7. Conclusions
7.2. List of Publications
1. Silva, D. K. N.; Barros, W. J. da S.; de Araújo, Jasmine P. L. and Cavalcante, G. P. S.,
“Electric Field Prediction for VHF and UHF Systems Using Dyadic Green's Functions,”
presented at the MOMAG 2014: 16º SBMO - Simpósio Brasileiro de Micro-ondas e Optoeletrônica e 11º CBMag - Congresso Brasileiro de Eletromagnetismo, Curitiba, Brazil, Aug. 30 – Sep. 2, 2014.
2. Diego K. N. da Silva; Cristiane R. Gomes; Jasmine Araújo; Herminio S. Gomes and Gervásio P. S. Cavalcante, “Radio-Wave Propagation Predictions in a Three- Layered Medium for VHF/UHF based on Dyadic Green’s Function,” presented at the 9th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, Lisbon, Portugal, Apr. 12 - 17, 2015.
3. Leslye Castro Eras; Iury Batalha; Diego K. N. da Silva; Hélio R. O. Ferreira;
Wellington S. Fonseca; Fabrício J. B. Barros and Gervásio P. S. Cavalcante,
“Measurements and Modeling for Indoor Environments Analysis at 10 GHz for 5G”
presented at the 9th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, Lisbon, Portugal, Apr. 12 - 17, 2015.
4. Leslye Castro Eras; Iury Batalha; Diego K. N. da Silva; Hélio R. O. Ferreira;
Wellington S. Fonseca; Fabrício J. B. Barros and Gervásio P. S. Cavalcante,
“Measurements and Modeling for Indoor Environments Analysis at 10 GHz for 5G”
presented at the SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC), Porto de Galinhas, Brazil, Nov. 3 - 6, 2015.
5. Cristiane R. Gomes; Diego K. N. da Silva; Jasmine Araújo; Herminio S. Gomes and Gervásio P. S. Cavalcante, “Radio-Wave Propagation Model for UHF Band in Different
Climatic Conditions with Dyadic Green’s Function,” Journal of Microwaves, Optoelectronics and Electromagnetic Applications, v. 14, p. 120-132, 2015.
6. Diego Kasuo Nakata da Silva; Leslye Estefania Castro Eras; Antonio A. Moreira, Luís M. Correia; Fabricio Jose Brito Barros, and Gervásio Protásio dos Santos Cavalcante,
“A Propagation Model for Mixed Paths Using Dyadic Green’s Functions: A Case Study over the River for a City-River-Forest Path,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, 2018.
7. L. E. C. Eras, Diego K. N. da Silva, Fabrício B. Barros, Luís M. Correia, and G. P. S.
Cavalcante, “A Radio Propagation Model for Mixed Paths in Amazon Environments for the UHF Band”, Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, 2018.
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