Massimo Neri was born in Bologna, Italy. He received the Dr. Ing. Degree and the Ph.D. in telecommunications engineering from the University of Bologna (Italy), in 2002 and 2006, respectively. Since Oct 2002, he is with the Department of Electronics, Computer Science and Systems (D.E.I.S.) at the University of Bologna, where he is currently doing a post-doc research grant in Telecommunication Engineering. From August to October 2002, he was a visiting fellow at the Institute of Accelerating Systems and Applications (IASA) in Athens (Greece). In May 2005, he was a visiting student at the University of Vigo (Spain). He has participated and cooperated in many EC-funded projects, including FP5-SATIN, FP6-MAESTRO, FP6-SatNEx, and ESA-funded projects, including ESA-ACM, ESA-MUD, and ESA-BSDT. Dr. Neri co authored more than 20 papers and scientific conference contributions. His research activities and interests include mobile broadcasting, non linearity mitigation techniques, multi user detection, and OFDM.

Raffaella Pedone was born in Bologna, Italy, in 1976. She received the Dr. Ing. Degree (summa cum laude) in Electronics Engineering in 2002 and the Ph.D. in Telecommunications, Electronics and Computer Science in 2006 at the University of Bologna (Italy). Since 2002, she is with the Department of Electronics, Computer Science and Systems (DEIS) and the Advanced Research Center on Electronic Systems for Information and Communication Technologies (ARCES) at the University of Bologna. Her research interests are in the field of communication theory, with particular emphasis on synchronization techniques for spread spectrum systems and TDMA networks. She is involved in several national and international research projects on satellite mobile communication systems, and satellite/terrestrial convergence. She was co-recipient of the Best Student Paper Award at the international conference IEEE ISSSTA 2004, Sydney, Australia, and of the Best Paper Award at the international conference IEEE ISWCS 2005, Siena, Italy.

Marco Villanti was born in Palermo, Italy, on 1976. He received the degree in Telecommunications Engineering (summa cum laude) in 2001 and the Ph.D. degree in Electronics, Computer Science, and Telecommunications in 2005 from the University of Bologna, where he is now working as a post-doc researcher with the Department of Electronics, Computer Science and Systems (DEIS) and with the Advanced Research Center on Electronic Systems for Information and Communication Technologies (ARCES). He was a visiting scholar at the University of California, San Diego, UCSD, in 2003 and 2005. His main research interests are in the area of communication theory for both satellite and terrestrial systems, with particular emphasis on acquisition and synchronization for CDMA, TDMA, and UWB systems.  He was co‑recipient of the Best Student Paper Award at the IEEE ISSSTA 2004 Conference, August 30 – September 2, Sydney, Australia, and of the Best Paper Award at IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems 2005, ISWCS 2005, Siena, 5-9 September 2005.

Enzo Alberto Candreva was born in Venice (Italy) in 1983. He studied at the Collegio Superiore of the University of Bologna, receiving B.S. and M.S. degrees (summa cum laude) in Telecommunication Engineering from the University of Bologna in 2004 and 2006, respectively. Now, he is a Ph.D. student at the Department of Electronics, Computer Science and Systems (DEIS) of the University of Bologna. His research activities are focused on digital communications and information theory. In particular, his interests include countermeasures to non linear distortion, synchronization, coding theory and information theoretical aspects in point-to-point or point-to-multipoint transmission.

Matteo Iubatti was born in Ravenna (Italy) in 1979. He received the Dr. Ing. Degree in Telecommunication Engineering from the University of Bologna with a dissertation on Frame Synchronization Techniques in presence of Frequency Error in 2004. From October 2004 to October 2005, he was a Research Contractor with the Department of Electronics Computer Science and Systems, University of Bologna. In October 2005, he joined the Advanced Research Center for Electronic Systems (ARCES) of the University of Bologna, where he is currently a PhD student of European Doctorate on Information Technology. His research activities are mainly focused on the next generation wireless telecommunication systems, both the terrestrial and the satellite networks and on satellite navigation systems. In particular, his interests include synchronization (acquisition & tracking) techniques, interference mitigation techniques and cognitive radio systems. Ing. Iubatti co-authored more than 10 papers and scientific conference contributions.

Claudio Palestini was born in San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy, in 1982. He received the Dr. Ing. Degree in Telecommunication Engineering in 2006 at the University of Bologna (Italy). Since 2006, he is with the Department of Electronics, Computer Science and Systems (DEIS) and the Advanced Research Center on Electronic Systems for Information and Communication Technologies (ARCES) at the University of Bologna. He is currently a PhD student. His main research areas are synchronization and detection for navigation and communication systems. He is involved in two international research projects on navigation systems, supported by the Galileo Joint Undertaking (GJU).

Marco Papaleo was born in Soverato (Italy) in 1981. He received the B.S. and M.Sc. degrees (summa cum laude) in telecommunication engineering from University of Bologna, Italy, in 2003 and in 2006, respectively. From January 2006, he joined the Advanced Research Center on Electronic Systems for Information and Communication Technologies "Ercole De Castro" (ARCES) – at the University of Bologna, where he started his Ph.D. study in 2007. He was a visiting affiliate student at the University College of London (UCL), London, in 2006. His research activities are mainly focused on the next generation wireless telecommunication systems, both the terrestrial and the satellite networks. In particular, his interests include coding theory (channel and packet coding), iterative decoding techniques, equalization for non-linear satellite channels, spread spectrum techniques and multimedia content adaptation for mobile broadcasting.

Matteo Peverati received a degree in electronic engineering from the University of Bologna in 2006, where he is presently a contractor researcher in telecommunications with the Advanced Research Center for Electronic Systems (ARCES). His interests are in digital communications, with particular focus on signal processing, spectrum analysis, estimation and information theory.

Stefano Rosati was born in Termoli (Italy) in 1982.  He received the B.S, and M.Sc degrees in telecommunication engineering from University of Bologna, Italy, in 2004, and 2007(summa cum laude), respectively. In 2007, he joined the Advanced Research Center for Electronic Systems (ARCES) of the University of Bologna, where he has a Research Grant. His research activities are mainly focused on fourth-generation cellular communication systems, both the terrestrial and the satellite networks. In particular, his interests include OFDM-OQAM and IOTA-OFDM systems, OFDM synchronization techniques, OFDMA systems, and Cooperative Communications.