Creating and sharing knowledge for telecommunications
... Adão Paulo Soares da Silva

Senior Researcher

Adão Silva

Academic position: Associate Professor
Joining date: 01-01-1999
Roles in IT: Senior Researcher
Thematic Line: Wireless Technologies
Group: Mobile Networks – 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

  • PhD, Universidade de Aveiro, 01-01-2007
  • MSc, Universidade de Aveiro, 08-04-2002
  • Licenciatura, Universidade de Aveiro, 15-07-1999
  • Universidade de Aveiro, 15-11-2020, Associate Professor
  • IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 01-01-2003, Member
  • MIMO systems
  • OFDM based systems
  • Space-Time/Frequency Coding
  • Precoding techniques for MIMO
  • Cooperative communications
As Supervisor
As Co-supervisor
  • G. Anjos, D. Castanheira, A. Silva, S. Yadav, A. Gameiro, Physical layer security solutions and technologies, Chapter in, Security and Privacy Schemes for Dense 6G Wireless Communication Networks, IET, London, 2023
  • S. Ali Ali, D. Castanheira, A. Silva, A. Gameiro, Physical-Layer Transmission Cooperative Strategies for Heterogeneous Networks, Chapter in, Towards 5G Wireless Networks - A Physical Layer Perspective, Hossein Khaleghi Bizaki, Intech Open, Croatia, 2016
  • E. Castañeda, A. Silva, A. Gameiro, User Selection and Precoding Techniques for Rate Maximization in Broadcast MISO Systems, Chapter in, Wireless Communications, M. Khatib, In-Tech, 2014
  • D. Neves, C. Ribeiro, A. Silva, A. Gameiro, Channel and Parameters Acquisition in Cooperative OFDM Schemes, Chapter in, Chapter in Wireless Technologies, I-Tech Education and Publishing, In-Tech, 2011
  • A. Silva, R. Holakouei Holakouei, A. Gameiro, Multi-Cell Cooperation for Future Wireless Systems, Chapter in, Recent Advances in Wireless Communications and Networks, Jia-Chin Lin, In-Tech, 2011
  • A. Silva, A. Gameiro, Prefiltering techniques using antenna arrays for downlink tdd mc-cdma systems, Chapter in, Multi-Carrier Spread Spectrum-For Future Wireless Systems, Khaled Fazel and Stefan Kaiser, Kluwer Academic, Boston, 2004
Early Access
Published

Currently running projects3

Acronym Name Funding Agency Start date Ending date
6G-MUSICAL 6G MUltiband Wireless and Optical Signalling for Integrated CommunicAtions, Sensing and Localization (6G-MUSICAL) EU 01-01-2024 31-12-2026
ORCIP Optical Radio Convergence Infrastructure for Communications and Power Delivering PO Centro 01-05-2017 30-04-2029
REVOLUTION REVOLUTIONIZING RADAR THROUGH COMMUNICATIONS TOWARDS ENVIRONMENT SENSING FCT/PTDC 01-03-2023 28-02-2026

Closed Projects22

Acronym Name Funding Agency Start date Ending date
4MORE 4G Multiple Antenna System On Chip for Radio Enhancements EU 01-01-2004 30-06-2006
5G SI I&DT Copromoção Nr. 024539 - Componentes e serviços para redes 5G P2020 01-01-2018 30-06-2021
5GASP 5GASP EU/H2020 01-01-2021 31-12-2023
ADIN Advanced PHY/MAC Design for Infrastructure-less Networks FCT/PTDC 01-07-2013 01-12-2015
CADWIN Cooperative and Antenna Diversity for Broadband Wireless Networks FCT/PTDC 01-01-2010 01-12-2012
CelCop Multicell Cooperation for Future Wireless Systems IT/LA 01-06-2011 01-10-2013
COPWIN Coordinated MultiPoint Strategies for Future Wireless Networks FCT/PTDC 01-07-2013 01-01-2016
CROWN Co-operative Radio over Fibre for Wireless Networks FCT/PTDC 01-03-2011 01-02-2014
FUTON Fibre Optic Networks for Distributed, Extendible Heterogeneous Radio Architectures and Service Provisioning EU/FP7 01-01-2008 01-06-2010
HETCOP Joint Cooperative and Cognitive Strategies for Heterogeneous Wireless Systems IT/LA 01-04-2014 01-07-2016
MASSIVE5G Multi-band Access Strategies for 5G Cooperative Networks FCT/POCI 01-06-2018 28-02-2022
MATRICE MC-CDMA Transmission Techniques for Integrated Broadband Cellular Systems EU 01-01-2002 31-12-2004
MC-CDMA MC-CDMA FCT/POSI 01-12-2003 30-11-2006
OMIMO Transmissor MIMO Otimizado para Sistemas 5G FCT 01-10-2018 31-12-2021
PES3N Power-Efficient Solutions for Secure wireless Sensor Networks - PES3N FCT/COMPETE/FEDER 01-07-2018 01-07-2021
PHOTON Distributed and Extendible Heterogeneous Radio Architectures using FCT/PTDC 01-11-2007 01-11-2010
PURE-5GNET Cooperative Multi-band Access Strategies for 5G Ultra Dense Networks IT, FCT 01-04-2016 01-09-2018
RETIOT Utilização de Tecnologias de Reflectometría no melhoramento do futuro Internet das Coisas e Sistemas Ciber-Físicos P2020 09-01-2017 30-06-2021
SDRT SI I&DT Copromoção Nr. 070192 - SDRT Health - Software Defined Real-Time Health P2020 04-04-2021 30-06-2023
SWING2 Securing Wireless Networks with Coding and Jamming FCT/COMPETE/FEDER 01-05-2016 01-05-2019
TeamUp5G New RAN TEchniques for 5G UltrA-dense Mobile networks EU/H2020 28-12-2018 30-06-2023
VLCLighting Visible Light Communications for LED based Public Lighting Systems IT/LA 01-11-2014 01-11-2016
  • J. Kassam, D. Castanheira, A. Silva, R. Dinis, A. Gameiro, Hybrid Equalization for mmWave Cell-Free Radio Stripes-based Systems, Best Paper Award at 14th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP) 2024 Conference, Rome, Italy, 01-07-2024
  • R. L. Magueta, A. Silva, D. Castanheira, R. Dinis, Best Iberian Doctoral Thesis in Information Systems and Technologies, Roberto Magueta (supervised by Adão Silva and Daniel Castanheira and Rui Dinis ) , was distinguished by the Iberian Association for Information Systems and Technologies (AISTI) with the award “Best Iberian Doctoral Thesis in Information Systems and Technologies, 01-02-2021
  • A. Silva, Best Reviewer Award, "The Best Reviewer Award" is established by the Radioengineering Journal to thank reviewers providing high-quality reviews., 01-02-2017
  • IEEE International Conference on Advanced Networks and Telecommunications Systems ANTS, Technical Programme Committee, 2017
  • IEEE International Conf. on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing - (WCSP), Technical Programme Committee, 2017
  • IEEE International Symp. on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Commun - PIMRC, Technical Programme Committee, 2017
  • IEEE Vehicular Technology Conf. - VTC-Fall, Technical Programme Committee, 2017
  • European Signal Processing Conference EUSIPCO, Technical Programme Committee, 2017
  • IEEE and EURASIP International Symp. on Communications, Control and Signal Processing - ISCCSP, Technical Programme Committee, 2017
  • IEEE Symposium on Wireless Technology & Applications, Technical Programme Committee, 2017
  • IEEE International Symp. on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Commun - PIMRC, Technical Programme Committee, 2017
  • IEEE International Symposium on Computer and Communications - ISCC, Technical Programme Committee, 2017
  • IEEE International Conference on Advanced Networks and Telecommunications Systems ANTS, Technical Programme Committee, 2016
  • International Conference on Connected Vehicles, Technical Programme Committee, 2016
  • IEEE International Black Sea Conference on Communications and Networking, Technical Programme Committee, 2016
  • European Signal Processing Conference EUSIPCO, Technical Programme Committee, 2015
  • IEEE International Symp. on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Commun - PIMRC, Technical Programme Committee, 2015
  • IEEE International Black Sea Conference on Communications and Networking, Technical Programme Committee, 2015
  • IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conf. - WCNC, Technical Programme Committee, 2015
  • ACM and IEEE International Conf. on Connected Vehicles & Expo - ICCVE, Technical Programme Chairman, 2012
  • IARIA International Conf. on Systems and Networks Communications - ICNS, 2012
  • IARIA-International Conf. on Wireless and Mobile Communications - ICWMC, Technical Programme Committee, 2012
  • IEEE Vehicular Technology Conf. - VTC-Fall, Sessions Chairman, 2012
  • IEEE Vehicular Technology Conf. - VTC-Fall, Sessions Chairman, 2012
  • IARIA International Conf. on Systems and Networks Communications - ICNS, Technical Programme Chairman, 2011
  • IARIA-International Conf. on Wireless and Mobile Communications - ICWMC, Technical Programme Chairman, 2011
  • Vehicular Technology Conference: VTC-Spring, Technical Programme Committee, 2011
  • IARIA International Conf. on Systems and Networks Communications - ICNS, Technical Programme Committee, 2010
  • IARIA-International Conf. on Wireless and Mobile Communications - ICWMC, Technical Programme Committee, 2010
  • IEEE Vehicular Networking Conf. (VNC), Technical Programme Committee, 2010
  • Vehicular Technology Conference: VTC-Spring, Technical Programme Chairman, 2010
  • IARIA International Conf. on Networking and Services - ICNS, Technical Programme Committee, 2009
  • IARIA-International Conf. on Wireless and Mobile Communications - ICWMC, Technical Programme Committee, 2009
  • IEEE International Symp. on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Commun - PIMRC, Technical Programme Committee, 2009
  • International Conf. on Telecommunications - ICT, Technical Programme Committee, 2009
  • Vehicular Technology Conference: VTC-Spring, Technical Programme Committee, 2009
  • IEEE International Symp. on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Commun - PIMRC, Technical Programme Committee, 2008
  • International Workshop on Telecommunications, Technical Programme Committee, 2008
  • International Workshop on Telecommunications, Technical Programme Committee, 2006
  • International Workshop on Telecommunications, Technical Programme Committee, 2004
  • Editorial Board, IEEE Access, 01-07-2020 - 01-07-2023
  • Editorial Board, Electronics (Switzerland), 01-11-2019 - 31-10-2022
  • Editorial Board, IET Signal Processing, 09-10-2019 - 31-10-2022
  • Editorial Board, Radioengineering, 01-01-2015 - 31-12-2016
  • IEEE Transactions on Communications
    2007, 1 review(s);

  • 2008, 1 review(s); 2005, 1 review(s);
  • IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
    2010, 1 review(s);
  • Telecommunication Systems
    2010, 1 review(s);
  • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
    2012, 1 review(s); 2011, 1 review(s);
  • Physical Communication
    2011, 1 review(s);
  • Eurasip Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking
    2012, 1 review(s); 2011, 1 review(s);
  • IEEE Communications Magazine
    2011, 1 review(s);
  • Iranian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering
    2011, 1 review(s);
  • China Communications
    2012, 2 review(s); 2011, 1 review(s);
  • Computer Communications
    2011, 1 review(s);
  • IEEE Communications Letters
    2012, 1 review(s);
  • Mobile Networks and Applications
    2012, 1 review(s);
  • Intrnl. Journal on Advances in Telecommunications
    2012, 1 review(s); 2011, 1 review(s);
  • Intrnl. Journal On Advances in Networks and Services - IARIA
    2012, 2 review(s);
  • IEEE International Conference on Communications - ICC
    2009, 1 review(s); 2008, 1 review(s); 2007, 1 review(s); 2004, 1 review(s);

  • 2011, 1 review(s); 2010, 2 review(s); 2009, 1 review(s); 2008, 2 review(s); 2007, 1 review(s); 2006, 1 review(s); 2005, 1 review(s); 2004, 1 review(s);
  • IST Mobile and Wireless Communications Summit
    2007, 1 review(s); 2006, 1 review(s); 2005, 1 review(s); 2004, 1 review(s);
  • International Workshop on Telecommunications
    2008, 1 review(s); 2006, 1 review(s); 2004, 1 review(s);
  • IEEE International Symp. on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Commun - PIMRC
    2008, 1 review(s); 2007, 1 review(s);
  • IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conf. - WCNC
    2010, 1 review(s); 2008, 1 review(s); 2006, 1 review(s);
  • IEEE International Symp. on Computers and Communications - ISCC
    2007, 1 review(s);
  • IEEE Global Communications Conference - GLOBECOM
    2009, 1 review(s);
  • IARIA-International Conf. on Wireless and Mobile Communications - ICWMC
    2011, 1 review(s); 2010, 1 review(s);
  • Vehicular Technology Conference: VTC-Spring
    2011, 1 review(s);