• 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 ...
    • Power Efficient Scheduling and Hybrid Precoding for Time Modulated Arrays 

      González-Coma, José P.; Castedo, Luis (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2020-01-22)
      [Abstract] We consider power efficient scheduling and precoding solutions for multiantenna hybrid digital-analog transmission systems that use Time-Modulated Arrays (TMAs) in the analog domain. TMAs perform beamforming ...
    • Practical latency analysis of a Bluetooth 5 decentralized IoT Opportunistic Edge Computing System for low-cost SBCs 

      Niebla Montero, Ángel; Froiz-Míguez, Iván; Fraga-Lamas, Paula; Fernández-Caramés, Tiago M. (MDPI, 2022-10)
      [Abstract]: IoT devices can be deployed almost anywhere, but they usually need to be connected to other IoT devices, either through the Internet or local area networks. For such communications, many IoT devices make use ...
    • PreLectO: An App for Cognitive Stimulation through Games in Early Childhood 

      Nogueiras, Pedro; Castro-Castro, Paula-María; Dapena, Adriana (MDPI, 2021)
      [Abstract] The goal of this work was to develop a mobile application for Android devices, with the objective of stimulating the cognitive skills of children from 0 to 6 years old who are suffering from learning disabilities, ...
    • Propagation modeling for outdoor-to-indoor and indoor-to-indoor wireless links in high-speed train 

      Zhang, Lei; Rodríguez Piñeiro, José; Fernández, Jean Raphaël Olivier; García-Naya, José A.; Matolak, David W.; Briso-Rodríguez, Cesar; Castedo, Luis (Elsevier, 2017)
      [Abstract]: Nowadays telecommunication companies have shown a great interest in deploying broadband mobile wireless networks in high-speed trains (HSTs) with the aim of supporting both passenger services provisioning as ...
    • Proposals and Comparisons from One-Sensor EEG and EOG Human-Machine Interfaces 

      Laport López, Francisco; Iglesia, Daniel I.; Dapena, Adriana; Castro-Castro, Paula-María; Vázquez Araújo, Francisco Javier (MDPI AG, 2021-03-22)
      [Abstract] Human-Machine Interfaces (HMI) allow users to interact with different devices such as computers or home elements. A key part in HMI is the design of simple non-invasive interfaces to capture the signals associated ...
    • QoS constrained power minimization in the MISO broadcast channel with imperfect CSI 

      González-Coma, José P.; Joham, Michael; Castro-Castro, Paula-María; Castedo, Luis (Elsevier, 2017-02)
      [Abstract]: In this paper we consider the design of linear precoders and receivers in a Multiple-Input Single-Output (MISO) Broadcast Channel (BC). We aim to minimize the transmit power while meeting a set of per-user ...
    • QoS constrained power minimization in the multiple stream MIMO broadcast channel 

      González-Coma, José P.; Joham, Michael; Castro-Castro, Paula-María; Castedo, Luis (Elsevier, 2018-02)
      [Abstract]: This work addresses the design of optimal linear transmit filters for the Multiple Input-Multiple Output (MIMO) Broadcast Channel (BC) when several spatial streams are allocated to each user. We further consider ...
    • Rank Constrained Precoding for the Downlink of mmWave Massive MIMO Hybrid Systems 

      González-Coma, José P.; Fresnedo, Óscar; Castedo, Luis (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2021-02-11)
      [Abstract] The hybrid design of precoding schemes for millimeter-wave communications allows exploiting the gains by using large antenna array with an affordable hardware cost and power consumption. In this work, we present ...
    • Real-time multimedia coding and transmission 

      García-Naya, José A.; López-Granado, Otoniel; Dapena, Adriana; Marcellin, Michael W; Cruz-Chavez, Marco (SpringerOpen & European Association for Signal Processing, 2013)
      [Abstract]: This paper sums up relevant topics covered by the special issue titled ‘Real-Time Multimedia Coding and Transmission’, including efficient content representation, multimedia transmission, hardware and software ...
    • Real-time validation of a SDR implementation of TDD WiMAX standard 

      Carro Lagoa, Ángel; Suárez-Casal, Pedro; Fraga-Lamas, Paula; García-Naya, José A.; Castedo, Luis; Morales-Méndez, Antonio (The Wireless Innovation Forum, 2013)
      [Abstract]: This paper focuses on the validation of an innovative software- defined radio architecture for a WiMAX system based on commercially available field-programmable gate array and digital signal processor modules. ...
    • Reply to “Comments on ‘Combining Switched TMAs and FDAs to Synthesize Dot-Shaped Beampatterns”’ 

      Maneiro-Catoira, Roberto; Brégains, Julio; García-Naya, José A.; Castedo, Luis (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2021)
      [Abstract]: It is noted that the main innovation contained lies in the consideration of frequency diverse arrays (FDAs) feeding networks made up of time-modulating switches (hence, the term TMA-FDA) instead of phase shifters. ...