Second ACoRN Workshop on Co-operative Wireless Communications 2008

Abstract

The aim of this tutorial is to expose an industrial and academic audience to the cutting-edge challenges related to the analysis, design and deployment of cooperative wireless communication networks. We will dwell on Application Scenarios to give some ideas about applicability and business opportunities of these techniques. Second, Definitions shall be given to make sure that people with different backgrounds harmonize on the understanding of cooperative systems. Third, Background & Milestones shall be dwelled on to show who has advanced what in this fast-moving field. Before diving into practical issues, we shall dwell on Capacitive and Outage Bounds for this type of networks, as well as discuss the scaling behavior of some chosen topologies. Then, we shall discuss Hardware Issues so as to eliminate myths on what can and cannot be done in reality. Important to network design is also Channel Modeling where in this context we will show that cooperative channel models are different from traditional ones. We then will commence with Physical Layer Algorithms, and in particular synchronous and lately emerging asynchronous transparent and regenerative single and multi-carrier relaying algorithms which are potentially applicable to WiMAX and LTE type systems. We then will discuss Medium Access Control Protocols and their applicability to cooperative networks; this part shall also include issues related to cross-layer design with PHY. We then show the Application and Economic Benefits of these techniques to incumbent and emerging wireless systems, including WiMAX and LTE derivatives, and we will also show the interest of companies like France Telecom in these approaches. Finally, Conclusions and Road Ahead shall be exposed as well as some thoughts about what is ripe and what is hype.

Biography

Mischa Dohler is now Senior Researcher with CTTC in Barcelona. Prior to this, from June 2005 to February 2008, he has been Senior Research Expert in the R&D division of France Telecom working on cooperative communication systems, cognitive radios and wireless sensor networks. From September 2003 to June 2005, he has been lecturer at King's College London, Centre for Telecommunications Research. At that time, he has also been London Technology Network Business Fellow for King's College London, as well as Student Representative of the IEEE UKRI Section and member of the Student Activity Committee of IEEE Region 8 (Europe, Africa, Middle-East and Russia).

He obtained his PhD in Telecommunications from King's College London, UK, in 2003, his Diploma in Electrical Engineering from Dresden University of Technology, Germany, in 2000, and his MSc degree in Telecommunications from King's College London, UK, in 1999. Prior to Telecommunications, he studied Physics in Moscow. He has won various competitions in Mathematics and Physics, and participated in the 3rd round of the International Physics Olympics for Germany.

In the framework of the Mobile VCE, he has pioneered research on distributed cooperative space-time encoded communication systems, dating back to December 1999. He has published more than 100 technical journal and conference papers at a citation h-index of 12 and citation g-index of 24, holds several patents, co-edited and contributed to several books, has given numerous international short-courses, and participated in standardisation activities. He has been TPC member and co-chair of various conferences, is technical chair of IEEE PIMRC 2008 to be held in Cannes, France, and is editor for the IEEE Communications Letters, the IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, the IEEE Communications Magazine, the IEEE Wireless Communications, the IET Communications, the Elsevier Physical Communications journal, the EURASIP JWCN journal, and the Bentham Science Recent Patents on Computer Science journal. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE.