Armando Carlos Domingues da Rocha

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Address: IT – Aveiro
Instituto de Telecomunicações
Campus Universitário de Santiago
Aveiro P-3810-193 AVEIRO , PORTUGAL

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Armando Carlos Domingues da Rocha

Academic position: Assistant Professor
Joining date: 01-01-1999
Role in IT: Researcher
Scientific Area: Wireless Communications
Group: Radio Systems – Av

Degrees

- PhD, Universidade de Aveiro, 30-06-1996

Affiliations

- IEEE, Member, 01-01-1989

Academic Activities

Supervision of theses

Undergraduate

- Scientific Supervision- Teaching Practice (Graduation: Teaching Oriented University Courses), Undergraduate, David Mateus; Rui Ramos; Filipe Almeida, 6-2007, Universidade de Aveiro

PhD

- Ultra Low Noise Receiver for Space and Ground Applications, PhD, José Miguel da Silva Bergano, 10-2013, Universidade de Aveiro

- Propagation Modelling for MIMO Channels, PhD, Susana de Jesus Mota, 1-2008

MSc

- Sintetizadores de RF para Software Defined Radio, MSc, Tiago Saraiva, 7-2013, Universidade de Aveiro

- Sistema de Apontamento para Satélite Alphasat, MSc, Tiago Sarmento Matos, 7-2013, Universidade de Aveiro

- Detector Digital Síncrono de Sinal CW baseado em FPGA, MSc, Flávio Silvestre , 2-2013, Universidade de Aveiro

- Estimativa das Contribuições de Chuva e Gelo na Despolarização Terra-Satélite, MSc, ´Flávio Miguel da Silva Jorge , 12-2012, Universidade de Aveiro

- Estudo exploratório da informação espacial-temporal do canal rádio , MSc, Miriam Martinez Baez , 12-2011, Universidade de Aveiro

- Receptor de propagação para satélite Alphasat, MSc, Marco André Almeida Sousa , 12-2011, Universidade de Aveiro

- Sistema Multi-Antena para Medição Canal Rádio Direccional, MSc, José António Negro , 12-2011, Universidade de Aveiro

- Estudo e Comparação de Modelos de Canal Rádio para Sistemas MIMO, MSc, Ricardo Manuel Ferreira Gomes, 12-2010, Universidade de Aveiro

- Caracterização Direccional do Canal Rádio, MSc, Maura Outeiral, 11-2009, Universidade de Aveiro

- Caracterização estática e dinâmica da atenuação e despolarização na banda Ka em trajectória Terra-Satélite, MSc, Claudia Maria Pereira Camacho, 11-2009, Universidade de Aveiro

- GNU-Radio-Solução H/W para Receptores de Satélite, MSc, Emanuel Moura Cabral, 11-2009, Universidade de Aveiro

- Software GNU-Radio para Detector Digital de Sinais CW com Baixa Relação Sinal-Ruído, MSc, Emanuel Filipe de Ornelas Rodrigues, 11-2009, Universidade de Aveiro

- Comparação do Desempenho de Modelos de Canal Rádio para Sistemas MIMO, MSc, Igor Ferreira, 7-2009, Universidade de Aveiro

- Earth-Satellite Propagation Models at Ka-Band, MSc, Pedro Miguel da Silva Gaspar, 7-2008

- Estudo de Modelos de Canal para Sistemas MIMO, MSc, Nuno Balula de Almeida, 7-2008, Instituto de Telecomunicações

- Planeamento de cobertura em redes celulares de banda larga, MSc, Marco Araújo, 7-2008, Instituto de Telecomunicações

- Software para Detector Sincrono de Balizas de Satélite, MSc, Ricardo Luis Martins de Sousa, 7-2007, Universidade de Aveiro

- Receptor de Dois canais para Balizas de Satélite, MSc, André Pires, 6-2007, Instituto de Telecomunicações

- Scintillation Models at Ka-Band on Earth-Satellite Links, MSc, Rui Filipe de Oliveira Teixeira, 10-2006

- Study and Implementation of Radiolocation Techniques at HF , MSc, Jorge Tavares , 9-2004

Licenciatura

- Caracterização Experimental do Canal Rádio Móvel para Sistemas MIMO, Licenciatura, Nuno Miguel Melo, 7-2007

- Desenvolvimento de um Simulador do Canal Rádio Móvel para Sistemas MIMO, Licenciatura, Susana Coutinho, 7-2007

- Estudo e projecto de um radar Doppler CW, Licenciatura, Pedro Oliveira Nunes, 7-2007

- Receptor Digital para Medição de Balizas de Satélite, Licenciatura, Ricardo Luis Martins de Sousa, 7-2006

- Study and Implementation of a Beacon Digital Signal Receiver, Licenciatura, Ângela Barreiros/Nuno Ramos, 9-2004

- Bidirectional channel characterization for wireless communications, Licenciatura, Serban Arsu (Erasmus final year student - Roménia), 7-2004

- Caracterização bidireccional do Canal Radiomóvel, Licenciatura, José Paulo Martins; Joaquim José Cruz, 7-2004

- Receptor digital para medições de propagação com balizas de satélite, Licenciatura, Angela Barreiros; Nuno Santos, 7-2004

- Study, simulation and proposal design for a beacon digital receiver, Licenciatura, Iulian Roda (ERASMUS final year student - Roménia), 6-2004

- Project, simulation and proposal design for a beacon digital receiver, Licenciatura, Iulian Ruda; (ERASMUS: Roménia) , 6-2004

- Development of a Channel Radio Sounder, Licenciatura, Rui Gomes/ Bruno Malha, 9-2003

Co - Supervision of Theses

MSc

- Sistema de Apontamento Programado para Antena Parabólica, MSc, João de Morais Sarmento Matos, 7-2013

Publications

Papers in Journals [5]

- Mota, S.M.; F. Fontan ; Rocha, A.; "Estimation of the Number of Clusters in Multipath Radio Channel Data Sets", IEEE Trans. on Antennas and Propagation, Vol. Accepted for publication, No. -, pp. - - -, December, 2013.
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- C. A Amaya; T.Ngu Nguyen; Rocha, A.; J. M. R. Riera; A. Benarroch Benarroch; "Joint Results of Long‐term Earth‐space Propagation Experiments at 20‐GHz in Canada and Europe", Space Communications, Vol. in Press, No. 1, pp. 1 - 1, December, 2012.
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- Mota, S.M.; M. G. Garcia; Rocha, A.; F. Fontan ; "Estimation of the Radio Channel Parameters using the SAGE Algorithm", Radioengineering , Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. -- - --, December, 2010.
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- P. G. Garcia-del-Pino; Rocha, A.; J. M. R. Riera; "Joint Statistics of Rain Attenuation at 20 GHz in Madrid and Aveiro", IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 799 - 802, August, 2010.
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- M. Thurai; V. Bringi; Rocha, A.; "Specific Attenuation and Depolarization in Rain from 2-Dimensional Video Disdrometer Data", Electronics Letters, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 373 - 380, June, 2007.
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Papers in Conference Proceedings [38]

- Mota, S.M.; Rocha, A.; F. Fontan ; "Physical and Statistical Analysis of Clustered Multipath Radio Channel Data", Proc European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP, Gothenburg, Sweden, Vol. -, pp. - - -, April, 2013.
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- C. A Amaya; T.Ngu Nguyen; Rocha, A.; "Comparison of Multi-Year Ka-Band Propagation Characteristics at Four Sites in North America Aand Europe", Proc Ka and Broadband Communications Conf., Otawa, Canada, Vol. 1, pp. ? - ?, September, 2012.
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- Rocha, A.; F. Fontan ; "Beacon Receivers and Digital Detectors Solutions for Earth-Satellite Propagation Campaigns", Proc European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP, Prague, Czech Republic, Vol. , pp. 96 - 100, March, 2012.
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- Rocha, A.; "XPD at Ka-Band from an Extended Earth-Satellite Propagation Campaign", Proc European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP, Prague, Czech Republic, Vol. , pp. 1491 - 1494, March, 2012.
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- C. A Amaya; T.Ngu Nguyen; Rocha, A.; J. M. R. Riera; A. Benarroch Benarroch; P. G. Garcia-del-Pino; J. M. R Garcia-Rúbia; "Joint Results of Long-Term Earth-Space Propagation Eexperiments at 20-GHz in Canada and Europe", Proc ESA Propagation Workshop - Radiowave Propagation Modelling and Measurements for SatCom and SatNav Systems, Noordwijk, Netherlands, Vol. *, pp. * - *, November, 2011.
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- J. Freitas; Rocha, A.; L. Cupido; Barbosa , D.; "A 5 GHz LNA for a radio-astronomy experiment", Proc EUROCON and CONFTELE 2011, Lisboa, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 4, April, 2011.
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- Mota, S.M.; M. G. Garcia; Rocha, A.; F. Fontan ; "Clustering of the Multipath Radio Channel Parameters", Proc European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP, Rome, Italy, Vol. I, pp. 3232 - 3236, April, 2011.
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- C. A Amaya; T.Ngu Nguyen; Rocha, A.; J. M. R. Riera; A. Benarroch Benarroch; P. G. Garcia-del-Pino; "Joint Results of 20 GHz Recent Earth-Space Propagation Experiments in Canada and Europe", Proc European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP, Rome, Italy, Vol. *, pp. * - *, April, 2011.
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- Rocha, A.; "Long Term Rain Rate and Ka-Band Attenuation Variability in Aveiro", Proc European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP, Rome, Italy, Vol. *, pp. * - *, April, 2011.
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- C. A Amaya; J. M. R. Riera; Rocha, A.; "Attenuation Characteristics at 20-GHz from Long-Term Slant-Path Measurements at Three Sites", Proc COST-Propagation Tools and Data for Integrated Telecommunication, Navigation and Earth Observation Systems COST IC0802 Propagation Tools and Data for Integrated Telecommunication, Navigation and Earth Observation Systems - COST IC0802, Erice, Italy, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 1, November, 2010.
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- Rocha, A.; "Beacon Receiver? Do It Yourself", Proc COST-Propagation Tools and Data for Integrated Telecommunication, Navigation and Earth Observation Systems COST IC0802 Propagation Tools and Data for Integrated Telecommunication, Navigation and Earth Observation Systems - COST IC0802, Erice, Italy, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 1, November, 2010.
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- I. F. Ferreira; Mota, S.M.; Rocha, A.; "Results from MIMO Channel Measurements and Comparison to the Extended Saleh-Valenzuela Model", Proc European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP, Barcelona, Spain, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 5, April, 2010.
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- Mota, S.M.; N. Almeida; Rocha, A.; F. Fontan ; "Results from a First Approach to a Point-Scatter Simulator for MIMO Radio Channel Modeling", Proc IEEE Vehicular Technology Conf. - VTC-Spring, Barcelona, Spain, Vol. --, pp. 324 - 327, April, 2009.
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- P. G. Gaspar; Rocha, A.; Neves, J.; "ITU Attenuation Model Evaluation with a New 4. Years Ka-Band Database", Proc European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP, Berlin, Germany, Vol. 1, pp. 308 - 312, March, 2009.
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- Rocha, A.; R. Martins; A. Pires; "Towards a Satellite Beacon Digital Receiver", Proc URSI Spain National Conf. - URSI Spain, Madrid, Spain, Vol. 1, pp. On CD - On CD, September, 2008.
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- Rocha, A.; "Worst month, cloud and water vapor attenuation and fade duration from radiometer measurements", Proc Ka and Broadband Communications Conf., Matera, Italy, Vol. 1, pp. 71 - 76, September, 2008.
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- Rocha, A.; R. Sousa; A. Pires; R. Martins; "PLL Based Detector for Coherent Beacon Receivers Using DSP Techniques", Proc IEEE International Symp. on Control, Communications and Signal Processing - ISCCSP, St. Julians, Malta, Vol. Submitted, pp. 15761579 - 1579, March, 2008.
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- Mota, S.M.; Rocha, A.; "Preliminary Measurements and Plans for MIMO Channel Modelling", Proc E-Activity and Leading Technologies - E-ALT, Porto, Portugal, Vol. -, pp. - - -, December, 2007.
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- Rocha, A.; R. Teixeira; "Ka band Scintillation Results: Meteorological Dependencies and Modelling", Proc European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP, Edimburgh, United Kingdom, Vol. 1, pp. 313 - 316, November, 2007.
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- R. Sousa; A. Pires; Rocha, A.; "Detector Digital Para Balizas de Satélite: Desenvolvimentos Recentes", Proc URSI General Assembly, La Laguna, Spain, Vol. on CD, pp. * - *, September, 2007.
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- Rocha, A.; A. Pires; R. Martins; R. Sousa; "Dual Polarization Digital Satellite Beacon Detector for Propagation Experiments", Proc Ka and Broadband Communications Conf., Turin, Italy, Vol. 1, pp. 189 - 194, September, 2007.
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- Rocha, A.; R. Teixeira; "Overview of 3 Year Results of a Ka-band Earth-Satellite Propagation Campaign", Proc Ka and Broadband Communications Conf., Turin, Italy, Vol. 1, pp. 177 - 182, September, 2007.
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- R. Sousa; A. Pires; Rocha, A.; "DSP Based Software/Digtal PLL Detector For Satellite Beacon Receivers", Proc International Symp. on Signal Processing and its Applications - ISSPA, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Vol. **, pp. ** - **, February, 2007.
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- Rocha, A.; R. Teixeira; "Earth-Satellite Ice Depolarization Revisited: New Data", Proc European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP, Nice, France, Vol. on CD, pp. * - *, November, 2006.
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- Rocha, A.; R. Teixeira; Neves, J.; "Fade Dynamics on Earth-Satellite Ka-Band Links: Beacon and Radiometer Measurements", Proc Ka and Broadband Communications Conf., Naples, Italy, Vol. 1, pp. 381 - 387, September, 2006.
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- Rocha, A.; Neves, J.; R. Teixeira; "Propagation Experiments in Portugal: Results Overview", Proc ESA Propagation Workshop - Radiowave Propagation Modelling and Measurements for SatCom and SatNav Systems, Leiden, Netherlands, Vol. CD, pp. ** - **, November, 2005.
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- Rocha, A.; "XPD-CPA Calculations using 2D-Video Disdrometer Data and Comparison with Experimental Measurements at 20 GHz", Proc ESA Propagation Workshop - Radiowave Propagation Modelling and Measurements for SatCom and SatNav Systems, Leiden, Netherlands, Vol. on CD, pp. ** - **, November, 2005.
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- Rocha, A.; R. Teixeira; Neves, J.; "One year of propagation measurement results at ka-Band", Proc Ka and Broadband Communications Conf., Rome, Italy, Vol. Vol 1, pp. 225 - 231, September, 2005.
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- Rocha, A.; R. Teixeira; Neves, J.; "Comprehensive Tools to Analyze Earth-Satellite Ka band Propagation Data", Proc IEEE AP-S/URSI International Symp., Washington, United States, Vol. On CD, pp. ** - **, July, 2005.
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- Rocha, A.; R. Teixeira; Neves, J.; "One Year Fade Dynamics Statistical Results for an Earth-Satellite Path at 20GHz", Proc COST 280, Prague, Czech Republic, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 7, June, 2005.
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- Rocha, A.; R. Teixeira; Neves, J.; "Millimitre Wave Scintillation Measurements on an Earth-Satellite Path", Proc Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Tomar, Portugal, Vol. **, pp. ** - **, April, 2005.
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- Rocha, A.; "Fade and Interfade Durations Measured by Radiometer", Proc COST 280, Rome, Italy, Vol. 1, pp. * - *, November, 2004.
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- Rocha, A.; "Propagation Experiment at Ka Band", Proc Ka and Broadband Communications Conf., Vicenza, Italy, Vol. 1, pp. 127 - 134, September, 2004.
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- Rocha, A.; "A Software Tool for Propagation Data Analysis", Proc Ka and Broadband Communications Conf., Nápoles, Italy, Vol. 1, pp. 279 - 284, November, 2003.
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- Mota, S.M.; Rocha, A.; "Exploring Experimental Results from SAGE Ray Retreival Algorithm", Proc IST Mobile and Wireless Communications Summit, Aveiro, Portugal, Vol. , pp. 681 - 684, June, 2003.
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- Rocha, A.; L. Cupido; "A Ka-Band Propagation Beacon Receiver", Proc ESA Worshop on Millimetre Wave Technology and Application, EsPOO, Finland, Vol. 1, pp. 177 - 182, May, 2003.
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- Mota, S.M.; Rocha, A.; "A ''Poor Man'' System for Directional Channel Measurements Using a Synthetic Array", Proc IASTED International Conf. on Communication Systems and Networks - CSN, Málaga, Spain, Vol. Proc. of the IASTED International Conf. on Communications and Computer Networks, 2002, pp. 547 - 551, September, 2002.
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- Mota, S.M.; Rocha, A.; "Parameter Estimation of Synthetic and Real Radio Channels Using the SAGE Algorithm", Proc IEEE International Symp. on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Commun - PIMRC , Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. 2, pp. 634 - 638, September, 2002.
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- Project Reports [1]

- Rocha, A.; Fernandes, M.; "Exprex Progress Report", Institute of Telecommunications, POSI/36555/CHS/2000, September, 2002.

Other Scientific Achievements

Miscellaneous

- Rocha, A.; "National Delegate", Cost280 - Propagation Impairment Mitigation for Millimetre Wave Radio Systems ", , 03-12-2004.

- Rocha, A.; "National Delegate", Propagation Impairment Mitigation for Millimetre Wave Radio Systems", COST280, 01-12-2003.

Other Contributions

Refereeing

Journals

- IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters
2010, 1 review(s);

- IEEE Trans. on Antennas and Propagation
2012, 2 review(s); 2010, 1 review(s);

- Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications
2011, 2 review(s); 2010, 1 review(s);

- Progress In Electromagnetics Research - PIER
2012, 1 review(s);

Conferences

- Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele
2007;

- European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP
2012; 2011; 2010; 2009; 2007;

- IEEE International Conf. on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks - SoftCOM
2012;