Author Biographies

      Dr Alberto Sendin received the M.Sc. Telecommunication Engineering in 1996, the M.A. degree in Management for Business Competitiveness (GECEM) in 2001, and the Ph.D. degree in Telecommunications in 2013, from the University of the Basque Country in Spain. Starting his professional career with Airtel Movil (now Vodafone), since 1998, he works for Iberdrola (one of the biggest electricity utilities) transforming its telecommunication network as Head of Telecommunications in Spain. He is also a Professor with the Comillas Pontifical University, Madrid, Spain, and formerly with the University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain, teaching telecommunications since 1999 (microwaves, radiocommunication systems, telecommunication systems, project management, telecommunications for smart grids and Industry 4.0). He is the author and coauthor of eight telecommunication books edited by McGraw‐Hill, Artech House, and others; three chapters in edited books by John Wiley & Sons and CRC Press; and tens of peer‐reviewed academic papers. His interests are with smart grids, radiocommunication systems, wireline telecommunications systems, and Power Line Communications (PLC). He is an active member of the European Utilities Telecom Council (EUTC) and the PRIME Alliance, and through them, he contributes to ITU and 3GPP standardization activities for Smart Grids.

      Dr Javier Matanza received the M.Sc. in Telecommunication Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain, in 2008, and the Ph.D. degree from Comillas Pontifical University, Madrid, Spain, in 2013. He is currently a Research Professional with the Institute for Research in Technology focused on telecommunication technologies applied to power systems. In addition, he is a lecturer with the Comillas Pontifical University in the areas of Linear Systems, Communication Theory, Advanced Digital Communications on the Bachelor Degree in Engineering and Telecommunications Technologies, Master in Telecommunications Engineering, and Master of Science in Smart Grids; he is also the academic coordinator of the later. He has coauthored 14+ publications in JCR‐indexed peer‐reviewed journals, participated in 29+ international conferences, and worked on 22+ R&D projects. His current interests are in powerline communication technologies, signal processing, and communication network simulations.

Dr Ramon Ferrús received the Telecommunication Engineering (B.S. plus M.S.) and Ph.D. degrees from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain, in 1996 and 2000, respectively, where he is currently a tenured associate professor within the Signal Theory and Communications department. He has taught in a wide range of basic and specialized courses within the bachelor and master degrees' programs in Telecommunications at UPC, covering topics related to digital communications, data transmission systems, radio communications, satellite communications, mobile communications systems, and network management. At research level, his interests include system design, resource optimization, and network and service management in wireless communications, with his latest activities focusing on the realization of network slicing capabilities in 5G radio access networks and the applicability of data analytics and machine learning techniques for network management. Since 2000, he has participated in 10+ research projects within the 6th, 7^th, and H2020 Research Framework Programmes of the European Commission, taking responsibilities as work package leader in some of them. He has contributed to ETSI standardization activities and is currently involved in 3GPP standardization for the adaptation of IoT‐NB protocols for non‐terrestrial networks. He has also participated in numerous national research projects and technology transfer activities for public and private companies. He is coauthor of two books, three book chapters, and 130+ papers published mostly in IEEE journals and conferences.