Tarcisio Ferreira Maciel received his Bachelor (2001) and Master of Science (2003) degrees from the Federal University of Ceará (UFC), in Fortaleza, Brazil. In 1999, he studied for one year at the Technische Universitaet Hamburg-Harburg (TUHH), in Hamburg, Germany. From 2001 to 2004, he developed research activities by the Wireless Telecommunications Research Group (GTEL) of the Teleinformatics Engineering Department of the UFC working in the areas of wireless communications, radio resource management, and smart antennas. From 2005 to 2008, he developed and concluded his Ph.D. studies by the Communications Engineering Lab of the Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, in Darmstadt, Germany, in the same areas. He held scholarships from the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq)/Program for Scientific Initiation (PIBIC) of the UFC and from the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Level Personnel (CAPES) during the undergraduation course, from the Ceara State Foundation for Scientific and Technological Support (FUNCAP) during his M.Sc. course, and from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and CAPES during his Ph.D. studies. In 2009, he was admitted as professor at the UFC - Campus de Sobral, where he worked as Adjoint Professor I for one year by the Computer Engineering course. In 2010, he was admitted as professor at the UFC - Campus do Pici - Fortaleza. Currently, he is Associate Professor I at the Teleinformatics Engineering Department (DETI) at the UFC, permanent member of the Teleinformatics Engineering Post-Graduation Program (PPGET) at the UFC and is a senior researcher at GTEL, where he develops research activities related to wireless communication systems of 4th and 5th generation.