Hugerles Sales Silva

Hugerles Silva

Academic position:	Post. Doc.
Joining date:	01-01-2020
Roles in IT:	Researcher
Thematic Line:	Wireless Technologies
Group:	Radio Systems – Av

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Address: IT – Aveiro
Instituto de Telecomunicações
Campus Universitário de Santiago
P-3810-193 AVEIRO - PORTUGAL
Tel: +351 234 377 900
Fax: +351 234 377 901

Scientific Achievements

Degrees

PhD, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, 06-02-2019
MSc, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, 16-03-2016

Expertise Topics

Channel Modeling
Wireless Communications Systems
Digital Signal Processing

Academic Activities

2Supervision of PhD theses

As Co-supervisor

Artificial Intelligence and FPGA Acceleration for 6G Physical Layer, PhD Student, Fábio Daniel Lopes Coutinho, Expected conclusion 12-2024
Transmission Techniques for 6G Communication Systems, PhD Student, José Miguel Duarte Domingues, Expected conclusion 12-2024

1Supervision of MSc theses

As Supervisor

FPGA-based 5G RU O-RAN Interface, MSc Student, Francisco Fischer de Almeida Serôdio, Concluded 07-2021

Publications

34Papers in Journals

P. Almeida, L. Andrade, H. Silva, U. Dias, O. Badarneh, R. Souza, The alpha-F composite distribution with pointing errors: Theory and applications to RIS, Journal of the Franklin Institute, Vol. 361, No. 10, pp. 106872 - 106872, July, 2024 | BibTex
P. Almeida, H. Silva, U. Dias, R. Souza, I. Fonseca, Y Li, Cascaded and Sum of Cascaded Over $oldsymbol{alpha }$–$oldsymbol{mathcal {F}}$ Fading Channels With Pointing Error Impairment, IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology, Vol. 5, No. 2024, pp. 752 - 761, May, 2024 | BibTex
D. B. T. A. Almeida, M. Alencar, R. Duarte, H. Silva, F. M. Madeiro, W. Lopes, W. J. L. Q. Queiroz, On the Adaptive Modulation for User-Centric Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems, IEEE Access, Vol. 12, No. 2024, pp. 35325 - 35336, February, 2024 | BibTex
F. Coutinho, H. Silva, P. Georgieva, A. Oliveira, A Novel CNN-Based Channel Estimation Algorithm in the Presence of Phase Noise and CFO, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 193 - 197, January, 2024 | BibTex
P. Alvim, H. Silva, F. Barcelos, P. Moura, U. Dias, R. Souza, O. Badarneh, On the Performance of Fluid Antenna Systems under α-μ Fading Channels, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 108 - 112, January, 2024 | BibTex
H. Silva, W. J. L. Q. Queiroz, F. Figueiredo, R. Souza, Y Li, A Unified Analysis of Fox H-Fading With Beam Misalignment: Theory and Applications, IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology, Vol. 4, No. 2023, pp. 913 - 920, November, 2023 | BibTex
O. Badarneh, F. Bouanani, F. Almehmadi, H. Silva, FSO Communications Over Doubly Inverted Gamma-Gamma Turbulence Channels With Nonzero-Boresight Pointing Errors, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, Vol. 12, No. 10, pp. 1761 - 1765, October, 2023 | Full text (PDF 604 KBs) | BibTex
K. Teixeira, G. M. Miguel, H. Silva, F. M. Madeiro, A Survey on Applications of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles using Machine Learning, IEEE Access, Vol. 11, No. 2023, pp. 117582 - 117621, October, 2023 | BibTex
H. T. P. Silva Silva, H. Silva, M. Alencar, W. J. L. Q. Queiroz, U. Dias, Energy and Spectral Efficiencies of Cell-Free Millimeter-Wave Massive MIMO Systems Under Rain Attenuation Based on Ray Tracing Simulations, IEEE Access, Vol. 11, No. 2023, pp. 26979 - 26995, March, 2023 | BibTex
B. R. Ravelo, G. Fontgalland, H. Silva, N. Murad, F. Haddad, M. Guerin, W. Rahajandraibe, Dual Stopband Type NGD Network Design for True Time-delay Based Multi-beam Steerer Application, Progress In Electromagnetics Research B, Vol. 98, No. 2023, pp. 107 - 123, February, 2023 | BibTex
Q. Ji, T. Gu, Z. Gao, M. Yang, Y. Yuan, H. Du, F. Wan, N. Murad, G. Fontgalland, H. Silva, B. R. Ravelo, CSRR DGS-Based Bandpass Negative Group Delay Circuit Design, IEEE Access, Vol. 11, No. 2023, pp. 20309 - 20318, February, 2023 | BibTex
D. Matos, R. Correia, H. T. P. Silva Silva, H. Silva, A. Oliveira, N.B.C. Carvalho, On the Performance of Square, Rectangular, Star, and Hexagonal QAM for Backscatter Systems, IEEE Microwave and Wireless Technology Letters, Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 102 - 105, January, 2023,
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H. Silva, G. Lourenço, W. J. L. Q. Queiroz, A. Oliveira, F. M. Madeiro, O. Badarneh, U. Dias, R. Souza, On the Sum of α-F and Double α-F VariatesWith Application to MRC and RIS, IEEE Communications Letters, Vol. 26, No. 12, pp. 2894 - 2898, December, 2022 | Full text (PDF 319 KBs) | BibTex
H. Silva, O. Badarneh, W. J. L. Q. Queiroz, The Extended $eta$-${mathcal {F}}$ Composite Fading Distribution, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 71, No. 9, pp. 10104 - 10109, September, 2022 | Full text (PDF 601 KBs) | BibTex
H. T. P. Silva Silva, R. Duarte, H. Silva, M. Alencar, W. J. L. Q. Queiroz, Evaluation of Cell-Free Millimeter-Wave Massive MIMO Systems Based on Site-Specific Ray Tracing Simulations, IEEE Access, Vol. 10, No. 2022, pp. 82092 - 82105, August, 2022 | Full text (PDF 1 MB) | BibTex
B. R. Ravelo, M. Guerin, J. FRNDA, F. Sahoa, G. Fontgalland, H. Silva, S. Ngoho, F. Haddad, W. Rahajandraibe, Design Method of Constant Phase-Shifter Microwave Passive Integrated Circuit in 130-nm BiCMOS Technology With Bandpass-Type Negative Group Delay, IEEE Access, Vol. 10, No. 2022, pp. 93084 - 93103, August, 2022 | BibTex
H. Silva, G. Lourenço, W. J. L. Q. Queiroz, L. Aguayo, I. Fonseca, A. Oliveira, On the performance of digital systems in α-F fading and non-Gaussian noise channels, Digital Signal Processing, Vol. 123, No. 2022, pp. 103445 - 103445, April, 2022 | Full text (PDF 739 KBs) | BibTex
O. Badarneh, M. Alshawaqfeh, F. Almehmadi, H. Silva, Selection Combining Over the Extended η-μ Fading Channels, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 722 - 726, April, 2022 | BibTex
H. Silva, G. Lourenço, W. J. L. Q. Queiroz, A. Oliveira, F. M. Madeiro, O. Badarneh, On the Statistics of the Maximum of α-F Variates and Their Applications, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 831 - 835, April, 2022,
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M. Guerin, W. Rahajandraibe, G. Fontgalland, H. Silva, G. Chan, F. Wan, P. THAKUR, A. THAKUR, J. FRNDA, B. R. Ravelo, Theory and Original Design of Resistive-Inductive Network High-Pass Negative Group Delay Integrated Circuit in 130-nm CMOS Technology, IEEE Access, Vol. 10, No. 2022, pp. 27147 - 27161, March, 2022 | BibTex
W. J. L. Q. Queiroz, H. Silva, H. T. P. Silva Silva, D. B. T. A. Almeida, A. Oliveira, F. M. Madeiro, On the BEP and Outage Probability Under Cascaded Double Correlated - Fading Channels, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 71, No. 2, pp. 1132 - 1144, February, 2022 | Full text (PDF 1008 KBs) | BibTex
F. Coutinho, H. Silva, P. Georgieva, A. Oliveira, 5G cascaded channel estimation using convolutional neural networks, Digital Signal Processing, Vol. 126, No. 2022, pp. 103483 - 103483, February, 2022,
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H. Silva, D. B. T. A. Almeida, W. J. L. Q. Queiroz, H. T. P. Silva Silva, I. Fonseca, A. Oliveira, F. M. Madeiro, Capacity analysis of shadowed Beaulieu-Xie fading channels, Digital Signal Processing, Vol. 122, No. 2022, pp. 103367 - 103367, January, 2022 | Full text (PDF 788 KBs) | BibTex
B. R. Ravelo, G. Fontgalland, H. Silva, Original Application of Stop-Band Negative Group Delay Microwave Passive Circuit for Two-Step Stair Phase Shifter Designing, IEEE Access, Vol. 10, No. 2022, pp. 1493 - 1508, January, 2022 | BibTex
B. R. Ravelo, G. Fontgalland, H. Silva, J. Nebhen, W. Rahajandraibe, M. Guerin, G. Chan, F. Wan, Original Application of Stop-Band Negative Group Delay Microwave Passive Circuit for Two-Step Stair Phase Shifter Designing, IEEE Access, Vol. 10, No. 2022, pp. 1493 - 1508, January, 2022 | Full text (PDF 2 MBs) | BibTex
G. V. R. X. Xavier, R. Coelho, H. Silva, E. G. C Costa, A. J. R. S. Serres, A. Oliveira, Partial Discharge Location through Application of Stationary Discrete Wavelet Transform on UHF Signals, IEEE Sensors Journal, Vol. 2021, No. 2021, pp. 1 - 10, October, 2021 | Full text (PDF 3 MBs) | BibTex
G. V. R. X. Xavier, H. Silva, E. G. C Costa, A. J. R. S. Serres, N.B.C. Carvalho, A. Oliveira, Detection, Classification and Location of Sources of Partial Discharges Using the Radiometric Method: Trends, Challenges and Open Issues, IEEE Access, Vol. 9, No. 2021, pp. 110787 - 110810, August, 2021 | Full text (PDF 3 MBs) | BibTex
H. Silva, D. B. T. A. Almeida, W. J. L. Q. Queiroz, H. T. P. Silva Silva, A. Oliveira, F. M. Madeiro, Beaulieu-Xie Phase-Envelope Joint and Bivariate Distributions, IEEE Communications Letters, Vol. 25, No. 5, pp. 1453 - 1457, May, 2021 | Full text (PDF 377 KBs) | BibTex
H. Silva, D. B. T. A. Almeida, W. J. L. Q. Queiroz, I. Fonseca, A. Oliveira, F. M. Madeiro, Outage Probability of the Product of Two Beaulieu–Xie, η–μ, κ–μ, or α–μ Random Variables, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, Vol. 19, No. 12, pp. 2182 - 2186, December, 2020 | Full text (PDF 482 KBs) | BibTex
H. Silva, D. B. T. A. Almeida, W. J. L. Q. Queiroz, I. Fonseca, A. Oliveira, F. M. Madeiro, Cascaded Double Beaulieu-Xie Fading Channels, IEEE Communications Letters, Vol. 24, No. 10, pp. 2133 - 2136, October, 2020,
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W. J. L. Q. Queiroz, H. Silva, D. B. T. A. Almeida, A. Oliveira, F. M. Madeiro, On the BEP analysis of M-QAM and R-QAM under cascaded double η-μ, κ-μ or α-μ fading channels, Digital Signal Processing, Vol. 107, No. 2020, pp. 102870 - 102870, September, 2020 | Full text (PDF 1 MB) | BibTex
G. Forte, G. Fontgalland, H. Silva, Polarization Detection of Electromagnetic Waves Using Cascaded Wilkinson Power Dividers, IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, Vol. 30, No. 8, pp. 833 - 835, August, 2020 | Full text (PDF 1 MB) | BibTex
H. Silva, D. B. T. A. Almeida, W. J. L. Q. Queiroz, I. Fonseca, M. Alencar, F. M. Madeiro, SEP of the M-ary Θ-QAM signals under η-μ fading and AWGN noise in a communication system using spatial diversity, Wireless Networks, Vol. 26, No. 6, pp. 4529 - 4542, May, 2020 | Full text (PDF 1 MB) | BibTex
H. Silva, M. Alencar, W. J. L. Q. Queiroz, D. B. T. A. Almeida, F. M. Madeiro, Bit error probability of M-QAM under η-μ or κ-μ fading and impulsive noise gated by a signal characterized by a Markov process or Poisson process, Digital Signal Processing, Vol. 100, No. 2020, pp. 102699 - 102699, May, 2020 | Full text (PDF 989 KBs) | BibTex

13Papers in Conferences

F. Coutinho, H. Silva, P. Georgieva, A. Oliveira, On the Performance Analysis of DL-based Data Detection Algorithms in M-QAM Satellite Links, 28th IEEE Workshop on Signal and Power Integrity, Lisboa, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, May, 2024 | BibTex
F. Coutinho, H. Silva, P. Georgieva, A. Oliveira, CNN Architecture Design Impact in DL-Based Channel Estimation Algorithms, IEEE Workshop on Communication Networks and Power Systems IEEE WCNPS, Brasília, Brazil, November, 2023,
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F. Coutinho, H. Silva, P. Georgieva, A. Oliveira, Quantization Effects in a CNN-based Channel Estimator, IEEE Radio and Wireless Symp. - RWS, Las Vegas, United States, January, 2023,
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F. Coutinho, H. Silva, P. Georgieva, A. Oliveira, CNN-based Algorithm for Joint Channel and Phase Noise Estimation in OFDM Relay Systems, IEEE Latin-American Conference on Communications, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, December, 2022,
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F. Coutinho, H. Silva, P. Georgieva, A. Oliveira, A Flexible CNN Architecture for Real-Time FPGA Implementation, III International Conference on Machine Learning & Applied Network Technologies, Conference online, Vol., pp. -, December, 2022 | BibTex
H. Silva, D. B. T. A. Almeida, W. J. L. Q. Queiroz, I. Fonseca, A. Oliveira, F. M. Madeiro, On the BEP Analysis of M-QAM in a Frequency Non-Selective Beaulieu-Xie Fading Channels, European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP, Dusseldorf, Germany, April, 2021 | Full text (PDF 783 KBs) | BibTex
H. Silva, W. J. L. Q. Queiroz, I. Fonseca, F. M. Madeiro, An Approximation to the Exponentiated Weibull Phase Probability Density Function, IEEE IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting IEEE APS, Montreal, Canada, February, 2021,
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F. Coutinho, H. Silva, A. Oliveira, FPGA-based Design and Optimization of a 5G-NR DU Receiver, Telecoms Conference ConfTELE, Leiria, Portugal, February, 2021,
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F. Coutinho, J. M. D. D. Domingues, P. Marques, S. S. Pereira, H. Silva, A. Oliveira, Towards the Flexible and Efficient Implementation of the 5G-NR RAN Physical Layer, IEEE Radio and Wireless Symp. - RWS, San Diego, United States, January, 2021,
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H. Silva, D. B. T. A. Almeida, M. Alencar, W. J. L. Q. Queiroz, Performance of Cell-Free Systems in Generalized Fading Channels, International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications ISNCC, Montreal, Canada, Vol., pp. 1 - 5, December, 2020,
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J. M. D. D. Domingues, F. Coutinho, S. S. Pereira, H. Silva, A. Oliveira, MPSoC Fast Prototyping of a Reconfigurable DU Downlink Transmission Chain for 5G New Radio, International Workshop on Rapid System Prototyping RSP, Hamburg, Germany, September, 2020,
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H. Silva, D. B. T. A. Almeida, W. J. L. Q. Queiroz, F. M. Madeiro, I. Fonseca, M. Alencar, LLS Estimation of the Channel Gain in a Scenario of Impulsive Noise and Generalized Fading, Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC) SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International IMOC, Aveiro, Portugal, November, 2019 | BibTex
H. Silva, D. B. T. A. Almeida, W. J. L. Q. Queiroz, I. Fonseca, F. M. Madeiro, M. Alencar, SEP of the M-ary θ-QAM Signals Under Nakagami-q Fading and AWGN Noise, Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC) SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International IMOC, Aveiro, Portugal, November, 2019 | BibTex

Projects

Closed Projects1

Acronym	Name	Funding Agency	Start date	Ending date
PLANE	SI I&DT Copromoção Nr. 039993 - PLANE - PLataforma Aviónica para NEwspace	P2020	01-06-2019	31-10-2021

Other Scientific Achievements

1Awards

H. Silva, Latin America Region Young Professional Award, Young Professional Award to Hugerles Sales Silva for his outstanding achievements in Communications profession in Latin America., 01-12-2022

Other Contributions

1Conference Committees