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IGNACIO RODRIGUEZ LARRAD, personal website
Research Overview
Established Researcher [R3] with 10+ years research experience. During the Ph.D. stage, my main research was related to radio propagation at cm-wave and mm-wave frequency bands in urban mobile broadband scenarios. The empirical data and results from my Ph.D. thesis have been considered in the development of several 3GPP and ITU-R standards targeting future 5G scenarios. At present, my investigations have shifted towards the new cellular scenarios, where I am involved in the research, development and testing of innovative wireless solutions for wide area, non-terrestrial and industrial IoT scenarios.
I currently lead the 5G for Industries Research Group [5G4I] and coordinate the Industry 4.0 Experimental Research Activities at the WCN Section. I am also coordinating the AAU 5G Smart Production Lab, in collaboration with the Department of Materials and Production.
My main research topics and areas of expertise can be summarized as follows: Field Measurements, Radio Propagation, Channel Modeling, Radio Network Planning and Optimization, Heterogeneous Networks, cmWave and mmWave Frequency Bands for Mobile Broadband, Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Communications, Ultra-reliable Low-latency (URLLC) Communications, Low-power Wide-area Networks (LPWAN), Smart-X, Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN),Industry 4.0, and Industrial IoT.
As an applied-science researcher, I have gained quite a lot of practical experience with the following technologies: 2G, 3G, 4G, NB-IoT, LTE-M, 5G, WiFi(a,b,g,n,ac), WiFi-6, LoRa, Sigfox.
Research Impact
- Google Scholar: 1634 citations / h-index: 18 [link]
- Research Gate: 1457 citations / h-index: 17 [link]
- Scopus ID=55934293100: 1002 citations / h-index: 15 [link]
- ORCID ID=0000-0001-9258-4194 [link]
Last updated: 21.06.2022
Patents
- F. Frederiksen. M. Lauridsen, I. Rodriguez, and C. Rosa, Usage of one or more bands with duty-cycle limitations [WO/PCT/EP2018/080769]
- E.P.L. Almeida, V.S.B. Barbosa, G. Caldwell, L.G.U. Garcia, and I. Rodriguez, Network Planning Method and Mine Planning Method [WO/2017/152248]
Relevant Projects
- "COMMECT: Bridging the digital divide and addressing the need of Rural Communities with Cost-effective and Environmental-Friendly Connectivity Solutions"
- Partners: Luxembourg Institute of Technology, Luxsense, IBLA, SES, Huawei, Telenor, TNO, Turkcell, DNET, SeAMK, Viveris Technologies, Klosser Innovation, Inn University, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Turkey, Municipality Serbia, Zemljoradnicka zadruga Solar Agro, Padborg Transport Center, and Aarhus University.
- Project duration: September 2022-August 2025 (3 years)
- "5G-ROBOT: 5G-Enabled Autonomous Mobile Robotic Systems" [project info]
- Partners: Nokia, Telenor, Mobile Industrial Robots, Universal Robots, Technicon, Intelligent Systems, LEGO, Novo Nordisk, Grundfos, Danfoss, and Odense Kommune.
- Project duration: March 2022-February 2025 (3 years)
- "Predictive Automatic Corrosion Management (PACMAN)" [project info]
- Partners: Semco Maritime, Energy Cluster Denmark, MM Survey, TREFOR, and IPU
- Project duration: February 2022-January 2024 (2 years)
- "Real Time Industrial IoT with 5G" [project info]
- Partners: Dansk Industri, Togsverd Consult
- Project duration: June 2020-June 2022 (2 years)
- "ESA NAVISP Low-RF Fast Deployable Systems for Emergencies in Difficult Environments" [project info]
- Prime contractor: GMV NSL
- Subcontractor: Aalborg University [AAU POC]
- Project duration: January 2019-November 2019 & December 2021-July 2022 (1.5 years)
- "MADE DIGITAL WP5.5 - Smart Factories / Industrial IoT - Demonstrating the Potential of Wireless Technologies in Smart Factories" [project info]
- Industrial Partners: Xtel, RTX
- Project duration: January 2018-December 2019 (2 years)
Ph.D. Thesis Supervision
- Sebastian Bro Damsgaard [AAU vbn Profile] ONGOING
- Thesis: "Experimental Research on 5G, Edge-Cloud and Industrial Automation"
- Supervisors: Prof. Preben Mogensen, Asst. Prof. Ignacio Rodriguez
- Expected date of completion: September 2024
- Rasmus S. Mogensen [AAU vbn Profile]
- Education: Ph.D. in Wireless Communications
- Thesis: "Enhanced Wireless Communication Protocols for the Factory of the Future"
- Supervisors: Assoc. Prof. Gilberto Berardinalli, Asst. Prof. Ignacio Rodriguez, Senior Research Specialist Troels E. Kolding (NOKIA Bell Labs)
- Date of completion: June 2022
M.Sc Thesis Supervision
- Spring 2021: Andreas E. Fink
- Education: M.Sc. in Communication Technology - with a focus on Network Distribution Systems
- Thesis: "Enhanced Wi-Fi 6 Wireless Communication Systems for Industrial Use Cases Requiring Mobility" [info+pdf]
- Supervisors: Asst. Prof. Ignacio Rodriguez, Senior Research Specialist Troels E. Kolding (NOKIA Bell Labs)
- Spring 2021: Taus M. Raunholt
- Education: M.Sc. in Communication Technology - with a focus on Network Distribution Systems
- Thesis: "Design and Implementation of a 5G-Connected Edge-Cloud Platform for Autonomous Mobile Robots Route Planning" [info+pdf]
- Supervisors: Prof. Preben Mogensen, Asst. Prof. Ignacio Rodriguez, Team Leader Morten Larsen (MiR - Mobile Industrial Robots)
- Spring 2021: Søren A. Markussen
- Education: M.Sc. in Communication Technology - with a focus on Network Distribution Systems
- Thesis: "5G Mobile Edge Computing: Architectures and Applications" [confidential, N/A]
- Supervisors: Asst. Prof. Ignacio Rodriguez, Senior Network Specialist Simone Barbera (Telenor DK)
- Fall 2015: Jesper N. Andersen
- Education: M.Sc. in Wireless Communications
- Thesis: "Wireless Coverage in Public Transportation Systems" [info+pdf]
- Supervisors: Assoc. Prof. Troels B. Sørensen, Ph.D. Student Ignacio Rodriguez
M.Sc. Internship Project Supervision
- Fall 2020: Søren A. Markussen (Internship with Telenor DK)
- Education: 9th semester project, M.Sc. in Wireless Communication Systems
- Project title: "Integration and Optimization of 5G Wireless Manufacturing Systems"
- Supervisors: Postdoc Ignacio Rodriguez, Senior Network Specialist Simone Barbera (Telenor DK)
- Fall 2019: Michel Massanet Ginard (Internship with Fraunhofer HHI)
- Education: 9th semester project, M.Sc. in Wireless Communication Systems
- Project title: "Evaluation of NB-IoT radio access technologies in Industry 4.0"
- Supervisors: Johannes Dommel (Fraunhofer HHI), Dennis Wieruch (Fraunhofer HHI), Postdoc Ignacio Rodriguez
Other relevant M.Sc. Project Supervision
- Fall 2019: group 750
- Education: 7th semester project, M.Sc. in Communication Technology
- Project title: Towards Dynamic Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) for the Factories of the Future
- Supervisors: Postdoc Ignacio Rodriguez, Ph.D. Student Rasmus S. Mogensen
B.Sc Thesis Supervision
- Spring 2022: Rasmus Sibbern Frederiksen, Abraham Antonisen, Rasmus Bundgaard, and Thomas Gundgaard Mulvad
- Education: B.Sc. in Computer Engineering - with a focus on Communication Systems
- Thesis: "Bridging Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) with 5G Release 15 - An Integration & Performance Evaluation"
- Supervisors: Asst. Prof. Ignacio Rodriguez, Ph.D. Student Sebastian B. Damsgaard
- Spring 2019: Andreas E. Fink, René D. Marcker, Søren A. Markussen, and Taus M. Raunholt
- Education: B.Sc. in Electronics and IT - with a focus on Communication Systems
- Thesis: "Performance Evaluation of Wireless Technologies in I4.0 Scenarios"
- Supervisors: Postdoc Ignacio Rodriguez, Ph.D. Student Rasmus S. Mogensen
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