
Ramos Sánchez, Boris Gabriel

Curriculum Vitae Information
A professional specialized in telecommunications with and interdisciplinary approach involving different science and engineering areas. He has more than 20 years of teaching experience at undergraduate and graduate levels in telecommunications, computer science, system dynamics, and telecom regulation and planning. In addition, he has more than 15 years of research experience in the following topics: modeling of rain rate using microwaves, system dynamics modeling of the telecom industry for planning and regulation, implementation of wireless digital systems using Software Defined Radio, studying the effect of environmental conditions on the propagation of wireless signals, channel propagation modeling and development of RF localization algorithms, and analysis and implementation of IoT and Wireless Sensor Networks.
- Interdisciplinary Ph.D System Dynamics and Telecommunications (Worcester Polytechnic Institute), 2006
- MBA (ESPOL), 1999
- Master of Science in Computer Science (Worcester Polytechnic Institute), 1997
- Electrical Engineer, with specialization in Electronics (ESPOL), 1994
- Principal Professor III: Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL). Since 1997 to present.
- Visiting Professor: Dipartamento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria. Politecnico di Milano. From February to March 2015.
- Electrical Engineering Ph.D. Program Academic Committee Member. Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL). From 2018 to 2020.
- Electrical Engineering Ph.D Program Professor. Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL). Teaching System Dynamics. 2020.
- Master in Telecommunications Coordinator: Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL). From 2010 to January 2020.
- Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering Program Coordinator: Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL). From 2006-2007 and from 2009 to April 2015.
- Master in Telecommunications Professor: Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL). Teaching Telecom Planning using SD and Software Defined Radio. From 2011 to present.
- Doctoral Dissertation Committee Member: Security for Smart Things: Improving LoRaWAN Security through Lightweight Protocols. 2020.
- Regional Director of the Telecommunications National Authority. From 2000 to 2002.
- Technical Advisor to the telecom company Pacifictel S.A. From 1999 to 2000.
- Coordinator of Research Group about Non-Ionizing Radiations and Wireless Communications. Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL). From 2007 to present.
- Telecom Simulation Lab Coordinator. Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL). From 2012 to 2017.
- ESPOL Research Commission Member. Since 2014 to 2017.
- Lean Process Design Lab Researcher. Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA. From 2003 to 2004.
- IEEE Senior Member
- Diploma of Honor (Second highest average of the teaching evaluation of the FIEC-ESPOL 2015-2016).
- Teaching Merit Diploma ESPOL - 2009
- Teaching Merit Diploma ESPOL - 2011
- Diploma of Honor for 20 years at ESPOL (2017).
- Loyalty Diploma for 10 years at IEEE (2017).
- Best Paper Award Annual Meeting IEE 2003.
- Best Oral Presentation JST 2008.
- The Chancellor’s List 2005.
Title | Type | Funding | Date | Role |
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MODELING AND ANALYSIS OF NON-IONIZING RADIATIONS IN GUAYAQUIL CITY | Applied Research | Movistar | 2006-2008 | Director |
MASTER IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS (6 Cohorts) | Training/ Applied Research | ESPOL-TECH | 2010-2020 | Director |
Training services in technical fields for officials and servers of the Ecuadorian Superintendency of Telecommunications 2010. | Training | Contract No. PRC-2010-083 Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones | 2010-2011 | Director |
Training services in technical fields for officials and servers of the Ecuadorian Superintendency of Telecommunications 2012. | Training | Contract No. PRG-2012-078 Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones |
2012-2013 | Director |
Telephony Advisory | Design | Ecuadorian Customs | 2000 | Director |
COURSE, CURRICULUM, AND LABORATORY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. | Applied Research | NSF UNDER GRANT DUE -0126672 | 2002-2003 | Participant |
SITUATION OF ELECTRONIC COMMERCE: STUDY OF ICT TOOLS TO PROMOTE ELECTRONIC COMMERCE IN ECUADOR | Applied Research (Development of E-Commerce SD Model for Ecuador) | Ministry of Telecomunications | 2014 | Co-Director |
Consultancy and technical audit of compliance with the technical specifications of DMS equipment | Technical Audit | Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Aquaculture and Fisheries | 2015 | Director |
Modeling the Rain Intensity Using a Radio System in the Unlicensed Band U -NII: A Pilot Experiment in Guayaquil | Applied Research | ESPOL | 2014-2015-2016 | Director |
Study of the Implementation of a Wireless Sensor Network in the Esmeraldas Refinery | Applied Research | Petroecuador | 2015-2016 | Director |
IoT and Smart Cities | Applied Research | CEDIA | 2018-present | ESPOL Coordinator |
MASTER’S THESIS ADVISED
- IMPACT OF THE INTERCONNECTION POLICIES OF THE “ORGANIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS LAW” ON THE COMPETITION IN ECUADOR (2015).
- COMMON TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE. REVIEW, ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE ADOPTION AND / OR ADAPTATION OF AN ICT REGULATION IN ECUADOR (2016).
- ANALYSIS OF SERVICE QUALITY TO MODEL THE PROBLEM OF THE VOIP AND VIDEO SERVICE IN LOCAL WIRELESS ACCESS NETWORKS FOR THE CITY OF GUAYAQUIL BASED ON SYSTEM DYNAMICS (2016).
- MODELING THE INFLUENCE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES ON THE POWER RECEIVED FROM A WIRELESS LINK, USING THE UNLICENSED BAND U-NII WITH SOFTWARE DEFINED RADIO TECHNOLOGY: A PILOT EXPERIMENT IN GUAYAQUIL (2017).
- DEVELOPMENT OF A SYSTEM WITH OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE FOR THE PLANNING AND DIMENSIONING OF LTE-BASED COMMUNICATIONS (2017).
- DESIGN OF AN ACCIDENT PREVENTION SYSTEM PROTOTYPE FOR INDUSTRIAL VEHICLES THROUGH RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGY (2018).
- PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION OF A WTTx LAST MILE SOLUTION IMPLEMENTED IN THE CITY OF IBARRA (2020).
- Digital Communications.
- Communications on the Internet.
- Wireless Communications.
- Software Defined Radio.
- Signals and Systems.
- Data Communications.
- System Dynamics Modeling of Telecom Services.
- Telecommunications Laboratory.
- Development of Telecom Projects in Ecuador.
- Development of Applications for Telecom Management and Regulation.
- Simulation of Telecom Systems.
- Telecom Regulation.
- Introduction to Research Methodology.
- Algorithm Analysis.
- Data Base Systems.
- Linear Systems.
Authors | Title | Journal/Conference/ Library | Date | Type |
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Ramos Boris | An Investigation of the Scalability of Reliable Multicast Protocols on the Internet. (Applying Discrete Event Modeling) | Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) Library | 1997 | Master Thesis |
Ramos, B., Gerstenfeld, A. | Planning Rural Telecommunications in Developing Countries and Its Impact on the Increase of Rural Teledensity. (Applying SD) | The International Journal of Business Disciplines, V. 15, N. 1 | Spring/Summer 2004 | Indexed article |
Johnson, S., Gerstenfeld, A., Zeng, A., Ramos, B., Mishra, S. | Teaching Lean Process Design using a Discovery Approach. | 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Conference | June 22-25, 2003. | Conference Proceedings |
Johnson, S., Gerstenfeld, A., Zeng, A., Ramos, B., Mishra, S. | Teaching Introductory Lean Process Design. | IIE Annual Conference | 2003 | Conference Proceedings |
Ramos, B., Saeed, K., Pavlov, O. | An Analysis of Wireless and Value Added Services on the Regional Dispersion of Telecom Services in Developing Countries. | 23rd International Conference of the System Dynamics Society | July 2005. | Conference Proceedings |
Ramos Boris | The Impact of Universal Service Obligations and Other External and Cross Subsidies on Teledensity in Developing Countries. (Applying SD) | Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) Library | May 2006. | Ph.D. Thesis |
Vera, A., Mantilla, E., Nuñez A., Reyes, C., Ramos, B. | Evaluación del Procedimiento de Medición de Radiaciones No Ionizantes de la SUPTEL usando un análisis de Replicación. | Jornadas de Sistemas de Telecomunicaciones JST2008 | May 2008. | Conference Proceedings |
Gonzalez, E., Guzmán, C., Ramos, B. | Análisis de la Adopción de HDTV en Ecuador usando Dinámica de Sistemas. (Applying SD) | Jornadas de Sistemas de Telecomunicaciones JST2008 | May 2008. | Conference Proceedings |
Reyes, C. Ramos, B. | Determinación de la Conformidad de una Antena WLAN de panel sectorial de 90 grados polarizada horizontalmente basada en los cálculos de la Recomendación UIT-T K.52. | 6to. Congreso Internacional de Investigación en Ingeniería Eléctrica y Electrónica en el Instituto Tecnológico de Aguascalientes en México. | November 2008. | Conference Proceedings |
Reyes, C. Ramos, B. | Evaluación de las Técnicas de Medición de Radiaciones No Ionizantes (80 MHz – 2.5 GHz). | 6to. Congreso Internacional de Investigación en Ingeniería Eléctrica y Electrónica en el Instituto Tecnológico de Aguascalientes en México. | November 2008. | Conference Proceedings |
Ramos, B., Saeed, K., Pavlov, O. | The Impact of Universal Service Obligations and International Cross-Subsidies on the Dispersion of Telephone Services in Developing Countries. (Applying SD) | Journal Socio-Economic Planning Sciences 44 (2010) 57-72 | 2010 | Indexed article |
Reyes, C. Ramos, B. | Mitigation of Radiation Levels for Base Transceiver Stations based on ITU-T Recommendation K.70 | WORLD ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (WASET) 69 | 2010 | Indexed article |
Mantilla, E. E. Reyes, C.R. Ramos, B.G. | IEEE 802.11 b and g WLAN Propagation Model using Power Density Measurements at ESPOL | WORLD ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (WASET) 70 | 2010 | Indexed article |
Ramos Boris | Applications of a Telecom Sector Model for Establishing and Validating Telecom Policies and Strategies. | 29th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society | July 2011. | Conference Proceedings |
Suarez, A. Blacio, G. Macías, E. Ramos, B. | Arquitectura de VoIP en la Nube con Interfaz Web, Verde, Open Source, y de Bajo Coste. | XI Jornadas de Ingeniería en Telemática (JITEL 2013) | October 28-30, 2013 | Conference Proceedings |
García, V., Floreano, B., Ramos, B. | Analysis of Non-Ionizing Radiations at ESPOL Campus based on Cenelec and ITU Recommendations. | 18th International Conference on Circuits, Communications, and Computers (CSCC 2014) | July 2014 | Indexed article |
Vera, A., Nuñez, A., Ramos, B. | Lee microcell propagation model applied to university campus environment. | 18th International Conference on Circuits, Communications, and Computers (CSCC 2014) | July 2014 | Indexed article |
García, A. G., Ramos, B., Floreano, B., Gómez, J. | Spatial Analysis and Modeling of Non-Ionizing Radiations Using a Two Ray Approach | International Journal of Circuits, Systems and Signal Processing. | December 2014 | Indexed article |
Vera, A, Nuñez, U., Ramos, B., Macías, E., Suárez, A., Gómez, J. | Lee Microcell Propagation Model: A Complex Case Empirical Study. | WSEAS Transactions on Communications | Volume 14, March 2015 | Indexed article |
Espinoza, W., Freire, M., Chávez, T., Ramos, B., Gómez, J. | Adaptación del Algoritmo Schmidl & Cox a Sistemas de Portadora Única en una Canal Inalámbrico. | Ingenius Revista de Ciencia y Tecnología de UPS, Volumen 11. | August 2015. | Indexed article |
Ramos, B., D´amico, M., Manzoni, A. | Measuring rain with microwave links: a pilot experiment in Ecuador | ICEAA – IEEE APWC 2015 | September 2015 | Indexed article |
Ramos, B., Plata, W., Almeida, M. | Modeling and Policy Design for Promoting E-Commerce in Ecuador. (Applying SD) | Global Information Infrastructure and Networking Symposium 2015 | October 2015 | Indexed article |
Vélez, C., Kortum, M., Ramos, B. | Performance Comparison of Linear Equalization Systems for Wireless Communications under Rayleigh Channel | IEEE Latincom 2015 | November 2015 | Indexed article |
Savazzi, S., Ramos, B., Winter, J.M., Kianoush, S., Rampa, V., Del Rosario, E., Chavez, T. | Towards a Factory-of-Things: channel modeling and deployment assessment in PetroEcuador Esmeraldas Oil Refinery. | IEEE Latincom 2016 | November 2016 | Indexed article |
D´amico, M., Manzoni, A., Ramos, B., Santos, J.L. | Performance of Equatorial Multiple-Site Diversity System Evaluated from Rain Rate Time Series | 11th European Conference on Antenna Propagation | March 2017 | Indexed article |
Ramos, B., et al. | Rain Rate Estimation using a Microwave Link in Guayaquil City | ETCM 2017 | October 2017 | Indexed article |
Alonso, J.L., Ramos, B., Nolivos, I., Mejía, R. | Modelling the influence of climatic variables on the received power of a wireless link using an unlicensed U-NII band: a case study in Ecuador. | IEEE Latincom 2017 | November 2017 | Indexed article |
Ramos, B., et al. | Analysis of Rain Rate Estimations in Tropical Regions Using a 5 GHz Microwave Link | EuCAP 2018 | April 2018 | Indexed article |
Ramos, B., et al. | A Performance Comparison of WirelessHart and Zigbee in Oil Refinery | ICEAA 2018 | September 2018 | Indexed article |
Brito, J., D´amico, M., Ramos, B., Nunez, A. | Performance of Equatorial Time Diversity Systems Evaluated from Rain Rate Time Series | ICEAA 2018 | September 2018 | Indexed article |
Salazar, K., Ramos, B, Brito, J., D’amico, M. | Performance of Multiple-Site Diversity and Its Relationship with Time Diversity in Tropical Regions | IEEE Latincom 2018 | November 2018 | Indexed article |
Tovar, N., Ramos, B., Ojeda, V., Freire, M., Del Rosario, E. | Comparative Performance Analysis of Training Sequences on Equalization | ICEAA 2019 | September 2019 | Indexed article |
Ramos, B., Tovar, N. | Dynamic Analysis of Least Squares Estimation on Equalization using a Systemic Approach. | ICECE 2019 | December 2019 | Indexed article |
Ramos, B., Bustamante A., Freire, M. | Power measurement system in a microwave link using SDR for rain rate estimation. | SDS 2020 | June 2020 | Indexed article |