Backhauling / Fronthauling for Future Wireless Systems

Kazi Mohammed Saidul Huq, Senior Research Engineer, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Aveiro, Portugal. Kazi Mohammed Saidul Huq received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal, in 2014.  His research activities include fifth-generation (5G), energy-efficient wireless communication, Backhaul/Fronthaul, radio resource management. He has been involved in several EC R&D Projects in the field of green communication and next generation wireless systems. He has been also involved in one Portuguese funded projects (BENEFIC) in the area of networking coding and development of system level simulator for 5G wireless system. Jonathan Rodriguez Gonzalez, Senior Research Engineer & Group Leader, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Aveiro, Portugal. Jonathan Rodriguez received the Ph.D. degree from the University of Surrey, Surrey, U.K., in 2004. He was the Project Coordinator and the Technical Manager of, respectively, the FP7 C2POWER and the FP7 COGEU projects and currently acts as a coordinator of several national and international projects. He is the author of more than 300 scientific publications and has carried out consultancy for major manufacturers participating in DVB-T/H and HS-UPA standardization. His research interests include green communications, network coding, cognitive radio, cooperative networking, radio resource management, and cross-layer design. Dr. Rodriguez is a Chartered Engineer (Institution of Engineering and Technology) and has served as a General Chair for several prestigious conferences and workshops.