Deputy Software Defined Wireless Networks Research Line Manager & Senior Researcher
Dr. Miguel Catalan-Cid is Deputy Software Defined Wireless Networks Research Line Manager and Senior Researcher in the Mobile Wireless Internet Research Area at i2CAT in Barcelona.
He works on 5G and beyond-5G technologies, focusing on network architecture, protocol optimisation, and intelligent network automation. He has over 15 years of experience and has participated in European and Spanish research projects as Principal Investigator, Work Package Leader, and Technical Leader.
His experience includes Wi-Fi and cellular systems, protocol design, optimisation, and programming. He is the inventor of a patent that improves video streaming quality in dense wireless environments and has contributed to Neutroon, an i2CAT spin-off focused on 5G private networks.
He holds a Ph.D. (2016) and a Master’s degree (2008) from UPC, with current interests in O-RAN architectures and AI-driven wireless optimisations.
R. Roca Oliver, D. Reiss de Fez, M. Trullenque Ortiz, J. Nasreddine, M. Catalan-Cid, A. A. AbdelNabi, D. Camps-Mur, "Unveiling the 5G Era: Spatiotemporal Characterization and Terrain-Aware Traffic Forecasting in Commercial Networks," IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, 2026.
Miguel Catalan-Cid, Joan Josep Aleixendri, Jorge Pueyo, Pau Tomas, and Daniel Camps-Mur, “COSMO: O-RAN-Based Service Management and Orchestration for Cross-Technology Multi-Tenant Radio Access Networks,” accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, 2026
A. Lopez Garcia, A. A. AbdelNabi, M. Catalan-Cid, M. Montagud, C. Sarathchandra, and D. Camps-Mur, “NetXRate: Network-assisted rate recommendation for XR service optimization,” IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, 2026.
M. Fuentes-Gonzales, M. Catalan-Cid and D. Camps-Mur, "Energy-Efficient CPU Resource Management in DPDK-Based UPFs: Experimental Insights and Strategies," in IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, vol. 7, pp. 4731-4746, 2026, doi: 10.1109/OJCOMS.2026.3690785.
M. Catalan-Cid, D. Reiss, G. Castellanos and J. Armstrong, "Demo: BeGREEN Intelligence Plane for AI-driven Energy Efficient O-RAN management," IEEE INFOCOM 2025 - IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops (INFOCOM WKSHPS), London, United Kingdom, 2025, pp. 1-2, doi: 10.1109/INFOCOMWKSHPS65812.2025.11152833.
