Biography

Laura Melián-Gutiérrez received her M.Sc. in Telecommunications Engineering in 2010 from the Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) and her M.Sc. in Communication Systems and Technologies in 2011 from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM). Laura is a Research Assistant at the Institute for Technological Development and Innovation in Communications (IDeTIC), where she is working towards her Ph.D. in the fields of signal processing and Cognitive Radio with application to HF communications.

Publications

Journals:

• L. Melián-Gutiérrez, N. Modi, C. Moy, F. Bader, I. Pérez-Álvarez, S. Zazo. Hybrid UCB-HMM: A Machine Learning Strategy for Cognitive Radio in HF Band, Accepted for Publication in IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, Volume 1, no. 3, Pages 347-358, September 2015.
• L. Melián-Gutiérrez, S. Zazo, J.L. Blanco-Murillo, I. Pérez-Álvarez, A. García-Rodríguez, B. Pérez-Díaz. HF spectrum activity prediction model based on HMM for cognitive radio applications, Elsevier Physical Communication, Volume 9, Pages 199-211, December 2013.

Conferences:

• L. Melián-Gutiérrez, N. Modi, C. Moy, I. Pérez-Álvarez, F. Bader, S. Zazo. "Upper Confidence Bound Learning Approach for real HF Measurements". In IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (IEEE ICC 2015), London, UK, June, 2015.
• L. Melián-Gutiérrez, N. Modi, C. Moy, I. Pérez-Álvarez, F. Bader, S. Zazo. "DSA with Reinforcement Learning in the HF Band". In 1st URSI Atlantic Radio Science Conference 2015 (URSI AT-RASC 2015), Gran Canaria, Spain, May, 2015.
• L. Melián-Gutiérrez, S. Zazo, J.L. Blanco-Murillo, I. Pérez-Álvarez, A. García-Rodríguez, B. Pérez-Díaz. "Efficiency Improvement of HF Communications using Cognitive Radio Principles". In 12^th International Conference on Ionospheric Radio Systems & Techniques, York, UK, 2012.
• J. López-Pérez, L. Melián-Gutiérrez, I. Pérez-Álvarez, S. Zazo, I. Raos, B. Pérez-Díaz. "Selection of CSI based Precoding Techniques in the HF Channel". In 12^th International Conference on Ionospheric Radio Systems & Techniques, York, UK, 2012.
• S. Zazo, J.L. Sanz-González, B. Pérez-Díaz, I. Pérez-Álvarez, J. López-Pérez, L. Melián-Gutiérrez. "Analog Mitigation of Out of Band Interferers in Wide Band Acquisition for Multiband HF Transmissions". In 12^th International Conference on Ionospheric Radio Systems & Techniques, York, UK, 2012.
• S. Zazo, I. Pérez-Álvarez, J. López-Pérez, B. Pérez-Díaz, L. Melián-Gutiérrez, J.L. Sanz-González. "Spatial Domain Mitigation of Out of Band Strong Interferers in HF Wide Band Acquisition using Analog Beamforming Principles". In 12^th International Conference on Ionospheric Radio Systems & Techniques, York, UK, 2012.
• B. Pérez-Díaz, S. Zazo, I. Pérez-Álvarez, J. López-Pérez, L. Melián-Gutiérrez. "Theory and Practice for Modelling the Broadband Acquisition in HF Transmissions". In 12^th International Conference on Ionospheric Radio Systems & Techniques, York, UK, 2012.
• I. Raos, S. Zazo, I. Pérez-Álvarez, J. López-Pérez, L. Melián-Gutiérrez, B. Pérez-Díaz. "Optimization of ARQ Parameters of STANAG 5066 for the HFDVL modem". In 12^th International Conference on Ionospheric Radio Systems & Techniques, York, UK, 2012.
• J. López-Pérez, I. Pérez-Álvarez, S. Zazo, L. Melián-Gutiérrez, A. Amaro-García. "Impact of CSI Latency on HF Multi-Carrier Communications for Delay-Sensitive Applications". In 11^th International Conference on Ionospheric Radio Systems & Techniques, Edinburgh, UK, 2009.
• L. Melián-Gutiérrez, J. López-Pérez, I. Pérez-Álvarez, S. Zazo, A. Amaro-García. "Efecto de la latencia en el uso de las técnicas de CSI para comunicaciones multiportadora en la banda de HF". In URSI 2009, Santander, Spain, 2009.

Projects

Research Projects

• CR4HFDVL: Improving HF Data+Voice Link (HFDVL) using Cognitive Radio principles. Entities: IDeTIC-ULPGC & GAPS-UPM. January 2011 - December 2013.

Supervised M.Sc. Thesis

• Feasibility of Compressive Sensing Techniques for Cognitive Radio Systems in HF. Student: Adrián García-Rodríguez, Supervisors: Dr. Iván Pérez-Álvarez and Laura Melián-Gutiérrez. December 2012

Supervised Bachelor Thesis

• FPGA subsystem for Spectrum Sensing in HF. Student: Alejandro Concepción Rodríguez, Supervisors: Dr. Eugenio Jiménez Yguacel, Dr. Iván Pérez-Álvarez and Laura Melián-Gutiérrez. July 2014