Other publications

Other publications

Other scientific and technical publications related to the project results

Conference papers, book chapters and open-access outputs produced during the project, covering Hypercell operation, terrestrial and non-terrestrial network convergence, aerial and HAPS-based connectivity, AI-driven network optimisation and energy efficiency.

Other scientific and technical publications directly related to the project results

13 publications

Peer-reviewed conference papers, workshop contributions and invited papers presented at leading international venues.

1Published

On the Role of Non-Terrestrial Networks for Boosting Terrestrial Network Performance in Dynamic Traffic Scenarios

H. Alam, A. De Domenico, D. López-Pérez, F. Kaltenberger

  • ConferenceIEEE PIMRC 2024
  • Venue and dateValencia, Spain — September 2024
TN/NTN integration Traffic dynamics
2Published

Optimal SSB Beam Planning and UAV Cell Selection for 5G Connectivity on Aerial Highways

M. Bernabé, D. López-Pérez, N. Piovesan, G. Geraci, D. Gesbert

  • ConferenceIEEE Globecom 2024
  • Venue and dateCape Town, South Africa — December 2024
Aerial highways Beam planning
3Published

Data-Driven Optimization and Transfer Learning for Cellular Network Antenna Configurations

M. Benzaghta, G. Geraci, D. López-Pérez, A. Valcarce

  • ConferenceIEEE WCNC 2025
  • Venue and dateMilan, Italy — March 2025
Antenna configuration Transfer learning
4Published

Data-Driven Design of 3GPP Handover Parameters with Bayesian Optimization and Transfer Learning

M. Benzaghta, S. Ammar, D. López-Pérez, B. Shihada, G. Geraci

  • ConferenceIEEE PIMRC 2025
  • Venue and dateIstanbul, Turkey — September 2025
Handover Bayesian optimisation
5Published

Evaluating 5G Networks for U-Space Applications: Insights from a Dense Urban Measurement Campaign

R.-N. Barrios-Muñoz, M. Bernabé, D. López-Pérez, D. Gómez, I. Quintanilla

  • Conference30th European Wireless Conference
  • Venue and dateSophia-Antipolis, France — October 2025
U-Space Measurement campaign
6Published

Enhancing Energy Efficiency in Cellular Networks via Power Consumption Model Exchange

A. M. Busch, D. López-Pérez, M. Bernabé, N. Piovesan

  • Conference2025 IEEE Globecom Workshops (GC Wkshps)
  • Venue and dateTaipei, Taiwan — 2025, pp. 1507–1512
  • DOI10.1109/GCWkshps68340.2025.11590865
View on IEEE Xplore Energy efficiency
7Invited paper

Performance Analysis of Tri-Sector Reflector Antennas for HAPS-Based Cellular Networks

G. Svistunov, M. Bernabé, D. López-Pérez

  • Conference7th International Conference on Communications, Signal Processing and their Applications (ICCSPA) — Invited Paper
  • Venue and dateAlcalá de Henares, Spain — June 2026
HAPS Antenna design
8Accepted

Indirect Estimation of SINR via SSB and CSI-RS RSRP in 5G NR

L. Spampinato, M. Togola, M. Bernabé, A. Akhtarshenas, L. Mario Amorosa, D. López-Pérez

  • ConferenceIEEE International Conference on Omni-Layer Intelligent Systems (COINS)
  • DateSeptember 2026
SINR estimation 5G NR
9Submitted

Physics-Aware Conditional SetGAN for Spatially Consistent Multi-User TR 38.901 Channel Generation

M.-G. Tarazona-Levano, D. López-Pérez, N. Piovesan, D. Gómez-Barquero

  • ConferenceIEEE Globecom
  • StatusSubmitted — December 2026
  • PreprintarXiv:2607.11429
Read the preprint Channel modelling
10Submitted

PPO-Based Dynamic Positioning of HAPS-BS in Wind-Disturbed Stratospheric Maritime Networks

A. Akhtarshenas, G. Svistunov, M. Bernabé, K. Zheng, D. López-Pérez

  • ConferenceIEEE Globecom
  • StatusSubmitted — December 2026
  • PreprintarXiv:2605.05240
Read the preprint HAPS positioning
11Submitted

Wind-Resilient Trajectory Optimization for UAV-BS Networks: TD3 for Continuous Service Availability

A. Akhtarshenas, G. Svistunov, K. Zheng, D. López-Pérez

  • ConferenceIEEE Globecom
  • StatusSubmitted — December 2026
  • PreprintarXiv:2606.18556
Read the preprint UAV trajectory
12Submitted

HAPS as a Hypercell: Enabling Coverage and Capacity Carrier Shutdown in Cellular Networks

M. Bernabé, D. López-Pérez, N. Piovesan

  • ConferenceIEEE Globecom
  • StatusSubmitted — December 2026
  • PreprintarXiv:2607.06072
Read the preprint Hypercell Carrier shutdown
13In preparation

xApp for Switching Cells ON/OFF by Traffic Level to Save Energy in Private 5G Networks: Deployed on O-RAN and Controlled by FlexRIC

R.-N. Barrios-Muñoz, D. López-Pérez, D. Gómez-Barquero

  • Target conferenceIEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC)
  • StatusTo be submitted — 2027
O-RAN / FlexRIC Energy saving

Books and book chapters

0 books · 1 chapter

Contributions to edited volumes published by international scientific publishers.

1Published

The 6G Vision of NTN/TN Network Convergence and Its Use Cases

M. Schellmann, G. Karetsos, R. Marini, D. López-Pérez, S. Adhatarao (2025)

  • BookNon-Terrestrial Networks, edited by Muhammad Shakir and Aryan Kaushik
  • Publisher and dateElsevier — December 2025
  • TypeBook chapter
6G vision TN/NTN convergence

Open-access publications and repositories

2 outputs

Openly available white papers and software repositories directly related to the project results.

1White paper

6G Technology Overview, 5th edition

one6G Association — D. López-Pérez as co-author

  • Type and dateWhite paper, 5th edition — September 2025
  • RelevanceThe Hypercell concept developed within the project is presented in this white paper.
Read the white paper Hypercell
2Open source

OpenGiuliaSLS: Open-Source System-Level Simulator

D. López-Pérez, M. Bernabé

  • Type and dateGitHub repository, Giulia Open Lab — 2026
  • RelevanceRepository of the system-level simulator developed during the project.
View the repository System-level simulator