A new wave of mobile technology is on its way, and will bring drastic change. Pressure is mounting for better wireless infrastructure. The rapid growth in data traffic will continue for the foreseeable future, says Sundeep Rangan of NYU Wireless, a department of New York University. According to one estimate, networks need to be ready …

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Millimeter wave wireless communications is the next breakthrough frontier for wireless networks in the mobile cellular industry, and for emerging wireless local area networks, personal area networks, and vehicular communications. Written by four leading practitioners in the emerging field of millimeter wave wireless communications, “Millimeter Wave Wireless Communications” allows engineers in both industry and academia …

The wireless research arm of New York University recently announced plans to build a programmable testbed for prototyping millimeter-wave or mm-Wave. The testbed will eventually become available to universities, government agencies, and companies in the early stages of developing mm-Wave products and standards. The testbed will combine high-gain phased array antennas with a software-defined radio …

NYU WIRELESS announced it will build an advanced programmable platform to rapidly design, prototype, and validate technologies vital for the millimeter wave (mmWave) radio spectrum, which is potentially key to launching the next ultra-high-data-rate generation of wireless communication, or 5G. “The development of an open-source, powerful SDR platform will greatly speed the development of mmWave systems …

The IEEE Access paper, “Millimeter Wave Mobile Communications for 5G Cellular: It Will Work,” written by NYU WIRELESS contributors, continues to remain in the top 10 most popular articles published in IEEE Access based on the number of downloads for the month of November 2015. The article received 1,518 downloads this month out of 41,392 total …

New York City has started installing free Wi-Fi stations known as LinkNYC as part of Mayor de Blasio’s plan for narrowing the digital divide in New York City. “It’s incredibly ambitious,” says Sundeep Rangan, director of NYU WIRELESS. “There have been other municipal Wi-Fi but they are not on this scale and also not using …

New public high-speed Wi-Fi hotspots are coming to New York City in July! Sundeep Rangan, the director NYU Wireless, a research institution at NYU Tandon School of Engineering, hailed the significance of the moment for the digital infrastructure in New York City. “Other cities have done public Wi-Fi, but New York is so huge if …

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