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... Susana de Jesus Mota

Researcher

Susana Mota

Academic position: Assistant Professor
Joining date: 01-01-1999
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

ORCID iD
https://www.orcid.org/0000-0002-0799-3629

Scientific Achievements

  • PhD, Universidade de Aveiro, 14-11-2014
  • MSc, Universidade de Aveiro, 09-09-2003
  • Licenciatura, Universidade de Aveiro, 17-07-1999
  • Universidade de Aveiro, 30-10-2003 - 16-11-2014, Invited Lecturer
4Lecture courses
  • Introdução às Tecnologias da Informação e Comunica, Universidade de Aveiro, Vários cursos
  • Propagação de Ondas Electromagnéticas, Universidade de Aveiro, Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Electr. e Telecomunicações
  • Aplicacionais para Ciencia e Engenharia, Universidade de Aveiro, Vários cursos
  • Fundamentos de Programação, Universidade de Aveiro, Vários cursos
15Supervision of MSc theses
As Supervisor
As Co-supervisor
1Supervision of Research grants
As Supervisor
1Books Chapters
  • S. Mota, A. Rocha, Teaching Transmission Line Propagation and Plane Wave Reflection Using Software Tools, Chapter in, Antennas and Wave Propagation, Intech Open, N/A, 2018
10Papers in Journals
  • A. Rocha, S. Mota, M. Sousa, A Demonstrator for Impedance Matching Systems in Transmission Lines With Time and Frequency Simulation [Education Corner], IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, Vol. 61, No. 3, pp. 92 - 103, June, 2019 | BibTex
  • S. V Ventouras, A. M Martelucci, R. R Reeves, E. R Rumi, F. Fontan, F. M Machado, A. Rocha, S. Mota, F. Jorge, V. Pastoriza, A. Panagopoulos, A. Papafragkakis, C. Kourogiorgas, O. F Fiser, V. Pek, P. Pesice, M. Grabner, A. V Vilhar, A. Kelmendi, A. Hrovat, D. Vanhoenacker‐Janvier, L. Quibus, G. Goussetis, A. Coutsouris, J. Nessel, Assessment of spatial and temporal properties of Ka/Q band earth-space radio channel across Europe using Alphasat Aldo Paraboni payload}, International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 1 - 25, June, 2019 | BibTex
  • A. Rocha, S. Mota, L. Cupido, F. Jorge, Affordable Programmed Satellite Pointing System for Propagation Experiments, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 1 - 1, June, 2019 | BibTex
  • A. Rocha, S. Mota, C. Ribeiro, Software Tools for Teaching Wave Propagation in Transmission Lines, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, Vol. 59, No. 3, pp. 118 - 127, June, 2017,
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  • S. Mota, A. Rocha, F. Fontan, Detailed Analysis of Directional Radio Channel Measurements, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 65, No. 3, pp. 1281 - 1288, March, 2017 | BibTex
  • S. Mota, F. Fontan, A. Rocha, Estimation of the Number of Clusters in Multipath Radio Channel Data Sets, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 61, No. 5, pp. 2879 - 2883, May, 2013 | BibTex
  • S. Mota, M. G. Garcia, A. Rocha, F. Fontan, Estimation of the Radio Channel Parameters using the SAGE Algorithm, Radioengineering, Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. -- - --, December, 2010,
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  • S. Mota, A. Silva, M. D. Dinis, J. Fernandes, Radio Transmission and Experimental Channel Characterisation Using an MBS Platform Operating in the 40 GHz Band, Wireless Personal Communications, Vol. 21, No. 3, pp. 245 - 267, June, 2002 | BibTex
  • A. Silva, S. Mota, J. Fernandes, Processamento de Medidas Experimentais de um Sistema MBS, Revista do Departamento de Electrónica e de Telecomunicações, Universidade de Aveiro, Vol. 2, No. 7, pp. - - -, January, 2000 | BibTex
  • A. Silva, S. Mota, J. Fernandes, Analise de Medidas Experimentais de um Sistema MBS, Revista do Departamento de Electrónica e de Telecomunicações, Universidade de Aveiro, Vol. 2, No. 7, pp. - - -, January, 2000 | BibTex
25Papers in Conferences
  • M. Brás, S. Mota, A. Rocha, Designing a Data Pre-Processing Tool for MEO Satellites Propagation Measurements, EURAAP 18th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, Glasgow, United Kingdom, Vol., pp. -, March, 2024,
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  • A. Rocha, .J. SILVA, S. Mota, Synthesis of Drop Counter Rain Rate from a Tipping Bucket Rain Gauge, EURAAP 18th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, Glasgow, United Kingdom, March, 2024,
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  • L. L Luini, C. R Riva, F. Capelleti, A. Comisso, A. Rocha, S. Mota, M. Brás, M. Biscarini, S. Barbieri, F. Consalvi, A. M Martelucci, Ka-Band Rain Attenuation Derived from a MEO Satellite Constellation, 17th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, Glasgow, United Kingdom, March, 2024,
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  • S. Mota, A. Rocha, L. Cupido, M. Oliveira, J. Costa, Challenges and Achievements Setting up a Propagation Campaign with MEO Satellites, 17th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, florence, Italy, Vol., pp. -, March, 2023 | BibTex
  • A. Rocha, S. Mota, A. Gomes, Long Term Scintillation Measurements at Ka and Q-Bands, European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP, Madrid, Spain, Vol., pp. 1 - 4, March, 2022,
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  • A. Rocha, S. Mota, A. Marziani, F. M Marzano, L. Luini, C. R Riva, Requirement Analysis for a MEO Propagation Campaign, European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP, Dusseldorf, Germany, March, 2021,
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  • L. L Luini, C. R Riva, A. Panzeri, A. Rocha, S. Mota, M. Biscarini, F. Consalvi, V. Schena, A. M Martelucci, The MEKaP Project: Measuring Tropospheric Impairments at Ka Band with MEO Satellites, European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP, Dusseldorf, Germany, March, 2021,
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  • A. M. Marziani Marziani, F. Consalvi, A. Rocha, S. Mota, L. L Luini, C. R Riva, F. M Marzano, MEO Satellite Ka-band Receiving Stations for Tropospheric Propagation Impairment Analysis: Design, Architecture and Preliminary Measurements, European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP, Dusseldorf, Germany, March, 2021,
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  • A. Rocha, S. Mota, An Empirical Model for Time Diversity Statistics at Ka- and Q-band, European Conference on Antennas and Propagation EuCap, Copenhagen, Denmark, March, 2020 | BibTex
  • L. Luini, C. R Riva, A. Panzeri, A. Rocha, S. Mota, F. M Marzano, A. Marziani, The MEKaP Project: Measuring Tropospheric Impairments at Ka Band with MEO Satellites, European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, Copenhagen, Denmark, March, 2020 | BibTex
  • A. Rocha, S. Mota, F. Jorge, Quick Overview of Two Years of Measurements With the Alphasat Q-band Satellite Beacon, European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP, Krakow, Poland, March, 2019 | BibTex
  • S. Mota, A. Rocha, F. Jorge, Propagation campaign at Q-band and Ka-band using the alphasat and Ka-sat satellites, European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP, London, United Kingdom, April, 2018 | BibTex
  • JF Flávio, F. Fontan, S. Mota, F. Jorge, A. Rocha, Joint results of the Aveiro and Vigo alphasat propagation campaigns, European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP, Paris, France, March, 2017 | BibTex
  • JF Flávio, S. Mota, A. Rocha, F. Jorge, Alphasat experiment at Aveiro: Data processing approach and experimental results, European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP, Paris, France, March, 2017 | BibTex
  • S. V Ventouras, R. R Reeves, E. R Rumi, F. Fontan, F. M Machado, V. Pastoriza, S. Mota, A. Rocha, F. Jorge, A. P Panagopoulos, A. P Papafragkakis, C. K Kourogiorgas, O. F Fiser, V. Pek, P. Pesice, M. Grabner, A. V Vilhar, A. Kelmendi, A. Hrovat, D. Vanhoenacker‐Janvier, A. G Graziani, L. Quibus, G. Goussetis, Large scale assessment of Ka/Q band atmospheric channel across Europe with ALPHASAT TDP5: The augmented network, European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP, Paris, France, March, 2017 | BibTex
  • A. Rocha, T. M. P Pereira, S. Mota, F. Jorge, Alphasat experiment at Aveiro, European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP, Davos, Switzerland, Vol. --, pp. -- - --, April, 2016 | BibTex
  • F. Jorge, S. Mota, A. Rocha, Evaluation of inter-annual variability of rainfall rate and rain attenuation based on the ITU Rec P.678, European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. -, pp. - - -, April, 2015 | BibTex
  • S. Mota, A. Rocha, F. Fontan, Physical and Statistical Analysis of Clustered Multipath Radio Channel Data, European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP, Gothenburg, Sweden, Vol. -, pp. - - -, April, 2013 | BibTex
  • S. Mota, M. G. Garcia, A. Rocha, F. Fontan, Clustering of the Multipath Radio Channel Parameters, European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP, Rome, Italy, Vol. I, pp. 3232 - 3236, April, 2011,
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  • I. F. Ferreira, S. Mota, A. Rocha, Results from MIMO Channel Measurements and Comparison to the Extended Saleh-Valenzuela Model, European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP, Barcelona, Spain, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 5, April, 2010,
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  • S. Mota, N. Almeida, A. Rocha, F. Fontan, Results from a First Approach to a Point-Scatter Simulator for MIMO Radio Channel Modeling, Vehicular Technology Conference: VTC-Spring, Barcelona, Spain, Vol. --, pp. 324 - 327, April, 2009,
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  • S. Mota, A. Rocha, Preliminary Measurements and Plans for MIMO Channel Modelling, E-Activity and Leading Technologies - E-ALT, Porto, Portugal, Vol. -, pp. - - -, December, 2007 | BibTex
  • S. Mota, A. Rocha, Exploring Experimental Results from SAGE Ray Retreival Algorithm, IST Mobile and Wireless Communications Summit, Aveiro, Portugal, Vol., pp. 681 - 684, June, 2003 | BibTex
  • S. Mota, A. Rocha, A Poor Man System for Directional Channel Measurements Using a Synthetic Array, IASTED International Conf. on Communication Systems and Networks - CSN, Málaga, Spain, Vol. Proc. of the IASTED International Conf. on Communications and Computer Networks, 2002, pp. 547 - 551, September, 2002 | BibTex
  • S. Mota, A. Rocha, Parameter Estimation of Synthetic and Real Radio Channels Using the SAGE Algorithm, IEEE International Symp. on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Commun - PIMRC, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. 2, pp. 634 - 638, September, 2002 | BibTex

Closed Projects4

Acronym Name Funding Agency Start date Ending date
ASAPE Alphasat Aldo Paraboni Propagation Experimenters ESA-ESTEC 01-01-2016 01-12-2019
LSAPROBE LARGE SCALE ASSESSMENT OF KA/Q BAND ATMOSPHERIC CHANNEL USING THE ALPHASAT TDP5 PROPAGATION BEACON CEOS ESA 01-04-2015 01-07-2018
MEKaP MEO KA Band Propagation Campaign ESA-ESTEC 01-02-2019 01-04-2022
PROMOSATCOM DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH ORDER PROPAGATION MODELS FOR MULTIMEDIA SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS ESA 01-05-2012 01-06-2016
1Awards
  • L. Luini, C. R Riva, A. Panzeri, A. Rocha, S. Mota, F. Marzano, EuCap 2020 Best Paper Award, Ref.: EuCAP 2020 Paper No 1570602243 ‘The MEKaP Project: Measuring Tropospheric Impairments at Ka Band with MEO Satellites’. The Best Paper Awards Chair and Committees have finalized the evaluation of 25 nominated papers, which were presented at the live online Best Paper Awards Session on Thursday, 19 March 2020. I am pleased to inform you that your paper, submitted to the EuCAP2020 Best Paper Award in Propagation, has been selected as the winner of this competition! The Award Certificate will be sent at a later point by ordinary mail. Please, convey this notification to the co-authors of your paper. On behalf of the organizing committee, we congratulate you on this achievement! Sincerely, Prof. Marianna Ivashina, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden EuCAP 2020 Award Chair, 01-03-2020
3Short Courses and Seminars
7Refereeing Journals
  • IEEE Access
    2019, 1 review(s); 2015, 1 review(s);
  • Wireless Networks
    2019, 1 review(s); 2018, 1 review(s); 2017, 2 review(s);
  • IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters
    2018, 2 review(s);
  • IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine
    2019, 1 review(s);
  • IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
    2020, 2 review(s); 2019, 4 review(s);
  • Wireless Power Transfer
    2019, 1 review(s);
  • itu journal: ict discoveries
    2019, 1 review(s);
6Refereeing Conferences
  • IST Mobile and Wireless Communications Summit
    2006, 1 review(s);
  • IEEE Vehicular Technology Conf. - VTC-Fall
    2016, 1 review(s);
  • IEEE International Symp. on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Commun - PIMRC
    2017, 1 review(s); 2016, 1 review(s); 2015, 2 review(s);
  • Vehicular Technology Conference: VTC-Spring
    2008, 1 review(s);
  • European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP
    2019, 4 review(s);
  • IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conf. - WCNC
    2019, 1 review(s);
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