Professional activities

Keynote & Spotlight Talks

2021

[Spotlight Talk] G. Geraci, and A. Garcia-Rodriguez, “Aerial and Spaceborne Communications: The journey from 5G to 6G”, IEEE Globecom, Madrid, Dec. 2021.

2020

[Keynote] A. Garcia-Rodriguez, “UAV-to-UAV Communications in Cellular Networks”, IEEE PIMRC Workshop on UAV Communications for 5G and Beyond, August 2020.

Industrial Seminars

2020

A. Garcia-Rodriguez, L. Galati-Giordano, D. Lopez-Perez, and G. Geraci, “Next-generation Wi-Fi: Towards Extremely High Throughput with 802.11be”, IEEE ICC, Dublin, June 2020.

2019

• L. Galati-Giordano, A. Garcia-Rodriguez, D. Lopez-Perez, and G. Geraci, “Next-Generation Wi-Fi: Extreme High Throughput and Real Time Applications”, IEEE ICC, Shanghai, May 2019.

2018

• L. Galati-Giordano, A. Garcia-Rodriguez, and D. Lopez-Perez, “Future Indoor Networks: The Role of Wi-Fi and its Evolution”, IEEE GLOBECOM, Abu Dhabi, 2018.

2017

• L. Galati Giordano, M. Ding, M. Hassan, and A. Garcia-Rodriguez, “Drone Base Stations: Opportunities and Challenges Towards a Truly “Wireless” Wireless Network”, IEEE GLOBECOM, Singapore, 2017 [Awarded the “Most Attended Industry Program Award at IEEE Globecom 2017“].

Tutorials

2021

• A. Garcia-Rodriguez, G. Geraci, and M. Zeeshan Shakir, “On the Way to 6G UAV and Satellite Communications”, IEEE Globecom, Madrid, Dec. 2021.
• G. Geraci, and A. Garcia-Rodriguez, “Towards 6G UAV and Satellite Communications”, IEEE PIMRC [Online], Sept. 2021.
• G. Geraci, and A. Garcia-Rodriguez, “Cellular UAV and Satellite Communications”, IEEE SPAWC [Online], Sept. 2021.
• G. Geraci, and A. Garcia-Rodriguez, “The Future of UAV Cellular Communications”, IEEE ICC [Online], June 2021.
• G. Geraci, and A. Garcia-Rodriguez, “The Future of UAV Cellular Communications”, IEEE VTC Spring [Online], April 2021.

2020

• G. Geraci, A. Garcia-Rodriguez, Mahdi Azari, and L. Galati-Giordano, “Drone Cellular Communications: From Theory to Real Networks”, IEEE VTC Spring, Antwerp, May 2020.

2019

• G. Geraci, A. Garcia-Rodriguez, Mahdi Azari, and L. Galati-Giordano, “How to Prepare the Ground for Drone Communications”, IEEE PIMRC, Istanbul, Sept. 2019.
• D. Lopez-Perez, A. Garcia-Rodriguez, L. Galati-Giordano, and G. Geraci, “Behind Wi-Fi’s success story: Fundamentals, deciphering 802.11ax, and roadmap towards the next generation”, EuCNC, Valencia, July 2019.

2018

• G. Geraci, A. Garcia-Rodriguez, M. Hassan, and M. Ding, “UAV Cellular Communications: Practical Insights and Future Vision”, IEEE GLOBECOM, Abu Dhabi, 2018.
• A. Garcia-Rodriguez, and G. Geraci, “Unlicensed Spectrum Technologies: From Wi-Fi to 5G and Beyond”, CROWNCOM, Ghent, 2018.
• A. Garcia-Rodriguez, and G. Geraci, “Unlicensed Spectrum Technologies: From Wi-Fi to 5G and Beyond“, IEEE WCNC, Barcelona, 2018.
• A. Garcia-Rodriguez, and G. Geraci, “Unlicensed Spectrum Technologies: From Wi-Fi to 5G and Beyond“, IEEE ICC, Kansas City, 2018.

Standard Contributions

IEEE 802.11 – Wi-Fi

2020

• A. Garcia-Rodriguez, O. Alanen, M. Kasslin, D. Lopez-Perez, and L. Galati Giordano, “Multi-link for low latency,” IEEE 802.11-20/0093r3, Irvine, USA, Jan. 2020.
• A. Garcia-Rodriguez, D. Lopez-Perez, L. Galati Giordano, M. Kasslin, O. Alanen, Eloise de Carvalho Rodrigues, and E. Rantala, “Performance of parameterized spatial reuse (PSR) with coordinated beamforming/null steering for 802.11be,” IEEE 802.11-20/0091r6, Irvine, USA, Jan. 2020.
• D. Lopez-Perez, A. Garcia-Rodriguez, L. Galati Giordano, M. Kasslin, O. Alanen, and E. Rantala, “Downlink spatial reuse parameter framework with coordinated beamforming/null steering for 802.11be,” IEEE 802.11-19/1779r6, Irvine, USA, Jan. 2020.

2019

• D. Lopez-Perez, A. Garcia-Rodriguez, L. Galati Giordano, M. Kasslin, O. Alanen, and E. Rantala, “Coordinated Beamforming/Null Steering Protocol in 802.11be,” IEEE 802.11-19/1594r2, Hanoi, Vietnam, Sept. 2019.
• D. Lopez-Perez, A. Garcia-Rodriguez, L. Galati Giordano, M. Kasslin, O. Alanen, and Enrico Rantala, “Performance of Coordinated Null Steering in 802.11be,” IEEE 802.11-19/1212r2, Vienna, Austria, July 2019.
• A. Garcia-Rodriguez, D. Lopez-Perez, M. Kasslin, O. Alanen, and L. Galati Giordano, “Coordinated null steering for EHT,” IEEE 802.11-19/0811r1, Atlanta, USA, May 2019.
• E. Rantala, O. Alanen, M. Kasslin, J. Marin, V-M. Kolmonen, D. Lopez-Perez, L. Galati Giordano, and A. Garcia-Rodriguez, “Reducing channel access delay,” IEEE 802.11-19/0402r1, Vancouver, Canada, Mar. 2019.
• D. Lopez-Perez, M. Kasslin, O. Alanen, E. Rantala, E. Torkildson, A. Garcia-Rodriguez, and L. Galati Giordano, “Distributed multi-user MIMO architecture design considerations,” IEEE 802.11-19/0089r1, Saint Louise, USA, Jan. 2019.

Regulatory Contributions

• Coexistence analysis of outdoor wireless PON products with incumbent outdoor point-to-point links deployed in the 60 GHz band. The study was contributed to the Electronic Communications Committee (ECC) – within the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT) – to define the regulatory framework of the operation of 60 GHz systems in Europe [Sec. 7.7 of the ECC Report 288 – Conditions for the coexistence between Fixed Service and other envisaged outdoor uses/applications in the 57-66 GHz range].

European Projects

• European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, “Energy-autonomous portable access points for infrastructure-less networks (PAINLESS)“. PAINLESS is a multi-partner European Training Network (ETN) project, within the framework of the H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks (ITNs).

Conference Organizing Committees

2019

• Y. Zeng, J. Xu, G. Geraci, A. Garcia-Rodriguez, Q. Wu, and M. Ding, “2nd Workshop on Integrating UAVs into 5G and Beyond“, IEEE ICC, Shanghai, 2019.
• Technical program committee (TPC) member for the “Future Trends and Emerging Technologies” track of the Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC) 2019 Fall.

2018

• C. Buratti, A. Garcia-Rodriguez, G. Ferrari, and M. Ding, “Workshop on UAV communications for 5G and beyond“, IEEE PIMRC, Bologna 2018.
• G. Geraci,  A. Garcia-Rodriguez, D. Lopez-Perez, and L. Galati Giordano, “Special session on UAV cellular communications in 5G“, in Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computer, 2018.
• Technical program committee (TPC) member, European Wireless 2018.
• Technical program committee (TPC) member for the “Radio Access Technology and Heterogeneous Networks” track of the Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC) 2018 Fall.

2017

• G. Geraci, and A. Garcia-Rodriguez, “International workshop on Large-Scale Antenna Systems in Licensed and Unlicensed Bands”, IEEE GLOBECOM, Singapore, 2017.

Invited talks

• Adrian Garcia-Rodriguez, “Fundamentals of UAV Communications”, EU project PAINLESS Summer School, University of Cyprus, 10 Sept. 2019.
• Adrian Garcia-Rodriguez, “Next-generation Wi-Fi: Deciphering 802.11ax and roadmap towards 802.11be”, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 20 June 2019.

Online presence

• Giovanni Geraci, Adrian Garcia-Rodriguez, and Xingqin Lin, “Preparing the ground for drone communications“, invited article at IEEE ComSoc Technology News, June 2019.
• Giovanni Geraci, Adrian Garcia-Rodriguez, Lorenzo Galati Giordano, David Lopez Perez, and Emil Bjornson, “UAVs prepare to take off with massive MIMO”, invited post at The Massive MIMO blog, Sept. 2018.

Company Acknowledgements

• Nokia Bell Labs Ireland Certificate of Outstanding Achievement for co-authoring the highest number of filed patents (2019).
• Nokia Bell Labs Ireland Top 10 Inventor Award (2018).
• Nokia Bell Labs Ireland Certificate of Outstanding Achievement for demonstrating technical leadership on UAV cellular communications (2017).

Review Activities

• Journals:
  • IEEE Communications Letters [Exemplary reviewer: 2016].
  • IEEE Transactions on Communications [Exemplary reviewer: 2017].
  • IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications [Exemplary reviewer: 2017].
  • IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications.
  • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.
  • IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing.
  • IEEE Communications Magazine.
  • IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Signal Processing.
  • IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine
• Conferences:
  • IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP).
  • IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC).
  • IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM).
  • IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC).
  • IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC).
  • IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor & Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC).