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Journal Papers (submitted and web-posted material) – 4

  1. J.P. Gonzalez-Coma, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “Slow Fluid Antenna Multiple Access with Multiport Receivers”, submitted to IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, 2025.

  2. P. Ramirez-Espinosa, C. Segura-Gomez, A. Palomares-Caballero, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, D. Morales-Jimenez “Metasurface-based Fluid Antennas: from Electromagnetics to Communications Model”, submitted to IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 2025.

  3. M.C. Fernandez-Montefiore, G.J. Gonzalez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, F. Gregorio, “Improved SINR Approximation for Downlink SDMA-based Networks with Outdated Channel State Information”, submitted to IEEE Communications Letters, 2025.

  4. J.D. Vega-Sanchez, V.H. Garzon-Pacheco, N.V. Orozco-Garzon, H.R. Carvajal-Mora, F.J. López-Martínez, “Understanding the Role of Phase and Position Design in Fluid Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces”, submitted to IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, 2025.

Journal Papers (published) – 99

  1. F. Rostami Ghadi, K.K. Wong, M. Kaveh, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, Y. Liu, C.B. Chae, R. Murch, “Phase-mismatched STAR-RIS with FAS-assisted RSMA Users”, to appear in IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2025.

  2. F. Rostami Ghadi, K.K. Wong, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, G.C. Alexandropoulos, C.B. Chae, “Performance Analysis of Wireless Communication Systems Assisted by Fluid Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces”, to appear in IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, 2025.

  3. F. Rostami Ghadi, K.K. Wong, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, L. Hanzo, C.B. Chae, “Fluid Antenna-Aided Rate-Splitting Multiple Access”, to appear in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2025.

  4. J.P. Gonzalez-Coma, S. Fernandez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “User Selection in Near-Field Gigantic MIMO Systems with Modular Arrays”, to appear in IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2025.

  5. F. Rostami Ghadi, K.K. Wong, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, H. Shin, L. Hanzo, “Performance Analysis of FAS-Aided NOMA-ISAC: A Backscattering Scenario”, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 12, no. 23, pp. 51326-51340, 01 Dec. 2025.

  6. F. Rostami Ghadi, K.K. Wong, M. Kaveh, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, C.B. Chae, G.C. Alexandropoulos, “FIRES: Fluid Integrated Reflecting and Emitting Surfaces”, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 14, no. 11, pp. 3744-3748, Nov. 2025,

  7. S. Fernandez, J.D. Vega-Sanchez, J.E. Galeote-Cazorla, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “How Should One Fit Channel Measurements to Fading Distributions for Performance Analysis?”, vol. 29, no. 10, pp. 2331-2335, Oct. 2025.

  8. F. Rostami Ghadi, K.K. Wong, M. Kaveh, H. Xu, W. K. New, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, H. Shin, “Fluid Antenna Multiple Access with Simultaneous Non-unique Decoding in Strong Interference Channel”, to appear in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2025.

  9. D. Perez-Adan, J.P. Gonzalez-Coma, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, L. Castedo, “Interference-Aware Precoding and User Selection for Multi-Cell Near-Field XL-MIMO Systems”, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 14, no. 5, pp. 1396-1400, May 2025.

  10. M. Olyaee, J.P. Pena-Martin, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, J.M. Romero-Jerez, “The Multi-cluster Two-Wave Fading Model”, IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 73, no. 4, pp. 2707-2718, April 2025.

  11. S. Fernandez, J.A. Bailon-Martinez, J.E. Galeote-Cazorla, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “Analytical Characterization of the Operational Diversity Order in Fading Channels”, IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 274-278, Feb. 2025.

  12. J.E. Galeote-Cazorla, A. Ramirez-Arroyo, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, J.F. Valenzuela-Valdes, “Empirical Validation of a Class of Ray-Based Fading Models”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 1496-1509, Feb. 2025.

  13. J.D. Vega-Sanchez, H. Carvajal, N. Orozco, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “Reliable and Secure Communications Through Compact Ultra-Massive Antenna Arrays”, IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, vol. 5, pp. 7641-7652, 2024.

  14. F. Rostami Ghadi, K.K. Wong, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, W.K. New, H. Xu, C.B. Chae, “Physical Layer Security over Fluid Antenna Systems: Secrecy Performance Analysis”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 23, no. 12, pp. 18201-18213, Dec. 2024.

  15. S. Fernandez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, F. Gregorio, J. Cousseau, “Companding and Predistortion Techniques for Improved Efficiency and Performance in SWIPT”, IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 1676-1691, Dec. 2024.

  16. F. Rostami Ghadi, K.K. Wong, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, C.B. Chae, K.F. Tong, Y. Zhang, “A Gaussian Copula Approach to the Performance Analysis of Fluid Antenna Systems”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 23, no. 11, pp. 17573-17585, Nov. 2024.

  17. J. Lopez-Fernandez, G.J. Anaya-Lopez, and F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “The Second Order Scattering Fading Model with Fluctuating Line-of-Sight”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 73, no. 9, pp. 13898-13902, Sept. 2024.

  18. F. Rostami Ghadi, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “Performance Analysis of SWIPT Relay Networks over Arbitrary Dependent Fading Channels”, IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 72, no. 6, pp. 3651-3663, June 2024.

  19. J.D. Vega-Sanchez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, J.F. Paris, J.M. Romero-Jerez, “The Multi-Cluster Fluctuating Two-Ray Fading Model”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 4199-4213, May 2024.

  20. F. Rostami Ghadi, K.K. Wong, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, C.B. Chae, K.F. Tong, Y. Zhang, “Fluid Antenna-Assisted Dirty Multiple Access Channels over Composite Fading”, in IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 382-386, Feb. 2024.

  21. I. Sanchez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “The Lomax Distribution for Wireless Channel Modeling: Theory and Applications”, in IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology, vol. 5, pp. 162-171, 2024.

  22. F. Rostami Ghadi, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, K.K. Wong, “Analytical Characterization of Coverage Regions for STAR-RIS-aided NOMA/OMA Communication Systems”, IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 27, no. 11, pp. 3063-3067, Nov. 2023.

  23. F. Rostami Ghadi, K.K. Wong, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, K.F. Tong, “Copula-based Performance Analysis for Fluid Antenna Systems under Arbitrary Fading Channels”, IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 27, no. 11, pp. 3068-3072, Nov. 2023.

  24. A. Palomares-Caballero, C. Molero, F. Rostami Ghadi, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, P. Padilla, D. Morales-Jimenez, J.F. Valenzuela-Valdes, “Enabling Intelligent Omni-Surfaces in the Polarization Domain: Principles, Implementation and Applications”, IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 61, no. 11, pp. 144-150, November 2023.

  25. J.P. Gonzalez-Coma, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, L. Castedo, “Joint User Scheduling and Precoding for XL-MIMO Systems with Imperfect CSI”, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 12, no. 10, pp. 1657-1661, Oct. 2023.

  26. F.J. Martin-Vega, G. Gomez, D. Morales-Jimenez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, M.C. Aguayo-Torres, “Joint Distance and Angles Distribution in Finite Wireless Networks”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 72, no. 10, pp. 13281-13297, Oct. 2023.

  27. F. Rostami Ghadi, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “RIS-Aided Communications over dirty MAC: Capacity region and Outage Probability”, IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 27, no. 8, pp. 2009-2013, Aug. 2023.

  28. U. Fernandez-Plazaola, G. Gomez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “An educational tool for understanding MPEG-2 video compression and coding techniques”, Comput. Appl. Eng. Educ. 2023; 31: 1219–1233.

  29. M. Olyaee, J.A. Cortes, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, J.F. Paris, J.M. Romero-Jerez, “The fluctuating two-ray fading model with independent specular components”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 72, no. 5, pp. 5533-5545, May 2023.

  30. G.J. Anaya-Lopez, J.P. Gonzalez-Coma, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “Leakage Subspace Precoding and Scheduling for Physical Layer Security in Multi-User XL-MIMO Systems”, IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 467-471, Feb. 2023.

  31. F. Rostami Ghadi, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, W.P. Zhu, J.M. Gorce, “The Impact of Side Information on Physical Layer Security under Correlated Fading Channels”, in IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, vol. 17, pp. 3626-3636, 2022.

  32. J.D. Vega-Sanchez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, G. Kaddoum, “Physical Layer Security of RIS-Assisted Communications under Electromagnetic Interference”, IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 26, no. 12, pp. 2870-2874, Dec. 2022.

  33. I. Sanchez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “A Formulation of the Log-Logistic Distribution for Fading Channel Modeling”, Electronics, special issue on Channel Measurements, Modelling and Simulations for Future Wireless Communication Systems, 11, no. 15, 2409, 2022.

  34. M. Olyaee, J.M. Romero-Jerez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, A.J. Goldsmith, “Alternative Formulations for the Fluctuating Two-Ray Fading Model”, in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 21, no. 11, pp. 9404-9416, Nov. 2022. link

  35. F. Rostami Ghadi, F.J. Martin-Vega, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “Capacity of Backscatter Communication under Arbitrary Fading Dependence”, IEEE Trans. Vehicular Technology, vol. 71, no. 5, pp. 5593-5598, May 2022.

  36. J.M. Romero-Jerez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, J.P. Pena-Martin, A. Abdi, “Stochastic Fading Channel Models with Multiple Dominant Specular Components”, IEEE Trans. Vehicular Technology, vol. 71, no. 3, pp. 2229-2239, March 2022. link

  37. S. Fernandez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, F. Gregorio, J. Cousseau, “Secure Full-duplex Wireless Power Transfer Systems with Energy-Information Correlation”, IEEE Access, vol. 10, pp. 16952-16968, 2022. link

  38. J. Lopez-Fernandez, P. Ramirez-Espinosa, J.M. Romero-Jerez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “A Fluctuating Line-of-Sight Fading Model with Double-Rayleigh Diffuse Scattering”, IEEE Trans. Vehicular Technology, vol. 71, no. 1, pp. 1000-1003, Jan. 2022. link

  39. P. Bithas, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “Throughput Analysis in a Wireless Powered Mobile Communication System”, IEEE Access, vol. 9, pp. 157215-157221, 2021. link

  40. F.J. Martin-Vega, F. Rostami Ghadi, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, G. Gomez, “A Physical Layer Multicast Precoding and Grouping Scheme for Bandwidth Minimization”, IEEE Access, vol. 9, pp. 149137-149152, 2021. link

  41. J.P. Gonzalez-Coma, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, L. Castedo, “Low-Complexity Distance-Based Scheduling for Multi-User XL-MIMO Systems”, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 10, no. 11, pp. 2407-2411, Nov. 2021. link

  42. F. Rostami Ghadi, G.A. Hodtani, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “The Role of Correlation in the Doubly Dirty Fading MAC with Side Information at the Transmitters”, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 10, no. 9, pp. 2070-2074, Sept. 2021.link

  43. J.D. Vega-Sanchez, L. Urquiza-Aguiar, M.C. Paredes-Paredes, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “Expectation-Maximization Learning for Wireless Channel Modeling of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces”, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 10, no. 9, pp. 2051-2055, Sept. 2021. link

  44. A. Tarrias-Munoz, J.L. Matez-Bandera, P. Ramirez-Espinosa, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “Effect of Correlation between Information and Energy Links in Secure Wireless Powered Communications”, IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, vol. 16, pp. 3780-3789, 2021

  45. P. Ramirez-Espinosa, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “Composite Fading Models based on Inverse Gamma Shadowing: Theory and Validation”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 20, no. 8, pp. 5034-5045, Aug. 2021.

  46. J.D. Vega-Sanchez, D.P. Moya-Osorio, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, M.C. Paredes-Paredes, L. Urquiza-Aguiar, “Information-Theoretic Security of MIMO Networks under kappa-mu Shadowed Fading Channels”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 70, no. 7, pp. 6302-6318, Jul. 2021.

  47. G.J. Anaya-Lopez, G. Gomez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “A Product Channel Attack to Wireless Physical Layer Security”, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 10, no. 5, pp. 943-947, May 2021.

  48. J.D. Vega-Sanchez, P. Ramirez-Espinosa, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “Physical Layer Security of Large Reflecting Surface Aided Communications with Phase Errors”, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 325-329, Feb. 2021.

  49. J.D. Vega-Sanchez, D.P. Moya-Osorio, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, M.C. Paredes-Paredes, L. Urquiza-Aguiar, “On the Secrecy Performance Over N-Wave with Diffuse Power Fading Channel”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 69, no. 12, pp. 15137-15148, Dec. 2020.

  50. P. Ramirez-Espinosa, R.J. Sanchez-Alarcon, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “On the Beneficial Role of a Finite Number of Scatterers for Wireless Physical Layer Security”, IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 105055-105064, 2020.

  51. J.L. Matez-Bandera, P. Ramirez-Espinosa, J.D. Vega-Sanchez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “Effect of Correlation on the Capacity of Backscatter Communication Systems”, IET Electronics Letters, vol. 56, no. 14, pp. 716-719, July 2020.

  52. U. Fernandez-Plazaola, L. Moreno-Pozas, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, J.F. Paris, E. Martos-Naya and J.M. Romero Jerez, “A Tractable Product Channel Model for Line-of-Sight Scenarios”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 2107-2121, March 2020.

  53. J. Lopez-Fernandez and F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “New Results on the Second Order Scattering Fading Model: Amount of Fading and Energy Detection”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 69, no. 1, pp. 1037-1040, Jan. 2020.

  54. J.W. Browning, S.L. Cotton, D. Morales-Jimenez and F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “The Rician Complex Envelope under Line of Sight Shadowing”, IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 23, no. 12, pp. 2182-2186, Dec. 2019.

  55. J. Moualeu, D.B. da Costa, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, W. Hamouda, T.M. Ngatched and U. Dias , “Transmit Antenna Selection in Secure MIMO Systems over alpha-mu Fading Channels”, IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 67, no. 9, pp. 6483-6498, Sept. 2019.

  56. C. Garcia-Corrales, U. Fernandez-Plazaola, F.J. Canete, J.F. Paris, and F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “Unveiling the Hyper-Rayleigh Regime of the Fluctuating Two-Ray Fading Model”, IEEE Access, special section on Advances in Statistical Channel Modeling for Future Wireless Communications Networks, vol. 7, pp. 75367-75377, 2019.

  57. G. Gomez, F.J. Martin-Vega, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, Y. Liu and M. Elkashlan, “Physical Layer Security in Uplink NOMA Multi-Antenna Systems with Randomly Distributed Eavesdroppers”, IEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 70422-70435, 2019.

  58. J. Moualeu, D.B. da Costa, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, R. de Souza , “On the Performance of alpha-eta-kappa-mu Fading Channels”, IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 23, no. 6, pp. 967-970, June 2019.

  59. S.K. Yoo, P. Sofotasios, S.L. Cotton, S. Muhaidat, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, J.M. Romero-Jerez, G. Karagiannidis, “A Comprehensive Analysis of the Achievable Channel Capacity in F Composite Fading Channels”, IEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 34078-34094, 2019.

  60. J. Lopez-Fernandez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “Statistical Characterization of Second Order Scattering Fading Channels”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 67, no. 12, pp. 11345-11353, Dec. 2018.

  61. J. Lopez-Fernandez, E. Martos-Naya, F.J. Lopez-Martinez and T. Tsiftsis, “On the Distribution of the Received Signal Power in Mobile Networks: a Moment-Based Approach”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 67 , no. 8, pp. 7754-7758, Aug. 2018. link

  62. M. Jaber, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, M. A. Imran, A. Sutton, A. Tukmanov, R. Tafazolli, “Wireless backhaul: Performance Modelling and Impact on User Association for 5G”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 17, no. 5, pp. 3095-3110, May 2018. link

  63. F.J. Soriano-Irigaray, J.F. Fernandez-Prat, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, E. Martos-Naya, O. Cobos-Morales, J.T. Entrambasaguas, “Adaptive Self-Interference Cancellation for Full Duplex Radio: Analytical Model and Experimental Validation”, IEEE Access, vol. 6, pp. 65018-65026, 2018.

  64. J.P. Pena-Martin, J.M. Romero-Jerez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “Generalized MGF of the Two-Wave with Diffuse Power Fading Model with Applications”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 67 , no. 6, pp. 5525-5529, Jun. 2018. link

  65. P. Ramirez-Espinosa, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, J.F. Paris, M.D. Yacoub, E. Martos-Naya, “An Extension of the kappa-mu Shadowed Fading Model: Statistical Characterization and Applications”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 67, no. 5, pp. 3826-3837, May 2018. link

  66. Y.J. Chun, S.L. Cotton, H.S. Dhillon, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, J.F. Paris, S. K. Yoo, “A Comprehensive Analysis of 5G Heterogeneous Cellular Systems operating over kappa-mu Shadowed Fading Channels”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 16, no. 11, pp. 6995-7010, Nov. 2017 link.

  67. J.M. Garrido-Balsells, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, M. del Castillo-Vazquez, A. Jurado-Navas, A. Puerta-Notario, “Performance analysis of FSO communications under LOS blockage”, Optics Express Vol. 25, Issue 21, pp. 25278-25294 (2017). link

  68. F.J. Martin-Vega, G. Gomez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, M.C. Aguayo-Torres, “A Closed-Form Expression for the Coverage of Cellular Systems under Hoyt (Nakagami-q) Fading”, IET Electronics Letters, vol. 53, no. 20, pp. 1383-1385, 2017. link

  69. J.M. Romero-Jerez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, J.F. Paris, A. Goldsmith, “The Fluctuating Two-Ray Fading Model: Statistical Characterization and Performance Analysis”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 16, no. 7, pp. 4420-4432, July 2017 (link).

  70. J.P. Pena-Martin, J.M. Romero-Jerez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “Generalized MGF of Beckmann Fading with Applications to Wireless Communications Performance Analysis”, IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 65, no. 9, pp. 3933-3943, Sept. 2017. (link).

  71. F.J. Lopez-Martinez, J.F. Paris, J.M. Romero-Jerez “The kappa-mu Shadowed Fading Model with Integer Fading Parameters”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 66, no. 9, pp. 7653-7662, Sept. 2017. (link)

  72. J.M. Romero-Jerez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “A New Framework for the Performance Analysis of Wireless Communications under Hoyt (Nakagami-q) Fading”, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory vol. 63, no. 3, pp. 1693-1702, March 2017. (link).

  73. F.J. Lopez-Martinez, J.M. Romero-Jerez, J.F. Paris “On the Calculation of the Incomplete MGF with Applications to Wireless Communications”, IEEE Transactions on Communications vol. 65, no. 1, pp. 458-469, Jan. 2017. (link).

  74. L. Moreno-Pozas, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, S.L. Cotton, J.F. Paris, E. Martos-Naya, “Comments on Human Body Shadowing in Cellular Device-to-Device Communications: Channel Modeling Using the Shadowed kappa-mu Fading Model”, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 517-520, 2017 (link).

  75. J. Lopez-Fernandez, L. Moreno-Pozas, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, E. Martos-Naya. “Joint Parameter Estimation for the Two-Wave with Diffuse Power Fading Model”, Sensors 2016, 16(7), 1014; doi:10.3390/s16071014 link.

  76. L. Moreno-Pozas, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, J.F. Paris, E. Martos-Naya, “The kappa-mu Shadowed Fading Model: Unifying the kappa-mu and eta-mu Distributions”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 65, no. 12, pp. 9630-9641, Dec. 2016. link.

  77. G. Gomez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, D. Morales-Jimenez, M.R. McKay, “On the Equivalence between Interference and Eavesdropping in Wireless Communications”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol.64, no.12, pp.5935-5940, Dec. 2015 link.

  78. F.J. Lopez-Martinez, E. Kurniawan, R. Islam, A. Goldsmith, “Average Fade Duration for Amplify-and-Forward Relay Networks in Fading Channels”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications vol.14, no.10, pp.5454-5467, Oct. 2015.

  79. F.J. Lopez-Martinez, L. Moreno-Pozas, E. Martos-Naya, “Novel Results for the kappa-mu Extreme Fading Distribution: Generation of White Samples and Capacity Analysis”, IEEE Communications Letters, vol.19, no.9, pp.1580-1583, Sept. 2015.

  80. F.J. Lopez-Martinez, E. Martos-Naya, J.F. Paris, A. Goldsmith, “Eigenvalue Dynamics of a Central Wishart Matrix with Application to MIMO Systems”, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol.61, no.5, pp.2693-2707, May 2015 link.

  81. F.J. Lopez-Martinez, D. Morales-Jimenez, “A new twist on the Nuttall function Q_{m,n}(a,b)”, Integral Transforms and Special Functions, vol. 26, issue 7, pp. 523-530, 2015. link

  82. M. Rao, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, M.S. Alouini, A. Goldsmith, “MGF Approach to the Analysis of Generalized Two-Ray Fading Models”, vol.14, no.5, pp.2548-2561, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, May 2015. link.

  83. F.J. Lopez-Martinez, J.M. Romero-Jerez, “Asymptotically Exact Approximations for the Symmetric Difference of Generalized Marcum Q-Functions”, vol.64, no.5, pp.2154-2159, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, May 2015. link

  84. F.J. Lopez-Martinez, G. Gomez, J.M. Garrido-Balsells, “Physical Layer Security in Free Space Optical Communications”, IEEE Photonics Journal, vol. 7, no. 2, April 2015 link. (#4 Top Accessed Papers Mar’15)

  85. F.J. Martin-Vega, F. Blanquez-Casado, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, G. Gomez, J.T. Entrambasaguas, “Further Improvements in SOVA for High-Throughput Parallel Turbo Decoding”, IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 6-9, Jan. 2015 link.

  86. F.J. Lopez-Martinez, R.F. Pawula, E. Martos-Naya, J.F. Paris, “A Clarification of the Proper-Integral Form of the Gaussian Q-Function and Some New Results Involving the F-Function”, IEEE Communications Letters, vol.18, no.9, pp.1495-1498, Sept. 2014. link

  87. J. Poncela, G. Gomez, A. Hierrezuelo, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, M. Aamir, “Quality Assessment in 3G-4G Wireless Networks”, Wireless Personal Communications, Volume 76, Issue 3, pp. 363-377,June 2014. (Impact 0.979, 45/78 Telecommunications Q3 JCR 2013) link

  88. S. Salido, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, E. Martos-Naya, J.T. Entrambasaguas, “Interaction between Symbol Timing Offset and Channel Interpolation in OFDM systems: BER Analysis and Performance Degradation”, Wireless Personal Communications, vol. 78, issue 2, pp. 1129-1141, April 2014. link.

  89. D. Morales-Jimenez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, E. Martos-Naya, J.F. Paris, A. Lozano, “Connections between the Generalized Marcum Q-Function and a class of Hypergeometric Functions”, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol.60, no.2, pp. 1077-1082, Feb. 2014. link

  90. J.F. Paris, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, E. Martos-Naya, “On the Connection between Gaussian Q-Functions and a Class of Hypergeometric Functions: Application to LCR of Lognormal Processes”, IEEE Communications Letters, vol 17, issue 8, pp. 1493-1496, August 2013. link

  91. F.J. Lopez-Martinez, D. Morales-Jimenez, E. Martos-Naya, J. F. Paris, “On the bivariate Nakagami-m cumulative distribution function: closed-form expression and applications”, IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 61, no. 4, pp. 1404-1414, Apr. 2013. link

  92. F.J. Lopez-Martinez, E. Martos-Naya, J.F. Paris, U. Fernandez-Plazaola. “Higher order statistics of sampled fading channels with applications” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 61, issue 7, pp. 3342-3346, September 2012. link

  93. F.J. Lopez-Martinez, E. Martos-Naya, J.T. Entrambasaguas, “Low complexity cell search scheme for LTE and LTE-advanced mobile technologies”, Computers and Electrical Engineering, Volume 38, Issue 6, November 2012, pp. 1502-1512.link

  94. F.J. Lopez-Martinez, E. del Castillo-Sanchez, E. Martos-Naya, J.T. Entrambasaguas, “Performance evaluation of preamble detectors for 3GPP-LTE physical random access channel”, Digital Signal Processing, Volume 22, Issue 3, May 2012, pp. 526-534. link

  95. F.J. Lopez-Martinez, E. Martos-Naya, J.F Paris, J.T. Entrambasaguas, “Exact Closed-Form BER Analysis of OFDM systems in the presence of IQ imbalances and ICSI” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol. 10, issue 6, pp. 1914-1922, June 2011. link

  96. F.J. Lopez-Martinez, E. Martos-Naya, K.K. Wong, J.T. Entrambasaguas, “Closed-Form BER Analysis of Alamouti-MRC Systems with ICSI in Ricean Fading Channels” IEEE Communications Letters. Vol. 15, issue 1, pp. 46-48, January 2011. link

  97. F.J. Lopez-Martinez, E. del Castillo-Sanchez, J.T. Entrambasaguas, E. Martos-Naya, “Iterative gradient based complex divider FPGA core with dynamic configurability of accuracy and throughput” Springer Journal of Signal Processing Systems, Volume 62, Number 3, pp. 319-324, (2011). link

  98. F.J. Lopez-Martinez, E. Martos-Naya, J.F. Paris, U. Fernandez-Plazaola, “Generalized BER Analysis of QAM and its Application to MRC under Imperfect CSI and Interference in Ricean Fading Channels”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. Vol. 59, issue 5, pp. 2598-2604, June 2010. link

  99. F.J. Lopez-Martinez, E. Martos-Naya, J.F. Paris, J.T. Entrambasaguas, “BER Analysis of Direct Conversion OFDM Systems with MRC under Channel Estimation Errors” IEEE Communications Letters. Vol. 14, issue 5, pp. 423-425, May 2010. link

Book Chapters

  1. M. Jaber, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, A Alomainy. Performance modelling of wireless Xhaul and associate impact on network provisioning for 5G and beyond. Chapter 8 in “Antennas and Propagation for 5G and Beyond”, Institution of Engineering and Technology, IET 2020.

  2. G. Gomez, D. Morales-Jimenez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, J.J. Sanchez, J.T. Entrambasaguas. Radio Interface Physical Layer. Chapter 3 in “Long Term Evolution: 3GPP-LTE radio & Cellular technology” CRC Press, Auerbach, Boca Raton (Florida, USA), 2009. ISBN 1420072102. link

  3. G. Fodor, A. Racz, N. Reider, A. Temesvary, G. Gomez, D. Morales-Jimenez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, J.J. Sanchez, J.T. Entrambasaguas. 3GPP Long-Term Evolution. Chapter 11 in “Get Certified: A Guide to Wireless Communication Engineering Technologies” CRC Press, Auerbach, Boca Raton (Florida, USA), 2009. ISBN 9781439812266. link

Conference Papers (submitted)

  1. M. Kaveh, F. Rostami Ghadi, R. Jantti, K.K. Wong, and F.J. López-Martínez, “Ambient Backscatter Communication Assisted by Fluid Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces”, submitted to ICC 2026 - IEEE International Conference on Communications, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.

Conference Papers (selected)

  1. F. Rostami Ghadi, M. Kaveh, H. Hong, K.K. Wong, R. Jantti, and F.J. López-Martínez, “Performance Analysis of Fluid Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface over Covert Communications”, to be presented at 2025 International Conference on 6G Networking (6GNet 2025), Paris, France.

  2. F. Rostami Ghadi, M. Kaveh, R. Jantti, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “On Performance of FAS-aided Covert Communications”, IEEE VTC'Spring Workshop on Fluid Antenna System (FAS) for 6G, 2025.

  3. F. Rostami Ghadi, K.K. Wong, M. Kaveh, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, W.K. New, H. Xu,“Secrecy Performance Analysis of RIS-Aided Fluid Antenna Systems”, IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, IEEE WCNC 2025.

  4. M.C. Fernandez-Montefiore, G.J. Gonzalez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, F. Gregorio, “Balanced-QoS power allocation schemes for NOMA in the finite blocklength regime”, LIII JAIIO 2024.

  5. M.C. Fernandez-Montefiore, G.J. Gonzalez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, F. Gregorio, “Multi-Objective Optimization for URLLC over 5G Networks in the Finite Blocklength Regime”, XX RPIC 2023.

  6. I. Sanchez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “The Lomax Distribution for Wireless Channel Modeling: a Preliminary Study”, IEEE ETCM, 2023. Best paper award in the Communications track.

  7. J.E. Galeote-Cazorla, A. Ramirez-Arroyo, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, J.F. Valenzuela-Valdes, “Empirical Validation of Ray-Based Fading Models”, XXXVIII URSI National Symposium 2023.

  8. M. Olyaee, J.A. Cortes, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, J.F. Paris, J.M. Romero-Jerez, “The IFTR Fading Model: Statistical Characterization and Empirical Validation”, IEEE ICC 2023, Wireless Communication Symposium.

  9. M. Olyaee, J.P. Pena-Martin, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, J.M. Romero-Jerez, “Statistical Characterization of the Multicluster Two-Wave Fading Model”, 5th International Conference on Advanced Communication Technologies and Networking 2022 (IEEE CommNet’22).

  10. F.J. Martin-Vega, G. Gomez, D. Morales-Jimenez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, M.C. Aguayo-Torres, “Joint Distribution of Distance and Angle in Rectangular Finite Wireless Networks”, IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems, (IEEE ISWCS 2022).

  11. M. Olyaee, J.M. Romero-Jerez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, A.J. Goldsmith,, “Composite IG/FTR Channel Performance in Wireless Communication Systems”, IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (IEEE PIMRC 2022).

  12. F. Rostami Ghadi, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, G.A. Hodtani, “Copula-Based Analysis of Interference Channels: Outage Probability”, 10th Iran Workshop on Communication and Information Theory (IWCIT) - 2022.

  13. G.J. Anaya-Lopez, J.P. Gonzalez-Coma, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “Spatial Degrees of Freedom for Physical Layer Security in XL-MIMO”, IEEE VTC Spring 2022.

  14. G.J. Anaya-Lopez, J.C. Ruiz-Sicilia, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “A New Transmit Antenna Selection Technique for Physical Layer Security with Strong Eavesdropping”, IEEE CommNet 2021.

  15. M.C. Fernandez-Montefiore, G.J. Gonzalez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, F. Gregorio, “Effective Rate of multiuser NOMA systems with imperfect SIC for beyond 5G applications”, XIX RPIC 2021.

  16. S. Fernandez, F. Gregorio, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, J. Cousseau, “An Efficient Wireless Power Transmitter Based on Companded OFDM Signals”, XIX RPIC 2021.

  17. J.D. Vega-Sanchez, L. Urquiza-Aguiar, M.C. Paredes-Paredes, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “Secure Systems via Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces over Correlated Rayleigh Channels”, IEEE ECTM 2021.

  18. J.C. Ruiz-Sicilia, J. Gimenez, G.J. Anaya-Lopez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “Configuring an Intelligent Reflecting Surface for Wireless Communications: the hUMAns at RISk approach”, XXXVI URSI National Symposium 2021.

  19. A. Villena-Rodriguez, F.J. Martin-Vega, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, G. Gomez, J. Outes-Carnero, F.Y. Ng-Molina, J. Ramiro-Moreno, “On the system performance of DFT-S-OFDM and CP-OFDM for 5G Uplink in mmWave band”, XXXVI URSI National Symposium 2021.

  20. G.J. Anaya-Lopez, G. Gomez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “Product Channel Attack to Wireless Physical Layer Security with Transmit Antenna Selection”, XXXVI URSI National Symposium 2021.

  21. M.C. Fernandez-Montefiore, G.J. Gonzalez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, F. Gregorio, “Effective capacity of finite-blocklength NOMA and OMA with heterogeneous latency requirements”, Argentine Conference on Electronics, CAE 2021.

  22. P. Ramirez-Espinosa, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “Backing off from Rayleigh and Rice: Achieving perfect secrecy in wireless fading channels ”, XXXV URSI National Symposium 2020.

  23. P. Ramirez-Espinosa, J. Moualeu, D.B. da Costa, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “The alpha-kappa-mu Shadowed Fading Distribution: Statistical Characterization and Applications”, IEEE Globecom 2019.

  24. P. Ramirez-Espinosa, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “On the Utility of the Inverse Gamma Distribution in Modeling Composite Fading Channels”, IEEE Globecom 2019.

  25. J.L. Matez-Bandera, J.P. Pena-Martin, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “On the Random Power Availability in Wireless Power Transfer Systems with non-Linear Energy Harvesting”, XXXIV URSI National Symposium 2019.

  26. A. Tarrias-Munoz, J.M. Romero-Jerez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “On the Effect of Random Power Availability in Wireless Power Transfer Systems with Physical Layer Security”, XXXIV URSI National Symposium 2019.

  27. C. Vaca-Rubio, G. Gomez, M.C. Aguayo-Torres, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “Statistical Characterization of the Chunk Size Distribution in DASH”, XXXIV URSI National Symposium 2019.

  28. J. Moualeu, D.B. da Costa, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, W. Hamouda and T.M. Ngatched, U. Dias , “Secrecy Analysis of a TAS/MRC Scheme in alpha-mu Fading Channels”, IEEE WCNC 2019.

  29. P. Sofotasios, S.K. Yoo, S. Muhaidat, S.L. Cotton, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, J.M. Romero-Jerez, G. Karagiannidis, “Effective Rate over F-Composite Fading Channels”, IEEE WCNC 2019.

  30. C. Garcia-Corrales, F.J. Martin-Vega, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, F.J. Canete and J.F. Paris, “Understanding the Impact of Line-of-Sight in the Ergodic Spectral Efficiency of Cellular Networks” IEEE International Workshop on Computer-Aided Modeling Analysis and Design of Communication Links and Networks (CAMAD 2018).

  31. F.J. Lopez-Martinez, L. Moreno-Pozas, U. Fernandez-Plazaola, J.F. Paris, E. Martos-Naya and J.M. Romero Jerez, “A Tractable Line-of-Sight Product Channel Model: Application to Wireless Powered Communications”, IEEE 15th International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS 2018).

  32. E. Garcia-Troyano, G. Gomez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “Physical Layer Security of Wireless Communication Systems Affected by LOS Blockage”, IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, IEEE WCNC 2018.

  33. J.P. Pena-Martin, J.M. Romero-Jerez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “Analysis of Energy Detection of Unknown Signals over Beckmann Fading Channels”, IEEE VTC 2017 Spring.

  34. J.M. Romero-Jerez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, J.F. Paris, A. Goldsmith, “The Fluctuating Two-Ray Fading Model for mmWave Communications”, IEEE Globecom 2016, 5GMW Workshop on 5G Millimeter-Wave Channel Models.

  35. L. Moreno-Pozas, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, J.F. Paris, E. Martos-Naya, “The Nakagami-q (Hoyt) Fading Distribution: A Particular Case of the Rician Shadowed Model”, XXXI URSI National Symposium 2016 Best Paper nomination.

  36. J. Lopez-Fernandez, L. Moreno-Pozas, E. Martos-Naya, F.J. Lopez-Martinez. “Moment-Based Parameter Estimation for the Two-Wave with Diffuse Power Fading Model”, IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference 2016 Fall.

  37. J.M. Romero-Jerez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “Fundamental Capacity Limits of Spectrum-Sharing in Hoyt (Nakagami-q) Fading Channels”, IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference 2016 Fall.

  38. J.M. Romero-Jerez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “On the Distribution of the Squared Norm of non-Circular Complex Gaussian Random Variables with Applications”, International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 2015.

  39. J.M Romero-Jerez, G. Gomez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, “On the outage probability of secrecy capacity in arbitrarily-distributed fading channels”, European Wireless 2015.

  40. M. Rao, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, M.S. Alouini, A. Goldsmith “MGF Approach to the Capacity Analysis of Generalized Two-Ray Fading Models”, IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2015.

  41. A. Kazerouni, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, A. Goldsmith, “Increasing Capacity in Massive MIMO Cellular Networks via Small Cells”, IEEE Globecom Workshops, “Massive MIMO: from theory to practice” 2014.

  42. F.J. Martin-Vega, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, G. Gomez, M.C. Aguayo-Torres, “Multi-User Coverage Probability of Uplink Cellular Systems: a Stochastic Geometry Approach”, IEEE Globecom 2014, Wireless Communications Symposium (link).

  43. F.J. Lopez-Martinez, E. Martos-Naya, J.F. Paris, A. Goldsmith, “The dynamics of user channels in massive MIMO systems”, Communication Theory Workshop 2014 (CTW 2014).

  44. M. Rao, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, A. Goldsmith, “Statistics and System Performance Metrics for the Two Wave with Diffuse Power Fading Model”, IEEE 48th Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS 2014).

  45. F.J. Lopez-Martinez, E. Kurniawan, A. Goldsmith, “Average Fade Duration for Amplify-and-Forward Relay Networks in Log-Normal Fading”, IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference 2013 (IEEE GLOBECOM 2013). Best paper award in the Communication Theory symposium. link

  46. F.J. Lopez-Martinez, E. Martos-Naya, J.F. Paris, A. Goldsmith, “A General Framework for Statistically Characterizing the Dynamics of MIMO Channels”, IEEE Information Theory Workshop 2013 (ITW-2013), pp. 1-5, Sep. 9-13 2013.link

  47. J. Poncela, G. Gomez, A. Hierrezuelo, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, M. Aamir, “Quality of Experience Assessment in 3G/4G Wireless Networks”, Second International Conference on Mobility for Life: Technology, Telecommunication and Problem Based Learning 2013 (TTPBL 2013).

  48. F.J. Lopez-Martinez, E. Martos-Naya, J.F. Paris, A. Goldsmith, “BER Analysis for MIMO-OFDM Beamforming with MRC under Channel Prediction and Interpolation Errors” IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference 2009 (IEEE GLOBECOM 2009), pp.1-7, Nov. 30 2009-Dec. 4 2009. link

  49. A. Toril-Cabrera, E. Martos-Naya, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, J.T. Entrambasaguas, “Fine time tracking from coarse timing estimation in OFDM systems”, CogART 2009. Second International Workshop on Cognitive Radio and Advanced Spectrum Management, pp. 54-58, May 2009.

  50. E. del Castillo-Sanchez, F.J. Lopez-Martinez, E. Martos-Naya, J.T. Entrambasaguas, “Joint Time, Frequency and Sampling Clock Synchronization for OFDM-Based Systems” IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking (WCNC), pp. 1-6, April 2009. link

  51. F.J. Lopez-Martinez, E. del Castillo-Sanchez, E. Martos-Naya, J.T. Entrambasaguas, “Design and FPGA implementation of an OFDMA baseband modem for 3GPP-LTE physical layer” ICCE ’09. Digest of Technical Papers International Conference on Consumer Electronics, pp. 1-2, January 2009. link

  52. F.J. Lopez-Martinez, E. Martos-Naya, J.T. Entrambasaguas, M. Garcia-Abril, “Low Complexity Synchronization and Frequency Equalization for OFDM Systems”, 14th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems,(ICECS 2007), pp. 987-990, Dec. 2007. link

  53. F.J. Lopez-Martinez, M. Garcia-Abril, E. Martos-Naya, J.T. Entrambasaguas, “Hardware Implementation of a Correlation-based Synchronization Algorithm for Wireless OFDM” IEEE 18th International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC 2007), pp. 1-5, Sept. 2007. link