Faculty professors
PhD students
- Mohammad Abu Aqoulah
- Mahdi Bakhshi
- Yuehua Chen
- Guillem Foreman-Campins
- Lucía Pallarés-Rodríguez
- Manolis Papadakis
Visiting researchers
Postdoc researchers
Visitors
Former members
- Sadiq Ali
- Joan Enric Barceló
- Albert Bel
- Ning Chang
- Jose A. del Peral-Rosado
- J. Joaquín Escudero Garzás
- David Gomez-Casco
- Esteban Gutiérrez
- Anna Kolomijeca
- Sergi Locubiche
- Vicente Lucas-Sabola
- Marti Manosas-Caballu
- Rafael Montalban
- Rubén Morales-Ferré
- Moisés Navarro Gallardo
- Juan Manuel Parro-Jiménez
- Olivier Renaudin
- Husnain Shahid
- Arash Shahmansoori
- Jordi Vilà-Valls
Jose A. Lopez-Salcedo
Faculty professor
- email:
- jose.salcedo at uab.es
- phone:
- +34 93 581 3562
- fax:
- N/A
- office:
- QC-3101B
Dpt. Telecommunications and Systems Engineering
UAB – School of Engineering
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
Bellaterra 08193 - Barcelona (Spain)
Bio
José A. López-Salcedo (S'98, M'07, SM'16) was born in Barcelona, Spain, in 1978. He received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Telecommunication Engineering from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, in 2001 and 2007, respectively. From 2001 to 2006 he was a Research Assistant at the Department of Signal Theory and Communications, UPC. He was involved in R+D projects dealing with synchronization techniques for digital receivers, satellite communications and iterative decoding techniques for MIMO wireless systems, both for private industry and public administrations.
In September 2006, he joined the Department of Telecommunication and Systems Engineering at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), as an Assistant Professor, he became Associate Professor in September 2013 and Professor in May 2021. From May 2011 to July 2019, he was the Coordinator of the Telecommunication Engineering studies at UAB.
From February to March 2010, February to April 2011, April to June 2012 and June to July 2013, he was a visiting scholar at the University of California, Irvine, USA, also from June 2024 to August 2024 as a Fulbright visiting scholar. From July to September 2011, he was a visiting scholar at the Coordinated Science Laboratory (CSL), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA. From August 2014 to January 2015, he was a Scientific Support Officer at the European Commission, DG Joint Research Center, Ispra (Italy).
José A. López-Salcedo is currently serving as Chair of the Spain Chapter of the IEEE Aerospace and Electronics Systems Society (AESS), elected member of the IEEE Sensor Array and Multichannel (SAM) Technical Committee, member of the IEEE Signal Processing and Computing for Communications (SPCC) Technical Committee, and member of the Editorial Committee of the Korean Institute of Positioning, Navigation and Timing (IPNT).
Research interests
His research interests are in the field of statistical signal processing, focusing on estimation theory, detection theory and applications to wireless communications and Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS).Additional Information
Ph.D. Dissertation: "Coherent and Non-Coherent Ultra-Wideband Communications", Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). Advisor: Prof. Gregori Vázquez. [Manuscript] [Slides]
Recent publications
- J. A. del Peral-Rosado, S. Schlötzer, E. Ince, S. Al Faris, G. Ligorio, F. Soualle, A. Malik, C. Thienot, E. Eberlein, G. Yammine, K. Loidl, B. Ghimire, D. Egea-Roca, A. Xhafa, J. A. Lopez-Salcedo, G. Seco-Granados, I. Lapin, F. Grec, F. Abel, "Technology Enablers Towards Unified PNT with GNSS, 5G and 6G Solutions", Proc. ESA Workshop on Satellite Navigation User Equipment Technologies (NAVITEC), May 2026.
- A. Xhafa, D. Egea-Roca, J. A. Lopez-Salcedo, S. Schlötzer, J. A. del Peral-Rosado, F. Abel, G. Seco-Granados, "Hybrid Random–Directional RIS Phase Profile Design for Multi-Layer TN/NTN Positioning", Proc. ESA Workshop on Satellite Navigation User Equipment Technologies (NAVITEC), May 2026.
- M. Fernández-Temprado, G. Seco-Granados, J. A. Lopez-Salcedo, "Acquisition and Processing of Globalstar CSS Bursts for Opportunistic Doppler-based Positioning", Proc. ESA Workshop on Satellite Navigation User Equipment Technologies (NAVITEC), May 2026.
- Q. Liu, A. Reus-Bergas, J. A. Lopez-Salcedo, G. Seco-Granados, "An Enhanced Outer-Loop LEO Doppler Positioning Framework Incorporating Propagation Time", Proc. ESA Workshop on Satellite Navigation User Equipment Technologies (NAVITEC), May 2026.
- B. Matos, P. Boto, V. Mendoça, G. Foreman-Campins, L. Pallarés-Rodríguez, G. Seco-Granados, J. A. Lopez-Salcedo, A. Budianu, "Experimental Validation of Spatial Diversity Techniques for Interference Detection and Mitigation in Small Antenna Array GNSS Receivers", Proc. ESA Workshop on Satellite Navigation User Equipment Technologies (NAVITEC), May 2026.
- X. Alvarez-Molina, G. Seco-Granados, J. A. Lopez-Salcedo, "Linear and Non-Linear Chirp Interference Mitigation Technique using the Fractional Fourier Transform in GNSS Snapshot Receivers", Proc. ESA Workshop on Satellite Navigation User Equipment Technologies (NAVITEC), May 2026.
- G. Foreman-Campins, F. Menzione, J. A. Lopez-Salcedo, E. Lohan, "Performance Assessment of Indoor LEO-PNT Using Next-Generation VHF/UHF Services", Proc. ESA Workshop on Satellite Navigation User Equipment Technologies (NAVITEC), May 2026.
- R. Terris-Gallego, O. Sardà-Martí, E. Takiguchi-Medina, A. Galán-Figueras, J. A. Lopez-Salcedo, G. Seco-Granados, "SASlib: An Open Python Library for Galileo Signal Authentication Service", Proc. ESA Workshop on Satellite Navigation User Equipment Technologies (NAVITEC), May 2026.
- L. Pallarés-Rodríguez, G. Seco-Granados, J. A. Lopez-Salcedo, "Iterative Implementations of the Power-Based Capon Beamformer for Multipath Mitigation in GNSS Receivers", IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, (accepted for publication), Dec. 2025.
- G. Foreman-Campins, J. A. Lopez-Salcedo, E. Lohan, "A Comparative Study on Ranging Accuracy and Interference Robustness of LEO-PNT Systems in Urban and Rural Scenarios", Springer Satellite Navigation, vol. 6, art. 29, pp. 1-19, Dec. 2025, [link].
- H. Shahid, D. Egea-Roca, L. Canzian, C. Sarto, O. Pozzobon, J. Reyes-Gonzalez, G. Seco-Granados, J. A. Lopez-Salcedo, "Boundary Conditions for Snapshot-Based Spoofing Detection using OSNMA Unpredictable Symbols", GPS Solutions, vol. 30, art. 27, pp. 1-16, Nov. 2025, [link].
- E. Dominguez, F. J. Mata, F. A. Pinto, M. Meneses, D. Garcia, J. Fidalgo, D. Giustiniano, G. Sanromita, T. Otim, F. Pigato, J. A. Lopez-Salcedo, G. Seco-Granados, F. Fabra, T. Reus, M. Fernández-Temprado, "Unified Navigation and Communication Hybrid Terminal", Proc. ION GNSS+ [Best Presentation Award], Sep. 2025, [link].
- A. Xhafa, D. Egea-Roca, J. A. Lopez-Salcedo, G. Seco-Granados, "A Comparative Analysis of Key Performance Indicators for RIS-Enhanced Non-Terrestrial and Terrestrial Localization", Proc. European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO), Sep. 2025, [link].
- R. Terris-Gallego, J. A. Lopez-Salcedo, G. Seco-Granados, I. Fernandez-Hernandez, "Testing Galileo SAS with Encrypted Signal-in-Space", Proc. ION GNSS+, Sep. 2025.