Dr.-Ing. Marcin Wiczanowski

Contact:

Fax: +49(0)30-314-28320 Email: marcin.wiczanowski@hhi.fraunhofer.de, marcin.wiczanowski@mk.TU-Berlin.de

Dauer der Mitarbeit:

bis 2009

Thema der Arbeit:

Algorithmic and analytic framework for optimization of multi-user performance in wireless networks with interference

Main research:

• Self-optimization, self-organization and learning algorithms for multi-cell and multi-hop wireless networks
• Algorithms for distributed optimization in wireless ad-hoc and mesh networks
• Interdiscipline concepts for identification and linearization of nonlinear systems
• Optimization and analysis of service (backlog/load balancing) policies in wireless networks
• Algorithmic graph approaches to selected problems in multi-user communications

Projects:

• Methods for Self-optimization of Radio, RRM and Scheduler Parameter in LTE Radio Access Networks - project leader, project contract with Alcatel-Lucent Deutschland
• Enablers of Ambient Services and Systems, Part C (EASY-C) - protocols and algorithms for adaptive multi-antenna relay networks
• Transceiver Concepts with Jointly Optimized Analogue and Digital Parts (Smart MAT) - novel interdiscipline approaches to linearization of wideband power amplifiers

Closed projects:

• Optimale Sendestrategien für MIMO unter partieller Kanalkenntnis - 04.2003-04.2005, project of Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
• Dynamische Leistungskontrolle und Routing für drahtlose Kommunikationsnetzwerke - 04.2005-04.2007, project of Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
• Optimales Downlink-Scheduling für OFDM-Mehrantennensysteme basierend auf Informations- und Warteschlangentheorie - 04.2007-08.2007, project of Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
• Participation in Untersuchungen zur Minimierung des Energieverbrauchs in Sensorfunknetzen durch den Einsatz von Mehrantennensystemen - 06.2006-10.2006, project contract with Nokia Siemens Networks Deutschland

Theses:

Leistungsfähigkeit von OFDM bei drahtloser Kommunikation im ISM-Band mit Berücksichtigung typischer Störer - mgr inz. Dipl.-Ing. thesis at Politechnika Gdanska and Universität Karlsruhe (TH), 08.07.2002

PhD Thesis:

Algorithmic and analytic framework for optimization of multi-user performance in wireless networks with interference - Technische Universität Berlin, 28.08.2007

PhD thesis awarded by the Information Technology Society in VDE as outstanding thesis in the area of information technology in Germany in 2007.

Publications:

Books

• Fundamentals of Resource Allocation in Wireless Networks: Theory and Algorithms
  S. Stanczak, M. Wiczanowski, and H. Boche, W. Utschick, H. Boche, R. Mathar, Foundations in Signal Processing, Communications and Networking, Springer, Second Expanded Edition ed., 2008, vol. 3, 978-3-540-79385-4.
• Resource Allocation in Wireless Networks - Theory and Algorithms
  S. Stanczak, M. Wiczanowski, and H. Boche, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS 4000), Springer-Verlag, 2006, 189 p., ISBN-10: 3-540-46248-1.

Bookchapters

• Scheduling in Multiple Antenna Multiple Access Channel
  H. Boche, M. Wiczanowski, and T. Haustein, First ed., Smart Antennas - State of the Art, EURASIP Book Series on Signal Processing and Communications, Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2005, ch. 28, pp. 577-614.

Journal Papers

• Utility-based power control with QoS support
  S. Stanczak, A. Feistel, M. Wiczanowski, and H. Boche, Wireless Networks, Springer, vol. 16, no. 6, pp. 1691-1705, Aug. 2010, DOI 10.1007/s11276-009-0222-x.
• An Algorithm for Optimal Resource Allocation in Cellular Networks with Elastic Traffic
  M. Wiczanowski, H. Boche, and S. Stanczak, IEEE Transactions on Communications, Jan. 2009.
• On Optimal Resource Allocation in Cellular Networks with Best-Effort Traffic
  H. Boche, M. Wiczanowski, and S. Stanczak, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 1163-1167, Apr. 2008.
• Providing quadratic convergence of decentralized power control in wireless networks - the method of min-max functions
  M. Wiczanowski, S. Stanczak, and H. Boche, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 56, no. 8, pp. 4053-4068, Aug. 2008.
• Performance and Interference Control in Wireless Ad-hoc and Mesh Networks - A Generalized Lagrangian Approach
  M. Wiczanowski, S. Stanczak, and H. Boche, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 56, no. 8, pp. 4039-4052, Aug. 2008.
• A new graph perspective on max-min fairness in Gaussian parallel channels
  M. Wiczanowski and H. Boche, http://arxiv.org/abs/0808.0987, submitted to IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Aug. 2008.
• Optimization-Theoretic Analysis of Stability-Optimal Transmission Policy for Multiple Antenna Multiple Access Channel
  H. Boche and M. Wiczanowski, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 55, no. 6, pp. 2688-2702, June 2007.
• Unifying View on Min-Max Fairness, Max-Min Fairness, and Utility Optimization in Cellular Networks
  H. Boche, M. Wiczanowski, and S. Stanczak, EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, vol. 2007, p. ID 34869, 2007.
• Distributed Utility-Based Power Control: Objectives and Algorithms
  S.Stanczak, M.Wiczanowski, and H.Boche, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 55, no. 10, pp. 5058-5068, 2007.
• The Interplay of Link Layer and Physical Layer under MIMO enhancement - Benefits and Challenges
  H. Boche and M. Wiczanowski, IEEE Wireless Communications, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 48-55, Aug. 2006, invited.
• Stability-Optimal Transmission Policy for Multiple Antenna Multiple Access Channel in the Geometric View
  H. Boche and M. Wiczanowski, EURASIP Signal Processing Journal, Special Issue on Advances in Signal Processing-assisted Cross-layer Designs, vol. 86, pp. 1815-1833, Aug. 2006, invited.

Conference, Symposium, and Workshop Papers

• Toward Cell Outage Detection with Composite Hypothesis Testing
  Q. Liao, M. Wiczanowski, and S. Stanczak, 2012 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Ottawa, Canada, 2012.
• A Characterization of Max-Min SIR-Balanced Power Allocation with Applications
  S. Stanczak, M. Kaliszan, N. Bambos, and M. Wiczanowski, Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Seoul, Korea, June 2009.
• A new graph perspective on max-min fairness in Gaussian parallel channels
  M. Wiczanowski and H. Boche, Proc. IEEE 2008 International Symposium on Information Theory and its Applications (ISITA), Auckland, New Zealand, Dec. 2008.
• Admission Control for Power-Controlled Wireless Networks under General Interference Functions
  S. Stanczak, M. Kaliszan, and N. Bambos, 42nd Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, Monterey, USA, Oct. 2008.
• Towards Efficient and Fair Resource Allocation in Wireless Networks
  S. Stanczak, A. Feistel, H. Boche, and M. Wiczanowski, Proc. 6th Intl. Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc and Wireless Networks (WiOpt 2008), Berlin, Germany, March 31 - April 4 2008.
• Unifying Characterization of Max-Min Fairness in Wireless Networks by Graphs
  M. Wiczanowski, H. Boche, and S. Stanczak, Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Glasgow, UK, June 2007.
• On energy cost of bit and bit/s in multiantenna wireless networks under hardware constraints
  M. Wiczanowski, A. Feistel, S. Stanczak, and H. Boche, Proc. ITG/IEEE International Workshop on Smart Antennas (WSA), 2007, Wien, Austria, 2007.
• Optimization of Energy Consumption in Wireless Sensor Networks
  A. Feistel, M. Wiczanowski, and S. Stanczak, Proc. ITG/IEEE International Workshop on Smart Antennas (WSA), 2007, Wien, Austria, Feb. 2007.
• On the Network Outage Probability with a Common SIR Requirement
  S. Stanczak, H. Boche, and M. Wiczanowski, Proc. 41st Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, USA, Nov. 2007.
• Characterization of max-min fair performance in large networks via Szemeredi's Regularity Lemma
  M. Wiczanowski, H. Boche, and S. Stanczak, Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Nice, France, June 2007.
• Quadratically converging decentralized power allocation algorithm for wireless ad-hoc networks - the max-min framework
  M. Wiczanowski, S. Stanczak, and H. Boche, Proc. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP) , Toulouse, France, May 2006.
• Autonomous Interference Control for Wireless Mesh and Ad-hoc Networks - the Generalized Lagrangean Approach
  M. Wiczanowski, S. Stanczak, and H. Boche, 14th European Signal Processing Conference EUSIPCO 2006, Sept. 2006, invited.
• Characterization of the Fairness Gap in Resource Allocation for Wireless Cellular Networks
  H. Boche, M. Wiczanowski, and S. Stanczak, Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory and its Applications (ISITA) 2006, Seoul, Korea, Oct 2006.
• An Algebra for Log-Convex Interference Functions
  H. Boche, M. Schubert, and M. Wiczanowski, Proc. International Symposium on Information Theory and its Applications (ISITA), Seoul, Korea, Oct. 2006.
• Characterization of Optimal Resource Assignments in the Framework of Blocking System Theory
  M. Wiczanowski, H. Boche, and S. Stanczak, Proc. International Symposium on Information Theory and its Applications (ISITA), Seoul, Korea, Oct. 2006.
• Power Allocation and Resource Assignment in the View of Blocking and Antiblocking Polyhedra
  M. Wiczanowski, H. Boche, and S. Stanczak, Proc. IEEE Information Theory Workshop, Chengdu, China, Oct. 2006.
• Strict Log-Convexity of the Minimum Power Vector
  S. Stanczak, H. Boche, and M. Wiczanowski, Proc. IEEE Intern. Symp. on Information Theory (ISIT 2006), Seattle, Washington, July 2006.
• An Axiomatic Approach to Resource Allocation and Interference Balancing
  H. Boche, M. Schubert, S. Stanczak, and M. Wiczanowski, Proc. IEEE Intern. Conf. on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP 2005), vol. 3, Philadelphia, USA, Mar. 2005, pp. 545-548.
• Realtime Implementation of Cross-Layer Optimization: Multi-Antenna High Speed Uplink Packet Access
  T. Haustein, M. Wiczanowski, H. Boche, and E. Schulz, Proc. IEEE Intern. Conf. on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP 2005), vol. 3, Philadelphia, USA, Mar. 2005, pp. 533-536.
• Unifying View on Min-Max Fairness and Utility Optimization in Cellular Networks
  H. Boche, M. Wiczanowski, and S. Stanczak, Proc. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 2005), vol. 3, New Orleans, USA, Mar. 2005, pp. 1280-1285.
• Towards a Better Understanding of Medium Access Control for Multiuser Beamforming Systems
  S. Stanczak, H. Boche, and M. Wiczanowski, Proc. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 2005), vol. 2, New Orleans, USA, Mar. 2005, pp. 689-694.
• Characterization of Optimal Resource Allocation in Cellular Networks - Optimization theoretic View and Algorithmic Solutions
  M. Wiczanowski, H. Boche, and S. Stanczak, The 19th International Teletraffic Congress (ITC19), Beijing, China, Aug. 2005.
• Throughput-Fairness Trade-Off in Probabilistic Medium Access Control for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks
  M. Wiczanowski, S. Stanczak, and Y. Chen, Proc. IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC), Stockholm, Sweden, May 2005.
• Optimal Energy Control in Energy-Constrained Wireless Networks with Random Arrivals under Stability Constraints
  M. Wiczanowski, Y. Chen, S. Stanczak, and H. Boche, Proc. IEEE Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications, New York, US, June 2005.
• Interference Topology in Wireless Networks - Supportable QoS Region and Max-Min Fairness
  H. Boche, M. Wiczanowski, and M. Schubert, Proc. 39th Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS 2005), The John Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA, Mar. 2005.
• Distributed Fair Power Control for Wireless Networks: Objectives and Algorithms
  S. Stanczak and M. Wiczanowski, Proc. Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Sept. 2005, invited paper.
• Distributed Optimization and Duality in QoS Control for Wireless Best-Effort Traffic
  M. Wiczanowski, S. Stanczak, and H. Boche, Proc. Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Monterey, CA, USA, 2005.
• Distributed Power Control for Optimizing a Weighted Sum of QoS Values
  S. Stanczak, M. Wiczanowski, and H. Boche, Proc. IEEE Global Telecommunication Conference (GLOBECOM 2005), St. Louis, USA, Nov. 2005, pp. 3539-3543.
• Characterization of optimal resource allocation in cellular networks
  H. Boche, M. Wiczanowski, and S. Stanczak, Proc. IEEE Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC 2004), Lisbon, Portugal, July 2004.
• Optimal Scheduling for High Speed Uplink Packet Access
  H. Boche and M. Wiczanowski, Proc. 59th IEEE Semiannual Vehicular Techn. Conf. (VTC 2004) Spring, Milan, Italy, May 2004.
• Optimal Transmit Covariance Matrices for MIMO High Speed Uplink Packet Access
  M. Wiczanowski and H. Boche, Proc. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 2004), vol. 2, Atlanta, USA, Mar. 2004, pp. 771-776.
• Stability Region of Arrival Rates and Optimal Scheduling for MIMO-MAC - A Cross-Layer Approach
  H. Boche and M. Wiczanowski, Proc. IEEE Intern. Zurich Seminar (IZS 2004), Zurich, Switzerland, Feb. 2004, pp. 18-21, invited.
• Queueing Theoretic Optimal Scheduling for Multiple Input Multiple Output Multiple Access Channel
  H. Boche and M. Wiczanowski, Proc. 3rd Intern. Symp. on Signal Processing and Information Technology (ISSPIT 2003), Darmstadt, Germany, Dec. 2003, pp. 576-579, invited.

Phdtheses

• Algorithmic and analytic framework for optimization of multi-user performance in wireless networks with interference
  M. Wiczanowski, PhD thesis, Berlin University of Technology, Aug. 2007.

Unpublished

• Efficiency and Fairness Control by Medium Access in Dumb Wireless Networks - the Matrix Majorization Point of View
  M. Wiczanowski, S. Stanczak, and Y. Chen, 2005, Technical Report.