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François Quitin

François Quitin, PhD 

F.R.S. - F.N.R.S. research fellow

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fquitin@ulb.ac.be
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Biographie

François Quitin received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium and from the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium in 2011, and the M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from the ULB in 2007. From October 2007 to September 2011, he worked at the OPERA Department, ULB, as an F.R.S.-F.N.R.S. research fellow. He is currently working as a B.A.E.F. post-doctoral fellow at the Wireless Communications and Sensornets Labs at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the recipient of the EuCAP 2009 Best Paper Award and is the author of several research papers and communications, and is actively participating in the european COST 2100 action. His research interests focus on propagation aspects and channel modeling for future wireless systems, as well as exploiting wireless channel properties to improve wireless communication systems.

More information can be found on Francois’s new webpage : http://www.ece.ucsb.edu/ fquitin/

Activités de recherche

Channel Modeling and Pre-coding Techniques for Polarized MIMO Systems : In future wireless systems, multiple antennas will be used at the transmitter and at the receiver side to increase the data rates. The problem of multi-antenna systems is that the antennas have to be spaced several centimetres, increasing the overall equipment size. This problem can be resolved by using polarization diversity. These systems used perpendicularly polarized, co-located antennas to decrease the size of the mobile terminal. The aim of this project is to establish an experimental channel model that can be used for simulating and describing polarized MIMO systems.

Multi-Frequencies Wireless Systems : The increasing demand for wireless systems has led to an extensive usage of the electromagnetic spectrum. The question whether several systems operating at different frequencies can be used to combat frequency-selective fading and shadowing requires an extensive investigation of the wireless channel at different frequencies. This aim of this project is to conduct extensive measurement campaigns, where the channel is measured at several frequencies simultaneously. The objective is to determine whether systems at operating at different frequencies undergo similar fading and shadowing. This is also of interest for wireless technology regulators in order to determine if electromagnetic fields at different frequencies may be considered as uncorrelated or not.

List of Publications

Book Chapters :

  • C. Oestges, M. Lienard, J. Molina-Garcia-Pardo, V. Degli-Esposti, W. Joseph, E. Tanghe, F. Quitin, Ph. De Doncker, M. Narandzic, N. Czink, K. Haneda, J. Poutanen and L. Liu, Radio Channel Modelling for 4G Networks, in COST Action 2100 – Pervasive Mobile & Ambient Wireless Communications, to appear.

Journal Publications :

  • Lingfeng Liu, J. Poutanen, F. Quitin, K. Haneda, F. Tufvesson, P. De Doncker, P. Vainikainen and C. Oestges, The COST 2100 MIMO Channel Model, to be submitted to IEEE Communications Magazine
  • François Quitin, C. Oestges, S. Van Roy, F. Bellens, F. Horlin and Ph. De Doncker, A polarized specular-diffuse clustered channel model for indoor environments, submitted to IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
  • Francesco Mani, F. Quitin and C. Oestges, Accuracy of Depolarization and Delay Spread Predictions using Advanced Ray Based Modeling in Indoor Scenarios, EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking (in press)
  • François Quitin, C. Oestges, F. Horlin and Ph. De Doncker, A Polarized Clustered Channel Model for Indoor MIMO Systems at 3.6 GHz, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 59, no. 8, pp. 3685 – 3693, October 2010
  • François Quitin, C. Oestges, F. Horlin and Ph. De Doncker, Polarization Measurements and Modeling in Indoor NLOS Environments, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 21-25, January 2010
  • François Quitin, C. Oestges, F. Horlin and Ph. De Doncker, Multi-Polarized MIMO Channel Characteristics : Analytical Study and Experimental Results, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 57, No. 9, pp. 2739-2745, September 2009
  • François Quitin, C. Oestges, F. Horlin and Ph. De Doncker, Small-Scale Variations of Cross Polar Discrimination in Ricean Fading Channels, IET Electronic Letters, Vol. 45, Issue 4, pp. 213-214, February 2009

Conference Communications :

  • François Quitin, C. Oestges , F. Bellens, S. Van Roy, F. Horlin and Ph. De Doncker, Extracting specular-diffuse clusters from MIMO channel Measurements, submitted to 22nd Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIRMC 2011)
  • F. Bellens, F. Quitin, A. Benlarbi-Delaï, F. Horlin and P. De Doncker, Performance Evaluation of Time-Reversal in Intra-Vehicular Environment, 5th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2011), Rome, Italy, April 2011
  • Lingfeng Liu, J. Poutanen, F. Quitin, K. Haneda, F. Tufvesson, P. De Doncker, P. Vainikainen and C. Oestges, The COST 2100 MIMO Channel Model, JNCW 2011, NEWCOM++ / COST2100 Joint Workshop on Wireless Communications, Paris, France, March 2011
  • Jean-Michel Dricot, G. Ferrari, F. Quitin, F. Horlin and Ph. De Doncker, Primary Exclusive Region and Optimality of the Link-Level Throughput of Cognitive Terminals, Workshop on Cognitive Wirless Cloud Networks (COGCLOUD 2010), 21st annual IEEE Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio
  • François Quitin, F. Bellens, A. Panahandeh, J.-M. Dricot, F. Dossin, F. Horlin, C. Oestges and Ph. De Doncker, A Time-Variant Statistical Channel Model for Tri-Polarized Antenna Systems, 21st annual IEEE Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC 2010), Istanbul, Turkey, 26-30 September 2010
  • Jean-Michel Dricot, G. Ferrari, F. Quitin, A. Panahandeh, F. Horlin and Ph. De Doncker, Polarization Orthogonality for the Co-Existence of Wideband Fading Cognitive Networks, The 5th International Conference on Cognitive Radio and Oriented Wireless Networks and Communications (CrownCom 2010), Cannes, France, 9th-11th June 2010
  • François Horlin, F. Quitin, J. Fickers and Ph. Emplit, Polarization Division Multiplexing for SC-FDE Communications over Dispersive Optical Fibers, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2010), Cape Town, South Africa, 23rd-27th May 2010
  • Ali Panahandeh, F. Quitin, J.M. Dricot, F. Horlin, C. Oestges and Ph. De Doncker, Multi-Polarized Channel Statistics for Outdoor-to-Indoor and Indoor-to-Indoor Channels, 71st Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2010 – Spring), Taipei, Taiwan, 16th – 19th May 2010
  • Jessica Fickers, F. Quitin, P. Emplit and F. Horlin, Frequency Domain Equalization for Dispersive Birefringent Nonlinear Optical Fibers, Symposium on Information Theory in the Benelux, Eindhoven, Netherlands, May 2010
  • Ali Panahandeh, F. Quitin, J.M. Dricot, F. Horlin, C. Oestges and Ph. De Doncker, Orientation-Free XPD and CPR Model in Outdoor-to-Indoor and Indoor-to-Indoor Channels, 4th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (Eucap2010), Barcelona, Spain, 12th-16th April 2010
  • François Quitin, C. Oestges, F. Horlin and Ph. De Doncker, Diffuse Multipath Component Characterization for Indoor MIMO Channels,, 4th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (Eucap2010), Barcelona, Spain, 12th-16th April 2010
  • François Bellens, F. Quitin, F. Horlin and Ph. De Doncker, UWB Channel Analysis Within a Moving Car, 9th International Conference on ITS Telecommunications (ITST 2009), Lille, France, 20th-22nd October 2009
  • François Quitin, C. Oestges, F. Horlin and Ph. De Doncker, Clustered Channel Characterization for Indoor Polarized MIMO Systems, 20th IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC 09), Tokyo, Japan, 13th-16th September 2009
  • François Bellens, F. Quitin, F. Horlin and Ph. De Doncker, Channel Measurements and MB-OFDM performance inside a driving car, 11th International Conference on Electromagnetism in Advanced Applications (ICEAA 09), Torino, Italy, 14th-18th September 2009
  • François Quitin, C. Oestges, F. Horlin and Ph. De Doncker, Un modèle de canal indoor par cluster pour systèmes MIMO polarisés, Journées Scientifiques ‘09 URSI France, « Propagation et Télédétection », Paris, France, 24-25 mars 2009
  • François Quitin, C. Oestges, F. Horlin and Ph. De Doncker, Polarimetric Measurements for Spatial Wideband MIMO Channels, 69th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2009 – Spring), Barcelona, Spain, 26th – 29th April 2009
  • François Quitin, C. Oestges, F. Horlin and Ph. De Doncker, Small-Scale Variations of Cross-Polar Discrimination in Polarized MIMO Systems, 3rd European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (Eucap2009), Berlin, Germany, 23rd-27th March 2009
  • François Quitin, C. Oestges, F. Horlin and Ph. De Doncker, Analytical Model and Experimental Validation of Cross-Polar Ratio in Polarized MIMO Channels, 19th IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC 08), Cannes, France, 15th – 18th September 2008
  • François Quitin, C. Oestges, F. Horlin and Ph. De Doncker, Channel Correlation and Cross-Polar Ratio in Multi-Polarized MIMO Channels : Analytical Derivation and Experimental Validation, 68th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2008 – Fall), Calgary, Alberta, 21st – 24th September 2008
  • François Quitin, F. Horlin, C. Oestges and Ph. De Doncker, A New Precoding Scheme for Compact Cross-Polarized Multi-Antenna Systems, 29th Symposium on Information Theory in the Benelux, pp. 197 - 206, Leuven, Belgium, May 29th - 30th 2008

COST 2100 Technical Documents :

  • François Quitin, F. Bellens, S. Van Roy, F. Horlin, C. Oestges and Ph. De Doncker, Extracting specular-diffuse clusters from MIMO channel Measurements, COST 2100 TD(10)12065, Bologna, Italy, November 2010
  • Pat Chambers, P. Castiglione, L. Liu, F. Mani, F. Quitin, O. Renaudin, F. Sanchez-Gonzales, N. Czink and C. Oestges, PUCCO Radio Measurement Campaign, COST 2100 TD(10)11015, Aalborg, Denmark, June, 2nd-4th 2010
  • François Quitin, C. Oestges, F. Horlin and Ph. De Doncker, A Spatio-Temporal Channel Model for Modeling the Diffuse Multipath Component in Indoor Environments, COST 2100 TD(10) 10003, Athens, Greece, February, 3rd – 5th 2009
  • Francesco Mani, F. Quitin and C. Oestges, Evaluation of Diffuse Scattering Contribution in Office Scenario, COST 2100 TD(10) 10001, Athens, Greece, February, 3rd – 5th 2009
  • Ali Panahandeh, F. Quitin, J.M. Dricot, F. Horlin, C. Oestges and Ph. De Doncker, Cross-Polar Discrimination Statistics for Outdoor-to-Indoor and Indoor-to-Indoor Channels, COST 2100 TD(09) 815, Valencia, Spain, May, 18th-19th 2009
  • François Quitin, C. Oestges, F. Horlin and Ph. De Doncker, Cluster Parametrisation for Indoor Polarized MIMO Channels, COST 2100 TD(09) 818, Valencia, Spain, May, 18th-19th 2009
  • François Quitin, C. Oestges, F. Horlin and Ph. De Doncker, Small-Scale Variations of Cross-Polar Discrimination in Polarized MIMO Systems, COST 2100 TD(08) 603, Lille, France, October, 6th-8th 2008
  • François Quitin, C. Oestges, F. Horlin and Ph. De Doncker, Spatio-Temporal Characterization of Polarized MIMO Channels, COST 2100 TD(08) 602, Lille, France, October, 6th-8th 2008
  • François Quitin, C. Oestges, F. Horlin and Ph. De Doncker, Cross-Polarized MIMO Channel Measurements for Indoor Environments, COST 2100 TD(07) 388, Duisburg, Germany, September,10th-12th 2007

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