Researcher
Professional Status
Researcher
Status
Former Member
Growing period
Since 01/01/2006
Growing period end
31/12/2015
monica.branco@inov.pt
Birthplace
Lisboa
Location
INOV-INESC Inovação, Lisboa
Degrees
M.Sc in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico (2007).
Project Involvements
Involved in the following research projects: monIT - Monitoring of Electromagnetic Radiation in Mobile Communications, since Nov. 2007. COST action BM0704 - Emerging EMF Technologies and Health Risk Management, since Jan. 2008, until May 2012. FP7 ICT-EARTH - Energy Aware Radio and NeTwork TecHnologies, since January 2010, until June 2012. FP7 ICT-MCN - Mobile CLoud Networking, since November 2012.
Other Information of Mónica Antunes
Birthdate 21-03-1983
My research areas are Wireless and Mobile Communications, namely human exposure to electromagnetic fields radiated by mobile communication systems, work developed within FAQtos and other projects.
My Master Thesis addressed the Impact of HSDPA Implementation on UMTS Capacity and Cell Coverage. The goal of this thesis was to analyse how UMTS behaves when HSDPA is implemented. So, a theoretical model was developed calculating network capacity, for a sector of a cell, focusing on the analysis of parameters, such as number of served users, throughput, and cell radius. Two scenarios were assessed with different users’ distribution. With OPNET Modeler, Release 99 was assessed by increasing the number of users, and for two different scenarios that were distinguished by the weight assigned to each service.