Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan

64 papers B 15C 4Journal 28Unranked 16
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
Artificial Intelligence for Satellite Communication: A Survey.
IEEE Commun. Surv. Tutorials
Gianluca Fontanesi, Flor Ortiz, Eva Lagunas, Luis Manuel Garcés Socarrás, Victor Monzon Baeza, Miguel Ángel Vázquez, Juan Andrés Vásquez-Peralvo, Mario Minardi, Ha-Nguyen Vu, Puneeth Jubba Honnaiah, Clement Lacoste, Youssouf Drif, Liz Martinez Marrero, Saed Daoud, Tedros Salih Abdu, Geoffrey Eappen, Junaid ur Rehman, Wallace Alves Martins, Pol Henarejos, Hayder Al-Hraishawi, Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Thang X. Vu, Symeon Chatzinotas
2026 J jnl
Dual Satellite STBC Combining Under Imperfect Symbol Time Alignment.
IEEE Open J. Commun. Soc.
Carlos Luis Marcos Rojas, Jorge Luis González Rios, Luis Manuel Garcés Socarrás, Vibhum Singh, Raudel Cuiman Márquez, Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Vu Nguyen Ha, Symeon Chatzinotas, Björn E. Ottersten
2026 J jnl
Toward a Unified Semantic Loss Model for Deep JSCC-based Transmission of EO Imagery.
CoRR
Ti Ti Nguyen, Thanh-Dung Le, Vu Nguyen Ha, Duc-Dung Tran, Hung Nguyen-Kha, Dinh-Hieu Tran, Carlos Luis Marcos Rojas, Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Symeon Chatzinotas
2025 J jnl
2.5D Inductive Intertwined Frequency Selective Surface for Band-Pass and High Miniaturization Applications.
IEEE Access
Juan Andrés Vásquez-Peralvo, Rocio Chueca Lasheras, Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Shuai Zhang, Pavel Pechac, Vaclav Kabourek, Symeon Chatzinotas
2025 J jnl
A Semantic-Loss Function Modeling Framework With Task-Oriented Machine Learning Perspectives.
CoRR
Ti Ti Nguyen, Thanh-Dung Le, Vu Nguyen Ha, Hong-Fu Chou, Geoffrey Eappen, Duc-Dung Tran, Hung Nguyen-Kha, Prabhu Thiruvasagam, Luis Manuel Garcés Socarrás, Jorge Luis González Rios, Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Symeon Chatzinotas
2025 B conf
Detecting Trojan-Horse Attacks in Practical QKD via Gaussian Mixture Modeling-Assisted QBER Goodness-of-Fit Analysis.
GLOBECOM
Hong-Fu Chou, Heyang Peng, Thang X. Vu, Ilora Maity, Youssouf Drif, Luis Manuel Garcés Socarrás, Jorge Luis González Rios, Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Sean Longyu Ma, Symeon Chatzinotas
2025 C conf
Efficient Digital Beamforming for Satellite Payloads Using a 2D FFT-Based Parallel Architecture.
ISCAS
Luis Manuel Garcés Socarrás, Jorge Luis González Rios, Rakesh Palisetty, Raudel Cuiman, Vu Nguyen Ha, Juan Andrés Vásquez-Peralvo, Geoffrey Eappen, Ti Ti Nguyen, Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Symeon Chatzinotas, Björn E. Ottersten, Calos L. Marcos, Adem Coskun, Stephen King, Salvatore D'Addio, Piero Angeletti
2025 — conf
Efficient Fully-Digital Beamformer for Very-Large Non-Uniform Arrays using Hexagonal Transformations.
CAMSAP
Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Juan Andrés Vásquez-Peralvo, Vibhun Singh, Vu Nguyen Ha, Luis Manuel Garcés Socarrás, Ti Ti Nguyen, Raudel Cuiman, Jorge Luis González Rios, Symeon Chatzinotas, Björn Ottersten
2025 J jnl
STAR-RIS-Enhanced NOMA-Aided Overlay Multiuser Cognitive Satellite-Terrestrial Networks With Discrete Phase Shifts Design.
IEEE Trans. Aerosp. Electron. Syst.
Vibhum Singh, Sourabh Solanki, Rakesh Palisetty, Carlos Luis Marcos Rojas, Juan Andrés Vásquez-Peralvo, Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Symeon Chatzinotas, Björn E. Ottersten
2025 J jnl
Synergistic Design of Practical High-Capacity Satellite Communication: Leveraging FFT-Based Digital Beamforming.
IEEE Open J. Commun. Soc.
Juan Andrés Vásquez-Peralvo, Vu Nguyen Ha, Luis Manuel Garcés Socarrás, Ti Ti Nguyen, Raudel Cuiman, Jorge Luis González Rios, Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Symeon Chatzinotas, Björn E. Ottersten
2025 — conf
Wideband Beam Squint Analysis for Antenna Array-Equipped Satellite Communication Systems.
ICC Workshops
Ti Ti Nguyen, Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Vu Nguyen Ha, Luis Manuel Garcés Socarrás, Juan Andrés Vásquez-Peralvo, Geoffrey Eappen, Jorge Luis González Rios, Raudel Cuiman, Thanh-Dung Le, Duc-Dung Tran, Symeon Chatzinotas
2024 J jnl
Accurate Phase Synchronization for Precoding-Enabled GEO Multibeam Satellite Systems.
IEEE Open J. Commun. Soc.
Liz Martinez Marrero, Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Jorge Luis González Rios, Jevgenij Krivochiza, Symeon Chatzinotas, Björn E. Ottersten, Adriano Camps
2024 J jnl
Cognitive Semantic Augmentation LEO Satellite Networks for Earth Observation.
CoRR
Hong-Fu Chou, Vu Nguyen Ha, Prabhu K. Thiruvasagam, Thanh-Dung Le, Geoffrey Eappen, Ti Ti Nguyen, Duc-Dung Tran, Luis Manuel Garcés Socarrás, Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Symeon Chatzinotas
2024 J jnl
Diversity Combining Scheme for Time-Varying STBC NGSO Multi-Satellite Systems.
IEEE Commun. Lett.
Vibhum Singh, Geoffrey Eappen, Wallace A. Martins, Rakesh Palisetty, Carlos Luis Marcos Rojas, Jorge Luis González Rios, Juan Andrés Vásquez-Peralvo, Jevgenij Krivochiza, Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Luis Manuel Garcés Socarrás, Symeon Chatzinotas, Björn E. Ottersten
2024 B conf
Doppler Shift in Precoded Cooperative Multi-Gateway Satellite Systems: Effects and Mitigation.
WCNC
Jorge Luis González Rios, Liz Martinez Marrero, Eva Lagunas, Jevgenij Krivochiza, Luis Manuel Garcés Socarrás, Rakesh Palisetty, Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Symeon Chatzinotas
2024 — conf
Energy-Efficient Cell-Free Massive MIMO in Ultra-Dense LEO Networks: A Semi-Centralized Clustering Approach.
SPAWC
Reza Mahin Zaeem, Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Vu Nguyen Ha, Liz Martinez Marrero, Symeon Chatzinotas, Björn E. Ottersten
2024 — conf
Energy-Efficient Precoding and Feeder-Link-Beam Matching Design for Bent-Pipe SATCOM Systems.
ICC
Vu Nguyen Ha, Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Eva Lagunas, Jorge Querol, Symeon Chatzinotas
2024 J jnl
Multibeam Beamforming for Direct Radiating Arrays in Satellite Communications Using Genetic Algorithm.
IEEE Open J. Commun. Soc.
Juan Andrés Vásquez-Peralvo, Jorge Querol, Flor Ortiz, Jorge Luis González Rios, Eva Lagunas, Luis Manuel Garcés Socarrás, Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Marcele O. K. Mendonça, Symeon Chatzinotas
2024 — conf
Noise Analysis of Chirped sinh-Gaussian Beams in Free Space Optical Links.
EuCNC/6G Summit
Mert Bayraktar, Victor Monzon Baeza, Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Symeon Chatzinotas
2024 J jnl
On-Air Deep Learning Integrated Semantic Inference Models for Enhanced Earth Observation Satellite Networks.
CoRR
Hong-Fu Chou, Vu Nguyen Ha, Prabhu K. Thiruvasagam, Thanh-Dung Le, Geoffrey Eappen, Ti Ti Nguyen, Luis Manuel Garcés Socarrás, Jorge Luis González Rios, Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Symeon Chatzinotas
2024 J jnl
On-board Satellite Image Classification for Earth Observation: A Comparative Study of Pre-Trained Vision Transformer Models.
CoRR
Thanh-Dung Le, Vu Nguyen Ha, Ti Ti Nguyen, Geoffrey Eappen, Prabhu K. Thiruvasagam, Luis Manuel Garcés Socarrás, Hong-Fu Chou, Jorge Luis González Rios, Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Symeon Chatzinotas
2024 B conf
Rytov Variance of Adaptive Optics Applied Modified Von-Karman Spectrum.
WCNC
Mert Bayraktar, Luis Manuel Garcés Socarrás, Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Symeon Chatzinotas
2024 J jnl
Semantic Knowledge Distillation for Onboard Satellite Earth Observation Image Classification.
CoRR
Thanh-Dung Le, Vu Nguyen Ha, Ti Ti Nguyen, Geoffrey Eappen, Prabhu K. Thiruvasagam, Hong-Fu Chou, Duc-Dung Tran, Luis Manuel Garcés Socarrás, Jorge Luis González Rios, Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Symeon Chatzinotas
2024 — conf
Synchronization Errors and SINR Performance: How Critical Are They in Cell-Free Massive MIMO with Ultra-Dense LEO Satellite Connectivity?
VTC Spring
Reza Mahin Zaeem, Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Vu Nguyen Ha, Symeon Chatzinotas, Björn E. Ottersten
2024 B conf
Time-Misalignment Estimation in Overlapped DVB-S2X Waveforms.
WCNC
Carlos Luis Marcos Rojas, Rakesh Palisetty, Jevgenij Krivochiza, Jorge Luis González Rios, Liz Martinez Marrero, Wallace Alves Martins, Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Symeon Chatzinotas
2024 B conf
User-Centric Beam Selection and Precoding Design for Coordinated Multiple-Satellite Systems.
PIMRC
Vu Nguyen Ha, Duy H. N. Nguyen, Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Jorge Luis González Rios, Juan Andrés Vásquez-Peralvo, Geoffrey Eappen, Luis Manuel Garcés Socarrás, Rakesh Palisetty, Symeon Chatzinotas, Björn E. Ottersten
2023 J jnl
End-to-End Performance Evaluation of SLP Waveforms.
IEEE Access
Jevgenij Krivochiza, Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Jorge Querol, Symeon Chatzinotas
2023 J jnl
End-to-End Precoding Validation Over a Live GEO Satellite Forward Link.
IEEE Access
Jevgenij Krivochiza, Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Jorge Querol, Nicola Maturo, Liz Martinez Marrero, Stefano Andrenacci, Jens Krause, Symeon Chatzinotas
2023 — conf
FPGA Implementation of Efficient 2D-FFT Beamforming for On-Board Processing in Satellites.
VTC Fall
Rakesh Palisetty, Geoffrey Eappen, Vibhum Singh, Luis Manuel Garcés Socarrás, Vu Nguyen Ha, Juan Andrés Vásquez-Peralvo, Jorge Luis González Rios, Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Wallace Alves Martins, Symeon Chatzinotas, Björn E. Ottersten, Adem Coskun, Stephen King, Salvatore D'Addio, Piero Angeletti
2023 B conf
FPGA Implementation of Efficient Beamformer for On-Board Processing in MEO Satellites.
PIMRC
Rakesh Palisetty, Luis Manuel Garcés Socarrás, Haythem Chaker, Vibhum Singh, Geoffrey Eappen, Wallace Alves Martins, Vu Nguyen Ha, Juan Andrés Vásquez-Peralvo, Jorge Luis González Rios, Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Symeon Chatzinotas, Björn E. Ottersten, Adem Coskun, Stephen King, Salvatore D'Addio, Piero Angeletti
2023 J jnl
Flexible Beamforming for Direct Radiating Arrays in Satellite Communications.
IEEE Access
Juan Andrés Vásquez-Peralvo, Jorge Querol, Flor G. Ortiz-Gomez, Jorge Luis González Rios, Eva Lagunas, Victor Monzon Baeza, Gianluca Fontanesi, Luis Manuel Garcés Socarrás, Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Symeon Chatzinotas
2023 B conf
Harnessing the Power of Swarm Satellite Networks with Wideband Distributed Beamforming.
PIMRC
Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Vu Nguyen Ha, Jevgenij Krivochiza, Rakesh Palisetty, Geoffrey Eappen, Juan Andres Vasquez, Wallace Alves Martins, Symeon Chatzinotas, Björn E. Ottersten
2023 B conf
Optimally Conditioned Channel Matrices in Precoding Enabled Non-Terrestrial Networks.
PIMRC
Jevgenij Krivochiza, Hong-Fu Chou, Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Symeon Chatzinotas
2023 B conf
Resource Allocation and User Scheduling Design for User-Centric Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems.
PIMRC
Reza Mahin Zaeem, Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Wallace Alves Martins, Vu Nguyen Ha, Symeon Chatzinotas, Björn E. Ottersten
2023 B conf
Satellite Swarms for Narrow Beamwidth Applications.
PIMRC
Juan Andrés Vásquez-Peralvo, Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Geoffrey Eappen, Symeon Chatzinotas
2023 J jnl
Satellite-based Quantum Key Distribution over Atmospheric Channels: Reviews and Research Challenges.
CoRR
Hong-Fu Chou, Vu Nguyen Ha, Hayder Al-Hraishawi, Luis Manuel Garcés Socarrás, Jorge Luis González Rios, Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Symeon Chatzinotas
2023 — conf
Stacked-Cascode Current Steering Architecture for Gallium Nitride Variable-Gain LNAs.
LASCAS
Jorge Luis González Rios, Diego Vázquez, Robson Luiz Moreno, Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Ole K. Jensen, Symeon Chatzinotas, Björn E. Ottersten
2022 B conf
5G Space Communications Lab: Reaching New Heights.
DCOSS
Oltjon Kodheli, Jorge Querol, Abdelrahman Astro, Sofía Coloma, Loveneesh Rana, Zhanna Bokal, Sumit Kumar, Carol Martinez Luna, Jan Thoemel, Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Miguel Angel Olivares-Méndez, Symeon Chatzinotas, Björn E. Ottersten
2022 J jnl
Architectures and Synchronization Techniques for Distributed Satellite Systems: A Survey.
IEEE Access
Liz Martinez Marrero, Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Jorge Querol, Sumit Kumar, Jevgenij Krivochiza, Shree Krishna Sharma, Symeon Chatzinotas, Adriano Camps, Björn E. Ottersten
2022 J jnl
Architectures and Synchronization Techniques for Distributed Satellite Systems: A Survey.
CoRR
Liz Martinez Marrero, Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Jorge Querol, Sumit Kumar, Jevgenij Krivochiza, Shree Krishna Sharma, Symeon Chatzinotas, Adriano Camps, Björn E. Ottersten
2022 — conf
Area-Power Analysis of FFT Based Digital Beamforming for GEO, MEO, and LEO Scenarios.
VTC Spring
Rakesh Palisetty, Geoffrey Eappen, Jorge Luis González Rios, Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Stavros G. Domouchtsidis, Symeon Chatzinotas, Björn E. Ottersten, Bingen Cortazar, Salvatore D'Addio, Piero Angeletti
2022 B conf
Differential Phase Compensation in Over-the-air Precoding Test-bed for a Multi-beam Satellite.
WCNC
Liz Martinez Marrero, Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Jorge Querol, Nicola Maturo, Jevgenij Krivochiza, Symeon Chatzinotas, Björn E. Ottersten
2022 B conf
GEO Payload Power Minimization: Joint Precoding and Beam Hopping Design.
GLOBECOM
Vu Nguyen Ha, Ti Ti Nguyen, Eva Lagunas, Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Symeon Chatzinotas
2022 — conf
Joint Linear Precoding and DFT Beamforming Design for Massive MIMO Satellite Communication.
GLOBECOM (Workshops)
Vu Nguyen Ha, Zaid Abdullah, Geoffrey Eappen, Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Rakesh Palisetty, Jorge Luis González Rios, Wallace Alves Martins, Hong-Fu Chou, Juan Andres Vasquez, Luis Manuel Garcés Socarrás, Haythem Chaker, Symeon Chatzinotas
2022 J jnl
On the Performance of Cache-Free/Cache-Aided STBC-NOMA in Cognitive Hybrid Satellite-Terrestrial Networks.
IEEE Wirel. Commun. Lett.
Vibhum Singh, Sourabh Solanki, Geoffrey Eappen, Rakesh Palisetty, Thang X. Vu, Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Symeon Chatzinotas, Björn E. Ottersten
2022 — conf
Wide-Beamwidth Circular Polarized Antenna for Diversity Combining Applications.
GLOBECOM (Workshops)
Juan Andrés Vásquez-Peralvo, Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Rakesh Palisetty, Vibhum Singh, Geoffrey Eappen, Jorge Luis González Rios
2021 C conf
A Cubesat-Ready Phase Synchronization Digital Payload for Coherent Distributed Remote Sensing Missions.
IGARSS
Jorge Querol, Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Liz Martinez Marrero, Jevgenij Krivochiza, Sumit Kumar, Nicola Maturo, Adriano Camps, Symeon Chatzinotas, Björn E. Ottersten
2021 J jnl
A Remote Carrier Synchronization Technique for Coherent Distributed Remote Sensing Systems.
IEEE J. Sel. Top. Appl. Earth Obs. Remote. Sens.
Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Liz Martinez Marrero, Jorge Querol, Sumit Kumar, Adriano Camps, Symeon Chatzinotas, Björn E. Ottersten
2021 — conf
A design strategy for phase synchronization in Precoding-enabled DVB-S2X user terminals.
ICC
Liz Martinez Marrero, Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Jorge Querol, Symeon Chatzinotas, Adriano Camps, Björn E. Ottersten
2021 — conf
Centralized Gateway Concept for Precoded Multi-beam GEO Satellite Networks.
VTC Fall
Steven Kisseleff, Eva Lagunas, Jevgenij Krivochiza, Jorge Querol, Nicola Maturo, Liz Martinez Marrero, Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Symeon Chatzinotas
2021 J jnl
Design Optimization for Low-Complexity FPGA Implementation of Symbol-Level Multiuser Precoding.
IEEE Access
Alireza Haqiqatnejad, Jevgenij Krivochiza, Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Symeon Chatzinotas, Björn E. Ottersten
2021 J jnl
End-to-end Precoding Validation over a Live GEO Satellite Forward Link.
CoRR
Jevgenij Krivochiza, Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Jorge Querol, Nicola Maturo, Liz Martinez Marrero, Stefano Andrenacci, Jens Krause, Symeon Chatzinotas
2021 J jnl
Satellite Communications in the New Space Era: A Survey and Future Challenges.
IEEE Commun. Surv. Tutorials
Oltjon Kodheli, Eva Lagunas, Nicola Maturo, Shree Krishna Sharma, Bhavani Shankar, Jesus Fabian Mendoza Montoya, Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Danilo Spano, Symeon Chatzinotas, Steven Kisseleff, Jorge Querol, Lei Lei, Thang X. Vu, George Goussetis
2020 C conf
SDR Implementation of a Testbed for Synchronization of Coherent Distributed Remote Sensing Systems.
IGARSS
Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Jorge Querol, Liz Martinez Marrero, Jevgenij Krivochiza, Adriano Camps, Symeon Chatzinotas, Björn E. Ottersten
2019 C conf
Architectures and Synchronization Techniques for Coherent Distributed Remote Sensing Systems.
IGARSS
Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Jorge Querol, Adriano Camps, Symeon Chatzinotas, Björn E. Ottersten
2019 J jnl
FPGA Acceleration for Computationally Efficient Symbol-Level Precoding in Multi-User Multi-Antenna Communication Systems.
IEEE Access
Jevgenij Krivochiza, Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Stefano Andrenacci, Symeon Chatzinotas, Björn E. Ottersten
2019 — conf
M-QAM Modulation Symbol-Level Precoding for Power Minimization: Closed-Form Solution.
ISWCS
Jevgenij Krivochiza, Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Symeon Chatzinotas, Björn E. Ottersten
2018 B conf
Closed-Form Solution for Computationally Efficient Symbol-Level Precoding.
GLOBECOM
Jevgenij Krivochiza, Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Stefano Andrenacci, Symeon Chatzinotas, Björn E. Ottersten
2018 J jnl
Computationally and energy efficient symbol-level precoding communications demonstrator.
Phys. Commun.
Jevgenij Krivochiza, Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Stefano Andrenacci, Symeon Chatzinotas, Björn E. Ottersten
2018 J jnl
SDR Implementation of a Testbed for Real-Time Interference Detection With Signal Cancellation.
IEEE Access
Christos Politis, Sina Maleki, Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Jevgenij Krivochiza, Symeon Chatzinotas, Björn E. Ottersten
2017 B conf
Computationally efficient symbol-level precoding communications demonstrator.
PIMRC
Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Jevgenij Krivochiza, Stefano Andrenacci, Symeon Chatzinotas, Björn E. Ottersten
2017 — conf
Multi-antenna based one-bit spatio-temporal wideband sensing for cognitive radio networks.
ICC
Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Shree Krishna Sharma, Symeon Chatzinotas, Björn E. Ottersten, Xianbin Wang
2015 — conf
SDR Implementation of Spectrum Sensing for Wideband Cognitive Radio.
VTC Fall
Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Tadilo Endeshaw Bogale, Long Bao Le
2012 — —
Phase synchronization scheme for very long baseline coherent arrays.
Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan