Fábio Daniel Lopes Coutinho

Introdução aos Sistemas Digitais, Universidade de Aveiro, Lic. Engenharia Electr. e Computadores
Arquitetura de Computadores II, Universidade de Aveiro, Lic. Engenharia Electr. e Computadores
Arquitetura de Sistemas Embutidos, Universidade de Aveiro, Mest. Eng. Computação e Telemática

2Supervision of MSc theses

As Co-supervisor

Acceleration of DL-based Modulation Classification Algorithms in FPGA Platforms, MSc Student, Thalles Menezes Moreira, Concluded 12-2025
Design and Implementation of CNN Algorithms for Channel Estimation with High-Level Synthesis Tools, MSc Student, João Rodrigo Pinheiro Faria de Andrade, Concluded 07-2025

Publications

4Papers in Journals

F. D. L. C. Coutinho, L. S. Silva, H. Silva, P. Georgieva, A. Oliveira, Transfer Learning-Based Channel Estimation Supported by FPGA Dynamic Reconfiguration, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, Vol. 15, No., pp. 46 - 50, 2026 | BibTex
F. D. L. C. Coutinho, S. S. Pereira, H. Silva, P. Georgieva, A. Oliveira, A Quantization-Aware DL-Based Channel Estimation Algorithm for OFDM Systems, IEEE Access, Vol. 13, No., pp. 152608 - 152619, 2025 | BibTex
F. D. L. C. Coutinho, H. Silva, P. Georgieva, A. Oliveira, A Novel CNN-Based Channel Estimation Algorithm in the Presence of Phase Noise and CFO, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 193 - 197, January, 2024 | BibTex
F. D. L. C. Coutinho, H. Silva, P. Georgieva, A. Oliveira, 5G cascaded channel estimation using convolutional neural networks, Digital Signal Processing, Vol. 126, No. 2022, pp. 103483 - 103483, February, 2022,
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8Papers in Conferences

F. D. L. C. Coutinho, H. Silva, P. Georgieva, A. Oliveira, On the Performance Analysis of DL-based Data Detection Algorithms in M-QAM Satellite Links, 28th IEEE Workshop on Signal and Power Integrity, Lisboa, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, May, 2024 | BibTex
F. D. L. C. Coutinho, H. Silva, P. Georgieva, A. Oliveira, CNN Architecture Design Impact in DL-Based Channel Estimation Algorithms, IEEE Workshop on Communication Networks and Power Systems IEEE WCNPS, Brasília, Brazil, November, 2023,
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F. D. L. C. Coutinho, H. Silva, P. Georgieva, A. Oliveira, Quantization Effects in a CNN-based Channel Estimator, IEEE Radio and Wireless Symp. - RWS, Las Vegas, United States, January, 2023,
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F. D. L. C. Coutinho, H. Silva, P. Georgieva, A. Oliveira, CNN-based Algorithm for Joint Channel and Phase Noise Estimation in OFDM Relay Systems, IEEE Latin-American Conference on Communications, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, December, 2022,
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F. D. L. C. Coutinho, H. Silva, P. Georgieva, A. Oliveira, A Flexible CNN Architecture for Real-Time FPGA Implementation, III International Conference on Machine Learning & Applied Network Technologies, Conference online, Vol., pp. -, December, 2022 | BibTex
F. D. L. C. Coutinho, H. Silva, A. Oliveira, FPGA-based Design and Optimization of a 5G-NR DU Receiver, Telecoms Conference ConfTELE, Leiria, Portugal, February, 2021,
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F. D. L. C. Coutinho, J. M. D. D. Domingues, P. Marques, S. S. Pereira, H. Silva, A. Oliveira, Towards the Flexible and Efficient Implementation of the 5G-NR RAN Physical Layer, IEEE Radio and Wireless Symp. - RWS, San Diego, United States, January, 2021,
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J. M. D. D. Domingues, F. D. L. C. Coutinho, S. S. Pereira, H. Silva, A. Oliveira, MPSoC Fast Prototyping of a Reconfigurable DU Downlink Transmission Chain for 5G New Radio, International Workshop on Rapid System Prototyping RSP, Hamburg, Germany, September, 2020,
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Projects

Closed Projects1

Acronym	Name	Funding Agency	Start date	Ending date
Gestão CTI-IT	Centro de Tecnologia e Interface IT - Instituto de Telecomunicações	Next generation EU - Plano de Recuperação e Resiliência (PRR) - Componente 16 “Empresas 4.0” - TD-C16-i03 “Catalisação da Transformação Digital das Empresas”	01-01-2023	31-12-2025

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