Luís Miguel Moreira Borges

Luís Borges

Former IT academic position:	External Author
Joining/Leaving IT dates:	02-11-2007 / 31-12-2014
Roles held in IT:	Researcher
Former IT scientific area:	Wireless Communications
Group:	Radio Systems – Lx

Scientific Achievements

Degrees

PhD, Universidade da Beira Interior, 01-01-2013
Licenciatura, Universidade da Beira Interior, 01-01-2006

Affiliations

International Association of Engineers (IAENG), 01-01-2010,
Ordem dos Engenheiros - Colégio Electrotécnica, 01-01-2008,
IEEE - Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, 01-01-2007,

Publications

1Books

F. J. Velez, P. O. Oliveira, Luis M. Borges, A. Rodrigues, Curso de Electrónica Industrial, LIDEL, Lisboa, 2009,
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1Books Chapters

Luis M. Borges, P.A. Araújo, S. Lebres, A. Rente, , F. J. Velez, N. Barroca, J.M. Ferro, Wearable sensors for foetal movement monitoring in low risk pregnancies, Chapter in, Wearable and Autonomous Biomedical Devices and Systems for Smart Environment: Issues and Characterization, Subhas ChandraMukhopadhyay ; Aimé Lay-Ekuakille, Springer, Norwell, MA, USA, 2010

4Papers in Journals

Luis M. Borges, R. CHÁVEZ-SANTIAGO, N. Barroca, F. J. Velez, Radiofrequency Energy Harvesting for Wearable Sensors, IET Healthcare Technology Letters, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 22 - 27, February, 2015,
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Luis M. Borges, F. J. Velez, A. Lebres, Survey on the Characterization and Classification of Wireless Sensor Network Applications, IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, Vol. 16, No. 4, pp. 1860 - 1890, December, 2014,
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N. Barroca, Luis M. Borges, F. J. Velez, Filipe Monteiro Monteiro, Marcin Gorski Gorski, J.P. Castro Gomes, Wireless sensor networks for temperature and humidity monitoring within concrete structures, Construction and Building Materials, Vol. 40, No. 0, pp. 1156 - 1166, March, 2013 | BibTex
R. CHÁVEZ-SANTIAGO, K. E. NOLAN, O. Holland, L. DE NARDIS, J.M. Ferro, N. Barroca, Luis M. Borges, F. J. Velez, V. GONÇALVES, I. Balasingham, Cognitive Radio for Medical Body Area Networks Using Ultra Wideband, IEEE Wireless Communications, Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 74 - 81, August, 2012,
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28Papers in Conferences

N. Barroca, Luis M. Borges, F. J. Velez, P. Chatzimisios, Block Acknowledgment in IEEE 802.15.4 by Employing DSSS and CSS PHY Layers, IEEE Global Telecommunications Conf. - GLOBECOM, Austin, Texas, United States, Vol. -, pp. - - -, December, 2014,
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N. Barroca, Luis M. Borges, F. J. Velez, P. Chatzimisios, IEEE 802.15.4 MAC Layer Performance Enhancement by employing RTS/CTS combined with Packet Concatenation, IEEE International Conference on Communications - ICC, Sydney, Australia, Vol. -, pp. - - -, June, 2014 | BibTex
Henrique M. Saraiva M. Saraiva, Luis M. Borges, P. Pinho, N. Barroca, J. Tavares, Paulo T. Gouveia T. Gouveia, F. J. Velez, C. Loss, , R. Gonçalves, Experimental Characterization of Wearable Antennas and Circuits for RF Energy Harvesting in WBANs, IEEE Vehicular Technology Conf. - VTC-Spring, Seoul, Korea, South, Vol. -, pp. - - -, May, 2014,
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Luis M. Borges, N. Barroca, P. Pinho, Henrique M. Saraiva M. Saraiva, J. Tavares, Paulo T. Gouveia T. Gouveia, F. J. Velez, C. Loss, , R. Gonçalves, Design and Evaluation of Multi-Band RF Energy Harvesting Circuits and Antennas for WSNs, International Conf. on Telecommunications - ICT, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. - - -, May, 2014,
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Luis M. Borges, R. Oliveira, F. J. Velez, A Two-Phase Contention Window Control Scheme for Decentralized Wireless Networks, IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conf. - WCNC, Istanbul, Turkey, Vol. -, pp. - - -, April, 2014,
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Luis M. Borges, F. J. Velez, N. Barroca, A. Lebres, Frame Capture and Reliability Based Decider Implementation in the MiXiM IEEE 802.15.4 Framework, International Conf. on Simulation Tools and Techniques for Communications, Networks and Systems (SIMUTOOLS), Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. -, pp. - - -, March, 2014 | BibTex
N. Barroca, Luis M. Borges, F. J. Velez, P. Chatzimisios, Two innovative energy efficient IEEE 802.15.4 MAC sub-layer protocols with packet concatenation: employing RTS/CTS and multi-channel scheduled channel polling, IEEE 802 Plenary Session, Dallas, United States, Vol. -, pp. - - -, November, 2013 | BibTex
J. Tavares, N. Barroca, P. Pinho, Henrique M. Saraiva M. Saraiva, Luis M. Borges, F. J. Velez, C. Loss, R. Salvado, R. Gonçalves, N.B.C. Carvalho, Spectrum Opportunities for Electromagnetic Energy Harvesting from 350 MHz to 3 GHz, URSI Seminar of the Portuguese Committee, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. -, pp. - - -, November, 2013 | BibTex
N. Barroca, Henrique M. Saraiva M. Saraiva, P. Pinho, Paulo T. Gouveia T. Gouveia, J. Tavares, Luis M. Borges, F. J. Velez, C. Loss, , R. Gonçalves, N.B.C. Carvalho, , Antennas and Circuits for Ambient RF Energy Harvesting in Wireless Body Area Networks, IEEE International Symp. on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Commun - PIMRC, London, United Kingdom, Vol. -, pp. - - -, September, 2013 | BibTex
R. Oliveira, Luis M. Borges, F. J. Velez, A Double Stage Random Access Scheme for Decentralized Single Radio Cognitive Networks, IEEE International Symp. on Wireless Communication Systems - ISWCS, Imenau, Germany, Vol. ., pp. 1 - 5, August, 2013 | BibTex
N. Barroca, Luis M. Borges, J. Tavares, F. J. Velez, R. CHÁVEZ-SANTIAGO, I. Balasingham, Identification of the Opportunistic Radio Frequency Bands for Energy Harvesting in Wireless Body Area Networks, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Castelo Branco, Portugal, Vol. -, pp. - - -, May, 2013 | BibTex
J. Tavares, N. Barroca, Henrique M. Saraiva M. Saraiva, Luis M. Borges, F. J. Velez, C. Loss, , P. Pinho, R. Gonçalves, N.B.C. Carvalho, Spectrum Opportunities for Electromagnetic Energy Harvesting from 350 MHz to 3 GHz, International Symp. on Medical Information and Communication Technology - ISMICT, Tokyo, Japan, Vol. -, pp. 126 - 130, March, 2013 | BibTex
N. Barroca, J.M. Ferro, Luis M. Borges, J. Tavares, F. J. Velez, Electromagnetic Energy Harvesting for Wireless Body Area Networks with Cognitive Radio Capabilities, URSI Seminar of the Portuguese Committee, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. -, pp. - - -, November, 2012 | BibTex
Luis M. Borges, F. J. Velez, S. Lebres, Performance Evaluation of the Schedule Channel Polling MAC Protocol applied to Health Monitoring in the Context of IEEE 802.15.4, European Wireless - EW, Vienna, Austria, Vol. -, pp. - - -, April, 2011 | BibTex
N. Barroca, F. J. Velez, J.M. Ferro, Luis M. Borges, A. Lebres, ENERGY-AWARE WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS MAC MODELLING AND SIMULATION WITH EFFICIENT TRANSCEIVERS, Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications Symp. - WPMC, Recife, Brazil, Vol. -, pp. - - -, October, 2010,
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Luis M. Borges, S. Lebres, P.A. Araújo, F. J. Velez, A. Rente, , N. Barroca, J.M. Ferro, Smart-Clothing, Innovation on Mobile Healthcare, Conf. da Engenharia - UBIEngenharias, Covilha, Portugal, Vol. -, pp. - - -, November, 2009,
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N. Barroca, F. J. Velez, J.M. Ferro, Luis M. Borges, S. Lebres, Desenho de Protocolos de Controlo de Acesso ao Meio Eficientes do Ponto de Vista Energético em Redes de Sensores Sem Fios, Conf. da Engenharia - UBIEngenharias, Covilhã, Portugal, Vol. -, pp. - - -, November, 2009 | BibTex
Luis M. Borges, N. Barroca, F. J. Velez, S. Lebres, Wireless Flex Sensor Belt Networks for Foetal Movement Monitoring in Low Risk Pregnancies, IMEKO World Congress, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. -, pp. - - -, September, 2009,
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Luis M. Borges, F. J. Velez, S. Lebres, Taxonomy for Wireless Sensor Networks Services Characterisation and Classification, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Vila da Feira, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 433 - 436, May, 2009,
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Luis M. Borges, N. Barroca, F. J. Velez, A. Lebres, Smart-Clothing Wireless Flex Sensor Belt Network for Foetal Health Monitoring, International Workshop on Wireless Pervasive Healthcare - WiPH 2009, London, United Kingdom, Vol. -, pp. - - -, March, 2009 | BibTex
Luis M. Borges, A. Rente, F. J. Velez, , A. Lebres, P.A. Araújo, J.M. Ferro, Overview of Progress in Smart-Clothing Project for Health Monitoring and Sport Applications, International Symp. on Applied Sciences in Biomedical and Communication Technologies - ISABEL, aalborg, Denmark, Vol. --, pp. -- - --, October, 2008,
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Luis M. Borges, F. J. Velez, A. Lebres, Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks Services and Applications: Characterisation and Classification Taxonomies, Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications Symp. - WPMC, Lapland, Finland, Vol. -, pp. - - -, September, 2008,
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J.M. Ferro, Luis M. Borges, F. J. Velez, A. Lebres, Uma Visão das Futuras Aplicações de Redes de Sensores Sem Fios, Conf. da Engenharia - UBIEngenharias, Covilhã, Portugal, Vol. -, pp. - - -, November, 2007 | BibTex
Luis M. Borges, J.M. Ferro, Carvalho, F. J. Velez, A. Lebres, Rede InterNodal – Implementação e Aplicação prática de Redes de Sensores sem Fios, Conf. da Engenharia - UBIEngenharias, Covilhã, Portugal, Vol. --, pp. -- - --, November, 2007 | BibTex
J.M. Ferro, Luis M. Borges, F. J. Velez, A. Lebres, Applications of Wireless Sensor Networks, International Association of Engineers (IAENG) World Congress on Engineering - WCE, London, United Kingdom, Vol. 2, pp. 1500 - 1505, July, 2007 | BibTex
Luis M. Borges, Carvalho, A. Lebres, Industry Process Management With Wireless Sensors, Portuguese-Spanish Conf. in Electrical Engineering, Funchal, Portugal, Vol. --, pp. -- - --, July, 2007 | BibTex
Luis M. Borges, Carvalho, A. Lebres, Measuring with Wireless Networks, International Conf. on Measurement - MEASUREMENT, Smolenice, Slovakia, Vol. Vol. 1, pp. 189 - 192, May, 2007 | BibTex
Luis M. Borges, Carvalho, A. Lebres, InterNodal Network - An Autoconfigurable Wireless network, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Peniche, Portugal, Vol. vol. 1, pp. 141 - 144, May, 2007 | BibTex

Projects

Currently running projects1

Acronym	Name	Funding Agency	Start date	Ending date
CREATION	CREATION – COGNITIVE RADIO TRANSCEIVER DESIGN FOR ENERGY EFFICIENT DATA TRANSMISSION	FCT	01-04-2013	01-04-2018

Closed Projects4

Acronym	Name	Funding Agency	Start date	Ending date
COST IC1004	Cooperative Radio Communications for Green Smart Environments	ESF/COST	01-05-2011	01-05-2015
COST2100	Pervasive Mobile & Ambient Wireless Communications	ESF/COST	01-11-2007	12-12-2011
PROENERGY-WSN	Prototypes for Efficient Energy Self-sustainable Wireless Sensor Networks	FCT/PTDC	01-01-2012	01-02-2015
SMART-CLOTHING	Smart Clothing for Health Monitoring and Sport Applications	iCentro	01-07-2007	01-06-2009

Other Scientific Achievements

18Miscellaneous

Luis M. Borges, F. J. Velez, Multi-Band Radio Frequency Energy Harvesting Storing in Super-Capacitor for Self-Sustainable Cognitive Radio Networks, Seminars, 2nd Workshop from the CREaTION Project in Research Lines of Excellence, 01-10-2014
Luis M. Borges, R. Oliveira, F. J. Velez, A Double Stage Random Access Scheme for Decentralized Wireless Networks and Single Radio Cognitive Networks, Seminars, 19º Seminário da RTCM, Caparica, 01-07-2014
F. J. Velez, R. O. Oliveira, L. Bernardo, Luis M. Borges, Final Workshop of the Opportunistic-CR project, Seminars, in the context of 19th Seminar of RTCM – Portuguese thematic Network on Mobile Communications, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal, 01-07-2014
N. Barroca, Luis M. Borges, F. J. Velez, P. Chatzimisios, IEEE 802.15.4 MAC Layer Performance Enhancement by employing RTS/CTS combined with Packet Concatenation, Seminars, 18º Seminário da RTCM, Coimbra, 01-02-2014
Luis M. Borges, R. O. Oliveira, F. J. Velez, Opportunistic electromagnetic energy harvesting enabled IEEE 802.15.4 MAC protocols employing multi-channel scheduled channel polling, Seminars, 1st Workshop from the CREaTION Project in Research Lines of Excellence, 01-11-2013
N. Barroca, Luis M. Borges, F. J. Velez, P. Chatzimisios, Innovative energy efficient IEEE 802.15.4 MAC sub-layer protocol with packet concatenation employing RTS/CTS and Block Acknowledgment, Seminars, 1st Workshop from the CREaTION Project in Research Lines of Excellence, 01-09-2013
N. Barroca, Henrique M. Saraiva M. Saraiva, Paulo T. Gouveia T. Gouveia, J. Tavares, Luis M. Borges, F. J. Velez, C. Loss, , R. Gonçalves, Antennas and Circuits for Ambient RF Energy Harvesting in Wireless Body Area Networks, 17º Seminário da RTCM – Rede Temática de Comunicações Móveis, Porto, DCC/FCUP, 19 de Julho de 2013, 01-07-2013
Luis M. Borges, F. J. Velez, A. Lebres, N. Barroca, Frame Capture Effect and Reliability Based Desider Implementation in the MiXiM IEEE 802.15.4 Simulator Framework, Seminars, 17º Seminário da RTCM – Rede Temática de Comunicações Móveis, Porto, DCC/FCUP, 19 de Julho de 2013, 01-07-2013
N. Barroca, Luis M. Borges, J. Tavares, F. J. Velez, Paulo T. Gouveia T. Gouveia, Henrique M. Saraiva M. Saraiva, Recolha de Energia Electromagnética do Meio Ambiente para Redes Sem Fios de Área Corporal com Rádios Cognitivos, Invited Talks, XIV Jornadas de Eng.ª Electrotécnica e das Telecomunicações, 01-03-2013
J. Tavares, N. Barroca, R. Gonçalves, Henrique M. Saraiva M. Saraiva, Luis M. Borges, F. J. Velez, C. Loss, , P. Pinho, N.B.C. Carvalho, Spectrum Opportunities for Electromagnetic Energy Harvesting from 350 MHz to 3 GHz, Seminars, 16º Seminário RTCM - Rede Temática de Comunicações Móveis, 01-02-2013
N. Barroca, J.M. Ferro, Luis M. Borges, J. Tavares, F. J. Velez, Electromagnetic Energy Harvesting for Wireless Body Area Networks with Cognitive Radio Capabilities, Seminars, COST TERRA-Techno-Economic Regulatory Framework for Radio Spectrum Access for Cognitive Radio Software Defined Radio, 01-11-2012
N. Barroca, F. J. Velez, J.M. Ferro, Luis M. Borges, A. Lebres, Block Acknowledgment Mechanism for Wireless Sensor Networks, Seminars, COST IC1004 - Cooperative Radio Communications for Green Smart Environments, 01-06-2011
N. Barroca, F. J. Velez, J.M. Ferro, Luis M. Borges, A. Lebres, 13º Seminário RTCM - Rede Temática de Comunicações Móveis, Tutorial, ENERGY-AWARE WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS MAC MODELLING AND SIMULATION WITH EFFICIENT TRANSCEIVERS, 01-02-2011
Luis M. Borges, F. J. Velez, S. Lebres, Lessons Learned from Implementing the Energy-Aware Schedule Channel Polling MAC Protocol in the Mobility Framework Simulator, Seminars, COST2100 – Pervasive Mobile & Ambient Wireless Communications, 01-11-2010
N. Barroca, F. J. Velez, J.M. Ferro, Luis M. Borges, Energy-Aware Sensor MAC Modelling and Simulation for WBAN Applications with Efficient Transceivers, Seminars, COST2100 – Pervasive Mobile & Ambient Wireless Communications, 01-02-2010
Luis M. Borges, A. Rente, F. J. Velez, , A. Lebres, P.A. Araújo, J.M. Ferro, N. Barroca, Overview of Progress for the Portuguese Smart]Clothing Project, Seminars, 9º Seminário da RTCM – Rede Temática de Comunicações Móveis, Covilhã, FCS, 13 de Fevereiro de 2009, 01-02-2009
Luis M. Borges, F. J. Velez, S. Lebres, Taxonomies for the Classification and the Characterisation of Wireless Sensor Networks Services and Applications, Seminars, COST2100 – Pervasive Mobile & Ambient Wireless Communications, 01-06-2008
J.M. Ferro, Luis M. Borges, F. J. Velez, A. Lebres, Applications of Wireless Sensor Networks, Seminars, COST2100 – Pervasive Mobile & Ambient Wireless Communications, 01-09-2007

3Short Courses and Seminars

F. J. Velez, Luis M. Borges, We-Move Activities in Cognitive Radio, MAC Sub-layer and Dynamic Spectrum Access, Portugal, Aveiro, 05-2013
J. R. Cruz, Luis M. Borges, the WORKSHOP 20 YEARS OF INSTITUTO DE TELECOMUNICAÇÕES (10th Anniversary of IT-Covilhã), Portugal, Covilhã, 05-2012
J.M. Ferro, A. J. Rodrigues, A. Gameiro, C. Salema, F. J. Velez, Luis M. Borges, O. Cabral, R. Costa, R. R. P. Paulo, D.R. Robalo, Final Workshop of Crossnet - Pervasive Broadband Wireless Access Towards Long Term Evolution, Portugal, Lisbon, 02-2008

Other Contributions

2Refereeing Journals

Journal of Constructional Steel Research
2011, 4 review(s); 2010, 1 review(s);
2011, 2 review(s);

3Refereeing Conferences

IEEE International Symp. on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Commun - PIMRC
2008, 1 review(s);
International Conf. on Advances in Computing and Communications - ACC2011
2011, 1 review(s);
IEEE Vehicular Technology Conf. - VTC-Spring
2011, 1 review(s);

IT Alumni Profile

Luís Borges

Scientific Achievements

Currently running projects1

Closed Projects4