Focus Period Linköping University 2026
Postdoctoral student
Universitat Autˋonoma de Barcelona (Spain)
Alda Xhafa received her B.Sc. degree in telecommunication engineering from the Polytechnic University of Tirana (UPT), Tirana, Albania, in 2015, her M.Sc. degree in Telecommunication Engineering from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain, in 2017, and her Ph.D. in Telecommunication Engineering from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Spain, in 2024. During her doctoral studies, she completed a research stay at Airbus Defense and Space GmbH in Munich, focusing on 5G signal generation and reception for positioning, angular measurements using SDR equipment, and analysis of field data from commercial 5G networks. Currently, she is a postdoctoral researcher in the Signal Processing for Communications and Navigation (SPCOMNAV) group at the UAB, contributing to projects supported by the Spanish Agency of Research (AEI) and the European Space Agency (ESA). Her research interests include terrestrial and non-terrestrial localization systems, reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS), and positioning using 5G/6G technologies.