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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, An overview on the latest de- velopments of the COST2100 MIMO channel model, to be submitted to IEEE Communications Magazine

• Fran¸cois Quitin, C. Oestges, S. Van Roy, F. Bellens, F. Horlin and Ph.

De Doncker,A polarized specular-diffuse clustered channel model for in- door 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 Models in In- door Scenarios, submitted to Eurasip Journal on Wireless Communica- tions and Networking

• Fran¸cois 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, Issue 8, pp. 3685-3693 , October 2010

• Fran¸cois Quitin, C. Oestges, F. Horlin and Ph. De Doncker, Polariza- tion Measurements and Modeling in Indoor NLOS Environments, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 21-25, January 2010

• Fran¸cois Quitin, C. Oestges, F. Horlin and Ph. De Doncker, Multi- Polarized MIMO Channel Characteristics : Analytical Study and Exper-

imental Results, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Vol.

57, No. 9, September 2009

• Fran¸cois 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 Publications

• 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, Istanbul, Turkey, 26-30 September 2010

• Fran¸cois Quitin, F. Bellens, A. Panahandeh, J.-M. Dricot, F. Dossin, F. Horlin, C. Oestges and Ph. De Doncker, A Time-Variant Statis- tical Channel Model for Tri-Polarized Antenna Systems, 21st annual IEEE Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communica- tions (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

• Fran¸cois Horlin, F. Quitin, J. Fickers and Ph. Emplit,Polarization Divi- sion 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

• 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

• Fran¸cois Quitin, C. Oestges, F. Horlin and Ph. De Doncker, Dif- fuse Multipath Component Characterization for Indoor MIMO Channels,

4th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (Eucap2010), Barcelona, Spain, 12th-16th April 2010

• Fran¸cois Bellens, F. Quitin, F. Horlin and Ph. De Doncker,UWB Chan- nel Analysis Within a Moving Car, 9th International Conference on ITS Telecommunications (ITST 2009), Lille, France, 20th-22nd October 2009

• Fran¸cois 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

• Fran¸cois 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

• Fran¸cois Quitin, C. Oestges, F. Horlin and Ph. De Doncker,Un mod`ele de canal indoor par cluster pour syst`emes MIMO polaris´es, Journ´ees Sci- entifiques ´09 URSI France, Propagation et T´el´ed´etection, Paris, France, 24-25 march 2009

• Fran¸cois Quitin, C. Oestges, F. Horlin and Ph. De Doncker,Polarimet- ric Measurements for Spatial Wideband MIMO Channels, 69th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2009-Spring), Barcelona, Spain, 26th-29th April 2009

• Fran¸cois 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

• Fran¸cois Quitin, C. Oestges, F. Horlin and Ph. De Doncker, Analyti- cal Model and Experimental Validation of Cross-Polar Ratio in Polarized MIMO Channels, 19th IEEE International Symposium on Personal, In- door and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC 08), Cannes, France, 15th-18th September 2008

• Fran¸cois 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 Tech- nology Conference (VTC2008-Fall), Calgary, Alberta, 21st-24th Septem- ber 2008

• Fran¸cois 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 Action 2100 - Temporary Documents

• Pat Chambers, P. Castiglione, L. Liu, F. Mani, F. Quitin, O. Renaudin, F.

Sanchez-Gonzales, N. Czink and C. Oestges,PUCCO Radio Measurement Campaign, COST2100 TD(10)11015, Aalborg, Denmark, June, 2nd - 4th 2010

• Fran¸cois 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 Scatter- ing 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

• Fran¸cois Quitin, C. Oestges, F. Horlin and Ph. De Doncker, Clus- ter Parametrisation for Indoor Polarized MIMO Channels, COST 2100 TD(09) 818, Valencia, Spain, May, 18th-19th 2009

• Fran¸cois 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

• Fran¸cois 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

• Fran¸cois 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