Xenofon Foukas

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Xenofon Foukas is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Xenofon Foukas has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 14 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 2 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Xenofon Foukas's work include Software-Defined Networks and 5G (12 papers), Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (7 papers) and Wireless Networks and Protocols (5 papers). Xenofon Foukas is often cited by papers focused on Software-Defined Networks and 5G (12 papers), Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (7 papers) and Wireless Networks and Protocols (5 papers). Xenofon Foukas collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Greece and France. Xenofon Foukas's co-authors include Mahesh K. Marina, Ahmed Elmokashfi, Georgios Patounas, Kimon Kontovasilis, Navid Nikaein, Mohamed M. Kassem, Božidar Radunović, Marco Fiore, Yue Wang and Fragkiskos Sardis and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Communications Magazine, Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing and IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management.

In The Last Decade

Xenofon Foukas

21 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Network Slicing in 5G: Survey and Challenges

2017 743 citations Xenofon Foukas, Georgios Patounas et al. IEEE Communications Magazine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xenofon Foukas United Kingdom	9	1.1k	683	103	66	55	21	1.2k
Dario Bega Spain	11	950 0.9×	549 0.8×	126 1.2×	82 1.2×	46 0.8×	20	1.1k
Ibrahim Afolabi Finland	8	981 0.9×	488 0.7×	72 0.7×	88 1.3×	34 0.6×	9	1.1k
Marius Corici Germany	18	826 0.8×	478 0.7×	54 0.5×	111 1.7×	58 1.1×	103	1.0k
Luis M. Contreras Spain	16	973 0.9×	686 1.0×	61 0.6×	151 2.3×	64 1.2×	129	1.2k
José Ordoñez-Lucena Spain	10	761 0.7×	394 0.6×	62 0.6×	83 1.3×	39 0.7×	23	874
Cory Beard United States	15	633 0.6×	425 0.6×	122 1.2×	51 0.8×	23 0.4×	76	802
Georgios Patounas Norway	3	659 0.6×	387 0.6×	72 0.7×	50 0.8×	33 0.6×	4	763
Sami Tabbane Tunisia	17	1.2k 1.1×	1.2k 1.8×	79 0.8×	98 1.5×	91 1.7×	203	1.5k
Vasilis Friderikos United Kingdom	20	1.3k 1.1×	853 1.2×	60 0.6×	81 1.2×	42 0.8×	165	1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xenofon Foukas

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xenofon Foukas. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xenofon Foukas based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Xenofon Foukas. Xenofon Foukas is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Foukas, Xenofon & Božidar Radunović. (2025). The future of the industrial AI edge is cellular. 61–66. 1 indexed citations

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Foukas, Xenofon, et al.. (2024). SpotLight -- An Open RAN Anomaly Detection and Identification System. 1769–1771. 1 indexed citations

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Foukas, Xenofon, et al.. (2024). SpotLight: Accurate, Explainable and Efficient Anomaly Detection for Open RAN. 923–937. 3 indexed citations

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Bahl, Paramvir, Xenofon Foukas, Anuj Kalia, et al.. (2023). Accelerating Open RAN Research Through an Enterprise-scale 5G Testbed. 1–3. 12 indexed citations

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Gong, Junzhi, et al.. (2023). Enabling Resilience in Virtualized RANs with Atlas. 1–15. 3 indexed citations

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Foukas, Xenofon, et al.. (2023). Programmable RAN Platform for Flexible Real-Time Control and Telemetry. 1–3. 2 indexed citations

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Foukas, Xenofon, et al.. (2023). Taking 5G RAN Analytics and Control to a New Level. 1–16. 23 indexed citations

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Foukas, Xenofon, et al.. (2021). Energy-Efficient Orchestration of Metro-Scale 5G Radio Access Networks. Edinburgh Research Explorer (University of Edinburgh). 1–10. 27 indexed citations

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Foukas, Xenofon & Božidar Radunović. (2021). Concordia. 580–596. 44 indexed citations

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Patounas, Georgios, Xenofon Foukas, Ahmed Elmokashfi, & Mahesh K. Marina. (2020). Characterization and Identification of Cloudified Mobile Network Performance Bottlenecks. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management. 17(4). 2567–2583. 11 indexed citations

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Foukas, Xenofon, et al.. (2020). Towards Efficient and Adaptable Monitoring of Softwarized Mobile Networks. Edinburgh Research Explorer. 1–6. 3 indexed citations

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Foukas, Xenofon, Kimon Kontovasilis, & Mahesh K. Marina. (2018). Short‐Range Cooperation of Mobile Devices for Energy‐Efficient Vertical Handovers. Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing. 2018(1). 5 indexed citations

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Foukas, Xenofon, et al.. (2018). Experience Building a Prototype 5G Testbed. Edinburgh Research Explorer. 13–18. 23 indexed citations

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Foukas, Xenofon, Georgios Patounas, Ahmed Elmokashfi, & Mahesh K. Marina. (2017). Network Slicing in 5G: Survey and Challenges. IEEE Communications Magazine. 55(5). 94–100. 743 indexed citations breakdown →

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Foukas, Xenofon, et al.. (2017). ASPIS: A Holistic and Practical Mechanism for Efficient MTC Support over Mobile Networks. Edinburgh Research Explorer. 284–292. 1 indexed citations

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Foukas, Xenofon, Mahesh K. Marina, & Kimon Kontovasilis. (2017). Orion. Edinburgh Research Explorer. 127–140. 123 indexed citations

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Foukas, Xenofon, Navid Nikaein, Mohamed M. Kassem, Mahesh K. Marina, & Kimon Kontovasilis. (2017). Demo: FlexRAN. Edinburgh Research Explorer. 465–467. 3 indexed citations

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Foukas, Xenofon, Navid Nikaein, Mohamed M. Kassem, Mahesh K. Marina, & Kimon Kontovasilis. (2016). FlexRAN. Edinburgh Research Explorer (University of Edinburgh). 427–441. 217 indexed citations

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Foukas, Xenofon, et al.. (2016). VALI -- an SDN-based management framework for public wireless LANs. Edinburgh Research Explorer. 443–444. 2 indexed citations

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Foukas, Xenofon, Kimon Kontovasilis, & Mahesh K. Marina. (2015). Exploiting short-range cooperation for energy efficient vertical handover operations. Edinburgh Research Explorer (University of Edinburgh). 1 indexed citations

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