Pedro Joaquim Amaro Sebastiao

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Address: IT – Lisboa
Instituto de Telecomunicações
Av. Rovisco Pais, 1
Lisboa 1049-001 , PORTUGAL

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Wireless Communications

Pedro Joaquim Amaro Sebastiao

Academic position: Assistant Professor
Joining date: 01-01-1995
Role in IT: Researcher
Scientific Area: Wireless Communications
Group: Radio Systems – Lx

Degrees

- PhD, Instituto Superior Técnico, 01-01-2010
- MSc, Instituto Superior Técnico, 31-12-1998
- Licenciatura, Instituto Superior Técnico, 31-12-1995
- Licenciatura, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, 01-01-1992

Involvement in Projects

- Currently running projects

Acronym	Name	Funding Agency	Start date	Ending date
NEUF	LTE-Advanced Enhancements using Femtocells	FCT/PTDC	01-03-2012	01-03-2014
SAAS	Remote Piloted Semi-Autonomous Aerial Surveillance System Using Terrestrial Wireless Networks	IT	01-03-2012	01-03-2014

Academic Activities

Supervision of theses

MSc

- Application for Remote Piloted Semi-Autonomous Aerial Surveillance System Using Terrestrial Wireless Networks Using Android Software, MSc, Carlos Lima, 7-2012, Instituto de Telecomunicações

Co - Supervision of Theses

MSc

- Generic Link for Wireless Planning, MSc, Marco Alexandre Nunes Damião, 12-2013

- Unified Propagation Model for Planning Wi-Fi, UMTS and WiMax Networks (co-supervision), MSc, Frederico Fialho Varela , 10-2009

- Propagation model generalization including tunels (in Portuguese, co-supervision), MSc, Gonçalo Jorge Domingues Bastos, 2-2012

- Smart Link Planning Tool, MSc, Miguel Viegas da Costa , 12-2011

PhD

- Optimal Planning of Femtocells in LTE-Advanced, PhD, Luís Gonçalves, 5-2015

MSc

- Multicell Cooperation for Future Wireless Systems, MSc, Filipe Jorge Bolas Casal Ribeiro, 01-11-2012

Publications

Book Chapters [2]

- Sebastião, P.; Cercas, F.C.; Cartaxo, A.; "Chapter 7: Efficient Discrete Simulation of Coded Wireless Communication Systems" - Chapter in Handbook of Research on Discrete Event Simulation Environments: Technologies and Applications, Evon M. O. Abu-Taieh, Idea-Group Inc., Pennsylvania, 2010.

- Velez, F. J.; Sebastião, P.; R. Costa; Robalo, D.R.; C. Comissário; Rodrigues, A. J.; H. Aghvami; "Radio and Network Planning" - Chapter in WiMAX Networks: Techno-economic Vision and Challenges, amjee Prasad and Fernando J. Velez, Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 2010.

Papers in Journals [4]

- Sebastião, P.; Cercas, F.C.; Cartaxo, A.; "Performance of channel codes in wireless communication systems using efficient simulation", IET Communications, Vol. 5, No. 13, pp. 1939 - 1946, September, 2011.
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- Sebastião, P.; Correia, A.; "O que é a tecnologia LTE?", Comunicações – Revista da Associação Portuguesa para o Desenvolvimento das Comunicações, Vol. --, No. --, pp. 26 - 28, May, 2011.
Abstract | BibTex

- Sebastião, P.; Velez, F. J.; R. Costa; Robalo, D.R.; Rodrigues, A. J.; "Planning and deployment of WiMAX networks", Wireless Personal Communications, Vol. 55, No. 3, pp. 305 - 323, November, 2010.
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- Sebastião, P.; Velez, F. J.; R. Costa; Robalo, D.R.; C. Comissário; Rodrigues, A. J.; "Planning and Deployment of WiMAX and Wi-Fi Networks for Health Sciences Education", Telektronikk – Strategies in Telecommunications, Vol. 105, No. 2, pp. 173 - 185, January, 2010.
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Papers in Conference Proceedings [17]

- Sebastião, P.; Cercas, F.C.; "Generalização do modelo de propagação LUI a cenários com túneis para as tecnologias Wi-Fi, GSM, UMTS, WiMAX e LTE", Proc URSI Seminar of the Portuguese Committee, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. -, pp. - - -, November, 2011.
Abstract | BibTex

- Sebastião, P.; Correia, A.; Cercas, F.C.; Rodrigues, A. J.; Frederico F. Varela Varela; D. D. Duflot; "Unified Propagation Model for Wi-Fi, UMTS and WiMAX Planning in Mixed Scenarios", Proc IEEE International Symp. on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Commun - PIMRC , Istambul, Turkey, Vol. , pp. ?? - ??, September, 2010.
Abstract | Full text (PDF 286KB) | BibTex

- Sebastião, P.; Correia, A.; Cercas, F.C.; Rodrigues, A. J.; Velez, F. J.; Frederico F. Varela Varela; "Validation of the Unified Propagation Model for Wi-Fi, UMTS and WiMAX Planning", Proc IEEE International Symp. on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Commun - PIMRC , Istambul, Turkey, Vol. , pp. ?? - ??, September, 2010.
Abstract | Full text (PDF 1390KB) | BibTex

- Sebastião, P.; R. Tomé; Velez, F. J.; A. Grilo; Cercas, F.C.; Robalo, D.R.; Rodrigues, A. J.; Frederico F. Varela Varela; "WLAN Planning Tool: a Techno-Economic Perspective", Proc Networking and Electronic Commerce Research Conf. - NAEC, Lake de Garda, Italy, Vol. , pp. ?? - ??, September, 2009.
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- G. Pereira; Rodrigues, A. J.; Sebastião, P.; "Dynamic simulation planning of mobile WiMAX networks", Proc Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Vila da Feira, Portugal, Vol. , pp. 1 - 1, May, 2009.
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- R. Costa; Velez, F. J.; Robalo, D.R.; M. Marques; C. Comissário; J. Riscado; V. Cavaleiro; Sebastião, P.; Rodrigues, A. J.; "Hybrid WiMAX and Wi-Fi networks for the support of b-Learning and Telemedicine", Proc Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal, Vol. -, pp. - - -, May, 2009.
Abstract | BibTex

- Velez, F. J.; R. Costa; Robalo, D.R.; J. Riscado; V. Cavaleiro; Sebastião, P.; Rodrigues, A. J.; "Design and Installation of Pre-WiMAX Radio Links and Relays", Proc Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications Symp. - WPMC, Lapland, Finland, Vol. -, pp. - - -, September, 2008.
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- Sebastião, P.; Velez, F. J.; R. Costa; Robalo, D.R.; C. Comissário; Rodrigues, A. J.; "Planeamento e Desenvolvimento de Sistemas Celulares IEEE 802.16-2004", Proc Conf. Ibérica de Sistemas e Tecnologias de Informação - CISTI , Ourense, Spain, Vol. --, pp. -- - --, June, 2008.
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- Velez, F. J.; Sebastião, P.; R. Tomé; R. Costa; Robalo, D.R.; A. Grilo; Rodrigues, A. J.; Cercas, F.C.; "User capacity based planning tool for Wi-Fi and WiMAX networks", Proc WEIRD Workshop on Wimax, Wireless and Mobility, Coimbra, Portugal, Vol. -, pp. - - -, May, 2007.
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- Velez, F. J.; V.C. Carvalho; D.S. Santos; R. Marcos; R. Costa; Sebastião, P.; Rodrigues, A. J.; "Cellular Planning of an IEEE 802.16 Wireless Metropolitan Area Network", Proc International Conf. on Telecommunications - ICT, Funchal, Portugal, Vol. --, pp. -- - --, May, 2006.
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- Velez, F. J.; V.C. Carvalho; D.S. Santos; R. Marcos; R. Costa; Sebastião, P.; Rodrigues, A. J.; "Aspects of Cellular Planning for Emergency and Safety Services in Mobile WiMax Networks", Proc International Symp. on Wireless Pervasive Computing, Phuket, Thailand, Vol. 1, pp. - - -, January, 2006.
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- P. Lourenço; A. Grilo; Cercas, F.C.; Rodrigues, A. J.; Velez, F. J.; Sebastião, P.; "A WLAN planning tool with a practical approach", Proc Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications Symp. - WPMC, Aalborg, Denmark, Vol. 2, pp. 1286 - 1290, September, 2005.
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- V.C. Carvalho; V. Cavaleiro; J. Romão; J. Riscado; D.S. Santos; R. Marcos; R. Costa; Velez, F. J.; Sebastião, P.; Rodrigues, A. J.; "Concepção e Planeamento de Redes sem Fios IEEE 802.16", Proc Conf. sobre Redes de Computadores - CRC, Portalegre, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 107 - 118, September, 2005.
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- Sebastião, P.; "Stealth constrained routing optimization using directional antenna in mobile ad-hoc networks", Proc IEEE Military Communications Conf. - MILCOM, monterey, United States, Vol. ?, pp. ? - ?, October, 2004.
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- Sebastião, P.; P. Lourenço; R. Tomé; Cercas, F.C.; "A simple wireless LAN planning tool using efficient methods", Proc MultiConf. on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, Orlando, United States, Vol. ?, pp. ? - ?, July, 2004.
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- Sebastião, P.; R. Tomé; P. Lourenço; Cercas, F.C.; "A planning and design tool for WLAN: technical and economic aspects ", Proc IEEE Global Telecommunications Conf. - GLOBECOM, San Francisco, United States, Vol. ?, pp. ? - ?, December, 2003.
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- Sebastião, P.; Cercas, F.C.; Cartaxo, A.; "Performance of TCH codes in a land mobile satellite channel", Proc IEEE International Symp. on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Commun - PIMRC , Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. 4, pp. 1675 - 1679, September, 2002.
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Theses

- P. Sebastião; "ANÁLISE E SIMULAÇÃO DISCRETA EFICIENTE DE SISTEMAS CODIFICADOS EM COMUNICAÇÕES SEM FIOS", IST, June, 2010.

Other Scientific Achievements

Miscellaneous

- Correia, A.; Sebastião, P.; "Seminars", 4Green Communications", , 01-11-2012.

- Sebastião, P.; Frederico F. Varela Varela; Cercas, F.C.; "", Modelo unificado para planeamento de sistemas de comunicações sem fios", , 01-10-2010.

- M. Barbiroli; C. Carciofi; Doriana Guiducci Guiducci; Robalo, D.R.; Velez, F. J.; Sebastião, P.; Frederico F. Varela Varela; "Seminars", Analysis of WiMAX propagation measurements in outdoor and indoor environments", COST2100 – Pervasive Mobile & Ambient Wireless Communications, 01-09-2009.

- Robalo, D.R.; Velez, F. J.; H. Alves; J. Oliveira; R. Costa; Sebastião, P.; "Seminars", Field Trials for a Wireless PMP WiMAX Network at 3.5 GHz", COST2100 – Pervasive Mobile & Ambient Wireless Communications, 01-05-2009.

- Velez, F. J.; Sebastião, P.; "Invited Talks", Design and Planning of WiMAX Networks (MobileMAN)", Workshop Mobile WiMAX – Towards Ubiquitous Internet, 01-09-2007.

Tutorials

- Velez, F. J.; Sebastião, P.; Robalo, D.R.; " Cellular Planning for the Interoperability between WiMAX and Wi-Fi Networks", Proc IEEE International Symp. on Computers and Communications - ISCC", 6-2007.

- Velez, F. J.; Sebastião, P.; Robalo, D.R.; " Cellular planning for WiMAX Networks (Planeamento Celular para Redes WiMAX)", Proc Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele", 5-2007.