Virgilio Rodriguez
Biography
e-mail: vr <at> ieee.org

• V. Rodriguez, C. Moy, and J. Palicot, "Install or invoke?: The optimal trade-off between performance and cost in the design of multi-standard reconfigurable radios", Wiley Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing  Journal, to appear, 2007

• V. Rodriguez, C. Moy, and J. Palicot, "An optimal architecture for a multi-standard reconfigurable radio: A network theory re-formulation", IEEE International Symposium on Personal Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), Helsinki, Finland, 11-14 September, 2006 ( slides (pdf) , paper )

• V. Rodriguez, C. Moy, and J. Palicot, "An optimal architecture for a multi-standard reconfigurable radio: Cost-minimising common operators under latency constraints", 15th European Information Society Technologies (IST) Mobile & Wireless Communications Summit,  Myconos, Greece, 4-8 June, 2006 ( poster(pdf) , paper )

• C. Moy, J. Palicot, V. Rodriguez, and D. Giri, "Optimal Determination of Common Operators for Multi-Standard Software Defined Radio",  4th Karlsruhe Workshop on Software Radios, Karlsruhe, Germany, 22-23 March, 2006 ( slides (pdf) , paper )

Dynamic Spectrum Allocation for Reconfigurable Systems
Performed within the framework of the "End to End Reconfigurability (E²R) project", a pan-European initiative supported by the European Commission

• V. Rodriguez, K. Moessner, and R. Tafazolli, "Market driven dynamic spectrum allocation over space and time among radio-access networks: DVB-T and B3G CDMA with heterogeneous terminals", Springer Mobile Networks and Applications (MONET), to appear, 2007 ( slides (pdf) , paper )

• V. Rodriguez, K. Moessner, and R. Tafazolli,  "Auction driven dynamic spectrum allocation over space and time: DVB-T and multi-rate, multi-class CDMA over a two-island geography", 15th European Information Society Technologies (IST) Mobile & Wireless Communications Summit,  Myconos, Greece, 4-8 June, 2006 ( slides (pdf) )

• V. Rodriguez, K. Moessner, and R. Tafazolli, "Auction Driven Dynamic Spectrum Allocation: Optimal Bidding, Pricing and Service Priorities for Multi-rate, Multi-Class CDMA",  IEEE International Symposium on Personal Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), Berlin, Germany, September 2005 (Poster  Overview Slides  Paper) 

• V. Rodriguez, K. Moessner, and R. Tafazolli,  "Market-Driven Dynamic Spectrum Allocation: Optimal End-User Pricing and Admission Control for CDMA",  14th European Information Society Technologies (IST) Mobile & Wireless Communications Summit, Dresden, Germany, June 2005

PhD Research

Dissertation: 

A Robust and Tractable Analytical Foundation for Radio Resource Management: Centralized and Decentralized Optimizations Involving Data and Media Communication

Overview

Winlab Presentation ( slides(pdf) )
Post-Globecom-2003 Event at Stanford Univ. ( slides(pdf) )

Foundational Aspects

Rodriguez, V.  ''An Analytical Foundation for Resource Management in Wireless Communications",   IEEE Globecom, Vol. 2, pp. 898-902, San Francisco, CA, December 1-5, 2003 ( pdf )

Rodriguez, V.,  "Rate, Distortion and Quality: A Tractable Abstraction of the Human Sensory System",  CISS, Princeton University, New Jersey, March 17-19, 2004 ( pdf  ,  slides (pdf))

Cross-Layer Optimizations Involving Media Transmission

Rodriguez, V., "Resource Management for Scalably Encoded Information: The Case of Image Transmission Over Wireless Networks",  IEEE ICME, Vol. 1, pp. 813-6, Baltimore, MD, July 7-09, 2003 ( pdf , html)

Rodriguez, V., D.J. Goodman, and Y. Wang, "Optimal Coding Rate and Power Allocation for the Streaming of Scalably Encoded Video Over a Wireless Link",  IEEE ICASSP, Montreal, Quebec, May 17-21, 2004 ( paper (pdf) , slides (pdf))

Rodriguez, V., "Quality-Distortion Theory: The Optimal Level of  Distortion when Fidelity is Expensive", ( paper(pdf), slides(pdf) )

Applied Game Theoy (Decentralized bits-per-Joule Maximization)

Rodriguez, V., "Robust Modeling and Analysis for Wireless Data Resource Management", IEEE WCNC, Vol. 2, pp.717- 722, New Orleans, Lousiana, March 16-20, 2003 ( pdf , html )

Rodriguez, V., "Efficient Decentralized Power Control via a Compensation Mechanism" ,  IEEE Sarnoff Symposium, Princeton, New Jersey, April 26-27, 2004 (Extended Abstract(pdf), Paper (pdf), NYMAN Workshop slides(pdf))

Rodriguez, V., and D.J. Goodman "Power and Data Rate Assignment for Maximal Weighted Throughput: A Dual-Class 3G CDMA Scenario", IEEE ICC, Vol.1, pp. 397-401, Anchorage, Alaska, May 11-15, 2003 ( pdf , html )

Rodriguez, V., and D.J. Goodman "Power and Data Rate Assignment for Maximal Weighted Throughput in 3G CDMA",  IEEE WCNC,Vol.1, pp. 525-31, New Orleans, Lousiana, March 16-20, 2003 ( pdf , html )

Rodriguez, V., and D.J. Goodman "Prioritized Throughput Maximization via Rate and Power Control for 3G CDMA: The 2 Terminal Scenario", Proc. of the 40th Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, October 2-4, 2002 (pdf , slides(pdf) )

Goodman, D.J., Z.  Marantz, P. Orenstein, V. Rodriguez "Maximizing The Throughput of CDMA Data Communications", To appear,  IEEE VTC, Orlando, FL, October 6-9, 2003 ( pdf )

Capacity of 3G-CDMA System when BS Decode Cooperatively

Rodriguez, V., "The Capacity Region of 3G CDMA Systems with Macrodiversity and Power Constraints",  IEEE WCNC, Vol. 1, pp. 184 -9, New Orleans, Lousiana, March 16-20, 2003 ( abstract (html) , pdf  )

WICAT Technical Reports