Creating and sharing knowledge for telecommunications
... António José Castelo Branco Rodrigues

Senior Researcher

António Rodrigues

Academic position: Associate Professor
Joining date: 01-01-1999
Roles in IT: Senior 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



Scientific Achievements

  • PhD, Université Catholique de Louvain, 17-04-1997
  • MSc, Instituto Superior Técnico, 13-07-1989
  • Licenciatura, Instituto Superior Técnico, 31-07-1985
  • IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 01-01-1989, Member
  • Ordem dos Engenheiros, 01-01-1989, Membro Sénior - Membro da Especialização em Telecomunicações
  • Instituto Superior Técnico, 16-11-1984, Assistant Professor
  • Sist. Tele. via Rádio (Wireless Telecommunication , Instituto Superior Técnico, Mestrado Integrado em Eng. Electr. e Computadores
  • Sist. Com. via Satélite (Satellite Communications), Instituto Superior Técnico, Doutoramento em Eng. Aeroespacial e em Eng. Electrotécnica e de Computadores
As Supervisor
As Co-supervisor
As Supervisor
As Co-supervisor
  • V. Sequeira, M.P. Queluz, A. J. Rodrigues, J. Sanguino, P. Grifo, Improving Hf Communications Efficiency Using Evolved Data Rate Change Algorithms, Chapter in, Revista de Ciência Militares, Instituto Universitário Militar, Instituto Universitário Militar, Lisbon, 2018
  • F. J. Velez, P. Sebastião, R. Costa, D.R. Robalo, C. Comissário, A. J. Rodrigues, H. Aghvami, Radio and Network Planning, Chapter in, WiMAX Networks: Techno-economic Vision and Challenges, amjee Prasad and Fernando J. Velez, Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 2010
  • A. Marchetti, N. Prasad, A. J. Rodrigues, R. Prasad, Self-organizing cognitive disaster relief networks, Chapter in, Telecommunications in disaster areas, Nicola Marchetti, River Publishers, 2010

Closed Projects22

Acronym Name Funding Agency Start date Ending date
ART ART - Cooperation with AR Telecom in Propagation and Radio Communications AR Telecom 01-03-2007 01-06-2008
B-BONE Broadcasting and Multicasting Over Enhanced UMTS Mobile Broadband Networks EU 01-02-2004 30-06-2006
CANOPY Cognitive and Automated Network Operations for Present and Beyond P2020 01-01-2022 30-06-2023
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
COMMON Coordinated Multiuser MIMO for Future Wireless Networks FCT/PTDC 01-10-2010 01-12-2013
ENVISION QoE-Driven Adaptive 3D-Video Streaming for Wireless Networks IT 01-11-2016 01-12-2018
GOLD GOLD - Using Geo-Positioned Indicators for Self-Optimization of LTE Data Networks FCT 01-03-2014 01-02-2016
HICOPI HiCoPI - High Accuracy GNSS-based Coordinated Positioning IT/LA 01-12-2008 01-01-2011
L-DimM-NetCod Large-Dimensional MIMO Physical Layer Network Coding IT/LA 01-09-2014 01-09-2016
MESMOQoE Orquestração Automática Energeticamente Eficiente de Redes Móveis Optimizando a Qualidade de Experiência P2020 01-09-2017 31-08-2019
MobileMAN Mobile IP for Broadband Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks IT/LA 01-06-2005 01-10-2007
NAGCPS Navigation Algorithms for GNSS-based Coordinated Positioning Systems FCT/PTDC 01-01-2012 01-01-2014
NEWCOM++ Network of Excellence in Wireless Communications ++ EU/FP7 01-12-2007 01-12-2010
OCTHOPUS Otimização Conjunta de Transmissão Hertziana e Óptica Privilegiando o Utilizador e Seu Ambiente (OCTHOPUS) FCT/COMPETE/FEDER 01-10-2018 30-09-2020
PROVEN Optimizing 360o Video Streaming Over Wireless Networks IT 01-04-2020 31-03-2022
RESOURCE Radio resource optimization in third generation mobile systems FCT/POSI 01-10-2000 30-09-2004
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
TeleTimor Telecommunications Infrastructure for East Timor Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros 01-05-2001 31-07-2001
TERRA Techno-Economic Regulatory Framework for Radio Spectrum Access for Cognitive Radio/Software Defined Radio EU/COST 01-05-2010 01-12-2014
VTINT VTINT - Vias Físicas de Tráfego Internacionais e Nacionais ANACOM 01-06-2008 01-06-2010
  • A. C. Jaime, I. Sousa, M.P. Queluz, A. J. Rodrigues, Best Paper Award, WPMC 2018 ('Planning a Smart City Sensor Network Based on LoRaWAN Technology'), 30-11-2018
  • F. Rosário, F. A. Monteiro, A. J. Rodrigues, Paper in the Most Downloaded Papers in the IEEE Signal Processing Letters in The Last Two Years, The 2016 paper in IEEE Signal Processing Letters (SPL) was showcased in the list of the 10 "Most Downloaded Papers from IEEE Xplore" for the SPL during the previous two years (2015-2016). The list was showcased in the May 2017 issue of the IEEE Signal Processing Magazine., 01-05-2017
  • J. S. Lemos, F. Rosário, F. A. Monteiro, A. J. Rodrigues, Luís Vidigal Prize 2015, Co-supervision of the two winners (ex aequo) of the Luís Vidigal Prize 2015 . This prize awards the Best MSc Thesis of the Year at IST in the fields of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Compute Science, and related fields, completed in 2015. Mr. Francisco Rosário and Mr. João Sande Lemos were both scholars under the L-DIMM-NetCod project in our group., 01-03-2016
  • P. Vieira, N. Cota, A. Serrador Serrador, A.B. Beire, A. J. Rodrigues, Best Student Paper Award WPMC 2013, On the Use of Okumura-Hata Propagation Model on Railway Communications", 16th International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC'13), Atlantic City, New Jersey, EUA, Junho de 2013 (Best Student Paper Award)., 01-06-2013
  • A. Marchetti, N. Prasad, A. J. Rodrigues, R. Prasad, Adaptive counting rule for cooperative spectrum sensing under correlated environments, 13th International Symposium on Wireless Multimedia Communications (WPMC'10) - Best Paper Award, 01-10-2010
  • J. Reis, J. Sanguino, A. J. Rodrigues, Influence of baseline length in single-frequency real-time vehicle heading determination, 13th International Symposium on Wireless Multimedia Communications (WPMC'10) - Best Paper Award, 01-10-2010
  • A. Marchetti, N. Prasad, A. J. Rodrigues, R. Prasad, Capacity limits introduced by data fusion on cooperative spectrum sensing under correlated environments, 8th International Conference on Communications (COMM2010) - Best Student Paper Award, 01-06-2010
  • F. J. Velez, A. J. Rodrigues, Iterative Processing for Cooperative Communications Allowing Intra-Link Errors, Seminars, Organization of the Seminar, speakers: Prof. Tad Matsumoto (distinguished lecturer da VTS Society) e Prof. Khoirul Anwar (both from JAIST – Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), the Seminar was held in Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal, Oct. 18, 2011, 01-10-2011 | Link
  • 9th International Symposium on Spread Spectrum Techniques and Applications (ISSSTA06), Technical Programme Committee, 2006
  • 13th IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (MELECON 2006), Technical Programme Committee, 2006
  • Wireless Euro-Mediterranean International Conference (WEMIC 2006), Technical Programme Committee, 2006
  • 3as Jornadas de Engenharia de Electrónica e Telecomunicações e de Computadores (JETC'05), Technical Programme Committee, 2005
  • 11th Asia-Pacific Conference on Communications (APCC 2005), Technical Programme Committee, 2005
  • International Conference on E-Business and Telecommunication Networks (ICETE-2005), Technical Programme Committee, 2005
  • 8th International Symposium on Wireless Multimedia Communications (WPMC'05), Technical Programme Committee, 2005
  • 7th International Symposium on Wireless Multimedia Communications (WPMC'04), Technical Programme Committee, 2004
  • International Conference on E-Business and Telecommunication Networks (ICETE-2004), Technical Programme Committee, 2004
  • International Symposium on Wireless Multimedia Communications - WPMC, Scientific Committee, 2002
  • IEEE International Symp. on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Comm. - PIMRC, Organizing Committee, 2002
  • Member of the Editorial Committee, 11-09-2001 - 30-10-2002