ALBATROZ – Altice LaBs Advanced Technology on Radio, Optics and virtualiZation ALBATROZ

PROJECT / ALBATROZ

PROJECT:

ALBATROZ – Altice LaBs Advanced Technology on Radio, Optics and virtualiZation

ACRONYM:

ALBATROZ

MAIN OBJECTIVE:

Develop and reinforce research and innovation capabilities and the adoption of advanced technologies

Synthesis: The ALBATROZ – Altice Labs Advanced Technology on Radio, Optics and virtualiZation project aims to support the evolution of Altice Labs’ current network solutions in line with advances in telecommunications network technologies (e.g., Very High Speed Passive Optical Network – VHS-PON, Higher Speed PON – HS-PON, Wi-Fi 7, 5G & Beyond). In parallel, it seeks to explore emerging networking paradigms—namely Cloud, Data-Driven approaches, and Artificial Intelligence (AI)—to develop new commercial solutions that enhance competitiveness in existing markets and enable the company to address new market segments, such as private network environments.

Eligible Costs: ??? € (Total) / ??? € (IT)

Funding (FEDER - COMPETE 2030): ??? € (Total) / ??? € (IT)

Reference:

COMPETE2030-FEDER-01335900

Funding:

COMPETE2030-FEDER

Approval Date:

05-12-2025

Start Date:

11-07-2024

End Date:

10-07-2027

Team:

Rafael Ferreira da Silva Caldeirinha, João Ricardo Vitorino Reis, Telmo Rui Carvalhinho Cunha Fernandes, Hugo Miguel Cravo Gomes, Armando Humberto Moreira Nolasco Pinto, Mário José Neves de Lima, Paulo Miguel Nepomuceno Pereira Monteiro, Fernando Pedro Pereira Guiomar, Arnaldo da Silva Rodrigues de Oliveira, Nuno Miguel Gonçalves Borges de Carvalho, Susana Isabel Barreto Miranda Sargento, Pedro Filipe Vieira Rito, Nelson de Jesus Cordeiro Muga, Nuno Alexandre Peixoto Silva, Gustavo Miranda Castilho dos Anjos, Franz Muller Eduardo Camilo, Tiago Ribeiro dos Santos, Ricardo Miguel da Silva Nunes, Sebastian Duque González, Eronmhon Augustine Ogobor, Piyush Saklani, José Vicente de Oliveira, Pedro Valente Mateus, João Pedro Costa Gameiro, Darlene Maciel Neves, Rúben Santos Castelhano, Afonso Manuel dos Santos Barbosa

Groups:

Antennas and Propagation – Lr
Optical Quantum Communications – Av
Optical Communication Systems and Networking – Av
Radio Systems – Av
Network Architectures and Protocols – Av

Partners:

ALTICE LABS, S.A. (líder), Fundação Champalimaud (parceiro)

Local Coordinator:

Rafael Ferreira da Silva Caldeirinha

Related UN SDG

This project falls under the following United Nations Strategic Development Goals (SDGs):

United Nations Strategic Development Goal - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

United Nations Strategic Development Goal - Sustainable Cities and Communities

Associated Publications

9Papers in Conferences

R. Nunes, T. Varum, F. S. Silva, L. F. M. A. F. M. Almeida, A. Oliveira, Wideband 4×4 Printed Monopole Array for Beamforming Applications in the 5G n77/79 Bands, International Conf. on Appl. Electromagnetics and Communications - ICECOM, Dubrovnik, Croatia, Vol., pp. -, September, 2026,
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R. Nunes, T. Varum, S. S. Pereira, L. F. M. A. F. M. Almeida, A. Oliveira, Wideband 4×4 Planar Antenna Array with Beamforming Capabilities for 6G FR3 Systems, International Conf. on Appl. Electromagnetics and Communications - ICECOM, Dubrovnik, Croatia, Vol., pp. -, September, 2026,
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T.O. Oliveira, J. R. Reis, S. Madail, J. Salgado, I. C Cuiñas, R. F. S. Caldeirinha, Dual-Band Polarisation-Selective RIS for 5G NR n77 and 5 GHz Wi-Fi Applications, IEEE - URSI IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting IEEE AP-S URSI, Detroit, United States, Vol., pp. -, June, 2026,
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F. Camilo, M. Rodrigues, J. R. Reis, G. Ramos, T. Fernandes, N. Leonor, R. F. S. Caldeirinha, Angle-of-Arrival Estimation using a 2D Zero-Crossing Path Difference of Arrival Method in Indoor Scenario, IEEE AP-S/URSI International Symp., Detroit, United States, Vol., pp. -, June, 2026,
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J. R. Reis, T.O. Oliveira, S. Madail, J. Salgado, R. F. S. Caldeirinha, Design and Experimental Characterization of a Tunable Hexagonal Unit Cell for 5G Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces at 2.5 GHz, European Conference on Antennas and Propagation - EuCap, Dublin, Ireland, Vol., pp. -, April, 2026,
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F. Camilo, J. R. Reis, G. Ramos, T. Fernandes, N. Leonor, R. F. S. Caldeirinha, A Zero-Crossing Path Difference Method for Accurate Angle-of-Arrival Estimation in Outdoor Scenario, European Conference on Antennas and Propagation - EuCap, Dublin, Ireland, Vol., pp. -, April, 2026,
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B. B. Santos Santos, J. J. R. Domingos Domingos, L. Duarte, J. R. Reis, S. Madail, J. Salgado, R. F. S. Caldeirinha, Assessment of Multilateration-Based Indoor Positioning Techniques for 5G Private Networks, European Conference on Antennas and Propagation - EuCap, Dublin, Ireland, Vol., pp. -, April, 2026,
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F. Lopes Lopes, T. Frade Frade, L. Duarte, J. R. Reis, R. F. S. Caldeirinha, Automated Shape Classification for Non-Destructive Testing Using mmWave Synthetic Aperture Radar, European Conference on Antennas and Propagation - EuCap, Dublin, Ireland, Vol., pp. -, April, 2026,
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R. F. S. Caldeirinha, F. Camilo, A. Lopes, M. Rodrigues, N. Leonor, T. Fernandes, G. Ramos, Zero-crossing Path Difference of Arrival Method for Enhanced AoA Retrieval, IEEE AP-S Latin American Conference on Antennas and Propagation LACAP, Natal, Brazil, Vol., pp. -, February, 2026,
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