energy-autonomous Portable Access points for INfrastructure-LESS networks

Project Information

PAINLESS

Grant agreement ID: 812991

DOI

10.3030/812991

Project closed

EC signature date 20 August 2018

Start date 1 October 2018

End date 30 September 2022

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Total cost

€ 4 162 393,24

EU contribution

€ 4 162 393,24

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
United Kingdom

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (15)

Second report on training activities

An outline of the training activities undertaken with any revisions on the training plan for the remainder of the project

Energy models and optimisation framework: phase 2

Energy models and optimisation framework phase 2

Energy Harvesting techniques and network level optimisation: phase 1
Energy neutral PHY and MAC techniques, antennas, and network level planning: phase 2

Energy neutral PHY and MAC techniques antennas and network level planning phase 2

Intermediate report on dissemination activities

Overview of the dissemination activities carried out until M36 and future plan for the remainder of the project

Feedback reports for summer school 1 (SS1) and winter school 1 (WS1) and planned improvements

Collected feedback questionnaires from SS1 and WS1, and report on planned improvements for future SSs, WSs.

Energy neutral PHY and MAC techniques, antennas, and network level planning: phase 1
Second career planning and mobility report

Updated ESRs career plan and overview of the mobility activities in the project ESR secondments etc

First career planning and mobility report

ESRs career plan and overview of the mobility activities in the project (ESR secondments, training events).

Feedback reports for SS3, WS3, SS4, WS4

Collected feedback questionnaires from the remaining SSs WSs and summary report

First Report on training activities

An outline of the training activities undertaken, with any revisions on the training plan for the remainder of the project.

Intermediate report on inputs to standards

Report on the activities of the consortium related to standards and any revision of the plan for the remainder of the project

Energy models and optimisation framework: phase 1
System level evaluation, and proof of concept

System level evaluation and proof of concept

Energy Harvesting techniques and network level optimisation: phase 2

Energy Harvesting techniques and network level optimisation phase 2

Open Research Data Pilot (1)

Data Management Plan

A DMP following the H2020 guidelines will be produced. It will address the relevant aspects of making data FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable and re-usable) including details on the data that the project will generate, whether and how it will be made accessible for verification and re-use and how it will be curated and preserved.

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

Website set-up

Report on project website design and set-up. The website will include general information about the project; it will then be updated at regular intervals, to report on activities, events, major achievements and to provide access to public deliverables.

Publications

Conference proceedings (26)

A Coverage Area-Based Cooperation Technique for SWIPT- Enabled Systems with Mobility

Author(s): Yuan Guo, Christodoulos Skouroumounis, Ioannis Krikidis
Published in: 2021
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/globecom46510.2021.9685383

A Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithm Methodology for the Design of Standalone Energy Systems

Author(s): Marco Virgili; Andrew J. Forysth; Pete James
Published in: 2021
Publisher: IEEE

Learning-based Localization of Mobile Users for Throughput Maximization in UAV Networks

Author(s): Arzhang Shahbazi; Marco Di Renzo
Published in: 2021
Publisher: IEEE

mmWave Massive MIMO Channel Measurements for Fixed Wireless and Smart City Applications

Author(s): Muhammad Haroon Tariq, Ioannis Chondroulis, Panagiotis Skartsilas, Nithin Babu, Constantinos B. Papadias
Published in: 2020 IEEE 31st Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, 2020, Page(s) 1-6, ISBN 978-1-7281-4490-0
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/pimrc48278.2020.9217375

Analysis of Optimal Altitude for UAV Cellular Communication in Presence of Blockage

Author(s): Arzhang Shahbazi; Marco Di Renzo
Published in: 2021
Publisher: IEEE

On the Performance of Downlink NOMA Systems over Hyper-Rayleigh Fading Channels

Author(s): Mohammad Al-Jarrah, Arafat Al-Dweik, and Emad Alsusa
Published in: ICCSPA 2020, 2021
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/iccspa49915.2021.9385763

Standalone Deployment of a Dynamic Drone Cell for Wireless Connectivity of Two Services

Author(s): Igor Donevski; Jimmy Jessen Nielsen; Petar Popovski
Published in: 2021
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/wcnc49053.2021.9417379

Federated Reinforcement Learning UAV Trajectory Design for Fast Localization of Ground Users

Author(s): Arzhang Shahbazi; Marco Di Renzo
Published in: 2022
Publisher: IEEE

Path Design for Portable Access Point in Joint Sensing and Communications under Energy Constraints

Author(s): Xiaoye Jing, Fan Liu and Christos Masouros
Published in: 2022 IEEE 96th Vehicular Technology Conference: VTC2022-Fall, 2022
Publisher: IEEE

Dynamic Standalone Drone-Mounted Small Cells

Author(s): Igor Donevski, Jimmy Jessen Nielsen
Published in: 2020 European Conference on Networks and Communications (EuCNC), 2020
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/eucnc48522.2020.9200918

A Partition-based Scheme for IRS-aided MIMO Fading Channels: Outage and DMT Analysis

Author(s): Andreas Nicolaides; Constantinos Psomas; Ghassan Kraidy; Ioannis Krikidis
Published in: 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), 2022
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/isit50566.2022.9834476

Energy Efficient Altitude Optimization of an Aerial Access Point

Author(s): Nithin Babu, Konstantinos Ntougias, Constantinos B Papadias, Petar Popovski
Published in: 2020 IEEE 31st Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, 2020, Page(s) 1-7, ISBN 978-1-7281-4490-0
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/pimrc48278.2020.9217265

An Experimental Analysis on Drone-Mounted Access Points for Improved Latency-Reliability

Author(s): Igor Donevski, Christian Raffelsberger, Micha Sende, Aymen Fakhreddine, Jimmy Jessen Nielsen
Published in: Dronet'21: Proceedings of the 7th Workshop on Micro Aerial Vehicle Networks, Systems, and Applications, 2021
Publisher: ACM
DOI: 10.1145/3469259.3470489

Resource Allocation Policies for Hybrid Power-Grid and Harvested Energy Communication Systems

Author(s): Iman Valiulahi, Christos Masouros, Abdelhamid Salem,
Published in: 2022 IEEE 96th Vehicular Technology Conference: VTC2022-Fall, 2022
Publisher: IEEE

Optimizing IRS-Assisted Uplink NOMA System for Power Constrained IoT Networks

Author(s): Mahmoud AlaaEldin, Emad Alsusa, Karim G. Seddik, Mohammad Al-Jarrah
Published in: 2022 IEEE 96th Vehicular Technology Conference: VTC2022-Fall, 2022
Publisher: IEEE

Decision Fusion for Power Constrained Wireless Body Sensor Networks with Amplify and Forward Relays

Author(s): M. Al-Jarrah, E. Alsusa, and A. Al-Dweik,
Published in: 2020 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC Workshops), 2020
Publisher: IEEE

Optimal stochastic day-ahead power management of hybrid AC-DC microgrids

Author(s): Mahshid Javidsharifi, Hamoun Pourroshanfekr Arabani, Tamas Kerekes, Dezso Sera, Guerrero Josep M
Published in: ICMECE 2022, 2022
Publisher: IEEE

PV-powered base stations equipped by UAVs in urban areas

Author(s): Mahshid Javidsharifi, Hamoun Pourroshanfekr Arabani, Tamas Kerekes, Dezso Sera, Guerrero Josep M
Published in: 2022 IEEE 96th Vehicular Technology Conference: VTC2022-Fall, 2022
Publisher: IEEE

Threshold-Based Pair Switching Scheme in SWIPT-Enabled Wireless Downlink System

Author(s): Yuan Guo, Christodoulos Skouroumounis, Ioannis Krikidis
Published in: 2022
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/vtc2021-spring51267.2021.9448682

Intelligent Omni-Surfaces (IOSs) for the MIMO Broadcast Channel

Author(s): Abdelhamed Mohamed; Marco Di Renzo
Published in: 2022
Publisher: IEEE

UAV Trajectory Design and Bandwidth Allocation for Coverage Maximization with Energy and Time Constraints

Author(s): Xiaoye Jing; Christos Masouros
Published in: 2020 IEEE 31st Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, 2020
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/pimrc48278.2020.9217266

Demand response planning for day-ahead energy management of CHP-equipped consumers

Author(s): Mahshid Javidsharifi, Hamoun Pourroshanfekr Arabani, Tamas Kerekes, Dezso Sera, Guerrero Josep M
Published in: 2022
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/gpecom55404.2022.9815740

Quantifying the impact of different parameters on optimal operation of multi-microgrid systems

Author(s): Mahshid Javidsharifi, Hamoun Pourroshanfekr Arabani, Tamas Kerekes, Dezso Sera, Guerrero Josep M
Published in: IEEE RTSI 2022, 2022
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/rtsi55261.2022.9905218

A Linear MMSE Receiver for Multi-Antenna SWIPT-enabled Wireless Networks

Author(s): Yuan Guo, Christodoulos Skouroumounis, Ioannis Krikidis
Published in: ICC 2022 - IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2022
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/icc45855.2022.9838507

Outage Analysis of Myopic Multi-hop Relaying: A Markov Chain Approach

Author(s): Andreas Nicolaides; Constantinos Psomas; Ioannis Krikidis
Published in: GLOBECOM 2020 - 2020 IEEE Global Communications Conference, 2020
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/globecom42002.2020.9348133

Quantized vs. Analog Channel Feedback for FDD Massive MIMO Systems with Multiple-Antenna Users

Author(s): Mahmoud AlaaEldin, Emad Alsusa, Karim G. Seddik
Published in: 2021 IEEE 32nd Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), 2021
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/pimrc50174.2021.9569627

Peer reviewed articles (21)

On Addressing Heterogeneity in Federated Learning for Autonomous Vehicles Connected to a Drone Orchestrator

Author(s): Igor Donevski; Jimmy Jessen Nielsen; Petar Popovski
Published in: Frontiers in Communications and Networks, 2021, ISSN 2644-125X
Publisher: Frontiers
DOI: 10.1109/ojcoms.2021.3072003

Energy-Efficient 3D Deployment of Aerial Access Points in a UAV Communication System

Author(s): Nithin Babu, Constantinos B Papadias and Petar Popovski
Published in: IEEE communication letters, 2020, ISSN 2327-4662
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
DOI: 10.1109/lcomm.2020.3017559

Joint Information and Energy Transfer of SWIPT-enabled Mobile Users in Wireless Networks

Author(s): Yuan Guo, Christodoulos Skouroumounis, Ioannis Krikidis
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, 2021, ISSN 2473-2400
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/tgcn.2021.3139162

Antenna Selection for Energy-Efficient Dual-Functional Radar-Communication Systems

Author(s): Iman Valiulahi, Christos Masouros, Abdelhamid Salem, Fan Liu
Published in: IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, 2022, ISSN 2162-2345
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/lwc.2022.3142043

Optimum Sizing of Photovoltaic-Battery Power Supply for Drone-Based Cellular Networks

Author(s): M. Virgili; N. Babu; M. Javidsharifi; I. Valiulahi; C. Masouros; A. J. Forsyth; T. Kerekes; C. B. Papadias
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2022, ISSN 1558-0857
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/tcomm.2022.3199027

Multi-UAV Deployment for Throughput Maximization in the Presence of Co-Channel Interference

Author(s): Iman Valiulahi, Christos Masouros
Published in: IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2020, Page(s) 1-1, ISSN 2327-4662
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
DOI: 10.1109/jiot.2020.3023010

A Software Defined Networking Architecture for DDoS-Attack in the storage of Multi-Microgrids

Author(s): Elaheh Taherian-Fard, Taher Niknam, Ramin Sahebi, Mahshid Javidsharifi, Abdollah Kavousi-Fard, Jamshid Aghaei
Published in: IEEE Access, 2022, ISSN 2169-3536
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.

Efficient NOMA Design without Channel Phase Information using Amplitude-Coherent Detection

Author(s): A. Al-Dweik, Y. Iraqi, K.-H. Park, M. Al-Jarrah, E. Alsusa and M.-S. Alouini
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2021, ISSN 1558-0857
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/tcomm.2021.3119368

A Markov Chain Approach for Myopic Multi-Hop Relaying: Outage and Diversity Analysis

Author(s): Andreas Nicolaides; Constantinos Psomas; Ioannis Krikidis
Published in: IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing, 2022, ISSN 1941-0484
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/jstsp.2021.3128810

On the Performance of IRS-Assisted Multi-Layer UAV Communications with Imperfect Phase Compensation

Author(s): A. Al-Dweik, Y. Iraqi, K.-H. Park, M. Al-Jarrah, E. Alsusa and M.-S. Alouini
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2021, ISSN 1558-0857
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/tcomm.2021.3113008

AoD-Adaptive Channel Feedback for FDD Massive MIMO Systems With Multiple-Antenna Users

Author(s): Mahmoud AlaaEldin, Emad Alsusa, Karim G. Seddik, Wessam Mesbah
Published in: IEEE Access, 2022, ISSN 2169-3536
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
DOI: 10.1109/access.2022.3140418

Fairness-Based Energy-Efficient 3-D Path Planning of a Portable Access Point: A Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach

Author(s): Nithin Babu; Igor Donevski; Alvaro Valcarce; Petar Popovski; Jimmy Jessen Nielsen; Constantinos B. Papadias
Published in: IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, 2022, ISSN 2644-125X
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ojcoms.2022.3201292

Spectrum-Occupancy Aware Cooperative Spectrum Sensing Using Adaptive Detection

Author(s): M. Al-Jarrah, A. Al-Dweik, S. S. Ikki and E. Alsusa
Published in: IEEE Systems Journal, 2020, ISSN 1932-8184
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/jsyst.2019.2922773

Capacity Analysis of IRS-Based UAV Communications with Imperfect Phase Compensation

Author(s): M. Al-Jarrah, E. Alsusa, A. Al-Dweik; Daniel K. C. So
Published in: IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, 2021, ISSN 2162-2345
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/lwc.2021.3071059

Design Guidelines for Multi-Active / Multi-Passive Parasitic Antenna Arrays

Author(s): Muhammad Haroon Tariq, Dimitrios K. Ntaikos, Constantinos B. Papadias
Published in: IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, 2020, Page(s) 1-1, ISSN 1536-1225
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/lawp.2020.3024803

Decision Fusion for IoT-Based Wireless Sensor Networks

Author(s): Mohammad A. Al-Jarrah, Maysa A. Yaseen, Arafat Al-Dweik, Octavia A. Dobre, Emad Alsusa
Published in: IEEE Internet of Things Journal, Issue 7/2, 2020, Page(s) 1313-1326, ISSN 2327-4662
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
DOI: 10.1109/jiot.2019.2954720

IRS-Assisted Physical Layer Network Coding Over Two-Way Relay Fading Channels

Author(s): Mahmoud AlaaEldin, Emad Alsusa, Karim G. Seddik
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2022, ISSN 1939-9359
Publisher: US
DOI: 10.1109/tvt.2022.3172229

Bi-objective Optimization of Information Rate and Harvested Power in RIS-aided SWIPT Systems

Author(s): Abdelhamed Mohamed; Marco Di Renzo
Published in: IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, 2022, ISSN 2162-2337
Publisher: IEEE Communications Society

Energy Aware Trajectory Optimization for Aerial Base Stations

Author(s): Xiaoye Jing; Jingcong Sun; Christos Masouros
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2021, ISSN 1558-0857
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/tcomm.2021.3055525

RFID Reader Localization Using Hard Decisions With Error Concealment

Author(s): M. A. Al-Jarrah, A. Al-Dweik, E. Alsusa and E. Damiani
Published in: IEEE Sensors Journal, 2019, ISSN 1558-1748
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/jsen.2019.2914914

Performance Analysis of Wireless Mesh Backhauling Using Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces

Author(s): M. Al-Jarrah, E. Alsusa, A. Al-Dweik and M.-S. Alouin
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2021, ISSN 1558-2248
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/twc.2021.3052370

Book chapters (1)

Digital Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces: On the Impact of Realistic Reradiation Models

Author(s): Marco Di Renzo; Abdelhamed Mohamed
Published in: 2022
Publisher: Elsevier