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Dr. Xavier Costa Pérez

Dr. Xavier Costa Pérez

External Manager

Group Involvement, NEC Laboratories Europe

6G Networks

Research Interests

  • Beyond 5G/6G
  • Mobile/Wireless Systems
  • AI/ML-driven Automation
  • Network Virtualization
  • Network Slicing
  • Smart Surfaces

Conferences

  • Armin Okic, Lanfranco Zanzi, Vincenzo Sciancalepore, Alessandro Redondi, Xavier Costa-Peréz: “π-ROAD: a Learn-as-You-Go Approach to support Emergency Slices in V2X Scenarios”, IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), 2020
  • Jose A. Ayala-Romero, Andres Garcia-Saavedra, Xavier Costa-Perez, George Iosifidis: “Bayesian Online Optimization for Power Constrained Virtual Base Stations”, IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), 2020
  • F. Devoti, V. Sciancalepore, I. Filippini, X. Costa: “PASID: Exploiting Indoor mmWave Deployments for Passive Intrusion Detection”, IEEE INFOCOM, 2020.
  • D. Bega, M. Gramaglia, M. Fiore, A. Banchs, X. Costa, “AZTEC: Anticipatory Capacity Allocation for Zero-Touch Network Slicing”, IEEE INFOCOM, 2020.
  • JA.Ayala-Romero, A.Garcia-Saavedra, M.Gramaglia, X.Costa-Pérez, A.Banchs, JJ.Alcaraz: “vrAIn: A Deep Learning Approach Tailoring Computing and Radio Resources in Virtualized RANs”, ACM MOBICOM, 2019
  • D.Bega, M.Gramaglia, M.Fiore, A.Banchs, X.Costa-Pérez: “DeepCog: Cognitive Network Management in Sliced 5G Networks with Deep Learning”, IEEE INFOCOM, 2019.
  • B.Han, V.Sciancalepore, D.Feng, X.Costa-Pérez, H.D.Schotten: “A Utility-Driven Multi-Queue Admission Control Solution for Network Slicing.”, IEEE INFOCOM, 2019.
  • V.Sciancalepore, M. Di Renzo and X. Costa-Pérez: “STORNS: Stochastic Radio Access Network Slicing”, Best Paper Award, IEEE ICC, 2019.
  • L. Zanzi J.X. Salvat, V.Sciancalepore, A.Garcia-Saavedra and X.Costa-Pérez: “Latency-driven Network Slicing.”, Best Demo and Poster Runner-up Award, IEEE INFOCOM, 2019.
  • C.Marquez, M.Gramaglia, M.Fiore, A.Banchs, X.Costa-Pérez: “How Should I Slice My Network?: A Multi-Service Empirical Evaluation of Resource Sharing Efficiency”, ACM MOBICOM, 2018.
  • J.X.Salvat, L.Zanzi, A.Garcia-Saavedra, V.Sciancalepore, X,Costa-Pérez: “Overbooking network slices through yield-driven end-to-end orchestration”, ACM CoNEXT. 2018.
  • A.Garcia-Saavedra, X.Costa-Pérez, D.J.Leith, G.Iosifidis: “FluidRAN: Optimized vRAN/MEC Orchestration”, IEEE INFOCOM, 2018
  • D.Bega, M.Gramaglia, A.Banchs, V.Sciancalepore, K.Samdanis, X.Costa-Pérez: “Optimising 5G infrastructure markets: The business of network slicing”, IEEE INFOCOM, 2017.
  • P.Caballero Garces, A.Banchs, G.Veciana, X.Costa-Pérez: “Network slicing games: Enabling customization in multi-tenant networks”, IEEE INFOCOM, 2017.
  • V.Sciancalepore, K.Samdanis, X.Costa-Pérez, D.Bega, M.Gramaglia, A.Banchs: “Mobile traffic forecasting for maximizing 5G network slicing resource utilization”, IEEE INFOCOM, 2017.

Journals

  • Jose A. Ayala-Romero, Andres Garcia-Saavedra, Marco Gramaglia, Xavier Costa-Perez, Albert Banchs, Juan J. Alcaraz: “vrAIn: Deep Learning based Orchestration for Computing and Radio Resources in vRANs”, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), 2021
  • Fahri Wisnu Murti, Jose Ayala Romero, Andres Garcia-Saavedra, Xavier Costa Pérez, George Iosifidis: “Optimal Deployment Framework for Multi-Cloud Virtualized Radio Access Networks”, IEEE Trans. Wireless Communications, 2021
  • D Bega, M Gramaglia, M Fiore, A Banchs, X Costa-Perez: "DeepCog: Optimizing Resource Provisioning in Network Slicing with AI-based Capacity Forecasting", IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC), 2020
  • S Gonzalez-Diaz, A Garcia-Saavedra, A De La Oliva, X Costa-Perez, et al.: "Integrating Fronthaul and Backhaul Networks: Transport Challenges and Feasibility Results", IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), 2020.
  • B. Han, V. Sciancalepore, X. Costa-Perez, D. Feng, H. D. Schotten: "Multiservice-based Network Slicing Orchestration with Impatient Tenants", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (TWC), 2020.
  • V.Sciancalepore, X.Costa-Pérez and A.Banchs: “RL-NSB: Reinforcement Learning-based 5G Network Slice Broker”, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON), 2019.
  • C.Marquez, M.Gramaglia, M.Fiore, A.Banchs, V.Sciancalepore and X. Costa-Pérez: “Resource Sharing Efficiency in Network Slicing”, IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management (TNSM), 2019.
  • D.Bega, M.Gramaglia, A.Banchs, V.Sciancalepore and X. Costa-Pérez: “A Machine Learning approach to 5G Infrastructure Market optimization”, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), 2019.
  • P.Caballero, A.Banchs, G.Veciana, X.Costa-Pérez: “Network slicing games: Enabling customization in multi-tenant mobile networks”, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON), 2019.
  • A.Garcia-Saavedra, G.Iosifidis, X.Costa-Pérez, D.J. Leith: “Joint Optimization of Edge Computing Architectures and Radio Access Networks.”, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC), 2018.
  • A.Garcia-Saavedra, J.X.Salvat, X.Li, X. Costa-Pérez: “WizHaul: On the Centralization Degree of Cloud RAN Next Generation Fronthaul”, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), 2018.
  • L.Diez, A.Garcia-Saavedra, V. Valls, X. Li, X.Costa-Pérez, R.Aguero: “LaSR: A Supple Multi-Connectivity Scheduler for Multi-RAT OFDMA Systems”, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), 2018.
  • V.Sciancalepore, F.Zarrar Yousaf, X.Costa-Pérez: “z-TORCH: An Automated NFV Orchestration and Monitoring Solution”, IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management (TNSM), 2018.
  • A.Garcia-Saavedra, P.Patras, V.Valls, X.Costa-Pérez, D.J.Leith: ”ORLA/OLAA: Orthogonal Coexistence of LAA and WiFi in Unlicensed Spectrum”, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON), 2018.
  • P.Caballero Garces, A.Banchs, G.Veciana, X.Costa-Pérez, A.Azcorra: “Network Slicing for Guaranteed Rate Services: Admission Control and Resource Allocation Games”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (TWC), 2018.
  • D.Bega, A.Banchs, M.Gramaglia, X.Costa-Pérez, P.Rost: “CARES: Computation-Aware Scheduling in Virtualized Radio Access Networks”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (TWC), 2018.
  • P.Caballero Garces, A.Banchs, G.Veciana, X.Costa-Pérez: “Multi-Tenant Radio Access Network Slicing: Statistical Multiplexing of Spatial Loads”, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON), 2017.

Connections

  • Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=XJtUWmkAAAAJ&hl=ca
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/xcosta/
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