W6: IEEE VTC Spring 3rd Workshop on Sustainable and Intelligent Green Internet of Things for 6G and Beyond
This workshop has converted to virtual only
Co-chair: Muhammad Ali Jamshed, University of Glasgow, UK
Co-chair: Masood Ur-Rehman, University of Glasgow, UK
Co-chair: Muhammad Ali Imran, University of Glasgow, UK
Co-Chair: Haris Pervaiz, Lancaster University, UK
Abstract: 6G, is expected to satisfy unprecedented requirements in terms of throughput, latency, massive connections, etc. With the hyper-connectivity among humans and everything, we are anticipating Internet of Things (IoT) applications in various fields, including smart city, smart factory, etc. However, to facilitate these IoT applications, the issues related to the heterogeneity, application requirements, and limited resources, requires greener and more advanced hardware and software upgrades. Future IoT systems feature a larger number of devices and multi-access environments where different types of wireless spectrum, including Sub6 GHz, Millimetre-wave, and Terahertz, should be efficiently utilized. The increased in the number of IoT devices also increases the challenges in keeping a net zero carbon emission rate. A resource efficient IoT architecture should be designed to deal with the limited storage and computational capability of IoT devices. Technologies, such as intelligent reflecting surface, multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO), etc., are needed to be altered to support the challenges faced by these resource constraint IoT devices. Moreover, the network environment and system requirements change with the space and time, which require intelligent approaches. It is envisioned that the collaborative intelligence is the enabler for greener IoT systems. To enable a greener and smarter society, more research efforts should be conducted on collaborative intelligence and to incorporate new hardware upgrades for IoT systems. Therefore, this workshop aims at addressing the technical challenges for enabling collaborative intelligence and hardware upgrades for IoT systems, to support a greener and smarter society and to keep the 1.50 degree goal of COP26 alive.
Program:
Venue: Virtual Workshop
Web Link: https://events.vtsociety.org/vtc2023–spring/authors/workshop–call–for–
papers/w6–ieee–vtc–spring–3rd–workshop–on–sustainable–and–intelligent–green–internet–of–
things–for–6g–and–beyond/
Zoom Link:
https://uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/87849580374?pwd=Ri9GVHpqcjBkTmJiZHJTQi9uRE9OZz09
Meeting ID: 878 4958 0374
Passcode: 845717
Workshop Schedule
Tuesday, 20th June 2023
08:45 – 09:00 Opening and Welcome
09:00 – 09:30 Keynote 1 (Virtual) Dr Syed Ali Raza Zaidi
9:30 – 10:30 Paper Presentation Session 1
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:00 Paper Presentation Session 2
Closing
Note: The time indicates Central European Summer Time (GMT+02:00)
Detailed Program
Keynotes
Dr Syed Ali Raza Zaidi 09:00 – 09:30
University of Leeds, UK
Title: Communication and Sensing for Autonomous Systems
Paper Presentation Session I 09:30 – 10:30
Session Chair: Masood Ur–Rehman
09:30 – 6G driven Vehicular Tracking in Smart Cities using Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces
Atif Shakeel, Adeel Iqbal, (COMSATS University Islamabad); Ali Nauman, (Yeungnam University, Republic of Korea); Riaz Hussain, (COMSATS University Islamabad); Xingwang Li, (Henan Polytechnic University); Khaled Rabie, (Manchester Met University)
Virtual
09:45 – A Novel Multi–User Space–Time Block Coding based Superposition Transmission for Future Generation Wireless Networks
Muhammad Farhan Khan, (University College Cork, Ireland); Dirk Pesch, (University College Cork)
Virtual
10:00 – A Software–Defined Networking based Simulation Framework for Internet of Space Things
Awais Aziz Shah, (University of Glasgow)
Virtual
10:15 – Dedicated versus Shared Element–Allotment in IRS–aided Wireless Systems: When to Use What?
Mahnoor Anjum, Muhammad Abdullah Khan, (National University of Sciences &
Technology (NUST)); Sarah Basharat, (NUST); Syed Ali Hassan, (National University of Sciences and Technology); (Haejoon Jung, Kyung Hee University)
Virtual
10:30 – Deep Q–Learning Based Resource Allocation in 6G Interference Systems With Outage Constraints
Saniul Alam, Sadia Islam, (Jahangirnagar University); Muhammad RA Khandaker, (Heriot–Watt University); Risala Tasin Khan, (Jahangirnagar University); Faisal Tariq, (University Glasgow)
Paper Presentation Session II 11:00 – 12:00
Session Chair: Masood Ur–Rehman
11:00 – Energy–Efficient RIS–Enabled NOMA Communication for 6G LEO Satellite Networks
Wali Ullah Khan, Eva Lagunas, Asad Mahmood, Symeon Chatzinotas, (SnT, University of Luxembourg; Bjorn Ottersten, University of Luxembourg)
Virtual
11:15 – Joint Precoding and Combining for Quantized Full–Duplex MU– MIMO Systems
Seunghyeung Yoo, Seokjun Park, (Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology); Jinseok Choi, (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
Virtual
11:30 – K–DUMBs IoRT: Knowledge Driven Unified Model Block sharing in the Internet of Robotic Things
Muhammad Waqas Nawaz, University of Glasgow
Virtual
11:45 – Multi–Objective Optimization for 3D Placement and Resource Allocation in OFDMA–based Multi–UAV Networks
Asad Mahmood, SnT, (University of Luxembourg); Thang X. Vu, Shree Krishna Sharma, (University of Luxembourg); Symeon Chatzinotas, (SnT, University of Luxembourg); Bjorn Ottersten, (University of Luxembourg)
Virtual
12:00 – VehA & PedA Mobility based Scheduling in Future Communication Networks
Khuram Ashfaq, (University of Bedfordshire); Ghazanfar Ali Safdar, (University of Bedfordshire, UK); Masood Ur–Rehman, (James Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, UK)
Co-chair Bios:
Muhammad Ali Jamshed:
Muhammad Ali Jamshed received the B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from COMSATS University, Islamabad, Pakistan, in 2013 and the M.Sc. degree in Wireless communications from the Institute of Space Technology, Islamabad Pakistan, in 2016, and a Ph.D. degree from the University of Surrey, Guildford, U.K, in 2021. He is endorsed by Royal Academy of Engineering under exceptional talent category. He was nominated for Departmental Prize for Excellence in Research in 2019 at the University of Surrey. He served briefly as Wireless Research Engineer at BriteYellow Ltd, UK, and then moved to James Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, as a Post-Doctoral Research Assistant. He has contributed to three patents (under review) and authored/co-authored 4 book chapters and more than 27 technical articles in leading journals and peer reviewed conferences. His main research interests include EMF exposure reduction, low SAR antennas for mobile handsets, machine learning for wireless communication, Backscatter communication, and wireless sensor networks. He is a Senior Member of IEEE. Moreover, he served as a Reviewer, TPC, and the Session Chair, at many well-known conferences, i.e., ICC, WCNC, VTC, GlobeCom etc., and other scientific workshops.
Masood Ur-Rehman:
Masood Ur-Rehman received the B.Sc. degree in electronics and telecommunication engineering from University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan in 2004 and the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electronic engineering from Queen Mary University of London, London, UK, in 2006 and 2010, respectively. He worked at Queen Mary University of London as a postdoctoral research assistant till 2012 before joining the Centre for Wireless Research at University of Bedfordshire as a Lecturer. He served briefly at the University of Essex and then moved to the James Watt School of Engineering at University of Glasgow in the capacity of an Assistant Professor. His research interests include compact antenna design, radiowave propagation and channel characterization, satellite navigation system antennas in cluttered environment, electromagnetic wave interaction with human body, body-centric wireless networks and sensors, remote health care technology, mmWave and nano-communications for body-centric networks and D2D/H2H communications. He has worked on a number of projects supported by industrial partners and research councils. He has contributed to a patent and authored/co-authored 4 books, 7 book chapters and more than 120 technical articles in leading journals and peer reviewed conferences. Dr Ur-Rehman is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK), a member of the IET and part of the technical program committees and organizing committees of several international conferences, workshops, and special sessions. He is acting as an associate editor of the IEEE Access and IET Electronics Letters and lead guest editor of numerous special issues of renowned journals. He also serves as a reviewer for book publishers, IEEE conferences and leading journals.
Muhammad Ali Imran:
Muhammad Ali Imran (M’03, SM’12) received his M.Sc. (Distinction) and Ph.D. degrees from Imperial College London, UK, in 2002 and 2007, respectively. He is a Professor in Communication Systems in University of Glasgow, Dean University of Glasgow UESTC, Head of Communications Sensing and Imaging (CSI) research group and Director of Glasgow UESTC Centre of Educational Development and Innovation. He is an affiliate Professor at the University of Oklahoma, USA; Adjunct Research Professor AIRC, Ajman University UAE and a visiting Professor at 5G Innovation centre, University of Surrey, UK.
Haris Pervaiz:
Haris Pervaiz (Member, IEEE) received the M.Sc. degree in information security from the Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, U.K., in 2005, and the Ph.D. degree from the School of Computing and Communication, Lancaster University, Lancaster, U.K., in 2016. He was a Research Fellow with the 5G Innovation Centre, University of Surrey, Guildford, U.K., from 2017 to 2018, and an EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellow with the School of Computing and Communication, Lancaster University, from 2016 to 2017, where he is currently working as a Lecturer with the InfoLab21. He has been actively involved in projects, such as CROWN, CogGREEN, TWEETHER, the Energy Proportional EnodeB for LTE-Advanced and Beyond and the DARE Project, and an ESPRC funded project. His current research interests include green heterogeneous wireless communications and networking, 5G and beyond, millimeter wave communication, and energy and spectral efficiency. He is also an Associate Editor of IEEE ACCESS, IET Quantum Communication, IET Networks, Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies (Wiley), and Internet Technology Letters (Wiley).
Deadlines:
Workshop paper submissions Extended: 9 March 2023
Acceptance notification: 16 April 2023
Final paper submission due: 30 April 2023
To submit a paper to this workshop, please visit: https://vtc2023s-rr-wks.trackchair.com/track/2163