• Mobile Application for Analysing the Development of Motor Skills in Children 

      Moreno-Naya, David; Vázquez Araújo, Francisco Javier; Castro-Castro, Paula-María; Vivas-Costa, Jamile; Dapena, Adriana; González Doniz, Luz (MDPI AG, 2020-08-26)
      [Abstract] This work presents a mobile application to complement and reinforce the specific physical activities in children through training prior to such activities and monitoring their progress after it. This experiment ...
    • Moving to e-Service Learning in Higher Education 

      Dapena, Adriana; Castro-Castro, Paula-María; Ares-Pernas, Ana (MDPI, 2022)
      [Abstract] Service Learning is a methodology in which students achieve academic and transversal competences related to the curriculum of a subject while performing a service for the benefit of the community. With the ...
    • Multi-Sensor Accurate Forklift Location and Tracking Simulation in Industrial Indoor Environments 

      Barral Vales, Valentín; Suárez-Casal, Pedro; Escudero, Carlos J.; García-Naya, José A. (M D P I AG, 2019-10-12)
      [Abstract] Location and tracking needs are becoming more prominent in industrial environments nowadays. Process optimization, traceability or safety are some of the topics where a positioning system can operate to improve ...
    • Multibeam Single-Sideband Time-Modulated Arrays 

      Maneiro-Catoira, Roberto; García-Naya, José A.; Brégains, Julio; Castedo, Luis (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2020)
      [Abstract]: The design of efficient time-modulated arrays (TMAs) for multi-beam steering purposes must be based on both a type of periodical sequences that guarantees an adequate windowing of exploited harmonics, and a ...
    • Near Field Quasi-Null Control with Far Field Sidelobe Level Maintenance in Line Source Difference Patterns 

      Brégains, Julio; Ares Pena, F. J.; Moreno Piquero, E. (Taylor & Francis, 2003)
      [Abstract] A previously developed method to place a quasi-null in a specified angular position of the near-field line source in sum patterns while, simultaneously, the far-field sidelobe level is maintained under a desired ...
    • Near-Field Quasi-Null Control with Far-Field Sidelobe Level Maintenance in Line Source Distributions 

      Brégains, Julio; Ares Pena, F. J.; Moreno Piquero, E. (The Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2002-06-06)
      [Abstract] An improving method, based on the Taylor line source, that allocates a quasi-null in a specified angular position of near-field pattern, and simultaneously controls the general topography of the far-field sidelobe ...
    • New Computation of Resolving Connected Dominating Sets in Weighted Networks 

      Dapena, Adriana; Iglesia, Daniel I.; Vázquez Araújo, Francisco Javier; Castro-Castro, Paula-María (M D P I AG, 2019-11-29)
      [Abstract] In this paper we focus on the issue related to finding the resolving connected dominating sets (RCDSs) of a graph, denoted by G. The connected dominating set (CDS) is a connected subset of vertices of G selected ...
    • New Toroidal Beam Antennas for WLAN Communications 

      Brégains, Julio; Franceschetti, G.; Roederer, A. G.; Ares Pena, F. J. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2007-02)
      [Abstract] The design of a number of new antennas that radiate linearly polarized toroidal beams is described. The developed procedures are based on the use of a method of moments commercial software tool. Several numerical ...
    • Next Generation Auto-Identification and Traceability Technologies for Industry 5.0: A Methodology and Practical Use Case for the Shipbuilding Industry 

      Fraga-Lamas, Paula; Varela-Barbeito, José; Fernández-Caramés, Tiago M. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2021)
      [Abstract] Industry 5.0 follows the steps of the Industry 4.0 paradigm and seeks for revolutionizing the way industries operate. In fact, Industry 5.0 focuses on research and innovation to support industrial production ...
    • NLOS Identification and Mitigation Using Low-Cost UWB Devices 

      Barral Vales, Valentín; Escudero, Carlos J.; García-Naya, José A.; Maneiro-Catoira, Roberto (M D P I AG, 2019-08-08)
      [Abstract] Indoor location systems based on ultra-wideband (UWB) technology have become very popular in recent years following the introduction of a number of low-cost devices on the market capable of providing accurate ...
    • Numerical Model of a 28-GHz Frequency Diverse Array Antenna 

      Angoue Avele, Marc Bernice; Brégains, Julio; Maneiro-Catoira, Roberto; García-Naya, José A.; Castedo, Luis (MDPI AG, 2020-08-22)
      [Abstract] In this work we make use of the frequency diverse array (FDA) concept, whose design is based upon a frequency increment across the antenna elements to generate a beam steering that is a function of angle, time ...
    • On the Feasibility of Time-Modulated Arrays for Digital Linear Modulations: a Theoretical Analysis 

      Maneiro-Catoira, Roberto; Brégains, Julio; García-Naya, José A.; Castedo, Luis (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2014)
      [Abstract] Wireless communications are widely based on linear digital modulation methods, which introduce the digital baseband information in the amplitude and/or in the phase of a carrier sinusoid. Time-modulated arrays, ...
    • On the Multiplicity of Solutions of Taylor Linear Sources Generating Symmetrical Power Patterns with Filled Nulls 

      Brégains, Julio; Rodríguez, J. A.; Ares Pena, F. J.; Moreno Piquero, E. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2004-12)
      [Abstract] As expressed in earlier works, if filled nulls are required in a power pattern generated by a Taylor line source, their corresponding roots must be complex. This leads to a multiplicity of solutions emerged from ...
    • Optimal Synthesis Of Circular Apertures Based On Ludwig Distributions 

      Brégains, Julio; Rodríguez, J. A.; Ares Pena, F. J.; Moreno Piquero, E. (Taylor & Francis, 2003-01)
      [Abstract] Ludwig distributions are a generalization of circular Taylor distributions that generate radiation patterns with wide-angle side lobe levels decaying faster than for Taylor patterns. In this paper we show that ...
    • Optimal Synthesis of Line Source Antennas Based On Rhodes Distributions 

      Brégains, Julio; Rodríguez, J. A.; Ares Pena, F. J.; Moreno Piquero, E. (Taylor & Francis, 2002)
      [Abstract] In this paper we show that by means of an appropriate optimization technique the zeros of Rhodes radiation patterns can be perturbed so as to improve or modify pattern and/or the aperture distribution characteristics ...
    • Optimizing Uniformly Excited Linear Arrays through Time Modulation 

      Fondevila, J.; Brégains, Julio; Ares Pena, F. J.; Moreno Piquero, E. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2004-12)
      [Abstract] The letter shows that, by the proper use of time modulation in equispaced linear arrays with uniform excitation distribution, it is possible to maintain the sidelobe zone of the radiated power below a certain - ...
    • Performance Analysis of Time-Modulated Arrays for the Angle Diversity Reception of Digital Linear Modulated Signals 

      Maneiro-Catoira, Roberto; Brégains, Julio; García-Naya, José A.; Castedo, Luis; Rocca, Paolo; Poli, Lorenzo (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2017)
      [Abstract]: Diversity occurs whenever several copies of the same transmitted signal arrive at a receiver. Such a situation allows for improving the performance of a wireless communication system transmitting over a radio ...
    • Performance of MIMO systems in measured indoor channels with transmitter noise 

      Castro-Castro, Paula-María; González-Coma, José P.; García-Naya, José A.; Castedo, Luis (Springer, 2012)
      This study analyzes the impact of transmitter noise on the performance of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems with linear and nonlinear receivers and precoders. We show that the performance of MIMO linear and ...
    • Perturbation of the Phases of Taylor Field Samples in the Synthesis of Linear and Circular Array Antennas 

      Brégains, Julio; Ares Pena, F. J.; Roederer, A. G. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2004-12)
      [Abstract] Antenna design specifications do not usually restrict the phase of the radiated field. Antenna synthesis techniques generally exploit this freedom only indirectly, but direct phase perturbation can be fruitful.
    • PICTOTEMPO: An App for Personal Organization in Autism Spectrum Disorders 

      Vila-Muñoz, Noé; Castro-Castro, Paula-María; Fresnedo, Óscar (MDPI, 2021)
      [Abstract] In this work, we develop a mobile application which allows to create digital schedules for children with autism spectrum disorder. These schedules comprise a sorted sequence of tasks or activities which facilitates ...