Prof. Theodore S. Rappaport
James S. Tucker Professor of Engineering
The Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Virginia Tech
432 New Engineering Building (NEB)
Blacksburg, VA 24061-0350
Tuesday, April 2nd, 4:00 PM, ACES Auditorium
Despite the huge popularity and utility of today's cellular and PCS networks, today's systems were designed before the widespread acceptance of the Internet. Thus, there is significant change-over about to occur in wireless systems throughout the world. As our world becomes more data-centric, we are likely to see the fusion of wireless devices, the Internet, and consumer products such as the television and stereo receiver.
This talk presents a historical view of the tumultuous growth of the wireless sector since its meager beginnings in the 1980's, and provides a glimpse into the competitive pressures, the technical and regulatory challenges, and some of the most promising technologies that we are likely to see in the coming years.
A list of Telecommunications and Signal Processing Seminars is available at from the ECE department Web pages under "Seminars". The Web address for the Telecommunications and Signal Processing Seminars is http://signal.ece.utexas.edu/seminars