{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4318777644","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3390/fi15020058","title":"An Optimized Planning Tool for Microwave Terrestrial and Satellite Link Design","display_name":"An Optimized Planning Tool for Microwave Terrestrial and Satellite Link Design","publication_year":2023,"publication_date":"2023-01-31","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4318777644","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3390/fi15020058"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.3390/fi15020058","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/fi15020058","pdf_url":"https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/15/2/58/pdf?version=1675152023","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S34838331","display_name":"Future Internet","issn_l":"1999-5903","issn":["1999-5903"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310310987","host_organization_name":"Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310310987"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Future Internet","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref","doaj"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/15/2/58/pdf?version=1675152023","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5034018579","display_name":"Eduardo Ferreira","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3538-7017"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I110026055","display_name":"Iscte \u2013 Instituto Universit\u00e1rio de Lisboa","ror":"https://ror.org/014837179","country_code":"PT","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I110026055"]}],"countries":["PT"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Eduardo Ferreira","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Political Science and Public Policy, ISCTE\u2014Instituto Universit\u00e1rio de Lisboa, 1649-026 Lisbon, Portugal"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3538-7017","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Political Science and Public Policy, ISCTE\u2014Instituto Universit\u00e1rio de Lisboa, 1649-026 Lisbon, Portugal","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I110026055"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5037481240","display_name":"Pedro Sebasti\u00e3o","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7729-4033"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I110026055","display_name":"Iscte \u2013 Instituto Universit\u00e1rio de Lisboa","ror":"https://ror.org/014837179","country_code":"PT","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I110026055"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210120471","display_name":"Instituto de Telecomunica\u00e7\u00f5es","ror":"https://ror.org/02ht4fk33","country_code":"PT","type":"nonprofit","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210120471"]}],"countries":["PT"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Pedro Sebasti\u00e3o","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Political Science and Public Policy, ISCTE\u2014Instituto Universit\u00e1rio de Lisboa, 1649-026 Lisbon, Portugal","Instituto de Telecomunica\u00e7\u00f5es, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7729-4033","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Political Science and Public Policy, ISCTE\u2014Instituto Universit\u00e1rio de Lisboa, 1649-026 Lisbon, Portugal","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I110026055"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Instituto de Telecomunica\u00e7\u00f5es, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210120471"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5054680651","display_name":"Francisco Cercas","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0374-4078"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I110026055","display_name":"Iscte \u2013 Instituto Universit\u00e1rio de Lisboa","ror":"https://ror.org/014837179","country_code":"PT","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I110026055"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210120471","display_name":"Instituto de Telecomunica\u00e7\u00f5es","ror":"https://ror.org/02ht4fk33","country_code":"PT","type":"nonprofit","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210120471"]}],"countries":["PT"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Francisco Cercas","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Political Science and Public Policy, ISCTE\u2014Instituto Universit\u00e1rio de Lisboa, 1649-026 Lisbon, Portugal","Instituto de Telecomunica\u00e7\u00f5es, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0374-4078","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Political Science and Public Policy, ISCTE\u2014Instituto Universit\u00e1rio de Lisboa, 1649-026 Lisbon, Portugal","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I110026055"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Instituto de Telecomunica\u00e7\u00f5es, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210120471"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5089980823","display_name":"Carlos S\u00e1 Costa","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7416-0512"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I110026055","display_name":"Iscte \u2013 Instituto Universit\u00e1rio de Lisboa","ror":"https://ror.org/014837179","country_code":"PT","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I110026055"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210120471","display_name":"Instituto de Telecomunica\u00e7\u00f5es","ror":"https://ror.org/02ht4fk33","country_code":"PT","type":"nonprofit","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210120471"]}],"countries":["PT"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Carlos S\u00e1 Costa","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Political Science and Public Policy, ISCTE\u2014Instituto Universit\u00e1rio de Lisboa, 1649-026 Lisbon, Portugal","Instituto de Telecomunica\u00e7\u00f5es, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7416-0512","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Political Science and Public Policy, ISCTE\u2014Instituto Universit\u00e1rio de Lisboa, 1649-026 Lisbon, Portugal","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I110026055"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Instituto de Telecomunica\u00e7\u00f5es, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210120471"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5087933407","display_name":"Am\u00e9rico Correia","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4246-3957"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I110026055","display_name":"Iscte \u2013 Instituto Universit\u00e1rio de Lisboa","ror":"https://ror.org/014837179","country_code":"PT","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I110026055"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210120471","display_name":"Instituto de Telecomunica\u00e7\u00f5es","ror":"https://ror.org/02ht4fk33","country_code":"PT","type":"nonprofit","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210120471"]}],"countries":["PT"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Am\u00e9rico Correia","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Political Science and Public Policy, ISCTE\u2014Instituto Universit\u00e1rio de Lisboa, 1649-026 Lisbon, Portugal","Instituto de Telecomunica\u00e7\u00f5es, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4246-3957","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Political Science and Public Policy, ISCTE\u2014Instituto Universit\u00e1rio de Lisboa, 1649-026 Lisbon, Portugal","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I110026055"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Instituto de Telecomunica\u00e7\u00f5es, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210120471"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5034018579"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I110026055"],"apc_list":{"value":1600,"currency":"CHF","value_usd":1782},"apc_paid":{"value":1600,"currency":"CHF","value_usd":1782},"fwci":2.0602,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":3,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.90280406,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":94,"max":97},"biblio":{"volume":"15","issue":"2","first_page":"58","last_page":"58"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12042","display_name":"Satellite Communication Systems","score":0.9994000196456909,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2202","display_name":"Aerospace Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12042","display_name":"Satellite Communication Systems","score":0.9994000196456909,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2202","display_name":"Aerospace Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13905","display_name":"Telecommunications and Broadcasting Technologies","score":0.9987000226974487,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2214","display_name":"Media Technology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10148","display_name":"Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization","score":0.9969000220298767,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2208","display_name":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.8176535367965698},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/the-internet","display_name":"The Internet","score":0.5720495581626892},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/visualization","display_name":"Visualization","score":0.4994471073150635},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/process","display_name":"Process (computing)","score":0.4686545431613922},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/satellite","display_name":"Satellite","score":0.45914125442504883},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/microwave-transmission","display_name":"Microwave transmission","score":0.4483352303504944},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/engineering-design-process","display_name":"Engineering design process","score":0.44789817929267883},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/telecommunications","display_name":"Telecommunications","score":0.4329758286476135},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/communications-satellite","display_name":"Communications satellite","score":0.4246070086956024},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/systems-engineering","display_name":"Systems engineering","score":0.3444107174873352},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/microwave","display_name":"Microwave","score":0.3346463441848755},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/world-wide-web","display_name":"World Wide Web","score":0.1269497573375702}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.8176535367965698},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C110875604","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q75","display_name":"The Internet","level":2,"score":0.5720495581626892},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C36464697","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q451553","display_name":"Visualization","level":2,"score":0.4994471073150635},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C98045186","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q205663","display_name":"Process (computing)","level":2,"score":0.4686545431613922},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C19269812","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26540","display_name":"Satellite","level":2,"score":0.45914125442504883},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C1705053","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q747066","display_name":"Microwave transmission","level":3,"score":0.4483352303504944},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C34972735","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2920267","display_name":"Engineering design process","level":2,"score":0.44789817929267883},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C76155785","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q418","display_name":"Telecommunications","level":1,"score":0.4329758286476135},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121308736","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q149918","display_name":"Communications satellite","level":3,"score":0.4246070086956024},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C201995342","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q682496","display_name":"Systems engineering","level":1,"score":0.3444107174873352},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C44838205","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q127995","display_name":"Microwave","level":2,"score":0.3346463441848755},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136764020","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466","display_name":"World Wide Web","level":1,"score":0.1269497573375702},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C146978453","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3798668","display_name":"Aerospace engineering","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C78519656","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101333","display_name":"Mechanical engineering","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":5,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.3390/fi15020058","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/fi15020058","pdf_url":"https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/15/2/58/pdf?version=1675152023","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S34838331","display_name":"Future Internet","issn_l":"1999-5903","issn":["1999-5903"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310310987","host_organization_name":"Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310310987"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Future Internet","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:RePEc:gam:jftint:v:15:y:2023:i:2:p:58-:d:1052265","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/15/2/58/","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401271","display_name":"RePEc: Research Papers in Economics","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I77793887","host_organization_name":"Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I77793887"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:doaj.org/article:5b1d9f2b425c407f9518b895215f1586","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doaj.org/article/5b1d9f2b425c407f9518b895215f1586","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401280","display_name":"DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by-sa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-sa","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Future Internet, Vol 15, Iss 2, p 58 (2023)","raw_type":"article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:mdpi.com:/1999-5903/15/2/58/","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/fi15020058","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400947","display_name":"MDPI (MDPI AG)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I4210097602","host_organization_name":"Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (Switzerland)","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210097602"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Future Internet","raw_type":"Text"},{"id":"pmh:oai:repositorio.iscte-iul.pt:10071/28627","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/10071/28627","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400114","display_name":"Reposit\u00f3rio Institucional do ISCTE-IUL (ISCTE-IUL)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I110026055","host_organization_name":"Iscte \u2013 Instituto Universit\u00e1rio de Lisboa","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I110026055"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"other-oa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/other-oa","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"journal article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.3390/fi15020058","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/fi15020058","pdf_url":"https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/15/2/58/pdf?version=1675152023","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S34838331","display_name":"Future Internet","issn_l":"1999-5903","issn":["1999-5903"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310310987","host_organization_name":"Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310310987"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Future Internet","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Reduced inequalities","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/10","score":0.8299999833106995}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":true,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W4318777644.pdf"},"referenced_works_count":9,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1913985616","https://openalex.org/W1974757383","https://openalex.org/W2120323262","https://openalex.org/W2133825937","https://openalex.org/W2601908482","https://openalex.org/W3012505043","https://openalex.org/W3023027689","https://openalex.org/W4298012250","https://openalex.org/W6639739846"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2101835370","https://openalex.org/W2038189567","https://openalex.org/W2246866563","https://openalex.org/W2170115640","https://openalex.org/W3163420439","https://openalex.org/W3160995042","https://openalex.org/W1867308555","https://openalex.org/W2124169454","https://openalex.org/W2152484937","https://openalex.org/W4313142903"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Today,":[0],"the":[1,18,27,55,59,63,121,136,180,187,190,199,202],"internet":[2,23],"is":[3,25,37,73],"fundamental":[4],"to":[5,21,39,43,57,127,150],"social":[6],"inclusion.":[7],"There":[8],"are":[9],"many":[10,90],"people":[11],"that":[12,133],"live":[13],"in":[14,62,80,100],"remote":[15],"areas,":[16],"and":[17,32,45,69,129,154,170,207],"only":[19],"way":[20],"supply":[22],"services":[24],"through":[26],"use":[28],"of":[29,66,89,92,139,189,204],"microwave":[30,67],"terrestrial":[31,68,158],"satellite":[33,70],"systems.":[34,48],"Thus,":[35],"it":[36],"important":[38],"have":[40],"efficient":[41],"tools":[42],"design":[44,64,112],"optimize":[46],"these":[47],"In":[49],"this":[50,143,161],"paper,":[51],"a":[52,93,108],"tool":[53,76,115],"with":[54,120,201],"objective":[56],"shorten":[58],"time":[60],"spent":[61],"process":[65,166],"point-to-point":[71],"links":[72,193],"presented.":[74],"This":[75,114],"can":[77,134],"be":[78,195],"applied":[79],"academia":[81],"by":[82,103,179],"engineering":[83,105],"students,":[84],"providing":[85,198],"an":[86,164],"extended":[87],"analysis":[88],"sections":[91],"link":[94,209],"project":[95],"design,":[96],"as":[97,99],"well":[98],"professional":[101],"practice":[102],"telecommunication":[104],"departments,":[106],"presenting":[107],"concise":[109],"step-by-step":[110],"interactive":[111],"process.":[113],"uses":[116],"three-dimensional":[117],"world":[118],"visualization,":[119,144],"Cesium":[122],"Application":[123],"Programming":[124],"Interface":[125],"(API),":[126],"display":[128],"analyze":[130,151],"site-specific":[131],"characteristics":[132,188],"disrupt":[135],"link\u2019s":[137],"quality":[138,206],"service":[140],"(QoS).":[141],"Using":[142,160,175],"two":[145],"ray-tracing":[146],"algorithms":[147],"were":[148],"developed":[149],"signal":[152,168,205],"diffraction":[153,169],"reflection":[155,171],"mainly":[156],"throughout":[157],"links.":[159],"new":[162],"algorithm,":[163],"innovative":[165],"for":[167],"calculations":[172],"was":[173],"created.":[174],"updated":[176],"standards":[177],"provided":[178],"International":[181],"Telecommunication":[182],"Union":[183],"Radiocommunication":[184],"Sector":[185],"(ITU-R),":[186],"defined":[191],"simulated":[192],"could":[194],"predicted,":[196],"thus":[197],"user":[200],"metrics":[203],"system":[208],"budget.":[210]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2026-07-29T09:40:50.615796","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}