TechnicalCommitteeonTransmission,Access,andOpticalSystems(TAOS)

Authors: FabrizioGranelli,SteveHranilovic,andWalterCerroni

Date/Time: Tuesday,May21,2019(6:00pm-7:30pm)

MeetingLocation:ICC2019–BeijingRoom,Level2,PudongShangri-LaHotel,Shanghai,China

Officers: FabrizioGranelli,Chair,fabrizio.granelli@unitn.it SteveHranilovic,Vice-Chair,hranilovic@mcmaster.ca WalterCerroni,Secretary,walter.cerroni@unibo.it

Meetingagenda:

1. Welcomeandroundtableintroduction2. ApprovaloftheGC2018TAOSMeetingMinutes,AbuDhabi3. HighlightsandTrends4. DistinguishedPresentationon"UAVsand5G"byDr.DavidLopez-Perez(NokiaBell-Labs)5. DistinguishedPresentationon"MECfor5G"byProf.RoseHu(UtahStateU.)6. ConferencesandActivitiesupdate7. Awardswithpresentations

Themeetingwascalledtoorderat6:00pmParticipants(17)

• WalterCerroni,U.Bologna,Italy• FilippoCugini,CNIT,Italy(remote)• TarekEl-Bawab,JacksonStateU.,USA• GangFeng,U.ElectricalScienceandTechnologyofChina• FabrizioGranelli,U.Trento,Italy• TaoHan,U.NorthCarolinaCharlotte,USA• RoseHu,UtahStateU.,USA• EmilyLam,BostonU.,USA• DavidLopez-Perez,NokiaBellLabs,Ireland• AthanassiosManikas,ImperialCollegeLondon,UK• PaoloMonti,ChalmersU.Technology,Sweden• GeorgeRouskas,NorthCarolinaStateU.,USA

• DanielSo,U.Manchester,UK• YaoSun,U.ElectricalScienceandTechnologyofChina• ZhuqingTang,ImperialCollegeLondon,UK• LeiZhang,U.Glasgow,UK• NingZhang,TexasA&MU.CorpusChristi,USA

1. WelcomeandroundtableintroductionThe Chair, Fabrizio Granelli, welcomed all participants and presented the meeting agenda. Hehighlighted that, as a newly appointed TAOS Chair, he would like to run the meeting in a slightlydifferent way from the past. In order to increase attendance, the meeting will host technicalpresentationsonhottopicsofinterestfortheTAOScommunity.AmotionwasmadebyWalterCerronito approve the meeting agenda, which was seconded by George Rouskas. Then the attendeesintroducedthemselves(seeparticipantlistabove).TheattachedslideswerepresentedbytheChairanddiscusseditem-by-item.

2. ApprovaloftheGC2018TAOSMeetingMinutes,AbuDhabi AmotionwasmadebyGeorgeRouskas toapprove theminutesof thepreviousmeeting, thedraftofwhich was made available on the TAOS website (http://taos.committees.comsoc.org/meetings). ThemotionwassecondedbyTarekEl-Bawabandtheminuteswereapprovedunanimouslywithoutfurtherremarks.

3. HighlightsandTrendsTheChairinformedthatTAOScontinuestosponsor,aspartofGlobecom/ICCconferences:

• SACTrackon«AccessNetworksandSystems»(ANS)• Symposiumon«OpticalNetworksandSystems»(ONS)• Symposiumon«GreenCommunicationsSystemsandNetworks»(GCSN)

In addition, TAOS offer endorsement of other technical events, such as workshops co-located withICC/GCorstandaloneconferences.TheChairpointedouttheneedtofrequentlycoordinatewithSymposiumTPCco-chairsnominatedbyTAOSinordertoupdatethelistoftopicsofinterestincludedinthecallforpapers.Thiswillalsoallowtokeep track of hot and emerging topics, and is one of the reasons for inviting technical talks at TAOSmeetings.For the ANS SAC Track at ICC 2019, TAOS nominated as TPC Co-Chair Vidhya Sridhar. The ANS Trackreceived 12 submissions, ofwhich 5were accepted. The Chair remarked that theANS SAC Track hasbeenreceivingalownumberofsubmissionsrecently,especiallyatICC2019andICC2018.AthanassiosManikas commented that theANS TrackChair should increase the advertising actions for the call forpapers, as this was not properly done recently. Fabrizio Granelli added that also the list of topics isoutdatedandshouldberenewed.

The Chair also announced that the GITC decided to cancel the ASN Track due to the low number ofsubmissions,whileotherTracksonemerging topics canattractmorepapers.Therefore, ICC2021willnothaveanANSTrack.TheONSSymposium,instead,wasnotdoingbad:atICC2019,80papersweresubmittedand31wereaccepted.NoneoftheCo-ChairsatICC2019wasnominatedbyTAOS.TAOSusedtonominatetheONSCo-Chairs togetherwithotherTCs, typically theOpticalNetworksTC (ONTC).However, thenew rulesenforced by GITC open the nomination of Symposium Co-Chairs to any other TC. Therefore, our TCcannotalwaysexpecttohaveaTAOS-nominatedCo-Chairfortheendorsedsymposia,especiallyfortheONSSymposiumwhichisusuallyrunbytwoCo-Chairs.TheONSSymposiumshouldanywayincreasethenumberofsubmissions,whichischallengingduetoconflictswithothervenues.TheGCSN Symposium at ICC 2019was co-chaired by Daniel So, nominated by TAOS. It received 100submissions,outofwhich40paperswereaccepted.ThenumbersareinlinewiththepastperformanceoftheGCSNSymposium.ICC2019hosted the5thWorkshoponOpticalWirelessCommunications (OWC), co-chairedbyMauroBiagi, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Italy (an active TAOS member), Zabih Ghassemlooy,NorthumbriaUniversity,Newcastle,UK,andAnnaMariaVegni,UniversityofRomaTRE,Italy.TheOWCWorkshophasalwaysbeenasuccessfulevent.Assuch,itwouldbegoodtoconsiderifitispossibletomergeitwiththeONSSymposium.

4. DistinguishedPresentationon"UAVsand5G"byDr.DavidLopez-Perez(NokiaBell-Labs)The presentation by David Lopez-Perez focused on experiments on UAV control using LTE. The testsshowedthatwirelessconnectionisgoodupto40meters,thenthelinktothedroneloosesquality.Theuplinkfromhighaltitudesisaproblemduetomanybasestationsbeingvisibleandcausinginterference.5Gwirelesstechnologycanhelp,asbasestationscanbeequippedwith largeantennaarrays(massiveMIMO) with spatial separation to avoid interference. Otherwise, drones must not fly above 40 m.SimulationresultsshowedthebenefitsofadoptingmassiveMIMOtechnology.5. DistinguishedPresentationon"MECfor5G"byProf.RoseHu(UtahStateU.)RoseHupresentedpossibleapplicationsforMulti-accessEdgeComputing(MEC),includingedgecontentdelivery, where multimedia content is cached at the network edge to reduce latency. Differentapproaches can be used: local computing, partial or total offloading. A case studywas presented onUAV-aidedMEC. Computation efficiency is used tomeasure howmuch to offload. Open issueswerediscussedforMECingeneral,aswellasopenproblemsincomputationoffloading.

6. ConferencesandActivitiesupdateTheChairreportedTAOSCo-Chairnominationsforthefollowingupcomingevents:

• IEEEGlobecom2019(Hawaii)o SAC-ANS:noTAOSrepresentativeo ONS:MohanGurusamy(NationalUniversityofSingapore)o GCSN:KyngSupKwak(InhaUniversity,Korea)

• IEEEICC2020(Dublin)o SAC-ANS&PLC:FabrizioGranelli(UniversityofTrento,Italy)o ONS:noTAOSrepresentativeo GCSN:TaisirElgorashi(UniversityofLeeds,UK)

• IEEEGlobecom2020(Taipei)o SAC-ANS:AhmedE.Kamal(IowaStateUniversity,USA)o ONS:AbdelmoulaBekkali(KDDIResearchInc.,Japan)o GCSN:DanielSo(UniversityofManchester,U.K.)

• IEEEICC2021(Montreal)o SAC-ANS:MichaelMcGarry(UniversityofTexasatElPaso,USA)–pendingapprovalo ONS:CarlaRaffaelli(UniversityofBologna,Italy)–pendingapprovalo GCSN:JaafarElmirghani(UniversityofLeeds,U.K.)–pendingapproval

Since the GICT decided to cancel SAC-ANS for ICC 2021, the nominationwas not approved. Also thenominationforONSwasnotapproved,astheGITCdecidedtoselectnomineesfromotherTCs.ThenextroundofnominationsforIEEEGlobecom2021wasgoingtoopensoon.OtherTCActivitiesmentionedbytheChair:

• TAOSsupportsmembersforelevationtoIEEESeniorandFellowpositions• TAOSprovidesendorsementforDistinguishedLecturers• TAOSofferssupporttospecialissuesandotherconferences

7. AwardswithpresentationsTheTAOSOfficerswereproudtopresentanOutstandingServiceAwardtoAthanassiosManikas,forhiscontributionasTAOSChairin2017-2018.ThenthefollowingawardswerepresentedtothebestpapersacceptedinsymposiasponsoredbyTAOS:

• TAOSICC2019GCSNSymposiumBestPaperAwardo Paper title: “Joint Computation and Communication Resource Allocation for Energy-

EfficientMobileEdgeNetworks”o Authors:JohnsonOpadere,QiangLiu,NingZhang,TaoHan

• TAOSICC2019SAC-ANSTrackBestPaperAwardo Paper Title: “User Access Control and Bandwidth Allocation for Slice-based 5G-and-

beyondRadioAccessNetworks”o Authors:YaoSun,GangFeng,LeiZhang,MuYan,ShuangQin,MuhammadAliImran

• TAOSGC2018ONSSymposiumBestPaperAwardo Papertitle:“ImpactofReceiverFOVandOrientationonDenseOpticalNetworks”o Authors:ImanAbdalla,MichaelRahaim,ThomasDCLittleo TheawardwaspresentedtoEmilyLamonbehalfoftheauthors

• TAOSGC2018GCSNSymposiumBestPaperAwardo Paper title: “Energy-Efficient Resource Allocation in NOMA Heterogeneous Networks

withEnergyHarvesting”o Authors: Haijun Zhang, Mengting Feng, Keping Long, George K. Karagiannidis, Victor

C.M.LeungTheawardeesthatwerepresentgaveashorttechnicalpresentationoftheirwork.8. AnyOtherBusinessNoneTarek El-Bawab moved to adjurn the meeting. Athanassios Manikas seconded. The meeting wasadjournedat7:30pm.Attachments:1.MeetingSlides

Transmission, Access and Optical Systems TC

Meeting at ICC 2019

Fabrizio Granelli (Chair)

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▸Welcome and round table introduction (5 min)

▸ Approval of the GC 2018 TAOS Meeting Minutes, Abu Dhabi (5 min)

▸ Highlights and Trends (15 min)

▸ Distinguished Presentation (15 min) on "UAVs and 5G" by Dr. David Lopez-Perez (Nokia BellLabs)

▸ Distinguished Presentation (15 min) on "MEC for 5G" by Prof. Rose Hu (Utah State U.)

▸ Conferences and Activities update (15 min)

▸ Awards w/ presentations (20 min)

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Agenda

Minutes approval

▸ Available on the website:http://taos.committees.comsoc.org/meetings/

Meeting at IEEE Globecom 2018

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Technical Committee on Transmission, Access, and Optical Systems (TAOS)

Authors: Athanassios Manikas, Fabrizio Granelli and Steve Hranilovic

Date/Time: Tuesday December 11, 2018 (12:00-13:15)

Meeting Location: Globecom 2018 – Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center (ADNEC), Capital Suite 8., Abu Dhabi, UAE

Officers: Athanassios Manikas, Chair, a.manikas@imperial.ac.uk Fabrizio Granelli, Vice-Chair, fabrizio.granelli@unit.it Steve Hranilovic, Secretary, hranilovic@mcmaster.ca

Meeting was called to order at 12:15 (15min late due to issues related to telcon setup) Participants (18)

• Mauro Biagi, U. Roma, Italy

• Fabrizio Granelli, U. Trento, Italy

• Walter Ceroni, U. Bologna, Italy (telcon)

• Jaafar Elmirghani, University of Leeds, UK

• Steve Hranilovic, McMaster U., Canada

• Athanassios Manikas, Imperial College London, UK

• Subha Sharmo, NTU Singapore, Singapore

• Paschalis Tsiaflakis, Nokia Bell Labs, Belgium

• Fang Yang, Tsinghua University, China

• Diana Dawoud, University of Surrey, UK

• Stefano Bregni, Politecnico Milano, Italy

• Taisir Elgorashi, U. Leeds, UK

• Mohan Gurusamy, Nat. U. Singapore, Singapore

• Mamoun Guenach, Ghent U., Beligium (telcon)

• Abdelmoula Bekkali, Waseda U., Japan (telcon)

Highlights and Trends

▸ TAOS TC consistently sponsors three symposia:- SAC Track on «Access Networks and Systems»

- Symposium on «Optical Networks and Systems»

- Symposium on «Green Communications Systems and Networks»

▸Moreover, TAOS TC technically endorses several other technical events- Co-located w/ ICC and GC, or stand-alone

▸ Need to coordinate with Symposium TPC Co-Chairs and update the topics to keeptracking hot-topics

Sponsored Symposia

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Highlights and Trends

▸ SAC - Access Networks and Systems Track (TAOS nominated TPC Co-Chair: Vidhya Sridhar)

Symposia Statistics

5

12

30

15

27

33

36

22

32

36

13

18

5

12

5

11

13

14

9

11

17

6

8

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40

ICC19

GL18

ICC18

GL17

ICC17

GL16

ICC16

GL15

ICC15

GL14

ICC14

ANS Track

Acc

Sub

Highlights and Trends

▸ Optical Networks and Systems Symposium (no TAOS representative)

Symposia Statistics

6

80

66

71

84

100

67

108

85

94

75

75

31

25

30

33

39

28

43

33

40

30

30

0 20 40 60 80 100 120

ICC 19

GL18

ICC 18

GL 17

ICC 17

GL 16

ICC 16

GL 15

ICC 15

GL 14

ICC 14

ONS Symposium

Total

Total

Highlights and Trends

▸ Green Communication Systems and Networks Symposium (TAOS nominated TPC Co-Chair: Daniel So)

Symposia Statistics

7

100

113

108

114

115

98

109

107

119

108

105

40

45

42

44

44

38

42

39

43

42

41

0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140

ICC19

GL18

ICC18

GL17

ICC17

GL16

ICC16

GL15

ICC15

GL14

ICC14

GCSN Symposium

Accepted Total

Submitted Total

Highlights and Trends

▸ ICC 19 hosts the 5th workshop on Optical Wireless Communications

▸ Co-Chairs :- Mauro Biagi, Sapienza Univ. of Rome, Italy (TAOS)

- Zabih Ghassemlooy, Northumbria Univ., Newcastle, UK

- Anna Maria Vegni, Univ. of Roma TRE, Italy

TAOS TC-sponsored Workshops Statistics

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Distinguished Presentations

▸ "UAVs and 5G" by Dr. David Lopez-Perez (Nokia BellLabs)

▸ "MEC for 5G" by Prof. Rose Hu (Utah State U.)

To foster technical discussion within the TC

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Conferences and Activities Update

▸ IEEE Globecom 2019 (Hawaii)- SAC-ANS: *** no TAOS representative ***

- ONS: Mohan Gurusamy (National University of Singapore)

- GCSN: Kyng Sup Kwak (Inha University, Korea)

▸ IEEE ICC 2020 (Dublin)- SAC-ANS & PLC: Fabrizio Granelli (University of Trento, Italy)

- ONS: *** no TAOS representative ***

- GCSN: Taisir Elgorashi (University of Leeds, UK)

Upcoming Events

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Conferences and Activities Update

▸ IEEE Globecom 2020 (Taipei)- SAC-ANS: Ahmed E. Kamal (Iowa State University, USA)

- ONS: Abdelmoula Bekkali (KDDI Research Inc., Japan)

- GCSN: Daniel So (University of Manchester, U.K.)

▸ IEEE ICC 2021 (Montreal)- SAC-ANS: Michael McGarry (University of Texas at El Paso, USA) – pending approval

- ONS: Carla Raffaelli (University of Bologna, Italy) – pending approval

- GCSN: Jaafar Elmirghani (University of Leeds, U.K.) – pending approval

▸ Next nominationswill open soon for IEEE Globecom 2021

Upcoming Events

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Other TC Activities

▸ TAOS TC supports members for elevation to IEEE Senior and Fellow positions

▸ Distinguished Lecturers endorsement

▸ Support to special issues and conferences

Membership and Publication Support

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Awards

▸ ICC 2019 Symposium: Green Communications Systems and Networks

▸ Paper title: «Joint Computation and Communication Resource Allocation for Energy-Efficient Mobile Edge Networks»

▸ Authors:

▸ Johnson Opadere, Qiang Liu, Ning Zhang, Tao Han

TAOS TC Awards

13

Awards

▸ ICC 2019 Symposium: SAC - ANS

▸ Paper Title: «User Access Control and Bandwidth Allocation for Slice-based 5G-and-beyond Radio Access Networks»

▸ Authors:

▸ Yao Sun, Gang Feng, Lei Zhang , Mu Yan , Shuang Qin, Muhammad Ali Imran

TAOS TC Awards

14

Awards

▸ GL 2018 Symposium on. "Optical Networks and Systems" (ONS)

▸ Paper title: «Impact of Receiver FOV and Orientation on Dense Optical Networks»

▸ Authors:

▸ Iman Abdalla, Michael Rahaim, Thomas DC Little

TAOS TC Awards

15

Awards

▸ GL 2018 Symposium on "Green Communications Systems and Networks" (GCSN)

▸ Paper title: «Energy-Efficient Resource Allocation in NOMA Heterogeneous Networks with Energy Harvesting»

▸ Authors:

▸ Haijun Zhang, Mengting Feng, Keping Long, George K. Karagiannidis, Victor C.M. Leung.

TAOS TC Awards

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Transmission, Access and Optical Systems TCThank you!

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