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Journal papers (Most recent to least )

2025

• Eduardo Baena, Paolo Testolina, Michele Polese, Dimitrios Koutsonikolas, Josep Jornet, and Tommaso Melodia, "Space-O-RAN: Enabling Intelligent, Open, and Interoperable Non-Terrestrial Networks in 6G," arXiv preprint, 2025. Available: https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.15936
• D. Villa, I. Khan, F. Kaltenberger, N. Hedberg, R. Soares da Silva, S. Maxenti, L. Bonati, A. Kelkar, C. Dick, E. Baena, J. M. Jornet, T. Melodia, M. Polese, and D. Koutsonikolas, "X5G: An Open, Programmable, Multi-vendor, End-to-end, Private 5G O-RAN Testbed with NVIDIA ARC and OpenAirInterface," arXiv:2406.15935 [cs.NI], pp. 1-15, June 2024. [pdf] 

2024

• Antonio Tarrías, Eduardo Baena, Sergio Fortes and Rarquel Barco, "Leveraging 5G SA for R&D: Capabilities and Beam-Based Empirical Analysis," in IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, vol. 5, pp. 5608-5618, 2024, DOI: 10.1109/OJCOMS.2024.3451478
• Tarrías, A., Hadj-Kacem, I., Bernini, G., Kennouche, T. E., Álvarez, C., Luo-Chen, H. Q., Angelis, M. D., Margaris, A., Baena, E., Khatib, E. J., Jemaa, S. B., Bartoletti, S., Fortes, S., & Barco, R. (2024). "Location-aware Smart Network Management in Advanced Networks: Design and Applied Proof of Concept". IEEE Network. DOI:10.1109/MNET.2024.3483570
• Francisco Muro, Eduardo Baena, Tomaso De Cola, et al. "A 5G NTN Emulation Platform for VNF Orchestration: Design, Development, and Evaluation." in IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, DOI: 10.1109/OJCOMS.2024.3418495.
• Carlos Baena, Sergio Fortes, O. S. Penaherrera-Pulla, Eduardo Baena, R. Barco, "Gaming in the Cloud: 5G as the Pillar for Future Gaming Approaches," in IEEE Communications Magazine, DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.005.2300256

2023

• Eduardo Baena, Sergio Fortes, Francisco Muro, Carlos Baena, Raquel Barco. “Beyond REM: A New Approach to the Use of Image Classifiers for the Management of 6G Networks”. In: Sensors 23.17 (Aug. 2023), p. 7494. DOI: 10.3390/s23177494.
• Francisco Muro, Eduardo Baena, Sergio Fortes, Lars Nielsen, Raquel Barco. “Noisy Neighbour Impact Assessment and Prevention in Virtualized Mobile Networks”. In: IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management 20.1 (Mar. 2023), pp. 415–425. DOI: 10.1109/tnsm.2022.3194137.
• Carlos Baena, María Hervás-Gutiérrez, Eduardo Baena, Javier Villegas, Raquel Barco, Sergio Fortes. “Assessing the Impact of Computational Resources to the Quality of Experience Provided by vRANs”. In: IEEE Access 11 (2023), pp. 102944–102948. DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3314853.
• J. Cantizani-Estepa, P. Vera-Soto, C. Baena, Eduardo Baena, R. Barco, S. Fortes, "Analysis of 5G Technology in Airports: Requirements, Challenges, and Use Cases Evaluation," in IEEE Access, vol. 11, pp. 136109-136121, 2023. DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3336017.

2022

• O. S. Penaherrera-Pulla, Carlos Baena, Sergio Fortes, Eduardo Baena, Raquel Barco. “KQI Assessment of VR Services: A Case Study on 360-Video Over 4G and 5G”. In: IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management 19.4 (Dec. 2022), pp. 5366–5382. DOI: 10.1109/tnsm.2022.3192762.
• José Antonio Trujillo, Isabel de-la-Bandera, Jesús Burgueño, David Palacios, Eduardo Baena, Raquel Barco. “Active Learning Methodology for Expert-Assisted Anomaly Detection in Mobile Communications”. In: Sensors 23.1 (Dec. 2022), p. 126. DOI: 10.3390/s23010126.

2021

• Eduardo Baena, Sergio Fortes, Özgü Alay, Min Xie, Håkon Lønsethagen, Raquel Barco. “Cellular Network Radio Monitoring and Management through Virtual UE Probes: A Study Case Based on Crowded Events”. In: Sensors 21.10 (May 2021), p. 3404. DOI: 10.3390/s21103404.
• Javier Villegas, Eduardo Baena, Sergio Fortes, Raquel Barco. “Social-Aware Forecasting for Cellular Networks Metrics”. In: IEEE Communications Letters 25.6 (June 2021), pp. 1931–1934. DOI: 10.1109/lcomm.2021.3065812.
• Renato Torres, Sergio Fortes, Eduardo Baena, Raquel Barco. “Social-Aware Load balancing System for Crowds in Cellular Networks”. In: IEEE Access (2021), pp. 1–1. DOI: 10.1109/access.2021.3100459.
• Leonardo Aguayo, Sergio Fortes, Carlos Baena, Eduardo Baena, Raquel Barco. “A Multivariate Time-Series Based Approach for Quality Modeling in Wireless Networks”. In: Sensors 21.6 (Mar. 2021), p. 2017. DOI: 10.3390/s21062017.
• Sergio Fortes, Carlos Baena, Javier Villegas, Eduardo Baena, Muhammad Zeeshan Asghar, Raquel Barco. “Location-Awareness for Failure Management in Cellular Networks: An Integrated Approach”. In: Sensors 21.4 (Feb. 2021), p. 1501. DOI: 10.3390/s21041501.
• Oswaldo Sebastian Peñaherrera-Pulla, Carlos Baena, Sergio Fortes, Eduardo Baena, Raquel Barco. “Measuring Key Quality Indicators in Cloud Gaming: Framework and Assessment Over Wireless Networks”. In: Sensors 21.4 (Feb. 2021), p. 1387. DOI: 10.3390/s21041387.
• Sergio Fortes, Noelia Hidalgo-Triana, Juan-Manuel Sánchez-la-Chica, María-Luz García-Ceballos, Juan Cantizani-Estepa, Andrés-Vicente Pérez-Latorre, Eduardo Baena, Andrés Pineda, Jorge Barrios-Corpa, Alberto García-Marín. “Smart Tree: An Architectural, Greening and ICT Multidisciplinary Approach to Smart Campus Environments”. In: Sensors 21.21 (Oct. 2021), p. 7202. DOI: 10.3390/s21217202.

2020

• Eduardo Baena, Sergio Fortes, Raquel Barco. “KQI Performance Evaluation of 3GPP LBT Priorities for Indoor Unlicensed Coexistence Scenarios”. In: Electronics 9.10 (Oct. 2020), p. 1701. DOI: 10.3390/electronics9101701.
• Eduardo Baena, Sergio Fortes, Raquel Barco. “Assessing the impact of DRS signaling in unlicensed indoor coexistence scenarios”. In: EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking 2020.1 (Dec. 2020), p. 224. ISSN: 1687-1499. DOI: 10.1186/s13638-020-01834-x.
• Carlos Baena, Sergio Fortes, Eduardo Baena, Raquel Barco. “Estimation of Video Streaming KQIs for Radio Access Negotiation in Network Slicing Scenarios”. In: IEEE Communications Letters (2020), pp. 1–1. DOI: 10.1109/lcomm.2020.2979713.

2019

• Ana Herrera-Garcia, Sergio Fortes, Eduardo Baena, Jessica Mendoza, Carlos Baena, Raquel Barco. “Modeling of Key Quality Indicators for End-to-End Network Management: Preparing for 5G”. In: IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine 14.4 (Dec. 2019), pp. 76–84. DOI: 10.1109/mvt.2019.2938448.
• Sergio Fortes, Jose Antonio Santoyo-Ramón, David Palacios, Eduardo Baena, Rocío Mora-Garcia, Miguel Medina, Patricia Mora, Raquel Barco. “The Campus as a Smart City: University of Málaga Environmental, Learning, and Research Approaches”. In: Sensors 19.6 (2019). ISSN: 1424-8220. DOI: 10.3390/s19061349.

Conference Papers

2025

Vivisecting Beam Management in Operational 5G mmWave Networks. Yufei Feng, Phuc Dinh, Moinak Ghoshal, Eduardo Baena, Hamsa Bouchebbah, and Dimitrios Koutsonikolas. In Proceedings of the 21st ACM International Conference on Emerging Networking EXperiments and Technologies (Co-Next 2025), Hong Kong, Dec 1-4, 2025

2024 and older

[1] Eduardo Baena, Sergio Fortes, Raquel Barco. “DRS signaling optimization in unlicensed dense coexistence scenarios”. In: 3rd POST IRACON Meeting. June 2021.

[2] Leonardo Aguayo, Sergio Fortes, Carlos Baena, Eduardo Baena, Raquel Barco. “Cellular Key Quality Indicators Estimation Based on Multivariate Time-Series”. In: 3rd POST IRACON Meeting. June 2021.

[3] O. S. Peñaherrera-Pulla, Carlos Baena, Sergio Fortes, Eduardo Baena, Raquel Barco. “KQI evaluation for 360-Video services over mobile networks”. In: INTERACT Meeting. Bologna, Italy, Feb. 2022.

[4] Ana Herrera-García, Sergio Fortes Rodriguez, Eduardo Baena, Raquel Barco. “KPI-to-KQI metrics mapping (UMA ONEG Demonstration in EuCNC 2018)”. In: European Conference on Networks and Communications. Ljubljana, Slovenia, June 2018.

[5] Emil Jatib, Rasmus Suhr Mogensen, Ignacio Rodriguez, Sergio Fortes, José Carlos Baena, Eduardo Baena, Raquel Barco, Gilberto Bernardinelli. “Wireless Control of Industrial Production”. In: European Conference on Networks and Communications EuCNC. Valencia, June 2019.

[6] Nicola Blefari-Melazzi, Stefania Bartoletti, Luca Chiaraviglio, Flavio Morselli, Eduardo Baena, Giacomo Bernini, Domenico Giustiniano, Mythri Hunukumbure, Gü̈rkan Solmaz, Kostas Tsagkaris. “LOCUS: Localization and analytics on-demand embedded in the 5G ecosystem”. In: European Conference on Networks and Communications (EuCNC). Virtual. Dubrovnik, Croatia, June 2020.

[7] Sergio Fortes, Eduardo Baena, Raquel Barco. “Might 5G Technologies Increase or Reduce the Digital Divide?” In: IEEE Global Communications Conference (IEEE GLOBECOM). Abu Dhabi, UAE, Dec. 2018.

[8] S. Fortes, A. Aguilar-García, E. Baena, Mariano Molina-García, Jaime Calle-Sánchez, José I. Alonso, Aaron Garrido, Alfonso Fernández-Durán, R. Barco. “Location-aware Enhanced Self-healing in Femtocell Networks”. In: COST IRACON 5th MC meeting and 5th Technical meeting. Graz, Austria, Sept. 2017.

[9] Eduardo Baena, Sergio Fortes, Raquel Barco. “Impact of Unlicensed-band Listen Before Talk Priority Classes in Ultra-dense Scenarios”. In: COST IRACON 11th MC meeting and 11th technical meeting. Gdansk, Poland, May 2019.

[10] Sergio Fortes, José Antonio Santoyo-Ramón, Eduardo Baena, David Palacios, Rocío Mora-García, Miguel Medina, Patricia Mora, Raquel Barco. “Smart-City Approaches in the Campus: The University of Málaga Case”. In: COST IRACON 11th MC meeting and 11th technical meeting. Gdansk, Poland, May 2019.

[11] Ana Herrera-García, Sergio Fortes, Eduardo Baena, Jessica Mendoza, Carlos Baena, Raquel Barco. “Estimation of Service Quality Indicators in Cellular Networks”. In: COST IRACON 11th MC meeting and 11th technical meeting. Gdansk, Poland, May 2019.

[12] Sergio Fortes, Carlos Baena, Eduardo Baena, Javier Villegas, Muhammad Zeeshan Asghar, Raquel Barco. “Framework For Location-Aware Cellular Management”. In: COST IRACON 11th MC meeting and 11th technical meeting. Gdansk, Poland, May 2019.

[13] Oswaldo Sebastián Peñaherrera-Pulla, Carlos Baena, Sergio Fortes, Eduardo Baena, Raquel Barco. “Experimental Evaluation of Cloud Gaming for Different Communication Technologies”. In: COST IRACON 2nd Post-IRACON Meeting. Jan. 2021.

[14] Javier Villegas, Sergio Fortes, Eduardo Baena, Raquel Barco. “Cellular KPI Estimation with Social Information”. In: COST IRACON 2nd Post-IRACON Meeting. Jan. 2021.

[15] O. S. Peñaherrera-Pulla, Carlos Baena, Sergio Fortes, Eduardo Baena, Raquel Barco. “Adquisición de métricas para el servicio de Vídeo 360/VR”. In: XXXVI Simposium Nacional de la Unión Científica Internacional de Radio. Vigo, 2021.

[16] Antonio Tarrías, Sergio Fortes, Eduardo Baena, Raquel Barco. “Análisis de Interferencia TDD sobre un escenario 5G mmWave”. In: XXXVI Simposium Nacional de la Unión Científica Internacional de Radio. Vigo, 2021.

[17] Alejandro Moreno-Sancho, Sergio Fortes, Eduardo Baena, Francisco Pareja Peña, Raquel Barco. “Estimación de KQIs en base a trazas de aplicación móvil”. In: XXXVI Simposium Nacional de la Unión Científica Internacional de Radio. Vigo, 2021.

[18] Adrián Pérez, Renato Torres, Sergio Fortes, Eduardo Baena, Raquel Barco. “Modelos de movilidad para simulación de multitudes sociales en entornos celulares”. In: XXXVI Simposium Nacional de la Unión Científica Internacional de Radio. Vigo, 2021.

[19] Francisco Muro Correro, Eduardo Baena, Sergio Fortes, Lars Mikkelsen, Michael Dieudonne, Joaquín Torrecilla, Ashok Sethu, Raquel Barco. “Evaluación del impacto del Noisy Neighbour en redes móviles virtualizadas”. In: XXXVI Simposium Nacional de la Unión Científica Internacional de Radio. Vigo, 2021.

[20] Eduardo Baena, Sergio Fortes, Francisco Muro, Carlos Baena, Raquel Barco. “Gestión de redes 5G basada en clasificadores de imágenes de aprendizaje profundo”. In: XXXVII Simposium Nacional de la Unión Científica Internacional de Radio. Málaga, 2022.

[21] Ana Herrera García, Sergio Fortes, Eduardo Baena, Jessica Mendoza, Raquel Barco. “Modelado de indicadores de calidad de servicio para la gestión de red extremo a extremo”. In: XXXIV Simposium Nacional de la Unión Científica Internacional de Radio URSI. Sevilla, España, Sept. 2019.

[22] Carlos Baena, Sergio Fortes, Eduardo Baena, Raquel Barco. “Estimación de métricas de vídeo streaming para "network slicing"”. In: XXXIV Simposium Nacional de la Unión Científica Internacional de Radio URSI. Sevilla, España, Sept. 2019.

[23] Javier Villegas, Sergio Fortes, Carlos Baena, Eduardo Baena, Rafael Ortiz, Benjamin Colomer, Raquel Barco. “Desarrollo de un Simulador de Nivel de Enlace del Estándar AFDX”. In: XXXV Simposium Nacional de la Unión Científica Internacional de Radio. Málaga, 2020.

[24] Alejandro Moreno-Sancho, Eduardo Baena, Sergio Fortes, Raquel Barco. “Sonda experimental de monitorización de redes móviles para eventos”. In: XXXV Simposium Nacional de la Unión Científica Internacional de Radio. Málaga, 2020.

[25] Eduardo Baena, Sergio Fortes, Raquel Barco. “Evaluación del protocolo Listen Before Talk en el estándar 3GPP Licensed Assisted”. In: XXXIII Simposium Nacional de la Unión Científica Internacional de Radio. Granada, Andalucía, España, 2018.

[26] Sergio Fortes, Hao Qiang Luo-Chen, Eduardo Baena, Raquel Barco. “Identificación de eventos sociales como la causa de fallo en redes celulares”. In: XXXIII Simposium Nacional de la Unión Científica Internacional de Radio. Granada, Andalucía, España, 2018.

[27] Eduardo Baena, Sergio Fortes, José Carlos Baena, Raquel Barco. “Optimización de señalización en el canal común descendente para el estándar LTE-LAA”. In: XXXIV Simposium Nacional de la Unión Científica Internacional de Radio URSI. Fecha de celebración: 4-6 de Septiembre de 2019. Sevilla, España, Sept. 2019.

[28] Sergio Fortes, José Antonio Santoyo-Ramón, David Palacios, Eduardo Baena, Rocío Mora-García, Miguel Medina, Patricia Mora, Raquel Barco. “Líneas ambientales, de enseñanza e investigación de la ciudad inteligente de la Universidad de Málaga”. In: 7th International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE). Sept. 2019.