sensing”
accepted to Dyspan 2010 (Demonstration Track)

A. Dejonghe et al.
“Versatile spectrum sensing on mobile devices?”
Proc. of IEEE DySPAN 2010 (International Symposium on New Frontiers in Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks), Singapore, April 2010.

J. Riihijärvi, P. Mähönen
"Modeling Spatial Structure of Wireless Communication Networks"
Proc. of IEEE NetSciCom 2010 (International Workshop on Network Science for Communication Networks), in conjuction with INFOCOM 2010, San Diego, March 2010.

P. Mähönen, J. Riihijärvi, and A. Kivrak
"Statistical Characterization of Transmitter Locations Based on Signal Strength Measurements"
Proc. of IEEE ISWPC 2010, Modena, Italy, May 2010.

J. Riihijärvi and P. Mähönen
"Structure of Service Areas in Wireless Communication Networks"
Proc. of WWIC 2010, Lulea, Sweden, June 2010.

S. Fiehe, J. Riihijärvi, and P. Mähönen
"Experimental Study on Performance of IEEE 802.11n and Impact of Interferers on the 2.4 GHz ISM band"
Proc. of IWCMC 2010, 6th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference, Caen, France, June 2010.

J. Nasreddine, A. Achtzehn, J. Riihijärvi and P. Mähönen
“Enabling Secondary Access through Robust Primary User Channel Assignment”
accepted to IEEE Globecom 2010.

M. Michalopoulou, J. Riihijärvi and P. Mähönen
“Studying the Relationships between Spatial Structures of Wireless Networks and Population Densities”
accepted to IEEE Globecom 2010.

M. López-Benítez and F. Casadevall
“Spatial Duty Cycle Model for Cognitive Radio”
21th Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Conference, 26-29 September 2010 (PIMRC2010), Istanbul, Turkey. (accepted)