Nuno Manuel Branco Souto

Nuno Souto

Academic position:	Associate Professor
Joining date:	01-02-2002
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

https://www.orcid.org/0000-0003-3823-4470

RESEARCHER ID SCOPUS SCHOLAR

Scientific Achievements

Degrees

Agregação, ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, 19-03-2021
PhD, Instituto Superior Técnico, 18-09-2006
Licenciatura, Instituto Superior Técnico, 31-10-2000

Affiliations

IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 21-09-2016, Senior

Expertise Topics

Signal processing for communications
Communication signal transmission, reception and detection algorithms; channel estimation and modeling
Optimization Techniques in Wireless Communications

Academic Activities

5Lecture courses

Fundamentos de Electrónica, , Lic. Engenharia em Telecomunicações e Informática
Teoria dos Circuitos, , Lic. Engenharia em Telecomunicações e Informática

Circuit Theory, ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Telecommunications and Computer Engineering

Electronics Fundamentals, ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Telecommunications and Computer Engineering

Embedded Systems, ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Masters in Telecommunications and Computer Engineering

5Supervision of PhD theses

As Supervisor

Design and Evaluation of Molecular Communication Systems for the Internet of Bio-Nano Things, PhD Student, Sofia Alexandra Duarte Figueiredo, Expected conclusion 09-2027
UAV countermeasures using efficient RF techniques, PhD Student, Vasco Rafael Jerónimo Velez, Expected conclusion 05-2024
Anti UAV Mobile System with Jamming and Spoofing Capabilities to Intercepting and Controlling Target Drones, PhD Student, Renato Branco Ferreira, Defended 05-2023
Design of Terahertz Transceiver Schemes for Ultrahigh-Speed Wireless Communications, PhD Student, João Pedro Calado Barradas Branco Pavia, Defended 09-2022
Improved Planning and Resource Management in Next Generation Green Mobile Communication Networks, PhD Student, Luís Carlos Barruncho dos Santos Gonçalves, Defended 07-2020

30Supervision of MSc theses

As Supervisor

Modulation and Demodulation Schemes for Molecular Communications in the Internet of Bio-Nano Things, MSc Student, Henrique João Sanches Vitória, Concluded 01-2023
Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces based System Design for Future 6G Wireless Networks, MSc Student, Ana Rita Betencourt da Costa Rodrigues dos Santos, Concluded 12-2022
An Environment-aware Communications System design for the THz band, MSc Student, João Miguel Rocha Praia, Concluded 12-2021
Molecular Communications techniques for the Internet of Bio-Nano Things, MSc Student, Sofia Alexandra Duarte Figueiredo, Concluded 12-2021
Precoder an Combiner Design for Index Modulation Assisted Multiuser Communications in Beyond 5G Systems, MSc Student, Bernardo Brogueira Farto, Concluded 12-2020
Distributed sensing solution for home efficiency tracking, MSc Student, Carolina Aparício Dionísio, Concluded 12-2019
Wireless UAV Restraining System, MSc Student, Diogo Dias dos Santos, Concluded 12-2019
Smart System for Control and Monitoring of Swimming Pools, MSc Student, Gonçalo Alexandre Rodrigues Simões, Concluded 12-2019
Sistema de aprendizagem e tradução da Língua Gestual Portuguesa em tempo real, MSc Student, Sara Cristina Martins Ferreira, Concluded 12-2019
Aquaponics automation for sustainable smart-aqua/agriculture, MSc Student, João Miguel Rodrigues Gonçalves, Concluded 10-2019
Real-Time Localization of Unauthorized UAVs, MSc Student, Jorge Rafael Santos, Concluded 10-2019
Spatial Modulation based Non Orthogonal Multiple Access Schemes for 5G and Beyond, MSc Student, Rui Pedro Marques Freire, Concluded 10-2019
Low Complexity Receivers for Single Carrier Large-Scale Spatial Modulation Systems, MSc Student, Pedro Miguel Carvalho Cristóvão, Concluded 11-2018
Técnicas de Jamming GPS para UAVs Não Autorizados, MSc Student, Renato Branco Ferreira, Concluded 11-2018
Implementação de Zonas de Acesso Proibido Para UAVs Usando Spoofing de Sinais GPS, MSc Student, Vasco Rafael Jerónimo Velez, Concluded 11-2018
Emissor/Receptor Acústico definido por Software para comunicações subaquáticas, MSc Student, David Martins Simões, Concluded 11-2016
Intelligent system for 3D vehicle communications using heterogeneous networks, MSc Student, Filipe Cardiga, Concluded 11-2016
Spatial Modulations for Green Heterogeneous Networks, MSc Student, Hugo André Pontes Lopes, Concluded 11-2016
Efficient Detection Techniques for Colliding Packets in OFDM Systems, MSc Student, Alexandre Lourenço, Concluded 07-2010
Robust Channel Estimation for Broadband Satellite Communications, MSc Student, Filipe Balseiro, Concluded 07-2010

As Co-supervisor

Intelligent energy capture and storage system, MSc Student, Armando José Soares Martins Teixeira, Expected conclusion 11-2024
Design and implementation of a transceiver using TCH codes, MSc Student, Rafael Alexandre Abundância Rocha, Expected conclusion 11-2024
Remote GNSS server station, MSc Student, José Carlos Machado Libório, Concluded 07-2024
Dissertation, MSc Student, Décio Manuel Brito Tavares, Concluded 11-2022
Implementation of a Direct Digital Frequency Synthesizer, MSc Student, Rui Tiago Ferro Henriques, Concluded 10-2022
Uso de Ondas Milimétricas em 5G, MSc Student, Carolina Loureiro Gonçalves, Concluded 10-2021
Broadcast de Video usando Modulação Espacial Generalizada, MSc Student, Catarina Sá Rita, Concluded 10-2021
Development of New Technologies for Structural Health Monitoring and Security Applications using Millimeter Waves and THz , MSc Student, João Pedro Calado Barradas Branco Pavia, Concluded 12-2018
Effcicient syncronization using TCH codes, MSc Student, Sílvia Cristina da Silva Catarino, Concluded 12-2018
The use of Sensor Networks to create smart environments, MSc Student, André Filipe Xavier da Glória, Concluded 07-2017

Publications

2Books

M. Silva, A. Correia, R. Dinis, N.S. Souto, J. C. S. Silva, Transmission Techniques for 4G Systems, CRC-Taylor & Francis Group, FL, USA, 2013,
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M. Silva, A. Correia, R. Dinis, N.S. Souto, J. C. Silva, Transmission Techniques for Emergent Multicast and Broadcast Systems, CRC-Taylor & Francis Group, FL, USA, 2010,
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7Books Chapters

F. A. Monteiro, I. J. Wassell, N.S. Souto, MIMO Detection Methods, Chapter in, MIMO Processing for 4G and Beyond: Fundamentals and Evolution, M. Marques da Silva, and F. A. Monteiro, CRC-Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, USA, 2014
N.S. Souto, F. A. Monteiro, MIMO optimized for OFDM, Chapter in, MIMO Processing for 4G and Beyond: Fundamentals and Evolution, M. Marques da Silva, and F. A. Monteiro, CRC-Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, 2014
J. C. Silva, N.S. Souto, R. Dinis, MIMO optimized for WCDMA, Chapter in, IMO Processing for 4G and Beyond: Fundamentals and Evolution, Mario Marques e Francisco Monteiro, CRC Press, Lisboa, 2014
R. Dinis, J. C. Silva, N.S. Souto, MIMO optimized for Single Carrier Frequency Domain Equalization, Chapter in, MIMO Processing for 4G and Beyond:: Fundamentals and Evolution, M. Silva, F. Monteiro, CRC Press, 2014
A. Correia, R. Dinis, N.S. Souto, J. C. Silva, LTE E-MBMS capacity and inter-site gains, Chapter in, Evolved Cellular Network planning and Optimization for UMTS and LTE, L. Song and J. Shen, CRC-Taylor & Francis Group, New York, 2010
A. Correia, N.S. Souto, J. C. Silva, Air Interface Enhancements for Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service, Chapter in, Handbook of Mobile Brodcasting, Borko Furt, Syed Ahson, CRC-Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, 2008
J. C. Silva, N.S. Souto, Cercas, F. Cercas, Iterative MMSE Detection for MIMO Blast DS-CDMA Systems in Frequency Sective Fading, Chapter in, E-business and Telecommunication Networks, Filipe, Joaquim; Coelhas, Helder; Saramago, Monica, Springer, 2007

47Papers in Journals

J.P. Pavia, V. Velez, N.S. Souto, M. Silva, A. Correia, System-Level Assessment of Massive Multiple-Input–Multiple-Output and Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces in Centralized Radio Access Network and IoT Scenarios in Sub-6 GHz, mm-Wave, and THz Bands, Applied Sciences (Switzerland), Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 1098 - 1098, January, 2024,
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N.S. Souto, J. C. Silva, Joint Beamforming Algorithm for Multi-Stream MIMO Systems Assisted by Multiple Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces, IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 1317 - 1333, July, 2023,
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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. 1, pp. 49625 - 49638, May, 2023,
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N.S. Souto, Joint Active and Passive Beamforming for RIS-aided MIMO Communications with Low-Resolution Phase Shifts, IEEE Communications Letters, Vol. 27, No. 6, pp. 1604 - 1608, April, 2023,
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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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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
J. Praia, J.P. Pavia, N.S. Souto, M. Ribeiro, Phase Shift Optimization Algorithm for Achievable Rate Maximization in Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Assisted THz Communications, Electronics (Switzerland), Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 18 - 18, January, 2022,
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S. Figueiredo Figueiredo, N.S. Souto, Cercas, F. Cercas, Low-Complexity Channel Codes for Reliable Molecular Communication via Diffusion, Sensors, Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 41 - 41, January, 2022,
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J.P. Pavia, V. Velez, R. Ferreira, N.S. Souto, M. Ribeiro, J. C. Silva, R. Dinis, Low Complexity Hybrid Precoding Designs for Multiuser mmWave/THz Ultra Massive MIMO Systems, Sensors, Vol. 21, No. 18, pp. 1 - 27, September, 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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N.S. Souto, A. Correia, A Precoding Aided Space Domain Index Modulation Scheme for Downlink Multiuser MIMO Systems, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 69, No. 10, pp. 12333 - 12337, October, 2020,
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J.P. Pavia, V. Velez, B. Farto, N.S. Souto, A. Correia, Precoded Generalized Spatial Modulation for Downlink MIMO Transmissions in Beyond 5G Networks, Applied Sciences (Switzerland), Vol. 10, No. 18, pp. 6617 - 6636, September, 2020,
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J.P. Pavia, N.S. Souto, M. Ribeiro, Design of a Reconfigurable THz Filter Based on Metamaterial Wire Resonators with Applications on Sensor Devices, Photonics, Vol. 7, No. 3, pp. 48 - 69, July, 2020,
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J. Ponte, J. C. Silva, N.S. Souto, J. Lopes, Flow Management with Differentiated Classes of Service and Quality of Experience, Journal of Computer Networks and Communications, Vol. 2020, No. 6, pp. 1 - 8, June, 2020 | BibTex
N.S. Souto, A. Correia, Frequency Domain Equalization for Single and Multiuser Generalized Spatial Modulation Systems in Time Dispersive Channels, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 316 - 320, March, 2020 | Full text (PDF 378 KBs) | BibTex
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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N.S. Souto, J. C. Silva, J.P. Pavia, M. Ribeiro, An alternating direction algorithm for hybrid precoding and combining in millimeter wave MIMO systems, Physical Communication, Vol. 34, No. -, pp. 165 - 173, June, 2019,
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B. Lopes, S. Catarino, N.S. Souto, R. Dinis, Cercas, F. Cercas, Robust Joint Synchronization and Channel Estimation Approach for Frequency-Selective Environments, IEEE Access, Vol. 6, No. -, pp. 53180 - 53190, December, 2018,
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H.A.L. Lopes, N.S. Souto, Iterative Signal Detection for Large-Scale GSM-MIMO Systems, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 67, No. 8, pp. 7734 - 7738, August, 2018,
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N.S. Souto, H.A.L. Lopes, Efficient Recovery Algorithm for Discrete Valued Sparse Signals using an ADMM Approach, IEEE Access, Vol. 5, No. -, pp. 19562 - 19569, September, 2017,
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N.S. Souto, R. Dinis, MIMO Detection and Equalization for Single-Carrier Systems Using the Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers, IEEE Signal Processing Letters, Vol. 23, No. 12, pp. 1751 - 1755, December, 2016,
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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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N.S. Souto, R. Dinis, A. Correia, C. Reis, Interference Aware Iterative Block Decision Feedback Equalizer for Single Carrier Transmission, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 64, No. 7, pp. 3316 - 3321, July, 2015,
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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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N.S. Souto, R. Dinis, J. C. Silva, Impact of Channel Estimation Errors on SC-FDE Systems, IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 62, No. 5, pp. 1530 - 1540, May, 2014 | Full text (PDF 2 MBs) | BibTex
N.S. Souto, R. Dinis, J. C. Silva, Performance bound for generalised multilevelquadrature amplitude modulations constellations in multipath Rayleigh fading channels with imperfect channel estimation, IET Communications, Vol. 6, No. 11, pp. 1537 - 1543, November, 2012,
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J. C. Silva, R. Dinis, N.S. Souto, Single-carrier frequency domain equalisation with hierarchical constellations: an efficient transmission technique for broadcast and multicast systems, IET Communications, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 1 - 8, October, 2012,
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M. Silva, A. Correia, N.S. Souto, J. S. Seguro, P. Gomes, R. Dinis, On the Multi-Resolution Techniques for LTE-Advanced, Wireless Personal Communications, Vol. 22, No. 7, pp. 339 - 351, September, 2012,
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F. Amaral, R. Dinis, PMC Carvalho, N.S. Souto, Approaching the matched filter bound with block transmission techniques, Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, Vol. 23, No. 1, pp. 76 - 85, January, 2012,
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A. Correia, N.S. Souto, Interference Coordination for E-MBMS Transmissions in LTE-Advanced, Intrnl. Journal of Digital Multimedia Broadcasting, Vol. Volume 2010, No. ID 689705, pp. 1 - 11, October, 2010,
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N.S. Souto, R. Dinis, J. C. Silva, Analytical Matched Filter Bound for M-QAM Hierarchical Constellations with Diversity Reception in Multipath Rayleigh Fading Channels, IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 58, No. 3, pp. 737 - 741, March, 2010,
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N.S. Souto, R. Dinis, J. C. Silva, P. C. Carvalho, Iterative Multipacket Detection for High Throughput Transmissions in OFDM Systems, IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 58, No. 2, pp. 429 - 432, February, 2010,
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A. Correia, N.S. Souto, R. Dinis, J. C. Silva, Multiresolution with Hierarchical Modulations for Long Term Evolution of UMTS, Eurasip Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, Vol. 2009, No. 1, pp. 1 - 11, February, 2009,
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N.S. Souto, Cercas, F. Cercas, J. C. Silva, A. Correia, Transmitter/Receiver Method for Supporting Hierarchical Modulations in MBMS Transmissions, Wireless Personal Communications, Vol. 45, No. 1, pp. - - -, April, 2008 | BibTex
N.S. Souto, Cercas, F. Cercas, J. C. Silva, On the BER Performance of Hierarchical M-QAM Constellations with Diversity and Imperfect Channel Estimation, IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 55, No. 10, pp. 1852 - 1856, October, 2007,
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A. Correia, J. C. Silva, N.S. Souto, Multi-Resolution Broadcast/Multicast Systems for MBMS, IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, Vol. 53, No. 1, pp. 224 - 234, March, 2007 | BibTex
J. C. Silva, N.S. Souto, Cercas, F. Cercas, A. J. Rodrigues, A. Correia, Equalization Based Receivers for Wideband MIMO/BLAST Systems, Wireless Personal Communications, Vol. 40, No. 3, pp. 291 - 304, February, 2007 | BibTex
N.S. Souto, J. C. Silva, Cercas, F. Cercas, A. Correia, A. J. Rodrigues, Low rate convolutional and turbo codes based on non-linear cyclic codes, Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 23 - 34, January, 2007 | BibTex
A. Correia, N.S. Souto, J. C. Silva, Effective Radio Resource Management for MBMS in UMTS Networks, Wireless Personal Communications, Vol. 2006, No. 1, pp. 1 - 27, October, 2006 | BibTex
A. Correia, J. C. Silva, N.S. Souto, MIMO Based Radio Resource Management for UMTS Multicast Broadcast Multimedia Services, Wireless Personal Communications, Vol. 2006, No. 1, pp. 1 - 22, September, 2006 | BibTex
J. C. Silva, N.S. Souto, Cercas, F. Cercas, Iterative MMSE Detection for MIMO/BLAST DS-CDMA Systems in Frequency Selective Fading, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 177 - 186, January, 2006 | BibTex

106Papers in Conferences

B. Farto, J.P. Pavia, N.S. Souto, A. Correia, Precoder and Combiner Design for Generalized Spatial Modulation based Multiuser MIMO Systems, Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications Symp. - WPMC, Okayama, Japan, Vol., pp. 1 - 6, October, 2020,
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J.P. Pavia, N.S. Souto, M. Ribeiro, J. C. Silva, R. Dinis, Hybrid Precoding and Combining Algorithm for Reduced Complexity and Power Consumption Architectures in mmWave Communications, IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Spring), Antwerp, Belgium, May, 2020 | BibTex
J.P. Pavia, M. Ribeiro, C. Kusoglu-Sarikaya, H. Altan, D. Akbar, N.S. Souto, Analysis of the Interaction between THz Waves and Low Cost Plasma Detectors for the Development of StandOff Imaging Systems, IEEE MTT-S International Microwave & RF Conference IMARC, Mumbai, India, December, 2019 | BibTex
M. Ribeiro, J.P. Pavia, N.S. Souto, Application of a Mesh Free Monte Carlo Method to the Analysis of Dielectric Slab in Electromagnetics, imarc, Mumbai, India, December, 2019 | BibTex
J.P. Pavia, N.S. Souto, M. Ribeiro, Design of Frequency Selective Devices for the THz Domain with Applications on Structural Health Monitoring, Metamaterials International Congress on Artificial Materials for Novel Wave Phenomena Metamaterials, Rome, Italy, September, 2019 | BibTex
J.P. Pavia, M. Ribeiro, H. Altan, D. Akbar, C. Kusoglu-Sarikaya, N.S. Souto, Design of a Novel THz sensor for Structural Health Monitoring Applications, IEEE Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference WAMICON, Cocoa Beach, United States, April, 2019,
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N.S. Souto, R. D, Efficient MIMO Detection for High-Order QAM Constellations in Time Dispersive Channels, IEEE International Conference on Communications - ICC, kansas city, United States, May, 2018,
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J.P. Pavia, N.S. Souto, M. Ribeiro, Design of Novel Filters in the Development of New Technologies for the THz using Frequency Selective Surfaces, EIEC Encuentro Iberico de Electromagnetismo Computacional EIEC, Coimbra, Portugal, May, 2018,
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B. Lopes, Cercas, F. Cercas, N.S. Souto, R. Dinis, Efficient Channel Estimation Using TCH Codes, International Congress on Ultra Modern Telecommunications and Control Systems, Munich, Germany, Vol., pp. 1 - 5, November, 2017,
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A. Glória, Cercas, F. Cercas, N.S. Souto, Comparison of Communication Protocols for Low Cost Internet of Things Devices, South-East Europe Design Automation, Computer Engineering, Computer Networks and Social Media Conference - SEEDA-CECNSM, kastoria, Greece, September, 2017,
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Cercas, F. Cercas, N.S. Souto, Design and implementation of an IoT gateway to create smart environments, International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies Francisco António Bucho Cercas ANT, Funchal, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 5, May, 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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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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A. Correia, N.S. Souto, Performance of networked femtocells with the interference of LTE-A macrocells, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Aveiro, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 4, September, 2015,
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M. Silva, C. Reis, N.S. Souto, A. Correia, M. Silva, Interference Aware Iterative Receiver Performance for the Uplink of LTE-A, Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symp. - PIERS, Prague, Czech Republic, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 1, July, 2015,
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R. Dinis, J. C. Silva, N.S. Souto, Efficient Inversion of Large Overlapped Block Diagonal Matrices, ITC-CSCC, Seoul, Korea, South, Vol. 1, pp. 5 - 8, June, 2015,
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A. Correia, C. Reis, N.S. Souto, M. Silva, Coordinated Multi-point MIMO Processing for 4G, Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symp. - PIERS, Guanghzou, China, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 5, August, 2014,
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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. Correia, C. Reis, N.S. Souto, M. Silva, On Enhanced Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service for 4G, International Conf. on Telecommunications - ICT, Lisboa, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 5, May, 2014,
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N.S. Souto, R. Dinis, J. C. Silva, Impact of Imperfect Channel Estimation on SC-FDE, Vehicular Technology Conference: VTC-Spring, Dresden, Germany, Vol. -, pp. - - -, June, 2013,
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N.S. Souto, R. Dinis, J. C. Silva, Reliability of an IB-DFE in the Presence of Channel Estimation Errors, Vehicular Technology Conference: VTC-Spring, Dresden, Germany, Vol. -, pp. - - -, June, 2013,
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C. Duque, M. Ribeiro, N.S. Souto, Acquisition and Offline Classification of Electrooculography Events, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Castelo Branco, Portugal, Vol., pp. 89 - 92, May, 2013,
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C. Duque, M. Duarte, M. Ribeiro, S. Oliveira, A. Christensen, N.S. Souto, Real Time Control of a Mobile Robot Using Electrooculography, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Castelo Branco, Portugal, Vol. --, pp. 137 - 140, May, 2013,
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J. Simões Simões, N.S. Souto, Performance Assessment of IEEE 802.15.4 networks in the Presence of WLAN Interference, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Castelo Branco, Portugal, Vol. -, pp. - - -, May, 2013 | BibTex
C. Reis, A. Correia, N.S. Souto, M. Silva, On the Multihop Relays with Multiple Antennas for LTE-A, Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symp. - PIERS, Taipei, Taiwan, Vol. 2, pp. 9 - 99, March, 2013,
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J. C. S. Silva, R. Dinis, N.S. Souto, M. Silva, MIMO SC-FDE Transmission Techniques with Channel Estimation and High-Order Modulations, Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symp. - PIERS, Taipei, Taiwan, Vol. 3, pp. 9 - 99, March, 2013,
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C. Duque, M. Ribeiro, N.S. Souto, Multiclass Electrooculography using Common Spatial Pattern, International Conf. on Telecommunications and Signal Processing - TSP, Praga, Czech Republic, Vol. --, pp. -- - --, July, 2012,
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J. C. Silva, R. Dinis, N.S. Souto, Joint Detection & Enhanced Channel Estimation for MIMO SC-FDE, Mosharaka International Conf. on Communications, Networking and Information Technology - Mosharaka, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Vol. 1, pp. 105 - 110, December, 2011,
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A. L. Lourenço, N.S. Souto, R. Dinis, Detection of Colliding Users in OFDM based Random Access Networks, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. -, pp. - - -, April, 2011,
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F. B. Balseiro, N.S. Souto, Robust Channel Estimation for Broadband Satellite Communications, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. -, pp. - - -, April, 2011,
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A. Correia, J. S. Seguro, N.S. Souto, P. Gomes, R. Dinis, Rotation Matrices for OFDM Transmission, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Lisboa, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 4, April, 2011,
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J. C. Silva, HRMS Silva, R. Dinis, ELGMS Silva, N.S. Souto, On the Use of TCH Sequences for Synchronization and Channel Estimation in MIMO Systems, International Conf. on Signal Processing - ICSP, Gold Coast, Australia, Vol. -, pp. - - -, December, 2010 | BibTex
A. Correia, N.S. Souto, R. Dinis, Power Saving Techniques for E-MBMS Transmissions in LTE-Advanced, IEEE Wireless Personal and Mobile Communications - WPMC, Recife, Brazil, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 6, October, 2010,
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R. Dinis, N.S. Souto, P. C. Carvalho, On the Impact of Multipath Propagation and Diversity in Performance of Iterative Block Decision Feedback Equalizers, IEEE International Conf. on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications - WiMob, Niagara Falls, Canada, Vol. -, pp. - - -, October, 2010,
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F. Amaral, R. Dinis, PMC Carvalho, N.S. Souto, On the Impact of Multipath Propagation and Diversity in Performance of Iterative Block Decision Feedback Equalizers, IEEE International Conf. on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications - WiMob, Niagara Falls, Canada, Vol., pp. 246 - 251, October, 2010,
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R. Dinis, J. C. Silva, PMC Carvalho, N.S. Souto, On the Design of Turbo Equalizers for SC-FDE Schemes with Different Error Protections, IEEE Vehicular Networking Conf. (VNC), Ottawa, Canada, Vol. -, pp. - - -, September, 2010,
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F. Ganhão, M.P. Pereira, L. Bernardo, R. Dinis, N.S. Souto, J. Silva, R. Oliveira, P. Pinto, Energy per useful packet optimization on a TDMA HAP channel, IEEE Vehicular Technology Conf. - VTC-Fall, Ottawa, Canada, Vol. -, pp. - - -, September, 2010,
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R. Dinis, PMC Carvalho, N.S. Souto, J. C. Silva, Iterative Frequency-Domain Equalization for General Constellations, IEEE Sarnoff Symp., Princeton, United States, Vol. -, pp. - - -, April, 2010,
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A. Correia, N.S. Souto, Radio Access Network Emulator for LTE, International Conf. on Mobile Computing and Wireless Communications, Marrakech, Morocco, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 6, October, 2009,
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N.S. Souto, R. Dinis, J. C. Silva, Matched Filter Bound for M-QAM Hierarchical Constellations with Diversity Reception in Multipath Rayleigh Fading Channels, IEEE Vehicular Networking Conf. (VNC), Anchorage, United States, Vol. -, pp. - - -, September, 2009,
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N.S. Souto, R. Dinis, J. C. Silva, Efficient Detection Technique for Multiple Packet Collisions in OFDM Systems, IEEE Vehicular Networking Conf. (VNC), Anchorage, United States, Vol. -, pp. - - -, September, 2009,
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J. C. Silva, N.S. Souto, R. Dinis, P. C. Carvalho, On the use of TCH Sequences for Synchronization, Channel and Noise Estimation, IEEE International Conf. on Signal Processing and Communication - ICSPC, omaha, United States, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 5, September, 2009 | BibTex
J. C. Silva, R. Dinis, N.S. Souto, Joint Detection and Channel Estimation Systems with SC-FDE Modulations, IASTED International Conf. on Signal Processing, Pattern Recognition and Applications - SPPRA, innsbruck, Austria, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 5, February, 2009 | BibTex
J. C. Silva, N.S. Souto, Efficient Channel Estimation for Iterative MIMO SC-FDE Systems, IEEE Vehicular Networking Conf. (VNC), Calgary, Canada, Vol. 1, pp. 100 - 105, September, 2008 | BibTex
N.S. Souto, J. C. Silva, P. C. Carvalho, A High Throughput Technique for OFDM Systems, IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conf. - WCNC, Las Vegas, United States, Vol. -, pp. - - -, March, 2008,
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N.S. Souto, A. Correia, J. C. Silva, L. A. Abreu, Multiresolution MBMS transmissions for MIMO UTRA LTE systems, IEEE International Symp. on Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting - BTS, Las Vegas, United States, Vol. -, pp. - - -, March, 2008,
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N.S. Souto, J. C. Silva, Iterative Decoding and Channel Estimation of MIMO-OFDM Transmissions with Hierarchical Constellations and Implicit Pilots, IEEE International Conf. on Signal Processing and Communication - ICSPC, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Vol. -, pp. - - -, November, 2007 | BibTex
N.S. Souto, J. C. Silva, Efficient Channel Estimation for OFDM Systems with Hierarchical Constellations, IEEE International Symp. on Communications and Information Technologies - ISCIT, Sydney, Australia, Vol. -, pp. - - -, October, 2007 | BibTex
N.S. Souto, J. C. Silva, Kumar, A. Correia, On the Use of Implicit Pilots for Channel Estimation with OFDM Modulations, IEEE Vehicular Networking Conf. (VNC), Baltimore, United States, Vol. -, pp. - - -, September, 2007 | BibTex
N.S. Souto, Joint Detection and Channel Estimation for OFDM Signals with Implicit Pilots, IST Mobile and Wireless Communications Summit, Budapest, Hungary, Vol. -, pp. - - -, July, 2007 | BibTex
Kumar, N.S. Souto, J. C. Silva, Efficient Channel Estimation for OFDM Modulations with Transmit Diversity, IASTED International Conf. on Communications, Internet and Information Technology - CIIT, Bannf, Canada, Vol. -, pp. - - -, July, 2007 | BibTex
N.S. Souto, J. C. Silva, Cercas, F. Cercas, A. Correia, Supporting Hierarchical Modulations in HSDPA for MBMS Transmissions, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Peniche, Portugal, Vol. -, pp. - - -, May, 2007 | BibTex
J. C. Silva, Cercas, F. Cercas, N.S. Souto, A. J. Rodrigues, Employing the Block Fourier Algorithm for solving the LMMSE Receiver Equation Under Variable Channel Conditions, IEEE Vehicular Networking Conf. (VNC), Dublin, Ireland, Vol. 1, pp. 260 - 260, April, 2007 | BibTex
J. C. Silva, N.S. Souto, Cercas, F. Cercas, Iterative Partial-Cancelling MMSE Algorithms for W-CDMA MIMO-BLAST Systems, IEEE Vehicular Networking Conf. (VNC), Montreal, Canada, Vol. -, pp. - - -, September, 2006 | BibTex
N.S. Souto, Cercas, F. Cercas, J. C. Silva, A. Correia, An Iterative Receiver for WCDMA Systems with MIMO Transmissions and Hierarchical Constellations, IEEE International Symp. on Spread Spectrum and Techniques Applications - ISSSTA, Manaus, Brazil, Vol. -, pp. - - -, August, 2006 | BibTex
J. C. Silva, N.S. Souto, Cercas, F. Cercas, A. J. Rodrigues, S.J. Jesus, Optimized Gauss and Cholesky Algorithms for using the LMMSE Decoder in MIMO/BLAST Systems with Frequency-Selective Channels, International Conf. on E-Business and Telecommunication Networks, Setúbal, Portugal, Vol. -, pp. - - -, August, 2006 | BibTex
J. C. Silva, N.S. Souto, Cercas, F. Cercas, MMSE-based Receiver Behaviour in Handover Situations, International Conf. on E-Business and Telecommunication Networks, setúbal, Portugal, Vol. -, pp. - - -, August, 2006 | BibTex
J. C. Silva, N.S. Souto, Cercas, F. Cercas, Turbo Coded MMSE Algorithms for W-CDMA MIMO-BLAST Systems, IEEE International Symp. on Spread Spectrum and Techniques Applications - ISSSTA, Manaus, Brazil, Vol. -, pp. - - -, August, 2006 | BibTex
J. C. Silva, N.S. Souto, Cercas, F. Cercas, A. J. Rodrigues, S.J. Jesus, Solving the ZF Receiver Equation for MIMO Systems Under Variable Channel Conditions using the Block Fourier Algorithm, IEEE International Symp. on Spread Spectrum and Techniques Applications - ISSSTA, Manaus, Brazil, Vol. -, pp. - - -, August, 2006 | BibTex
N.S. Souto, Cercas, F. Cercas, J. C. Silva, A. Correia, Iterative Detection and Channel Estimation for WCDMA Systems Employing Non-Uniform QAM Constellations, IST Mobile and Wireless Communications Summit, Myconos, Greece, Vol. -, pp. - - -, June, 2006 | BibTex
J. C. Silva, N.S. Souto, Cercas, F. Cercas, Overloaded SISO & MISO Systems with MMSE-based Equalization Receivers, International Conf. on Telecommunications - ICT, Funchal, Portugal, Vol. -, pp. - - -, May, 2006 | BibTex
J. C. Silva, N.S. Souto, Cercas, F. Cercas, Iterative MMSE Detection for MIMO/BLAST DS-CDMA Systems in Frequency Selective Fading, International Conf. on E-Business and Telecommunication Networks, Reading, United Kingdom, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 1, October, 2005 | BibTex
J. C. Silva, S.J. Jesus, N.S. Souto, Cercas, F. Cercas, A. Correia, A. J. Rodrigues, Partitioned MMSE Receiver for Wideband CDMA Systems, Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications Symp. - WPMC, Aalborg, Denmark, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 1, September, 2005 | BibTex
J. C. Silva, N.S. Souto, Cercas, F. Cercas, A. Correia, A. J. Rodrigues, Equalization Based Receivers for Wideband MIMO/BLAST Systems, Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications Symp. - WPMC, Aalborg, Denmark, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 1, September, 2005 | BibTex
J. C. Silva, N.S. Souto, Cercas, F. Cercas, A. Correia, A. J. Rodrigues, Optimum bit-mapping for short TCH codes, Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications Symp. - WPMC, Aalborg, Denmark, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 1, September, 2005 | BibTex
J. C. Silva, N.S. Souto, Cercas, F. Cercas, A. J. Rodrigues, A. Correia, Usage of Non-Uniform Constellations for a WCDMA MIMO/BLAST MMSE Receiver System, Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications Symp. - WPMC, Aalborg, Denmark, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 1, September, 2005 | BibTex
N.S. Souto, J. C. Silva, Cercas, F. Cercas, A. J. Rodrigues, A. Correia, Synchronization with TCH Codes, Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications Symp. - WPMC, Aalborg, Denmark, Vol. -, pp. - - -, September, 2005 | BibTex
J. C. Silva, N.S. Souto, A. J. Rodrigues, A. Correia, Cercas, F. Cercas, A L-MMSE DS-CDMA Detector for MIMO/BLAST Systems with Frequency Selective Fading, IST Mobile and Wireless Communications Summit, Dresden, Germany, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 1, June, 2005 | BibTex
N.S. Souto, J. C. Silva, Cercas, F. Cercas, A. J. Rodrigues, A. Correia, Non-Uniform Constellations for Broadcasting and Multicasting Services in WCDMA Systems, IST Mobile and Wireless Communications Summit, Dresden, Germany, Vol. -, pp. - - -, June, 2005 | BibTex
N.S. Souto, J. C. Silva, Cercas, F. Cercas, Iterative Turbo Multipath Interference Cancellation for WCDMA Systems with Non-Uniform Modulations, IEEE Vehicular Networking Conf. (VNC), Stockholm, Sweden, Vol. -, pp. - - -, May, 2005 | BibTex
J. C. Silva, N.S. Souto, A. Correia, A. J. Rodrigues, Cercas, F. Cercas, Enhanced MMSE Detection for MIMO Systems, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Lisboa, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 1, April, 2005 | BibTex
J. C. Silva, N.S. Souto, A. J. Rodrigues, A. Correia, Cercas, F. Cercas, MMSE with Non-Uniform Modulations for a MIMO/BLAST System, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Lisboa, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 1, April, 2005 | BibTex
J. C. Silva, N.S. Souto, A. Correia, A. J. Rodrigues, Cercas, F. Cercas, Link Level Channel Modeling for High Speed Downlink Packet Access, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Lisboa, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 1, April, 2005 | BibTex
J. C. Silva, N.S. Souto, A. Correia, A. J. Rodrigues, Cercas, F. Cercas, Interference Suppression for High Speed Downlink Packet Access, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Lisboa, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 1, April, 2005 | BibTex
J. C. Silva, N.S. Souto, A. Correia, A. J. Rodrigues, Cercas, F. Cercas, Finite state channel modeling for UMTS HSDPA link level performance evaluation, Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications Symp. - WPMC, Padua, Italy, Vol. 1, pp. 416 - 420, September, 2004 | BibTex
J. C. Silva, N.S. Souto, Cercas, F. Cercas, A. J. Rodrigues, A. Correia, Multipath Interference Canceller for High Speed Downlink Packet Access in Enhanced UMTS Networks, IEEE International Symp. on Spread Spectrum and Techniques Applications - ISSSTA, Sydney, Australia, Vol. 1, pp. 609 - 612, September, 2004 | BibTex
J. C. Silva, N.S. Souto, Cercas, F. Cercas, Usage of Turbo TCH Codes for Spread Spectrum Applications, IEEE International Symp. on Spread Spectrum and Techniques Applications - ISSSTA, sydney, Australia, Vol. 1, pp. 12 - 15, September, 2004 | BibTex
J. C. Silva, N.S. Souto, Cercas, F. Cercas, A. Correia, Parity Concatenated Turbo codes: Study of their Structure and Performance Bounds, International Symp. on Signal Processing and its Applications - ISSPA, sydney, Australia, Vol. 1, pp. 12 - 14, September, 2004 | BibTex
A. Correia, J. C. Silva, N.S. Souto, Interferece Reduction consisting of Pre-Distortion Filtering with Selective Transmit Diversity, IEEE International Symp. on Spread Spectrum and Techniques Applications - ISSSTA, Sydney, Australia, Vol. x, pp. x - x, September, 2004 | BibTex
M. Silva, A. Correia, J. C. Silva, N.S. Souto, Interference Reduction Consisting of Pre-Distortion Filtering with Selective Transmit Diversity, IEEE International Symp. on Spread Spectrum and Techniques Applications - ISSSTA, Sydney, Australia, Vol. 9999, pp. 9999 - 9999, September, 2004 | BibTex
N.S. Souto, J. C. Silva, A. Correia, Cercas, F. Cercas, M. Silva, A. J. Rodrigues, Multi-User Detector Schemes for the UMTS Uplink Transmission, IEEE International Symp. on Spread Spectrum and Techniques Applications - ISSSTA, Sydney, Australia, Vol. 0, pp. 111 - 222, September, 2004,
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N.S. Souto, J. C. Silva, N. Cota, A. Correia, Cercas, F. Cercas, A. J. Rodrigues, Performance of Enhanced-UMTS HSDPA using Transmit Diversity and Power Control Schemes, International Conf. on E-Business and Telecommunication Networks, Setúbal, Portugal, Vol. 3, pp. 46 - 51, August, 2004 | BibTex
N.S. Souto, J. C. Silva, Cercas, F. Cercas, A. Correia, A. J. Rodrigues, Transmit Diversity Schemes for High Speed Downlink Packet Access in 3.5G Cellular Systems, IEEE International Symp. on Spread Spectrum and Techniques Applications - ISSSTA, Sydney, Australia, Vol. -, pp. 623 - 627, August, 2004 | BibTex
N.S. Souto, J. C. Silva, Cercas, F. Cercas, A. Correia, A. J. Rodrigues, Partitioned Turbo Super-Orthogonal Codes for a UMTS CS-CDMA Scheme, IEEE International Symp. on Spread Spectrum and Techniques Applications - ISSSTA, Sydney, Australia, Vol. -, pp. 285 - 289, August, 2004 | BibTex
M. Silva, A. Correia, J. C. Silva, N.S. Souto, Joint MIMO and Parallel Interference Cancellation for the HSDPA, IEEE International Symp. on Spread Spectrum and Techniques Applications - ISSSTA, Sydney, Australia, Vol. 9999, pp. 9999 - 9999, August, 2004 | BibTex
N.S. Souto, J. C. Silva, Cercas, F. Cercas, Low Rate Turbo Codes based on Nonlinear Cyclic Codes, IEEE International Conference on Communications - ICC, Paris, France, Vol. -, pp. - - -, June, 2004 | BibTex
N.S. Souto, J. C. Silva, A. Correia, Cercas, F. Cercas, A. J. Rodrigues, Usage of Turbo Super-Orthogonal Codes for an enhanced UMTS CS-CDMA Uplink transmission, IEEE Vehicular Networking Conf. (VNC), Milan, Italy, Vol. -, pp. - - -, May, 2004 | BibTex
N.S. Souto, J. C. Silva, Cercas, F. Cercas, A. Correia, A. J. Rodrigues, Enhanced UMTS CS-CDMA Uplink Transmission Using Turbo Super-Orthogonal Codes, IEEE Vehicular Networking Conf. (VNC), Milan, Italy, Vol. -, pp. - - -, May, 2004 | BibTex
J. C. Silva, N.S. Souto, Cercas, F. Cercas, A. Correia, A. J. Rodrigues, Turbo TCH Codes for application in CS-CDMA schemes, SEACORN Workshop on Simulation of Enhanced UMTS Access and Core Networks, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Vol. x, pp. x - x, March, 2004 | BibTex
M. Silva, A. Correia, N.S. Souto, J. C. Silva, Cercas, F. Cercas, A. J. Rodrigues, Interference Suppression consisting of Pre-Distortion Filtering and Beamforming with joint Transmit Diversity, SEACORN Workshop on Simulation of Enhanced UMTS Access and Core Networks, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Vol. 9999, pp. 9999 - 9999, March, 2004 | BibTex
J. C. Silva, N.S. Souto, Cercas, F. Cercas, A. Correia, A. J. Rodrigues, Conversion of reference tapped delay line channel models to discrete time channel models, IEEE Vehicular Networking Conf. (VNC), Orlando, United States, Vol. 1, pp. - - -, October, 2003 | BibTex
J. C. Silva, N.S. Souto, Cercas, F. Cercas, Parity Concatenated Turbo TCH codes, Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications Symp. - WPMC, Yokosuka, Japan, Vol. 3, pp. 54 - 57, October, 2003 | BibTex
J. C. Silva, N.S. Souto, Cercas, F. Cercas, A. Correia, A. J. Rodrigues, Characterization of Power Control for UMTS, Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications Symp. - WPMC, Yokosuka, Japan, Vol. 2, pp. 443 - 447, October, 2003 | BibTex
N.S. Souto, J. C. Silva, Cercas, F. Cercas, Low rate Convolutional Coding Schemes based on Nonlinear Cyclic Codes for Efficient Maximum Likelihood Decoding, Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications Symp. - WPMC, Yokosuka, Japan, Vol. 1, pp. 117 - 121, October, 2003 | BibTex
N.S. Souto, J. C. Silva, Cercas, F. Cercas, Block turbo schemes using TCH codes, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Aveiro, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 429 - 432, June, 2003 | BibTex
N.S. Souto, J. C. Silva, Cercas, F. Cercas, Special bit-mapping of TCH codes for application in turbo schemes, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Lisboa, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 445 - 448, June, 2003 | BibTex
N.S. Souto, J. C. Silva, Cercas, F. Cercas, Performance Comparison of Turbo Decoding Algorithms in UMTS FDD Radio Channels, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Aveiro, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 541 - 544, June, 2003 | BibTex
N.S. Souto, J. C. Silva, Cercas, F. Cercas, Quasi-Systematic property of TCH codes, IST Mobile and Wireless Communications Summit, Aveiro, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 657 - 660, June, 2003 | BibTex
J. C. Silva, N.S. Souto, Cercas, F. Cercas, A. Correia, A. J. Rodrigues, UMTS AWGN Simulation Results with interference, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Aveiro, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 91 - 94, June, 2003 | BibTex
J. C. Silva, N.S. Souto, A. Correia, Cercas, F. Cercas, A. J. Rodrigues, UMTS AWGN Simulation Results for Uplink, Downlink and HSDPA transmissions, IST Mobile and Wireless Communications Summit, Aveiro, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 543 - 547, June, 2003 | BibTex
J. C. Silva, N.S. Souto, Cercas, F. Cercas, A. Correia, A. J. Rodrigues, Efficient simulation of tapped delay channel models using converted discrete time channel models, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, aveiro, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 231 - 234, June, 2003 | BibTex

Patents

2Patents

N.S. Souto, R. Dinis, J. C. Silva, Método de separação de pacotes de informação envolvidos em colisões ocorridas quando dois ou mais emissores transmitem para uma estação base no mesmo intervalo de tempo em sistemas de telecomunicações de acesso aleatório baseados em OFDM, PT104830, National, Granted, 20-11-2009, Portugal
N.S. Souto, J. C. Silva, Cercas, F. Cercas, A. Correia, R. Dinis, Método de emissão e receção para suporte de serviços de difusão em sistemas WCDMA que utilizam constelações QAM hierárquicas e detecção iterativa, PT103527, National, Granted, 14-07-2006, Portugal

Projects

Closed Projects12

Acronym	Name	Funding Agency	Start date	Ending date
ADCOD	Advanced Code and Receiver Designs for Transmission over Selective Radio Channels	FCT/PTDC	01-03-2010	01-02-2013
ADIN	Advanced PHY/MAC Design for Infrastructure-less Networks	FCT/PTDC	01-07-2013	01-12-2015
B-BONE	Broadcasting and Multicasting Over Enhanced UMTS Mobile Broadband Networks	EU	01-02-2004	30-06-2006
C-MOBILE	Advanced MBMS for the Future Mobile World	EU	01-03-2006	01-04-2008
COILS	Comparison of WiMAX and LTE on a Personal Cell Scenario for the Provision of Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Services	IT/LA	01-12-2008	01-11-2010
HETCOP	Joint Cooperative and Cognitive Strategies for Heterogeneous Wireless Systems	IT/LA	01-04-2014	01-07-2016
NEUF	LTE-Advanced Enhancements using Femtocells	FCT/PTDC	01-03-2012	01-03-2014
PREDICT	oPtical fibeR sEnsors for aDvanced applICaTions	FCT, IT/LA	01-01-2018	31-03-2023
PURE-5GNET	Cooperative Multi-band Access Strategies for 5G Ultra Dense Networks	IT, FCT	01-04-2016	01-09-2018
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
SEACORN	Simulation of Enhanced UMTS Access and Core Networks	EU	01-03-2002	28-02-2004

Other Contributions

3Conference Committees

IEEE Global Communications Conference - GLOBECOM, Technical Programme Committee, 2017
Vehicular Technology Conference: VTC-Spring, Technical Programme Committee, 2017
European Signal Processing Conference EUSIPCO, Technical Programme Committee, 2014

IT Member Profile

Nuno Souto

Scientific Achievements

As Supervisor

As Supervisor

As Co-supervisor

Closed Projects12