Research Collaboration and Mobility for Beyond 5G Future Wireless Networks

Project Information

RECOMBINE

Grant agreement ID: 872857

DOI

10.3030/872857

Project closed

EC signature date 27 November 2019

Start date 1 January 2020

End date 31 August 2025

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Total cost

€ 478 400,00

EU contribution

€ 478 400,00

Coordinated by

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA
Bulgaria

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (4)

Reports on antennas suitable for UAVs M24

Reports on antennas suitable for UAVs M48

Public website and project presentation
Mid-term meeting

M33 Minutes of midterm meeting

Communication and Dissemination plan M8

Publications

Conference proceedings (20)

Comparative Study of a Deterministic Adaptive Beamforming Technique with Neural Network Implementations

Author(s): Ioannis Mallioras, Zaharias D. Zaharis, Pavlos Lazaridis, Traianos V. Yioultsis, Nikolaos V. Kantartzis, Ioannis P. Chochliouros
Published in: Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations. AIAI 2022 IFIP WG 12.5 International Workshops. AIAI 2022. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, Issue 652, 2022, Page(s) 98–107, ISBN 978-3-031-08340-2
Publisher: Springer, Cham
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-08341-9_9

Challenges for Volumetric Measurements Toward Radio Environment Map Construction for UAV Communications

Author(s): Antoni Ivanov, Bilal Muhammad, Krasimir Tonchev, Albena Mihovska, Vladimir Poulkov
Published in: 2022 25th International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC), Issue annually, 2022, Page(s) 250-255, ISBN 9781665473187
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/wpmc55625.2022.10014732

AI-based Physical Layer Secret Key Exchange in Non-Terrestrial Wireless Communication Networks

Author(s): Asim Ul Haq, Albena Mihovska, Pavlos Lazaridis, H Vincent Poor, Vladimir K Poulkov, Michail J Beliatis
Published in: Issue October 2024, 2024
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.36227/techrxiv.173337614.42512040/v1

Towards 6G: Deep Learning in Cell-Free Massive MIMO

Author(s): Lazaros Alexios Iliadis; Zaharias D. Zaharis; Sotirios P. Sotiroudis; Panagiotis Sarigiannidis; George K. Karagiannidis; Sotirios K. Goudos
Published in: 2022 IEEE International Black Sea Conference on Communications and Networking (BlackSeaCom), 2022, Page(s) 269-273, ISBN 978-1-6654-9750-3
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/blackseacom54372.2022.9858306

Propagation Dependent Base Station Positioning in UAV-assisted Cell-less Networks

Author(s): Antoni Ivanov, Vladimir Poulkov, Agata Manolova, Albena Mihovska
Published in: 2024 27th International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC), 2025, Page(s) 1-6
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/wpmc63271.2024.10863303

Intelligent and QoE-aware Open Radio Access Networks

Author(s): Georgios Kougioumtzidis, Vladimir Poulkov, Zaharias D. Zaharis, Pavlos I. Lazaridis
Published in: 2022 3rd URSI Atlantic and Asia Pacific Radio Science Meeting (AT-AP-RASC), 2022, Page(s) 1-4, ISBN 978-1-6654-9986-6
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.23919/at-ap-rasc54737.2022.9814435

6G-based Intelligent, Context-Aware, and Trustworthy User-Centric Healthcare Applications

Author(s): Albena Mihovska, Atanas Vlahov, Vladimir Poulkov
Published in: 2024 Wireless Telecommunications Symposium (WTS), 2024, Page(s) 1-6
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/wts60164.2024.10536689

A machine learning methodology for network anomalies detection in O-RAN networks

Author(s): Atanas Vlahov, Vladimir Poulkov, Pavlos I. Lazaridis, Zaharias D. Zaharis
Published in: 28th European Wireless Conference, 2023, Page(s) 174-178
Publisher: IEEE

Interpolation Accuracy Evaluation for 3D Radio Environment Maps Construction

Author(s): Antoni Ivanov, Krasimir Tonchev, Vladimir Poulkov, Agata Manolova, Atanas Vlahov
Published in: 2023 26th International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC), 2023, Page(s) 1-7
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/wpmc59531.2023.10338952

3D Direction of Arrival Estimation: An Innovative Deep Neural Network Approach

Author(s): Constantinos M. Mylonakis, Pantelis Velanas, Pavlos I. Lazaridis, Panagiotis Sarigiannidis, Sotirios K. Goudos, Zaharias D. Zaharis
Published in: 2024 13th International Conference on Modern Circuits and Systems Technologies (MOCAST), 2024, Page(s) 01-04, ISBN 979-8-3503-8542-7
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/mocast61810.2024.10615339

Direction of Arrival Estimation Applied to Antenna Arrays using Convolutional Neural Networks

Author(s): Giorgos Kokkinis; Zaharias D. Zaharis; Pavlos I. Lazaridis; Nikolaos V. Kantartzis
Published in: 2022 3rd URSI Atlantic and Asia Pacific Radio Science Meeting (AT-AP-RASC), 2022, Page(s) 1-4, ISBN 978-1-6654-9986-6
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.23919/at-ap-rasc54737.2022.9814259

A Novel Utilization of NARX for Antenna Array Adaptive Beamforming

Author(s): Ioannis Mallioras; Zaharias D. Zaharis; Pavlos I. Lazaridis; Nikolaos V. Kantartzis; Traianos V. Yioultsis; Bo Liu; Stavros Kalafatis
Published in: 2022 3rd URSI Atlantic and Asia Pacific Radio Science Meeting (AT-AP-RASC), 2022, Page(s) 1-4, ISBN 978-1-6654-9986-6
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.23919/at-ap-rasc54737.2022.9814406

Antenna Array Beamforming Based on Deep Learning Neural Network Architectures

Author(s): Haya Al Kassir; Zaharias D. Zaharis; Pavlos I. Lazaridis; Nikolaos V. Kantartzis; Traianos V. Yioultsis; Ioannis P. Chochliouros; Albena Mihovska; Thomas D. Xenos
Published in: 2022 3rd URSI Atlantic and Asia Pacific Radio Science Meeting (AT-AP-RASC), 2022, Page(s) 1-4, ISBN 978-1-6654-9986-6
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.23919/at-ap-rasc54737.2022.9814201

A FFNN-Based System for the DoA Estimation in 6G Massive Wireless Communications: Analysis and Evaluation

Author(s): Somayeh Komeylian, Albena Dimitrova Mihovska, Mahasweta Sarkar, Christopher Paolini
Published in: 2024 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Issue April 2024, 2024, Page(s) 1-6
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/wcnc57260.2024.10571066

Towards 5G/6G Data Harmonization through NLP and Semantic Web Technologies

Author(s): Mandeep Singh, Moatasim Mahmoud, Rizou Stamatia, Zaharias D. Zaharis, Pavlos I. Lazaridis, Vladimir K. Poulkov, Wenyan Wu
Published in: 2024 Advanced Topics on Measurement and Simulation (ATOMS), 2025, Page(s) 291-294, ISBN 979-8-3503-5837-7
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/atoms60779.2024.10921618

Higher-Order Spatio-Temporal Neural Networks for Covid-19 Forecasting

Author(s): Yuzhou Chen; Sotiris Batsakis; H. Vincent Poor
Published in: ICASSP 2023 - 2023 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), 2023
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/icassp49357.2023.10095012

RF Propagation and Interferences Challenges for UAVs Swarm Detection and Positioning

Author(s): Octavian Fratu; Ahmed M. Nor; Simona Halunga; Zaharias D. Zaharis
Published in: 2022 25th International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC), 2022, Page(s) 501-504, ISBN 978-1-6654-7319-4
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/wpmc55625.2022.10014750

Calibration of Statistical Interpolation through Anechoic Chamber Measurements for 3D REM Reconstruction

Author(s): Antoni Ivanov, Atanas Vlahov, Vladimir Poulkov, Traianos Yioultsis, Zaharias Zaharis
Published in: 2024 27th International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC), 2025, Page(s) 1-5, ISSN 1882-5621
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/wpmc63271.2024.10863612

Position based Near-Field Codebook Design and Beam Training for Extremely Large-Scale ARIS

Author(s): Ahmed M. Nor, Octavian Fratu, Simona Halunga, Jiancheng An, Zaharias Zaharis, Pantelis Velanas
Published in: 2024 IEEE International Mediterranean Conference on Communications and Networking (MeditCom), 2024, Page(s) 215-220, ISBN 979-8-3503-0948-5
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/meditcom61057.2024.10621207

Zero Forcing Beamforming With Sidelobe Suppression Using Neural Networks

Author(s): Ioannis Mallioras, Traianos V. Yioultsis, Nikolaos V. Kantartzis, Pavlos I. Lazaridis, Atanas Vlahov, Vladimir Poulkov, Zaharias D. Zaharis
Published in: 28th European Wireless Conference, 2023, Page(s) 203-208
Publisher: IEEE

Peer reviewed articles (10)

Improved Beamforming in 3D Space Applied to Realistic Planar Antenna Arrays by Using the Embedded Element Patterns

Author(s): Zaharias D. Zaharis, Ioannis P. Gravas, Pavlos I. Lazaridis, Traianos V. Yioultsis, Thomas D. Xenos
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Issue 71/6, 2022, Page(s) 6145-6157, ISSN 0018-9545
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/tvt.2022.3155966

UAV-Based Volumetric Measurements toward Radio Environment Map Construction and Analysis

Author(s): Antoni Ivanov; Bilal Muhammad; Krasimir Tonchev; Albena Mihovska; Vladimir Poulkov
Published in: Sensors, Issue 22/24, 2022, Page(s) 9705, ISSN 1424-8220
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/s22249705

Optimization of Log-Periodic TV Reception Antenna with UHF Mobile Communications Band Rejection

Author(s): Keyur K. Mistry, Pavlos I. Lazaridis, Zaharias D. Zaharis, Ioannis P. Chochliouros,Tian Hong Loh, Ioannis P. Gravas, David Cheadle
Published in: Electronics, Issue 9/11, 2020, Page(s) 1830, ISSN 2079-9292
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/electronics9111830

A Novel Three-Dimensional Direction-of-Arrival Estimation Approach Using a Deep Convolutional Neural Network

Author(s): Constantinos M. Mylonakis, Zaharias D. Zaharis
Published in: IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology, Issue 5, 2025, Page(s) 643-657, ISSN 2644-1330
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ojvt.2024.3390833

A Novel Realistic Approach of Adaptive Beamforming Based on Deep Neural Networks

Author(s): Ioannis Mallioras, Zaharias D. Zaharis, Pavlos I. Lazaridis, Stelios Pantelopoulos
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Issue 70, 2024, Page(s) 8833-8848, ISSN 0018-926X
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/tap.2022.3168708

A Survey on Multimedia Services QoE Assessment and Machine Learning-Based Prediction

Author(s): Georgios Kougioumtzidis, Vladimir Poulkov, Zaharias D. Zaharis, Pavlos I. Lazaridis
Published in: IEEE Access, Issue 10, 2024, Page(s) 19507-19538, ISSN 2169-3536
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
DOI: 10.1109/access.2022.3149592

The road to 6G: a comprehensive survey of deep learning applications in cell-free massive MIMO communications systems

Author(s): Lazaros Alexios Iliadis, Zaharias D. Zaharis, Sotirios Sotiroudis, Panagiotis Sarigiannidis, George K. Karagiannidis, Sotirios K. Goudos
Published in: EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, Issue 68, 2022, Page(s) 1-16, ISSN 1687-1472
Publisher: Hindawi Publishing Corporation
DOI: 10.1186/s13638-022-02153-z

Enhancing Security in Near-Field RIS Communications Assisted by UAV

Author(s): Asim Ul Haq, Parwinder Singh, Albena Mihovska, Michail J. Beliatis
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, 2025, Page(s) 1-1, ISSN 0098-3063
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/tce.2025.3597084

Average Contiguous Duration (ACD)-Based Quantization for Secret Key Generation in Generalized Gamma Fading Channels

Author(s): Muhammad Adil, Shurjeel Wyne, Syed Junaid Nawaz, Bilal Muhammad
Published in: IEEE Access, Issue 9, 2021, Page(s) 110435-110450, ISSN 2169-3536
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
DOI: 10.1109/access.2021.3100925

Feature-Based Generalized Gaussian Distribution Method for NLoS Detection in Ultra-Wideband (UWB) Indoor Positioning System

Author(s): Fuhu Che; Qasim Zeeshan Ahmed; Jaron Fontaine; Ben Van Herbruggen; Adnan Shahid; Eli De Poorter; Pavlos I. Lazaridis
Published in: IEEE Sensors, Issue 22/19, 2022, Page(s) 18726-18739, ISSN 1530-437X
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/jsen.2022.3198680

Book chapters (2)

A Comparison Between CPU and GPU Computing in DNN-Based DoA Estimation

Author(s): Georgios Kokkinis, Qasim Z. Ahmed, Alistair Sambell, Ioannis P. Chochliouros, Pavlos I. Lazaridis, Zaharias D. Zaharis
Published in: Mechanisms and Machine Science, Proceedings of the UNIfied Conference of DAMAS, IncoME and TEPEN Conferences (UNIfied 2023), 2024, Page(s) 787-796, ISBN 978-3-031-49421-5
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-49421-5_64

Design and Optimization of a Yagi-Uda 5G-Rejecting TV Antenna

Author(s): Ishq Adam, Pavlos I. Lazaridis, Qasim Z. Ahmed, Alistair Sambell, Ioannis P. Chochliouros, Zaharias D. Zaharis
Published in: Mechanisms and Machine Science, Proceedings of the UNIfied Conference of DAMAS, IncoME and TEPEN Conferences (UNIfied 2023), 2024, Page(s) 1221-1229, ISBN 978-3-031-49413-0
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-49413-0_95