Tutorials:

1. IEEE International Conference on Communications ICC 2013, Budapest, Hungary, June 2013.
2. Swedish Communication Technologies Workshop (Swe-CTW), Chalmers, Gothenburg, Sweden, August 2013.
3. Tenth International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems, ISWCS 2013, Ilmenau, Germany, August 2013.

Ph.D Theses:

Rikke Apelfröjd
Channel Estimation and Prediction for 5G Applications.
PhD Thesis, April 2018.

Yutao Sui
Moving Networks, a Better Way to Serve Vehicular Users.
PhD Thesis (pdf), Signals and Systems, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, August 2016.

Tilak Rajesh Lakshmana
Coordinated MultiPoint Transmission with Incomplete Information.
PhD Thesis (pdf), Signals and Systems, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, December 2015.

Jingya Li
Downlink Resource Allocation in Cooperative Wireless Networks.
PhD Thesis (pdf), Signals and Systems, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, April 2015.

Annika Klockar
Improving User Experience of Internet Services in Cellular Networks.
PhD Thesis (pdf), Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Karlstad University, Karlstad, Sweden, May 2015.

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Licentiate Theses:

Rikke Apelfröjd
Design Aspects of Coordinated Multipoint Transmission.
A study of channel prediction, resource allocation, user grouping and robust linear precoding for coherent joint transmission.
Licentiate Thesis, Signals and Systems, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, May 2014.
Abstract ; Summary   In Pdf.

Tilak Rajesh Lakshmana
Efficient Backhauling in Cooperative Multipoint Cellular Networks.
Licentiate Thesis, Signals and Systems, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, March 2013.

Jingya Li
Resource Allocation in Downlink Coordinated Multi-Point Systems.
Licentiate Thesis, Signals and Systems, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, February 2013.

Yutao Sui
On The Benefits of Moving Relay Nodes in Wireless Networks
Licentiate Thesis, Signals and Systems, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2012.

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Journal Papers:

R. Apelfröjd, W. Zirwas and M. Sternad,
Low-Overhead Cyclic Reference Signals for Channel Estimation for FDD Massive MIMO.
IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 67, no.5, May 2019.
Abstract; In Pdf

T.R. Lakshmana, A. Tölli, R. Devassey and T. Svensson,
Precoder Design with Incomplete Feedback for Joint Transmission.
IEEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 15, No. 3, March 2016, pp. 1923-1936.

L. S. Muppirisetty, T Svensson and H. Wymeersch,
Spatial Wireless Channel Prediction under Location Uncertainty.
IEEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 15, No. 2, February 2016, pp. 1031-1044.

D-T Phan-Huy, M. Sternad and T. Svensson,
Making 5G Adaptive Antennas Work for Very Fast Moving Vehicles.
IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Magazine, Summer, 2015, pp. 71- 84.
Abstract; In Pdf

Y. Sui, I. Guvenec and T. Svensson
Interference Management for Moving Networks in Ultra-dense Urban Scenarios.
EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, 2015, 2015:111
DOI: 10.1186/s13638-015-0326-1 .

J. Li, M. Matthaiou, and T. Svensson,
I/Q Imbalance in Two-way AF Relaying.
IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 62, no. 7, pp. 2271-2285, 2014.
DOI: 10.1109/TCOMM.2014.2325036

R. Apelfröjd and M. Sternad,
Design and Measurement Based Evaluation of Coherent JT CoMP - A Study of Precoding, User Grouping and Resource Allocation Using Predicted CSI.
EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, June 2014, 2014:100
DOI: 10.1186/1687-1499-2014-100.
Abstract; In Pdf

V. Jungnickel, K. Manolakis, W. Zirwas, B. Panzner, V. Braun, M. Lossow, M. Sternad, R. Apelfröjd and T. Svensson.
The Role of Small Cells, Coordinated Multi-point and Massive MIMO in 5G.
IEEE Communication Magazine vol. 52, no. 4, pp 44 - 51. May 2014.
Abstract; In Pdf

Z. Mayer, J. Li, A. Papadogiannis and T. Svensson,
On the impact of control channel reliability on coordinated multi-point transmission.
EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, 2014, 2014:28
DOI: 10.1186/1687-1499-2014-28 .

J. Li, M. Matthaiou, and T. Svensson
I/Q imbalance in AF Dual-hop Relaying: Performance Analysis in Nakagami-m Fading.
IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 62, no. 3, pp. 836-847, Mar. 2014. DOI: 10.1109/TCOMM.2014.011014.130458

B. Huang, J. Li, and T. Svensson,
A Utility-based Joint Resource Allocation Approach for Multi-service in CoMP Networks.
Wireless Personal Communications, vol. 72, no. 3, pp. 1633-1648, Oct. 2013.

Y. Sui, J. Vihrälä, A. Papadogiannis, M. Sternad, W. Yang and T. Svensson,
Moving Cells: A Promising Solution to Boost Performance for Vehicular Users.
IEEE Communications Magazine , vol. 51, no. 6, June 2013, pp. 62-68.
Abstract;

T. Rajesh Lakshmana, C. Botella and T. Svensson,
Partial Joint Processing with Efficient Backhauling using Particle Swarm Optimization.
EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, 2012, 2012:182
DOI: 10.1186/1687-1499-2012-182 .

J. Li, C. Botella and T. Svensson,
Resource Allocation for Clustered Network MIMO OFDMA Systems.
EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, 2012, 2012:175
DOI: 10.1186/1687-1499-2012-175 .

J. Li, T. Eriksson, T. Svensson and C. Botella,
Power Allocation for Two-Cell Two-User Joint Transmission.
IEEE Communication Letters, vol. 16, Issue 9, pp. 1474-1477, Sept. 2012.

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Conference Papers:

R. Apelfröjd, J. Björsell, M. Sternad and D-T Phan Huy,
Kalman Smoothing for Irregular Pilot Patterns; A Case Study for Predictor Antennas in TDD Systems.
IEEE Personal Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC´18 , Bologna, Italy, September 2018.
Abstract; In Pdf
This paper received a PIMRC2018 Best Paper Award.

D-T. Phan-Huy, S. Wesemann, J. Björsell and M. Sternad,
Adaptive Massive MIMO for Fast Moving Connected Vehicles: It Will Work With Predictor Antennas!
22nd International ITG Workshop on Smart Antennas (WSA 2018), Bochum, March 14-18 2018.
Abstract; In Pdf

W. Zirwas, M. Sternad and R. Apelfröjd,
Key Solutions for a Massive MIMO FDD System.
IEEE Personal Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC´17 , Montreal, Canada, October 2017.
Abstract; In Pdf

J. Björsell, M. Sternad and M. Grieger,
Predictor Antennas in Action.
IEEE Personal Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC´17 , Montreal, Canada, October 2017.
Abstract; In Pdf

J. Björsell, M. Sternad and M. Grieger,
Using Predictor Antennas for the Prediction of Small-scale Fading Provides an Order-of-Magnitude Improvement of Prediction Horizons.
IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC, Workshop WDN-5G ICC2017, Paris, May 2017.
Abstract; In Pdf

D-T Phan-Huy, M. Sternad, T. Svensson, W. Zirwas, B. Villeforceix, F. Karim and S.-E. El-Ayoubi,
5G on Board: How Many Antennas Do We Need on Connected Cars?
IEEE Globecom 2016 Workshop on 5G RAN Design, Washington DC, December 2016.
Abstract; In Pdf

W. Zirwas, M. Bilal Amin and M. Sternad,
Coded CSI Reference Signals for 5G - Exploiting Sparsity of FDD Massive MIMO Radio Channels.
20th International ITG Workshop on Smart Antennas (WSA 2016), Munich, Germany, March 2016.
Abstract; In Pdf

J. Li, E. Björnsson, T. Svensson, T. Eriksson and M. Debbah,
Optimal Design of Energy-Efficient HetNets: Joint Precoding and Load Balancing.
IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2015, London, UK, June 2015.
This paper received the Best Paper Award of the Signal Processing for Communications Symposium.

A. Klockar, M. Sternad, A. Brunstrom and R. Apelfröjd,
User-centric Pre-selection and Scheduling for Coordinated Multipoint Systems.
International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS) 2014, Barcelona, August 26-29 2014.
Abstract; In Pdf

R. Apelfröjd and M. Sternad,
Robust Linear Precoder for Coordinated Multipoint Joint Transmission Under Limited Backhaul With Imperfect Channel State Information.
International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS) 2014, Barcelona, August 26-29 2014.
Abstract; In Pdf

J. Li, M. Matthaiou, J. Shi and T. Svensson,
Energy Efficiency Analysis of Rank-1 Ricean-fading MIMO Channels.
IEEE SPAWC'14, Toronto, Canada, Jun. 2014.

J. Li, M. Matthaiou, and T. Svensson,
I/Q Imbalance in Two-way AF Relaying: Power Allocation and Performance Analysis.
IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC'14, Sydney, Australia, June 2014.

T.R. Lakshmana, B. Makki and T. Svensson
Frequency Allocation in Non-coherent Joint Transmission CoMP Networks.
IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC'14 Workshop on Small Cell and 5G Networks, Sydney, Australia, June 2014.

R. Apelfröjd,
Kalman Predictions for Multipoint OFDM Downlink Channels.
Technical Report. Also presented at the Swedish Communication Technologies Workshop (Swe-CTW), Västerås, Sweden, June 2014.
Abstract; Report in Pdf; Poster in Pdf (Swe-CTW 2014).

N. Jamaly, R. Apelfröjd, A. Belen Martinez, M. Grieger, T. Svensson, M. Sternad and G. Fettweis,
Analysis and Measurement of Multiple Antenna Systems for Fading Channel Prediction in Moving Relays.
European Conference on Antennas And Propagation, EuCAP 2014, April 6-11 2014, Hauge, The Netherlands.
Abstract; In Pdf

T. Rajesh Lakshmana, R. Apelfröjd, T. Svensson and M. Sternad,
Particle Swarm Optimization Based Precoder in CoMP with Measurement Data.
5th System and Networks Optimization for Wireless (SNOW) Workshop, Åre, Sweden, April 2014.

D.-T. Phan-Huy, M. Sternad and T. Svensson,
Adaptive Large MISO Downlink with Predictor Antenna Array for Very Fast Moving Vehicles.
2013 International Conference on Connected Vehicles , Las Vegas, December 2013.
Abstract;

Y. Sui, A. Papadogiannis, Y. Wei and T. Svensson,
The Energy Efficiency Potential of Moving and Fixed Relays for Vehicular Users.
IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference VTC 2013-Fall.

A. Klockar, C. Botella, M. Sternad, A. Brunstrom and T. Svensson,
Utility as a User Selection Criterion for Coordinated Multi-point Systems.
IEEE Conference on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC , London, September 2013. (Also presented at SWE-CTW, The Swedish Communication Technologies Workshop, Gothenburg, August 2013).
Abstract; In Pdf

J. Li, B. Makki, T. Svensson, and T. Eriksson,
Power Allocation for Multi-point Joint Transmission with Different Node Activeness.
IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC)'13, Shanghai, China, April 2013.

T. Rajesh Lakshmana, J. Li, C. Botella, A. Papadogiannis and T. Svensson,
Scheduling for Backhaul Load Reduction in CoMP
IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC) , Shanghai, China, April 2013.

Y. Sui, A. Papadogiannis W. Yang and T. Svensson,
Performance Comparison of Fixed and Moving Relays under Co-channel Interference.
IEEE Globecom Workshops, December 2012.

A. Papadogiannis, Y. Sui and T. Svensson,
The Potential of a Hybrid Fixed/User Relay Architecture - A Performance Analysis
IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference VTC 2012-Fall.

J. Li, A. Papadogiannis, R. Apelfröjd, T. Svensson and M. Sternad,
Performance Evaluation of Coordinated Multi-Point Transmission Schemes with Predicted CSI.
IEEE Conference on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC Sept 2012, Sydney, Australia, pp 1055-1060.
Abstract; In Pdf

T.R. Lakshmana, A. Papadogiannis, J. Li and T. Svensson,
On the Potential of Broadcast CSI for Opportunistic Coordinatend MultiPoint Transmission.
IEEE Conference on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC Sept 2012, Sydney, Australia.

R. Apelfröjd, M. Sternad and D. Aronsson,
Measurement-Based Evaluation of Robust Linear Precoding for Downlink CoMP.
IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC , Ottawa, Canada, June 2012, pp 5749-5755.
Abstract; In Pdf

T.R. Lakshmana, C. Botella and T. Svensson,
Pertial Joint Processing with Efficient Backhauling in Coordinated MultiPint Networks.
IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference VTC'12-Spring, June 2012.

B. Huang, J. Li, and T. Svensson,
Joint Scheduling for Multi-service in Coordinated Multi-point OFDMA Networks.
IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference VTC'12, Yokohama, Japan, May 2011.

M. Sternad, M. Grieger, R. Apelfröjd, T. Svensson, D. Aronsson and A. Belén Martinez,
Using "Predictor Antennas" for Long-Range Prediction of Fast Fading for Moving Relays.
IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), 4G Mobile Radio Access Networks Workshop , Paris, April 2012.
Abstract; In Pdf

Y. Sui, A. Papadogiannis and T. Svensson,
The Potential of Moving Relays - A Performance Analysis.
IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference VTC 2012-Spring.

Y. Sui, D. Aronsson and T. Svensson,
Evaluation of Link Adaptation Methods in Multi-User OFDM Systems with Imperfect Channel State Information
Future Network and Mobile Summit 2011 , 15-17 June 2011, Warsaw, Poland.
In Pdf

A. Klockar, C. Botella, T. Svensson, A. Brunstrom and M. Sternad,
Utility of Joint Processing Schemes.
The Seventh International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems, ISWCS, York, UK, September 19-21 2010.
Abstract; In Pdf (100K).

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Some earlier and other publications directly related to the present project:

Channel Estimation and Prediction for MIMO OFDM Systems.
PhD Thesis by Danel Aronsson, Uppsala University 2011.

Prediction of Mobile Radio Channels.
PhD Thesis by Torbjörn Ekman, Uppsala University 2002.