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Books and Book Chapters

Journals

Conferences

Patents

Ph.D. Thesis, Degree Thesis

Books

G. Vitetta, D. P. Taylor, G. Colavolpe, F. Pancaldi, and P. A. Martin, Wireless Communications: Algorithmic Techniques, John Wiley & Sons. August 2013. ISBN: 0-470-51239-3.

G. Ferrari, G. Colavolpe, and R. Raheli, Detection Algorithms for Wireless Communications, John Wiley & Sons. August 2004. ISBN: 0-470-85828-1.

R. Raheli and G. Colavolpe, Trasmissione Numerica, Monte Università Parma Editore, 2004. ISBN: 88-7847-096-1.

Book Chapters

P. Banelli, G. Baruffa, S. Buzzi, G. Colavolpe, T. Foggi, L. Rugini, and A. Ugolini, "Modulation with Low Peak-to-Average Power Ratio," in Wiley 5G Ref, John Wiley & Sons, May 2020.

P. Banelli, G. Colavolpe, L. Rugini, and A. Ugolini, "Waveform design," in 5G wireless communications: an information theoretic perspective, Edited by I. Maric, S. Shamai, and O. Simeone, Cambridge University Press, 2019.

S. Buzzi, G. Colavolpe, A. Ugolini, A. Zappone, "An Introduction to Modulations and Waveforms for 5G Networks", Chapter 1 in "Signal Processing for 5G: Algorithms and Implementations", Edited by F.-L. Luo, John Wiley & Sons. 2016. ISBN: 978-1-119-11646-2.

M. Ardakani, G. Colavolpe, K. Dostert, H. C. Ferreira, D. Fertonani, T. G. Swart, A. M. Tonello, D. Umehara and A. J. H. Vinck, "Digital Transmission Techniques", Chapter 5 in "Power Line Communications - Theory and Applications for Narrowband and Broadband Communications over Power Lines", Edited by H. C. Ferreira, L. Lampe, J. Newbury, T. G. Swart, John Wiley & Sons. June 2010. ISBN: 0-470-74030-2.

G. Ferrari, G. Colavolpe, and R. Raheli, "Noncoherent iterative decoding of spectrally efficient coded modulations", Chapter 4 in Turbo Codes: Error Correcting Codes of Widening Applications, Edited by M. Jézéquel and R. Pyndiah, Hermes Penton Science, London, 2002.


Journals

A. Piemontese, G. Colavolpe, and T. Eriksson, "Discrete-time models and performance of phase noise channels," IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society , vol. xx, n. xx, pp. xx-xx, xx xx.

A. Zahr, G. Colavolpe, T. Foggi, B. Matuz, and A. Vannucci, "An information-theoretic comparison between coherent and IM/DD transmissions for free space optical communications," IEEE J. on Selected Areas Commun., vol. xx, n. xx, pp. xx-xx, xx xx.

S. Buzzi, G. Caire, G. Colavolpe, C. D'Andrea, T. Foggi, A. Piemontese, and A. Ugolini, "LEO satellite diversity in 6G non-terrestrial networks: OFDM vs. OTFS," IEEE Commun. Letters, vol. 27, n. 11, pp. 3013-3017, November 2023.

E. Conti, A. Piemontese, G. Colavolpe, and A. Vannucci, "Expectation propagation for flat-fading channels," IEEE Wireless Commun. Letters, vol. 12, n.11 , pp. 1846-1850, November 2023.

S. K. Dehkordi, L. Gaudio, M. Kobayashi, G. Caire, and G. Colavolpe, "Beam-space MIMO radar for joint communication and sensing with OTFS modulation," IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 22, n. 10, pp. 6737-6749, October 2023.

G. Colavolpe, T. Foggi, A. Piemontese, A. Ugolini, L. Liu, J. Han, "Multiuser Detection for Time-Frequency-Packed Systems," IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 70, n. 10, pp. 6693-6703, October 2022.

P.-D. Arapoglou, G. Colavolpe, T. Foggi, N. Mazzali, A. Vannucci, "Variable data rate architectures in optical LEO direct-to-Earth links: Design aspects and system analysis," IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 40, pp. 5541-5556, Aug. 15 2022.

L. Gaudio, G. Colavolpe, and G. Caire, "OTFS vs. OFDM in the presence of sparsity: A fair comparison," IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 21, n. 6, pp. 4410-4423, June 2022.

A. A. D'Amico, G. Colavolpe, M. Morelli and T. Foggi, "Timing synchronization and channel estimation in free-space optical OOK communication systems," IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 70, n. 3, pp. 1901-1912, March 2022.

I. Andrenacci, R. Boccaccini, A. Bolzoni, G. Colavolpe, C. Costantino, M. Federico, A. Ugolini, and A. Vannucci, "Evaluation of Inertial Sensors for Gait and Jump Analysis," Sensors, 2021.

M. Morini, A. Ugolini, and G. Colavolpe, "Decoding of variable length PLH codes," IEEE Trans. Broadcast., vol. 67, pp. 791-797, September 2021.

M. Morelli, M. Moretti, A. A. D'Amico, and G. Colavolpe, "Frame synchronization for FSO links with unknown signal amplitude and noise power," IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 10, pp. 1498-1502, July 2021.

A. Mirbadin, A. Vannucci, G.Colavolpe, R. Pecori, L. Veltri, "Iterative receiver design for the estimation of Gaussian samples in impulsive noise," Appl. Sci., vol. 11, no. 2, 557, 2021.

A. Guidotti, S. Cioni, G.Colavolpe, M. Conti, T.Foggi, A. Mengali, G. Montorsi, A. Piemontese, A. Vanelli-Coralli, "Architectures, standardisation, and procedures for 5G satellite communications: A survey," Computer Networks, vol. 183, 24 December 2020.

L. Gaudio, M. Kobayashi, G. Caire, and G. Colavolpe, "On the effectiveness of OTFS for joint radar parameter estimation and communication," IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 19, pp. 5951-5965, September 2020.

L. Gaudio, B. Matuz, T. Ninacs, G. Colavolpe, and A. Vannucci "Approximate ML decoding of short convolutional codes over phase noise channels," IEEE Commun. Letters, vol. 24, pp. 325-329, February 2020.

A. Vannucci, G. Colavolpe, and L. Veltri "Estimation of correlated Gaussian samples in impulsive noise," IEEE Commun. Letters, vol. 24, pp. 103-107, January 2020.

G. Colavolpe, T. Foggi, M. Ricciulli, Y. Zanettini, and J.-P. Mediano-Alameda, "Reception of LoRa signals from LEO satellites," IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, vol. 55, pp. 3587-3602, December 2019.

A. Ugolini, G. Colavolpe, M. Angelone, A. Vanelli-Coralli, and A. Ginesi,"Capacity of interference exploitation schemes in multibeam satellite systems," IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, vol. 55, pp. 3230-3245, December 2019.

T. Ninacs, B. Matuz, G. Liva, and G. Colavolpe, "Short non-binary low-density parity-check codes for phase noise channels," IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 67, pp. 4575-4584, July 2019.

A. Guidotti, A. Vanelli-Coralli, T. Foggi, G. Colavolpe, M. Caus, J. Bas, S. Cioni, and A. Modenini, "LTE-based satellite communications in LEO mega-constellations," Int. J. Satell. Commun. Network., vol. 37, pp. 316-330, July/August 2019. Article first published online: July 2018.

A. Guidotti, A. Vanelli-Coralli, O. Kodheli, G. Colavolpe, and T. Foggi, "Integration of 5G technologies in LEO mega-constellations," IEEE 5G Tech Focus, vol. 2, March 2018. See also here.

S. Buzzi, C. D'Andrea, T. Foggi, A. Ugolini, and G. Colavolpe, "Single-carrier modulation versus OFDM for millimeter-wave wireless MIMO," IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 66, pp. 1335-1348, March 2018.

A. Ugolini, G. Montorsi, and G. Colavolpe, "Next generation high-rate telemetry," IEEE J. on Selected Areas Commun., Special issue on Satellite communications, vol. 36, pp. 327-337, February 2018.

S. Peng, A. Liu, X. Tong, and G. Colavolpe, "An efficient implementation of lattice staggered multicarrier faster-than-Nyquist signaling," IEEE Commun. Letters, vol. 22, pp. 240-243, February 2018.

S. Peng, A. Liu, X. Tong, K. Wang, and G. Colavolpe, "Optimal multicarrier faster-than-Nyquist signaling under symbol-by-symbol detection," Digital signal processing, vol. 72, pp. 135-146, January 2018.

C. I. Kourogiorgas, D. Tarchi, A. Ugolini, N. Lyras, P.-D. Arapoglou, A. D. Panagopoulos, G. Colavolpe, and A. Vanelli-Coralli, "Capacity statistics evaluation for next generation broadband MEO satellite systems," IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, vol. 53, pp. 2344-2358, October 2017.

G. Colavolpe, A. Modenini, A. Piemontese, and A. Ugolini "Multiuser detection in multibeam satellite systems: theoretical analysis and practical schemes," IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 65, pp. 945-955, February 2017.

A. Ugolini, A. Modenini, G. Colavolpe, V. Mignone, and A. Morello, "Advanced Techniques for Spectrally Efficient DVB-S2X Systems," Int. J. Satell. Commun. Network., vol. 34, pp. 609-623, September/October 2016. Article first published online: September 2015.

S. Cioni, G. Colavolpe, V. Mignone, A. Modenini, A. Morello, M. Ricciulli, A. Ugolini, Y. Zanettini, "Transmission parameters optimization and receiver architectures for DVB-S2X systems," Int. J. Satell. Commun. Network., vol. 34, pp. 337-350, May/June 2016. Article first published online: June 2015.

M. Messai, A. Piemontese, G. Colavolpe, K. Amis, and F. Guilloud, "Binary CPMs with improved spectral efficiency," IEEE Commun. Letters, vol. 20, pp. 85-88, January 2016.

G. Colavolpe, T. Foggi, A. Ugolini, J. Lizarraga, S. Cioni, and A. Ginesi "A highly efficient receiver for satellite-based Automatic Identification System signal detection," Int. J. Satell. Commun. Network., vol. 34, pp. 57-73, January/February 2016. Article first published online: November 2014.

A. Modenini, F. Rusek, and G. Colavolpe, "Adaptive rate-maximizing channel-shortening for ISI channels," IEEE Commun. Letters, vol. 19, pp. 2090-2093, December 2015.

A. Modenini, A. Ugolini, A. Piemontese, and G. Colavolpe, "On the use of multiple satellites to improve the spectral efficiency of broadcast transmissions," IEEE Trans. Broadcast., vol. 61, pp. 590-602, December 2015.

M. Messai, G. Colavolpe, K. Amis, and F. Guilloud, "Binary continuous phase modulations robust to a modulation index mismatch," IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 63, pp. 4267-4275, November 2015.

M. Secondini, T. Foggi, F. Fresi, G. Meloni, F. Cavaliere, G. Colavolpe, E. Forestieri, L. Potì, R. Sabella, and G. Prati, "Optical time-frequency packing: principles, design, implementation, and experimental demonstration," IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 33, pp. 3558-3570, September 1 2015.

T. Foggi, G. Colavolpe, A. Bononi, and P. Serena, "Spectral efficiency optimization in flexi-grid long-haul optical systems," IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 33, pp. 2735-2742, July 1 2015.

R. Krishnan, G. Colavolpe, A. Graell i Amat, and T. Eriksson, "Algorithms for joint phase estimation and decoding for MIMO systems in the presence of phase noise and quasi-static fading," IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 63, pp. 3360-3375, July 1 2015.

F. Rusek, G. Colavolpe, and C.E. Sundberg, "40 years with the Ungerboeck model: Overlooked opportunities," IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, vol. 32, pp. 156-161, May 2015.

M. Messai, G. Colavolpe, K. Amis, and F. Guilloud, "Robust detection of binary CPMs with unknown modulation index," IEEE Commun. Letters, vol. 19, pp. 339-342, March 2015.

C. Risi, S. Buzzi, and G. Colavolpe, "Green and fast DSL via joint processing of multiple lines and time-frequency packed modulation", Physical Communication, vol. 13, pp. 99-108, December 1st 2014.

P. Banelli, S. Buzzi, G. Colavolpe, A. Modenini, F. Rusek, and A. Ugolini, "Modulation formats and waveforms for the physical layer of 5G wireless networks: Who will be the heir of OFDM?," IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, vol. 31, pp. 80-93, October 2014. Within the top 100 IEEE papers downloaded for the months of October 2014, November 2014, December 2014, and January 2015. Evaluated as "Excellent" in the Italian VQR 20011-2014.

G. Colavolpe and T. Foggi, "Time-frequency packing for high capacity coherent optical links," IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 62, pp. 2986-2995, August 2014. Evaluated as "Excellent" in the Italian VQR 20011-2014.

G. Colavolpe, "Communications over phase-noise channels: a tutorial review," Int. J. Satell. Commun. Network., vol. 32, pp. 167-185, May/June 2014. Article first published online: July 2013.

R. Krishnan, A. Graell i Amat, T. Eriksson, and G. Colavolpe, "Constellation optimization in the presence of strong phase noise," IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 61, pp. 5056-5066, December 2013.

A. Modenini, F. Rusek, and G. Colavolpe, "Optimal transmit filters for ISI channels under channel shortening detection," IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 61, pp. 4997-5005, December 2013.

A. Piemontese, A. Modenini, G. Colavolpe, and N. Alagha "Improving the spectral efficiency of nonlinear satellite systems through time-frequency packing and advanced processing," IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 61, pp. 3404-3412, August 2013. Evaluated as "Excellent" in the Italian VQR 20011-2014.

A. Piemontese, A. Graell i Amat, and G. Colavolpe, "Frequency packing and multiuser detection for CPMs: how to improve the spectral efficiency of DVB-RCS2 systems," IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 2, pp. 74-77, February 2013.

N. Mazzali, G. Colavolpe, and S. Buzzi, "CPM-based spread spectrum systems for multi-user communications," IEEE Trans. on Wireless Commun., vol. 12, pp. 358-367, January 2013.

G. Colavolpe, A. Modenini, and F. Rusek, "Channel shortening for nonlinear satellite channels," IEEE Commun. Letters, vol. 16, pp. 1929-1932, December 2012.

S. Buzzi, G. Colavolpe, D. Saturnino, and A. Zappone, "Potential games for energy-efficient power control and subcarrier allocation in uplink multicell OFDMA systems," IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing, vol. 6, pp. 89-103, April 2012. Evaluated as "Excellent" in the Italian VQR 20011-2014.

A. Piemontese, N. Mazzali, and G. Colavolpe, "Improving the spectral efficiency of FDM-CPM systems through packing and multiuser processing," Int. J. Satell. Commun. Network., vol. 30, pp. 64-75, March/April 2012.

P. Burzigotti, A. Ginesi, and G. Colavolpe, "Advanced receiver design for satellite-based automatic identification system signal detection," Int. J. Satell. Commun. Network., vol. 30, pp. 52-63, March/April 2012.

G. Colavolpe and A. Piemontese, "Novel SISO detection algorithms for nonlinear satellite channels," IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 1, pp. 22-25, February 2012.

G. Colavolpe, T. Foggi, A. Modenini, and A. Piemontese, "Faster-than-Nyquist and beyond: how to improve spectral efficiency by accepting interference," OSA Opt. Express, vol. 19, pp. 26600-26609, December 2011. Evaluated as "Excellent" in the Italian VQR 20011-2014.

A. Barbieri and G. Colavolpe, "On the information rate and repeat-accumulate code design for phase noise channels," IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 59, pp. 3223-3228, December 2011. Evaluated as "Excellent" in the Italian VQR 20011-2014.

G. Colavolpe, D. Fertonani, and A. Piemontese, "SISO detection over linear channels with linear complexity in the number of interferers," IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing, vol. 5, pp. 1475-1485, December, 2011. Evaluated as "Excellent" in the Italian VQR 20011-2014.

G. Colavolpe, T. Foggi, E. Forestieri, and M. Secondini, "Impact of phase noise and compensation techniques in coherent optical systems," IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 29, pp. 2790-2800, September 15, 2011. Evaluated as "Excellent" in the Italian VQR 20011-2014.

T. Foggi, G. Colavolpe, and G. Prati, "Stop-and-go algorithm for blind equalization in QAM single-carrier coherent optical systems," IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 22, pp. 1838-1840, December 15, 2010.

A. Piemontese and G. Colavolpe, "A novel graph-based suboptimal multiuser detector for FDM-CPM transmissions," IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 9, pp. 2812-2819, September 2010. Evaluated as "Excellent" in the Italian VQR 2004-2010.

A. Barbieri, G. Colavolpe, T. Foggi, E. Forestieri, and G. Prati, "OFDM versus single-carrier transmission for 100 Gbps optical communication," IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 28, pp. 2537-2551, September 1, 2010. Evaluated as "Excellent" in the Italian VQR 2004-2010.

A. Barbieri, D. Fertonani and G. Colavolpe, "Time-frequency packing for linear modulations: spectral efficiency and practical detection schemes," IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 57, pp. 2951-2959, October 2009.

D. Fertonani and G. Colavolpe, "On reliable communications over channels impaired by bursty impulse noise," IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 57, pp. 2024-2030, July 2009.

G. Colavolpe, T. Foggi, E. Forestieri, and G. Prati, "Robust multilevel coherent optical systems with linear processing at the receiver," IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 27, pp. 2357-2369, July 1, 2009. Evaluated as "Excellent" in the Italian VQR 2004-2010.

A. Barbieri, D. Fertonani and G. Colavolpe, "Spectrally-efficient continuous phase modulations," IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 8, pp. 1564-1572, March 2009.

A. Barbieri, A. Piemontese, and G. Colavolpe, "On the ARMA approximation for fading channels described by the Clarke model with applications to Kalman-based receivers," IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 8, pp. 535-540, February 2009. Evaluated as "Excellent" in the Italian VQR 2004-2010.

D. Fertonani and G. Colavolpe, "A robust metric for soft-output detection in the presence of class-A noise," IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 57, pp. 36-40, January 2009.

D. Fertonani, A. Barbieri, G. Colavolpe, and D. Delaruelle, "Blind compensation of linear amplitude distortions," IEEE Trans. Broadcast., vol. 54, pp. 448-453, September 2008.

G. Colavolpe, T. Foggi, E. Forestieri, and G. Prati, "Multilevel optical systems with MLSD receivers insensitive to GVD and PMD," IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 26, pp. 1263-1273, May 15, 2008. Evaluated as "Excellent" in the Italian VQR 2004-2010.

D. Fertonani, A. Barbieri, and G. Colavolpe, "Reduced-complexity BCJR algorithm for turbo equalization," IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 55, pp. 2279-2287, December 2007.

A. Barbieri, G. Colavolpe, "Soft-output decoding of rotationally invariant codes over channels with phase noise," IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 55, pp. 2125-2133, November 2007.

A. Barbieri, G. Colavolpe, "On pilot-symbol-assisted carrier synchronization for DVB-S2 systems," IEEE Trans. Broadcast., vol. 53, pp. 685-692, September 2007.

A. Barbieri, G. Colavolpe, "Simplified soft-output detection of CPM signals over coherent and phase noise channels," IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 6, pp. 2486-2496, July 2007.

G. Ferrari, G. Colavolpe, and R. Raheli, "On linear predictive detection for communications with phase noise and frequency offset," IEEE Trans. Veh. Technol., vol. 56, pp. 2073-2085, July 2007.

A. Anastasopoulos, K. M. Chugg, G. Colavolpe, G. Ferrari, and R. Raheli , "Iterative detection for channels with memory," Proceedings of the IEEE, Special issue on Turbo Techniques: Algorithms & Applications, vol. 95, pp. 1272-1294, June 2007 (invited paper).

A. Barbieri, G. Colavolpe, "On the Cramer-Rao bound for carrier frequency estimation in the presence of phase noise," IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 6, pp. 575-582, February 2007.

A. Barbieri, G. Colavolpe, and G. Caire, "Joint iterative detection and decoding in the presence of phase noise and frequency offset," IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 55, pp. 171-179, January 2007.

T. Foggi, G. Colavolpe, E. Forestieri, and G. Prati, "Channel estimation algorithms for MLSD in optical communication systems," IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 18, pp. 1984-1986, October 1, 2006. Evaluated as "Excellent" in the Italian VQR 2004-2010.

T. Foggi, E. Forestieri, G. Colavolpe, and G. Prati, "Maximum likelihood sequence detection with closed-form metrics in OOK optical systems impaired by GVD e PMD," IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 24, pp. 3073-3087, August 2006. Evaluated as "Excellent" in the Italian VQR 2004-2010.

G. Colavolpe, "On LDPC codes over channels with memory," IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 5, pp. 1757-1766, July 2006. Evaluated as "Excellent" in the Italian VQR 2004-2010.

L. Fanucci, P. Ciao, and G. Colavolpe, "VLSI design of a fully-parallel high-throughput decoder for turbo Gallager codes," IEICE Transactions on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Science, vol. E89-A, pp. 1976-1986, July 2006.

G. Colavolpe, A. Barbieri, and G. Caire, "Algorithms for iterative decoding in the presence of strong phase noise," IEEE J. on Selected Areas Commun., vol. 23, pp. 1748-1757, September 2005. Evaluated as "Excellent" in the Italian VQR 2004-2010.

G. Ferrari, G. Colavolpe, and R. Raheli, "A unified framework for finite-memory detection," IEEE J. on Selected Areas Commun., vol. 23, pp. 1697-1706, September 2005. Evaluated as "Excellent" in the Italian VQR 2004-2010.

G. Ferrari, G. Colavolpe, and R. Raheli, "On trellis-based truncated-memory detection," IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 53, pp. 1462-1476, September 2005.

G. Colavolpe and A. Barbieri "On MAP symbol detection for ISI channels using the Ungerboeck observation model," IEEE Commun. Letters, vol. 9, pp. 720-722, August 2005.

G. Colavolpe and G. Germi, "On the application of factor graphs and the sum-product algorithm to ISI channels," IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 53, pp. 818-825, May 2005. Evaluated as "Excellent" in the Italian VQR 2004-2010.

G. Colavolpe, "Design and performance of turbo Gallager codes," IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 52, pp. 1901-1908, November 2004.

G. Colavolpe, "Classical coherent receivers for differentially encoded M-PSK are optimal," IEEE Commun. Letters, vol. 8, pp. 211-213, April 2004.

G. Ferrari, A. Anastasopoulos, G. Colavolpe, and R. Raheli, "Adaptive iterative detection for the phase uncertain channel: limited-tree-search versus truncated-memory detection," IEEE Trans. Veh. Technol., vol. 53, pp. 433-442, March 2004.

G. Caire and G. Colavolpe, "On low-complexity space-time coding for quasi-static channels," IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory, vol. 49, pp. 1400-1416, June 2003.

E. Forestieri, G. Colavolpe, and G. Prati, "Novel MSE adaptive control of optical PMD compensators," IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 20, pp. 1997-2003, December 2002.

G. Colavolpe and R. Raheli, "Detection of linear modulations in the presence of strong phase and frequency instabilities," IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 50, pp. 1617-1626, October 2002.

G. Colavolpe and R. Raheli, "Improved differential detection of chip-level differentially encoded direct-sequence spread-spectrum signals," IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 1, pp. 125-133, January 2002.

G. Colavolpe, G. Ferrari and R. Raheli, "Extrinsic information in iterative decoding: a unified view," IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 49, pp. 2088-2094, December 2001.

G. Colavolpe and R. Raheli, "The capacity of the noncoherent channel," European Transactions on Telecommunications, vol. 12, n. 4, pp. 289-296, July-August 2001.

G. Ferrari, G. Colavolpe, and R. Raheli, "Noncoherent iterative decoding of spectrally efficient coded modulations", Annales des Telecommunications, vol. 56, n.7-8, pp. 409-421, July-August 2001 (invited paper).

G. Colavolpe, G. Prati, and F. Pagano, "Alternative to Reed-Solomon codes for forward error correction on optical channels", Proceedings of SPIE, pp. 254-259, July 2001 (invited paper).

G. Colavolpe, G. Ferrari and R. Raheli, "Reduced-state BCJR-type algorithms," IEEE J. on Selected Areas Commun., vol. 19, pp. 848-859, May 2001.

G. Colavolpe and R. Raheli, "Noncoherent sequence detection in frequency nonselective slowly fading channels," IEEE J. on Selected Areas Commun.-Wireless Series, vol. 18, pp. 2302-2311, November 2000.

G. Colavolpe, G. Ferrari and R. Raheli, "Noncoherent iterative (turbo) decoding," IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 48, pp. 1488-1498, September 2000.

G. Colavolpe and R. Raheli, "Theoretical analysis and performance limits of noncoherent sequence detection of coded PSK," IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory, vol. 46, pp. 1483-1494, July 2000.

G. Colavolpe and R. Raheli, "Noncoherent sequence detection," IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 47, pp. 1376-1385, September 1999.

G. Colavolpe and R. Raheli, "Noncoherent sequence detection of continuous phase modulations," IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 47, pp. 1303-1307, September 1999.

G. Colavolpe and R. Raheli, "On noncoherent sequence detection of coded QAM," IEEE Commun. Letters, vol. 2, pp. 211-213, August 1998.

G. Colavolpe, P. Castoldi, and R. Raheli, "Linear predictive receivers for fading channels," IEE Electronics Letters, vol. 34, pp. 1289-1290, 25th June 1998.

G. Colavolpe and R. Raheli, "Noncoherent sequence detection of CPM," IEE Electronics Letters, vol. 34, pp. 259-261, 5th February 1998.

G. Colavolpe and R. Raheli, "Reduced-complexity detection and phase synchronization of CPM signals," IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 45, pp. 1070-1079, September 1997.


Conferences

G. Colavolpe, T. Foggi, B. Matuz, A. Vannucci, A. Zahr, "Coherent Vs IM/DD Transmissions for FSO Communications in the Presence of Atmospheric Turbulence" in Proc. European Wireless (EW 2023), Roma, Italy, October 2023.

G. Colavolpe, E. Conti, A. Piemontese, A. Vannucci, "The difficult road of expectation propagation towards phase noise detection" in Proc. IEEE Intern. Conf. Commun. (ICC'23), Roma, Italy, May-June 2023.

A. Vannucci, T. Foggi. A. Zahr, H. Chougrani, B. Matuz, M. R. Bhavani Shankar, G. Colavolpe, "From fibers to satellites: Lessons to learn and pitfalls to avoid when optical communications move to long distance free space" in Proc. 2022 56th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers Pacific Grove, CA, U.S.A., October-November 2022.

S. Buzzi, G. Caire, G. Colavolpe, C. D'Andrea, T. Foggi, A. Piemontese, A. Ugolini, "Multi-satellite diversity through the use of OTFS" in Proc. 39th International Communications Satellite Systems Conference (ICSSC'22), Stresa, Italy, October 2022.

L. Gaudio, M. Kobayashi, G. Caire, G. Colavolpe, "Beam-space MIMO radar with OTFS modulation for integrated sensing and communications" in Proc. IEEE Intern. Conf. Commun. (ICC'22), Seoul, South Korea, May 2022.

G. Colavolpe, T. Foggi, A. Vannucci, "Synchronization for variable data rate LEO direct-to-Earth optical links" in Proc. IEEE Intern. Conf. Commun. (ICC'22), Seoul, South Korea, May 2022.

A. Piemontese, G. Colavolpe, T. Eriksson, "A new analytical model of phase noise in communication systems" in Proc. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 2022), Austin, Tx, April 2022.

A. Piemontese, G. Colavolpe, T. Eriksson, "A new discrete-time model for channels impaired by phase noise" in Proc. IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM 2021), Madrid, Spain, December 2021.

L. Gaudio, G. Caire, and G. Colavolpe, "On achievable rate of OFDM and OTFS in the presence of sparsity" in Proc. IEEE Intern. Conf. Commun. (ICC'21), Montreal, Canada, June 2021.

M. Morini, A. Ugolini, and G. Colavolpe, "Detection of variable length PLH codes for the DVB-S2X system,"in Proc. 10th Advanced Satellite Mobile Systems Conference and 16th International Workshop on Signal Processing for Space Communications (ASMS&SPSC 2020), Virtual event, October 2020.

A.Vanelli-Coralli, A. Guidotti, T. Foggi, G. Colavolpe, and G. Montorsi, "5G and beyond 5G non-terrestrial networks: trends and research challenges," in 2020 IEEE 3rd 5G World Forum (5GWF 2020), Virtual Event, September 2020.

L. Gaudio, M. Kobayashi, G. Caire, and G. Colavolpe, "Joint radar target detection and parameter estimation with MIMO OTFS," in Proc. 2020 IEEE Radar Conference, Florence, Italy, September 2020.

A. Mirbadin, A. Vannucci, and G. Colavolpe, "Expectation propagation and transparent propagation in iterative signal estimation in the presence of impulsive noise," in Proc. 43rd International Conference on Telecommunications and Signal Processing (TSP 2020), Milan, Italy, July 2020.

A. Modenini, A. Ugolini, and G. Colavolpe, "A fast method for optimizing the amplifier output back-off by means of the total degradation," in Proc. 8th ESA Intern. Work. on Tracking, Telemetry and Command Systems for Space (TTC 2019), Darmstadt, Germany, September 2019.

A. Mirbadin, E. Kiani, A. Vannucci, and G. Colavolpe, "Estimation of Gaussian processes in Markov-Middleton impulsive noise," in Proc. IEEE Global Power, Energy and Communication Conference 2019 (IEEE GPECOM 2019), Cappadocia, Turkey, June 2019.

P. Banelli, G. Colavolpe, L. Rugini, and A. Ugolini, "Spectral efficiency of multicarrier schemes for 5G," in Proc. 26th Intern. Conf. on Telecommun. (ICT 2019), Hanoi, Vietnam, April 2019.

A. Vannucci, G. Colavolpe, R. Pecori, and L. Veltri, "Estimation of a Gaussian source with memory in bursty impulsive noise," in Proc. 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Power Line Communications and its Applications (ISPLC 2019), Prague, Czech Republic, April 2019.

A. Ugolini, G. Colavolpe, and A. Vanelli-Coralli, "A system level approach to the application of multiuser detection in multibeam satellite systems," in Proc. 14th Intern. Symposium on Wireless Commun. Systems (ISWCS 2017), Bologna, Italy, August 2017.

A. Guidotti, A. Vanelli-Coralli, M. Caus, J. Bas, G. Colavolpe, T. Foggi, S. Cioni, A. Modenini, and D. Tarchi, "Satellite-enabled LTE systems in LEO constellations" in Proc. IEEE Intern. Conf. Commun. (ICC'17), Paris, France, May 2017.

T. Ninacs, B. Matuz, G. Liva, and G. Colavolpe, "Non-binary LDPC coded DPSK modulation for phase noise channels" in Proc. IEEE Intern. Conf. Commun. (ICC'17), Paris, France, May 2017.

C. Kourogiorgas, D. Tarchi, A. Ugolini, G. Colavolpe, A. Vanelli-Coralli, "Performance evaluation of DVB-S2X based MEO satellite networks operating at Q band" in Proc. IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM 2016), Washington DC, U.S.A., December 2016.

A.Ugolini, Y. Zanettini, A. Piemontese, A. Vanelli-Coralli, G. Colavolpe, "Efficient satellite systems based on interference management and exploitation" in Proc. 50th Asilomar conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, U.S.A., November 2016.

A. Ugolini, M. Ricciulli, Y. Zanettini, G. Colavolpe, "Advanced transceiver schemes for next generation high rate telemetry," in Proc. 8th Advanced Satellite Mobile Systems Conference and 14th International Workshop on Signal Processing for Space Communications (ASMS&SPSC 2016), Palma de Mallorca, Spain, September 2016.

C. Kourogiorgas, D. Tarchi, A. Ugolini, G. Colavolpe, A. Vanelli-Coralli, "System capacity evaluation of DVB-S2X based medium Earth orbit satellite network operating at Ka band," in Proc. 8th Advanced Satellite Mobile Systems Conference and 14th International Workshop on Signal Processing for Space Communications (ASMS&SPSC 2016), Palma de Mallorca, Spain, September 2016.

S. Buzzi, C. D'andrea, T. Foggi, A. Ugolini , G. Colavolpe, "Spectral efficiency of MIMO millimeter-wave links with single-carrier modulation for 5G networks," in Proc. 20th International ITG Workshop on Smart Antennas (WSA2016), Munich, Germany, March 2016.

M. Messai, K. Amis, F. Guillod, G. Colavolpe, "Robust multiuser binary CPM detection with unknown modulation index," in Proc. European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO'15), Nice, France, August-September 2015, pp. 2177-2181.

G. Colavolpe, A. Modenini, A. Piemontese, and A. Ugolini, "Multiuser detection in multibeam satellite systems: Theoretical analysis and practical schemes," in Proc. IEEE International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances for Wireless Communications (SPAWC'15), Stockholm, Sweden, June-July 2015, pp. 525-529 (Invited paper).

G. Colavolpe, A. Modenini, A. Piemontese, and A. Ugolini,"On the application of multiuser detection in multibeam satellite systems," in Proc. IEEE Intern. Conf. Commun. (ICC'15), London, UK, June 2015, pp. 898-902.

T. Foggi, G. Colavolpe, A. Bononi, P. Serena, "Overcoming filtering penalties in flexi-grid long-haul optical systems," in Proc. IEEE Intern. Conf. Commun. (ICC'15), London, UK, June 2015, pp. 5168-5173.

A. Ugolini, A. Piemontese, A. Modenini, G. Colavolpe, "On the use of multiple satellites to improve the spectral efficiency of broadcast transmissions," in Proc. 7th Advanced Satellite Mobile Systems Conference and 13th International Workshop on Signal Processing for Space Communications (ASMS&SPSC 2014), Livorno, Italy, September 2014, pp. 218-225.

A. Ugolini, A. Modenini, G. Colavolpe, G. Picchi, V. Mignone, A. Morello, "Advanced techniques for spectrally efficient DVB-S2X systems," in Proc. 7th Advanced Satellite Mobile Systems Conference and 13th International Workshop on Signal Processing for Space Communications (ASMS&SPSC 2014), Livorno, Italy, September 2014, pp. 158-164.

G. Colavolpe, T. Foggi, A. Ugolini, J. Lizarraga, S. Cioni, A. Ginesi, "A highly efficient receiver for satellite-based automatic identification system signal detection," in Proc. 7th Advanced Satellite Mobile Systems Conference and 13th International Workshop on Signal Processing for Space Communications (ASMS&SPSC 2014), Livorno, Italy, September 2014, pp. 120-127.

A. Modenini, F. Rusek, G. Colavolpe, "Faster-than-Nyquist signaling for next generation communication architectures," in Proc. 22nd European Signal Processing Conf. (EUSIPCO'14), Lisbon, Portugal, September 2014, pp. 1856-1860(Invited paper).

Gi. Meloni, T. Foggi, F. Paolucci, F. Fresi, F. Cugini, P. Castoldi, G. Colavolpe, Luca Potì, "First demonstration of optical signal overlap," in Proc. Photonic Networks and Devices San Diego, CA, USA, July 2014, p. NM4D.4.

S. Andrenacci, M. Angelone, E. A. Candreva, G. Colavolpe, A. Ginesi, F. Lombardo, A. Modenini, C. Morel, A. Piemontese, A. Vanelli-Coralli, "Physical layer performance of multi-user detection in broadband multi-beam systems based on DVB-S2" in Proc. European Wireless (EW 2014), Barcelona, Spain, May 2014, pp. 1-5.

G. Colavolpe, T. Foggi, "Next-generation long-haul optical links: higher spectral efficiency through time-frequency packing" in Proc. IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM 2013), Atlanta, GA, U.S.A., December 2013, pp. 2364-2369.

G. Colavolpe, A. Modenini, A. Piemontese, N. Alagha, "Spectral Efficiency of Time-Frequency-Packed Nonlinear Satellite Systems," in Proc. of 31st AIAA International Communication Satellite Systems Conference, Florence, Italy, October 2013, DOI: 10.2514/6.2013-5605.

S. Cioni, G. Colavolpe, C. Ernst, A. Ginesi, "Bandwidth Optimization for Satellite Digital Broadcasting," in Proc. of 31st AIAA International Communication Satellite Systems Conference, Florence, Italy, October 2013, DOI: 10.2514/6.2013-5658.

G. Colavolpe, T. Foggi, "High spectral efficiency for long-haul optical links: time-frequency packing vs high-order constellations," in Proc. 38th Europ. Conf. on Optical Commun. (ECOC 2013), London, UK, September 2013, pp. 1-3.

G. Colavolpe, A. Modenini, "Iterative Carrier Synchronization in the Absence of Distributed Pilots for low SNR Applications," in Proc. of 6th ESA International Workshop on Tracking, Telemetry and Command Systems for Space Applications, Darmstadt, Germany, September 2013, pp. 1-8.

N. Mazzali, G. Colavolpe, "Conditioned pilots for ISI channels," in Proc. of Future Network and MobileSummit 2013, Lisbon, Portugal, July 2013, pp. 1-10.

S. Buzzi, C. Risi, G. Colavolpe,"Green and fast DSL via joint processing of multiple lines and time-frequency packed modulation," in Proc. IEEE Intern. Conf. Commun. (ICC'13), "Workshop on Green Broadband access: energy efficient wireless and wired network solutions", Budapest, Hungary, June 2013, pp. 538-542.

A. Modenini, F. Rusek, G. Colavolpe,"Optimal transmit filters for constrained complexity channel shortening detectors," in Proc. IEEE Intern. Conf. Commun. (ICC'13), Budapest, Hungary, June 2013, pp. 1688-1693.

A. Piemontese, A. Graell i Amat, G. Colavolpe, "Nonbinary spatially-coupled LDPC codes on the binary erasure channel," in Proc. IEEE Intern. Conf. Commun. (ICC'13), Budapest, Hungary, June 2013, pp. 1863-1867.

R. Suffritti, F. Lombardo, A. Piemontese, A. Vanelli-Coralli, E.A. Candreva, G. Colavolpe, R. Baroni, S. Andrenacci, G.E. Corazza, N. Alagha, "Energy Efficient CPM Waveforms for Satellite Mesh Networks" in Proc. IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM 2012), Anaheim, CA, U.S.A., December 2012, pp. 3317-3321.

P. Serena, A. Bononi, G. Colavolpe, "On the nonlinear capacity with memory of PS-QPSK and PDM-QPSK in WDM non-dispersion managed links," in Proc. 37th Europ. Conf. on Optical Commun. (ECOC 2012), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 2012.

L. Potì, G. Meloni, G. Berrettini, F. Fresi, M. Secondini, T. Foggi, G. Colavolpe, E. Forestieri, A. D'Errico, F. Cavaliere, R. Sabella, G. Prati, "Casting 1 Tb/s DP-QPSK communication into 200 GHz bandwidth," in Proc. 37th Europ. Conf. on Optical Commun. (ECOC 2012), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 2012.

G. Colavolpe, "Communications over phase-noise channels: a tutorial review," in Proc. 6th Advanced Satellite Mobile Systems Conference and 12th International Workshop on Signal Processing for Space Communications (ASMS&SPSC 2012), Baiona, Spain, September 2012, pp. 316-327 (Invited paper).

N. Mazzali, G. Colavolpe, S. Buzzi, "CPM-based spread spectrum systems for multi-user communications," in Proc. IEEE Intern. Conf. Commun. (ICC'12), Ottawa, Canada, June 2012, pp. 2335-2339.

A. Modenini, G. Colavolpe, N. Alagha, "How to significantly improve the spectral efficiency of linear modulations through time-frequency packing and advanced processing," in Proc. IEEE Intern. Conf. Commun. (ICC'12), Ottawa, Canada, June 2012, pp. 3430-3434.

G. Colavolpe, G. Montorsi, A. Piemontese, "Spectral efficiency of linear and continuous phase modulations over nonlinear satellite channels," in Proc. IEEE Intern. Conf. Commun. (ICC'12), Ottawa, Canada, June 2012, pp. 3345-3349.

R. Baroni, F. Lombardo, R. Suffritti, E.A. Candreva, A. Vanelli-Coralli, G.E. Corazza, G. Colavolpe, G. Gallinaro, N. Alagha, "Performance analysis of a mesh satellite system based on linear and continuous phase modulations," in Proc. IEEE Intern. Conf. Commun. (ICC'12), Ottawa, Canada, June 2012, pp. 3425-3429.

G. Colavolpe and A. Piemontese, "Novel SISO detection algorithms for nonlinear satellite channels" in Proc. IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM 2011), Houston, TX, U.S.A., December 2011.

S. Buzzi, G. Colavolpe, "Maximizing bits-per-Joule capacity over parallel channels," in Proc. IEEE Online Green Communications Conference (GreenCom'11), September 2011, pp. 88-91.

S. Buzzi, G. Colavolpe, D. Saturnino, and A. Zappone, "Potential games for power control and subcarrier allocation in uplink multicell OFDMA systems," in Proc. International Conference on Game Theory for Networks (GAMENETS'11), Shangai, China, April 2011.

G. Colavolpe, T. Foggi, E. Forestieri, and M. Secondini, "Phase noise sensitivity and compensation techniques in long-haul coherent optical links," in Proc. IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM 2010), Miami, FL, U.S.A., December 2010.

E. Casini, D. Fertonani, and G. Colavolpe, "Advanced CPM receiver for the NATO tactical narrowband waveform," in Proc. IEEE Military Commun. Conf. (MILCOM 2010), San Jose, CA, U.S.A., October-November 2010, pp. 1725-1730.

E. Razzano, V. De Perini, P. Concari, G. Colavolpe, and A. Scorzolini "Enhanced satellite AIS performances through an optimized space segment design," 61st International Astronautical Ccongress (IAC2011), Prague, Czech Repubblic, 27 September-1 October 2010.

A. Piemontese, N. Mazzali, and G. Colavolpe, "Improving the spectral efficiency of FDM-CPM systems through packing and multiuser processing," in Proc. 5th Advanced Satellite Mobile Systems Conference and 11th International Workshop on Signal Processing for Space Communications (ASMS&SPSC 2010), Cagliari, Italy, September 2010, pp. 106-113.Best paper award.

P. Burzigotti, A. Ginesi, and G. Colavolpe, "Advanced receiver design for satellite-based AIS signal detection," in Proc. 5th Advanced Satellite Mobile Systems Conference and 11th International Workshop on Signal Processing for Space Communications (ASMS&SPSC 2010), Cagliari, Italy, September 2010, pp. 1-8 (invited paper).

A. Scorzolini, V. De Perini, E. Razzano, G. Colavolpe, S. Mendes, P. Fiori, and A. Sorbo, "European enhanced space-AIS system study," in Proc. 5th Advanced Satellite Mobile Systems Conference and 11th International Workshop on Signal Processing for Space Communications (ASMS&SPSC 2010), Cagliari, Italy, September 2010, pp. 9-16 (invited paper).

A. Piemontese, A. Graell i Amat, G. Colavolpe, "Information-theoretic analysis and practical coding schemes for spectrally efficient FDM-CPM systems," in Proc. 6th Intern. Symp. on Turbo Codes & Iterative Information Processing, Brest, France, September 2010, pp. 275-279.

M. Secondini, G. Meloni, T. Foggi, G. Colavolpe, L. Potì, and E. Forestieri, "Phase noise cancellation in coherent optical receivers by digital coherence enhancement," in Proc. 35th Europ. Conf. on Optical Commun. (ECOC 2010), Torino, Italy, September 2010.

E. Forestieri, G. Colavolpe, T. Foggi, and G. Bruno, "Signal Processing for 100Gb/s: OFDM vs Single-Carrier" in Proc. OSA Conference on Signal Processing in Photonic Commun. (SPPCom 2010), Karlsruhe, Germany, June 2010, paper SPThC2.

A. Barbieri, G. Colavolpe, T. Foggi, E. Forestieri, and G. Prati, "Is optical OFDM a viable alternative to single-carrier transmission for future long-haul optical systems?," in Proc. IEEE Intern. Conf. Commun. (ICC'10), Capetown, South Africa, May 2010.

A. Barbieri, G. Colavolpe, D. Fertonani, and A. Piemontese, "Novel graph-based algorithms for interference cancellation in CDMA systems," in Proc. IEEE International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances for Wireless Communications (SPAWC'09), Perugia, Italy, June 2009, pp. 712-716.

A. Piemontese and G. Colavolpe, "A novel graph-based soft interference cancellation algorithm for FDM-CPM satellite systems," in Proc. IEEE Intern. Symp. on Inform. Theory (ISIT'09), Seoul, Korea, June 2009, pp. 2271-2275.

M. Secondini, D. Fertonani, G. Colavolpe, and E. Forestieri, "Performance evaluation of Viterbi decoders by multicanonical Monte Carlo simulations," in Proc. IEEE Intern. Symp. on Inform. Theory (ISIT'09), Seoul, Korea, June 2009, pp. 1363-1367.

A. Cero, A. Barbieri, G. Colavolpe, and M. Wylie-Green "DCT-based multicarrier schemes for doubly-selective channels," in Proc. 4th International Waveform Diversity and Design Conference (WDD'09), Orlando, Florida, U.S.A., February 2009, pp. 307-311. (invited paper)

D. Fertonani, A. Barbieri, and G. Colavolpe, "Novel graph-based algorithms for soft-output detection over dispersive channels" in Proc. IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM'08), New Orleans, LA, U.S.A., November-December 2008.

G. Prati, G. Colavolpe, T. Foggi, and E. Forestieri, "Advanced electronic processing for two- and multi-level fiber optics communications," in Proc. 2008 Korea-Italy Bilateral Workshop on Photonics for Communication and Sensing, Seoul, Korea, October 2008.

A. Barbieri, D. Fertonani, and G. Colavolpe, "Design of spectrally-efficient continuous phase modulations," in Proc. 10th International Workshop on Signal Processing for Space Communications (SPSC 2008), Rhodes Island, Greece, October 2008.

A. Cero, A. Barbieri, G. Colavolpe, and M. Wylie-Green "On multicarrier schemes for doubly-selective channels," in Proc. 10th International Workshop on Signal Processing for Space Communications (SPSC 2008), Rhodes Island, Greece, October 2008.

D. Fertonani, A. Barbieri, and G. Colavolpe, "A novel graph-based approach to low-complexity detection for turbo equalization," in Proc. 5th Intern. Symp. on Turbo Codes & Related Topics, Lausanne, Switzerland, September 2008, pp. 209-214.

A. Barbieri, D. Fertonani, and G. Colavolpe, "Improving the spectral efficiency of linear modulations through time-frequency packing," in Proc. IEEE Intern. Symp. Inform. Theory (ISIT'08), Toronto, Ontario, Canada, July 2008, pp. 2742-2746.

A. Barbieri, D. Fertonani, and G. Colavolpe, "Spectrally-efficient continuous phase modulations," in Proc. IEEE Intern. Symp. Inform. Theory (ISIT'08), Toronto, Ontario, Canada, July 2008, pp. 2747-2751.

A. Barbieri, D. Fertonani, and G. Colavolpe, "Time-frequency packing for linear modulations: spectral efficiency and practical detection schemes," Riunione annuale 2008 del Gruppo nazionale di Telecomunicazioni e Teoria dell'Informazione (GTTI), Firenze, Italy, June 2008.

G. Colavolpe, T. Foggi, E. Forestieri, and G. Prati, "Optimal electrical processing in multilevel optical systems insensitive to GVD and PMD," in Proc. IEEE Intern. Conf. Commun. (ICC'08), Beijing, China, May 2008, pp. 5385-5389.Best paper award.

D. Fertonani and G. Colavolpe, "Theoretical limits and practical detection schemes for Markovian-Gaussian channels," in Proc. IEEE Intern. Conf. Commun. (ICC'08), Beijing, China, May 2008, pp. 961-965.

A. Cero, D. Fertonani, G. Colavolpe, and M. Wylie-Green, "On reduced-complexity soft-output detection of continuous phase modulations," in Proc. IEEE 67th Vehicular Technology Conference. (VTC2008-spring), Singapore, China, May 2008, pp. 1092-1096.

D. Fertonani and G. Colavolpe, "On reliable communications over channels impaired by bursty impulse noise," in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Power-Line Communications and Its Applications (ISPLC 2008), Jeju Island, Korea, April 2008, pp. 357-362.

G. Colavolpe, T. Foggi, E. Forestieri, and G. Prati, "Multilevel optical modulations with closed-form optimal metrics for MLSE receiver insensitive to GVD and PMD," in Proc. Optical Fiber Communications Conference (OFC'08), San Diego CA, USA, February 2008, paper JWA57.

D. Fertonani and G. Colavolpe, "Theoretical limits and practical detection schemes for channels affected by class-A impulse noise" in Proc. IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM'07), Washington, DC, U.S.A., November-December 2007, pp. 146-150.

A. Barbieri, A. Piemontese, and G. Colavolpe, "On the ARMA approximation for frequency-flat Rayleigh fading channels," in Proc. IEEE Intern. Symp. Inform. Theory (ISIT'07), Nice, France, June 2007, pp. 1211-1215.

A. Barbieri, A. Cero, A. Piemontese, and G. Colavolpe, "Markov capacity of continuous phase modulations," in Proc. IEEE Intern. Symp. Inform. Theory (ISIT'07), Nice, France, June 2007, pp. 161-165.

D. Fertonani and G. Colavolpe, "A simplified metric for soft-output detection in the presence of impulse noise," in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Power-Line Communications and Its Applications (ISPLC 2007), Pisa, Italy, March 2007, pp. 121-126.

G. Prati, E. Forestieri, G. Colavolpe, and T. Foggi, "Maximum likelihood sequence detection against GVD and PMD in optical communications," in Proc. 2006 China-Italy Bilateral Workshop on Photonics for Communication and Sensing, Xi'an, China, October 2006.

A. Barbieri and G. Colavolpe, "On pilot-symbol-assisted carrier synchronization for DVB-S2 systems," in Proc. 9th International Workshop on Signal Processing for Space Communications (SPSC 2006), ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, September 2006, pp. 199-206. (invited paper)

A. Barbieri, A. Cero, and G. Colavolpe, "Iterative per-frame gain and SNR estimation for DVB-S2 receivers," in Proc. 9th International Workshop on Signal Processing for Space Communications (SPSC 2006), ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, September 2006, pp. 48-55.

D. Fertonani, A. Barbieri, G. Colavolpe, and D. Delaruelle, "Estimation and compensation of linear amplitude distortions," in Proc. 9th International Workshop on Signal Processing for Space Communications (SPSC 2006), ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, September 2006, pp. 232-238.

A. Barbieri, G. Colavolpe, "Soft-output detection of differentially encoded M-PSK over channels with phase noise," in Proc. 14th European Signal Processing Conf. (EUSIPCO'06), Florence, Italy, September 2006.

A. Barbieri, G. Colavolpe, "Soft-output detection of CPM signals transmitted over channels affected by phase noise," in Proc. 14th European Signal Processing Conf. (EUSIPCO'06), Florence, Italy, September 2006.

A. Barbieri, G. Colavolpe, "Soft-output decoding of rotationally invariant codes over channels with phase noise," in Proc. IEEE Intern. Symp. Inform. Theory (ISIT'06), Seattle, WA, U.S.A., July 2006, pp. 2854-2858.

D. Fertonani, A. Barbieri, and G. Colavolpe, "Reduced-complexity BCJR algorithm for turbo equalization," in Proc. IEEE Intern. Conf. Commun. (ICC'06), Istanbul, Turkey, June 2006, pp. 1237-1242.

A. Barbieri, G. Colavolpe, D. Bolletta, "On the Cramer-Rao bound for carrier frequency estimation in the presence of phase noise," in Proc. IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM'05), St. Louis, MO, U.S.A., November-December 2005, pp. 1441-1445.

G. Colavolpe, A. Barbieri "Simplified iterative detection of serially concatenated CPM signals," in Proc. IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM'05), St. Louis, MO, U.S.A., November-December 2005, pp. 1358-1362.

P. Ciao, G. Colavolpe, L. Fanucci, "VLSI Design of a Fully Parallel Decoder for LDPC-like codes," in Proc. 13th Intern. Conf. on Software, Telecommun. and Computer Networks (SoftCOM'05), Split, Croatia, September 2005, pp. 7-10. Best paper award.

A. Barbieri, G. Colavolpe, G. Caire, "Joint iterative detection and decoding in the presence of phase noise and frequency offset," in Proc. IEEE Intern. Conf. Commun. (ICC'05), Seoul, Korea, May 2005, pp. 720-724.

T. Foggi, G. Colavolpe, E. Forestieri, G. Prati, "Adaptive electronic processing in optical PMD-impaired systems," in Proc. Tyrrhenian International Workshop on Digital Communications, Topical Meeting on Optical Communication Theory and Techniques (OPNETEC'04), Pisa, Italy, October 2004, pp. 499-506.

G. Colavolpe, A. Barbieri, "On MAP symbol detection for ISI channels using the Ungerboeck observation model," in Proc. Intern. Symp. on Inform. Theory and its Applications (ISITA'04), Parma, Italy, October 2004, pp. 99-104.

M. Secondini, E. Forestieri, G. Prati, G. Colavolpe, "Joint PLC-based PMD compensation and demux of polarization multiplexed channels pairs in WDM systems," in Proc. 30th Europ. Conf. on Optical Commun. (ECOC'04), Stockholm, Sweden, September 2004, pp. 316-317.

G. Colavolpe, A. Barbieri, G. Caire, "A Bayesian method for iterative joint detection and decoding in the presence of phase noise," in Proc. 12th European Signal Processing Conf. (EUSIPCO'04), Vienna, Austria, September 2004, pp. 845-848.

P. Ciao, G. Colavolpe, L. Fanucci, "A parallel VLSI architecture for 1-Gb/s, 1024-b, rate-1/2, turbo Gallager code decoder," in Proc. EUROMICRO Symp. on Digital System Design, Architectures, Methods and Tools, Rennes, France, August-September 2004, pp. 174-181.

G. Colavolpe, A. Barbieri, G. Caire, N. Bonneau, "Bayesian and non-Bayesian methods for joint decoding and detection in the presence of phase noise," in Proc. IEEE Intern. Symp. Inform. Theory (ISIT'04), Chicago (IL), U.S.A., June-July 2004, p. 131.

G. Ferrari, G. Colavolpe, R. Raheli, "Asymptotic optimality of finite memory detection," in Proc. IEEE Intern. Symp. Inform. Theory (ISIT'04), Chicago (IL), U.S.A., June-July 2004, p. 305.

A. Barbieri, S. Cagnoni, G. Colavolpe, "A genetic approach for generating good linear block error-correcting codes," in Proc. Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conf. (GECCO-2004), Seattle (WA), U.S.A., June 2004, pp. 1301-1302.

G. Colavolpe, "LDPC codes over channels with memory," in Proc. IEEE Intern. Conf. Commun. (ICC'04), Paris, France, June 2004, pp. 757-761.

G. Caire, A. Barbieri, G. Colavolpe, "Bayesian and non-Bayesian methods for iterative joint decoding and synchronization in the presence of phase noise," oral presentation, IEEE Commun. Theory Workshop (CTW'04), Capri, Italy, May 2004 (invited paper).

G. Ferrari, G. Colavolpe, R. Raheli, "On trellis-based truncated-memory detection," in Proc. IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM'03), San Francisco, CA, U.S.A., November 2003, pp. 2218-2222.

G. Colavolpe and S. Antonini, "LDPC codes over channels with memory," in Proc. Eighth International Workshop on Signal Processing for Space Communications, Catania, Italy, September 2003, pp. 169-176.

G. Colavolpe, "Performance of turbo Gallager codes," in Proc. 3rd Intern. Symp. on Turbo Codes & Related Topics, Brest, France, September 2003, pp. 547-550.

G. Colavolpe and G. Germi, "Simple iterative detection schemes for ISI channels," in Proc. 3rd Intern. Symp. on Turbo Codes & Related Topics, Brest, France, September 2003, pp. 283-286.

G. Ferrari, G. Colavolpe, R. Raheli, "Finite memory: optimality and reality," in Proc. 3rd Intern. Symp. on Turbo Codes & Related Topics, Brest, France, September 2003, pp. 1-8 (invited paper).

G. Ferrari, G. Colavolpe, R. Raheli, "Linear predictive receivers for phase-uncertain channels," in Proc. International Symposium on Signal Processing and its Applications (ISSPA'03), Paris, France, July 2003, pp. 301-304.

G. Ferrari, A. Anastasopoulos, G. Colavolpe, R. Raheli, "Adaptive iterative detection: a performance comparison of closed-loop and open-loop phase synchronization," in Proc. IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM'02), Taipei, Taiwan, November 2002, pp. 1368-1372.

G. Caire, G. Colavolpe, "On space-time coding for quasi-static multiple-antenna channels," in Proc. IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM'01), San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A., November 2001, pp. 1078-1082.

G. Ferrari, A. Anastasopoulos, G. Colavolpe, R. Raheli, "On pilot-symbol-assisted iterative detection for channels with carrier-phase uncertainty," in Proc. International Workshop on Channel Coding Techniques (SoftCOM'01), Split-Dubrovnik, Croatia, Ancona-Bari, Italy, October 2001, pp. 9-16 (invited paper).

G. Caire, G. Colavolpe, "Wrapped space-time codes for quasi-static multiple-antenna channels," in Proc. International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC'01), Aalborg, Denmark, September 2001 (invited paper).

G. Colavolpe, R. Raheli, "Improved differential detection of chip-level differentially encoded spread-spectrum signals," in Proc. International Symposium on Signals, Systems, and Electronics (ISSSE'01), Tokyo, Japan, July 2001, pp. 19-22 (invited paper).

G. Ferrari, G. Colavolpe, R. Raheli, "Noncoherent iterative decoding of spectrally efficient coded modulations," in Proc. IEEE Intern. Conf. Commun. (ICC'01), Helsinki, Finland, June 2001, pp. 65-69.

P. Castoldi, G. Colavolpe, "Low-complexity least mean square data-aided frequency estimation in CDMA systems", Proc. Conf. on Information Science and Systems (CISS '01), John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, March 2001, pp. 199-204.

G. Colavolpe, G. Prati, F.Pagano "An alternative to Reed-Solomon codes for forward error correction on optical channels," in Proc. Intern. Conf. on Fiber Optics and Photonics, Calcutta, India, December 2000, pp.180-183.

G. Ferrari, G. Colavolpe, R. Raheli, "Noncoherent iterative decoding of turbo trellis coded modulation," in Proc. 2nd Intern. Symp. on Turbo Codes & Related Topics, Brest, France, September 2000, pp. 185-188.

G. Colavolpe, G. Ferrari, R. Raheli, "Reduced-state BCJR-type algorithms," in Proc. IEEE Intern. Symp. Inform. Theory (ISIT'00), Sorrento, Italy, June 2000, p. 322.

G. Colavolpe, G. Ferrari, R. Raheli, "Reduced-state BCJR-type algorithms," in Proc. IEEE Intern. Conf. Commun. (ICC'00), New Orleans, U.S.A., June 2000, pp. 460-464.

G. Colavolpe, R. Raheli, G. Picchi, "Detection of linear modulations in the presence of strong phase and frequency instabilities," in Proc. IEEE Intern. Conf. Commun. (ICC'00), New Orleans, U.S.A., June 2000, pp. 633-637.

P. Castoldi, G. Colavolpe, R. Raheli, "A computationally efficient MLSD algorithm using fractionally-spaced linear prediction," in Proc. IEEE Intern. Conf. Commun. (ICC'00), New Orleans, U.S.A., June 2000, pp. 11-15.

G. Colavolpe, R. Raheli, "Noncoherent sequence detection in frequency nonselective slowly fading channels," in Proc. IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM'99), Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, December 1999, pp. 868-872.

G. Colavolpe, G. Ferrari, R. Raheli, "Noncoherent turbo decoding," in Proc. IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM'99), Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, December 1999, pp. 510-514.

G. Colavolpe, G. Ferrari, R. Raheli, "Extrinsic information in turbo decoding: a unified view," in Proc. IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM'99), Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, December 1999, pp. 505-509.

P. Castoldi, G. Colavolpe, R. Raheli and T. Bertozzi "Fractionally-spaced linear prediction for Rayleigh fading channnels," in Proc. Canadian Workshop on Inform. Theory (CWIT '99), Kingston, Canada, June 1999, pp. 107-110.

G. Colavolpe and R. Raheli, "The capacity of noncoherent channels," in Proc. IEEE Intern. Conf. Commun. (ICC '99), Vancouver, Canada, June 1999, pp. 1182-1186.

G. Colavolpe, R. Raheli and G. Ferrari, "A noncoherent soft-output decoding algorithm for coded linear modulations," in Proc. IEEE Intern. Conf. Commun. (ICC '99), Vancouver, Canada, June 1999, pp. 843-847.

G. Colavolpe and R. Raheli, "Noncoherent sequence detection of continuous phase modulations," in Proc. Global Commun. Conf. (GLOBECOM '98), Sydney, Australia, November 1998, pp. 556-561.

G. Colavolpe and R. Raheli, "Noncoherent sequence detection of coded linear modulations," in Proc. IEEE Intern. Conf. Univ. Pers. Commun. (ICUPC'98), Florence, Italy, October 1998, pp. 1105-1109.

G. Colavolpe and R. Raheli, "On noncoherent sequence detection of continuous phase modulations," in Proc. IEEE Intern. Conf. Univ. Pers. Commun. (ICUPC'98), Florence, Italy, October 1998, pp. 1111-1115.

G. Colavolpe and R. Raheli, "Noncoherent sequence detection of M-ary CPM," in Proc. IEEE Intern. Symp. Inform. Theory (ISIT'98), Cambridge, MA, U.S.A., August 1998, p. 450.

R. Raheli and G. Colavolpe, "Noncoherent sequence detection: a new perspective in receiver design," in Proc. IEEE Intern. Conf. Telecommun. (ICT '98), Porto Carras, Greece, June 1998, pp. 265-269.

G. Colavolpe and R. Raheli, "Performance analysis of noncoherent sequence detection of M-ary PSK," in Proc. IEEE Intern. Conf. Commun. (ICC '98), Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A., June 1998, pp. 438-443.

G. Colavolpe, P. Castoldi, R. Raheli, "On linear predictive receivers for fading channels", Proc. Conf. on Information Science and Systems (CISS '98), Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, March 1998, pp. 648-652.

G. Colavolpe and R. Raheli, "Non-coherent sequence detection of QAM," in Proc. IEEE Intern. Symp. Inform. Theory (ISIT'97), Ulm, Germany, June-July 1997, p. 536.

G. Colavolpe and R. Raheli, "Non-coherent sequence detection of M-ary PSK," in Proc. IEEE Intern. Conf. Commun. (ICC '97), Montreal, Canada, June 1997, pp. 21-25.

G. Colavolpe and R. Raheli, "Reduced-complexity detection and phase synchronization of CPM signals," Proc. IEEE Intern. Conf. Commun. (ICC '97), Montreal, Canada, June 1997, pp. 6-10.


Patents

G. Colavolpe, T. Foggi, A. Piemontese, A. Ugolini, J. Han, L. Liu, "A suboptimal detector for time frequency packing," assigned to Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., China. International Application PCT/CN2021/102816, June 2021, International Publication n. WO/2023/272447, January 2023.

G. Colavolpe, T. Foggi, A. Ugolini, J. Lizarraga, S. Cioni, and A. Ginesi, "Receiving method and receiver for satellite-based automatic identification system," assigned to ESA-ESTEC, The Neederlands. International patent application n. PCT/EP2014/051273, January 2014.

G. Colavolpe, A. Modenini, A. Piemontese, and N. Alagha, "Data detection method and data detector for signals transmitted over a communication channel with inter-symbol interference," assigned to ESA-ESTEC, The Neederlands. International patent application n. F027800186/WO/PCT, December 2012. United States Patent Application 20150311973, Application Number: 14/650655, Publication number 20150311973A1, Publication Date: October 2015.

M. Secondini, T. Foggi, G. Colavolpe, G. Meloni, and E. Forestieri, "Phase noise compensation in coherent optical communications systems," assigned to Ericsson, Sweden, United States Patent Application, Application Number: 12/994,402, Publication number US 2012/0027404A1, Publication Date: February 2012.

G. Colavolpe and A. Piemontese, "Reduced complexity FDM-CPM dectector with multiple access interference cancellation," assigned to Newtec Cy, Belgium, United States Patent Application 20120098612, Application Number: 13/380540, Publication Date: 26/4/2012, Filing Date: 28/6/2010.

T. Foggi, G. Colavolpe, "Adaptive equaliser with asynchronous detection and inhibit signal generator," assigned to Ericsson, Sweden, International Application PCT/EP2010/065558, October 2010, International Publication n. WO/2012/041399, April 2012, United States Patent n. 20,140,023,133, January 2014.

M. Secondini, T. Foggi, G. Colavolpe, G. Meloni, and E. Forestieri, "Phase noise compensation in coherent optical communications systems," assigned to Ericsson, Sweden, International Application PCT/EP2010/062866, September 2010, International Publication n. WO/2012/013250, February 2012.

G. Colavolpe and A. Piemontese, "Reduced complexity FDM-CPM dectector with multiple access interference cancellation," assigned to Newtec Cy, Belgium, International patent application n. PCT/EP2010/059144, June 2010, International Publication n. WO/2010/149791, December 2010.

G. Colavolpe and R. Raheli, "Method for non-coherently estimating sequences of symbols impressed on a digitally modulated transmission carrier", assigned to Siemens Mobile Communications SpA, Milan, Italy, Publication n. EP 1 531 572 A3, October 2005, European Patent Specification n. EP 1 531 572 B1, February 2007.

T. Foggi, G. Colavolpe, E. Forestieri, G. Prati, "Maximum likelihood sequence estimation in optical fibre communication systems," assigned to Ericsson, Sweden, International patent application PCT/EP2006069168, November 2006.

T. Foggi, G. Colavolpe, E. Forestieri, G. Prati, "Maximum likelihood sequence estimation in optical fibre communication systems," assigned to Ericsson, Sweden, UK patent n. 64059, April 2006.

G. Colavolpe and R. Raheli, "Noncoherent sequence estimation receiver for digital modulations", assigned to Siemens Mobile Communications SpA, Milan, Italy, International Patent Application n. PCT/EP98/03486, June 1998, International Publication n. WO 98/56119, December 1998, European Patent Specification n. EP 0 985 302 B1, August 2005.

M. Secondini, G. Colavolpe, E. Forestieri, G. Prati, "System, method and apparatus for polarization mode dispersion compensation and demultiplexing polarization multiplexed signals," assigned to Marconi Communications S.p.A., Genova, Italy, International patent application n. PCT/EP2005/051061, March 2005.

M. Secondini, G. Colavolpe, E. Forestieri, G. Prati, "Schema di compensazione della PMD e contemporanea demultiplazione di coppie di segnali multiplati in polarizzazione," assigned to Marconi Communications S.p.A., Genova, Italy, Italian patent n. MI2004A000446, March 2004.

G. Colavolpe, "Decoding of concatenated self-orthogonal convolutional codes on graphs," assigned to NuCODEX s.r.l., San Giuliano (PI), Italy, International patent application n. PCT/EP03/06337, June 2003.

G. Prati, E. Forestieri, and G. Colavolpe, "Method based on mean square error for the adaptive adjustment of PMD compensators in optical fiber communication systems and compensator in accordance with said method," assigned to Marconi Communications S.p.A., Genova, Italy, International Patent Application No. PCT/IB02/05661, December 2002.

G. Colavolpe and E. Forestieri, "Method based on the Stokes parameters for the adaptive adjustment of PMD compensators in optical fiber communication systems and compensator in accordance with said method," assigned to Marconi Communications S.p.A., Genova, Italy, International Patent Application No. PCT/IB02/05446, September 2002, United States Patent n. 7,359,582 B2, April 2008.

G. Colavolpe, "Schemi di codifica basati su codici convoluzionali con decodifica a scambio di messaggi e relativi codificatori e decodificatori," assigned to NuCODEX s.r.l., San Giuliano (PI), Italy, Italian patent n. MI2002A001438, June 2002.

G. Colavolpe and R. Raheli, "Non-coherent sequence estimation receiver for modulations," assigned to Siemens Information and Communications SpA, Milan, Italy, United States Patent Application n. 09/437,668, November 1999, Publication n. 20010017898, August 2001, United States Patent n. 6,389,079 B2, May 2002.

G. Colavolpe and E. Forestieri, "Metodo basato sui parametri di Stokes per la regolazione adattativa di compensatori di PMD in sistemi di comunicazione a fibra ottica e compensatore secondo il metodo," assigned to Marconi Communications S.p.A., Genova, Italy, Italian patent n. MI2001A002632, December 2001.

G. Prati, E. Forestieri, and G. Colavolpe, "Metodo basato sull'errore quadratico medio per la regolazione adattativa di compensatori di PMD in sistemi di comunicazione a fibra ottica e compensatore secondo il metodo," assigned to Marconi Communications S.p.A., Genova, Italy, Italian patent n. MI2001A002631, December 2001.

G. Colavolpe and R. Raheli, "Ricevitore non coerente a stima di sequenza per modulazioni numeriche lineari," assigned to Italtel S.p.A., Milan, Italy, Italian patent n. MI97A 001301, June 1997.


Ph.D. Thesis

G. Colavolpe, "Ricevitori a rivelazione di sequenza per trasmissioni su canali a fase incognita," February 1998.

Degree Thesis

G. Colavolpe, "Simulatori a precisione estesa di filtri e generatori per segnali deterministici ed incogniti per sistemi di telecomunicazione," April 1994.