Isiaka Ajewale Alimi

Isiaka Alimi

Academic position:	Researcher
Joining date:	01-11-2013
Roles in IT:	Researcher
Thematic Line:	Optics and Photonics
Group:	Optical Communication Systems and Networking – Av

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Address: IT – Aveiro
Instituto de Telecomunicações
Campus Universitário de Santiago
P-3810-193 AVEIRO - PORTUGAL
Tel: +351 234 377 900
Fax: +351 234 377 901

https://www.orcid.org/0000-0001-5868-8045

RESEARCHER ID SCOPUS

01-02-2022

Project Snapshot | DSPMetroNet – Digital Signal Processing functions for Simplified Coherent Transceivers in Optical Metropolitan Networks

The main objective of the DSPMetroNet project is to investigate, develop, and validate new technological paradigms in terms of optical detection schemes and (Digital Signal Processing) DSP tools to support future optical metropolitan networks.

Scientific Achievements

Degrees

PhD, Universidade de Aveiro, 22-01-2018

Affiliations

IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 31-12-2018, Member

Expertise Topics

Optical Communications

Publications

4Books

I. Alimi, J. Popoola, 5G and 6G Enhanced Broadband Communications, IntechOpen, Rijeka, 2025,
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I. Alimi, 5G Fixed Wireless Access Revolutionizing Connectivity in the Digital Age, Springer, Cham, Switzerland, 2025,
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I. Alimi, O. Aboderin, N. J. Muga, A. Teixeira, Network-on-Chip - Architecture, Optimization, and Design Explorations, IntechOpen, London, 2022,
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I. Alimi, P. Monteiro, A. Teixeira, Telecommunication Systems: Principles and Applications of Wireless-Optical Technologies, Intech Open, London, 2019,
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15Books Chapters

A. Abejide, P. Duarte, R. Patel, S. Pandey, M. Kota, C. Pinho, C. Novo, J. Popoola, I. Alimi, M. J. N. Lima, A. Teixeira, PON-FTTX Architecture and Bandwidth Analysis for Future Broadband Communications, Chapter in, 5G and 6G Enhanced Broadband Communications [Working Title], IntechOpen, Online first, 2024
I. Alimi, P. Monteiro, Free-Space Optical Communication for Future Broadband Access Networks, Chapter in, Handbook of Radio and Optical Networks Convergence, Kawanishi, T, Springer, Singapore, 2024
I. Alimi, P. Monteiro, RF/FSO and THz/FSO Relaying Systems, Chapter in, Handbook of Radio and Optical Networks Convergence, Kawanishi, T, Springer, Singapore, 2024
I. Alimi, A. Mahmoud, A. O Mufutau, F. P. Guiomar, J. Rodriguez, P. Monteiro, A. Teixeira, Energy Efficiency in Cloud Radio Access Network (C-RAN) for 5G Mobile Networks: Opportunities and Challenges, Chapter in, Optical and Wireless Convergence for 5G Networks (Chinese), Electronic Industry Press, Beijing, 2023
I. Alimi, N. J. Muga, A. Mahmoud, C. Pinho, J. Rodriguez, P. Monteiro, A. Teixeira, Towards a Converged Optical-Wireless Fronthaul/Backhaul Solution for 5G Networks and Beyond, Chapter in, Optical and Wireless Convergence for 5G Networks (Chinese), Electronic Industry Press, Beijing, 2023
I. Alimi, A. Mahmoud, J. Rodriguez, P. Monteiro, A. Teixeira, S. Zvanovec, Z. Ghassemlooy, Enabling Li-Fi and Wi-Fi Network Technologies and Architectures Towards 5G, Chapter in, Optical and Wireless Convergence for 5G Networks (Chinese), Electronic Industry Press, Beijing, 2023
I. Alimi, R. K. Patel, O. Aboderin, A. Mahmoud, R. Gbadamosi, N. J. Muga, A. N. Pinto, A. Teixeira, Network-On-Chip Topologies: Potentials, Technical Challenges, Recent Advances and Research Direction, Chapter in, Network-on-Chip, IntechOpen, London, 2021
I. Alimi, R. K. Patel, A. Zaouga, N. J. Muga, Q. Xin, A. N. Pinto, P. Monteiro, Trends in Cloud Computing Paradigms: Fundamental Issues, Recent Advances, and Research Directions toward 6G Fog Networks, Chapter in, Moving Broadband Mobile Communications Forward - Intelligent Technologies for 5G and Beyond, IntechOpen, London, 2021
I. Alimi, R. K. Patel, A. Zaouga, N. J. Muga, A. N. Pinto, A. Teixeira, P. Monteiro, 6G CloudNet: Towards a Distributed, Autonomous, and Federated AI-Enabled Cloud and Edge Computing, Chapter in, 6G Mobile Wireless Networks, Wu Y. et al., Springer, Cham, Switzerland, 2021
I. Alimi, N. J. Muga, A. Mahmoud, C. Pinho, J. Rodriguez, P. Monteiro, A. Teixeira, Towards a Converged Optical-Wireless Fronthaul/Backhaul Solution for 5G Networks and Beyond, Chapter in, Optical and Wireless Convergence for 5G Networks and Beyond, Wiley, London, 2019
I. Alimi, A. Mahmoud, A. O Mufutau, F. P. Guiomar, J. Rodriguez, P. Monteiro, A. Teixeira, Energy Efficiency in Cloud Radio Access Network (C-RAN) for 5G Mobile Networks: Opportunities and Challenges, Chapter in, Optical and Wireless Convergence for 5G Networks and Beyond, Wiley, London, 2019
I. Alimi, A. Mahmoud, J. Rodriguez, P. Monteiro, A. Teixeira, S. Zvanovec, Z. Ghassemlooy, Enabling Li-Fi and Wi-Fi Network Technologies and Architectures Towards 5G, Chapter in, Optical and Wireless Convergence for 5G Networks and Beyond, Wiley, London, 2019
I. Alimi, A. Tavares, C. Pinho, A. Mahmoud, P. Monteiro, A. Teixeira, Enabling optical wired and wireless technologies for 5G and beyond networks, Chapter in, Telecommunication Systems, Intech Open, London, 2019
C. Pinho, I. Alimi, M. J. N. Lima, P. Monteiro, A. Teixeira, Spatial Light Modulation as a Flexible Platform for Optical Systems, Chapter in, Telecommunication Systems, Intech Open, London, 2019
I. Alimi, A. Shahpari, A. Sousa Sousa, RMF Ferreira, P. Monteiro, A. Teixeira, Challenges and Opportunities of Optical Wireless Communication Technologies, Chapter in, Optical Communication Technology, Pedro Pinho, Intech Open, Rijeka, 2017

20Papers in Journals

I. Alimi, P. Monteiro, Revolutionizing Free-Space Optics: A Survey of Enabling Technologies, Challenges, Trends, and Prospects of Beyond 5G Free-Space Optical (FSO) Communication Systems, Sensors, Vol. 24, No. 24, pp. 8036 - 8036, December, 2024 | BibTex
I. Alimi, P. Monteiro, Performance analysis of 5G and beyond mixed THz/FSO relaying communication systems, Optics & Laser Technology, Vol. 176, No., pp. 110917 - 110917, September, 2024 | BibTex
I. Alimi, R. K. Patel, N. J. Muga, A. N. Pinto, A. Teixeira, P. Monteiro, Towards Enhanced Mobile Broadband Communications: A Tutorial on Enabling Technologies, Design Considerations, and Prospects of 5G and beyond Fixed Wireless Access Networks, Applied Sciences (Switzerland), Vol. 11, No. 21, pp. 1 - 104, November, 2021,
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R. K. Patel, F. P. Guiomar, M. Fernandes, I. Alimi, P. Monteiro, N. J. Muga, A. N. Pinto, Impact of Carrier Contribution Factor in the Self-Coherent DC-Value Method, Optics Express, Vol. 29, No. 25/6, pp. 41234 - 41245, November, 2021,
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I. Alimi, R. K. Patel, N. A. Silva, C. Sun, H. Ji, W. Shieh, A. N. Pinto, N. J. Muga, A Review of Self-Coherent Optical Transceivers: Fundamental Issues, Recent Advances, and Research Directions, Applied Sciences (Switzerland), Vol. 11, No. 16, pp. 1 - 86, August, 2021,
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I. Alimi, R. K. Patel, A. O Mufutau, N. J. Muga, A. N. Pinto, P. Monteiro, Towards a Sustainable Green Design for Next-Generation Networks, Wireless Personal Communications, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 1 - 16, August, 2021,
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I. Alimi, N. J. Muga, Simple and robust transmit diversity based free-space optical communications for 5G and beyond networks, Optics Communications, Vol. 476, No. 1, pp. 126306 - 126306, December, 2020 | BibTex
R. K. Patel, I. Alimi, N. J. Muga, A. N. Pinto, Optical Signal Phase Retrieval With Low Complexity DC-Value Method, Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 38, No. 16, pp. 4205 - 4212, August, 2020 | BibTex
I. Alimi, R. K. Patel, N. J. Muga, P. Monteiro, Performance Analysis of 5G Fixed Wireless Access Networks with Antenna Diversity Techniques, Wireless Personal Communications, Vol. 113, No. 3, pp. 1541 - 1565, April, 2020 | BibTex
I. Alimi, P. Monteiro, Functional Split Perspectives: A Disruptive Approach to RAN Performance Improvement, Wireless Personal Communications, Vol. 106, No. 1, pp. 205 - 218, March, 2019 | BibTex
I. Alimi, A. Teixeira, P. Monteiro, Effects of Correlated Multivariate FSO Channel on Outage Performance of Space‑Air‑Ground Integrated Network (SAGIN), Wireless Personal Communications, Vol. 106, No. 1, pp. 7 - 25, March, 2019 | BibTex
A. Sousa Sousa, R. Ferreira, I. Alimi, A. Shahpari, M. J. N. Lima, A. Teixeira, Bidirectional SMF and PF-POF transmission of 400 Gbps Nyquist shaped on DP-QPSK systems, Microwave and Optical Tech. Letters, Vol. 61, No. 1, pp. 256 - 260, January, 2019 | BibTex
I. Alimi, A. Teixeira, P. Monteiro, Toward an Efficient C-RAN Optical Fronthaul for the Future Networks: A Tutorial on Technologies, Requirements, Challenges, and Solutions, IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 708 - 769, November, 2018 | BibTex
I. Alimi, A. O Mufutau, A. Teixeira, P. Monteiro, Performance Analysis of Space-Air-Ground IntegratedNetwork (SAGIN) Over an Arbitrarily CorrelatedMultivariate FSO Channel, Wireless Personal Communications, Vol. 100, No. 1, pp. 47 - 66, March, 2018 | BibTex
A. Sousa, I. Alimi, RMF Ferreira, A. Shahpari, M. J. N. Lima, P. Monteiro, A. Teixeira, Real-time dual-polarization transmission based on hybrid optical wireless communications, Optical Fiber Technology, Vol. 40, No. 1, pp. 114 - 117, January, 2018 | BibTex
I. Alimi, P. Monteiro, A. Teixeira, Analysis of multiuser mixed RF/FSO relay networks for performance improvements in Cloud Computing-Based Radio Access Networks (CC-RANs), Optics Communications, Vol. 402, No. 1, pp. 653 - 661, November, 2017,
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I. Alimi, A. Shahpari, P. Monteiro, A. Teixeira, Effects of diversity schemes and correlated channels on OWC systems performance, Journal of Modern Optics, Vol. 64, No. 21, pp. 2298 - 2305, July, 2017,
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I. Alimi, A. Shahpari, V. M. C. Ribeiro, A. Sousa Sousa, P. Monteiro, A. Teixeira, Channel characterization and empirical model for ergodic capacity of free-space optical communication link, Optics Communications, Vol. 390, No. 1, pp. 123 - 129, May, 2017,
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I. Alimi, P. Monteiro, A. Teixeira, Outage Probability of Multiuser Mixed RF/FSO Relay Schemes for Heterogeneous Cloud Radio Access Networks (H-CRANs), Wireless Personal Communications, Vol. 95, No. 1, pp. 27 - 41, May, 2017,
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I. Alimi, A. Mahmoud, J. Rodriguez, P. Monteiro, A. Teixeira, Spatial Interpolated Lookup Tables (LUTs) Models for Ergodic Capacity of MIMO FSO Systems, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, Vol. 29, No. 7, pp. 583 - 586, February, 2017,
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10Papers in Conferences

N. J. Muga, T. M. F. Alves, R. K. Patel, I. Alimi, A. N. Pinto, A. Cartaxo, Self-Coherent Detection in Multicore Fiber Systems Impaired by Intercore Crosstalk, International Conf. on Transparent Networks – ICTON, Bucarest, Romania, July, 2023 | Full text (PDF 432 KBs) | BibTex
R. K. Patel, F. P. Guiomar, M. Fernandes, I. Alimi, P. Monteiro, N. J. Muga, A. N. Pinto, Virtual Carrier Assisted Self-Coherent Detection Employing DC-Value Method, OSA Optical Fiber Communications - OFC, San Francisco, United States, June, 2021 | BibTex
N. J. Muga, R. K. Patel, I. Alimi, N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, DSP optimization for simplified coherent receivers, International Conference of Transparent Optical Network (ICTON), Bari, Italy, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 4, July, 2020,
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P. Monteiro, I. Alimi, F. P. Guiomar, A. Lorences-Riesgo, A. O Mufutau, A. Gameiro, Flexible Optical and Wireless Testbed for 5G and Beyond Communication Systems, OSA Advanced Photonics Congress, San Francisco, United States, August, 2019 | BibTex
N. J. Muga, R. K. Patel, I. Alimi, N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, Self-coherent optical detection for access and metro networks, International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks ICTON, Angers, France, Vol. WeD2.5, pp. -, July, 2019 | BibTex
A. Mahmoud, I. Alimi, I. Elfergani, J. Rodriguez, Fast Statistical Modelling of Temperature Variation on 28 nm FDSOI Technology, International Conference on Broadband Communications, Networks and Systems, Faro, Portugal, September, 2018 | BibTex
F. P. Guiomar, I. Alimi, P. Monteiro, A. Gameiro, Flexible Infrastructure for the Development and Integration of Access / Fronthauling Solutions in Future Wireless Systems, IEEE INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON SIGNAL PROCESSING ADVANCES IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - SPAWC, Kalamata, Greece, June, 2018 | BibTex
C. Pinho, A. Shahpari, I. Alimi, M. J. N. Lima, A. Teixeira, Optical Transforms and CGH for SDM Systems, International Conf. on Transparent Networks – ICTON, Trento, Italy, Vol. Tu.P.31, pp. 1 - 4, July, 2016,
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I. Alimi, P. Monteiro, A. Teixeira, Analysis of Atmospheric Effects on RF Signal Transmission over the Optical Wireless Communication Links, Symposium on Enabling Optical Networks and Sensors (SEONS), Covilhã, Portugal, Vol., pp. 35 - 38, July, 2016,
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I. Alimi, A. Shahpari, N Kumar, P. Monteiro, A. Teixeira, Optical wireless communication for future broadband access networks, European Conference on Network and Optical Communications (NOC), Lisbon, Portugal, Vol., pp. 124 - 128, June, 2016,
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Projects

Currently running projects2

Acronym	Name	Funding Agency	Start date	Ending date
Dior	Deep Intelligent Optical and Radio Communication Networks	EC	01-12-2021	30-11-2025
SenSat	Integrated Communications and Sensing for Next-Generation Optical Satellite Networks	FCT	01-01-2025	30-06-2026

Closed Projects4

Acronym	Name	Funding Agency	Start date	Ending date
DigCORE	Digital Compensation of Inter Crosstalk in Multicore Fibers	IT/LA	01-05-2020	30-04-2023
DSPMetroNet	DSP Functions for Simplified Coherent Transceivers in Optical Metropolitan Networks	FCT/POCI	01-07-2018	31-12-2021
QuRunner	Development of a quantum random number generator network server	IT	01-02-2020	31-07-2022
Sustainenergy	Garantir o acesso a fontes de energia fiáveis, sustentavais e modernas para todos	POCI, FEDER	01-01-2020	31-12-2021

Other Contributions

10Refereeing Journals

IEEE Photonics Journal
2017, 1 review(s);
IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
2019, 3 review(s); 2018, 4 review(s); 2017, 6 review(s); 2016, 2 review(s);
IEEE Wireless Communications
2018, 2 review(s);
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
2019, 1 review(s);
IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials
2018, 1 review(s);
IEEE Access
2018, 1 review(s);
Computer Communications
2018, 1 review(s);
IEEE Communications Magazine
2018, 6 review(s);
Scientific World Journal, The
2016, 1 review(s);
Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
2019, 1 review(s);

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