Publications

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Non-terrestrial Networks

S. Kang, G. Geraci, M. Mezzavilla, and S. Rangan, “Terrestrial-Satellite Spectrum Sharing in the Upper Mid-Band with Interference Nulling”, in Proc. IEEE ICC Workshops, Denver CO, USA, June 2024.
Y. Lu, H. H. Yang, N. Pappas, G. Geraci, C. Ma, and T. Q. S. Quek, “Analysis of Age of Information in Non-terrestrial Networks”, in Proc. IEEE Globecom Workshops, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2023.
F. Wang, G. Geraci, and T. Q. S. Quek, “Optimizing Cache Content Placement in Integrated Terrestrial and Non-terrestrial Networks”, in Proc. IEEE Globecom, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2023.
G. Geraci, D. López-Pérez, M. Benzaghta, and S. Chatzinotas, “Integrating Terrestrial and Non-terrestrial Networks: 3D Opportunities and Challenges”, IEEE Commun. Magazine, 2023. [Featured in the Global Telecom Policy Research Network newsletter]
M. Benzaghta, G. Geraci, R. Nikbakht, and D. López-Pérez, “UAV Communications in Integrated Terrestrial and Non-terrestrial Networks”, in Proc. IEEE Globecom, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Dec. 2022. [Featured in Electronics Weekly] [Featured in SpacEconomy360 (in Italian)] [Featured in UPF News] [Best Paper Award] [Connecting the World from the Skies Forum Runner-up Paper Award]

UAV Cellular Communications

S. Karimi-Bidhendi, G. Geraci, and H. Jafarkhani, “Optimizing Cellular Networks for UAV Corridors via Quantization Theory”, preprint, 2023.
A. Giuliani, R. Nikbakht, G. Geraci, S. Kang, A. Lozano, and S. Rangan, “Spatially Consistent Air-to-Ground Channel Modeling via Generative Neural Networks”, IEEE Wireless Commun. Letters, 2024.
M. Benzaghta, G. Geraci, D. López-Pérez, and A. Valcarce, “Designing Cellular Networks for UAV Corridors via Bayesian Optimization”, in Proc. IEEE Globecom, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Dec. 2023.
S. Karimi-Bidhendi, G. Geraci, and H. Jafarkhani, “Analysis of UAV Corridors in Cellular Networks”, in Proc. IEEE ICC, Rome, Italy, May 2023.
M. Bernabè, D. Lopez-Perez, N. Piovesan, G. Geraci, and D. Gesbert, “A Novel Metric for mMIMO Base Station Association for Aerial Highway Systems”, in Proc. IEEE ICC Workshops, Rome, Italy, May 2023.
S. Kang, M. Mezzavilla, A. Lozano, G. Geraci, S. Rangan, V. Semkin, W. Xia, and G. Loianno, “Coexistence of UAV and Terrestrial Users in Millimeter-Wave Urban Networks”, in Proc. IEEE Globecom Workshops, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Dec. 2022.
G. Geraci, A. Garcia-Rodriguez, M. M. Azari, A. Lozano, M. Mezzavilla, S. Chatzinotas, Y. Chen, S. Rangan, and M. Di Renzo, “What Will the Future of UAV Cellular Communications Be? A Flight from 5G to 6G”, IEEE Commun. Surveys and Tutorials, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 1304-1335, Third Quarter 2022. [#6 most accessed article upon publication]
W. Xia, S. Rangan, M. Mezzavilla, A. Lozano, G. Geraci, V. Semkin, and G. Loianno, “Generative Neural Network Channel Modeling for Millimeter-Wave UAV Communication”, IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., 2022. [Publicly available code and dataset]
S. Kang, M. Mezzavilla, A. Lozano, G. Geraci, W. Xia, S. Rangan, V. Semkin, and G. Loianno “Millimeter-Wave UAV Coverage in Urban Environments”, in Proc. IEEE Globecom, Madrid, Spain, Dec. 2021.
V. Semkin, S. Kang, J. Haarla, W. Xia, I. Huhtinen, G. Geraci, A. Lozano, G. Loianno, M. Mezzavilla, and S. Rangan “Lightweight UAV-based Measurement System for Air-to-Ground Channels at 28 GHz”, in Proc. IEEE PIMRC, Virtual, Sep. 2021.
Y. Zeng, I. Guvenc, R. Zhang, G. Geraci, and D. W. Matolak (Eds.), “UAV Communications for 5G and Beyond”, Wiley – IEEE Press, Dec. 2020. [IEEE ComSoc Best Readings]
W. Xia, S. Rangan, M. Mezzavilla, A. Lozano, G. Geraci, V. Semkin, and G. Loianno, “Millimeter Wave Channel Modeling via Generative Neural Networks”, in Proc. IEEE Globecom Workshops, Taipei, Taiwan, Dec. 2020. [Publicly available code and dataset]
M. M. Azari, G. Geraci, A. Garcia-Rodriguez, and S. Pollin, “UAV-to-UAV Communications in Cellular Networks,” IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 19, no. 9, pp. 6130-6144, Sept. 2020.
A. S. Abdalla, K. Powell, V. Marojevic, and G. Geraci, “UAV-Assisted Attack Prevention, Detection, and Recovery of 5G Networks,” IEEE Wireless Commun. Mag., vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 40-47, Aug. 2020. [Featured in GlobalSpec] [Featured in eeNews Europe] [Featured in Live Drone News] [Featured in News8Plus] [Featured in La Vanguardia (in Spanish)] [Featured in Catalunya Vanguardista (in Spanish)] [Featured in Yahoo News (in Indonesian)] [Featured in YouUAV.com (in Chinese)] [Featured in Xianji China (in Chinese)] (and many other outlets)
C. D’Andrea, A. Garcia-Rodriguez, G. Geraci, L. Galati Giordano, and S. Buzzi, “Analysis of UAV Communications in Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems,” IEEE Open J. Commun. Society, vol. 1, pp. 133-147, 2020.
A. Garcia-Rodriguez, G. Geraci, D. López-Pérez, L. Galati Giordano, M. Ding, and E. Björnson, “The Essential Guide to Realizing 5G-Connected UAVs with Massive MIMO,” IEEE Commun. Mag., vol. 57, no. 12, pp. 84-90, Dec. 2019.
M. M. Azari, G. Geraci, A. Garcia-Rodriguez, and S. Pollin, “Cellular UAV-to-UAV Communications”, in Proc. IEEE PIMRC, Istanbul, Turkey, Sept. 2019. [Best Paper Award]
G. Geraci, A. Garcia-Rodriguez, and X. Lin, “Preparing the Ground for Drone Communications,” in IEEE ComSoc Technology News, June 2019. [Invited Article]
D. López-Pérez, M. Ding, H. Li, L. Galati Giordano, G. Geraci, A. Garcia-Rodriguez, Z. Lin, M. Hassan, “On the Downlink Performance of UAV Communications in Dense Cellular Networks”, in Proc. IEEE Globecom, Abu Dhabi, UAE, Dec. 2018.
G. Geraci, A. Garcia Rodriguez, L. Galati Giordano, D. López-Pérez, and E. Björnson, “Understanding UAV Cellular Communications: From Existing Networks to Massive MIMO,” IEEE Access, vol. 6, pp. 67853-67865, Nov. 2018. [IEEE ComSoc Best Readings]
G. Geraci, A. Garcia-Rodriguez, L. Galati Giordano, D. López-Pérez, and E. Björnson, “UAVs Prepare to Take Off with Massive MIMO,” on The Massive MIMO blog, Sept. 2018. [Invited Article]

Wi-Fi and Unlicensed Spectrum Technologies

L. Galati Giordano, G. Geraci, M. Carrascosa, and B. Bellalta, “What Will Wi-Fi 8 Be? A Primer on IEEE 802.11bn Ultra High Reliability,” IEEE Commun. Magazine, 2024. [Featured in La Vanguardia (in Spanish)][Featured in Connectivity Technology Blog] [Featured in Focus UPF] [Featured in the Global Telecom Policy Research Network newsletter]
F. Wilhelmi, L. Galati-Giordano, G. Geraci, B. Bellalta, G. Fontanesi, and D. Nuñez, “Throughput Analysis of IEEE 802.11bn Coordinated Spatial Reuse,” in Proc. IEEE CSCN, Munich, Germany, Nov. 2023.
E. Oughton, G. Geraci, M. Polese, V. Shah, “Prospective Evaluation of Next Generation Wireless Broadband Technologies: 6G versus Wi-Fi 7/8,” in Proc. Research Conference on Communications, Information, and Internet Policy (TPRC), Washington DC, USA, Sep. 2023.
M. Carrascosa, G. Geraci, E. Knightly, and B. Bellalta, “Wi-Fi Multi-link Operation: An Experimental Study of Latency and Throughput,” IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 2023.
M. Carrascosa, G. Geraci, L. Galati Giordano, A. Jonsson, and B. Bellalta, “Understanding Multi-link Operation in Wi-Fi 7: Performance, Anomalies, and Solutions,” in Proc. IEEE PIMRC, Toronto, Canada, Sept. 2023.
B. Bellalta, M. Carrascosa, L. Galati Giordano, and G. Geraci, “Delay Analysis of IEEE 802.11be Multi-link Operation under Finite Load,” IEEE Wireless Commun. Letters, 2023.
M. Carrascosa, L. Galati Giordano, A. Jonsson, G. Geraci, and B. Bellalta, “Performance and Coexistence Evaluation of IEEE 802.11be Multi-link Operation,” in Proc. IEEE WCNC, Glasgow, UK, Apr. 2023.
M. Carrascosa, G. Geraci, E. Knightly, and B. Bellalta, “An Experimental Study of Latency for IEEE 802.11be Multi-link Operation,” in Proc. IEEE ICC, Seoul, Korea, May 2022.
A. Garcia-Rodriguez, D. López-Pérez, L. Galati Giordano, and G. Geraci, “IEEE 802.11be: WiFi 7 Strikes Back,” IEEE Commun. Mag., vol. 59, no. 4, pp. 102-108, Apr. 2021. [Featured in The Register] [Featured in PC Perspective] [Featured in ISPreview] [Featured in Sina (in Chinese)] [Featured in La Vanguardia (in Spanish)] [Featured in ABC (in Spanish)] [Featured in Marseille News (in French)] [Featured in TechRadar (in Italian)] [Featured in AG Connect (in Dutch)] [Featured in Techzine (in Dutch)] (and many other outlets)
E. de Carvalho Rodrigues, A. Garcia-Rodriguez, L. Galati Giordano, and G. Geraci, “On the Latency of IEEE 802.11ax WLANs with Parameterized Spatial Reuse,” in Proc. IEEE Globecom, Taipei, Taiwan, Dec. 2020.
A. Garcia-Rodriguez, G. Geraci, L. Galati Giordano, A. Bonfante, M. Ding, and D. López-Pérez, “Massive MIMO Unlicensed: A New Approach to Dynamic Spectrum Access,” IEEE Commun. Mag., vol. 56, no. 6, pp. 186-192, June 2018.
A. Garcia Rodriguez, G. Geraci, D. López-Pérez, L. Galati Giordano, M. Ding, and H. Claussen, “Massive MIMO Unlicensed for High-Performance Indoor Networks”, in Proc. IEEE Globecom Workshops, Singapore, Dec. 2017.
G. Geraci, A. Garcia-Rodriguez, D. López-Pérez, A. Bonfante, L. Galati Giordano, and H. Claussen, “Operating Massive MIMO in Unlicensed Bands for Enhanced Coexistence and Spatial Reuse,” IEEE J. Select. Areas Commun., vol. 35, no. 6, pp. 1282-1293, June 2017.
G. Geraci, A. Garcia-Rodriguez, D. López-Pérez, A. Bonfante, L. Galati Giordano, and H. Claussen, “Enhancing Coexistence in the Unlicensed Band with Massive MIMO”, in Proc. IEEE ICC, Paris, France, May 2017.

5G & Beyond Deployment Studies

E. de Carvalho Rodrigues, A. Valcarce-Rial, and G. Geraci, “Toward Mobility Management with Multi-objective Bayesian Optimization,” in Proc. IEEE WCNC, Glasgow, UK, 2023.
A. Bonfante, L. Galati Giordano, D. López-Pérez, A. Garcia-Rodriguez, G. Geraci, P. Baracca, M. M. Butt, and N. Marchetti, “5G Massive MIMO Architectures: Self-Backhauled Small Cells versus Direct Access,” IEEE Trans. Veh. Tech., vol. 68, no. 10, pp. 10003-10017, Oct. 2019.
P. Baracca, L. Galati Giordano, A. Garcia-Rodriguez, G. Geraci, D. López-Pérez, “Downlink Performance of Uplink Fractional Power Control in 5G Massive MIMO Systems”, in Proc. IEEE Globecom Workshops, Abu Dhabi, UAE, Dec. 2018.
G. Geraci, A. Garcia Rodriguez, D. López-Pérez, L. Galati Giordano, P. Baracca, and H. Claussen, “Indoor Massive MIMO Deployments for Uniformly High Wireless Capacity”, in Proc. IEEE WCNC, Barcelona, Spain, Apr. 2018.
L. Galati Giordano, L. Campanalonga, D. López-Pérez, A. Garcia Rodriguez, G. Geraci, P. Baracca, and M. Magarini, “Uplink Sounding Reference Signal Coordination to Combat Pilot Contamination in 5G Massive MIMO”, in Proc. IEEE WCNC, Barcelona, Spain, Apr. 2018.
H. H. Yang, G. Geraci, Y. Zhong, and T. Q. S. Quek, “Packet Throughput Analysis of Static and Dynamic TDD in Small Cell Networks,” IEEE Wireless Commun. Lett., vol. 6, no. 6, pp. 742-745, Dec. 2017.
H. H. Yang, G. Geraci, T. Q. S. Quek, and J. G. Andrews, “Cell-Edge-Aware Precoding for Downlink Massive MIMO Cellular Networks,” IEEE Trans. Signal Process., vol. 65, no. 13, pp. 3344-3358, July 2017.
H. H. Yang, G. Geraci, and T. Q. S. Quek, “Energy-Efficient Design of MIMO Heterogeneous Networks with Wireless Backhaul,” IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 5, no. 7, pp. 4914-4927, July 2016.

Signal Processing & Coding

F. Liu, A. Garcia-Rodriguez, C. Masouros, and G. Geraci, “Interfering Channel Estimation in Radar-Cellular Coexistence: How Much Information Do We Need?,” IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 18, no. 9, pp. 4238-4253, Sept. 2019.
D. Fang, Y.-C. Huang, G. Geraci, Z. Ding, and H. Claussen, “Enhanced Multiuser Superposition Transmission through Structured Modulation,” IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 18, no. 5, pp. 2765-2776, May 2019.
L. Zhao, G. Geraci, T. Yang, D. W. K. Ng, and J. Yuan, “A Tone-based AoA Estimation and Multiuser Precoding for Millimeter Wave Massive MIMO,” IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 65, no. 12, pp. 5209-5225, Dec. 2017.
G. C. Ferrante, G. Geraci, T. Q. S. Quek, and M. Z. Win, “Group-Blind Detection for Uplink of Massive MIMO Systems,” IEEE Trans. Signal Process., vol. 65, no. 5, pp. 1272-1286, Mar. 2017.
D. Fang, Y.-C. Huang, Z. Ding, G. Geraci, S.-L. Shieh, and H. Claussen, “Lattice Partition Multiple Access: A New Method of Downlink Non-orthogonal Multiuser Transmissions,” in Proc. IEEE Globecom, Washington DC, USA, Dec. 2016.
G. Geraci, M. Wildemeersch, and T. Q. S. Quek, “Energy Efficiency of Distributed Signal Processing in Wireless Networks: A Cross-Layer Analysis,” IEEE Trans. Signal Process., vol. 64, no. 4, pp. 1034-1047, Feb. 2016.

Physical Layer Security

S. Yan, N. Yang, G. Geraci, R. Malaney, and J. Yuan, “Optimization of Code Rates in SISOME Wiretap Channels,” IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 14, no. 11, pp. 6377-6388, Nov. 2015.
N. Yang, L. Wang, G. Geraci, M. Elkashlan, J. Yuan, and M. Di Renzo, “Safeguarding 5G Wireless Communication Networks Using Physical Layer Security,” IEEE Commun. Mag., vol. 53, no. 4, pp. 20-27, Apr. 2015. [ESI Highly Cited Paper]
N. Yang, G. Geraci, J. Yuan, and R. Malaney, “Confidential Broadcasting via Linear Precoding in Non-homogeneous MIMO Multiuser Networks,” IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 62, no. 7, pp. 2515-2530, Jul. 2014.
G. Geraci, H. S. Dhillon, J. G. Andrews, J. Yuan, and I. B. Collings, “Physical Layer Security in Downlink Multi-Antenna Cellular Networks,” IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 62, no. 6, pp. 2006-2021, Jun. 2014.
G. Geraci, S. Singh, J. G. Andrews, J. Yuan, and I. B. Collings, “Secrecy Rates in the Broadcast Channel with Confidential Messages and External Eavesdroppers,” IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 13, no. 5, pp. 2931-2943, May 2014.
G. Geraci, R. Couillet, J. Yuan, M. Debbah, and I. B. Collings, “Large System Analysis of Linear Precoding in MISO Broadcast Channels with Confidential Messages,” IEEE J. Select. Areas Commun., vol. 31, no. 9, pp. 1660-1671, Sept. 2013. [Second prize of the IEEE Australia Council Student Paper Contest]
G. Geraci, A. Y. Al-nahari, J. Yuan, and I. B. Collings, “Linear Precoding for Broadcast Channels with Confidential Messages under Transmit-Side Channel Correlation,” IEEE Commun. Lett., vol. 17, no. 6, pp. 1164-1167, June 2013.
G. Geraci, M. Egan, J. Yuan, A. Razi, and I. B. Collings, “Secrecy Sum-Rates for Multi-User MIMO Regularized Channel Inversion Precoding,” IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 60, no. 11, pp. 3472-3482, Nov. 2012.

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