Wireless Signal Processing & Networking Workshop:
Advanced Wireless Technologies

Date: 21 December (Friday),2012

Venue: Main Conference Room, CENTER HALL Building, Engineerings, Tohoku University

Time: 13:00~

Title: UE Relay Evolving with D2D for Next-Generation Cellular Networks

Speaker: Prof. Dong In Kim

Affiliation: Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU)

Abstract:
   This invited talk reviews the current state-of-the-art of User Equipment (UE) relay which is being considered for LTE-Advanced Cellular Standard and proposes a number of novel UE relaying and cooperation techniques. An important related issue is the availability or the absence of the channel state information (CSI) at UE relay, which leads to the concepts of partial information based or open-loop UE relaying. It is expected that UE relay evolving with device-to-device (D2D) communication for LTE-Advanced will play an important role in extending and improving the coverage and cell capacity of next-generation cellular networks. D2D communication is a promising technique to provide wireless peer-to-peer services and enhance spectrum utilization in the LTE- Advanced networks. However, enabling D2D communication in a cellular network poses major challenges, which are addressed in this talk, and whose functionalities are combined with UE relaying for collaborative transmission/reception.

Biography:
   Dong In Kim is a Professor of Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Suwon, Korea. In recognition of his research and service, he was awarded a Centre of Excellence (selected as Best Centre by the Ministry of Knowledge Economy (MKE) of Korea in 2012) as one of the top leaders in Korea (http://wireless.skku.edu) and appointed the Founding Editor-in-Chief for the IEEE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS LETTERS (WCL) in 2012. His research interests include wireless cellular, relay networks, and cross-layer design. He has published over 60 IEEE top-notch journal papers, one of which has been nominated for the IEEE Marconi Paper Award in the IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications in 2005. He has been serving as an Editor of Spread Spectrum Transmission and Access for the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMMUNICATIONS since 2001. He has served as an Editor and a Founding Area Editor of Cross-Layer Design and Optimization for the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS from 2002 to 2011. From 2008 to 2011, he served as the Co-Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Communications and Networks.