IEEE Distinguished Lecture Series 1996-97

	THE NORTH JERSEY CHAPTER OF THE IEEE COMMUNICATIONS SOCIETY
	   THE DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
				  and
	    THE CENTER FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING
				present
       WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS: WHERE IT'S BEEN AND WHERE IT'S GOING
				  by
		TED S. RAPPAPORT, PROFESSOR AND DIRECTOR
		MOBILE AND PORTABLE RADIO RESEARCH GROUP
      BRADLEY DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, VIRGINIA TECH.

WHEN:	Thursday, October 3, 1996, 4:00 p.m. (refreshments at 3:45 p.m.)
WHERE:	Room 202, Electrical and Computer Engineering Center,
	New Jersey Institute of Technology


ABSTRACT

This talk provides glimpses into the past, present, and future of wireless 
communications.  Beginning with the basic concepts of cellular radio and 
Personal Communications Systems (PCS), we will explore some of the technical 
challenges now facing the wireless industry and the promising solutions of the 
future, which will enable over half of the world's information to travel via 
wireless means by 2010.  Specific emphasis will be  placed on the growth of 
the industry, the challenges involved with deploying PCS in the United States, 
the emergence of wireless local loop and indoor wireless systems, and the 
impact that the global positioning system (GPS) and digital signal processing 
(DSP) architectures will have in offering revolutionary services and systems.

BIOGRAPHY

Theodore S. Rappaport (S'83, M'84, S'85, M'87, SM'90) was born in Brooklyn, 
New York on November 26, 1960. He received BSEE, MSEE, and Ph.D. degrees from 
Purdue University in 1982, 1984, and 1987, respectively. Since 1988, he has 
been on the faculty of Virginia Tech., where he is a professor of electrical 
engineering and the director of the Mobile and Portable Radio Research Group 
(MPRG), which he founded in 1990. In 1990, he also founded TSR Technologies, 
Inc., a cellular radio/PCS manufacturing company that was purchased by Grayson 
Electronics (a subsidiary of Allen Telecom) in 1993. He was awarded the 
Marconi Young Scientist Award in 1990 and the NSF Presidential Faculty 
Fellowship in 1992.  He has authored and edited technical papers and books in 
the field of wireless communications, including the textbook Wireless 
Communications:  Principles and Practice (Prentice-Hall). He serves on the 
editorial boards of the Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE 
Personal Communications Magazine, and the International Journal on Wireless 
Information Networks (Plenum Press, NY). Dr. Rappaport is a registered 
professional engineer in the state of Virginia and is a fellow and member of 
the board of directors of the Radio Club of America.


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