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Journal Papers (submitted and web-posted material) – 5

  1. F. Rostami Ghadi, K.K. Wong, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, H. Shin, L. Hanzo, “Performance Analysis of FAS-Aided NOMA-ISAC: A Backscattering Scenario”, submitted to IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2024.

  2. D. Perez-Adan, J.P. Gonzalez-Coma, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, L. Castedo, “Interference-Aware Precoding and User Selection for Multi-Cell Near-Field XL-MIMO Systems”, submitted to IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, 2024.

  3. F. Rostami Ghadi, K.K. Wong, M. Kaveh, H. Xu, W. K. New, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, H. Shin, “Fluid Antenna Multiple Access with Simultaneous Non-unique Decoding in Strong Interference Channel”, submitted to IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2024.

  4. F. Rostami Ghadi, K.K. Wong, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, L. Hanzo, C.B. Chae, “Fluid Antenna-Aided Rate-Splitting Multiple Access”, submitted to IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2024.

  5. S. Fernandez, J.D. Vega-Sanchez, J.E. Galeote-Cazorla, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “How Should One Fit Channel Measurements to Fading Distributions for Performance Analysis?”, submitted to IEEE Antennas Wireless and Propagation Letters, 2024.

Journal Papers (published) – 90

  1. S. Fernandez, J.A. Bailon-Martinez, J.E. Galeote-Cazorla, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “Analytical Characterization of the Operational Diversity Order in Fading Channels”, to appear in IEEE Communications Letters, 2024.

  2. J.E. Galeote-Cazorla, A. Ramirez-Arroyo, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, J.F. Valenzuela-Valdes, “Empirical Validation of a Class of Ray-Based Fading Models”, to appear in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2024.

  3. J.D. Vega-Sanchez, H. Carvajal, N. Orozco, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “Reliable and Secure Communications Through Compact Ultra-Massive Antenna Arrays”, to appear in IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, 2024.

  4. F. Rostami Ghadi, K.K. Wong, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, W.K. New, H. Xu, C.B. Chae, “Physical Layer Security over Fluid Antenna Systems: Secrecy Performance Analysis”, to appear in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2024.

  5. M. Olyaee, J.P. Pena-Martin, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, J.M. Romero-Jerez, “The Multi-cluster Two-Wave Fading Model”, to appear in IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2024.

  6. S. Fernandez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, F. Gregorio, J. Cousseau, “Companding and Predistortion Techniques for Improved Efficiency and Performance in SWIPT”, IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 1676-1691, Dec. 2024.

  7. F. Rostami Ghadi, K.K. Wong, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, C.B. Chae, K.F. Tong, Y. Zhang, “A Gaussian Copula Approach to the Performance Analysis of Fluid Antenna Systems”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 23, no. 11, pp. 17573-17585, Nov. 2024.

  8. J. Lopez-Fernandez, G.J. Anaya-Lopez, and F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “The Second Order Scattering Fading Model with Fluctuating Line-of-Sight”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 73, no. 9, pp. 13898-13902, Sept. 2024.

  9. F. Rostami Ghadi, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “Performance Analysis of SWIPT Relay Networks over Arbitrary Dependent Fading Channels”, IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 72, no. 6, pp. 3651-3663, June 2024.

  10. J.D. Vega-Sanchez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, J.F. Paris, J.M. Romero-Jerez, “The Multi-Cluster Fluctuating Two-Ray Fading Model”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 4199-4213, May 2024.

  11. F. Rostami Ghadi, K.K. Wong, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, C.B. Chae, K.F. Tong, Y. Zhang, “Fluid Antenna-Assisted Dirty Multiple Access Channels over Composite Fading”, in IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 382-386, Feb. 2024.

  12. I. Sanchez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “The Lomax Distribution for Wireless Channel Modeling: Theory and Applications”, in IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology, vol. 5, pp. 162-171, 2024.

  13. F. Rostami Ghadi, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, K.K. Wong, “Analytical Characterization of Coverage Regions for STAR-RIS-aided NOMA/OMA Communication Systems”, IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 27, no. 11, pp. 3063-3067, Nov. 2023.

  14. F. Rostami Ghadi, K.K. Wong, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, K.F. Tong, “Copula-based Performance Analysis for Fluid Antenna Systems under Arbitrary Fading Channels”, IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 27, no. 11, pp. 3068-3072, Nov. 2023.

  15. A. Palomares-Caballero, C. Molero, F. Rostami Ghadi, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, P. Padilla, D. Morales-Jimenez, J.F. Valenzuela-Valdes, “Enabling Intelligent Omni-Surfaces in the Polarization Domain: Principles, Implementation and Applications”, IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 61, no. 11, pp. 144-150, November 2023.

  16. J.P. Gonzalez-Coma, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, L. Castedo, “Joint User Scheduling and Precoding for XL-MIMO Systems with Imperfect CSI”, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 12, no. 10, pp. 1657-1661, Oct. 2023.

  17. F.J. Martin-Vega, G. Gomez, D. Morales-Jimenez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, M.C. Aguayo-Torres, “Joint Distance and Angles Distribution in Finite Wireless Networks”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 72, no. 10, pp. 13281-13297, Oct. 2023.

  18. F. Rostami Ghadi, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “RIS-Aided Communications over dirty MAC: Capacity region and Outage Probability”, IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 27, no. 8, pp. 2009-2013, Aug. 2023.

  19. U. Fernandez-Plazaola, G. Gomez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “An educational tool for understanding MPEG-2 video compression and coding techniques”, Comput. Appl. Eng. Educ. 2023; 31: 1219–1233.

  20. M. Olyaee, J.A. Cortes, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, J.F. Paris, J.M. Romero-Jerez, “The fluctuating two-ray fading model with independent specular components”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 72, no. 5, pp. 5533-5545, May 2023.

  21. G.J. Anaya-Lopez, J.P. Gonzalez-Coma, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “Leakage Subspace Precoding and Scheduling for Physical Layer Security in Multi-User XL-MIMO Systems”, IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 467-471, Feb. 2023.

  22. F. Rostami Ghadi, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, W.P. Zhu, J.M. Gorce, “The Impact of Side Information on Physical Layer Security under Correlated Fading Channels”, in IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, vol. 17, pp. 3626-3636, 2022.

  23. J.D. Vega-Sanchez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, G. Kaddoum, “Physical Layer Security of RIS-Assisted Communications under Electromagnetic Interference”, IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 26, no. 12, pp. 2870-2874, Dec. 2022.

  24. I. Sanchez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “A Formulation of the Log-Logistic Distribution for Fading Channel Modeling”, Electronics, special issue on Channel Measurements, Modelling and Simulations for Future Wireless Communication Systems, 11, no. 15, 2409, 2022.

  25. M. Olyaee, J.M. Romero-Jerez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, A.J. Goldsmith, “Alternative Formulations for the Fluctuating Two-Ray Fading Model”, in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 21, no. 11, pp. 9404-9416, Nov. 2022. link

  26. F. Rostami Ghadi, F.J. Martin-Vega, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “Capacity of Backscatter Communication under Arbitrary Fading Dependence”, IEEE Trans. Vehicular Technology, vol. 71, no. 5, pp. 5593-5598, May 2022.

  27. J.M. Romero-Jerez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, J.P. Pena-Martin, A. Abdi, “Stochastic Fading Channel Models with Multiple Dominant Specular Components”, IEEE Trans. Vehicular Technology, vol. 71, no. 3, pp. 2229-2239, March 2022. link

  28. S. Fernandez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, F. Gregorio, J. Cousseau, “Secure Full-duplex Wireless Power Transfer Systems with Energy-Information Correlation”, IEEE Access, vol. 10, pp. 16952-16968, 2022. link

  29. J. Lopez-Fernandez, P. Ramirez-Espinosa, J.M. Romero-Jerez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “A Fluctuating Line-of-Sight Fading Model with Double-Rayleigh Diffuse Scattering”, IEEE Trans. Vehicular Technology, vol. 71, no. 1, pp. 1000-1003, Jan. 2022. link

  30. P. Bithas, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “Throughput Analysis in a Wireless Powered Mobile Communication System”, IEEE Access, vol. 9, pp. 157215-157221, 2021. link

  31. F.J. Martin-Vega, F. Rostami Ghadi, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, G. Gomez, “A Physical Layer Multicast Precoding and Grouping Scheme for Bandwidth Minimization”, IEEE Access, vol. 9, pp. 149137-149152, 2021. link

  32. J.P. Gonzalez-Coma, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, L. Castedo, “Low-Complexity Distance-Based Scheduling for Multi-User XL-MIMO Systems”, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 10, no. 11, pp. 2407-2411, Nov. 2021. link

  33. F. Rostami Ghadi, G.A. Hodtani, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “The Role of Correlation in the Doubly Dirty Fading MAC with Side Information at the Transmitters”, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 10, no. 9, pp. 2070-2074, Sept. 2021.link

  34. J.D. Vega-Sanchez, L. Urquiza-Aguiar, M.C. Paredes-Paredes, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “Expectation-Maximization Learning for Wireless Channel Modeling of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces”, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 10, no. 9, pp. 2051-2055, Sept. 2021. link

  35. A. Tarrias-Munoz, J.L. Matez-Bandera, P. Ramirez-Espinosa, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “Effect of Correlation between Information and Energy Links in Secure Wireless Powered Communications”, IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, vol. 16, pp. 3780-3789, 2021

  36. P. Ramirez-Espinosa, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “Composite Fading Models based on Inverse Gamma Shadowing: Theory and Validation”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 20, no. 8, pp. 5034-5045, Aug. 2021.

  37. J.D. Vega-Sanchez, D.P. Moya-Osorio, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, M.C. Paredes-Paredes, L. Urquiza-Aguiar, “Information-Theoretic Security of MIMO Networks under kappa-mu Shadowed Fading Channels”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 70, no. 7, pp. 6302-6318, Jul. 2021.

  38. G.J. Anaya-Lopez, G. Gomez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “A Product Channel Attack to Wireless Physical Layer Security”, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 10, no. 5, pp. 943-947, May 2021.

  39. J.D. Vega-Sanchez, P. Ramirez-Espinosa, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “Physical Layer Security of Large Reflecting Surface Aided Communications with Phase Errors”, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 325-329, Feb. 2021.

  40. J.D. Vega-Sanchez, D.P. Moya-Osorio, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, M.C. Paredes-Paredes, L. Urquiza-Aguiar, “On the Secrecy Performance Over N-Wave with Diffuse Power Fading Channel”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 69, no. 12, pp. 15137-15148, Dec. 2020.

  41. P. Ramirez-Espinosa, R.J. Sanchez-Alarcon, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “On the Beneficial Role of a Finite Number of Scatterers for Wireless Physical Layer Security”, IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 105055-105064, 2020.

  42. J.L. Matez-Bandera, P. Ramirez-Espinosa, J.D. Vega-Sanchez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “Effect of Correlation on the Capacity of Backscatter Communication Systems”, IET Electronics Letters, vol. 56, no. 14, pp. 716-719, July 2020.

  43. U. Fernandez-Plazaola, L. Moreno-Pozas, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, J.F. Paris, E. Martos-Naya and J.M. Romero Jerez, “A Tractable Product Channel Model for Line-of-Sight Scenarios”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 2107-2121, March 2020.

  44. J. Lopez-Fernandez and F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “New Results on the Second Order Scattering Fading Model: Amount of Fading and Energy Detection”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 69, no. 1, pp. 1037-1040, Jan. 2020.

  45. J.W. Browning, S.L. Cotton, D. Morales-Jimenez and F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “The Rician Complex Envelope under Line of Sight Shadowing”, IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 23, no. 12, pp. 2182-2186, Dec. 2019.

  46. J. Moualeu, D.B. da Costa, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, W. Hamouda, T.M. Ngatched and U. Dias , “Transmit Antenna Selection in Secure MIMO Systems over alpha-mu Fading Channels”, IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 67, no. 9, pp. 6483-6498, Sept. 2019.

  47. C. Garcia-Corrales, U. Fernandez-Plazaola, F.J. Canete, J.F. Paris, and F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “Unveiling the Hyper-Rayleigh Regime of the Fluctuating Two-Ray Fading Model”, IEEE Access, special section on Advances in Statistical Channel Modeling for Future Wireless Communications Networks, vol. 7, pp. 75367-75377, 2019.

  48. G. Gomez, F.J. Martin-Vega, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, Y. Liu and M. Elkashlan, “Physical Layer Security in Uplink NOMA Multi-Antenna Systems with Randomly Distributed Eavesdroppers”, IEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 70422-70435, 2019.

  49. J. Moualeu, D.B. da Costa, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, R. de Souza , “On the Performance of alpha-eta-kappa-mu Fading Channels”, IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 23, no. 6, pp. 967-970, June 2019.

  50. S.K. Yoo, P. Sofotasios, S.L. Cotton, S. Muhaidat, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, J.M. Romero-Jerez, G. Karagiannidis, “A Comprehensive Analysis of the Achievable Channel Capacity in F Composite Fading Channels”, IEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 34078-34094, 2019.

  51. J. Lopez-Fernandez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “Statistical Characterization of Second Order Scattering Fading Channels”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 67, no. 12, pp. 11345-11353, Dec. 2018.

  52. J. Lopez-Fernandez, E. Martos-Naya, F.J. Lopez-Martinez and T. Tsiftsis, “On the Distribution of the Received Signal Power in Mobile Networks: a Moment-Based Approach”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 67 , no. 8, pp. 7754-7758, Aug. 2018. link

  53. M. Jaber, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, M. A. Imran, A. Sutton, A. Tukmanov, R. Tafazolli, “Wireless backhaul: Performance Modelling and Impact on User Association for 5G”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 17, no. 5, pp. 3095-3110, May 2018. link

  54. F.J. Soriano-Irigaray, J.F. Fernandez-Prat, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, E. Martos-Naya, O. Cobos-Morales, J.T. Entrambasaguas, “Adaptive Self-Interference Cancellation for Full Duplex Radio: Analytical Model and Experimental Validation”, IEEE Access, vol. 6, pp. 65018-65026, 2018.

  55. J.P. Pena-Martin, J.M. Romero-Jerez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “Generalized MGF of the Two-Wave with Diffuse Power Fading Model with Applications”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 67 , no. 6, pp. 5525-5529, Jun. 2018. link

  56. P. Ramirez-Espinosa, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, J.F. Paris, M.D. Yacoub, E. Martos-Naya, “An Extension of the kappa-mu Shadowed Fading Model: Statistical Characterization and Applications”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 67, no. 5, pp. 3826-3837, May 2018. link

  57. Y.J. Chun, S.L. Cotton, H.S. Dhillon, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, J.F. Paris, S. K. Yoo, “A Comprehensive Analysis of 5G Heterogeneous Cellular Systems operating over kappa-mu Shadowed Fading Channels”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 16, no. 11, pp. 6995-7010, Nov. 2017 link.

  58. J.M. Garrido-Balsells, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, M. del Castillo-Vazquez, A. Jurado-Navas, A. Puerta-Notario, “Performance analysis of FSO communications under LOS blockage”, Optics Express Vol. 25, Issue 21, pp. 25278-25294 (2017). link

  59. F.J. Martin-Vega, G. Gomez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, M.C. Aguayo-Torres, “A Closed-Form Expression for the Coverage of Cellular Systems under Hoyt (Nakagami-q) Fading”, IET Electronics Letters, vol. 53, no. 20, pp. 1383-1385, 2017. link

  60. J.M. Romero-Jerez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, J.F. Paris, A. Goldsmith, “The Fluctuating Two-Ray Fading Model: Statistical Characterization and Performance Analysis”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 16, no. 7, pp. 4420-4432, July 2017 (link).

  61. J.P. Pena-Martin, J.M. Romero-Jerez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “Generalized MGF of Beckmann Fading with Applications to Wireless Communications Performance Analysis”, IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 65, no. 9, pp. 3933-3943, Sept. 2017. (link).

  62. F.J. Lopez-Martinez, J.F. Paris, J.M. Romero-Jerez “The kappa-mu Shadowed Fading Model with Integer Fading Parameters”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 66, no. 9, pp. 7653-7662, Sept. 2017. (link)

  63. J.M. Romero-Jerez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “A New Framework for the Performance Analysis of Wireless Communications under Hoyt (Nakagami-q) Fading”, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory vol. 63, no. 3, pp. 1693-1702, March 2017. (link).

  64. F.J. Lopez-Martinez, J.M. Romero-Jerez, J.F. Paris “On the Calculation of the Incomplete MGF with Applications to Wireless Communications”, IEEE Transactions on Communications vol. 65, no. 1, pp. 458-469, Jan. 2017. (link).

  65. L. Moreno-Pozas, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, S.L. Cotton, J.F. Paris, E. Martos-Naya, “Comments on Human Body Shadowing in Cellular Device-to-Device Communications: Channel Modeling Using the Shadowed kappa-mu Fading Model”, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 517-520, 2017 (link).

  66. J. Lopez-Fernandez, L. Moreno-Pozas, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, E. Martos-Naya. “Joint Parameter Estimation for the Two-Wave with Diffuse Power Fading Model”, Sensors 2016, 16(7), 1014; doi:10.3390/s16071014 link.

  67. L. Moreno-Pozas, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, J.F. Paris, E. Martos-Naya, “The kappa-mu Shadowed Fading Model: Unifying the kappa-mu and eta-mu Distributions”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 65, no. 12, pp. 9630-9641, Dec. 2016. link.

  68. G. Gomez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, D. Morales-Jimenez, M.R. McKay, “On the Equivalence between Interference and Eavesdropping in Wireless Communications”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol.64, no.12, pp.5935-5940, Dec. 2015 link.

  69. F.J. Lopez-Martinez, E. Kurniawan, R. Islam, A. Goldsmith, “Average Fade Duration for Amplify-and-Forward Relay Networks in Fading Channels”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications vol.14, no.10, pp.5454-5467, Oct. 2015.

  70. F.J. Lopez-Martinez, L. Moreno-Pozas, E. Martos-Naya, “Novel Results for the kappa-mu Extreme Fading Distribution: Generation of White Samples and Capacity Analysis”, IEEE Communications Letters, vol.19, no.9, pp.1580-1583, Sept. 2015.

  71. F.J. Lopez-Martinez, E. Martos-Naya, J.F. Paris, A. Goldsmith, “Eigenvalue Dynamics of a Central Wishart Matrix with Application to MIMO Systems”, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol.61, no.5, pp.2693-2707, May 2015 link.

  72. F.J. Lopez-Martinez, D. Morales-Jimenez, “A new twist on the Nuttall function Q_{m,n}(a,b)”, Integral Transforms and Special Functions, vol. 26, issue 7, pp. 523-530, 2015. link

  73. M. Rao, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, M.S. Alouini, A. Goldsmith, “MGF Approach to the Analysis of Generalized Two-Ray Fading Models”, vol.14, no.5, pp.2548-2561, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, May 2015. link.

  74. F.J. Lopez-Martinez, J.M. Romero-Jerez, “Asymptotically Exact Approximations for the Symmetric Difference of Generalized Marcum Q-Functions”, vol.64, no.5, pp.2154-2159, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, May 2015. link

  75. F.J. Lopez-Martinez, G. Gomez, J.M. Garrido-Balsells, “Physical Layer Security in Free Space Optical Communications”, IEEE Photonics Journal, vol. 7, no. 2, April 2015 link. (#4 Top Accessed Papers Mar’15)

  76. F.J. Martin-Vega, F. Blanquez-Casado, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, G. Gomez, J.T. Entrambasaguas, “Further Improvements in SOVA for High-Throughput Parallel Turbo Decoding”, IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 6-9, Jan. 2015 link.

  77. F.J. Lopez-Martinez, R.F. Pawula, E. Martos-Naya, J.F. Paris, “A Clarification of the Proper-Integral Form of the Gaussian Q-Function and Some New Results Involving the F-Function”, IEEE Communications Letters, vol.18, no.9, pp.1495-1498, Sept. 2014. link

  78. J. Poncela, G. Gomez, A. Hierrezuelo, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, M. Aamir, “Quality Assessment in 3G-4G Wireless Networks”, Wireless Personal Communications, Volume 76, Issue 3, pp. 363-377,June 2014. (Impact 0.979, 45/78 Telecommunications Q3 JCR 2013) link

  79. S. Salido, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, E. Martos-Naya, J.T. Entrambasaguas, “Interaction between Symbol Timing Offset and Channel Interpolation in OFDM systems: BER Analysis and Performance Degradation”, Wireless Personal Communications, vol. 78, issue 2, pp. 1129-1141, April 2014. link.

  80. D. Morales-Jimenez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, E. Martos-Naya, J.F. Paris, A. Lozano, “Connections between the Generalized Marcum Q-Function and a class of Hypergeometric Functions”, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol.60, no.2, pp. 1077-1082, Feb. 2014. link

  81. J.F. Paris, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, E. Martos-Naya, “On the Connection between Gaussian Q-Functions and a Class of Hypergeometric Functions: Application to LCR of Lognormal Processes”, IEEE Communications Letters, vol 17, issue 8, pp. 1493-1496, August 2013. link

  82. F.J. Lopez-Martinez, D. Morales-Jimenez, E. Martos-Naya, J. F. Paris, “On the bivariate Nakagami-m cumulative distribution function: closed-form expression and applications”, IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 61, no. 4, pp. 1404-1414, Apr. 2013. link

  83. F.J. Lopez-Martinez, E. Martos-Naya, J.F. Paris, U. Fernandez-Plazaola. “Higher order statistics of sampled fading channels with applications” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 61, issue 7, pp. 3342-3346, September 2012. link

  84. F.J. Lopez-Martinez, E. Martos-Naya, J.T. Entrambasaguas, “Low complexity cell search scheme for LTE and LTE-advanced mobile technologies”, Computers and Electrical Engineering, Volume 38, Issue 6, November 2012, pp. 1502-1512.link

  85. F.J. Lopez-Martinez, E. del Castillo-Sanchez, E. Martos-Naya, J.T. Entrambasaguas, “Performance evaluation of preamble detectors for 3GPP-LTE physical random access channel”, Digital Signal Processing, Volume 22, Issue 3, May 2012, pp. 526-534. link

  86. F.J. Lopez-Martinez, E. Martos-Naya, J.F Paris, J.T. Entrambasaguas, “Exact Closed-Form BER Analysis of OFDM systems in the presence of IQ imbalances and ICSI” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol. 10, issue 6, pp. 1914-1922, June 2011. link

  87. F.J. Lopez-Martinez, E. Martos-Naya, K.K. Wong, J.T. Entrambasaguas, “Closed-Form BER Analysis of Alamouti-MRC Systems with ICSI in Ricean Fading Channels” IEEE Communications Letters. Vol. 15, issue 1, pp. 46-48, January 2011. link

  88. F.J. Lopez-Martinez, E. del Castillo-Sanchez, J.T. Entrambasaguas, E. Martos-Naya, “Iterative gradient based complex divider FPGA core with dynamic configurability of accuracy and throughput” Springer Journal of Signal Processing Systems, Volume 62, Number 3, pp. 319-324, (2011). link

  89. F.J. Lopez-Martinez, E. Martos-Naya, J.F. Paris, U. Fernandez-Plazaola, “Generalized BER Analysis of QAM and its Application to MRC under Imperfect CSI and Interference in Ricean Fading Channels”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. Vol. 59, issue 5, pp. 2598-2604, June 2010. link

  90. F.J. Lopez-Martinez, E. Martos-Naya, J.F. Paris, J.T. Entrambasaguas, “BER Analysis of Direct Conversion OFDM Systems with MRC under Channel Estimation Errors” IEEE Communications Letters. Vol. 14, issue 5, pp. 423-425, May 2010. link

Book Chapters

  1. M. Jaber, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, A Alomainy. Performance modelling of wireless Xhaul and associate impact on network provisioning for 5G and beyond. Chapter 8 in “Antennas and Propagation for 5G and Beyond”, Institution of Engineering and Technology, IET 2020.

  2. G. Gomez, D. Morales-Jimenez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, J.J. Sanchez, J.T. Entrambasaguas. Radio Interface Physical Layer. Chapter 3 in “Long Term Evolution: 3GPP-LTE radio & Cellular technology” CRC Press, Auerbach, Boca Raton (Florida, USA), 2009. ISBN 1420072102. link

  3. G. Fodor, A. Racz, N. Reider, A. Temesvary, G. Gomez, D. Morales-Jimenez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, J.J. Sanchez, J.T. Entrambasaguas. 3GPP Long-Term Evolution. Chapter 11 in “Get Certified: A Guide to Wireless Communication Engineering Technologies” CRC Press, Auerbach, Boca Raton (Florida, USA), 2009. ISBN 9781439812266. link

Conference Papers (submitted)

  1. F. Rostami Ghadi, K.K. Wong, M. Kaveh, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, W.K. New, H. Xu,“Secrecy Performance Analysis of RIS-Aided Fluid Antenna Systems”, submitted to IEEE WCNC 2025.

Conference Papers (selected)

  1. M.C. Fernandez-Montefiore, G.J. Gonzalez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, F. Gregorio, “Balanced-QoS power allocation schemes for NOMA in the finite blocklength regime”, LIII JAIIO 2024.

  2. M.C. Fernandez-Montefiore, G.J. Gonzalez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, F. Gregorio, “Multi-Objective Optimization for URLLC over 5G Networks in the Finite Blocklength Regime”, XX RPIC 2023.

  3. I. Sanchez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “The Lomax Distribution for Wireless Channel Modeling: a Preliminary Study”, IEEE ETCM, 2023. Best paper award in the Communications track.

  4. J.E. Galeote-Cazorla, A. Ramirez-Arroyo, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, J.F. Valenzuela-Valdes, “Empirical Validation of Ray-Based Fading Models”, XXXVIII URSI National Symposium 2023.

  5. M. Olyaee, J.A. Cortes, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, J.F. Paris, J.M. Romero-Jerez, “The IFTR Fading Model: Statistical Characterization and Empirical Validation”, IEEE ICC 2023, Wireless Communication Symposium.

  6. M. Olyaee, J.P. Pena-Martin, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, J.M. Romero-Jerez, “Statistical Characterization of the Multicluster Two-Wave Fading Model”, 5th International Conference on Advanced Communication Technologies and Networking 2022 (IEEE CommNet’22).

  7. F.J. Martin-Vega, G. Gomez, D. Morales-Jimenez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, M.C. Aguayo-Torres, “Joint Distribution of Distance and Angle in Rectangular Finite Wireless Networks”, IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems, (IEEE ISWCS 2022).

  8. M. Olyaee, J.M. Romero-Jerez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, A.J. Goldsmith,, “Composite IG/FTR Channel Performance in Wireless Communication Systems”, IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (IEEE PIMRC 2022).

  9. F. Rostami Ghadi, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, G.A. Hodtani, “Copula-Based Analysis of Interference Channels: Outage Probability”, 10th Iran Workshop on Communication and Information Theory (IWCIT) - 2022.

  10. G.J. Anaya-Lopez, J.P. Gonzalez-Coma, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “Spatial Degrees of Freedom for Physical Layer Security in XL-MIMO”, IEEE VTC Spring 2022.

  11. G.J. Anaya-Lopez, J.C. Ruiz-Sicilia, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “A New Transmit Antenna Selection Technique for Physical Layer Security with Strong Eavesdropping”, IEEE CommNet 2021.

  12. M.C. Fernandez-Montefiore, G.J. Gonzalez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, F. Gregorio, “Effective Rate of multiuser NOMA systems with imperfect SIC for beyond 5G applications”, XIX RPIC 2021.

  13. S. Fernandez, F. Gregorio, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, J. Cousseau, “An Efficient Wireless Power Transmitter Based on Companded OFDM Signals”, XIX RPIC 2021.

  14. J.D. Vega-Sanchez, L. Urquiza-Aguiar, M.C. Paredes-Paredes, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “Secure Systems via Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces over Correlated Rayleigh Channels”, IEEE ECTM 2021.

  15. J.C. Ruiz-Sicilia, J. Gimenez, G.J. Anaya-Lopez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “Configuring an Intelligent Reflecting Surface for Wireless Communications: the hUMAns at RISk approach”, XXXVI URSI National Symposium 2021.

  16. A. Villena-Rodriguez, F.J. Martin-Vega, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, G. Gomez, J. Outes-Carnero, F.Y. Ng-Molina, J. Ramiro-Moreno, “On the system performance of DFT-S-OFDM and CP-OFDM for 5G Uplink in mmWave band”, XXXVI URSI National Symposium 2021.

  17. G.J. Anaya-Lopez, G. Gomez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “Product Channel Attack to Wireless Physical Layer Security with Transmit Antenna Selection”, XXXVI URSI National Symposium 2021.

  18. M.C. Fernandez-Montefiore, G.J. Gonzalez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, F. Gregorio, “Effective capacity of finite-blocklength NOMA and OMA with heterogeneous latency requirements”, Argentine Conference on Electronics, CAE 2021.

  19. P. Ramirez-Espinosa, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “Backing off from Rayleigh and Rice: Achieving perfect secrecy in wireless fading channels ”, XXXV URSI National Symposium 2020.

  20. P. Ramirez-Espinosa, J. Moualeu, D.B. da Costa, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “The alpha-kappa-mu Shadowed Fading Distribution: Statistical Characterization and Applications”, IEEE Globecom 2019.

  21. P. Ramirez-Espinosa, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “On the Utility of the Inverse Gamma Distribution in Modeling Composite Fading Channels”, IEEE Globecom 2019.

  22. J.L. Matez-Bandera, J.P. Pena-Martin, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “On the Random Power Availability in Wireless Power Transfer Systems with non-Linear Energy Harvesting”, XXXIV URSI National Symposium 2019.

  23. A. Tarrias-Munoz, J.M. Romero-Jerez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “On the Effect of Random Power Availability in Wireless Power Transfer Systems with Physical Layer Security”, XXXIV URSI National Symposium 2019.

  24. C. Vaca-Rubio, G. Gomez, M.C. Aguayo-Torres, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “Statistical Characterization of the Chunk Size Distribution in DASH”, XXXIV URSI National Symposium 2019.

  25. J. Moualeu, D.B. da Costa, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, W. Hamouda and T.M. Ngatched, U. Dias , “Secrecy Analysis of a TAS/MRC Scheme in alpha-mu Fading Channels”, IEEE WCNC 2019.

  26. P. Sofotasios, S.K. Yoo, S. Muhaidat, S.L. Cotton, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, J.M. Romero-Jerez, G. Karagiannidis, “Effective Rate over F-Composite Fading Channels”, IEEE WCNC 2019.

  27. C. Garcia-Corrales, F.J. Martin-Vega, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, F.J. Canete and J.F. Paris, “Understanding the Impact of Line-of-Sight in the Ergodic Spectral Efficiency of Cellular Networks” IEEE International Workshop on Computer-Aided Modeling Analysis and Design of Communication Links and Networks (CAMAD 2018).

  28. F.J. Lopez-Martinez, L. Moreno-Pozas, U. Fernandez-Plazaola, J.F. Paris, E. Martos-Naya and J.M. Romero Jerez, “A Tractable Line-of-Sight Product Channel Model: Application to Wireless Powered Communications”, IEEE 15th International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS 2018).

  29. E. Garcia-Troyano, G. Gomez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “Physical Layer Security of Wireless Communication Systems Affected by LOS Blockage”, IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, IEEE WCNC 2018.

  30. J.P. Pena-Martin, J.M. Romero-Jerez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “Analysis of Energy Detection of Unknown Signals over Beckmann Fading Channels”, IEEE VTC 2017 Spring.

  31. J.M. Romero-Jerez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, J.F. Paris, A. Goldsmith, “The Fluctuating Two-Ray Fading Model for mmWave Communications”, IEEE Globecom 2016, 5GMW Workshop on 5G Millimeter-Wave Channel Models.

  32. L. Moreno-Pozas, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, J.F. Paris, E. Martos-Naya, “The Nakagami-q (Hoyt) Fading Distribution: A Particular Case of the Rician Shadowed Model”, XXXI URSI National Symposium 2016 Best Paper nomination.

  33. J. Lopez-Fernandez, L. Moreno-Pozas, E. Martos-Naya, F.J. Lopez-Martinez. “Moment-Based Parameter Estimation for the Two-Wave with Diffuse Power Fading Model”, IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference 2016 Fall.

  34. J.M. Romero-Jerez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “Fundamental Capacity Limits of Spectrum-Sharing in Hoyt (Nakagami-q) Fading Channels”, IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference 2016 Fall.

  35. J.M. Romero-Jerez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “On the Distribution of the Squared Norm of non-Circular Complex Gaussian Random Variables with Applications”, International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 2015.

  36. J.M Romero-Jerez, G. Gomez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “On the outage probability of secrecy capacity in arbitrarily-distributed fading channels”, European Wireless 2015.

  37. M. Rao, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, M.S. Alouini, A. Goldsmith “MGF Approach to the Capacity Analysis of Generalized Two-Ray Fading Models”, IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2015.

  38. A. Kazerouni, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, A. Goldsmith, “Increasing Capacity in Massive MIMO Cellular Networks via Small Cells”, IEEE Globecom Workshops, “Massive MIMO: from theory to practice” 2014.

  39. F.J. Martin-Vega, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, G. Gomez, M.C. Aguayo-Torres, “Multi-User Coverage Probability of Uplink Cellular Systems: a Stochastic Geometry Approach”, IEEE Globecom 2014, Wireless Communications Symposium (link).

  40. F.J. Lopez-Martinez, E. Martos-Naya, J.F. Paris, A. Goldsmith, “The dynamics of user channels in massive MIMO systems”, Communication Theory Workshop 2014 (CTW 2014).

  41. M. Rao, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, A. Goldsmith, “Statistics and System Performance Metrics for the Two Wave with Diffuse Power Fading Model”, IEEE 48th Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS 2014).

  42. F.J. Lopez-Martinez, E. Kurniawan, A. Goldsmith, “Average Fade Duration for Amplify-and-Forward Relay Networks in Log-Normal Fading”, IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference 2013 (IEEE GLOBECOM 2013). Best paper award in the Communication Theory symposium. link

  43. F.J. Lopez-Martinez, E. Martos-Naya, J.F. Paris, A. Goldsmith, “A General Framework for Statistically Characterizing the Dynamics of MIMO Channels”, IEEE Information Theory Workshop 2013 (ITW-2013), pp. 1-5, Sep. 9-13 2013.link

  44. J. Poncela, G. Gomez, A. Hierrezuelo, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, M. Aamir, “Quality of Experience Assessment in 3G/4G Wireless Networks”, Second International Conference on Mobility for Life: Technology, Telecommunication and Problem Based Learning 2013 (TTPBL 2013).

  45. F.J. Lopez-Martinez, E. Martos-Naya, J.F. Paris, A. Goldsmith, “BER Analysis for MIMO-OFDM Beamforming with MRC under Channel Prediction and Interpolation Errors” IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference 2009 (IEEE GLOBECOM 2009), pp.1-7, Nov. 30 2009-Dec. 4 2009. link

  46. A. Toril-Cabrera, E. Martos-Naya, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, J.T. Entrambasaguas, “Fine time tracking from coarse timing estimation in OFDM systems”, CogART 2009. Second International Workshop on Cognitive Radio and Advanced Spectrum Management, pp. 54-58, May 2009.

  47. E. del Castillo-Sanchez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, E. Martos-Naya, J.T. Entrambasaguas, “Joint Time, Frequency and Sampling Clock Synchronization for OFDM-Based Systems” IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking (WCNC), pp. 1-6, April 2009. link

  48. F.J. Lopez-Martinez, E. del Castillo-Sanchez, E. Martos-Naya, J.T. Entrambasaguas, “Design and FPGA implementation of an OFDMA baseband modem for 3GPP-LTE physical layer” ICCE ’09. Digest of Technical Papers International Conference on Consumer Electronics, pp. 1-2, January 2009. link

  49. F.J. Lopez-Martinez, E. Martos-Naya, J.T. Entrambasaguas, M. Garcia-Abril, “Low Complexity Synchronization and Frequency Equalization for OFDM Systems”, 14th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems,(ICECS 2007), pp. 987-990, Dec. 2007. link

  50. F.J. Lopez-Martinez, M. Garcia-Abril, E. Martos-Naya, J.T. Entrambasaguas, “Hardware Implementation of a Correlation-based Synchronization Algorithm for Wireless OFDM” IEEE 18th International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC 2007), pp. 1-5, Sept. 2007. link