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Profs. Heath, Andrews, and Rappaport named Distinguished Lecturers of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society

Dec. 15, 2011
Three WNCG faculty have recently been named IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Distinguished Lecturers: Ted Rappaport, Robert Heath, and Jeff Andrews. UT Austin is the only institution in the world with more than one person receiving this honor. The IEEE VTS Distinguished Lecturer Program provides VTS local chapters throughout the world with presentations by experts on topics of interest and importance to the Vehicular Technology membership community.

Prof. Vishwanath co-chair of the IEEE Information Theory Student Society

Dec. 15, 2011
Prof. Vishwanath was recently selected by the IEEE Information Theory Society (ITSoc) to chair the Student Society together with Prof. Elza Erkip from NYU. The Student Society organizes multiple events to foster research and education for students across institutions working in information theory and related disciplines.

Profesor Andrews Visits Panasonic's R&D Center in Japan

Dec. 15, 2011
Andrews visits tokyo-panasonic' Prof. Jeffrey Andrews visited long-time affiliate Panasonic in Japan, at their Yokohama R&D Center, where he spoke to and met their wireless R&D team, including their cellular and WiFi standards and design groups. He presented his recent research on heterogeneous networks and discussed the rapid evolution of cellular network topology and its impact on Panasonic's core business in consumer electronic devices that are increasingly reliant on high speed wireless data access.

Prof. Vishwanath launches VecturaLux, a 40/100G high-speed optical networking company

Dec. 15, 2011
Prof. Vishwanath, together with Prof. Seth Bank from Microelectronics Research at UT, Kumar Appaiah (a Ph.D. student in the WNCG), Matthew Clayton (an MBA student at UT Austin), the Austin Technology Incubator (ATI), and other Austin-based entrepreneurs has launched a company named VecturaLux. VecturaLux core patents lie in ParaLux technology, which enables a 10-30x improvement in the performance of multimode optical fiber. This technology will enable 100G Ethernet using multimode fiber in the near future.

Prof. Todd Humphreys's Research Team Forges Ahead with Opportunities in Radionavigation

Dec. 15, 2011
By Tara Haelle(Reprinted from the Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics Web Site) Whether it's investigating ways to preserve the security of GPS signals or developing new types of receivers, the field of radionavigation is ripe with possibility and Dr. Todd Humphreys does not hesitate for a moment in defining how his research team fits into the mix. What's the next big thing in GPS he asks. That's what we're trying to pursue. In fact, that's what we're trying to create.

Rappaport elected to IEEE Board of Governors of Vehicular Technology Society (VTS)

Dec. 15, 2011
Prof. Ted Rappaport has been elected to a second consecutive three year term as a member of the Board of Governors (BoG) of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society (VTS). As a VTS BoG member, Rappaport serves as chair of the Distinguished Lecturer program, a new initiative that he spearheaded in 2010 to help build VTS membership by providing world-class speakers for VTS chapter meetings throughout the world. Rappaport was also recently elected by the board to serve as the Vice President of Wireless Communications (formerly VP of Land Mobile Radio).

MATLAB Toolbox for Interference Modeling and Mitigation

Dec. 15, 2011
by Prof. Brian L. Evans, Interference management has become key in increasing communication system capacity. In cellular systems, increases in capacity have been and continue to be achieved primarily through aggressive frequency reuse by making cells smaller in area, e.g., through the more recent use of picocells and femtocells. Frequency reuse, in turn, increases interference in neighboring cells. In the 2.4 GHz band, a Wi-Fi system experiences interference from microwave ovens, the computational platform, leakage from WiMax transmissions, and other Wi-Fi networks.

Professor Humphreys Wins STTR Phase 1 Award from the Navy

Dec. 15, 2011
Prof. Todd Humphreys recently won an STTR Phase 1 award from the Navy. The STTR is collaboration between the Radionavigation Laboratory (part of WNCG) and Coherent Navigation. Dr. Humphreys's proposal was entitled Emitter Geolocation Enhancements for Time-Sensitive Targeting and Naval Battlespace Awareness. This proposal ranked number one out of 28 submitted proposals.

Prof. Ted Rappaport Receives 2011 IET Sir Monty Finniston Award for Achievement in Engineering and Technology

Aug. 25, 2011
UT ECE professor Ted Rappaport has been named the recipient of the 2011 IET Sir Monty Finniston Award for Achievement in Engineering and Technology. The IET is one of the world’s leading professional societies for the engineering and technology community, with more than 150,000 members in 127 countries and offices in Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific. The IET provides a global knowledge network to facilitate the exchange of ideas and promote the positive role of science, engineering and technology in the world.

Wireless Networks

Aug. 22, 2011
WNCG faculty have strong interests in wireless networking algorithms, architecture and technology. Our interests cover all aspects of the design and analysis of algorithms, implementation and architecture issues, as well as security and management issues. Mesh Networks