Pol Henarejos

Ico_CTTC
Pol Henarejos | CTTC

Space and Resilient Communications and Systems (SRCOM)

Phd , Researcher

Phone: +34 93 645 29 00

Pol Henarejos received the Telecommunication Engineering degree from the Telecommunication Engineering High School from Barcelona (ETSETB) of Technical University of Catalonia (UPC) in May 2009. In 2012, he obtained the Master of Science in Research on Information and Communication Technologies from UPC. In 2017, he obtained the Ph.D. degree from UPC, with a distinction Cum Laude.

He joined the CTTC in January 2010 in Engineering area and he worked prototyping the physical layer communication technologies using software development. He is an expert in terrestrial and satellite technologies, such as LTE, 5G-NR, DVB-S2X, BGAN or Li-Fi. He participated in European projects such as PHYDYAS, FANTASTIC-5G and ATRIA, in European Space Agency programs (Satnex III, Satnex IV, Satnex V, SATAI) and with industrial contracts. He is also the promoter of the CASTLE Platform, the cloudified architecture for hybrid satellite and terrestrial networks.

Currently he is researching on the development of new Artificial Intelligence algorithms for satellite communications, implementation of physical stack of many standards and enabling 5G technologies on flexible multicast and broadcast communications.

ORCID #: 0000-0002-6879-5693

1. R&D Expertise

He participated in 9 R&D projectes funded by European Comission (FP7 and H2020 programs), European Space Agency (ESA) and Spanish Government.

– NGW (ESA)
– SAN (European Celtic)
– SATNeX IV – Advanced Signal Processing techniques for fixed and mobile satellite communications (ESA, PI)
– FANTASTIC-5G (European H2020, Task Leader)
– PHYDYAS (European FP7)
– SAT-AI (ESA, WP Leader)
– ELISA (National)
– TERESA (National)
– EXALTED (European FP7)
– NEWCOM++ (European FP7)

He also participated in technology transfer projects:

– LTE Listen (CISCO, Task Leader)
– SILenCe (CTTC, Task Leader)
– MULTIANTSAT (Hispasat, PI)
– NB-IoT (Inmarsat)

Futhermore, he participated in 10+ European H2020 proposals, as a PI, WP Leader and Task Leader.

2. Scientific Production

He is the author of:

– 8 journals and magazines.
– 20 papers in international conferences .
– +200 cites
– h-index 8
– i10-index 5

3. Head of Testbed CASTLE Platform®

He is the head, promoter and maintaner of the testbed CASTLE Platform®, a platform for cloudification of wireless standards. Since 2015, he worked in the following tasks:

– 2016: construction of the initial testbed. It consisted in a cluster of 5 servers, 4 USRP, a router, clock & PPS synchronizer and a rack. Each component was programmed individually.
– 2017: LTE, link level.
– 2017: additional cluster on intensive computation.
– 2017: satellite reception, 4-POL in real-time.
– 2017: BGAN standard, link level.
– 2018: satellite backhauling. Two independent satellite full-duplex GEO satellite links, provided by Hispasat.
– 2018: Visible Light Communications enhancement. It allows to broadcast videos in real-time via visible light.
– 2019: E2E 4G LTE-A network with commercial UE (mobile phones).
– 2019: AI & ML cluster for intensive computation.
– 2019: Integration of CASTLE services via REST.
– 2019: DVB-S2X transmission & reception in real-time, with commercial receivers.
– 2019: remote adaptive MODCOD DVB-S2X broadcast via AI.
– 2020: mmWave. It includes a bi-directional 32×32 beamforming front-end at 26-30 GHz. This was programmed to perform beamforming remotely in real-time.
– 2020: satellite upgrade, including a satellite emulator.
– 2020: 5G-NR Release 16 full E2E network, with CA support, NB-IoT and LTE-M.
– 2020: construction of a VLC white room.

4. Reviewer

He is a regular reviewer of the following journals:

– IEEE Transactions on Communications
– IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technologies
– IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
– IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing
– IEEE Signal Processing Letters
– IEEE Wireless Communications Letters
– EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing
– Sensors

5. Intelectual Property

He holds 1 patent:

– Method and System for providing diversity in polarization of antennas (International Application Nº: PCT/EP2014/051801. Granted patent: EP3100371)

6. Invited Talks & Lectures

He has been invited in several talks and lectures:

– “Ubiquity in Emergency and Disaster recovery”, Mobile Word Congress 2019
– Weekly Seminar: “Polarization and Index Modulations: a Theoretical and Practical Perspective”, CTTC 2017
– Richi Talent 2017
– Weekly Seminar: “CASTLE: A user-friendly platform to test, evaluate, and develop contemporary wireless communication standards”, CTTC 2017
– Smart City Expo World Congress 2012
– Prototyping with SDR: a quick way to play with next-gen communication systems, CTTC 2012
– Electromagnetisme, El Matí de Catalunya Radio 2011
– Jodrol & Anvans, Mobile World Congress 2017

7. Academic Mentoring

He advised and supervised undergraduate students, and post-graduate students.

– 2 Master Thesis
– 2 fellowship exchanges.

8. International Conferences Organization

He also participated in the organization of the following conferences:

– EUSIPCO 2011
– ISWCS 2014
– ASMS 2016
– ICASSP 2020

9. Awards

– 2019: winner of the Special Doctoral Awards from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC).
– 2018: Best Paper at CSNDSP18 conference.

10. Scientific & Professional Memberships

– IEEE Senior Member
– WWRF ITU Evaluation Group

 

Learning to Optimize Satellite Flexible Payloads
European Signal Processing Conference. pp. 1107-1110 January 2022.
Vazquez, MA, Henarejos, P, Perez-Neira, A
Google Scholar
DEEP GATEWAY SWITCHING
Iet Conference Proceedings. Vol. 2022. No. 29. pp. 233-236 January 2022.
Vázquez M.Á., Henarejos P., Blanco L.
10.1049/icp.2023.1391 Google Scholar
TRAFFIC CONGESTION PREDICTION IN SATELLITE BROADBAND COMMUNICATIONS
Iet Conference Proceedings. Vol. 2022. No. 29. pp. 151-157 January 2022.
Henarejos P., Vázquez M.Á., Blanco L.
10.1049/icp.2023.1379 Google Scholar
Machine Learning for Satellite Communications Operations
IEEE COMMUNICATIONS MAGAZINE. Vol. 59. No. 2. pp. 22-27 January 2021.
Vazquez, MA, Henarejos, P, Pappalardo, I, Grechi, E, Fort, J, Gil, JC, Lancellotti, RM
10.1109/MCOM.001.2000367 Google Scholar
Neural Network Aided Computation of Mutual Information for Adaptation of Spatial Modulation
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMMUNICATIONS. Vol. 68. No. 5. pp. 2809-2822 January 2020.
Tato, A., Mosquera, C., Henarejos, P., Pérez-Neira, A.
10.1109/TCOMM.2020.2974215 Google Scholar
Decoding 5G-NR Communications VIA Deep Learning
International Conference on Acoustics Speech and Signal Processing ICASSP. Vol. 2020-May. pp. 3782-3786 January 2020.
Henarejos, Pol, Angel Vazquez, Miguel
10.1109/ICASSP40776.2020.9054192 Google Scholar
Neural Network Aided Computation of Generalized Spatial Modulation Capacity
European Signal Processing Conference. January 2019.
Tato, A, Mosquera, C, Lienarejos, P, Perez-Neira, A
10.23919/eusipco.2019.8903104 Google Scholar
Deep Learning for Experimental Hybrid Terrestrial and Satellite Interference Management
Ieee Workshop On Signal Processing Advances In Wireless Communications, Spawc. Vol. 2019-July. January 2019.
Henarejos P., Vazquez M.A., Perez-Neira A.I.
10.1109/SPAWC.2019.8815532 Google Scholar
3-D Polarized modulation: System analysis and performance
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMMUNICATIONS. Vol. 66. No. 11. pp. 5305-5316 January 2018.
Henarejos, P, Perez-Neira, AI
10.1109/TCOMM.2018.2850814 Google Scholar
CHANNEL DEPENDENT MUTUAL INFORMATION IN INDEX MODULATIONS
2018 Ieee International Conference On Acoustics, Speech And Signal Processing (icassp). pp. 3261-3265 January 2018.
Henarejos, P, Perez-Neira, A, Tato, A, Mosquera, C
Google Scholar
Link Adaptation Algorithms for Dual Polarization Mobile Satellite Systems
Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering. Vol. 231. pp. 52-61 January 2018.
Tato, A, Henarejos, P, Mosquera, C, Perez-Neira, A
10.1007/978-3-319-76571-6_6 Google Scholar
Practical Implementation of Link Adaptation with Dual Polarized Modulation
2018 11th International Symposium On Communication Systems, Networks And Digital Signal Processing, Csndsp 2018. January 2018.
Tato A., Mosquera C., Henarejos P., Perez-Neira A.
10.1109/CSNDSP.2018.8471820 Google Scholar
Capacity Analysis of Index Modulations Over Spatial, Polarization, and Frequency Dimensions
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMMUNICATIONS. Vol. 65. No. 12. pp. 5280-5292 December 2017.
Henarejos, P, Perez-Neira, AI
10.1109/TCOMM.2017.2743166 Google Scholar
NOMA assisted joint broadcast and multicast transmission in 5G networks
International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems. Vol. 2017-August. pp. 420-425 January 2017.
Henarcjos, P, Shaat, M, Navarro, M
10.1109/ISWCS.2017.8108151 Google Scholar
The CTTC 5G End-to-End Experimental Platform: Integrating Heterogeneous Wireless/Optical Networks, Distributed Cloud, and IoT Devices
IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine. Vol. 11. No. 1. pp. 50-63 January 2016.
Munoz, R, Mangues-Bafalluy, J, Vilalta, R, Verikoukis, C, Alonso-Zarate, J, Bartzoudis, N, Georgiadis, A, Payaro, M, Perez-Neira, A, Casellas, R, Martinez, R, Nunez-Martnez, J, Esteso, MR, Pubill, D, Font-Bach, O, Henarejos, P, Serra, J, Vazquez-Gallego, F
10.1109/MVT.2015.2508320 Google Scholar
Advanced Signal Processing Techniques for Fixed and Mobile Satellite Communications
Advanced Satellite Multimedia Systems Conference and the Signal Processing for Space Communications Workshop. January 2016.
Henarejos, P, Perez-Neira, A, Mazzali, N, Mosquera, C
Google Scholar
Advanced signal processing techniques for fixed and mobile satellite communications
2016 8th Advanced Satellite Multimedia Systems Conference And The 14th Signal Processing For Space Communications Workshop (asms/spsc). January 2016.
Henarejos P., Perez-Neira A., Mazzali N., Mosquera C.
10.1109/ASMS-SPSC.2016.7601468 Google Scholar
Dual Polarized Modulation and Reception for Next Generation Mobile Satellite Communications
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMMUNICATIONS. Vol. 63. No. 10. pp. 3803-3812 October 2015.
Henarejos, P, Perez-Neira, AI
10.1109/TCOMM.2015.2461221 Google Scholar
Dual Polarized Modulation and Reception for Next Generation Satellite Communications
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMMUNICATIONS. Vol. 63. No. 10. pp. 3803-3812 October 2015.
P. Henarejos, A. I. Pérez-Neira
Google Scholar
Pushing for higher rates and efficiency in Satcom: the different perspectives within SatNExIV
2015 12th International Symposium On Wireless Communication Systems (iswcs). January 2015.
Vazquez, MA, Perez-Neira, A, Mosquera, C, Shankar, B, Henarejos, P, Panagopoulos, AD, Giambere, G, Siris, V, Polyzos, G, Alagha, N
Google Scholar
Dual Polarized Modulation and Receivers for Mobile Communications in Urban Areas
Ieee International Workshop On Signal Processing Advances In Wireless Communications. pp. 51-55 January 2015.
Henarejos, P, Perez-Neira, AI
Google Scholar
Dual Polarized Modulation and receivers for mobile communications in urban areas
Ieee Workshop On Signal Processing Advances In Wireless Communications, Spawc. Vol. 2015-August. pp. 51-55 January 2015.
Henarejos P., Perez-Neira A.I.
10.1109/SPAWC.2015.7226998 Google Scholar
Rapid Prototyping of Standard-Compliant Visible Light Communications System
IEEE Communications Magazine. Vol. 53. No. 1. pp. 78-86 January 2015.
C. George-Gavrincea, J. Baranda, P. Henarejos
Google Scholar
Pushing for higher rates and efficiency in Satcom: The different perspectives within SatNExIV
International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems. Vol. 2016-April. pp. 206-210 January 2015.
Vázquez M.Á., Pérez-Neira A., Mosquera C., Shankar B., Henarejos P., Panagopoulos A.D., Giambere G., Siris V., Polyzos G., Alagha N.
10.1109/ISWCS.2015.7454329 Google Scholar
Rapid prototyping of standard-compliant visible light communications system
IEEE COMMUNICATIONS MAGAZINE. Vol. 52. No. 7. pp. 80-87 January 2014.
Gavrincea C.G., Baranda J., Henarejos P.
10.1109/MCOM.2014.6852087 Google Scholar
Forward link interference mitigation in mobile interactive satellite systems
31st Aiaa International Communications Satellite Systems Conference, Icssc 2013. January 2013.
Henarejos P., Vázquez M.A., Cocco G., Pérez-Neira A.
10.2514/6.2013-5730 Google Scholar
Low-complexity resource allocation with rate balancing for the MISO-OFDMA broadcast channel
SIGNAL PROCESSING. Vol. 92. No. 12. pp. 2975-2989 December 2012.
Henarejos, P, Perez-Neira, AI, Tralli, V, Lagunas, MA
10.1016/j.sigpro.2012.05.031 Google Scholar
A low complexity scheduler for multiuser MIMO-OFDMA systems with heterogeneous traffic
International Conference On Information Networking 2011, Icoin 2011. pp. 251-256 January 2011.
Tralli V., Henarejos P., Perez-Neira A.
10.1109/ICOIN.2011.5723188 Google Scholar
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