The talk on Optical Fronthaul Solutions for Next Generation Wireless Communication Systems took place in July 19, 2019 at Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã.

This talk addressed the development of mobile fronthaul (MFH) transceivers with the capability to transport radio-over-fibre (RoF) signals for C-RAN applications. The coexistence of transport of RoF with legacy and the future Passive Optical Network (PON) systems, such as Next Generation PON 2 (NG-PON2) were discussed. Simulation and experimental results of transmitting several RoF signals with high spectral efficiency were presented.

The Workshop on Communications, Public Safety and Innovative Applications with Aerial Drones took place in June 26, 2019 at the Heaquarters of Ordem dos Engenheiro in Lisbon, Portugal, co-located with the 11th Conference on Telecommunications (ConfTele 2019).

The topics of the presentations were: Dynamic and Flexible Spectrum Management: 5G Networks in shared spectrum bands, Exploring New Ways to Perform Industrial Inspections Plans using UAVs and Artificial Intelligence, Wear IoT - Drone- based Wearable IoT Human Emergency System, Towards 'we are all in one sky', A new way of protecting areas for unauthorized drones, An Approach on Sustainability using IoT and Machine Learning, Cellular Technology and Public Safety Networks, and Capacity/cost Trade-off for 5G small cell networks in the UHF/SHF bands.

The Wireless Research Workshop took place in January 28, 2019 at the Panther Hollow Conference Room in Pittsburgh, PA.

The speakers were Prof. Jon Peha from Carnegie Mellon University, Prof. Fernando J. Velez from University of Beira Interior, Nandi Zhang from Carnegie Mellon University, Prof. Pedro Sebastião from University Institute of Lisbon, Prof. Swarun Kumar from Carnegie Mellon University, Prof. Marília Curado from University of Coimbra and Prof. Anthony Rowe from Carnegie Mellon University.The presentations covered the topics of licensed shared access in heterogeneous networks with small cells, multi-network access, challenges for spectrum management in 5G aerial small cells, low-power wireless network IoT with support for LoRaWAN and energy efficiency in highly dense environments.

It is possible to access the video of the talks by clicking here. The detailed program of the workshop can be found here.

The seminar on 5G: future trends on Spectrum Management took place in November 19, 2018 at Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã.

The next generation of mobile telecommunications networks, called 5G, is born with a vision that goes far beyond providing enhanced broadband but stands as data access for people and services focusing on different verticals such as health, agriculture, entertainment, energy, mobility, homes, factories, and cities. As a driver for a new wave of the digital economy with a profound impact on our society, 5G poses challenges related to the research, development, and deployment. This seminar on 5G gave a glimpse on future trends, implementation, optimization issues and fields of application, including not only aspects of spectrum management but also the research efforts toward the application of millimeter wavebands and massive MIMO. The speakers were Prof. Francisco Fontes from Instituto de Telecomunicações & Altice Labs, Prof. Fernando J. Velez from Instituto de Telecomunicações & Universidade da Beira Interior, Doctor Sara Teodoro from Instituto de Telecomunicações, and Prof. Pedro Sebastião from Instituto de Telecomunicações & ISCTE-IUL. The presentations covered the topics of 5G expectations and implementation challenges, 5G New Radio and the New Network Architecture, Impact of Nonlinearieties in Massive MIMO mmWave Systems, and Spectrum Management and Sharing for 5G Areal Small Cells.

The detailed program of the workshop can be found here.