CANDI
The objective of the CANDI project is to develop the foundations of cellular ad hoc networking as a support for next-generation distributed applications that require direct communication between devices in proximity of each other over multiple hops. Examples of such applications are public safety (i.e., disaster scenarios when the cellular infrastructure is unavailable), railway virtual coupling (i.e., platoons of trains), smart factories and farming, and others. To achieve this, the CANDI project will leverage wireless ad hoc networking concepts with recent 5G cellular innovations proposing multi-hop device-to-device communications. It will investigate cooperative resource allocation mechanisms, as well as joint relaying & scheduling approaches to enable multi-hop communication for next-generation decentralized cellular networks.
Project duration: 01.05.2023 - 30.04.2025
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Funding: French National Research Agency (ANR), Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR)
Related publications
- Juan Carlos Estrada Jimenez, Saleh Nikooroo, Jérôme Härri, Sumit Kumar, Carlos Mateo Risma Carletti, Ion Turcanu (2026). Cross-Layer Inter-UE Coordination: A Facilities Layer Approach to NR-V2X Mode 2 Scheduling. IEEE VNC 2026.
- Alexey Rolich, Mert Yildiz, Ion Turcanu, Alexey Vinel, Andrea Baiocchi (2026). From Latency to Value of Information: A Review of Timeliness Metrics for Safe Transportation Systems in the 6G Era. IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine.
- Saleh Nikooroo, Juan Estrada-Jimenez, Aurel Machalek, Jérôme Härri, Thomas Engel, Ion Turcanu (2026). Towards 6G Sidelink: Distributed Scheduling and Routing for Reliable Multi-Hop Connectivity. WONS 2026.
- Alexey Rolich, Mert Yildiz, Ion Turcanu, Alexey Vinel, Andrea Baiocchi (2025). Rethinking Persistent Scheduling in 5G New Radio Vehicle-to-Everything Sidelink Communications. IEEE Access.
- Alexey Rolich, Mert Yildiz, Ion Turcanu, Alexey Vinel, Andrea Baiocchi (2025). On the Trade-off Between AoI Performance and Resource Reuse Efficiency in 5G NR V2X Sidelink. IEEE VNC 2025.
- Saleh Nikooroo, Juan Estrada-Jimenez, Aurel Machalek, Jérôme Härri, Thomas Engel, Ion Turcanu (2024). Mitigating Collisions in Sidelink NR V2X: A Study on Cooperative Resource Allocation. IEEE MedComNet.
- Alexey Rolich, Ion Turcanu, Andrea Baiocchi (2024). AoI-Aware and Persistence-Driven Congestion Control in 5G NR-V2X Sidelink Communications. IEEE MedComNet.
- Saleh Nikooroo, Juan Estrada-Jimenez, Aurel Machalek, Jérôme Härri, Thomas Engel, Ion Turcanu (2024). Poster: Evaluating the Potential of Mode 2(b) Resource Allocation in NR V2X Sidelink. IEEE VNC.
- Alexey Rolich, Ion Turcanu, Alexey Vinel, Andrea Baiocchi (2024). Understanding the impact of persistence and propagation on the Age of Information of broadcast traffic in 5G NR-V2X sidelink communications. Elsevier Computer Networks.