Pedro Joaquim Amaro Sebastião

Pedro Sebastião

Academic position:	Assistant Professor
Joining date:	31-12-1994
Roles in IT:	Researcher
Thematic Line:	Wireless Technologies
Group:	Radio Systems – Lx

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Address: IT – Lisboa
Instituto Superior Técnico - Torre Norte - Piso 10
Av. Rovisco Pais, 1
1049 - 001 Lisboa
Tel: +351 21 841 84 54
Fax: +351 21 841 84 72

09-06-2022

Open call for IT Labs at “Ciência Viva no Laboratório - Criação Futuro 2022”

IT participates in the “Ciência Viva no Laboratório - Criação Futuro 2022” program, a scientific occupation for young students on vacation.

Scientific Achievements

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

Academic Activities

6Supervision of PhD theses

Publications

2Books Chapters

F. J. Velez, P. Sebastião, R. Costa, D.R. Robalo, C. Comissário, A. J. Rodrigues, 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
P. Sebastião, Cercas, F. Cercas, A. Cartaxo, 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

27Papers in Journals

V. Velez, J.P. Pavia, N.S. Souto, P. Sebastião, A. Correia, Performance Assessment of a RIS-Empowered Post-5G/6G Network Operating at the mmWave/THz Bands, IEEE Access, Vol. 11, No. -, pp. 49625 - 49638, May, 2023,
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A. Raimundo, J.P. Pavia, P. Sebastião, O. Postolache, YOLOX-Ray: An Efficient Attention-Based Single-Staged Object Detector Tailored for Industrial Inspections, Sensors, Vol. 23, No. 10, pp. 4681 - 4681, May, 2023,
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S. P. Postolache, V. Viegas, P. Sebastião, O. Postolache, Cercas, F. Cercas, IoT-Based Systems for Soil Nutrients Assessment in Horticulture, Sensors, Vol. 23, No. 1, pp. 403 - 403, December, 2022,
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J.P. Pavia, V. Velez, N.S. Souto, M. Ribeiro, P. Sebastião, A. Correia, System-Level Assessment of Low Complexity Hybrid Precoding Designs for Massive MIMO Downlink Transmissions in Beyond 5G Networks, Applied Sciences (Switzerland), Vol. 12, No. 6, pp. 2812 - 2835, March, 2022,
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V. Velez, J.P. Pavia, C. Rita, C. Gonçalves, N.S. Souto, P. Sebastião, A. Correia, System-Level Assessment of a C-RAN based on Generalized Space–Frequency Index Modulation for 5G New Radio and Beyond, Applied Sciences (Switzerland), Vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 1592 - 1617, February, 2022,
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J. Viana, J. Madeira, P. Sebastião, Cercas, F. Cercas, A. Mihovska, R. Dinis, Increasing Reliability on UAV Fading Scenarios, IEEE Access, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 30959 - 30973, February, 2022,
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R. Ferreira, J. Gaspar, P. Sebastião, N.S. Souto, A Software Defined Radio Based Anti-UAV Mobile System with Jamming and Spoofing Capabilities, Sensors, Vol. 22, No. 4, pp. 1487 - 1487, February, 2022 | Full text (PDF 6 MBs) | BibTex
A. Brito, P. Sebastião, F. J. Velez, Hybrid Matched Filter Detection Spectrum Sensing, IEEE Access, Vol. 9, No. 0, pp. 165504 - 165516, December, 2021,
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J. Cordeiro, A. Raimundo, O. Postolache, P. Sebastião, Neural Architecture Search for 1D CNNs—Different Approaches Tests and Measurements, Sensors, Vol. 21, No. 23, pp. 7990 - 7990, November, 2021,
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V. Velez, J.P. Pavia, N.S. Souto, P. Sebastião, A. Correia, A Generalized Space-Frequency Index Modulation Scheme for Downlink MIMO Transmissions With Improved Diversity, IEEE Access, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 118996 - 119009, August, 2021,
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A. Lopes, J. Oliveira, P. Sebastião, M. Sousa, P. Vieira, A Modular Web-Based Software Solution for Mobile Networks Planning, Operation and Optimization, Applied Sciences (Switzerland), Vol. 11, No. 16, pp. 7686 - 7686, August, 2021 | Full text (PDF 5 MBs) | BibTex
J. Viana, Cercas, F. Cercas, A. Correia, R. Dinis, P. Sebastião, MIMO Relaying UAVs Operating in Public Safety Scenarios, Drones, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 32 - 32, April, 2021,
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D. F. Fernandes, Cercas, F. Cercas, R. Dinis, P. Sebastião, Estimating the Performance of MIMO SC-FDE Systems Using SISO Measurements, Applied Sciences (Switzerland), Vol. 10, No. 21, pp. 7492 - 7492, October, 2020,
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D. F. Fernandes, A. Raimundo, Cercas, F. Cercas, P. Sebastião, R. Dinis, L. S. Ferreira, Comparison of artificial intelligence and semi-empirical methodologies for estimation of coverage in mobile networks, IEEE Access, Vol. 8, No. -, pp. 139803 - 139812, July, 2020,
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D. F. Fernandes, Clemente, D. Clemente, Soares, G. Soares, P. Sebastião, Cercas, F. Cercas, R. Dinis, L. S. Ferreira, Cloud-Based Implementation of an Automatic Coverage Estimation Methodology for Self-Organising Network, IEEE Access, Vol. 8, No. -, pp. 66456 - 66474, March, 2020,
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L. Gonçalves, N.S. Souto, P. Sebastião, A. Correia, One Step Greener: Reducing 5G and Beyond Networks’ Carbon Footprint by 2-Tiering Energy Efficiency with CO2 Offsetting, Electronics (Switzerland), Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 464 - 464, March, 2020 | Full text (PDF 3 MBs) | BibTex
J. Gaspar, R. Ferreira, N.S. Souto, P. Sebastião, Capture of UAVs Through GPS Spoofing Using Low-Cost SDR Platforms, Wireless Personal Communications, Vol. -, No. -, pp. - - -, March, 2020 | Full text (PDF 1 MB) | BibTex
R. Ferreira, J. Gaspar, N.S. Souto, P. Sebastião, Effective GPS Jamming Techniques for UAVs Using Low-Cost SDR Platforms, Wireless Personal Communications, Vol. -, No. -, pp. - - -, March, 2020 | Full text (PDF 1 MB) | BibTex
A. Correia, N.S. Souto, P. Sebastião, D. Gomez-Barquero, M. Fuentes, Broadcasting Scalable Video With Generalized Spatial Modulation in Cellular Networks, IEEE Access, Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 22136 - 22144, February, 2020,
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L. Gonçalves, P. Sebastião, N.S. Souto, A. Correia, Extending 5G Capacity Planning Through Advanced Subscriber Behavior-Centric Clustering, Electronics (Switzerland), Vol. 8, No. 12, pp. 1385 - 1385, November, 2019,
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L. Afonso, N.S. Souto, P. Sebastião, M. Ribeiro, T.T. Tavares, R. Marinheiro, Cellular for the skies: Exploiting mobile network infrastructure for low altitude air-to-ground communications, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. 31, No. 8, pp. 4 - 11, August, 2016 | Full text (PDF 1 MB) | BibTex
N.S. Souto, M. Ribeiro, P. Sebastião, Semidefinite Relaxations for MIMO Transmissions With High-Order QAM Constellations, IEEE Signal Processing Letters, Vol. 23, No. 7, pp. 984 - 988, July, 2016,
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L.C. Gonçalves, P. Sebastião, N.S. Souto, A. Correia, On the Impact of User Segmentation and Behavior Analysis over Traffic Generation in Beyond 4G Networks, Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 1 - 10, March, 2015,
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P. Sebastião, Cercas, F. Cercas, A. Cartaxo, 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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P. Sebastião, A. Correia, O que é a tecnologia LTE?, Comunicações – Revista da Associação Portuguesa para o Desenvolvimento das Comunicações, Vol. --, No. --, pp. 26 - 28, May, 2011,
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P. Sebastião, F. J. Velez, R. Costa, D.R. Robalo, A. J. Rodrigues, Planning and deployment of WiMAX networks, Wireless Personal Communications, Vol. 55, No. 3, pp. 305 - 323, November, 2010,
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P. Sebastião, F. J. Velez, R. Costa, D.R. Robalo, C. Comissário, A. J. Rodrigues, 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 | BibTex

50Papers in Conferences

H. F Farkhari, J. Viana, L. Campos Campos, P. Sebastião, L.B. Bernardo, New PCA-based Category Encoder for Efficient Data Processing in IoT Devices, GLOBECOM-IEEE Global Communications Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, December, 2022,
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J. Viana, H. F Farkhari, L. Campos Campos, P. Sebastião, K. Koutlia, S. lagén, L.B. Bernardo, R. Dinis, A Convolutional Attention Based Deep Learning Solution for 5G UAV Network Attack Recognition over Fading Channels and Interference, Vehicular Technology Conference: VTC-Fall, Londres, United Kingdom, September, 2022,
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J. Viana, H. F Farkhari, P. Sebastião, Cercas, F. Cercas, R. Dinis, L.B. Bernardo, Two methods for Jamming Identification in UAV Networks using New Synthetic Dataset, IEEE 95th Vehicular Technology Conference: VTC2022-Spring, Helsinki, Finland, June, 2022,
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H. F Farkhari, J. Viana, N. Nidhi, L. Campos Campos, P. Sebastião, A. Mihovska, P. Mehta, L. Bernardo, Latent Space Transformers for Generalizing Deep Networks, IEEE Conference on Standards for Communications and Networking, Thessaloniki, Greece, December, 2021,
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L. Campos, L. Ribeiro, I. Karydis, S. Karagiannis, D. Pedro, A. G. Armada, R. Leal, M. Lópes-Morales, F. J. Velez, P. Sebastião, A. Ramos, Reference Scenarios and Key Performance Indicators for 5G Ultra-dense Networks, IEEE/IET International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing - CSNDSP, Porto, Portugal, July, 2020,
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D. F. Fernandes, Soares, G. Soares, Clemente, D. Clemente, R. Cortesão, P. Sebastião, Cercas, F. Cercas, R. Dinis, L. S. Ferreira, Integration of a Cloud-Based Realistic and Automatic Coverage Estimation Methodology in Metric SaaS, IEEE Wireless Personal and Mobile Communications - WPMC, Lisbon, Portugal, November, 2019,
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D. F. Fernandes, Soares, G. Soares, Clemente, D. Clemente, R. Cortesão, P. Sebastião, Cercas, F. Cercas, R. Dinis, L. S. Ferreira, Combining Measurements and Propagation Models for Estimation of Coverage in Wireless Networks, IEEE Vehicular Technology Conf. - VTC-Fall, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, September, 2019,
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J. Morais, J. Sanguino, P. Sebastião, Safe Return Path Mapping for Drone Applications, IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Aerospace, IEEE Aerospace & Electronic Systems Society, (MetroAeroSpace), Torino, Italy, June, 2019,
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J. Morais, J. Sanguino, P. Sebastião, Development of a System for Aerial Tracking, Conference on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Lisbon, Portugal, June, 2019 | BibTex
J. Ponte, Cercas, F. Cercas, P. Sebastião, J. Sanguino, R. Dias Dias, GPS Data Alteration for Use in a Position Spoofing, Conference on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Lisboa, Portugal, June, 2019,
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D. F. Fernandes, L. S. Ferreira, M. Zarmehri, P. Sebastião, Cercas, F. Cercas, R. Dinis, Combining Drive Tests and Automatically Tuned Propagation Models in the Construction of Path Loss Grids, IEEE Annual International Symposium on Personal Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications PIMRC, Bologna, Italy, September, 2018,
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J.P. Pavia, D. A. Lopes Lopes, P. Cristóvão, P. Sebastião, A. Correia, The Evolution and Future Perspective of Security in Mobile Communications Networks, IEEE International Congress on Ultra Modern Telecommunications and Control Systems ICUMT, Munich, Germany, November, 2017,
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L.C. Gonçalves, P. Sebastião, A. Correia, N.S. Souto, 5G Mobile Challenges: A Feasibility Study on Achieving Carbon Neutrality, International Conf. on Telecommunications - ICT, Thessaloniki, Greece, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 8, May, 2016,
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F. J. Velez, T.T. Tavares, P. Sebastião, N.S. Souto, Cercas, F. Cercas, M. Ribeiro, A. Correia, Generalized LUI propagation model for UAVs communications using terrestrial cellular networks, IEEE Vehicular Technology Conf. - VTC-Fall, Boston, MA, United States, Vol. -, pp. - - -, September, 2015,
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T.T. Tavares, P. Sebastião, N.S. Souto, Cercas, F. Cercas, M. Ribeiro, A. Correia, F. J. Velez, Generalized LUI propagation model for UAVs communications using terrestrial cellular networks, IEEE Vehicular Technology Conf. - VTC-Fall, Boston MA, United States, Vol. -, pp. - - -, September, 2015,
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M.R. Rodrigues, I. Sousa, P. Sebastião, A. J. Rodrigues, Backhaul Planning of Mobile Networks using Microwaves and Free Space Optics, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Aveiro, Portugal, Vol. -, pp. - - -, September, 2015 | BibTex
P. Sebastião, N.S. Souto, Cercas, F. Cercas, A. Correia, Development of a new system to control and monitor ground vehicles using heterogeneous wireless networks, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Aveiro, Portugal, Vol. --, pp. -- - --, September, 2015,
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P. Sebastião, N.S. Souto, A. Correia, Reliable air-to-ground communication for low altitude Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, aveiro, Portugal, Vol. --, pp. -- - --, September, 2015,
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P. Sebastião, J. Rebola, Cercas, F. Cercas, Efficient planning tool for fiber optic communication systems: access and transport network, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Aveiro, Portugal, Vol. --, pp. -- - --, September, 2015,
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P. Sebastião, Cercas, F. Cercas, Educational Satellite Tracking Station, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Aveiro, Portugal, Vol. --, pp. -- - --, September, 2015,
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A. Christensen, S. Oliveira, O. Postolache, J. Oliveira, S. Sargento, P. Santana, LMMN Nunes, F. J. Velez, P. Sebastião, V.C. Costa, M. Duarte, J. Gomes, T. R. Rodrigues, F. Silva, Design of Communication and Control for Swarms of Aquatic Surface Drones, INSTICC International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence ICAART, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. 2, pp. 548 - 555, January, 2015 | BibTex
L.C. Gonçalves, P. Sebastião, N.S. Souto, A. Correia, Addressing Cell Edge Performance by Extending ANDSF and Inter-RAT UE Steering, IEEE International Symp. on Wireless Communication Systems - ISWCS, Barcelona, Spain, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 3, August, 2014 | BibTex
L.C. Gonçalves, P. Sebastião, N.S. Souto, A. Correia, Network Aware Traffic Steering and Selection In Heterogeneous Wi-Fi/LTE-A Networks, European Conf. on Networks and Communications - EUCNC, Bologna, Italy, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 2, June, 2014 | BibTex
L.C. Gonçalves, P. Sebastião, N.S. Souto, A. Correia, Subscriber Group Behavioral Analysis for Data-Centric Service Consumption Beyond LTE-Advanced, Wireless Communications, Vehicular Technology, Information Theory and Aerospace, Aalborg, Denmark, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 5, May, 2014 | BibTex
A. Almeida, Cercas, F. Cercas, P. Sebastião, Performance of generalized TCH codes for Rayleigh channels, International Conf. on Telecommunications - ICT, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 384 - 389, May, 2014 | BibTex
Cercas, F. Cercas, P. Sebastião, E. Bertran, New acelerated simulation method to obtain the performance of concatenated codes, Wireless Communications, Vehicular Technology, Information Theory and Aerospace, Aalborg, Denmark, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 5, May, 2014,
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Cercas, F. Cercas, M. Natale, M. L. López-Coronado, P. Sebastião, J. Sanguino, Modern and optimized planning tool for microwave link design, Wireless Communications, Vehicular Technology, Information Theory and Aerospace, Aalborg, Denmark, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 5, May, 2014,
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Cercas, F. Cercas, A. Luz, P. Sebastião, R. Dinis, On the Design of Spreading Sequences for CDMA Systems with Nonlinear OQPSK-type Modulations, Wireless Communications, Vehicular Technology, Information Theory and Aerospace, Aalborg, Denmark, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 5, May, 2014,
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L.C. Gonçalves, F. V. Vaz, A. Correia, P. Sebastião, Femtocell deployment in LTE-A networks: a sustainability, economical and capacity analysis, IEEE International Symp. on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Commun - PIMRC, London, United Kingdom, Vol. 1, pp. 3443 - 3447, September, 2013 | BibTex
F. V. Vaz, L.C. Gonçalves, P. Sebastião, A. Correia, Economic and Environmental Comparative Analysis on Macro-Femtocell deployments in LTE-A, Wireless Communications, Vehicular Technology, Information Theory and Aerospace, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 5, June, 2013 | BibTex
L.C. Gonçalves, P. Sebastião, F. V. Vaz, A. Correia, Technical, Financial and Environmental assessment of femtocell deployments in LTE-A networks, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Castelo Branco, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 169 - 173, May, 2013 | BibTex
JAF Figueira, P. Sebastião, Cercas, F. Cercas, N. David, Modelling and Simulation for Real Scenarios of 4G Mobile Communications Using Google Maps, IEEE AMSS International Conf. on Computer Modelling and Simulation - UKSIM, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Vol., pp. 385 - 389, April, 2013,
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JAF Figueira, P. Sebastião, Cercas, F. Cercas, N. David, Simulator for Capacity Analysis of Base Stations for Mobile Networks Using Google Maps, IEEE Radio and Wireless Symp. - RWS, Austin, United States, Vol., pp. 367 - 369, January, 2013,
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P. Sebastião, Cercas, F. Cercas, Generalização do modelo de propagação LUI a cenários com túneis para as tecnologias Wi-Fi, GSM, UMTS, WiMAX e LTE, URSI Seminar of the Portuguese Committee, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. -, pp. - - -, November, 2011,
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P. Sebastião, A. Correia, Cercas, F. Cercas, A. J. Rodrigues, Frederico F. Varela Varela, D. D. Duflot, Unified Propagation Model for Wi-Fi, UMTS and WiMAX Planning in Mixed Scenarios, IEEE International Symp. on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Commun - PIMRC, Istambul, Turkey, Vol., pp. ?? - ??, September, 2010,
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P. Sebastião, A. Correia, Cercas, F. Cercas, A. J. Rodrigues, F. J. Velez, Frederico F. Varela Varela, Validation of the Unified Propagation Model for Wi-Fi, UMTS and WiMAX Planning, IEEE International Symp. on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Commun - PIMRC, Istambul, Turkey, Vol., pp. ?? - ??, September, 2010,
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P. Sebastião, R. Tomé, F. J. Velez, A. Grilo, Cercas, F. Cercas, D.R. Robalo, A. J. Rodrigues, Frederico F. Varela Varela, WLAN Planning Tool: a Techno-Economic Perspective, Networking and Electronic Commerce Research Conf. - NAEC, Lake de Garda, Italy, Vol., pp. ?? - ??, September, 2009 | BibTex
G. Pereira, A. J. Rodrigues, P. Sebastião, Dynamic simulation planning of mobile WiMAX networks, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Vila da Feira, Portugal, Vol., pp. 1 - 1, May, 2009,
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R. Costa, F. J. Velez, D.R. Robalo, M. Marques, C. Comissário, J. Riscado, V. Cavaleiro, P. Sebastião, A. J. Rodrigues, Hybrid WiMAX and Wi-Fi networks for the support of b-Learning and Telemedicine, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal, Vol. -, pp. - - -, May, 2009,
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F. J. Velez, R. Costa, D.R. Robalo, J. Riscado, V. Cavaleiro, P. Sebastião, A. J. Rodrigues, Design and Installation of Pre-WiMAX Radio Links and Relays, Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications Symp. - WPMC, Lapland, Finland, Vol. -, pp. - - -, September, 2008,
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P. Sebastião, F. J. Velez, R. Costa, D.R. Robalo, C. Comissário, A. J. Rodrigues, Planeamento e Desenvolvimento de Sistemas Celulares IEEE 802.16-2004, Conf. Ibérica de Sistemas e Tecnologias de Informação - CISTI, Ourense, Spain, Vol. --, pp. -- - --, June, 2008 | BibTex
F. J. Velez, P. Sebastião, R. Tomé, R. Costa, D.R. Robalo, A. Grilo, A. J. Rodrigues, Cercas, F. Cercas, User capacity based planning tool for Wi-Fi and WiMAX networks, WEIRD Workshop on Wimax, Wireless and Mobility, Coimbra, Portugal, Vol. -, pp. - - -, May, 2007 | Full text (PDF 334 KBs) | BibTex
F. J. Velez, V.C. Carvalho, D.S. Santos, R. Marcos, R. Costa, P. Sebastião, A. J. Rodrigues, Cellular Planning of an IEEE 802.16 Wireless Metropolitan Area Network, International Conf. on Telecommunications - ICT, Funchal, Portugal, Vol. --, pp. -- - --, May, 2006 | BibTex
F. J. Velez, V.C. Carvalho, D.S. Santos, R. Marcos, R. Costa, P. Sebastião, A. J. Rodrigues, Aspects of Cellular Planning for Emergency and Safety Services in Mobile WiMax Networks, International Symp. on Wireless Pervasive Computing, Phuket, Thailand, Vol. 1, pp. - - -, January, 2006 | BibTex
P. Lourenço, A. Grilo, Cercas, F. Cercas, A. J. Rodrigues, F. J. Velez, P. Sebastião, A WLAN planning tool with a practical approach, Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications Symp. - WPMC, Aalborg, Denmark, Vol. 2, pp. 1286 - 1290, September, 2005 | BibTex
V.C. Carvalho, D.S. Santos, J. Riscado, J. Romão, V. Cavaleiro, R. Marcos, R. Costa, F. J. Velez, P. Sebastião, A. J. Rodrigues, Concepção e Planeamento de Redes sem Fios IEEE 802.16, Conf. sobre Redes de Computadores - CRC, Portalegre, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 107 - 118, September, 2005 | BibTex
P. Sebastião, Stealth constrained routing optimization using directional antenna in mobile ad-hoc networks, IEEE Military Communications Conf. - MILCOM, monterey, United States, Vol. ?, pp. ? - ?, October, 2004 | BibTex
P. Sebastião, P. Lourenço, R. Tomé, Cercas, F. Cercas, A simple wireless LAN planning tool using efficient methods, MultiConf. on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, Orlando, United States, Vol. ?, pp. ? - ?, July, 2004 | BibTex
P. Sebastião, R. Tomé, P. Lourenço, Cercas, F. Cercas, A planning and design tool for WLAN: technical and economic aspects, IEEE Global Communications Conference - GLOBECOM, San Francisco, United States, Vol. ?, pp. ? - ?, December, 2003 | BibTex
P. Sebastião, Cercas, F. Cercas, A. Cartaxo, Performance of TCH codes in a land mobile satellite channel, IEEE International Symp. on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Commun - PIMRC, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. 4, pp. 1675 - 1679, September, 2002 | BibTex

Projects

Currently running projects1

Acronym	Name	Funding Agency	Start date	Ending date
TeamUp5G	New RAN TEchniques for 5G UltrA-dense Mobile networks	EU/H2020	28-12-2018	30-06-2023

Closed Projects8

Acronym	Name	Funding Agency	Start date	Ending date
B-BONE	Broadcasting and Multicasting Over Enhanced UMTS Mobile Broadband Networks	EU	01-02-2004	30-06-2006
CONQUEST	Carrier Aggregation between Licensed Exclusive and Licensed Shared Access Frequency Bands in Heterogeneous Networks with Small Cells	FCT/ CMU	01-09-2018	31-12-2019
MESMOQoE	Orquestração Automática Energeticamente Eficiente de Redes Móveis Optimizando a Qualidade de Experiência	P2020	01-09-2017	31-08-2019
MobileMAN	Mobile IP for Broadband Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks	IT/LA	01-06-2005	01-10-2007
NEUF	LTE-Advanced Enhancements using Femtocells	FCT/PTDC	01-03-2012	01-03-2014
OCTHOPUS	Otimização Conjunta de Transmissão Hertziana e Óptica Privilegiando o Utilizador e Seu Ambiente (OCTHOPUS)	FCT/COMPETE/FEDER	01-10-2018	30-09-2020
SAAS	Remote Piloted Semi-Autonomous Aerial Surveillance System Using Terrestrial Wireless Networks	IT/LA	01-03-2012	01-04-2014
SATSTATION	Satellite Ground Station for Study and Development of Radio Communications	FCT/REEQ	01-01-2006	31-12-2006

Other Scientific Achievements

1Awards

Cercas, F. Cercas, E. Cercas Cercas, P. Sebastião, New acelerated simulation method to obtain the performance of concatenated codes, Best Student Paper Award for this paper presented at Global Wireless Summit, Aalborg, Denmark., 01-05-2014

7Miscellaneous

F. J. Velez, R. Oliveira, L. Bernardo, P. Sebastião, S. Crisóstomo, 22nd Seminar of RTCM – Portuguese thematic Network on Mobile Communications, Seminars, Instituto de Telecomunicações/ISCTE-IUL, Lisbon, Portugal, Jan 18th, 2017, 01-01-2017 | Link
F. J. Velez, P. Sebastião, S. Sargento, A. Christensen, S. Oliveira, Workshop on Communications in Swarms of Aquatic Drones, Seminars, held on 21st July 2016 in Lisbon, Portugal (45 attendees), 01-07-2016 | Link
A. Correia, P. Sebastião, 4Green Communications, Seminars, 01-11-2012
P. Sebastião, Frederico F. Varela Varela, Cercas, F. Cercas, Modelo unificado para planeamento de sistemas de comunicações sem fios, 01-10-2010
M. Barbiroli, C. Carciofi, Doriana Guiducci Guiducci, D.R. Robalo, F. J. Velez, P. Sebastião, Frederico F. Varela Varela, Analysis of WiMAX propagation measurements in outdoor and indoor environments, Seminars, COST2100 – Pervasive Mobile & Ambient Wireless Communications, 01-09-2009
D.R. Robalo, F. J. Velez, H. Alves, J. Oliveira, R. Costa, P. Sebastião, Field Trials for a Wireless PMP WiMAX Network at 3.5 GHz, Seminars, COST2100 – Pervasive Mobile & Ambient Wireless Communications, 01-05-2009
F. J. Velez, P. Sebastião, Design and Planning of WiMAX Networks (MobileMAN), Invited Talks, Workshop Mobile WiMAX – Towards Ubiquitous Internet, 01-09-2007

4Short Courses and Seminars

S. Teodoro, F. J. Velez, P. Sebastião, Seminar on 5G: future trends on Spectrum Management, Portugal, Covilhã, 11-2018
F. J. Velez, F. Miyandoab, E.S.B.Teixeira Teixeira, S. Sousa, P. Sebastião, HM Mostardinha, Iniciação à Electrónica e Telecomunicações, Portugal, Covilhã, 06-2017
F. J. Velez, F. Miyandoab, S. Sousa, A.K.N Nadziejko, P. Sebastião, R. Teixeira, HM Mostardinha, Iniciação à Electrónica e Telecomunicações, Portugal, Covilhã, 06-2016
F. J. Velez, F. Miyandoab, P. Sebastião, E.S.B.Teixeira Teixeira, A.K.N Nadziejko, HM Mostardinha, Iniciação à Electrónica e Telecomunicações, Portugal, Covilhã, 06-2015

2Tutorials

F. J. Velez, P. Sebastião, D.R. Robalo, Cellular Planning for the Interoperability between WiMAX and Wi-Fi Networks
F. J. Velez, P. Sebastião, D.R. Robalo, Cellular planning for WiMAX Networks (Planeamento Celular para Redes WiMAX)

Other Contributions

1Refereeing Conferences

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