Etiqueta: networking
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A First Look into Starlink’s Direct-to-Cell
NEW PAPER!! We are excited to present the first measurement study of Starlink’s Direct-to-Cell service, a joint effort by UPM’s ICT Group and WePlan Analytics. The study offers an initial look at Starlink’s 4G RAN connecting directly to everyday smartphones. The service was recently launched by Starlink in the U.S. in partnership with T-Mobile and…
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FT: Fixing the Internet
The rise of AI chatbots is threatening the ad-based funding model of the Internet, as users no longer need to visit websites that generate revenue from ads, but instead search for knowledge and content through AI chatbots. According to professor Pedro Domingos, this risks creating a “death spiral” where content providers disappear and AI loses…
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What’s the Value of Data to Predict 5G Coverage?
Thrilled to announce that our student Matthew Samuel successfully defended his Master Thesis «Characterizing the Value of Data in Kriging-Based Coverage Prediction«. His work integrated principles of data economics into spatial interpolation for mobile network coverage prediction to understand what are the features of data that make it more or less valuable to estimate reference…
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Incentivising 6Green Networks & Services
The transition to greener energy sources and the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are essential to mitigating climate change and ensuring a sustainable future. Although the ICT sector currently accounts for a modest share of global emissions, its contribution is expected to rise significantly due to the rapid growth in data and computing demand…
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Intro to ICT: Closing lecture
This week we had the closing lecture for the introductory course to ICT engineering at ETSIT UPM, a warm-up primer on telecoms and the broad tech sector for first-year students. The course included foundational concepts and topics such as engineering vs. science, innovation, digital services, the ICT sector value chain and ecosystems, basic telecom techniques,…
Santiago Andrés Azcoitia 